ASB...

So I finished the whole thing. I had to, it was quite compulsive. It feels unusual to have a comic story actually come to an end with nothing more forthcoming, but it was well done just the same. The characters are just adorable, every one of them, and if the setting is a little over the top, it just serves to showcase the interactions that much better. I can't express how delighted I was at the end to find out that Ricky was a top of the class student in physics and astronomy and that Stephen was in pre-med. As for Marcus, well, I can't blame Danny for falling in love with him. Who could help that? I sure couldn't. There are sure a lot more stories that could have been told in there, but I can understand the desire of the author and artist to reach a point of closure and turn to other things. It must be very time and energy consuming, creating something so complex.

As much as I love Leo Magna's Fur-Piled and some of the other furry strips that are still running weekly or more often, Associated Student Bodies is a masterpiece that can be re-read and studied to get more out of it each time.

OK, so that's done. Now I have some real stuff to do, but I'm going to be daydreaming about Marcus, Ricky, Nigel, Danny, Thomas, Stephen, David, Tiny, Vince, and Timmy for quite some time I'm afraid.