{"id":10718,"date":"2010-04-24T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T16:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=10718"},"modified":"2010-04-01T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T19:31:29","slug":"lok-jeff-sam-n-dan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=10718","title":{"rendered":"Lok, Jeff – Sam ‘n Dan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If I could just grab my soapbox for a second before I get started on this wonderful comic… listed below this review is Pockmarked Apocalypse #1, the first in a projected 8 issue series, and I reviewed that last issue almost a year ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Assuming that my review was at all timely, that makes a year between issues of an ongoing series, with only the first issue out, and that’s just ridiculous.\u00c2\u00a0 Not to pick on Jeff or anything, as it’s a very common problem (hence my soapbox), but please: if you’re going to put out an ongoing series, PUT OUT AN ONGOING SERIES.\u00c2\u00a0 Ahem.\u00c2\u00a0 You can tell I’m serious because of all the capital letters.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, that isn’t meant to take a thing away from this self-contained issue about Sam and Dan.\u00c2\u00a0 Sam (the skinny bear) and Dan (the fat cat) decide to leave the county and, needing money to do so, decide to rob a bank (after the bank won’t give them any money for free).\u00c2\u00a0 While on the run Sam makes a motion like he’s going to kill Dan but instead shoots the sun, driving it out of the sky and bringing on the darkness.\u00c2\u00a0 This also brings out a creepy doomsayer who tells them (in ryhme) that Sam and Dan have to kill each other before the day is out to bring back the sun.\u00c2\u00a0 Meanwhile the grandfather of the creepy doomsayer reveals that he’s the brains behind the whole thing and instructs his grandson to give the cat a gun.\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of the comic is spent with Sam and Dan trying to figure out what’s going on, and without giving anything away, yes action fans, there is a big ole gunfight.\u00c2\u00a0 What I particularly love about this comic is how horribleness of every creature involved.\u00c2\u00a0 Sam and Dan in particular should be adorable, what with their giant gloves and boots, but Sam’s dead eyes ruin that effect and the sheer cravenness and cowardice of Dan makes him hard to sympathize with as well.\u00c2\u00a0 Hell, even the bank teller in the opening scene is more than a little terrifying.\u00c2\u00a0 I also love the ambivalence of the whole thing.\u00c2\u00a0 Are those immensely creepy manipulators actually the good guys trying to get the sun back in place?\u00c2\u00a0 Or are Sam and Dan meant to be the heroes of the piece?\u00c2\u00a0 Either way it’s another solid comic from Jeff, and just to make my previous rant clear, I want to see another issue of Pockmarked Apocalypse because I enjoyed it and want to see what happens next.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s a good thing, right?\u00c2\u00a0 No price, but let’s say $5, and even though it’s not available (that I can see) at either website at the moment, I’m sure it will be soon.<\/p>\n

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