{"id":11044,"date":"2010-04-24T18:45:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T23:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=11044"},"modified":"2010-04-02T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T19:15:07","slug":"mitchell-brian-john-just-a-man-1-with-andrew-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=11044","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell, Brian John &#8211; Just A Man #1 (with Andrew White)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silbermedia.com\/lostkisses\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/justaman1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"justaman1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/justaman1.jpg\" alt=\"justaman1\" width=\"98\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just A Man #1 (with art by Andrew White)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing that Brian needs, it&#8217;s clearly another series.\u00c2\u00a0 As sarcasm doesn&#8217;t come across well on the internets, let me just make clear how very sarcastic that was.\u00c2\u00a0 The man is already a machine, it seems ridiculous to start up another series.\u00c2\u00a0 More power to him if he wants to keep four series going at once, although it&#8217;s hard to tell if this one is going to be more than one issue.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the story of a simple man who works the land to feed his family until he comes home to find his house on fire.\u00c2\u00a0 His infant son is dead, his wife is missing, and he has a pretty good idea who&#8217;s responsible.\u00c2\u00a0 I may have my westerns mixed up, but isn&#8217;t that the plot from Unforgiven?\u00c2\u00a0 Except that the Clint Eastwood character at least had a history as a gunslinger.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway, a confrontation occurs (sort of), things end, and I&#8217;d think this was a one-shot if it wasn&#8217;t for the gaping bit of story that remains unresolved.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 All told the story didn&#8217;t do a lot for me, as it seemed like something I&#8217;d seen before, and even the dialogue got cliched every once in a while.\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, that&#8217;s probably hard to avoid with a western, so he doesn&#8217;t lose any points for that.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, that gaping plot hole (I&#8217;m trying to avoid spoilers), the lack of resolution with what should be a central character, is annoying.\u00c2\u00a0 If this is a series, fine.\u00c2\u00a0 If not, it ruins this as a one-shot.\u00c2\u00a0 Time will tell, but start with his other series and work your way over to this one.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, I should mention that the art perfectly suited the mood of this book, to end on a positive note if nothing else.\u00c2\u00a0 $1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/justaman2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"justaman2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/justaman2.jpg\" alt=\"justaman2\" 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