Optical Sloth

New review today for Rosie and Jacinda by Richy Chandler & Zarina Liew, which really should have been posted months ago if I hadn’t misplaced the comic, so let’s all pretend that that happened. Sorry about the missed update yesterday, but the internet was out all afternoon. I’ll post a double update during the week to make up for it. Oh, and that means that the fundraiser only has 6 days left, and I still only need $25. Help me out!

New review for First Fight #2 by Bryan G. Brown. Fundraiser is down to only 8 days left and I’m still looking for that magical last $25 to keep things rolling for another year. I also wanted to mention that I just saw the news about the death of Dylan Williams and can’t express enough what a loss this is for the comics world. It’s a loss that’s impossible to compare with the feelings of his family and friends, which are obviously the most important things when somebody dies, but there were few bigger fans of small press comics than Dylan. Between his own brilliant Reporter series and his Sparkplug comics company publishing all kinds of worthy artists, this is just an awful, awful thing. I know this news is over a month old (I don’t keep up with many websites, sorry), but my condolences to his family and friends.

New review for XO #7 by Brian John Mitchell & Melissa Spence Gardner. Fundraiser still ongoing, still needs $25 over the next 9 days to keep the website running for anther year. Where else are you going to find small press comics reviews on such a regular basis? Well sure, Poopsheet puts my work here to shame. And there are several  other blogs that do an excellent job… ack, better stop now. Today’s fundraising pitch needs some serious work.

New review for Stargazer Volume Two by Von Allan. Fundraiser is still ongoing to keep the site up for another year. I did get an order today, but it occurred to me that I was counting postage as part of the fundraiser, and that’s still money that I’m spending, so that’s stupid. When I figure that into things I still need another $25 over the next 10 days. Two graphic novels would do it, like Bookhunter by Jason Shiga and The Hot Breath of War by Trevor Alixopulos. Or maybe Important Comics by Dina Kelbermann would be more your speed. Perhaps the all-ages fun of Nick Abadzis’ three graphic novels like The Amazing Mr. Pleebus? Your options are damned near endless.

New review for Trip’s Over by Luis Echavarria. Fundraiser seems to be stuck at $30 left with 11 days to go. I’m not nervous yet, but I am nervous about the possibility of being nervous about this. Order some comics why don’t you!

New review for Picket Line by Breena Wiederhoeft. Fundraiser to keep the lights on still ongoing, with 12 days left to raise $30. If you’re still looking for comics to buy to help out, what about the comics of J.T. Yost? Pat Lewis? Eric Adams? Austin freaking English (I added the “freaking” because you guys should already know about him for sure, but maybe you don’t, so maybe some extra emphasis is warranted)? Dig around in the store a bit, you’ll find a few comics that you absolutely must have.

New review for Star Pilot #5 by Frank Swartz. The fundraiser keeps chugging along, although it does seem to be stuck with $30 left at the moment. Still 12 more days to reach that number, which still seems more than reasonable than me to keep the website running for another year. If you’re looking for suggestions, why not try the Reporter series from Dylan Williams? Reich by Elijah Brubaker? Any of the many minis by Kelli Nelson? Just a few ideas to get you started.

New review for Important Comics Are Bad by Dina Kelberman. I also have her first book for sale in my store, if you wanted to help out with my fundraiser to keep the website going for another year. That and 450ish other books, just in case you wanted variety. Still needing $30 over the next 13 days to keep things going!

New review for Vampires Need Love Too #4 by Brian Cattapan, which is also newly available in the store. Speaking of that (like I could stop myself from mentioning it), the fundraiser still has 13 days left to get me $30 to keep the website up and running for another year. If you’re planning on waiting until the last minute, please don’t, as it might take a day or two for the payments to clear. Besides, I committed to a fundraiser for the next 13 days, so that means daily updates for the next 13 days, even if somebody orders $30 worth of comics right after I post this. A deal is a deal!

New review for Herman the Manatee #4 by Jason Viola. The fundraiser really picked up steam today, as I now need just $30 over the next 14 days to keep this site going for another year. Don’t stop now!

New review for Jam Days by Emma T. Capps. Hey, the fundraiser has moved past the theoretical stage! I got a $5 donation today, which just proves that it really wouldn’t take all that much to get to $100 if a few dozen people sent in a few bucks. Or just ordered some comics, which would make more sense if it was me.

New review for Ex: Cloves by Mary Golding. The fundraiser to keep the site running another year is gradually reaching “is this thing on?” territory, as I’m still looking for $100 over the next 16 days. Has the site just run its course? Would somebody even tell me if it had?

New review for PDX 100 by Matt Sundstrom, and no, the comic doesn’t have anything to do with racing bikes or exercise plans, if that’s what you were thinking. My (so far) purely theoretical fundraiser continues, and you reader types still have 17 days left to help me raise $100 to keep the lights on in this joint for another year. By buying comics from me, I mean, although you can always just send Paypal money to my e-mail address if you somehow don’t care for comics but would like for me to keep the website going.

New review for Cross-Eyed by Adam Meuse. Still looking for $100 in comics sales in roughly the next 18 days. You guys do know to contact me if there was some problem with your attempt to order comics, right? Just making sure…

What, you thought I was kidding about weekend reviews? New review today for Nothing is Private by Luis Echavarria. Roughly 19 days left in the fundraiser, I still need $100 to keep this site going for another year. I’m going to avoid pessimistic comments about the state of the fundraiser until there are 10 days left, then I’m going to get all emo on your asses.

New review for Cereal With a Fork #1 by Kyle Courcy. I figured that since I’m doing a fundraiser to try and get the $100 needed for the yearly website fees in roughly 20 days, I might as well do daily updates until it’s through. So that means yes, weekend updates. Now somebody order some damned comics so I don’t have to worry about whether or not I can pay these bills…

New review today for Star #1 by Brian John Mitchell & Kurt Dinse. Fundraisers of any sort rarely work for me, but it’s the time of year when I have to sign up for the domain name and all that jazz, which usually runs around $100 when it’s all said and done. This time around I may or may not have the money to keep this thing running, as things are exceptionally tight. If you good folks were to buy roughly that amount of comics, well, then I could keep the lights on for another year, no problem. If not I’m still going to do all that I can to keep things going, but food and rent does have to come first. So buy comics! Or, if you have more money than you know what to do with, send money to my paypal address at whitey@opticalsloth.com. I have right around 20 days before I have to start paying people…

New review for Indestructible Universe #7 by Morgan Pielli, in which I still try to puzzle out how the scanner works on this computer. I more or less failed.

New update today for Life is Good #6 by Steve Seck. Last week got away from me, so sorry about the missed updates again. As for yesterday, it was my birthday and I was breaking in a new computer, so I was too dazzled to do any actual work. Should be smooth sailing from here, as this computer should be good for years (provided that I don’t break it somehow) and the scanner even works on it. What could possibly go wrong?

New review today for The Bride of Hellatron by Bryan G. Brown.