{"id":1018,"date":"2012-02-14T07:27:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2012-02-08T07:46:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T12:46:44","slug":"oleander-and-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/02\/14\/oleander-and-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleander and Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Back in my first Indie Comics Etsy haul I also ordered Oleander & Mint.\u00a0 I had gone out in search of this after meeting the writer through my husband, and it deserves a post separate from the haul.<\/p>\n

It reminds me of Faulkner, or more specifically of As I lay Dying.\u00a0 <\/em>It is filled with beautiful desolate characters and an almost stream of consciousness narrative, and contrasted with lovely, graphic, and stylized illustrations.\u00a0 I very heartily recommend it.<\/p>\n

The web site<\/a> is fabulous as well.\u00a0 It will tempt you into spending oodles of time there.\u00a0 Buy the book at the Oleander & Mint Etsy Shop.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in my first Indie Comics Etsy haul I also ordered Oleander & Mint.\u00a0 I had gone out in search of this after meeting the writer through my husband, and it deserves a post separate from the haul. It reminds me of Faulkner, or more specifically of As I lay Dying.\u00a0 It is filled with… Continue reading Oleander and Mint<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[74,6,11,68],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-books","tag-comics","tag-etsy","tag-shopping"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4441,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/09\/09\/etsy-indie-comics-haul-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":1018,"position":0},"title":"Etsy-Indie Comics Haul again","author":"leems","date":"September 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, there are a couple in there that are not from Etsy, but Etsy is an excellent place to find excellent indie comics.\u00a0 And find I did... 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