What the hell ever happened to this guy? I’m well aware that this book has been around for a while now, and it doesn’t make any sense to call him a “new” creator. Still, another reason this web page is around is so people like him don’t fade away from our memory completely. Am I wrong in thinking that he hasn’t done much of anything in comics since then? Please, someone, fill me in if that’s the case. When I first read this book a couple of years ago I thought it was OK bordering on pretty good. This time around, it blew me away. I caught a lot more of the little things that I missed then, I guess. It’s the story of a King who falls in love with a girl who can talk to the animals. She spurns him, but eventually agrees to marry him if he can find the emerald for her that she saw in her dreams. He goes on a quest with his faithful camel, and adventure ensues. Sounds pretty typical, right? WAY off. His knack for dialogue, especially that of the crusty old King, is amazing. He sticks with the story after the usual “and they lived happily ever after” too, and it makes the story completely unique. If this one slipped by anybody (and I know it slipped by me until I saw it for cheap a couple of years ago), do yourselves a favor and get it. It’s less than $5 on the Mars Import page and it’s fantastic. I laughed out loud a couple of times and wasn’t expecting that ending at all. Just buy it, and if anybody out there has Walt’s ear, make him get back to the drawing board, will you? You’d be doing the world a great favor…
