{"id":10231,"date":"2010-04-24T01:39:44","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T06:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=10231"},"modified":"2010-03-30T12:31:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T17:31:41","slug":"innes-lora-the-dreamer-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=10231","title":{"rendered":"Innes, Lora &#8211; The Dreamer #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedreamercomic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dreamer11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"dreamer11\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dreamer11.jpg\" alt=\"dreamer11\" width=\"391\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dreamer #1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there is any justice in the small press comics world, Lora will be a successful comic writer\/artist in no time.\u00c2\u00a0 I picked this up at SPACE 2009, and it was put out in October 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 She had #1-5 available at her table and the graphic novel collecting all these books should be out soon.\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, this isn&#8217;t a self-published mini.\u00c2\u00a0 IDW is a fairly established publishing company at this point.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, she clearly didn&#8217;t get the memo that small press folks are only supposed to put out 2-3 books a year.\u00c2\u00a0 So fine, her production level is admirable, how about the quality of the actual comic?\u00c2\u00a0 She mentioned something about going to a Disney-themed art school, but she seems to have mostly come away with a serious level of artistic skill without picking up the cutesy, obnoxious aspects of the Disney style.\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, the males are often as pretty as the females, but a little bit of facial hair here and there should clean that up.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the story of a young girl in high school who wakes up after a particularly vivid dream.\u00c2\u00a0 She&#8217;s in a bit of a daze all day at school from this dream, even barely noticing when a guy she&#8217;s had a crush on for ages finally asks her out.\u00c2\u00a0 We get to see a bit more of her dream world when she goes to bed that night, and it apparently deals with a remarkably consistent stretch of time during the Revolutionary War and her romance with a young soldier.\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, this is all the first issue and things could fall apart from here, but it&#8217;s an intriguing setup, the dialogue is smart and funny, and as for the art, she&#8217;s clearly a pro.\u00c2\u00a0 This is definitely worth keeping an eye on and one of what I&#8217;m sure will be many things that I wished I&#8217;d picked up more than one issue of at SPACE.\u00c2\u00a0 $3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dreamer12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"dreamer12\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dreamer12.jpg\" 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