{"id":18852,"date":"2011-12-15T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T20:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=18852"},"modified":"2011-12-15T14:59:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T20:59:16","slug":"ferrier-thom-fear-of-failure-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=18852","title":{"rendered":"Ferrier, Thom &#8211; Fear of Failure #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disrepute.info\/#\/fear-of-failure\/4543812966\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18853\" title=\"fearoffailure11\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure11-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure11-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure11-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure11.jpg 1145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fear of Failure #1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what other comics Thom has done, but he displays some serious mastery of the craft here. The action starts with a scene from the end of the book, which has been done before, sure. But the rest of the book reads like a story that you&#8217;re fast-forwarding through on your DVD player, with the action becoming larger and more prominent when the reader needs to slow down and everything being depicted through a series of tiny descriptive panels when you&#8217;re fine just skipping ahead a bit. It adds up to the impression that you&#8217;re being guided through a story by a guy who knows exactly what he wants you to see, and that sort of thing is always a good sign to me. Anyway, this is all about Dr. Lois Pritchard, a psychiatrist (?), and her daily happenings. Things start off with her confronting a mystery person (who is revealed at the end), then we get a detailed description of this section of the town. Next we get to know Dr. Pritchard a bit and the rest of the book is her dealing with her co-workers (one who is trying and failing to get rid of a large cluster of cats that howl outside his window, and the other a religious nutbag), her family, her patients and her own life. Along the way we get these panel clusters that I mentioned before that show bits of her life flashing by until we get to the meatier stuff. As a little bonus we also get a story on the history of fainting in Thom&#8217;s family (at least I think it&#8217;s autobiographical) and how it has affected him since. I pretty much loved it, and you can read it for free at his website at the moment (along with some of #2) if you&#8217;re curious. You should probably buy it if you do love it, as the guy has to make a living and buying books from people is always an excellent motivator for them to keep going. The price is roughly $6, but this is a hefty thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18854\" title=\"fearoffailure12\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure12-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure12-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure12-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fearoffailure12.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Fear of Failure #1 I don&#8217;t know what other comics Thom has done, but he displays some serious mastery of the craft here. The action starts with a scene from the end of the book, which has been done before, sure. 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