Review: The Far Reaches

Gilrec, the hapless protagonist of The Far Reaches is a SciFi "hero" in a decidedly Woosterian vien. He'd really rather live out his life on his country estate playing video games, but he can't say no to anythng his remarkably stupid friends or terrifying uncle proposes. Fortunately, he has just acquired an amazingly competant robot butler named Bentley.

At first I was inclined to dislike this comic. The web-anime art style is rather old now, and a lot of the related graphic tropes just annoy me at this point. Likewise, Far Reaches lacks the brilliant dialog and writing that make the actual Jeeves and Wooster books such a pleasure. But I think I was a little hasty, because while it's taken it's time to find its pace, when Far Reaches does hit the right humor buttons, it's damn good.

Take the following scenes, for example:


( Where we see the artist does a damn good Peter Falk )

I was impressed. It's rare to find someone starting off with one joke, and finishing off with a completely different one. So, while The Far Reaches is still definitely light entertainment, it is good fun, and I'll keep reading it.

Wehn Religious Adverts Just. don't. work!

I dunno, maybe it's just me, but for some reason, this ad doesn't give me the impression that I will find scintillating conversations that will answer my theological questions. At least not any more than I can get from an "Eliza" program.





It does make me wonder though, if "crimes against the English language" or "pathetic attempts to be hip" could be considered new categories of Deadly Sins.