2 weeks ago Shaz-Bot brought us Lil’ Depressed Boy 1, a fun tale about a kid who meets what could quite possibly be the girl of his dreams. This issue continues the story with them having 2.5 dates and our hero LDB realizing that he doesn’t know her name.
Entered in his phone as “wierd girl” he spends his time with his buddy Drew Blood trying to prove that they’ve had a “real” date, and figure out what her name is. Scraping together ideas such as asking around her local haunts to find her name, mugging her for her wallet (I’ll let you find out for yourself if and how that one goes down.), trying the wing-man introduce yourself trick (it usually worked for me back in the day), or simply hoping that she happens to mention it during conversation LDB spends this issue battling the thought that he forgot to ask in the first place.
I find LDB to be intensely interesting, and pretty much spot on to what makes a nerd tick. Looking back to issue one again some of the first discussions between LDB and “weird girl” are simply about super jumping in Mario 2, or getting stuck in Mega Man. Most nerds/gamers can relate to the instant attraction to most girls that have these memories and speak fondly of them. Then you add bowling for “style points” you have an instant success. All groups of friends have a game with a stern set of rules, it may not be bowling, it may revolve around shotgun in the car, or assigning team members, but they exist we grew up with them, we lived by them. Secondly everyone goofs off while bowling. LDB and “wierd girl” take it to the maximum by bowling in the most ridiculous and creative ways imaginable, the page where LDB tries to catch up in style points by pulling a “hadouken” bowling maneuver had me laughing hard enough to make me drop the book. It’s rare when a comic hits home like that for me and keeps me smiling from page to page. I don’t know if I can recommend this book enough. Packed with punk-rock house parties, style bowling, video game references, and nerd-rage sarcasm, LDP pegs what it’s like growing up geeky. If you haven’t picked up on Lil’ Depressed Boy issue 1 is available at comic shops everywhere for $2.99 and issue 2 will be available March 9th. If you can’t wait for that check our their web comic here.
