Meuse, Adam – Social Insect

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Social Insect

Sometimes this website serves as the corniest wish factory possible.  I wish that I could see more from Adam than some (admittedly hilarious) single panels of sad animals and presto, anther book comes in the mail.  I would also like to formally wish for a few million dollars so I can retire and spend the rest of my life hunting obscure mini comics around the globe.  Ahem, just testing.  This is a collection of mostly introspective and occasionally conceptual pieces.  There are simple statements of fact (like the panel with a rhino, elephant and hippo called simply “The Gray Team”), philosophical puns, a list of the important things that happen in darkness, a series of cars who spout platitudes, the difference between soggy and crispy worms, and what separates us.  The only big story of the book deals with an adorably cuddly bear whose eyes have become gigantic.  His perspective is skewed, as he’s both able to see nothing and everything in the same plane.  It’s an interesting books though, all sorts of thought-provoking stuff in here with a wide variety of pieces.  Worth checking out, although if your thing is sad animals specifically I suggest you get both minis on this page.  No price, so let’s call it $3.