{"id":8455,"date":"2010-04-22T15:03:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T20:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8455"},"modified":"2010-03-24T15:36:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T20:36:02","slug":"bordeaux-ariel-deep-girl-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8455","title":{"rendered":"Bordeaux, Ariel &#8211; Deep Girl #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ariel.bordeaux\" target=\"_blank\">Ariel  on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/deepgirl11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"deepgirl11\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/deepgirl11.jpg\" alt=\"deepgirl11\" width=\"321\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deep Girl #1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It occurred to me while writing these old timey reviews that these  artists might not keep their work in print because they think it was  completely awful, and I&#8217;m ruining something by posting these old minis  at all.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Then again, screw that.\u00c2\u00a0 This is some funny shit.\u00c2\u00a0 The art may  look a bit crude compared to her later work, but so what?\u00c2\u00a0 Do you lose  points for not being as accomplished an artist when you first start out  (as this was done in 1993) as opposed to where you are 17 years later?\u00c2\u00a0  If anybody out there really hates that I&#8217;m posting their older work for  all to see, they can let me know and I&#8217;ll take it down.\u00c2\u00a0 In the  meantime, I think it serves as a helpful reminder that a lot of these  people are still making comics, just in case you&#8217;ve forgotten about  that.\u00c2\u00a0 This was one of the first minis I ever bought, and it definitely  set the tone for what I was looking for.\u00c2\u00a0 Here was this woman, putting  out her first comic, who fearlessly lays herself bare for all (well, the  couple of hundred people who bought this) to see.\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s probably a  dozen or so cartoonists who got me interested in this business and kept  me interested with how often they put out comics (back then, at least),  and Ariel was definitely a big part of that.\u00c2\u00a0 So what was in here?\u00c2\u00a0  Pieces about her delusions of grandeur (thinking she is perpetually on  the cusp of fame as an artist while working as a waitress), how shopping  for a bra has always been a miserable experience, Weepy the Wee-Wee,  Smile-O-Matic, and your very own monk.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m just shouting into the wind  here, but if anybody ever wanted to put these into a collection, I think  they could sell some copies.\u00c2\u00a0 Just one man&#8217;s opinion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/deepgirl12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"deepgirl12\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/deepgirl12.jpg\" alt=\"deepgirl12\" width=\"400\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariel on Facebook Deep Girl #1 It occurred to me while writing these old timey reviews that these artists might not keep their work in print because they think it was completely awful, and I&#8217;m ruining something by posting these old minis at all.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Then again, screw that.\u00c2\u00a0 This is some funny shit.\u00c2\u00a0 The art 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