cover art
The Saga of Rex is a 2010 graphic novel by the cartoonist, Michel Gagne, who was also the creator of the video game Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
A wordless epic, it follows a story of a cute little fox named Rex who, after being transported to the arcane world of Edernia from the mysterious spaceship, met a shape-shifting enigmatic biomorph named Aven as his companion and soon had to fend for himself in a desolated yet hostile planet.
This graphic novel provides the examples below
- Alien Abduction: Poor Rex. He was abducted from the spaceship at the start of the comic, along with other alien creatures that are also abducted like him.
- Babies Ever After: When Rex got home safe with Aven, after the seasonal time skip, we get to see their pups for the first time as they emerged from their den.
- Badass Normal: despite the fact that Rex is just a normal fox, he managed to survive his time in a hostile planet with a help of Aven, and even managed to defeat an underground beast, although he got killed from it half way. However...
- Empowered Badass Normal: After he got resurrected from the aliens for saving them from that beast, Rex now sports a light coloured fur and also a magical horn which he uses to save the world. Even with that, he is still a frightened little fox.
- Disney Death: After Rex's sacrifice from the giant green monster, it seems like it could be the end of his story...if not for the action of the alien people who resurrected him for his action.
- Human Sacrifice: Though not human, it's still implied, with a female alien being strapped to the pole to be eaten by an underground beast.
- Interspecies Romance: Over the course of the story, the relationship between Rex and Aven grown from just being each other's company to growing affectionate to each other. Justified as Aven was made as Rex's companion, alongside other shapeshifters for other creatures.
- Show, Don't Tell: Except for the half of chapter 1, the story is told visually through the character's actions.
