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Orcs, elves and magic come to Cardiff in Sarah Millman’s comic NPC Tea, which blends the everyday\u00a0with high fantasy<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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NPC Tea issue one cover (courtesy of Sarah Millman<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Local comic creator, illustrator and writer Sarah Millman has launched a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter<\/a> for the latest issues of her new comic series, NPC Tea.<\/p>\n

NPC Tea follows the story of an elf, a human and an ex-fire summon as they try to save a failing tea shop in modern day Cardiff.<\/p>\n

Three issues of the eight-issue series have been released so far<\/a>, and the Kickstarter campaign will help fund issues four and five.<\/p>\n

Digital copies of issue four will be sent out in December and print issues will be ready in February 2018.<\/p>\n

NPC Tea blends the comedy of everyday life with elements of fantasy.<\/p>\n

“I love the juxtaposition of high fantasy and mundane, everyday lives,” Sarah said.<\/p>\n

The multi-talented comic creator is from Pernath but spends most of her time in Cardiff.<\/p>\n

Her attachment to the city is one of the reasons she decided to make it the setting for NPC Tea.<\/p>\n

“I travel a lot to conventions around the country, and I studied at Bristol, but Cardiff has always been my favourite place to be. It’s a very friendly city \u2013 but maybe I’m biased,” Sarah said, before jokingly adding, “also, if there really were orcs in the world, there’d probably be quite a few in Cardiff.”<\/p>\n

Many recognisable Cardiff landmarks and places can be seen in the comic and the tea shop itself is located on Womanby Street where a car park is in real life.<\/p>\n

“I try to get in the castle quite a bit. The old post office building in the Bay (near the Wales Millennium Centre) was abandoned for a very long time, and it’s where the antagonists for the comic are based,” Sarah explained.<\/p>\n

Sarah has been illustrating for as long as she can remember and her\u00a0eye-catching art style is certainly a testament to that fact.<\/p>\n

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Sarah’s character design brings the comic to life (courtesy of Sarah Millman<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Cardiff’s independent comic book scene has been growing in recent years which has given rise to events such as the\u00a0Cardiff Independent Comic Expo<\/a>\u00a0(CICE). Sarah cites CICE as one of the many ways people can support indie creators.<\/p>\n

Prior to the recent CICE event held in the summer, event organiser\u00a0Iz McAuliffe said (via geeksinwales<\/a>) that they hope CICE will play a small role in helping create the next generation of comic book stars.<\/p>\n

As an avid fantasy fan, Sarah’s passion for the genre really shows in her work.<\/p>\n

“With things as they are politically right now,” Sarah said, “having a good fantasy book as an escape is more important than ever.”<\/p>\n

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