{"id":15580,"date":"2010-06-28T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=15580"},"modified":"2010-07-22T22:44:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T03:44:14","slug":"young-jason-veggie-dog-saturn-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=15580","title":{"rendered":"Young, Jason &#8211; Veggie Dog Saturn #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/buyerbeware.guttertrash.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15581\" title=\"veggiedogsaturn41\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn41-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn41-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn41-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn41.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Veggie Dog Saturn #4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I made a conscious decision ages ago not to show wraparound covers (although I&#8217;m sure you could find examples of me breaking that &#8220;rule&#8221;), mostly because it&#8217;s a nice reward for the people who actually buy the comic.\u00c2\u00a0 Covers like this make that decision seem stupid, as the marching band following that leader is a wonder to behold.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, like I said, if you buy it then you get to experience it too!\u00c2\u00a0 The last issue of Veggie Dog Saturn was a travelogue\/retelling of a crisis, this time around Jason is back to a bunch of shorter pieces.\u00c2\u00a0 Either way is fine with me as long as the stories are entertaining, informative or at least embarrassing, and Jason wins on all counts here.\u00c2\u00a0 Stories include getting hit with a rock in the head as a kid (and the excessive amount of blood compared to the severity of the wound that followed), a childhood lesson in using rare spacemen toys as currency and how the market collapsed when his brother got a paper route, a friend he knew as a very small child but lost touch with very early on (possibly due to a racist bank\/doll in his house, something that his mother kept around not even knowing it was racist), pooping in the bathtub, and his first experience with a swimsuit magazine.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, and there&#8217;s the sampled strip, which I can only hope is completely true.\u00c2\u00a0 Jason is also starting up a podcast, because what other medium would such a talented visual artist want to go with?\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s lovely and I&#8217;ll check it out soon, but get back to work on the comics!\u00c2\u00a0 Issues like this are a vivid reminder of what a talented artist the guy is, and also a reminder that when I rule the world I&#8217;ll be chaining such people to their drawing desks.\u00c2\u00a0 So I guess it&#8217;s best that he get this podcast business out of the way now&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 $2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15582\" title=\"veggiedogsaturn42\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn42-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn42-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn42-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/veggiedogsaturn42.jpg 1612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" 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