Bug Wars Book
One: Lost in the Yard by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar (Illustrator), Matt
Wilson (Colorist), and Becca Carey (Designer) is a weird book. I am not sure who the
intended audience is. It’s sort of Game of Thrones-ish, sort of Conan-is,
sort of a lot of fantasy adventure deals. No matter what you try and compare it
to, the deal is told from a kid’s perspective of life among the bugs with bug
worldbuilding pages by his dad. It is weird.
A kid and his
family are forced to move to his deceased dad’s place. Slade has inherited his
father’s love of bugs. Sydney, his brother, has an intense hatred of them and blames them
for the death of their father. During an argument between the two, Slade is
shrunk to the size of a bug and winds up outside the home. He is now stuck in
bug world. A word that is remarkably like his own normal world. He now seeks to
survive, get back to normal size, and return home. He also wants to uncover why
his father died and protect his brother from the bugs vengeance.
There is nudity,
bestiality, violence, cussing, torture, slavery, and way more. This is a very
adult book that, for some reason, stars a child protagonist. It is not ever
clear if he is a pre teen or a little older. The read also comes across to this
reader as two different books stuck together. Some aspects of it seems forced.
The art is
excellent, even though most of the humanoid insects end up looking basically
human except for some minor changes. The world building is interesting, even if
the bug facts were disgusting and made me hate bugs even more. There is a
larger world built up.
Major Spoiler---the
book synopsis claims Slade will uncover the truth about his father’s death.
That does not happen at all. Maybe the sequel will explain. The book raises
more questions than answers.
There will be a
second book and a one shot about the witch spiders released at some point. How
it will be collected has yet to be announced. The title of the second story arc
is The Fellowship of The Fucked-Up. Clearly a play on the Lord
of The Rings series.
Amazon Associate
Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/4taWpRB
My paperback
reading copy came from the Vickery Park Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Scott A. Tipple ©2026
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment