{"id":8784,"date":"2010-04-22T21:48:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8784"},"modified":"2010-03-25T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T22:16:12","slug":"chandler-richy-tempo-lush-1-lucy-the-octopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=8784","title":{"rendered":"Chandler, Richy &#8211; Tempo Lush #1: Lucy the Octopus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/tempolush\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/tempolush11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"tempolush11\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/tempolush11.jpg\" alt=\"tempolush11\" width=\"155\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tempo Lush #1: Lucy the Octopus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three cheers for the mini comic box set!\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t see nearly enough of these things.\u00c2\u00a0 Mostly because people don&#8217;t create enough mini comics to put one of these things together, I suppose.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the first of 10 comics included in this collection, which comes in a tiny and adorable teddy bear\/comic holder.\u00c2\u00a0 Sadly it defies scanning, but a look at his website should give you a clue.\u00c2\u00a0 So how about the comic?\u00c2\u00a0 This is a series of short pieces about octopi (a word you don&#8217;t get to use nearly enough) that generally manage to be funny.\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s incomprehensible childhood taunting that makes just as much sense for octopi (tee-hee) as it does for anything else, giving the gift of pets to the little children, accessorizing, wishing for popularity, Lucy&#8217;s misguided attempt to stand up to bullying, and a slightly longer piece about how baby octopi are born (and what happens to the parents).\u00c2\u00a0 Like I said, it&#8217;s generally funny stuff, and I loved how it&#8217;s a fold-out comic, meaning that it takes a little bit of puzzling to figure out how it all fits together.\u00c2\u00a0 Not too much, as the stories make the order abundantly clear, but I do love the fold-outs for whatever reason.\u00c2\u00a0 And did I mention the fact that this whole issue is in vibrant, necessary (for underwater stories) color?\u00c2\u00a0 Like I said, this is only the first of 10, so there are plenty more to come.\u00c2\u00a0 No price for individual issue, but this thing is roughly $16.50 if you convert it to US dollars.\u00c2\u00a0 UPDATE: screw you spellcheck, octopi is too the plural for octopus!\u00c2\u00a0 Also, according to Wikipedia, octopuses and octopodes.\u00c2\u00a0 You can have those last two, I&#8217;m sticking with octopi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/tempolush12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"tempolush12\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/tempolush12.jpg\" alt=\"tempolush12\" 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