Hurray for super cute comics about forgotten videogame stars!
Former Destructoid editor and doodler of all things cute, Ashley Davis, has done many wonderful things in her years as a freelance artist. From her animated GameTrailers series,Once Upon a Pixel, to her contributions to variousart booksandfan ‘zines, she has perfected an art style that melts even the coldest of hearts.
On hiatus from her main webcomic,Jailbird, Ashley has taken overLegend of the Valkyrieon Namco Bandai’s ShiftyLook site. Based on aJapanese-exclusive action-RPG seriesthat dates back to the Famicom days, the comic was originally drawn byFernando Heinz Furukawa, a South American comic artist who has worked on a number ofStarCraftgraphic novels. Though the strip had very detailed and dynamic art, it didn’t quite sync up with the writing, which shoehorned Internet humor and attempted to appeal to otaku culture with basic Japanese phrases.
Beginning June 4 with the strip entitled “Time for a Change,” Ashley has assumed both art and writing duties, and the comic is much better off for it. I’m simply annoyed that it took me so long to learn what she’s been up to lately. Anyway, enjoy thecomic, which updates twice a week.
And as an added bonus, here’sAshley’s original renditionof series heroine Valkyrie as posted on her art blog, no marios allowed!, last September.
