Rating: 4/5
I received this book in the August 2016 Comic Bento box, whose theme is animals. It features a character that is basically a live teddy bear. This is Fuzzy. He swears, smokes, has amnesia and creates general mayhem.
The book is told in two time periods. The first is right after Fuzzy awakens with amnesia. He teams up with a young woman who is a notorious thief. Despite their strange meeting, they team up and become friends. The second time period is set ten years later. The young woman is out of the picture, replaced with Sam and a few others. They operate an agency that specializes in solving strange problems. Plus there are ninjas.
There is a bit of humor in this book focusing on ridiculous situations, which is sometimes taken to an extreme. It fits though. This piece manages to pull it off because of the talking teddy bear. Despite being a webcomic originally, this book paces itself pretty well. Sometimes webcomics tend to jump around or just feel choppy. This book didn't have that problem at all.
The art feels right at home with this book. Some of the illustrations are ridiculous, which fits with some of the story elements. It is black and white, and I feel like this is a point in its favor. The drawings are a bit cartoony, but I got used to it pretty quickly. Sometimes that style can keep me from enjoying a book.
This is a longer book, so more can be packed into it, but there is a lot going on here. I enjoyed the characters and want to see what happens with them next.
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