The Book of Ballads and Sagas #1

By Neil Gaiman

The False Knight on the Road written by Gaiman (and my sole reason for getting the issue), shows a boy readying to go to school, and his ma warning him to stay away from the well, since his pa'd drowned. The boy acknowledges her, and goes off walking through the wilderness, seeing the False Knight near the well and asking him where he was headed and what his backpack contained. The boy answers honestly and the FK continues his interview, soon learning the boy carried a fire starter for school as well, and the sheep nearby belonged to the boy and his ma, it getting squirrely when the FK asks which of the sheep were his, the boy cleverly stating it'd be the one's with unnatural colored tails, the FK leading the subjects to areas where what the boy needed would get broken and the boy responding smartly of the FK getting the repercussions, the last statement the boy makes in reply regarding the well, making the FK disappear, and he making his way to the schoolhouse. Eerie little poem comic. I decided to forgo the 2 other stories, since they only partially required more issues to continue the story, and I in it solely for the Gaiman.