Haha #4

Haha

by W. Maxwell Prince, Patrick Horvath (Artist)

“GUSTAV IN THE WORLD OF FLOATING OBJECTS”
A wise clown once said that everything floats…and he was right.

The comic book with a literally laughable title drifts into the big, blue sky with an issue hand-painted by watercolorist PATRICK HORVATH.

Genres: Comics

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 21, 2021

About the author

W. Maxwell Prince writes in Brooklyn and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats called Mischief and Mayhem. He is the author of One Week in the Library, The Electric Sublime, and Judas: The Last Days. When not writing, he tries to render all of human experience in chart form.

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0 ⭐

I feel like I might need to reread this one to really grasp what it was trying to say... or if it was trying to say anything.

This entry is definitely more complex than the previous three, as we follow two distinct (though related) characters and plots. The boy's story was simple and relatable; the clown's story was bizarre and thought-provoking. The watercolour art was just beautiful. The floating objects really do feel weightless. The ending was just...

"You're... me."
"Uh-huh. It's, like, a metaphor, man."

"That's the thing about the World of Floating Objects, Gustav. Everything means nothing."

I, ladies and gentlemen, am Gustav the Magnificent. I make balloon animals for kids. Also, I'm lonely, lost, and a miserable drunk. But that's okay. All that stuff ain't heavy, man. In fact, it's lighter than a feather.

...it feels like it's saying something that I haven't quite grasped yet. Maybe there's beauty in that.

[Aritra Dasgupta · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really wanted this to land. But it didn't. It's very ambitious and I heard Maxwell talking about how he chose this specific artist cause he loved the way he drew floating things(Prince made a folder of his favourite floating art by the guy even!) but for some reason, this just doesn't gel together. The art didn't do it for me, the writing didn't hit me. It was just a total bummer. More so because I normally love these type of stories by Prince. I hope this works far better for someone else. I'll just wait for the new Ice-Cream Man.

[Kay ☾ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am still going to continue this series, however this issue wasn't the greatest.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clowns are sad, part 4

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely sweet and surreal comic book

[Dcf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the art, the humor, the message. Very creative!