Niki Smith

In Maps & Legends: A Webcomic

In Maps & Legends was serialized online at Zuda,
the web imprint of DC Comics, from 2009-2010.
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Story by Michael Jasper, art by Niki Smith.

Kait doesn’t know why she gets up in the middle of the night to carve a map onto the wall of the spare room of her apartment. Before she can finish it, though, a strange man named Bartamus shows up at her place in the middle of a wintry night, claiming to be from another, dying world that desperately needs Kait’s help.

Hypergeek

The series seems to have lots of long-term potential, as this first eight-page story is jam packed full of mystery and intrigue that made me want to see more of how this unfolds. The series was also the clear winner in terms of it’s artwork, which really took my breath away!

Art Sequential

The story is light teaser material with the promise of big things to come. In Maps and Legends has my vote.

MPD57

In Maps & Legends by Niki Smith & Michael Jasper is a good mix of quirkiness and competence. [...] This takes more chances – not content to be sub-someone else it reaches to be more individual and it will likely do more than other strips here to broaden the audience.

The Lefty Films Blog

Incredibly well written and drawn. [...] Really interesting how Smith made parallels to the drawing tool becoming a threatening device in order to convey emotion. Not too pretentious. Final panel is a killer, and I love the dual storytelling layout.