{"id":8317,"date":"2010-04-22T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T17:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2010-03-24T13:28:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T18:28:22","slug":"bennett-marek-why-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8317","title":{"rendered":"Bennett, Marek &#8211; Why Comics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marekbennett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/whycomics1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"whycomics1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/whycomics1.jpg\" alt=\"whycomics1\" width=\"249\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Comics?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Geez, what is a reviewer supposed to do with this?\u00c2\u00a0 This is a short,  utterly adorable comic that shows a few reasons why comics are a force  for good in this world: the fact that everybody can make them, that the  possibilities are limitless, that they challenge us, that they&#8217;re cheap  to publish, and finally just because they&#8217;re fun!\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m far too jaded of a  human being to be reached by this, but it&#8217;s also too utterly pure and  good for me to make fun of in good conscience.\u00c2\u00a0 This is meant for all  ages, and it&#8217;s meant to inspire kids to make comics. I don&#8217;t see any  reason why it can&#8217;t do just that, as long as it reaches the right  hands.\u00c2\u00a0 In the hands of the jaded, this could be a terrible force for  evil in the world.\u00c2\u00a0 Give it to the kids and keep your cynicism to  yourself!\u00c2\u00a0 No price, but I&#8217;m guessing it costs approximately one  moonbeam or one sleeping puppy, or possibly $1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/whycomics2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"whycomics2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/whycomics2.jpg\" alt=\"whycomics2\" width=\"325\" height=\"414\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Why Comics? Geez, what is a reviewer supposed to do with this?\u00c2\u00a0 This is a short, utterly adorable comic that shows a few reasons why comics are a force for good in this world: the fact that everybody can make them, that the possibilities are limitless, that they challenge us, that they&#8217;re cheap to [&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":[2510,639],"class_list":["post-8317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-marek-bennett","tag-why-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317","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=8317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8324,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions\/8324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}