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Labyrinth vibes… “Through dangers untold. And hardships unnumbered. I have fought my way here to the castle; beyond the goblin city, to take back the child that you have stolen. My will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great... you have no power over me.”

Oops. * I was wondering if they were in some kind of Underhill world. This is adding to that - or maybe pulling in shades of the Persephone myth, if they’re in some kind of underworld realm.

I was wondering if it was some kind of Underhill/Persephone situation.

“Good food,” he said. “Dead meat. Cold. But good.”

On the one hand, he’s being awfully helpful for a Wendigo. On the other… the l’Inès above have some rather horrifying implications. 🙀

*More speculation* Caleb - kind of getting a Wendigo vibe, here.

*Possible spoiler*

My guesses - the driver is Caleb. Maybe Jonathan, but I think Caleb.
Nick - the smiling man? Which works with the many-names thing, and the deals - a name for the devil in folklore was Old Nick. 🤓🤔

“Jonathan disappeared. He had made a will… left me the farm, for my lifetime…”
I realize it probably means they had the deed in both their names, and it’s a technicality so no one can try to contest for his half.

I couldn’t help rolling my eyes, though - how generous of him to will to her the farm that SHE had inherited from HER father? 🙄

I can understand not wanting to do a long romance, but this is ridiculous. They just skip all character growth, and getting to know each other in the story in favour of a time skip and where they’re suddenly married?

“If coming to this land is a sin…” is another weird translation. Pretty sure “crime” makes more sense. Even the phrasing is awkward.

Translation at the start seemed a little stilted. On this page, there’s another example - using ‘savage’ to refer to a person, particularly a person native to a land by someone who immigrated/is foreign is NOT something you’d see most native English speakers doing. Not in Canada or the states at least. The dude hasn’t even met anyone yet - for all he knows he’s camping out on some noble’s hunt lodge.

They say 1971 here, but they’re not going by the Western calendar. Galvani’s experiment took place in 1780 on the Western calendar.

I probably won’t continue the series after this volume. It has very much of a cells at work/educational vibe, which wasn’t what I was expecting. Not really my thing.

Not a fan of the art style. The cat alien isn’t very cute to me, but that works for the plot - he’s not a cat shaped alien, he’s an alien wearing a (hopefully fake) cat-suit. Like the pug in MIB.

I feel like I’m nitpicking with the little things I’m noticing… not sure if this is a smaller publisher? An early work of the author/illustrator?

That just looks like it’s such an awkward pose for her arm…

I… don’t know if the translator actually knows what “slovenly” means. It doesn’t really fit here - something like “lecherous” or “wanton” would have been a better fit.

That’s… kinda lazy, re-using the same panel from earlier. -_-;

These are so short, I can’t see these being published separately unless they were part of another comic.

Hell, it’s not even Betty. I should have known from the name on the envelope, but thought it was part of the set up somehow. Betty must still be at Veronica’s cabin, babysitting.

I thought the horror part of the plot was going to be a dream sequence brought on by the scary movie or something. 😅

I think they’re aiming to the nostalgia crowd a bit too much. Or the writer’s just older - & MAGA to boot.

The idea might be interesting to younger readers, but Betty sounds more like a senior than a teen - & a conspiracy nut to boot. Talking about norovirus & whatever… morgellons (?) is? And that the sheriff is in some conspiracy about chemtrails and tracking chips in vaccines…

I regret this already.

Not sure what age level this is for. It doesn’t say it’s for kids anywhere, but the writing is fairly simple, and a few pages back they felt the need to define persecution/martyrs.

Not great if you’re looking for a lot of info - the bios are very brief. I only noticed from the dates on Francisco & Jacinta Marto how young they died, and there’s no mention in their bios why.