Review: Skull Bunnies by Ben Seto

by Chriss Cornish published: April 19, 2010 No Comments

This Book Is About

On a walk in the woods Usagi Jane finds a strange object half-buried in the dirt. Curious, she digs it up and discovers that it’s a bunny skull. Sad to see just a skull, she builds a bunny body out of dirt and sets the skull on top. To her surprise, it comes to life and runs from her. She soon discovers more skull bunnies in the woods, but they run from her as well. How can Usagi Jane approach the timid skull bunnies? And will they ever accept her as a friend?

My Thoughts On This Book

So, if you found a skull in the woods and it turned into a shy bunny and hopped away you’d sew yourself a giant rabbit suit in order to make friends with it, right? Right?

No? Well, Usagi Jane does and I find that hilarious. That’s the primary source of sweetly silly humor in this self published comic, that this woman makes that seemingly odd logical step. Not only is Usagi Jane soon recruited by the skull bunnies to resurrect all their friends, but she finds herself fighting off invisible dragons that want to eat the bunnies.

I like the little pun that Usagi Jane’s first name means something like rabbit in Japanese and she’s wandering around in this sexy, slightly silly rabbit suit. It’s also cool how there isn’t much dialog in the comic, so most of it is told with just images.

I discovered Skull Bunnies at the 2009 Comic-Con and bought it and the other three Usagi Jane comics with the last of my Con cash; Mecha Skull Bunny and Skull Bunnies: The Day of the Dead.

Shadetastic or Blank-city: How Well Was This Black&White Comic Colored

The illustrations for this cute indy comic are manga style art with good shading and inking. The reader can easily pick out objects, understand depth, and follow action.