Fearscape #2

Fearscape #2

by Ryan O'Sullivan, Andrea Mutti (Artist)

Heroic plagiarist Henry Henry faces his first trial in the Fearscape! Within The Weeping Castle, home to The Children of Prometheus, Henry Henry encounters wondrous and fanciful creatures—including The First Fear. With courage and calm, he endures the heart of darkness, refusing the easy temptation of light. No Legs can outrun—no Mind can outwit—no Heart can outlove our hero.

28 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2018

About the author

Ryan O'Sullivan is a comic book writer from the North of England. Best known for original works such as A Dark Interlude, Fearscape, Void Trip, and Turncoat; Ryan has also written for licensed properties such as Dark Souls, Warhammer 40,000, and The Evil Within; as well as music industry professionals such as RZA of the Wutang Clan, Yungblud, and Abbey Road Studios. His original graphic novel, Fearscape, was one of only two comics selected for The Guardian newspaper's "Best Books of the Year 2019". He is one quarter of the White Noise comic-writer studio.

Reviews

[Harry Hood · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it less than the first issue to be honest. The story is still very meta and a few ideas are very clever. I found the art so-and-so, still a bit curious to see what’s coming, though..

[Lauren (Northern Plunder)]

My review was first posted on Northern Plunder, you can read more of my reviews there too.

Whilst I was away last month Ryan O’Sullivan sent an early copy of the second volume of Fearscape my way to read and reivew for its release. Now I’m finally back on track with sleep and blogging I picked it up.

I’m really enjoyed the progression of this story but I can definitely see why I don’t read comics and do read graphic novels; they’re just too short. I need more. Now.

The Muse and Henry Henry travel further into the Fearscape and he meets and experiences some of the horrors within. The Fearscape is a beautiful place and its difficult to imagine how it could be filled with nightmares, but we get to experience some of Henry’s and I don’t think I’d want to be in his shoes with his truths and lies so clear to some of them.

I was really glad that we got to see some Sirens here because they’re some of my favourite creatures though I do wish they were explored a little more.

This volume is mostly about Henry facing some fears and figuring out how to get back to his world so that he can focus on what he wants – to become an author. But how far is he willing to go to achieve his dream?

The only way he can leave the Fearscape is to do something foolish, which it doesn’t appear he thinks much on. Or has any care for. So its definitely going to be interesting when he has to face the repurcussions of his actions, both from the Fearscape but also in real life as he’s not a great person.

I gave this 3.5 stars as whilst I did really enjoy it I wasn’t as took in as with volume 1 and I have no doubt the following volumes are going to live up to what I’m anticipating. (Additionally Henry’s vocabularly is very long winded which makes it hard to digest at times)

This volume is already out for sale so go pick it up from your local comic book store and join me on this nightmare-ish adventure and we can be glued to our seats as we wait to see what Henry Henry set loose into the mortal world.

Oh! It also has two covers, I think the white one would be the one I’d pick up.