Comic Review: The Field on the Edge of the Woods Book 1

 The Field on the Edge of the Woods Book 1

By Mike "Frick" Weber, Loran Skinkis, and G. Morgan
Publisher: http://www.filmsandcomics.com/
Cover Price: $3.99

"Just beyond the final breath of our years, lies a field...The Field on the Edge of the Woods. To the north, the Great WHite Wall, a beacon of hope on a remorseless landscape, and to the south...The Woods, the dark twisted closet of the world...a place that never forgives, and never forgets."

So reads the inside cover of the first book of The Field on the Edge of the Woods. With it's cover simulating the appearance of a worn leather tome, you expect a serious drama of the struggle between good and evil, the White Wall versus the dark Woods.

That's not exactly what you find, however. The story is framed in the context of reently deceased Gary reading a script written by...Death? As the hooded, grinning skeleton guides the confused Gary, we overhear the tale as Death reads the part of the narrator saying it would be cool if the narrator sounded like Morgan Freeman.

The story concerns a white rider and his army fighting the Dark Nasties, troll-like forces of the dark Woods over a mysterious bundle. The white rider, whom we learn is Pontius Pilate, gets aided by the Gov'ner and Chenoa, apparently also denizens of the Woods under the care of the Woman of the Woods. A tenuous alliance is forged and the three begin their journey in search of the stolen bundle.

What could easily have been a serious sword and sorcery tale easily lost amidst the many previous stories of the genre actually becomes an intriguing and fun adventure. Weber and crew through in humor as easily as mystery and adventure and the humor is all too modern day. The Gov'ner sounds like he could fit in with any Kevin Smith movie which contrasts the more proper fantasy tone of Pontius Pilate. Throw in the Dark Nasties who wear t-shirts reading "No Fat Chicks", "OMFG", "Vote for Pedro", "Size Matters", and the like and you can see that the strange blend of classic fantasy and modern humor creates a unique and fun reading experience.

Here's a very cool trailer for the book...Check it out...