Torchlight Lullaby is the story of a little girl named Ella, who can’t remember why she’s so terrified to go to sleep at night. That is of course until she becomes trapped in her nightmare. Now stuck there, Ella must face her fears one-by-one to escape in time, before the monsters of her dreams become the monsters in her waking world.

Created by Ryan Fisher, Torchlight Lullaby is one of the numerous examples of the young magical girl in a magical world genre of comics that seem to be permeating comicdom. What drew me to check out the series is Fisher’s cover which seemed cute, and that there was something that seemed fun about it. The first three issues introduce to Ella, her friend a stuffed toy come to life, and gets us used to the dream world and real world, teasing what may be happening.

It’s a slow but entertaining start and reminded me a of fairy tales you might tell your kid. An all-ages tale, it’s fine for kids of all ages, I can’t see any being too scared (yet), or not enjoying the cute art. And cute is the name of the game here with Ella and her world being rather adorable.

I finished the three issues wanting to read more. Fisher has set up an adorable magical world, and I want to see what happens to Ella. It’s a cute comic you’d want to curl up with your kids to read with.

Torchlight Lullaby is currently running a Kickstarter campaign that concludes November 11, 2015.

Story: Ryan Fisher Art: Ryan Fisher
Story: 7.25 Art: 7.25 Overall: 7.25 Recommendation: Support this!

Ryan Fisher provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review