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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Local (comics)}} ~~{{trope}}~~ [[File:onibk_141.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\|''"Where am I from? All over, really. No place exciting."''~~\|Megan McKeenan, "The Last Lonely Days at the Oxford Theatre"}}~~ \|Megan McKeenan, "The Last Lonely Days at the Oxford Theatre"}} A 12-part comic series published by Oni starting in 2005 and ending in 2008, '''''Local''''' covered twelve years in the life of Megan McKeenan. Each issue was a stand-alone [[Slice of Life]] story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by Brian Wood (''[[~~DMZ (Comic Book)\|~~DMZ]]'', ''[[~~Northlanders (Comic Book)\|~~Northlanders]]'') and beautifully drawn by Ryan Kelly (''Giant Robot Warriors''), each issue took place in a different city in North America and featured Megan at a different place in her life. The twelve parts were: # "Ten Thousand Thoughts Per Second" (Portland, Oregon) # "Polaroid Boyfriend" (Minneapolis, Minnesota) # "Theories and Defenses" (Richmond, Virginia) # "Two Brothers" (Missoula, Montana) # "The Last Lonely Days at the Oxford Theatre" ([[Canada, Eh?\|Halifax, Nova Scotia]]) # "Megan and Gloria, Apartment 5A" ([[Big Applesauce\|Brooklyn, New York]]) # "Hazardous Youth" (Tempe, Arizona) # "Food as Substitute" ([[The Windy City\|Wicker Park, Chicago]]) # "Wish You Were Here" (Norman, Oklahoma) # "Bar Crawl" ([[Everything Is Big in Texas\|Austin, Texas]]) # "The Younger Generation" ([[Toronto\|Toronto, Ontario]]) # "The House That Megan Built" (Vermont) Each issue also has an amount of back matter, notes from both Wood and Kelly, including their own soundtracks to each issue. It is a definite must read. {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ ~~'''This series contains the following tropes:'''~~ * [[Abusive Parents]]: {{spoiler\|Megan's dad}} to an extent. * [[Allergic to Love]] Line 36 ⟶ 35: * [[Imagine Spot]]: The first issue is mostly Megan's imaginings of what will happen at the pharmacy {{spoiler\|if she tries to use a forged note from her boyfriend}}. * [[Mama Bear]]: {{spoiler\|Megan's mother}} to an extent. * [[Mood Whiplash]]: An interesting issue about a band ("Theories and Defenses") is immediately followed by a [[Wham! Episode\|Wham Issue]], "Two Brothers." * [[Nippled and Dimed]]: Averted. This is an indie comic, of course. * [[Parental Abandonment]]: In spades. Line 44 ⟶ 43: * [[Silent Scenery Panel]]: So much, it could count as [[Scenery Porn]]. * [[Slice of Life]] * [[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush]]: Sort of; the eponymous "Polaroid Boyfriend" lets himself into Megan's apartment and leaves a polaroid of himself. In return, she actually leaves a polaroid of ''herself'' for him to find. * [[Stopped Caring]]: Possibly the "rich hottie" in #8. * [[Time Skip]] {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:US Canadian Comics]] [[Category:~~Local~~Comic Books of the 2000s]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Comic Books]]

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