Threadworlds, a Graphic Novel series from Brian Konietzko

Brian Konietzko, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra, is working on a series of graphic novels called Threadworlds.

Threadworlds is a science-fiction series taking place on five connected planets that all share the same orbit. The main protagonist is Nova, a young bunny-girl alien scientist who goes out on an adventure.

The first volume is due for release in 2017. You can find the announcement article here:

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/02/Bryan-Konietzko-threadworlds-preview

4chan is currently ripping it a new one. If you dare, find a thread and check it out :D

Why? Anthropomorphic bunnies? Can't get over Korra?

It involves the controversial premise. Pandering to feminists may also be an issue.

edited 7th Jul '15 10:39:09 PM by KlarkKentThe3rd

What's the controversal part?

There isn't any controversial premise. 4chan is just a hive of scum and villainy and trolls.

4chan pretty much hates everything and anything. there's nothing terribly controversial or objectionable about the premise.

i've never been a huge avatar fan (first show was solid, never been interested in korra), but this will probably be something i check out eventually.

edited 8th Jul '15 6:41:34 AM by wehrmacht

Re: Feminism in Threadworlds

Normally I'd be sorta wary about a series introduced as showing that women can be scientists as well as men, but seeing how Bryke has handled feminist topics in the past with Avatar and Korra, I think that Bryan will do a pretty good job with it in this series. Maybe it's just me, but I didn't really find the whole Master Pakku side-plot in Avatar to be overly preachy, and we got some damn good fight scenes out of it.

As for the series as a whole, I'm really hyped. The premise seems to allow for so much worldbuilding, and I'm really excited to watch the heroes traverse the five planets that comprise the Threadworlds. My one worry is that there will be two slow of a start, similar to how A:TLA's first Book was the worst of all of them. I'm still getting the graphic novel though.

The premise is about a girl who is not allowed to read or write just because she is a girl. Is the author implying that we treat women that way in the western world? Since when? That is preachy, and just sounds like bad taste to me.

But if you like the premise, who am I to say that you should stop liking it? Like away.

Oh I actually hadn't read about that part. I only knew it was about a girl scientist, from the interview.

i don't necessarily think it is implying anything about the way we treat women in the western world? i'm afraid i don't follow the logic.

To be honest I'm super excited about this book. Regarding the "Feminist" issue I feel like for the most part any story with a female lead and themes of gender inequality will be regarded as "pandering to the feminists" but the fact is, women exist, and gender inequality has existed, and still exists in a lot of ways, and I think he's just trying to reflect a reality that has existed in our world, and still does in some places. (As an example Marie Curie had to go to college in France, because it was the only country where a woman could go to university at the time.) But on the topic of the actual book, I'm excited because I love Avatar and Legend of Korra and it feels like it's going to be in the same vein, lots of adventure, world building and beautiful visuals. These are things I look for in my comics.

"The premise is about a girl who is not allowed to read or write just because she is a girl. Is the author implying that we treat women that way in the western world? Since when? That is preachy, and just sounds like bad taste to me."

I don't see that he is implying that though. It's an entirely fictitious world, the protagonist is a literal bunny girl. In the world of the comic the females are treated poorly. But it's entirely down to the audience if they are assuming he MUST be saying it's true in the real world too. (Even if it actually IS... though not in the Western world, for the most part.)