Man Goat & The Bunnyman #2

Man Goat & The Bunnyman #2

Zenescope Entertainment 2021

Written by Joe Brusha

Illustrated by Guillermo Fajardo

Coloured by Walter Pereyra & Ulises Arreola

Lettered by Taylor Esposito of Ghost Glyph Studios

The stakes are raised as Phil and Floyd find themselves up against a mysterious cult whose members are taking and killing summer vacationers. All the while, after months of searching, a group of obsessed monster hunters has finally tracked the cryptid roomies down. And these hunters are out for blood. Will Phil and Floyd be able to stay alive long enough to save the day once again, or will this be the end of the road for Man Goat and the Bunny Man?

There are two openings here and both of them manage to grab the readers attention and makes you want to delve further into the issue. Phil and his daddy issues take centre stage in the first opening and permeates throughout the entire issue and it really works as the catalyst for the story. With the cult and Floyd doing their thing we see so much more swirling around Phil’s and works on so many different levels. There are a few questionable moments that don’t work for me but we’ll to that later.

I do like the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented nicely. The character development is where this shines and to see the rift build between these best friends is something that is natural and some disappointed yet expect to be seen. How we see the dialogue, the character interaction and how they act and react to the situations and circumstances they encounter really continue to flesh them out more and more. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists & turns along the way draw the reader further and further into this.

How this is being structured and how we see the layers within the story grow, change and evolve is really rather nice to see. The layers is where we see the depth, complexity and drama shine, though to be honest Floyd when he’s angry should is a rabid stone cold killer so capturing him and dong what we see is totally out of character with what should actually happen and I think that’s a glaring mistake. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is achieved rather well.

The absolute best thing about this book are the interiors here. That splash page sets the tone for what we see and it’s frakkin marvellous. The linework is exquisite and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create this level & quality in the detail work is mindbogglingly brilliant to see. The creativity and imagination in the work is off the charts and how its brought to life like this is beyond stunning. The way that we see backgrounds being utilised and how they work within the composition within the panels show such a masterful eye for storytelling. The colour work is stupendous! How we see the various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work shows such a brilliant eye for how to use colour. The fire in that splash page and the sun shining through the trees are examples of how master colourist works.

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Aside from Floyd’s predicament which honestly if he didn’t black out and kill everyone i’m going to be highly disappointed in Joe’s idea of writing, this is a solid book. Phil hasn’t realised that everyone’s coming for him and they want to use him to bring his father into this world and while he fights who he is he really needs to embrace it and use that power to prevent these fools from fulfilling their ideas. This off the wall buddy horror comedy has unlimited potential that I think has only been scratched on the surface. With some of the best interiors in comics today you’ll thrill to their adventures as they race to find each other and hopefully end this before they won’t be able to blend into the background any longer.