“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Kurt Busiek delivers with his all new comic book, Tooth & Claw. Tooth & Claw #1 is a well-written fantasy about a world run
completely on magic, but the magic is in jeopardy and it seems that, if they do
not do something soon, their magic will disappear.
The main characters of this story were a complete surprise
to me; they were anthropomorphic animals with magical abilities. They live in
the floating city of Keneil, “westernmost of the Seventeen Cities Above the
Plain” where everything is magic and that magic is dying. Dunstan, a dog-boy –
one of several “animal” races – does his duty faithfully, paying homage to his
gods, aware that the day will soon come when he has to learn his father’s
responsibilities and magic. Unfortunately for him, that day may come sooner than
he thinks.
A gathering of Wizard’s determines that their magic is
indeed failing them. Fearful and unsure of their ability to survive without
magic, they begin down a path that can only lead to disaster. Some of the
braver wizards do the unthinkable; they pool their magic together and reach
into the past to bring back the supplier of magic “The Great Champion.” Will
this end in disaster or be their saving grace?
If you haven’t read the new Tooth & Claw comic book, I
highly recommend picking up a copy today.
- barbie66
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