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“Join a tale of adventure, as three young forest heroes help a prince save his family’s kingdom from an evil sorcerer!”
“Tales of the ShadowWood,” a graphic novel by Margaret and Robert Carspecken, is available at https://www.drivethrucomics.com/…/Tales-of-the-ShadowWood
as either a digital or print version.
Blue Witch is a rather amusing spoof of Blair Witch and If you find a copy you might want to pick it up.
Overall score 6.5 out of 10
As for the tale it goes like this. I picked up my copy at IFC a few months ago and finally got around to reading it. Mind you I actually liked it. But the problem is when I went to get and share info on where it can be found.
Turns out it was printed in 2017, and there are 4 copies for sale on Etsy currently. In addition Declan McCarthy has taken down all their Junebug and Reagan comics, which Blur Witch features.
A while back I promised a review, but even I didn’t expect this.
It is described as on various sites
Look Life on the edge of the desert has never been easy, especially for the jackal prostitute and sword dancer, Zayn. After selling his wares at auction to a hyena sellsword by the name of Naji, Zayn realizes Naji can help him find a better life. Just as Zayn’s dreams are coming true, problems from Naji’s past catch up to him. The jackal will have to move quickly to save the hyena or risk losing him forever.
Content Warning:
The following work contents scenes of explicit male/male sex and deals with topics such as prostitution, abuse, violence, loss, and post-traumatic stress. This book is intended for adults only, and reader discretion is advised.
What you get is a marvelous adventure. Where nearly every chapter brings something new. Maybe someone from their past who wants to kill them or smuggling weapons, all the way up to kidnapping. Then there are the deep embedded scars someones back. I won’t reveal who or why it’s there. But it’s like this tale, each turn of the page reveals something new and different that only wants us to read more.
I seldom talk about endings but this one is very stratifying.
NightEyes DaySpring brings you to a land and time that you never been. But after a while you wish you were there.
I give this tale a very solid 10 out of 10. It also got me to do something I rarely do check out what books the author has wrote. I have no doubt it will be just as good.
I met NightEyes DaySpring at MFF 2022 and found them to be a very humble author. Who wants people to read, what I found is a truly great tale.
It’s available on various sites, just check for your favorite one.
I just to say I have been a fan of Scott Fabianek AKA Art Mutt for a very long time. I even follow them on Twitter. But some how Spatial Anomlies fell through the cracks with me until the recent MFF where I knew I had to get a copy.
Fenris Publishing describes it as
The Arrival
Pilot Zeke Wilder wakes up to find himself assigned to a cargo loading job in deep space with no memory of how or why he got there. Missing more than just memories, he is taken in by a crew of humans, aliens, and augmented animals who don’t plan on getting attached…
What you actually get is a very funny story about Zeke Wilder arriving at a station totally unaware that the station has Anthros and humans working side by side. With an anthro dog looking for a best friend, let me remind you he is more dog than anthro. Always wanting to sniff butts and to play, but he is an excellent pilot… at least that is what they say. Add in the fact that Zeke is a replacement for a another human who died. Of course they don’t day how. You soon realize that Zeke feels he got in way over his head.
What can I say I laughed through a majority of the story. I thought it genuine very funny, and encourage you to get a copy if you want a good laugh.
It’s $11.99 through it’s publisher https://www.fenrispublishing.com/order.php
There are 2 more volumes waiting in the wings, can’t wait until Fenris decides to publish them
Update!!!
Turns out there is more to this and it happened recently
I knew of issues 2 and 3 but this extra news is fantastic
You can find previews of issues 1 – 3 here
We have finally made it to the last book in the series Goon Dust Love Book Four Environmental Terrorism by Daniel Carter. I actually finished the book last week and just been figuring out what to finally write.
The Plot
Elaine is in college along with her friends at The Yellow House. Michael does show up from time to time. We are despite the title, presented with possible directions there lives could go. A career, go in to service, and one option for extreme protection of the environment. We are presented with clear cases for each and every single one them.
So where does all of this goes? This is the reason why I am giving this book a very solid 10 out of 10. The author Daniel Carter leaves it up to the reader.
I admit that my 20s are a slowly fading memory. But the one thing I was certain on was I didn’t know where my life would finally be going. If someone told me back then that I would have my own furry news site, I thought they are crazy. But here I am.
Is there any one of us back when we were of college age knew where we would wind up going? I would say very few, if at all anyone. Our choices, our decisions. For good or bad they are what they are. Life is like that, as one comic put it so well. “If we were presented with a profile of where life would take us, before we were born. Many of us would choose not to be born”. What I am saying we make mistakes, but life goes on as it always have.
You can buy Goon Dust Love here
Personal Thoughts on Goon Dust Love series
How I found out about the series was weird, but a good one. The people at Rabbit Effect Press are so very nice I wish them much success.
To the Author Daniel Carter
You gave us, maybe a story for Young Adults, but you gave this greymuzzle such an interesting story. It seems every time trouble could destroy Michael and Elaine’s life. It doesn’t, and you did it with a great story and such interesting characters. Really can’t wait to read your next work and maybe one day I can get my books autographed.
Life is hard on these mean streets & Tusk knows you do anything to survive, including showing a little leg, opening wide, and to obey~ Check out Scattered 1 & 2 by @BleatsyGoat at LINK
The story of Michael and Elaine continues in The Yellow House by by Daniel Carter.
The Yellow House was a total delight to read. Here Michael and Elaine went through hardships only to find a 2nd home. This extended family cared for one another and all they want in return is help to maintain there home. As the story evolved a wolf among their number invites them to another home. Where Michael discovers the biggest collection of porn he ever seen but was too embarrassed to even look at. Really the only other major event was them filling out grant forms, which Michael seemed to back away saying he didn’t need to go to college as he wanted to be a cop.
The Yellow House is a real stand out from the series. If you want something that isn’t one drama on top of another. About 2 young adults that you care about, The Yellow House is it.
The next and last book entitled “Environmental Terrorism” has left me wondering on multiple points. Let’s just say I am curious how does it end?
So how do I rate it a very solid 10 out of 10 and here is why. It was such a delight to read, if you look at some of the books I have been reviewing of late. I really needed a break and The Yellow House was it. I honestly would like to thank Daniel Carter for what has been an interesting series to read.
You can but them here from Rabbit Effect Press
Goon Dust Love Book Two The Pig continues the story of Micheal and Elaine who are discovered by this man and invites them over to an abandoned McDonald’s where he has other “Runaways” running hussles, fake subscriptions and charities and the like in return they get hash browns and catsup with coffee and an occasional beer and that’s it at 2 times a day. If they don’t bring anything in they just don’t eat.
To be honest the more I read, the more it hit me that this is an adaption of Oliver Twist, a good one in fact. If you don’t know Oliver Twist, really you can look it up on Wikipedia, but really it’s the same plot… with one exception.
The Yellow House, the next book in the series.
Where an extended family of college students live, where they have plenty of fresh food, a clean place to live and everyone is treated fairly.
Unlike what happens at the abandoned restaurant, when Elaine checked out The Yellow House and Michael lied to The Pig to save her as she violated one of his rules. Don’t talk to others. For a while it looked like Micheal was about to get roasted. Until he was suddenly freed, and they decided to go.
It maybe an adaption of “Oliver Twist”, but it’s a good one. Frankly I wished it was longer than the 60 pages or so of how this series averages.
The Verdict
I give a very solid 10 out of 10, and here is why. Great characters, interesting story and enough of a plot twist you are certain what is going to happen next.
The Pig with other volumes of Goon Dust Love is available from Rabbit Effect
The Wolf is the 1st volume in the Goon Dust Love series by Daniel Carter
The series is described as
Michael just wanted to have fun at prom. Elaine just wanted to make her best friend happy. They didn’t know they’d end up talking to a drug-dealing wolf. Or burning Michael’s mom’s car. They didn’t know they’d have to sell magazines for Pig Dad or lie on their college applications.
The Plot
Keep in mind this is only apart of the full story
Micheal and Elaine are long time friends, they have been friends so long it’s like they have been together their entire lives. They are also fans of a TV series Dark Passage featuring Detective Cloud which they are totally hooked. An innocent suggestion for Butterfly Drugs lead them to a drug dealing wolf. Where these 2 innocents get involved in something far far darker than they expect. Turns out The Wolf and his companion was going to both kill and eat them. Michael killed them instead, in a mistaken effort to confuse the Police. They spread powders of various drugs thinking this is how the cops dust for prints. They burn Michael’s mom’s car, steal a van later as the story ends they wind up sleeping in the van.
The story is 67 pages.
So you can say continued to the next book
The Verdict
I honestly liked it, although shorter than most books I have read recently. The cover art and the story works very well together. In this story where you have 2 clueless teens to how the world really works, and it all fits.
Although like some books I review this is not for anyone looking at a HARDCORE tale. Just a light story of innocence and how despite everything hopefully surviving it.
Which means staying out of prison (fingers crossed).
So how do I feel?
I am giving this book a 8 out or 10, and I give the publisher Rabbit Effect a 9 out of 10 for marketing.
The books have unique art, the story read by a hardcore mystery fan loved it. I wondered what they were going to stumble in next. I am going to personally recommend this to a couple of friends who are looking for something innocent and light. The characters are wonderful, I know this is one I will reread.
Perfect for the young adult reader.
With my order they included this
Sorry it got wrinkled, that is my fault. But this tiny 4 page zine fills you in for all they tiny details the books doesn’t include.
The books are available from Rabbit Effect
As I sit here and type this, I wonder if any of you had the same trip as I did to this point. I originally discovered Circles on this what can best be called a magazine/ manga hosting site. I discovered a lot of comics… but Circles was different. It was the one that drew me back time and time again. It really wasn’t until another furry and I was talking about it. That it was more than the 4 issues I found online. That caused me to buy the 1st collection from Rabbit Valley, and later when they were at MFF I got the other 2 volumes.
Still to this very day I wish volume 3 got the same treatment… comic wise as the first 2.
I am such a fan, I even did an interview with Andrew French for my site. I found that he was so damn nice, although he did the writing as he corrected me. The interview is one of my favorites. I still would like to do ones with Steve Domanski and Scott Fabianek.
So what do I think of Circles #4 it was so incredibly nice just to see all the characters get together for one last time. I secretly hope not. The plot was of a reunion dinner at the old house we all come so familiar. Actual tears of joy are welling up in my eyes as I type this.
Masterpiece is the least I can say. It really is a MUST BUY for all you Circles fans.
It was nice to see what everyone was doing, and who actually became a Granpa will surprise you. But I promise no spoilers here.
I really wish I could post page 7 here. It is a hyena gardener and it makes me smile.
No joke I was really crying at the end of it.
My guess is you already heard it’s more cookbook than graphic novel. But the cookbook holds a secret which I have not seen anyone talking about. Circles art at the beginning of each chapter. The one in the hot tub I wish I could post on my wall.
One last thing, I am straight, more ASexual as time passes. But Circles have let me understand the Gay community which I am more open to it now, before I started this journey.
THANK YOU
Andrew French, Steve Domanski and Scott Fabianek.
If you can’t make it to MFF, maybe one day I can say “Hi” at Anthro New England.
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