Year: 2006 Writer: Liam Kemp Artist: U! Letterer: Chris Tabor Publisher: Self-Published Website: http://www.fatalysia.com Genre: Fantasy Description of book: From the Web-site: "'Fatalysia' follows the adventures of Susan and Christan, best friends who live in a small village in an imaginary time. Susan escapes her abusive home life by secretly spending time with a scarecrow she meets on the other side of the forest." Price: $3.00
Review: Fatalysia opens with a flashback that has more to do with dreams than actual events. The remainder of the comic seems to follow this pattern, one foot on either side of the line dividing the concrete from the more surreal.
The story threatens to be a retread of the "Beauty and the Beast" tale with more of a tragic edge, but this opening leaves the reader with more questions than definitions. That is likely the title's biggest asset right now, although it is disappointing that it has only moved on to its second issue as of this writing.
Bottom line, there are hints in Issue #1 that this is a project that takes more traditional ideas and, courtesy of a unique meeting of minds, mashes them together in a new and (hopefully) less than predictable way.
Overall: 4 stars.
Alex Haas