Never Satisfied
| Never Satisfied | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Taylor Robin |
| Website | neversatisfiedcomic |
| Current status/schedule | Ongoing |
| Launch date | April 3, 2015 |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
Never Satisfied is a 2015 webcomic by Taylor Robin. Following the teenage magician apprentice Lucy, Never Satisfied presents a group of young people competing to become their city's magical representative. Robin's webcomic is commonly praised for featuring a varied LGBT cast, in which each character has a different ethnicity, body type, and color palette.
Synopsis
In the fictional universe of Taylor Robin's Never Satisfied, young magicians compete to become their city's magical representative to their nation's king. The cast of the webcomic competes in a series of games in order to prove themselves to be the most competent magician, but one competitor, the confident and suave non-binary person Lucy, managed to stay in the running without using any kind of magic at all. Lucy is able to do this with the help of their familiar cat Ivy, as well as through resourcefulness and luck, but may also hold a more complex secret.[1]
Never Satisfied features a varied cast of characters, and many of which are LGBT, such as the non-binary apprentice Tetsu and the lesbian Ana. Each character has a unique ethnicity, body type, and color scheme. Each of the teenagers in Never Satisfied has a mentor or teacher somewhere in the city, and are therefore generally referred to as apprentices.[2]
Development
Taylor Robin started uploading pages of Never Satisfied on a personal website in April 2015,[3] and they update their webcomic twice a week. Robin also does commission work.[2]
Reception
Lauren Davis of io9 described Never Satisfied as "just flat-out fun", specifically acclaiming its cast of characters.[1] Praising its "sharp artwork, artful storytelling, and colorful, diverse cast of characters," Charlotte Finn of Comics Alliance called Never Satisfied the best webcomic of 2015.[4] Sarah Hunter of The Booklist Reader praised the character designs for their conveyance of personality.[5]
References
- ^ a b Davis, Lauren (2016-09-24). "In This Webcomic About a Magical Competition, One Competitor May Not Have Any Magic Powers". io9.
- ^ a b Mey (2016-01-12). "Drawn to Comics: "Never Satisfied" Will Satisfy Your Hunger for Webcomics with Non-Binary Magicians". Autostraddle.
- ^ Robin, Taylor (2015-04-01). "Cover". Never Satisfied.
- ^ Finn, Charlotte (2015-12-21). "Comics Alliance Best of 2015: Best New Webcomic of 2015". Comics Alliance.
- ^ Hunter, Sarah (2016-07-27). "Webcomics Wednesday: Taylor Robin's Never Satisfied". The Booklist Reader. Booklist Publications.