{"id":8073,"date":"2010-04-22T08:12:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T13:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2010-03-23T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T17:36:12","slug":"aulisio-pat-boot-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8073","title":{"rendered":"Aulisio, Pat &#8211; Boot Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patmakesdrawings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/bootlegs1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"bootlegs1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/bootlegs1.jpg\" alt=\"bootlegs1\" width=\"252\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boot Legs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wow, this page is so old that I didn&#8217;t even have a spellcheck  option.\u00c2\u00a0 Huzzah for clearing out ancient typos!\u00c2\u00a0 This is the first book  I&#8217;ve seen from Pat in ages (and there were plenty more in the package),  and he mentions in the letter that I&#8217;ve been reading his comics since he  was 14 (he&#8217;s 23 now).\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, I am indeed getting old.\u00c2\u00a0 This comic is  just what it looks like from that cover: a parody book of Marvel and DC  heroes.\u00c2\u00a0 There are a few stories in here, all of which have at least  something to recommend them.\u00c2\u00a0 First up is Spider-Man hanging out with  Lizard, eventually getting MJ in on the action.\u00c2\u00a0 Next you have the X-Men  (Gambit, Wolverine, Cyclops and Storm in this case) drinking, going to  band practice and accidentally blasting a hole in the wall of the girls  bathroom.\u00c2\u00a0 The story with Daredevil and Punisher ends up about where  you&#8217;d expect it to if you&#8217;ve ever read the comics, as those two are so  clearly in love with each other.\u00c2\u00a0 Next is my personal favorite: Ghost  Rider versus Aquaman.\u00c2\u00a0 Ghost Rider has gone green, switching to a  bicycle, and is almost run off the road by an inexplicably driving  Aquaman.\u00c2\u00a0 A hilariously brief fight ensues.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally there&#8217;s a Batman  story in which he tries to convince Superman to drink and smoke pot,  gets Catwoman drunk and has sex with her on a pile of money.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s great  to hear from Pat again, even better to get some good old-fashioned  parody stories of Marvel and DC big shots.\u00c2\u00a0 No price on this but I&#8217;d  guess a buck or two&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/bootlegs2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"bootlegs2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/bootlegs2.jpg\" alt=\"bootlegs2\" width=\"336\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Boot Legs Wow, this page is so old that I didn&#8217;t even have a spellcheck option.\u00c2\u00a0 Huzzah for clearing out ancient typos!\u00c2\u00a0 This is the first book I&#8217;ve seen from Pat in ages (and there were plenty more in the package), and he mentions in the letter that I&#8217;ve been reading his comics since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[556,2472],"class_list":["post-8073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-boot-legs","tag-pat-aulisio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8073"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8083,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073\/revisions\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}