{"id":8043,"date":"2010-04-22T07:39:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T12:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8043"},"modified":"2010-03-23T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T17:14:19","slug":"anderson-chris-try-adventure-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8043","title":{"rendered":"Anderson, Chris – Try Adventure #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More often than not “#1” in the small press world means “the only issue ever”.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m really hoping that’s not the case with this one.\u00c2\u00a0 Chris sent me a pile of comics, so you’ll be seeing plenty more of his stuff in the weeks to come, and the pessimist in me says that there’s no way they’ll all be this good.\u00c2\u00a0 First off, kudos on the package, as he left a nice illustration on the envelope and, just as I was about to start raging about a lack of contact info, I saw an envelope marked “secrets”.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I won’t go into all the details of what was inside, but it also included two websites.\u00c2\u00a0 Really, he already won me over with the packaging, making the first comic I grabbed out of the pile amazing was just a bonus.\u00c2\u00a0 This mini has three adventures, each more awesome than the last, except for the fact that the middle story was the best.\u00c2\u00a0 First up is the tale of a rogue chronomancer who travels through time doing… something.\u00c2\u00a0 He spends most of the story (after our hero gets shot and tended to by a nurse from olden times) explaining who he is and what he does, and Chris managed to make the whole thing more of less make sense before ending the story.\u00c2\u00a0 Next up is Lady Girl, the story of a mild-mannered librarian who can turn into a superhero who happens to be a homicidal lunatic who still talks like a mild-mannered librarian.\u00c2\u00a0 Her confrontation with the boss behind the big bank robbery is a thing of beauty and pretty much everything she says is both hilarious and horrifying.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally there’s the tale of Barry the Barbarian, who goes to the rescue of the local village (with his giant bunny steed) mostly so he can talk to this girl he likes who is seeing another man.\u00c2\u00a0 Awkwardness ensues, and really, who does call themselves Michael and not Mike?\u00c2\u00a0 All told it’s an excellent issue, Chris does some really expressive work with faces considering that the artwork is overall a bit minimalistic.\u00c2\u00a0 No price, but let’s say $2 and I can’t wait to get to the rest of the stuff in this pile…<\/p>\n

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I can’t tell you how happy I am to discover that this is an ongoing series.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, I knew there was a second issue, I just figured that it would be a completely different story, as how could they follow up that first issue?\u00c2\u00a0 Quite capably, as it turns out.\u00c2\u00a0 Things start off this time with you trying to relax (still in your ankylosaurus form) after a successful concert.\u00c2\u00a0 Naturally, there’s too much action in your life for relaxation to be successful, and somebody takes a shot at you.\u00c2\u00a0 The bullets, however, are liquid bullets, and you know exactly who tried to kill you.\u00c2\u00a0 This leads you to seek out Dr. Jambo, as he can tell you what the story is behind your amulet.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, you have to make it to him, and the people hijacking the plane have their own plans.\u00c2\u00a0 Again, this is the first half dozen pages or so of the story, and again, I can’t bring myself to spoil much more.\u00c2\u00a0 OK, a few more things: your father (Mike Tyson) returns from the future to settle the score, and you also go into the internet.\u00c2\u00a0 Physically, that is.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I forgot to mention in the last review that Chris and Mark are taking requests, as this is the comic that has everything, so any suggestion you send along may very well be in the next issue.\u00c2\u00a0 And oh, there will certainly be a next issue if that cliffhanger is any indication.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s still no price, I still think $2 sounds about right, and I still think that if any rich people are reading this they should give them $2000 instead in exchange for them making more of these forever and ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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