One could describe this graphic oddity as cute and twisted. Not like Happy Tree Friends or Happy Bunny or any other Happy-Whogivesafuck juxtapositions you might see on a T-shirt at Hot Topic, but more like—well—I can’t actually think of a direct analogy for such an already freakish spectacle. The fact is that a couple of rats, Preston and Moe, obsess over a ball of shit, and when they go off to play on a human corpse their pal Aldo wrecks their fecal orb and must set off on a futile journey to replace it.
Taking on the role of Beavis and Butthead-esque teenage losers (including Stewart!), these rats partake in a story as miniaturized and yet as profound as the illustrations that bring them to life, scatological- and mom-jokes aside.
The novelty is that each panel of this story is a departure from French’s usual modus operandi of pillowy pointillism. Line drawings are set in a 1 x 1 cm square and enlarged to the pocket-sized format of the book with unique effect. The forced method of preventing detail allows the story to progress more with the simplistic pictures and less with the relatively insignificant text downplayed by a Courier font.
As a bonus, French has added some larger character portraits in her more well-known style. And if that weren’t enough: there’s a lovely gallery of guest renderings of shit balls. No shit!
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