{"id":8435,"date":"2010-04-22T14:39:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T19:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8435"},"modified":"2010-03-24T15:23:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T20:23:43","slug":"bliss-pam-coelacanth-and-friends-kekionga-mini-works-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8435","title":{"rendered":"Bliss, Pam &#8211; Coelacanth and Friends (Kekionga Mini Works #16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paradisevalleycomics.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/coelacanth1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"coelacanth1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/coelacanth1.jpg\" alt=\"coelacanth1\" width=\"249\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coelacanth and Friends (Kekionga Mini Works #16)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In case you can&#8217;t read that blurb on the cover, this is a 25 hour  mini comic.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure how that&#8217;s much different than a 24 hour mini  comic (other than the obvious), but in this case I can say that the  extra hour helped immensely with the artwork.\u00c2\u00a0 24 hour books often look  at least a little bit rushed, this one is gorgeous.\u00c2\u00a0 The time  constraints didn&#8217;t slow her down a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 Pam started this off from a  &#8220;story seed&#8221;, using a disembodied brain, an ugly fish trophy and a plane  about to crash.\u00c2\u00a0 Things start off with the plane, well, crashing, but  as we pull back we see that it&#8217;s a toy plane with an apparently sentient  doll at the helm.\u00c2\u00a0 A group of entirely too adorable children were  playing with the plane, and they take it to a salvage yard in an attempt  to fix it up.\u00c2\u00a0 In this shop we meet the ugly fish trophy (the  coelacanth, obviously) and the disembodied brain, two beings who would  much rather be in the main part of the store instead of shoved in a  storeroom, as they imagine the view would be better.\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s a hefty  cast of characters for a fairly simple story: 6 children, the shop  owner, his dog and a stockboy.\u00c2\u00a0 I previously thought (after reading #19  of this series) that these minis all used the same cast of characters,  after reading this I have to confess that I have no idea if that&#8217;s  true.\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s hoping I was smart enough to get more than one mini from  Pam at this SPACE.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway, this was a pretty good mini.\u00c2\u00a0 Decent story,  odd cast of characters, and artwork that was way too impressive for the  time allowed.\u00c2\u00a0 Worth a look, and maybe one of these years I&#8217;ll just buy a  whole pile of these.\u00c2\u00a0 $1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/coelacanth2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"coelacanth2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/coelacanth2.jpg\" alt=\"coelacanth2\" width=\"319\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Coelacanth and Friends (Kekionga Mini Works #16) In case you can&#8217;t read that blurb on the cover, this is a 25 hour mini comic.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure how that&#8217;s much different than a 24 hour mini comic (other than the obvious), but in this case I can say that the extra hour helped immensely 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