Saints'Quarter
, created by C.R.Fahey, is an urban fantasy series about a fictional neighborhood between Brooklyn and Queens, NY, and the lives of the people who live there.The comic originally had a brief premiere in 2013 under the name Beyond the Veil but was shelved for a while for rewrites and development until finally re-launching in its current form in October 2016.
The series opens as Lucas Wen, who prides himself on being the most practical and realistic person you'll ever meet, finds out that not only is his cousin Robin a witch but he's just taken a job in the most supernaturally saturated neighborhood in New York City.
Meanwhile, Roe, a young woman with a suitcase full of odd weapons and perhaps a few too many secrets, thinks things are finally going her way again when she finds a place to live other than her cousin’s couch in the form of Robin’s spare room.
Before either of them can get both feet under them again, the sudden disappearance of Robin’s girlfriend Penelope shakes them all. Lucas, despite his best attempts to adjust to his new fantastical reality, finds that there’s really only so much that even the most practical mind can take, and Roe fears whether their new troubles are something that followed her to the ‘Quarter, or were already there.
The comic updates once a week, every Tuesday, and is mirrored on Tapas, Webtoons, and Deviantart. The Kickstarter to print the first Episode (March 2020) is here.
This webcomic provides examples of:
- Abandoned Area: The 'Quarter seems to be home to a few of these. Such as:
- The Ferry Dock, where dragons lurk.
- The tunnels where Penelope is being kept, which appears to be a Sinister Subway.
- Action Girl: Roe, hinted at in Episode One and realized in Act II of Episode Two.
- Action Prologue: Both Episodes Two and Three feature action-heavy cold opens.
- All Witches Have Cats: So far, it's two for two with the witches among the main cast.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Leila seems to fit this trope, very rarely showing much range of expression.
- Animated Tattoo: David's tentacle tattoos seem to have a mind of their own...that of his Familiar.
- Anti-Magic: The Lance from Roe's suitcase seems to have this effect.
- Beleaguered Assistant: Penelope to the Professor.
- Berserk Button:
- Robin. Don't get between a witch and her girlfriend.
- Body Horror: While not explicit, there is a touch of this when the dragon shapeshifters are revealed.
- Brutal Honesty: Leila is very adept at this.
- Cast Full of Gay
- Cute Little Fangs: The dragons have these in their human forms.
- Dark and Troubled Past: From the sudden move, to the suitcase of weapons, to the heavily implied familial or relationship drama, to the werewolf-chase nightmares... It's safe to assume Roe has one.
- Lipstick Lesbian: Robin is one, and a goth one at that.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: David.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: The black dragon has them in both his forms.
- The Team Normal: Lucas is so far the only member of the cast that doesn't have either magical powers or some previous knowledge thereof.
- Tomboy: Roe seems to prefer to dress masculinely.
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: Robin attacked a teenage weredragon with a slayer weapon when she suspected he might have something to do with Penelope's disappearance.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: The dragons.
