Iron Bard Ballisto, written and drawn by Ben Hutchings is a goofy 36 page cartoon read reminiscent of Sergio Aragone’s Groo. It is published by the Australian imprint, Milk Shadow Books.

Set in Tasmania, it follows our minstrel-singing hero’s adventure as he infiltrates the ZND corporate headquarters (I guess Australia has issues with blood sucking polluting multinationals too), and violently works his way up the Boardroom to musically right their wrongs. Humor and cartoon violence abounds all throughout.

This is a cartoon, so the art is basic. The satire made me laugh a bit, but some of the humor didn’t cross over to this end of the Atlantic Ocean. Maybe I’d buy it for the kids to culturally expose them to Australian bawdy humor, but beware of the musical violence.

Story: Ben Hutchings Art: Ben Hutchings
Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7 Recommendation: Read

Milk Shadow Books provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review