{"id":993,"date":"2012-12-03T10:51:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/?p=993"},"modified":"2023-08-06T09:33:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T13:33:03","slug":"richards-poor-almanac-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/2012\/12\/03\/richards-poor-almanac-now-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard’s Poor Almanac Now Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Thompson, he of “Cul de Sac”<\/a> fame, brings news<\/a> that “Richard’s Poor Almanac” is now available online<\/a> through comics portal GoComics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Detail<\/a><\/p>\n

“Richard’s Poor Almanac”<\/a>, a series of observational sketch comics that ran weekly in the Washington Post<\/em> for years, provides that same uniquely fussy drawing style we see in “Cul de Sac”, with the same wit and insight that never lets you look at the comic’s subject quite the same way again. Given that the collected print version of these comics routinely runs over $150 on the used market, to have access to them (albeit only one a week on Mondays!) is a great gift.<\/p>\n

The presentation on GoComics leaves a little to be desired—the comics themselves are vertically oriented and far larger than the usual three-panel strip, so they appear in a reduced version on the screen. A simple click enlarges them, but these beauties deserve a custom presentation. Still, to have them available again is enough (although a reprint of the collected comics wouldn’t be amiss…)<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Looks like GoComics has made some changes, with a more frequent release cycle and, more importantly, a properly scaled presentation. Go and enjoy!<\/p>\n

(Image detail from Richard’s Poor Almanac on GoComics<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Thompson, he of “Cul de Sac” fame, brings news that “Richard’s Poor Almanac” is now available online through comics portal GoComics. “Richard’s Poor Almanac”, a series of observational sketch comics that ran weekly in the Washington Post for years, provides that same uniquely fussy drawing style we see in “Cul de Sac”, with the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[157,158],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics","tag-cul-de-sac","tag-richard-thompson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pedXm-g1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6084,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions\/6084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}