Review: Twilight Custard
1855, Texas. A 'time of peace' between the United States and Mexico. Twilight Custard, a survivor of an attack on Fort Duncan six years previously - during which his wife was killed - is woken in the night by a blazing light falling from the sky.
Investigating the crash site, he comes across a metal object half-buried in the ground. Pulling it out, he discovers it is a mechanical man (or, the top half of one, actually). Strapping it to his horse, he continues on his journey towards the place where the fireball came to ground. A little further on he sees a large metallic saucer surrounded by men with guns. When a group of Mexicans approach the artefact, the men shoot them. Twilight flees the scene and buries the mechanical man in his yard, deciding to forget all he has seen...
His wishes are thwarted, however, when he hears a voice in his head which says "You have to dig me up."
Twilight Custard by writer Josh Wilson and artist William Muljo is a genre-blurring sci-fi Western in which an ordinary individual suddenly finds his familiar world turned upside-down by the arrival of something far beyond his comprehension. Still mourning the death of his wife, Twilight has little interest in the world around him and, when disaster threatens, does not care if he lives or dies. Hardly a heroic figure, yet this is the man - according to the telepathic robot from another world - upon whom the fate of the galaxy depends.
The story is dramatic and the mostly monochrome artwork (the colour blue used for special effects) is neatly atmospheric with subtle washes of tone and well-crafted detail. Twilight is a reluctant protagonist, caught up in a series of events that shatters his apathetic existence. The robot forces him out of his despondency, but can it give him a renewed interest in life?
The newcomer claims to be able to see the future, but it is a constantly shifting array of probabilities. One man can secure that future for the best possible outcome... if only he can escape the chains that mire him in the past.
Zak Webber
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