Matt Kindt

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? Eisner Award-nominated writer Matt Kindt (Grass Kings, Black Badge) teams with acclaimed artist Matt Smith (Hellboy & The BPRD) for an adventure that blurs the line between fantasy and reality. Collects Folklords #1-5.

Folklords

Heather Heaton

The plot of this graphic novel was rather entertaining and enjoyable as we follow our MC as he sets off on a quest to find the folklords. The folklords are not to be searched out or even talked about out loud in this world making it tricky to know where to start. He finds some new friends along the way that help him in his quest. I think the downfall of this graphic novel were a couple themes that annoyed me a bit and I did read this right after a feminist book so these themes really stood out to me as they were on my mind. Issue 1: one of the characters chose their quest to find themselves by running around kissing every man she could as she felt she didn't belong as she was. For whatever reason this irritated ne as you probably shouldn't force people to kiss you. I think it was meant to be funny but I just didnt find it to be. Issue 2: There was a woman who was the MC's friend before who was kicking butt and then at the end they are calling her his damsel and making it seem as though she didn't do as much as he did or at least have a part in helping complete this quest but was just at his side doing nothing. For these reasons the plot couldn't hold the rating up higher than a 3 for me.

Zoey Mikalatos

From Narnia to Harry Potter, we’ve seen our hero leave the real world for a fantasy world—but in Ansel’s world of monsters and magic he’s haunted by visions of our world with tailored suits and modern technology! Ansel embarks on his Quest to find the mysterious Folklords, hoping they can explain his visions...but looking for the Folklords is punishable by death. What will Ansel risk to find out about the world he has never truly belonged in? Eisner Award-nominated writer Matt Kindt (Grass Kings, Black Badge) teams with acclaimed artist Matt Smith (Hellboy And The B.P.R.D.) challenge everything you know about the line between fantasy and reality in a new series for fans of Die, Middlewest and Fables.

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