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Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...Thursday, April 13, 2006
Just A Little Thanks.
Found a pretty easy route from my house to the only comic shop in Oxford yesterday, and I picked up the latest True Story, Swear to God.
Tom Beland inspires me. Like me, he fell for a woman who lived many miles away, and had to endure months of separation before he could be with her. His relationship had its share of problems, but he and Lily have overcome them together, and he's put those experiences into a transcendent piece of work, whose inviting cartoon faces belie its depth. (His comic strip deals with many experiences in his life, but the comic book is all Tom-and-Lily.)
At the crucial moment where my love and I were parting for the first time and thinking about pursuing what we had despite the months apart, I thought of my own bad experiences with long separations... and then I thought of Tom's, and made the leap. I don't regret it.
Seeing his work in that Oxford store was like meeting up with an old friend.
Thanks, Tom.
Tom Beland inspires me. Like me, he fell for a woman who lived many miles away, and had to endure months of separation before he could be with her. His relationship had its share of problems, but he and Lily have overcome them together, and he's put those experiences into a transcendent piece of work, whose inviting cartoon faces belie its depth. (His comic strip deals with many experiences in his life, but the comic book is all Tom-and-Lily.)
At the crucial moment where my love and I were parting for the first time and thinking about pursuing what we had despite the months apart, I thought of my own bad experiences with long separations... and then I thought of Tom's, and made the leap. I don't regret it.
Seeing his work in that Oxford store was like meeting up with an old friend.
Thanks, Tom.
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What I can't find are directions from your postcode to the railway station, but it should be about twenty minutes into Reading. The Friar Street Blackwells carries new comics, and there's another comic shop around the corner which does vintage stuff. At least, I think they're still there.
So, if you need more than that, well, there it is.
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So, if you need more than that, well, there it is.
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