The Pursuit of Beautiful Things #1

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• 7.0

  CHUD - Jeb Delia

  Apr 26, 2013

  The Pursuit of Beautiful Things (Independent ,$0.99) is a 16-page one-shot in the Monkeybrain structure that seems like an excerpted chapter from a larger work. The story takes place aboard a boat, where an honourable man and his dog were rescued at sea after disaster struck, only to find the company they keep to be less than the same. The men are crude and primal, barely men at all, and they're in search of a mythical bounty that only deepens their shamelessness. It's a short, but beautifully told and rendered tale from writer W. Maxwell Prince and artist Thomas Kovach, whose style is somewhere between Teddy Christiansen and Mike Mignola, so perfect for the tale at hand. I wouldn't mind seeing this extended to a greater anthology starring the unintended adventures of this man and his dog, like an aged TinTin. Read Full Review