{"id":17473,"date":"2010-11-12T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=17473"},"modified":"2010-11-12T16:00:33","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T22:00:33","slug":"levin-matt-walking-man-comics-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=17473","title":{"rendered":"Levin, Matt &#8211; Walking Man Comics #71"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"mailto:walkingmancomics@comcast.net\">E-mail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/walkingman711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17474\" title=\"walkingman711\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/walkingman711-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/walkingman711-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/walkingman711-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/walkingman711.jpg 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Walking Man Comics #71<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care if the guy does make comics based around different stamps he&#8217;s managed to find, getting to #71 in the small press comics world is still a big deal.\u00c2\u00a0 This one is a bit more defined than some of his past issues that I&#8217;ve seen, as there&#8217;s a distinct story happening and more than a few stamps that he&#8217;s working with.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s all about, as you can see from that cover, a super hero frog.\u00c2\u00a0 He mostly flies around, being all super hero like, and we get to see his origin story: playing with chemicals while being struck by lightning.\u00c2\u00a0 Kids, that is a sure-fire way to get super powers.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m also not entirely sure why a frog would need a fiery steed, but it sounds good to me.\u00c2\u00a0 It almost seems like there&#8217;s a page missing between 6 and 7, as I&#8217;m not entirely sure what the little guy was upset about.\u00c2\u00a0 Other than that it&#8217;s an entertaining story, if a bit sloppy here and there (or maybe his super power on page 5 involved his having a tinier pair of legs dangling behind his regular legs), but a fun read.\u00c2\u00a0 I think you should dig up any old stampers you have laying around and e-mail the guy to see if he could use them, as I&#8217;m all for increasing the variety of his stamper collection. $1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/walkingman712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17475\" title=\"walkingman712\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/walkingman712-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" 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