Writer/Artist: Jeff Smith
Publisher: Cartoon Books
Price: $3.50
Review by: Sabrina Peyton

Jeff Smith who is known for his comic Bone has just released his newest comic, Rasl (pronounced rassle). So if you’re a Jeff Smith fan go check it out. The rest wait until it’s released in trade.

Rasl is a thief who used to take days, hours, maybe even months to plan a job. Not anymore though, not since he built his spectral immersion suit that lets him travel through space and time. Being a true thief instead of exploring or even using it for good he just uses the suit to help him steal from others.

The art of course is in true Jeff Smith style, pretty cartoonish but that’s how he draws. It’s the idea that this first issue doesn’t really give you a clue as to what the book will be about. Just an art thief who can travel through time? Space? Dimensions? Or is there something else. Maybe he can’t get home? Who is Maya and what exactly is the drift? There’s a lot of questions left hanging at the end of issue 1 but is it enough to keep readers coming back for more?

Well, that depends on if you’re a fan of Jeff Smith or not. If you are chances are that yes, you’ll buy the comic every month and possibly the trade. Everyone else might just wait for the trade as this comic being bimonthly probably won’t hold your attention in any other form.

It’s a decent start but it may not grab everyone.