This page gives a short overview of the most important story arcs of Sandra and Woo, the major plot points of Gaia, and the best pages of both comics.
Sandra and Woo
Sandra and Woo is a comedy comic strip featuring the 13-year-old girl Sandra North and her mischievous pet raccoon Woo. While most strips are just supposed to be funny or tell an exciting story, some also deal with more serious topics. We also want to show what growing up means for Sandra and her best friends in middle school, Cloud and Larisa. Another regular feature of the comic are Woo’s trips to the forest to meet his furry friends Shadow (a fox) and Sid (a squirrel) and his love interest Lily.
Best strips
- My personal top 20 from #1 to #499 – Places 11 to 20
- My personal top 20 from #1 to #499 – Places 1 to 10
- #500 The Book of Woo
- My personal top 20 from #501 to #999 – Places 11 to 20
- My personal top 20 from #501 to #999 – Places 1 to 10
Important story arcs
- 1: Sandra meets Woo [9 strips]
- 117: Sandra and her friends explore an abandoned factory [19 strips]
- 136: Woo meets Lily [13 strips]
- 244: Sandra and her friends get lost in the woods [52 strips]
- 315: Larisa meets Landon [6 strips]
- 443: Sandy South’s first mission [10 strips]
- 519: Zoey is revealed to be lesbian [11 strips]
- 530: Butterfly climbs a cliff [39 strips]
- 644: Sandra meets Luna [25 strips]
- 686: Woo becomes a father [12 strips]
- 712: Larisa’s secret illness is revealed [10 strips]
- 723: Sandy South vs. the Cereal Killer [23 strips]
- 802: The Divine Comedy [62 strips]
- 866: Dating tips for girls [4 strips]
- 979: Sandra and her friends have fun at the swimming pool [45 strips]
- 1093: The German refugee crisis [10 strips]
Gaia
Gaia is an epic high fantasy webcomic about a group of friends who unexpectedly become entangled in a web of intrigue that could result in war, or even a threat to life itself.
In recent years, tensions have begun to grow between Midgard, the leading nation since the two devastating wars at the end of the First Age, and Cania, the home country of Ilias Oter and his friends. Ilias, though, finds politics to be not nearly as interesting as his classmate Lilith Caillean, a beautiful and amazingly talented young wizard. There is just something magical about her… As the students of the “Academy for Arcane Studies and Material Arts” face the first serious test in their life, the final exams, they suddenly find themselves wrapped up in a web of intrigue and magic that could result in war, or even a threat to life itself.
Best pages
- My favorite pages from The Red Hall, Shadowdancers, The Tower in the Sky and The Letter of Jael Bara – Places 11 to 25
- My favorite pages from The Red Hall, Shadowdancers, The Tower in the Sky and The Letter of Jael Bara – Places 1 to 10
- My favorite pages from Breaking All Barriers and Monster – Places 11 to 25
- My favorite pages from Breaking All Barriers and Monster – Places 1 to 10
- My favorite pages from The Way Back Home – Places 11 to 20
- My favorite pages from The Way Back Home – Places 1 to 10
Major plot points by chapter
The Red Hall
- Ilias, Ryn, Lilith, Alissa and Sandril successfully complete the finals at the prestigious Academy of Cania for fighters and wizards.
- There is a bloody attack during the graduation dance.
Shadowdancers
- Lilith is framed for the attack and thrown into prison.
- Ilias & Co. seek the help of the Shadowdancers, a thieves’ guild and rebel group, to free Lilith from prison before her execution.
- Viviana, the leader of the Shadowdancers, finally agrees to help them.
- But only after they manage to steal the Avaril, the holy crystal of Viviana’s home country Ileasaar which is currently under the rule of Cania.
The Tower in the Sky
- Viviana & Co. prepare the prison break.
- Viviana has an ominous vision of a floating tower.
The Letter of Jael Bara
- Ryn & Co. successfully carry out the prison break and free Lilith from prison.
- Lilith opens a magically sealed casket for Viviana which contains evidence that Cania’s minister of the interior was part of a conspiracy that cost Ileasaar its indepence and her parents’ their lives.
Breaking All Barriers
- Viviana, poised to become queen of Ileasaar, and the other main characters become trapped in Lilith’s home village Oakdale.
- Lilith comes into posession of a mysterious magic book about extremely powerful protection spells.
- To free her imprisoned brother Dyson, Lilith begins learning the spells in the book.
- Lilith teleports her friends to different places all over Gaia.
Monster
- Ryn and Alissa are teleported to Midgard where they meet King Savos and the powerful priest San.
- On her way to Greendew, the capital city of Ileasaar, Viviana accidentally kills three people.
- It’s revealed that Lilith was together with Eldor, the mysterious advisor of King Olrik of Cania, in Oakdale who “helped” her to learn the spells in the book.
The Way Back Home
- Viviana and Ilias seek for help in Greendew, finding the boy Ryker and the engineer Cassius.
- Viviana gives a speech to the people of Ilesaar about Eldor’s insane plans.
- Ryn and Alissa infiltrate a secret laboratory by Eldor where the real villagers from Oakdale are held.
- Ilias frees Viviana from prison where she’s been held after her speech.
- In Greendew castle, Eldor uses a crystal ball to extract Lilith’s magical energy while giving Viviana an alternative version of the history of the planet.
- Sandril slays Eldor with a legendary sword, but Eldor’s soul is transferred to Sandril.
- Eldor, in Sandril’s body, summons the archdemon Bahamut which causes the fall of the Great Tree of Greendew.
- Viviana slays Bahamut.
The Last Queen of Gaia
- Viviana wakes up several days later to find out that she has lost her legs and been declared queen of Gaia.
- Eldor tries to open a mysterious door in the Crystal Fortress, the former headquarters of the Shadowdancers, since the crystal ball containing Lilith’s magical energy is supossedly behind it.