Ice (webcomic)
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Ice is a dystopian online comic written and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks
about a couple living in futuristic England. The comic is updated on alternating Saturdays and is available online for free. It was originally published on Modern Tales
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that has survived the energy crisis
but was plunged into eternal winter. The country's society is divided into the privileged "nobles" and the commoners. England is still a monarchy
, and conspiracy abounds.
Faith Erin Hicks
Faith Erin Hicks is a Canadian webcomic and comic artist and writer and animator living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.She is best known for her webcomic Demonology 101.-Biography:...
about a couple living in futuristic England. The comic is updated on alternating Saturdays and is available online for free. It was originally published on Modern Tales
Modern Tales
Modern Tales is a webcomics site launched on March 2, 2002 by Joey Manley, the Modern Tales publisher, and approximately 30 professional cartoonists, such as Dorothy Gambrell, author of the popular webcomic Cat and Girl and James Kochalka, the award-winning creator of Fancy Froglin...
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Setting
Ice is set in futuristic EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
that has survived the energy crisis
Energy crisis
An energy crisis is any great bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In popular literature though, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, particularly those that supply national electricity grids or serve as fuel for vehicles...
but was plunged into eternal winter. The country's society is divided into the privileged "nobles" and the commoners. England is still a monarchy
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication and is often hereditary and includes a royal house. In some cases, the monarch is elected...
, and conspiracy abounds.
Characters
- Hunter (real name Sarah L'Engle) is the heroine of the comic. She's a tough commoner trying to lead an unassuming life. She is about 28 years old.
- Cirr is Hunter's boyfriend/roommate. Very handy, he likes to fix things. He also apparently rarely shaves. He was born a noble, although he now detests them. It is mentioned that he has a sister who is also named Sarah.
- Mercy is Hunter's older sister. She is homosexual and works in a strip clubStrip clubA strip club is an adult entertainment venue in which striptease or other erotic or exotic dance is regularly performed. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or bar style, but can also adopt a theatre or cabaret-style....
. - Useless is the puny dogDogThe domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
Hunter picked up on the street (after it ran away from its noble owner). Useless shares Hunter's dislike of the nobles and the word "precious". - The Prince is a high-ranking noble who hands leftovers to starving masses and seems to be up to no good.
- Munch and Saul are two villains who used to rob banks but are now employed by the Prince to do his dirty work.
- Reann is a 14-year-old female dodger with blue hairBlue hairBlue hair is a type of hair color that does not naturally occur in human hair pigmentation, although the hair of some animals is described as blue. In humans, the color may occur after exposure to cobalt or indigo....
. Hunter is her only client; the money she earns keeps her in the shelters. - Ayume is Reann's Asian friend. She's not an actual street kid (she has a heated home to go to at night) but likes to pretend she is one.
- (HRH) 'Black' Maria is the Queen and current ruling monarch of England.