{"id":12952,"date":"2010-04-27T13:39:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T18:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2010-04-23T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T19:39:37","slug":"bellmore-brad-michaels-dave-saint-george-ashcan-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12952","title":{"rendered":"Bellmore, Brad &#038; Michaels, Dave &#8211; Saint George: Ashcan Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naymz.com\/brad_bellmore_2884018\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/saintgeorge1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"saintgeorge1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/saintgeorge1.jpg\" alt=\"saintgeorge1\" width=\"327\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saint George: Ashcan Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where do I start?\u00c2\u00a0 How about the good news: this is a decent comic.\u00c2\u00a0  It&#8217;s an ashcan edition, meaning something that was put out mostly as a  preview for the eventual comic series, so I knew going in that there  wasn&#8217;t going to be much of a story.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, Brad does a good job of  summarizing what&#8217;s going on, and the recap hints at all kinds of  interesting things, like a sword that only our hero (who&#8217;s assumed to be  crazy by the rest of the world) can see and a big old war between good  and evil.\u00c2\u00a0 The trouble is that our hero spends all 8 pages locked up in a  loony bin, so it&#8217;s not exactly something that demands that you go out  and get future issues.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had problems with people not putting  contact info on their books in the past, as it&#8217;s the easiest freaking  thing in the world to do, but to not even put a website in a preview  comic that is designed to get you to want to check out the regular comic  is just stupid.\u00c2\u00a0 The internet being what it is, I was able to find  something that may or may not be the site for the publishing company,  but it needs to be crystal clear (especially in preview comics) where I  need to go to learn more.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 There are some sketches thrown in with  various characters, and this also does a good job of getting some  character information in.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, I&#8217;ll need a little more information  before I start buying frogs as demons and a rooster as a pivotal plot  point.\u00c2\u00a0 No, I&#8217;m not going to explain that.\u00c2\u00a0 So: intriguing, the art  looks good, the story looks like it could have potential, but they could  have put a little more into this ashcan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/saintgeorge2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"saintgeorge2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/saintgeorge2.jpg\" alt=\"saintgeorge2\" width=\"455\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Saint George: Ashcan Edition Where do I start?\u00c2\u00a0 How about the good news: this is a decent comic.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s an ashcan edition, meaning something that was put out mostly as a preview for the eventual comic series, so I knew going in that there wasn&#8217;t going to be much of a story.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, Brad 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