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* "Ten Thousand Thoughts Per Second" (Portland, Oregon)
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* "Food as Substitute" ([[UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} Wicker Park, Chicago]])
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* "Hazardous Youth" (Tempe, Arizona)
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* "Wish You Were Here" (Norman,Oklahoma)[[UsefulNotes/OklahomaUSA Oklahoma]])
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A 12-part comic series published by Creator/OniPress starting in 2005 and ending in 2008, ''Local'' covered twelve years in the life of Megan [=McKeenan=]. Each issue was a stand-alone SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by BrianWood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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.
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A 12-part comic series published by Creator/OniPress starting in 2005 and ending in 2008, ''Local'' covered twelve years in the life of Megan [=McKeenan=]. Each issue was a stand-alone SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by BrianWood Creator/BrianWood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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.
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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 SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by BrianWood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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.
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A 12-part comic series published by Oni Creator/OniPress starting in 2005 and ending in 2008, ''Local'' covered twelve years in the life of Megan [=McKeenan=]. Each issue was a stand-alone SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by BrianWood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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.
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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 SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by Brian Wood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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.
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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 SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by Brian Wood BrianWood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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.
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-->''"Where am I from? All over, really. No place exciting."''\\
-- 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 SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by Brian Wood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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" ([[CanadaEh Halifax, Nova Scotia]])
* "Megan and Gloria, Apartment 5A" ([[BigApplesauce Brooklyn, New York]])
* "Hazardous Youth" (Tempe, Arizona)
* "Food as Substitute" ([[UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} Wicker Park, Chicago]])
* "Wish You Were Here" (Norman, Oklahoma)
* "Bar Crawl" ([[EverythingIsBigInTexas Austin, Texas]])
* "The Younger Generation" ([[UsefulNotes/{{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.
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!!! "Local Tropes":
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Megan's dad]] to an extent.
* AllergicToLove
* AlliterativeName: Megan [=McKeenan=]
* BittersweetEnding
* BoredomMontage
* CainAndAbel: "Two Brothers"
* ComingOfAgeStory
* DomesticAbuse: There's never any evidence that [[spoiler:Megan's dad hit her mom]], but there was certainly ''verbal'' abuse.
* DysfunctionalFamily
* EmoTeen: Megan's cousin Nicky, who has his own problems.
* ImagineSpot: 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]].
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Megan's mother]] to an extent.
* MoodWhiplash: An interesting issue about a band ("Theories and Defenses") is immediately followed by a [[WhamEpisode Wham Issue]], "Two Brothers."
* NippleAndDimed: Averted. This is an indie comic, of course.
* ParentalAbandonment: In spades.
* PhotographicBackground: Somewhat; photographs are used as references, but most everything is drawn. It's just drawn ''so freaking well''.
* TheRunaway: Megan
* ShownTheirWork: Twelve different cities, each one got right. The back matter explains all the various ways in which they got photographs of locations and such.
* SilentSceneryPanel: So much, it could count as SceneryPorn.
* SliceOfLife
* StalkerWithACrush: 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.
* StoppedCaring: Possibly the "rich hottie" in #8.
* TimeSkip
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-->''"Where am I from? All over, really. No place exciting."''\\
-- 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 SliceOfLife story, sometimes with Megan as the main character, sometimes with her only in the background. Written by Brian Wood (''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'', ''ComicBook/{{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" ([[CanadaEh Halifax, Nova Scotia]])
* "Megan and Gloria, Apartment 5A" ([[BigApplesauce Brooklyn, New York]])
* "Hazardous Youth" (Tempe, Arizona)
* "Food as Substitute" ([[UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} Wicker Park, Chicago]])
* "Wish You Were Here" (Norman, Oklahoma)
* "Bar Crawl" ([[EverythingIsBigInTexas Austin, Texas]])
* "The Younger Generation" ([[UsefulNotes/{{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.
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!!! "Local Tropes":
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Megan's dad]] to an extent.
* AllergicToLove
* AlliterativeName: Megan [=McKeenan=]
* BittersweetEnding
* BoredomMontage
* CainAndAbel: "Two Brothers"
* ComingOfAgeStory
* DomesticAbuse: There's never any evidence that [[spoiler:Megan's dad hit her mom]], but there was certainly ''verbal'' abuse.
* DysfunctionalFamily
* EmoTeen: Megan's cousin Nicky, who has his own problems.
* ImagineSpot: 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]].
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Megan's mother]] to an extent.
* MoodWhiplash: An interesting issue about a band ("Theories and Defenses") is immediately followed by a [[WhamEpisode Wham Issue]], "Two Brothers."
* NippleAndDimed: Averted. This is an indie comic, of course.
* ParentalAbandonment: In spades.
* PhotographicBackground: Somewhat; photographs are used as references, but most everything is drawn. It's just drawn ''so freaking well''.
* TheRunaway: Megan
* ShownTheirWork: Twelve different cities, each one got right. The back matter explains all the various ways in which they got photographs of locations and such.
* SilentSceneryPanel: So much, it could count as SceneryPorn.
* SliceOfLife
* StalkerWithACrush: 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.
* StoppedCaring: Possibly the "rich hottie" in #8.
* TimeSkip
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