Frankly I would not even of heard about Ulster if I wasn’t so passionate about older furry stuff, and the pedigree on this comic is very unique. Published in 2009 by Dream Field Comics (Who was about to close down operations in 2010) who are frankly better known for Softpaw Magazine. But Ulster is so unique, the artwork is dark and very stark. I want everyone to understand this is clean comic and definitely has no cub. Once you look at the art by T.D. Ward who also wrote it. You will absolutely wonder why you never heard of them. Each page is a work of art reminiscent of Gory. The world is harsh while the characters are soft. Could be an allegory to life itself. This was to be the first issue in the series, too bad we never got a second issue.
The story of Ulster is simple, it’s about a jackalope named Ulster who leaves his forest doomed by man to help his fellow animals. It is when he run into these 2 foxes that we discover life is a fragile thing. It really doesn’t end happily but Tori D. Ward, made it that way because life is very fragile. Only consisting of 30 pages the author make that point quite clear where in the end where we see the forest he tried to save completely destroyed.
Frankly this was nothing like what I expected, I figured I would get a standard furry comic. Not a statement on life that you want to look at it again and again.
If you like both a story and artwork that is very unique search out Ulster from Rabbit Valley. It costs on $5 and worth more than double that price. I will even go on record as saying possibly triple.
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