{"id":16967,"date":"2010-08-10T15:07:33","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T20:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=16967"},"modified":"2010-08-10T15:07:33","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T20:07:33","slug":"martin-amy-the-single-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=16967","title":{"rendered":"Martin, Amy &#8211; The Single Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amymartincomics.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16968\" title=\"singlegirls1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls1-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Single Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ah, the random comics I get in the mail.\u00c2\u00a0 Every time I think maybe I should sell all my minis to Poopsheet or anybody else that would take them and move to Iceland to live life as a hermit, I get another pile of comics like this that makes me realize I don&#8217;t have things so bad.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a collection of strips of varying lengths dealing with the life of single girls.\u00c2\u00a0 As should have been blisteringly obvious from the title, but hey, I&#8217;m trying to write a review\/recap here.\u00c2\u00a0 This appears to be the oldest of the books Amy sent to me, but I like to think that 2008 isn&#8217;t yet completely outdated.\u00c2\u00a0 It starts off with Amy telling the audience exactly what&#8217;s coming, as she lists a number of things women are no longer willing to accept (wifeliness, sex in front of the tv, domesticity) and what they&#8217;re going to have instead (dancing alone, some fancy drinks).\u00c2\u00a0 Conservative types who have managed to make it to 2010 still somehow believing that a woman&#8217;s place is in the kitchen, please seek your entertainment elsewhere.\u00c2\u00a0 Strips in here deal with such subjects as hilariously off-color jokes, rapid mood swings (with cause), the happiness of getting a delayed period, cheerfully demolishing the self-esteem of men, poking a giant strap-on into the myth that you need men to do the heavy lifting, the thought of a year of celibacy, hoping the ringing phone is yours, the fear of commitment in men, and waking up to disappointment.\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s more, as this is a fairly hefty collection, but why ruin all the surprises?\u00c2\u00a0 This is a pile of funny, and that&#8217;s even with the obvious realization that I am not the target audience for this comic.\u00c2\u00a0 Single ladies, this one is clearly for you.\u00c2\u00a0 This almost feels like a series of New Yorker strips at times (and I mean that in the best possible way), except for the fact that I believe the New Yorker still believes all sex talk in comics should be vague to stay in that strange realm of &#8220;high-brow&#8221;, and Amy is anything but vague.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m really looking forward to reading her other books, especially considering the fact that she probably got better as she went along.\u00c2\u00a0 Check it out already!\u00c2\u00a0 $6<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16969\" title=\"singlegirls2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls2-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls2-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/singlegirls2-1024x469.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website The Single Girls Ah, the random comics I get in the mail.\u00c2\u00a0 Every time I think maybe I should sell all my minis to Poopsheet or anybody else that would take them and move to Iceland to live life as a hermit, I get another pile of comics like this that makes me realize 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