Toril Orlesky

I originally read this back when it was still updating and decided to give it a reread in full so I can read the sequel/spin-off at long last. It's still a pretty enjoyable m/m western but with centaurs about the US post-Civil War (but with centaurs). It's a bit light on the plot, but that also makes it not as overwhelming as some stories might be. The romance is nice and the cast is wonderful. As someone who's not into westerns or furry comics, when I say I enjoyed this, that means something. Could have done with less smoking, though. Although it was atmospheric it was just kind of yeesh.… (more)

While the art is gorgeous, and the romance is nice in concept, and the new characters are neat, the abstractness of this is just a bit too much and hard to follow. At a certain point it just becomes single seemingly random panels of nothing. While single-panel stories can work, even over a long course of time, like Matt Rhodes' "Tellurion", there's just really nothing here to work with. The plot being dumped sort of confusingly at the end doesn't help, either.

Neat concept. Not so great execution. But the art is pretty and the premise is nice. And it's short if you've got nothing better to read.… (more)