{"id":12113,"date":"2010-04-26T22:54:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T03:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12113"},"modified":"2010-04-05T19:42:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T00:42:16","slug":"taylor-dan-weird-muse-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12113","title":{"rendered":"Taylor, Dan – Weird Muse #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Weird Muse #1 <\/strong>Now Available!<\/a> $1<\/p>\n

I think it was SPACE 2008 (or, sadly, maybe even 2007) when Dan asked me if I was ever going to get around to reviewing the first issue of this series, the one that “brought him back” to mini comics.\u00c2\u00a0 Seeing as how SPACE 2009 is coming up in a few days, that served as a helpful reminder that I STILL hadn’t gotten around to it.\u00c2\u00a0 And the verdict is: this is one solid comic, and I see why it (in part) convinced him to get back to making comics on a regular basis.\u00c2\u00a0 Hell, a more than regular basis, if you look around this page and then check around to see how many other creators have this many books on their page.\u00c2\u00a0 It starts off a little rough, with a really awful pun about fishing (at least to somebody who mostly doesn’t like puns, so what do I know), then gets great in a hurry.\u00c2\u00a0 Dan quotes from a series of newspaper articles involving odd stories like a nine year old suspended for sexual harassment, an angry pack of chihuahuas attacking a cop, a man dying right after bowling a perfect game, terrorists kidnapping an action figure and an odd story about airport screening.\u00c2\u00a0 With each of these stories is a funny comic panel, as these stories are crying out for some feedback.\u00c2\u00a0 Next there’s an obituary for Clay Geerdes,\u00c2\u00a0 (a small press pioneer), some tips and recipes and a collage covering the center spread.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally there’s the big, um comic in this comic.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a conversation with two people, one of whom is convinced that he has all kinds of freedom, and one of whom manages to convince him rather easily that that’s not the case.\u00c2\u00a0 Three cheers for Dan being pissed off about the absurdity of mandatory seat belt laws too; I’ve been thinking I was in the minority in being annoyed about that.\u00c2\u00a0 If I don’t mind flying through my windshield if I ever get in a wreck, why should police?\u00c2\u00a0 This is well worth a look, clearly, and probably a good starting point for anybody who wants to check the man out and is a bit overwhelmed with all the variety on his page. $1<\/p>\n

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