Scurry: The Doomed Colony

By Mac Smith

Look at that, it's perdy as a mofo, the rest of this webcomic is the same quality, and the story gripping from the start, since it's similar in style to the Bromeliad trilogy except with nomes, and Mrs. Frisby, obv, as well as Watership Down, and this collection is the 1st 4 chapters on the website.

It starts with 2 mice tracking after food and locating a fallen comrade, Seep. These 2, Wix and his rat buddy, Umf search a house before returning to homebase where Pict, a lil mouse and Orin, her pops are waiting amongst the others who couldn't go out to scavenge.

Through this papa daughter convo, it's learned something has driven the humans away and their mice-folk are becoming ill (zombie apocalypse-style?). The style of this comic is zen, as well, like watercolor, so another dreamy comic, which I'm happy to share has been the case with my last few webcomic reviews. When they're finally forced to leave, Wix leads them to the window, but 2 kitties get in the way (looking adorably dangerous), and so Wix turns around for the previous exit and it met with a surprising third puss, Titan, who he'd run into before and had an ear deformation because of him. Meanwhile, during a colony meeting, Pict is defending the mice who couldn't necessarily make it to the city on the off chance they had more supplies available to them there, as well as the fact every scout sent out to check, didn't return.

With the help of Umf, he makes it out the door, but doesn't notice another threat right outside the wooden fence door. When Umf rejoins, he directs them a different way out, what with seeing the canine, it disappearing, but more seeming to be ready for them in the woods. When they return to the colony, Pict is dealing with Resher, a big mouse who wants to biff off to the city, but being sidelined with the possibility of a truck passed the forest which could have supplies to last them through to spring, but every option leading to more difficulties, so when she hears Umf and Wix were already reassigned to these 2 separate tasks, she's exasperated by having to stay and keep the peace. This will be difficult when it's shown of Resher having made a deal with Titan to get Wix, giving him his now planned location and perhaps soon-to-be death spot, offering the incentive of kitty crack and they getting a taste before the job was to be done, hilariously.

When Pict overhears Resher's plan and clumsily makes herself known, Resher decides she was dead either way, so he is now safely a schmuck worth loathing. She goes after Wix seeing all the mice who'd fallen on the way, one survivor hurt and surprised Resher had been responsible for the cat attack, Pict finding Wix soon just in time warn him of a cat, he jumping away hella quick and trapping himself in a crate, but he's able to see Pict atop her perch of logs, the kitties seeing, too. She's saved by a birdie and is then put endanger when it flies off with her, Wix following and Titan growing balls and chasing him, but this ending with a pup on the other side of the fence. The wolf regards the little Wix as he hides behind his log and advises he return to his humans, since the end was near for them anyways.

Wix ignores this since he knows he must follow Pict and rescue her, so Wolfy vows to see him again. Meanwhile Pict has her escape given by ravens attacking the hawk and dropping the birdhouse she hid, in some water, and being saved by a watching mouse nearby. He relates how she'd be stuck on their little island with a tree until the next day, she wondering about her father and Wix. She learns she was a few days away now and would have to rest until she could set out then.

Wix runs onto a tortoise who relates he'd never live to see where the hawk lived, and then is distracted by Wix having brought "death" with him. Pict learns the next morning of how the water was the beavers fault and now the only exit was with the beavers okay. Pict gets her opportunity to speak with a beaver not long after they get to the camp, she explaining her situation and agreeing to help them in return if the forest was so dangerous with wolves. Meanwhile Kessel, the wounded mouse makes known he'd been in on Resher's plan from the start as they discuss how much success the plan had been, Resher's next task to bring to the Elder's of their only chance being to go to the city with them.

This is nearly the end of the book, so I'll wrap it up and continue on valiantly till the end. It's worth the read, though, wonderful art, engaging storyline, if not well known, but much, much entertainment value. Onward to book 2!