Reviews

• Ian Brill at Comic Book Galaxy
  "Shuck seems not like a fantasy comic but like some kind of cool parable. It's a wonderful comic because it represents so much of its creator's vision. Smith has the whole series planned out for 2007 and I hope he gets more and more people on board as his comic continues."
  
  
• Tim O'Neil at Buzzscope
  "Smith sets an interesting tone, somewhere between Ed The Happy Clown and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. The vaguely allegorical feel creates a strangely disconnected tension, as if the actual events of the plot are only a part of the comic's real content. Considering how literally most fantasists interpret religious myths (see any of Vertigo's various Sandman spin-offs for an example of this), it's refreshing to read an approach that seems firmly entrenched in the deep metaphorical underpinnings that compose myth. "
  
  
• Randy Lander's Snap Judgments, The Fourth Rail
  "An effective mix of charming ruralism and imaginative supernatural elements, Shuck the Sulfurstar remains a unique book in this market. "
  
  
• Steven Grant's Permanent Damage, Comic Book Resources
  "I'm not sure why he's back, but I'm glad he is, since SHUCK, a sort of hybrid of Little Lulu, Pogo and Aleister Crowley, is one of the few comics today that can genuinely be called charming, not to mention good enough to spend money on."
  
  
• Broken Frontier
  "Rick Smith's Shuck is a very distinct comic book. Charming and imaginative, the world found in these pages long ago captured me as a reader."
  
  
• The Pickytarian
  "The reader is sucked into the comic's strange world and never once doubts that a goat-headed demon could walk around incognito by strapping on a plastic human face-mask...Not only am I looking forward to the next issue, but I'm clearly going to have to track down the collected edition of the previous series."
  
  
• Comic Book Galaxy
  "If you allow yourself to be immersed in Shuck's world, the invented language reveals wonders to behold (remember Alan Moore's "Pog" in Swamp Thing?), and the art is some of most lovely you can find in the pages of today's comics."
  
  
• Comic World News
  "If the concept of a demon retiring to the suburbs doesn't get you to try this book, maybe the cool, Krazy Kat-esque dialogue will. "
  
  
• Troy Brownfield, Newsarama
  "If you’ve never been exposed to Rick Smith’s wondrous and charming Shuck, here’s your chance. After appearing in four self-published volumes and a trade from Top Shelf, the retired Devil is back in a new series."
  
  
• Dave Sim (Cerebus) writes:
  "I don't think any explanation could do it justice, but how about: What if Seth and Alan Moore decided to do a ghost story with a George Herriman feel to it?"
  
  
• The Fourth Rail
  "There's a maturity and reflective tone in the storytelling overall, and it's surprisingly easy to relate to the demonic title character." Don MacPherson reviews.
  
  
• The Fourth Rail reviews Shuck Unmasked
  "Shuck is a stylish comic, with strange and beautiful artwork and a distinctive dialogue style that is not always easy to read, but which helps to give the book its unique charm." Randy Lander reviews.
  
  
• Shotgun Reviews
  "Every story is filled with a kind of wide-eyed mysticism that incorporates various belief systems without casting about judgment. It's sweet (in a good way), deeply intelligent and richly imagined." Troy Brownfield reviews.
  
  
• Poopsheet Reviews reviews Shuck Comics #4
  "The first issue had me interested and by the second I was hooked."
  
  
• Movie Poopshoot: Breakdowns reviews Shuck Comics #4
  "It’s like PROMETHEA meets LITTLE LULU, and quite beguiling."
  
  
• The Fourth Rail (Don MacPherson) reviews Shuck Comics #3, 4
  "Smith's simple character designs and sparse backgrounds certainly suit the quiet, innocent tone of the story. On the other hand, the use of grey tones in every single panel also brings a dark, eerie quality into play, but that suits the weird nature of the book as well."
  
  
• The Fourth Rail (Randy Lander) reviews Shuck Comics #3, 4
  "Those who have patience for unusual dialogue, or a taste for the somewhat strange, should definitely check it out."
  
  
• Optical Sloth reviews Shuck Comics #1 - 3
  "I wasn't sure what to expect out of this series and I wasn't sure at all that I was going to like it from the descriptions, but I was completely won over."
  
  
• Comics Worth Reading reviews Shuck Comics #1
  "This book is a wonderful meditation on the nature of life and occupation. It's very literary, appropriately moody, and highly thought-provoking. Dense with imagery and creativity, it's worth checking out for a unusual change from much else of what's out there."
  
  
• The Fourth Rail (Don MacPherson) reviews Shuck Comics #1
  "Easily the greatest strength of the title is how the writers celebrate language by completely disregarding its rules. The dialogue in this book consists not of words, but of sounds."
  
  
• The Fourth Rail (Randy Lander) reviews Shuck Comics #1
  "Shuck seems to be some strange combination of Dante's Inferno and Song of the South, which sounds like an impossible blend but actually retains the charm of the latter and the intelligence of the former."
  
  
• iComics reviews Shuck Comics #1
  "Shuck is, to put it simply, absolutely enchanting. I can't remember the last time I read a book I knew almost nothing about and fell in love with so quickly."
  
  
• The Fourth Rail reviews Shuck Comics #1, 2
  "Shuck is not one of those comics; in fact, it's quite odd, but there's something compelling about it as well."
  
  
• Small Press Magazine reviews Shuck Comics #4
  "It's one part fairy tale, one part parable, with a dash of social conscience and a lot of humor."
  
  
• Shotgun Reviews reviews Shuck Comics #1 - 3
  "It's sufficient to say that Shuck deserves some wider attention. This is the kind of book that can find a core audience and thrive for years on simple stories, smartly told. Shuck Comics are definitely worth a look."
  
  
• Comic Book Galaxy reviews Shuck Comics #1
  
  
  
• Comic Book Resources reviews Shuck Comics
  "SHUCK is one of those rare perfect comics that really couldn’t exist in any other medium."