The Wizerd Vol. 1

So a wizerd, a warrior and an archer walk into a bar... Wait that's not it.

If you're looking for adventure, you're about a hundred years late. That's what a former wizerd told a warrior who assaulted them demanding to make a wish-granting potion for her so she could be "the strongest warrior in the north". Both will embark on a quest to gather the ingredients, with lots of adventure, odd characters and humouristic situations.

The drawing style is peculiar, with lots of smoke and cloudy elements as the author's signature and overall it reminds of Adventure Time. This classic RPG adventure also reminds of Terry Pratchett's The colour of magic for its peculiar sense of humor and chaotic disputes.
The comic is so easy to read and funny to go through its six chapters (plus an epilogue) and leaves wanting for more of this absurbdly entertaining quest starring a bunch of underdogs.

This is a really cute graphic novel about an unlikely trio on their way to gather ingredients for a Wish Potion! Great representation with an n0n-binary protagonist, a little princess that just wants to fight people and become hella buff and a cool archer! Its fun, the art is colorful and I love the small details in the larger panels! There is so much to look at when they are in the shop for example! Really excited to see how this story progresses!

<i>arc provided by the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review</i>

This graphic novel was super fun. It was full of fun banter, a ton of action scenes and explosions and the characters were hilarious together.

The art style really kept my attention and I adored how colourful every panel was!

I really think younger readers are going to devour this series and love every second of it.

4/5 ⭐️

My son (age 8) enjoyed this colorful and exciting graphic novel! The illustrations are enchanting and the story is entertaining, what more could you ask for in a book. Would be interested to see more from this author! Two thumbs up!

PLEASE tell me there will be a thousand-hundred more Wizerd books? Because this is basically the best! The story is a freaking visual feast, the characters are weird and hilarious, and the book is packed with magic, birds, and funny faces. Did I mention there’s a library/prison with “I hate book” spray painted on the walls? I mean, come on! What I’m saying is: read this book, okay? OKAY??

This was a fun and interesting adventure. The art style was unique and cute. The characters were interesting and the quest they found themselves on was an interesting one to read. Overall this was quite a fun read and I think it'd be great for kids to read.

A reclusive wizerd is dragged on a request by an annoying princess who longs to be a “hunky” warrior, I’m in!

We follow our intrepid pair as they look for the ingredients to help the princess achieve her goals, of course this being a kind of quest, nothing goes to plan but its good fun reading about it.

This was so colourful, it actually reminded me a little of Where’s Wally, the double spreads especially as there was so much detail going on, you really need to take your time to examine all the details.

I’m looking forward to reading volume 2 to see our how our intrepid team get on.

Thanks to NetGalley/Oni Press for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

You may be thinking thinking, "Oh, it's another comic capitalizing on the current D&D hype train", but no my friend. We have an ADHD, always-hungry warrior, desperate-to-quest archer, and the titular Wizerd, who believes there's no more questing to be done. Will our heroes (?) manage to go on a simple shopping trip and enjoy some tea in peace? How many windows will be used as convenient avenues of escape? And will locking town gates and yelling at residents to behave actually improve the residents' behavior? The answers to these are all waiting for you, within the colorful and highly detailed illustrations of the Wizerd!.

(Someone please tell me there's already a sequel in the works).

I hope there are more volumes in this series, as I could read about these characters all day! This very cute and kind comic is reminiscent of Adventure Time, but if AT was progressive about gender representation from the start.
The art is grotesque-cutesy, and I didn't think I'd love it, but it definitely works for this story, and the level of detail in many of the larger panels is striking and makes it fun to linger over the pages, taking in every little detail. (That's not something I was expecting based on the cover.) It's also surprisingly politically engaged, but never didactic, and it deals at the beginning with melancholy, nostalgia, and depression before the big, zany adventure takes over. Loved it, highly recommended!

This story is so cute!! I will continue to read the next comics to know what happens next to the wizerd and new friends.

An absolute delight and a fantastic start to what I'm sure will be a fun series!! My RPG loving heart was so at home in this beautiful work!!

We follow a ragtag group on a quest to find all the ingredients for a wishing potion. You have the young nonbinary wizard who is retired from all things magic and adventuring. They would very much prefer to stay at home in the garden that they have worked so hard on. But Enter Wallace, a barbarian that is rather small and weak cimpared to all her sibblings. So she desperately needs a wishing potion so she can be big and strong like them!! So off they go on what should be a simple walk to town to gather the things they need. But as with any quest the simple things are never simple, so prepare for the querky funny rollercoster story that their quest turns into.The story was so fun, though fell slightly flat as it was rather predictable. The predictability of the story kept it from a five star for me, though I do feel like it did what a first volume in a series should do and set the ground work for the following volumes. I strongly feel that later installments in this series could get a five star from me. I would be remissed if I did not also touch on the fantastic artwork this comic has, its so detailed and every few pages you get a double page full artwork sperad that is so captivating that you cant help but stop reading and spend a few taking in all the little things in the scenes. Overall I absolutely enjoyed every page of this work!! I will be purchasing a physical copy once its released and will be keeping my eyes peeled for future volumes!

(I was kindly provided an advanced copy for my honest review from the publisher via netgally)

This book has a gorgeous and colorful illustrations with an engaging story line. The characters are so cute and lovable, I can't wait to read the volume.