Schreitz, Will – Casper and Fauntleroy

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Casper and Fauntleroy

This one is going to be tricky to review. Yes, even trickier than usual! I had things more or less set in my head, but when I looked up his website I saw that this comic was listed as a sample. So I clicked, thinking it might show a price for anybody who was interested. What I saw instead, which I don’t think I’ve ever run across before, was that this 8 page comic is actually only a part of a much longer story on his website. That alone isn’t that odd; all kinds of people have put out teaser comics when they’re working on something larger. But this particular teaser comic is made up of 6 pages (if you’re not counting the front and back covers) from the MIDDLE of that larger story. It’s just odd, OK? Damned peculiar. So for the sake of this rambling review, I guess I’ll just mention the longer parts when appropriate. Which will be most of the time. Anyway! This starts off with Casper, with no introduction, standing in the desert. He comes across a cart that’s either being driven by a very nervous-looking egg, or is also part of that egg. They drive a bit, get into a small accident, and get accosted by that rat (?) you see in the sample image. After this we meet Fauntleroy as he dives into the water and watch him muse about the meaning of it all before he’s swallowed by a giant fish. Did I just review the whole comic, even though I’m constantly talking about how that’s a terrible thing to do? Yep, and for two reasons. One, this comic isn’t listed at his website, so he’s not selling it at the moment anyway. Two, read the comic! Again, it’s on his website, and I even linked to it in the title. It’s delightful, and there’s a heck of a lot more going on than there is in this teaser. It shows how Casper got into the desert AND how Fauntleroy fell into the ocean, so that’s two mysteries cleared up right away. Maybe buy one of his other books if you feel bad about just reading this story for free, but it’s weird and compelling and you should check it out. And heck, if you do find a copy of this teaser in a small press comics shop somewhere, go ahead and buy that too. Why not?

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