Marya and Ivan
Marya Morevna is an online webcomic by French authors Charles Manalt and Maguelone Dunoyer that adapts the homonymous Russian fairy tale.
Prince Ivan Tsarevich is walking toward the East, when his horse escapes from him during a journey through a battlefield littered with dead soldiers. After a brief scuffle with a undead warrior, he is taken in by warrior queen Marya Morevna and her army.
It consists of 24 episodes and can be read in English
or French.
Tropes:
- Action Girl: Marya is introduced with an armor and riding a horse through a crowd chanting her name. She enters her tent and, while her attendants take off her armor, she talks about military operations to her generals.
- Braids of Action: Marya Morevna wears her hair in two long braids when she is leading her army.
- Character Title: The work is named after its character Marya Morevna.
- Hair-Contrast Duo: Prince Ivan is a light-haired blonde, while Marya Morevna is a raven-haired warrior queen.
- In Medias Res: The first episode begins with Ivan guiding his horse Dragan through a field of dead warriors.
- Possessing a Dead Body: A dead soldier rises from a pile of corpses and attacks Ivan. He re-kills the corpse, which some soldiers of Marya Morevna explain was a "demon".
- Rugged Scar: In Marya Morevna's introduction in episode 2, a visible scar is seen on the left side of her face.
- Twice-Told Tale: Webcomic adaptation of The Death of Koschei the Deathless fairy tale.
