Madoka Machina #1

4.3/5 ( ratings)

16 pages in black and white, in 16x23cm format, with cardstock cover in full colour. First printing of 500 copies. Launched on October 24, 2015, at the Amadora BD comic book fest.

The IV Industrial Revolution has gone by: magic was democratized through several smartphone apps and the transmutation of the Market into a digitial sentient being unified society through the use of technology; everyone is born equal and with a steady connection to the internet.

Madoka Machina follows the love bond of a triad of young adults who try to fit into a society where Government no longer exists and a wage is an outdated concept. Having transfiguration powers – either inherited from some ancient mystical source or acquired at the latest online promotion – and the ability to bend reality to break on through to the other side doesn’t help as much as one might expect.

This first issue is divided into three chapters, each regarding an aspect of the triad’s relationship through time: penis envy, generational gap and grocery shopping, in order of appearance. Madoka Machina is written as a shoujo manga by someone who, despite really liking Sailor Moon, never quite understood it.