User:Ohjeezewhy/Ava's Demon

Content
Ava's Demon is set in a universe of interplanetary travel and advanced medical science, where certain people have obtained god-like powers through science. The comic follows Ava Ire, a 15 year-old girl, has a personal demon urging her to commit suicide throughout her childhood. After Ava has an encounter with death, she makes a pact with her demon, Wrathia, in order to gain a second chance at life.[1] On Ava's journey across space in order to complete the other end of her pact with Wrathia, she meets other teenagers who have their own demons and as well.

The comic primarily make use of single panel pages- inspired by movie storyboards- through which a reader can advance by either clicking the "next" button or the panel itself. Furthermore, Czajkowski refers to Ava's Demon as a "multimedia sci-fi fantasy comic,"[2] infrequently featuring animated panels and music streamed through Vimeo and YouTube.[1]

Synopsis
Ava's Demon begins with Ava Ire in a TITAN boarding school. Her demon Wrathia Bellarmina manipulates her and results in Ava's expulsion from school. Silent Scavengers arrive and destroy her planet but not before Ava sneaks onto a spacecraft owned by Odin Arrow, who had kidnapped Ava's old friend Maggie Lacivi. Maggie uses a tree-based power of her's to destroy the controls of the spacecraft. The three crash land on a planet where Gil Marverde is living and studying to become a doctor for TITAN's army. Gil is a host to a demon named Nevy Nervine. With Ava approaching death, Wrathia tells Ava how in her past life, she had been queen of an empire that was conquered by TITAN, a power crazy tyrant. Wrathia drank a cursed potion that attached her spirit to Ava's life-form. Ava agrees to make a pact with Wrathia in order to save her life. Gil finds the three crash victims and nurses them back to health. [ https://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php#0142 ] Two of Odin's younger sisters, Crow and Raven find Odin and place a tracking device on him. Maggie, she meets with her demon Tuls Tenebrose in their shared mind-space and has him use his magic to create a flower that will cause Gil to fall in love with her. Ava discovers that Maggie is a host like her, but Maggie refuses to talk to Ava, The four depart from the planet to head to TITAN Headquarters.

At TITAN HQ, Maggie follows Gil so she can become a follower of TITAN while Odin and Ava are checked into a refugee center which they quickly escape from. While in the compound, Odin's demon Pedri Nanezgani interacts with him, but Odin ignores Pedri. Odin and Ava search for Maggie and stumble into a presentation by TITAN's second in command, Strategos Six. Ava is pulled onstage and pushed into a machine designed to make her the "perfect" follower of TITAN. While inside, Ava drinks a potion given to her by Wrathia and transforms into a hybrid of her and Wrathia. Ava begin a killing rampage with her new powers and directly challenges Strategos Six while Gil has troubles registering as a doctor. Ava's rampage causes the near total destruction of the TITAN headquarters. Two of Odin's sisters, Crow and Raven, leave him stranded in the burning rubble. Maggie and Gil seek to find any survivors or ships in the ash ridden demolished headquarters. The two find an automated shipment vessel and board it and are shortly joined by Odin and an unconscious Ava. Maggie and Gil get into a fight.

Back at TITAN HQ, Strategos Six pulls herself from the rubble and calls TITAN to tell him that Wrathia had attacked the Headquarters. Crow and Raven emerge from the rubble as well, and call for a ship to recuse them. Strategos Six marks Gil, Ava, Odin, and Maggie as criminals, sending Gil into a panic. Ava awakens, free of the control of the potion and explains to everyone about her pact. Ava puts on a pair of glasses that allow her to see beyond the physical realm and is able to see Nevy floating alongside Gil. Nevy suddenly regains her lost memories and uses her physic abilities on Ava before turning into sea foam.

Development
Czajkowski has known since childhood that she wanted to become a cartoonist. She veered off to 3D animation and worked for both Pixar and DreamWorks. While interning at Pixar, she was taught the process of creating successful stories. Czajkowski started working on Ava's Demon during her spare time while working at Dreamworks – at the time, she did not expect it to make a sustainable career.[3][4] Ava's Demon was influenced and inspired by The Fifth Element and Alien, as well as films directed by Stanley Kubrick.[4]

In 2013, Czajkowski started a crowdfunding project through Kickstarter to self-publish the first volume of Ava's Demon. Besides a full-color book, Czajkowski offered downloads for the animated comics.[5] The webcomic successfully raised $217,036 USD by June 2013.[6] In 2015, another Kickstarter campaign was launched to publish the second volume of Ava's Demon, as well as to re-print the first volume. Along with donation perks, an animated chapter video would be created by Studio Yotta, known for their animated videos for internet comedy group Starbomb.[7] The campaign was successfully funded.

Czajkowski has opened up a shop for Ava's Demon where the first two books can be purchased, alongside a variety of printed art and novelty items. (https://www.demonshoppe.com/ add citation). Czajkowski is active on a variety of social platforms including Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Discord. On her Twitter, Czajkowski posts update announcements as well as any notices about hiatuses the comic will take.

The art of Ava's Demon is created by Czajkowski and five official colorists. (add source https://www.avasdemon.com/about.html) Two of the colorists -Nicole Sands Arsha- are creators of their own web comics, Colorless and Judicious wee, respectively. (http://www.colorlesscomic.com/ and https://judiciouswee.com/ add sources)