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The comic follows Kaelen’s moral descent as he uses this borrowed heat to overthrow the tyrannical Ember-Priests, only to realize he is becoming the very monster he sought to destroy. Martello describes it as “Breaking Bad with scales and pyromania.” Dragon-heat-comic-john-martello
“John draws comics, not maps.”
Kaelen Vane resonates with the modern anxiety of powerlessness. In a world screaming with rage (climate change, political upheaval, social injustice), Kaelen represents the desire to burn it all down. But Martello is smart: he shows the consequences. Every time Kaelen uses the Dragon Heat, he loses a memory. By issue #10, he can’t remember his mother’s face. It’s a metaphor for the cost of radicalization. (Attached an image of the cover or a
For those who have read it, what did you think of the pacing? And are there any other Martello works I should grab while I'm looking? But Martello is smart: he shows the consequences