{"id":98,"date":"2008-06-30T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2011-11-14T01:44:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T05:44:36","slug":"funny-comic-book-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/30\/funny-comic-book-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny Comic Book &#8211; Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Maintenance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onipress.com\/display.php?type=se&amp;id=28\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/maintenance.jpg\" alt=\"Maintenance\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>To anyone with a sense of humor, I highly recommend\u00a0the\u00a0comic\u00a0&#8220;<a title=\"Maintenance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onipress.com\/display.php?type=se&amp;id=28\" class=\"broken_link\">Maintenance<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 This comic revolves around Doug &amp; Manny, two janitors for the world&#8217;s biggest and best evil science think tank.\u00a0 Some of their misadventures include dealing with toxic spills, getting drunk with a talking manshark, accidentally time-traveling back to the Stone Age, and being shrunk so they can deal with evil micro-organisms that have taken control of the company toilets.\u00a0 They even have to deal with typical inter-office crap like department meetings and\u00a0speeches from the boss on morale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The comic is witty and drawn excellently.\u00a0 Oni Press publishes the book and you can read a 32 page preview for free online at their site.\u00a0 There are two trades already in publication, and the third trade is due out within the next couple weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s definitely worth your time. C&#8217;mon, you know you need a laugh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-98\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/30\/funny-comic-book-maintenance\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-98\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/30\/funny-comic-book-maintenance\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/30\/funny-comic-book-maintenance\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/30\/funny-comic-book-maintenance\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-98\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/30\/funny-comic-book-maintenance\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To anyone with a sense of humor, I highly recommend\u00a0the\u00a0comic\u00a0&#8220;Maintenance&#8220;.\u00a0 This comic revolves around Doug &amp; 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