Fangirls! No, this isn’t an article about my life. Though with that title, it certainly could be. Nope, this is an article about an excellently hilarious comic that I picked up while at Boston Comic Con last week! I stopped by an awesome table with a lovely & nice woman, where after looking around her grand selection of books, landed on this one. I couldn’t resist the title. Turns out, the book is also fantastic. My only regret is not buying the second part.
This comic tells a tale of two princes. Well, four, really. There were three Hungarian princes. The two older brothers were buddies, and also very annoying and typical obnoxious older brothers. Their father, the King, was always laughing in one eye, and crying in the other. Only day, the two older brothers decided to confront their father about his bizarre facial features. Things didn’t go over very well. The father, who was feasting at the time of the confrontation, grabs a large butcher knife and comes after the two. The younger brother steps in and saves the brother from their father in a hilarious encounter. This page is an awesome display of the very creative text that Swardlick uses. It’s just so fun to read it.
Instead of being more respected for saving the brothers, they are of course unappreciative. The father though, is the most upset. He decides to banish the young prince for life, and sends him on his way. Not before giving him a parting gift, though. The King gives his son a bar of soap. The soap was handed down from his father, who had received from his father. The soap is said to be magical and is possessed by the spirit of John Wayne. So.
The prince is left to try to evaluate his life now that he’s a normal member of society. He finds that it’s just full of drunk people. The soap starts speaking to help him navigate his way through the situation.The prince finds himself at a bush, contemplating the foolishness of these people. There, another young man emerges from the adjacent bush. The Hungarian prince discovers that this fellow is also a prince, and has been banished for speaking to bees (hahaha). From there, the two princes become friends, bonding over their banished prince-ness. The princes still need to figure out what to do about all these drunk people and odd normal society.
The soap tells the boys to peel back the bark of a tree, where they find an egg. Upon cracking open the egg, they find a chicken sized horse. The horse eats the soap, and grows to a normal size. The drunkards think that the boys have said “whores” not horse, and start chanting. The princes then ride off to somewhere unknown. And that, according to this story & Swardlick, is why we celebrate Easter.
This book is so fucking random, I just can’t help but love it. The humor is so silly & whimsical, it’s just so much fun to read. I’m dying to know what hilarity lies within it’s second part, which I stupidly did not buy. Luckily, though, B Swardlick has a website! Where I can read both parts of this comic, and a whole host of other comics she creates: Failwolves, Hockey, Suicide Pie, and 24 Hour Gay Wizard TV. I cannot wait to dive right into to this lovely online pile of B Sward goodness. I highly recommend this creator, Fangirls! Her stories are gold. Check her out!
Hooray!
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