International award-winning mangaka and 2009 TED Fellowship member, Sara E. Mayhew is a Canadian writer and illustrator striving to produce manga that promotes skepticism and critical thinking. Canada's prestigious graphic arts magazine, Applied Arts, featured her in their Young Blood article on "new talent commanding our attention". She has spoken on the TED Fellows stage at the TED 2009 conference in Long Beach, CA, and more recently at TEDActive 2010 in Palm Springs, CA. Currently, Sara is working on producing a new series, Legend of the Ztarr, that aims to introduce manga readers to skeptical and humanist values through storytelling. Her blog, There Are Four Lights, combines art and skepticism, with occasional pepperings of general geekdom and cuteness.
Length: 44pgs | Adora's peaceful forest life is turned upside-down by the arrival of two off-worlders who've chosen her to take up her late father's quest to fulfill the Third Prophecy; defeat The Emperor of the Known Universe. Master Myren Blue isn't convinced she's up to the task and has taken up the challenge of testing her abilities.
Length: 32pgs
Adora is a violet-eyed forest girl from the planet Teri and the only surviving member of the Ztarr family. Two off-worlders arrive to inform her of a prophecy which foretells the demise of The Emperor of the Known Universe...and that she has been chosen to fulfill it.