{"id":12898,"date":"2010-04-27T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T18:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12898"},"modified":"2010-04-22T13:06:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T18:06:04","slug":"avery-tara-dirtheads-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12898","title":{"rendered":"Avery, Tara &#8211; Dirtheads #5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheatingatsolitaire.net\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dirtheads51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"dirtheads51\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dirtheads51.jpg\" alt=\"dirtheads51\" width=\"496\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dirtheads #5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You know, for a split second there I was going to bitch about how  there was no contact info in this comic, again going into my diatribe of  how sick I am of having no contact information for these comics&#8230;  until I noticed the huge web address on the front cover.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I should  mention right off the bat that the website has plenty of free comics of  all shapes and sizes and, as #1-4 of this series are apparently out of  print, you should probably check it out if you end up liking this one.\u00c2\u00a0  But I&#8217;m getting ahead of myself.\u00c2\u00a0 This is mostly the story of Mr. Kazuo,  also known as Gooch.\u00c2\u00a0 He has a crappy job on the phone helping people  with their internet problems, but seems content to stay at his  moderately paid, easy job indefinitely until he (spoiler alert!) gets  fired and ends up spending all his time drunk in front of the  television.\u00c2\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t sure what this was going to like when I first  opened it up.\u00c2\u00a0 I was guessing a weekly strip that loosely held together,  but if that&#8217;s how it started Tara has done an excellent job of making  this a coherent story.\u00c2\u00a0 There are some engaging (and all too true, as  anybody who has spent time on the phone in customer service will know)  stories of customer interaction in here, and the reason Gooch gets fired  is hilarious, especially with the misdirection leading up to it.\u00c2\u00a0 Tara  even manages to make almost four solid pages with the lead character in  front of the television funny, no small task.\u00c2\u00a0 It looks great and it&#8217;s  funny, which is all I ever need with these things.\u00c2\u00a0 There are also a few  shorter strips, one about paying cover charges, and one about getting  caught up in the Olympics every four years.\u00c2\u00a0 Tara even manages to throw  in a back page with three panel strips, and here&#8217;s the shocking thing:  they&#8217;re really funny.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe that&#8217;s not shocking to you, but it&#8217;s always  at least mildly surprising to me when strips are genuinely funny.\u00c2\u00a0 But  hey, don&#8217;t take my word for it, that website will have all the comics  you need to be convinced.\u00c2\u00a0 $2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dirtheads52.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"dirtheads52\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dirtheads52.jpg\" alt=\"dirtheads52\" width=\"578\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Dirtheads #5 You know, for a split second there I was going to bitch about how there was no contact info in this comic, again going into my diatribe of how sick I am of having no contact information for these comics&#8230; 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