The two travel continue traveling around town, fixing up the various problems resulting from previous town witch (and Orla’s grandmother) passing without having a succession plan in place. Though the opening touches on how magic works in Mamo, and Orla invited Jo into the proverbial fold last issue, it’s just not necessarily as initially exciting as it might seem, being a witch. We find out more about magic this issue, only not as much from witch Orla as ostensible non-witch Jo. It’s not just the pacing of conversations and story beats it’s the actual plot details. She’s cracked something with Mamo’s character development arc.

It also just could be because Mamo takes place in a tranquil, patient setting-even when there’s danger, it’s slow-moving (or gives the appearance of slow-moving because moths aren’t fast until you’re trying to save one from a cat)-but I think it’s Milledge. Or maybe the artists never manage to pull it off because there’s a history of how reaction shots work in comics, and Milledge eschews it for something different. It’s filmic in a way comics, even talking head comics, rarely attempt. Milledge’s other pacing devices are expert, but this particular one seems singular. At least for her character’s “performances.” Throughout the issue (and never concurrently), protagonists Orla and Jo have these reaction shots where Milledge has just paced it so perfectly their emotions come alive. Mamo #1 features main cover art by series creator Sas Milledge and variant covers by acclaimed artists Trung Lê Nguyễn and Veronica Fish.With each issue of Mamo, I consider starting by saying there’s no one like creator Sas Milledge in terms of visual pacing. Can the two girls work together to save the town? Without Mamo managing magical relationships between the townsfolk and the fae, the seas are impossible to fish, the crops have soured… and Jo Manalo’s attic has been taken over by a poltergeist! Now, Orla and Jo will both be pulled into worlds they never wanted to be part of.

People’s History of the Marvel UniverseīOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Mamo #1, the first issue in the five-issue debut comic book series from acclaimed illustrator and rising star cartoonist Sas Milledge, about a young hedge witch who returns to her hometown after her grandmother’s death, only to find an unlikely new friend and a series of mysterious magical disturbances that need to be solved, available on July 7, 2021.Ĭan Orla O’Reilly embrace her destiny in order to bridge the divide between humanity and the faerie world? Orla, the youngest in a long line of hedge witches, finds herself pulled back to her hometown after the death of her grandmother: Mamo.

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