I'm not sure what I was expecting when I picked this up: maybe something along the lines of The Dark Crystal in comic form? I didn't realize that Henson had worked on films aimed at adult, and kind of existential, experimental films at that. This is one of his scripts that was never produced, but has now been adapted into comic form.
The story is pretty hard to explain: it involves a man running across the desert with no destination and no explanation of why he's there. Over the course of the book he encounters one surreal experience after another, and he is constantly pursued by a man with a patch over one eye. The artwork here is cartoony, but manages to capture the dreamlike quality of the story. There's very little dialog, so this is a fast read, but one that will make you think. Now I'm left wondering how muppets would have fit into this movie....
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