Title: Folklords

Author: Matt Kindt, Matt Smith

Publisher: BOOM! Studios 2020

Genre: Comics

Pages: 144

Rating: 3/5 stars

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In a world of magic and monsters, Ansel is an outsider haunted by visions of our world - and will risk everything to find the mysterious Folklords who can reveal the truth about his existence!

WHERE DO YOU BELONG?

In a world of magic and monsters, Ansel is an outsider haunted by visions of well-pressed suits and modern technology. When it comes time for him to declare his Quest, Ansel decides to seek out the mysterious Folklords, hoping they can explain his visions...but looking for the Folklords is strictly forbidden, punishable by death. How much is Ansel willing to risk to find out about the world he has never truly belonged in?

This very short trade started out strongly, but ended very abruptly and confusingly, but yet very predictable also. I love fairy tale riffs in literature and so I had pick this one up. I loved Ansel’s entire “fish out of water” character and wanted to see how he would find his place. The first issues have him begin his quest and acquire companions. Pretty standard. But there are cryptic messages and the beginning and ending of each issue and I wasn’t really loving those. And then Ansel finds the Folklord and everyone is very confused. He escapes and then…. what exactly? I was very annoyed at the ending. it doesn’t look like there is another set of comics ordered, so that’s it I guess.

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