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Well, I am almost out of Indie books to review! Woohoo! There's only
one left after this, and I'm trying to foist the reviewing chores off on my
husband for I am an eeeeeevil woman.
But, anyway, on with the review. I'm reviewing Morning Glory the Faerie
#2. This comic dates back to '98, and I'm not sure if the series is still
being made. I haven't seen it on the shelves in a while. However, I do
remember way back when it came out, and I, being a fantasy comic fan in
my mid teens, picked up the first issue, not noticing the "Mature
Readers" label and flipped it open to page with the title character
screaming something along the lines of "I want to get laid!". Bad first
impression.
Now, three years later, I've grown up and yes, I have to admit, I enjoyed
parts of this comic. Allow me to give a brief synopsis:
Morning Glory is a small (I dunno, 6-8 inches) faerie who's the last of her
tribe. For some reason surely explained in issue one, she comes to live
with a single pagan woman in Silicon Valley. Unfortunatly, our little fae
friend feeds off of the energy released when humans make love, and her
new housemate doesn't have so much as a boyfriend. This of course has
to be remedied.
Lesson #1: Never try to remedy a lack of sexual relationship in a public
restaurant armed with a bag of love potion. Disasters are sure to happen,
ie, tripping and falling and spilling the potion into the rice at a Chinese
food joint. This was the main funny scene in this comic, and it reminded
me of fun love potion adventures in role playing sessions past.
In addition to being humorous, this comic touches down on some
serious issues like abortion and rabid pro-lifers. Also, it has some
information on Paganism in the back, and a cool section on
recommended books, including my two favorite faerie books ever.
I'm not sure I care much for the art. Too cartoony even for a comedic
book. It looks kinda like Speed-Racer with pixies.
Over all, it's probably a good book if you're looking for a slightly
naughty fantasy comedy book and don't mind getting 80s cartoons
flashbacks from the art.
PS: This book gets points for spelling it Faerie, not Fairy. YEH!!!
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