March of the Crabs 1

March of the Crabs, Volume 1: The Crabby Condition is the story of the marbled crabs, cancer simplicimus vulgaris, who live their lives only being able to move in one direction.  They rarely meet one another, so they don't have names.  They do talk to the other species on the beach and sing songs, though.  Two crabs meet on perpendicular courses and discover that they can move anywhere on the beach by crawling on top of each other!  They celebrate by giving each other names, Sunny and Boater, but Boater feels that their destiny lies in moving in one direction and decides not to join Boater in his revolution.

This is a very good comic.  It is written and illustrated by Arthur De Pins, with translation by Edwared Gauvin and letters (in English) by Deron Bennet.  The crabs' inability to move other than in one direction is paralleled by the ferryman only moving in one direction and his wife being taken in by a dashing sailor from Greenpeace.  This is more than a simple story, though.  It's funny and cute, witty and engaging.  I really liked it.  I assume the colors are done by Arthur De Pins, and he captures the life on the French Riviera admirably while presenting a consistent color scheme throughout the book.  This volume came out in March of 2015, the first of a trilogy, so Volume 2 should probably be forthcoming this year.  It's published in hardback on Archaia, a division of Boom! Studios.