A Closer Look at “Book of Mojo”

Web comics, I love them. I feel that they are one of the best features the internet has to offer. Here we have one by the name of “Book of Mojo” created by artist and animator Everett Downing . The world within this tale opens up to a world much like our own: city streets, people preying on the weak,  people just trying to survive and a new weapon to hit the streets unlike anything folks have ever seen: magic. The tag line on the main page for the comic is

“Street magic takes on a whole new meaning.”

  So with the addition of magic, it can be used for good: for healing, as well as miracles. But it has mostly fallen into the hands of those who use it for ill intent and police the streets mercilessly. Several, if not most of the gangs in the area have taken it up using a single person to control it such as a witch” or “wizard” (I’m guessing depending on your gender). The first gang are introduced to us are the “Demon Lords” and they are every bit as ruthless as they need to be in order to maintain their turf. The magic caster aka “Wizard” of the Demon Lords gang.   Then we have  the runaway known as “Creepy” (good grief, I hope that’s a nickname. More on that in Book 2…) who found that she could use magic and quickly created herself a familiar spirit  to aid in. She’s quick on her feet and yet still learning the ropes of using magic and the downsides. Creepy seemingly has a petulant for finding trouble. She desperately wants to learn more magic to defend herself a…

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