Rasl is an art-thief, but he has an edge when it comes to staging getaways. Using some distinctive and unwieldy machinery, he can move into other worlds, thereby evading pursuit. It takes a heavy toll, and Rasl self-medicates with alcohol and meditation. Quite why an art-thief would have access to this technology, or why someone with access to this technology would choose to be an art thief, is the central mystery to this comic as it slowly unfolds. Rasl is attacked by a man of bizarre appearance - someone has found him and is determined to chase him down.

This was Jeff Bone's next project after the child-friendly Bone. Rasl is a tougher, grittier, adult work, with sex and violence, drinking and swearing, so don't go giving it to the kids if they're fans of Fone Bone & co. All Smith's skills as a cartoonist are o display, however, lots of silent sequences, natural landscapes and unhurried action. The volume ends with questions left unanswered, and I have the next volume already on order.