{"id":13507,"date":"2010-04-27T20:54:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=13507"},"modified":"2010-07-22T22:45:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T03:45:41","slug":"hughes-dave-thomas-wogan-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=13507","title":{"rendered":"Hughes, Dave &#8211; Thomas Wogan is Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"mailto:stonechatproductions@yahoo.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">E-mail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/thomaswogan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"thomaswogan1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/thomaswogan1.jpg\" alt=\"thomaswogan1\" width=\"330\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Wogan is Dead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You know what&#8217;s still woefully underrepresented on this website?\u00c2\u00a0  Comics from countries other than the US.\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, that&#8217;s due to the  fact that I haven&#8217;t been able to travel outside the country for years  and the most reliable way to get comics to review is to buy them myself,  but I&#8217;d love to balance the scales a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 This one comes from the UK  (no address given, so that&#8217;s as far as I&#8217;m able to narrow it down) and  is at least mildly brilliant.\u00c2\u00a0 Thomas Wogan wakes up to find himself in a  stark white waiting room, holding a number (which is in line to come up  on an LCD screen in the room), with a pigeon, sea urchin, frog, bat,  catfish and egg.\u00c2\u00a0 Thomas quickly discovers that he is dead, and all the  creatures tell the story of their death, except for the egg, as what  does an egg have to say?\u00c2\u00a0 As far as the story goes, granted, a bunch of  creatures locked in a room without any answers isn&#8217;t the most original  take on the idea, but this book shines in the tales of their deaths.\u00c2\u00a0  There&#8217;s a last grand stand against encroaching capitalism, distracting a  predator from attacking their family with their life, the more common  ways that creatures die as a matter of course, and then there&#8217;s Thomas.\u00c2\u00a0  You can probably guess from the cover that he&#8217;s not the most  adventurous sort, and the day of his death ended up being the best day  of his life, but I&#8217;ve spoiled more than enough about this comic.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a  blast, although the muted kind of blast that comes with being all about  the inevitability of death.\u00c2\u00a0 What with dollar being worth what it is  these days, this is probably $3, but a hefty thing for a mini comic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/thomaswogan12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"thomaswogan12\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/thomaswogan12.jpg\" alt=\"thomaswogan12\" width=\"442\" height=\"634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-mail Thomas Wogan is Dead You know what&#8217;s still woefully underrepresented on this website?\u00c2\u00a0 Comics from countries other than the US.\u00c2\u00a0 Granted, that&#8217;s due to the fact that I haven&#8217;t been able to travel outside the country for years and the most reliable way to get comics to review is to buy them myself, but 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