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* MagicRealism: It's set in an America where animals can talk, fantastic creatures like trolls exist, autonomous robots are a common thing, and it's all treated like it's a regular part of day-to-day life.
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* FantasyAmericana: It's chock-full of fantastical elements that go unnoticed for the most part. For example, people ''are'' taken aback whenever [[spoiler:Abel or his father transform]], but nobody ever bats an eyelash at the talking fox Abel travels with.
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* FantasyAmericana: It's chock-full of fantastical elements that go unnoticed for the most part. For example, people ''are'' taken aback whenever [[spoiler:Abel Abel or his father transform]], transform, but nobody ever bats an eyelash at the talking fox Abel travels with.
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* FantasyAmericana
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* FantasyAmericanaFantasyAmericana: It's chock-full of fantastical elements that go unnoticed for the most part. For example, people ''are'' taken aback whenever [[spoiler:Abel or his father transform]], but nobody ever bats an eyelash at the talking fox Abel travels with.
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* MissingMom: Abel’s mother walked out on the family some years prior. Abel’s memories show that Dale was a somewhat better parent to Abel when she was around.
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* ResentfulGuardian: Dale. It’s deconstructed in the end when he tells Abel that it was wrong of him to blame his son for what he did.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Abel ends up politely disowning his father despite his pleas, but now has a massive new FamilyOfChoice in the form of the carnies and freed slave children, who consider him a hero and a leader, and he parts with his father on good terms, forgiving him despite cutting him out of his life]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Abel ends up politely disowning his father despite his pleas, but now has a massive new FamilyOfChoice in the form of the carnies and freed slave children, who consider him a hero and a leader, and he parts with his father on good terms, forgiving him despite cutting him out of his life]].life. Dale accepts Abel’s choice with the hope they can eventually rebuild their relationship and he plans to work on healing himself]].
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* AbusiveParents: A core theme. Abel's father is abusive [[TheChainOfHarm and his grandfather abused him in turn]]. The story deals about how to recover from this and break the cycle.
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* TheNameless: Abel's fox companion. Possibly because his mother was just lazy.
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* TheNameless: Abel's fox companion. Possibly because his mother was just lazy.lazy.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Nicolas Raider and his employees have no qualms about using lethal child labour, personally killing rebellious workers.
** Abel's grandfather is more than happy to beat the crap out of him for not being "tough".
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Nicolas Raider and his employees have no qualms about using lethal child labour, personally killing rebellious workers.
** Abel's grandfather is more than happy to beat the crap out of him for not being "tough".
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* BlowYouAway: Abel, his father and grandfather all turn into storm elementals when they're angry. The grandfather in particular also extends this to [[AnIcePerson ice manipulation]].
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: A tribe [[FantasyCounterpartCoulture analogous to them]] venerates animal spirits and sends them as guides.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: A tribe [[FantasyCounterpartCoulture [[FantasyCounterpartCulture analogous to them]] venerates animal spirits and sends them as guides.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: Its implied Abel had a crush on Bobby, who is a lesbian. After the conversation below, however, he quickly gets over it and just sees her as a close friend.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: A tribe [[FantasyCounterpartCoulture analogous to them]] venerates animal spirits and sends them as guides.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: A tribe [[FantasyCounterpartCoulture analogous to them]] venerates animal spirits and sends them as guides.
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''Middlewest'' is an 18 issue miniseries, which have been compiled into three collections.
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''Middlewest'' is an 18 issue miniseries, which have been compiled into three collections.
collections and one {{omnibus}}.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Abel ends up politely disowning his father despite his pleas, but now has a massive new FamilyOfChoice in the form of the carnies and freed slave children, who consider him a hero and a leader, and he parts with his father on good terms, forgiving him despite cutting him out of his life]].
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-->''The wind is so violent here. I hate it. Sometimes I feel like... it hates me.''
--->--Abel, Issue 1
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-->'''Homji Billo:''' *speaks in strange language*
-->'''Abel:''' *whispered* Do you know what he's saying?
-->'''Fox:''' *whispered* I think so. "You will need to ready your mind to see what needs seeing."
-->'''Abel:''' *whispered* Do you know what he's saying?
-->'''Fox:''' *whispered* I think so. "You will need to ready your mind to see what needs seeing."
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-->'''Homji Billo:''' *speaks in strange language*
-->'''Abel:'''language*\\
'''Abel:''' *whispered* Do you know what he'ssaying?
-->'''Fox:'''saying?\\
'''Fox:''' *whispered* I think so. "You will need to ready your mind to see what needs seeing."
-->'''Abel:'''
'''Abel:''' *whispered* Do you know what he's
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'''Fox:''' *whispered* I think so. "You will need to ready your mind to see what needs seeing."
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-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' That storm came out of nowhere. You and I have been around our fair share of them in the Middlewest, but this one... it was different. Something much worse than we've ever seen. As if it was, I don't know...
-->'''Dale:''' ...Angry?
-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' Yes! It was the damnedest thing.
-->'''Dale:''' ...Angry?
-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' Yes! It was the damnedest thing.
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-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' That storm came out of nowhere. You and I have been around our fair share of them in the Middlewest, but this one... it was different. Something much worse than we've ever seen. As if it was, I don't know...
-->'''Dale:''' ...Angry?
-->'''Sheriffknow...\\
'''Dale:''' ...Angry?\\
'''Sheriff Fricky:''' Yes! It was the damnedest thing.
-->'''Dale:''' ...Angry?
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'''Dale:''' ...Angry?\\
'''Sheriff Fricky:''' Yes! It was the damnedest thing.
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-->'''Magdalena:''' You and Bobby seem to be getting pretty close. You're not, you know, falling in--
-->'''Abel: WHAT?!''' No! She's a girl friend! I mean I know she's a girl, but she's just my friend. She's a girl and my friend so...
-->'''Magdalena:''' Ha, ha, ha. Slow down there, Abel. I'm just making sure you don't go breaking your own heart. [[YoureNotMyType You're not really her type.]]
-->'''Abel: WHAT?!''' No! She's a girl friend! I mean I know she's a girl, but she's just my friend. She's a girl and my friend so...
-->'''Magdalena:''' Ha, ha, ha. Slow down there, Abel. I'm just making sure you don't go breaking your own heart. [[YoureNotMyType You're not really her type.]]
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-->'''Magdalena:''' You and Bobby seem to be getting pretty close. You're not, you know, falling in--
-->'''Abel:in--\\
'''Abel: WHAT?!''' No! She's a girl friend! I mean I know she's a girl, but she's just my friend. She's a girl and my friendso...
-->'''Magdalena:'''so...\\
'''Magdalena:''' Ha, ha, ha. Slow down there, Abel. I'm just making sure you don't go breaking your own heart. [[YoureNotMyType You're not really her type.]]
-->'''Abel:
'''Abel: WHAT?!''' No! She's a girl friend! I mean I know she's a girl, but she's just my friend. She's a girl and my friend
-->'''Magdalena:'''
'''Magdalena:''' Ha, ha, ha. Slow down there, Abel. I'm just making sure you don't go breaking your own heart. [[YoureNotMyType You're not really her type.]]
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''Middlewest'' is an adult fantasy comic series written by Skottie Young and illustrated by Jorge Corona. The series follows Abel, a young boy living in a small town, and his ally, [[TheNameless an unnamed fox]], as he journeys across the farthest unknown reaches of the Middlewest. After his father infects him with the Heart of a Storm, Abel must seek help from several mystical people and creatures to find answers as to how to remove the Heart of a Storm from his body before it causes damage to those he's grown close to.
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''Middlewest'' is an adult fantasy comic {{Fantasy}} ComicBook series written by Skottie Young and Young, illustrated by Jorge Corona.Corona, and published by Creator/ImageComics. The series follows Abel, a young boy living in a small town, and his ally, [[TheNameless an unnamed fox]], as he journeys across the farthest unknown reaches of the Middlewest. After his father infects him with the Heart of a Storm, Abel must seek help from several mystical people and creatures to find answers as to how to remove the Heart of a Storm from his body before it causes damage to those he's grown close to.
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-->''The wind is so violent here. I hate it. Sometimes I feel like... it hates me.''
--->--Abel, Issue 1
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Predictable. Normal. Boring. Most days in Farmington are like any day in any small town in the heartland, but Abel is used to it. He runs his paper route, tries to keep up with schoolwork, and aims to stay on the good side of a [[AbusiveParents volatile single parent]]. [[InAWorld One fateful day, however,]] Abel's ideas of normalcy, safety, and security are blown away as a storm levels Farmington just as quickly as it appears. What's more, the storm is chasing Abel -- and it knows his name.
''Middlewest'' is an adult fantasy comic series written by Skottie Young and illustrated by Jorge Corona. The series follows Abel, a young boy living in a small town, and his ally, [[TheNameless an unnamed fox]], as he journeys across the farthest unknown reaches of the Middlewest. After his father infects him with the Heart of a Storm, Abel must seek help from several mystical people and creatures to find answers as to how to remove the Heart of a Storm from his body before it causes damage to those he's grown close to.
''Middlewest'' has produced 12 issues so far, which have been compiled into two collections.
The covers of the first six issues were drawn by Mike Huddleston.
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* AtomicFBomb: In the first issue, eventually shouted by Abel, after Dale tells him that he was the reason his mother left. Made even cooler with the fact that the winds are picking up.
* ClassicalTongue: A language spoken only by Magdalena in issues five and six, and Homji Billo in issue nine. It appears to have a symbol-for-symbol translation.
-->'''Homji Billo:''' *speaks in strange language*
-->'''Abel:''' *whispered* Do you know what he's saying?
-->'''Fox:''' *whispered* I think so. "You will need to ready your mind to see what needs seeing."
* ElementalShapeshifter: Anyone with the Heart of a Storm has the power to turn into a '''very''' destructive storm. Most of them are fueled by extreme anger or fear.
-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' That storm came out of nowhere. You and I have been around our fair share of them in the Middlewest, but this one... it was different. Something much worse than we've ever seen. As if it was, I don't know...
-->'''Dale:''' ...Angry?
-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' Yes! It was the damnedest thing.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Farmington, Abel's home town, as explained and lampshaded by Abel himself in issue 2:
-->'''Abel:''' I've never been outside of Farmington. It's a small town in the center of the land. Lots of farms if you couldn't tell from the name.
* PatchworkMap: The Winter Woods is located through a tree line on the other side of a dead Ethol field. It has a very... obvious border.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In issue six, Abel denies having feelings for Bobby.
-->'''Magdalena:''' You and Bobby seem to be getting pretty close. You're not, you know, falling in--
-->'''Abel: WHAT?!''' No! She's a girl friend! I mean I know she's a girl, but she's just my friend. She's a girl and my friend so...
-->'''Fox:''' Ha, ha, ha. Slow down there, Abel. I'm just making sure you don't go breaking your own heart. [[YoureNotMyType You're not really her type.]]
* TheNameless: Abel's fox companion. Possibly because his mother was just lazy.
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Predictable. Normal. Boring. Most days in Farmington are like any day in any small town in the heartland, but Abel is used to it. He runs his paper route, tries to keep up with schoolwork, and aims to stay on the good side of a [[AbusiveParents volatile single parent]]. [[InAWorld One fateful day, however,]] Abel's ideas of normalcy, safety, and security are blown away as a storm levels Farmington just as quickly as it appears. What's more, the storm is chasing Abel -- and it knows his name.
''Middlewest'' is an adult fantasy comic series written by Skottie Young and illustrated by Jorge Corona. The series follows Abel, a young boy living in a small town, and his ally, [[TheNameless an unnamed fox]], as he journeys across the farthest unknown reaches of the Middlewest. After his father infects him with the Heart of a Storm, Abel must seek help from several mystical people and creatures to find answers as to how to remove the Heart of a Storm from his body before it causes damage to those he's grown close to.
''Middlewest'' has produced 12 issues so far, which have been compiled into two collections.
The covers of the first six issues were drawn by Mike Huddleston.
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!! This comic provides examples of:
* AtomicFBomb: In the first issue, eventually shouted by Abel, after Dale tells him that he was the reason his mother left. Made even cooler with the fact that the winds are picking up.
* ClassicalTongue: A language spoken only by Magdalena in issues five and six, and Homji Billo in issue nine. It appears to have a symbol-for-symbol translation.
-->'''Homji Billo:''' *speaks in strange language*
-->'''Abel:''' *whispered* Do you know what he's saying?
-->'''Fox:''' *whispered* I think so. "You will need to ready your mind to see what needs seeing."
* ElementalShapeshifter: Anyone with the Heart of a Storm has the power to turn into a '''very''' destructive storm. Most of them are fueled by extreme anger or fear.
-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' That storm came out of nowhere. You and I have been around our fair share of them in the Middlewest, but this one... it was different. Something much worse than we've ever seen. As if it was, I don't know...
-->'''Dale:''' ...Angry?
-->'''Sheriff Fricky:''' Yes! It was the damnedest thing.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Farmington, Abel's home town, as explained and lampshaded by Abel himself in issue 2:
-->'''Abel:''' I've never been outside of Farmington. It's a small town in the center of the land. Lots of farms if you couldn't tell from the name.
* PatchworkMap: The Winter Woods is located through a tree line on the other side of a dead Ethol field. It has a very... obvious border.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In issue six, Abel denies having feelings for Bobby.
-->'''Magdalena:''' You and Bobby seem to be getting pretty close. You're not, you know, falling in--
-->'''Abel: WHAT?!''' No! She's a girl friend! I mean I know she's a girl, but she's just my friend. She's a girl and my friend so...
-->'''Fox:''' Ha, ha, ha. Slow down there, Abel. I'm just making sure you don't go breaking your own heart. [[YoureNotMyType You're not really her type.]]
* TheNameless: Abel's fox companion. Possibly because his mother was just lazy.
