{"id":9029,"date":"2014-05-05T10:46:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T17:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=9029"},"modified":"2014-06-23T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:09:21","slug":"the-best-of-adrian-raeside-embodies-british-columbia-attitude-not-much-fun-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/05\/05\/the-best-of-adrian-raeside-embodies-british-columbia-attitude-not-much-fun-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of Adrian Raeside<\/i> embodies British Columbia attitude, not much fun to read"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing I noticed in my move from \u201cfriendly Manitoba\u201d to \u201cbeautiful British Columbia\u201d was the ability of BC residents to act like they live in a whole different country than the rest of Canada.<\/p>\n

Nowhere else have I met people who have travelled less outside their province or complained about their province while still managing to have such a fierce defense of all things related to it. Cartoonist Adrian Raeside has made his living on this attitude.<\/p>\n

\"1550176315\"<\/a>The Best of Adrian Raeside<\/i> is a collection of comics poking fun at a wide array of BC issues. From our less-than-cheap housing prices to our less-than-booming forestry business, not to mention our sometimes-less-than-functional provincial government, all issues are tackled with equal amounts of ridicule and love.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s a book of comics. It took me less than half an hour to get through the whole thing. It was good for a chuckle or two, but, like reading the morning funnies, I rarely found myself laughing out loud. Raeside is talented, and if you love his comics you\u2019ll love the book; otherwise, you might want to give this one a pass.<\/p>\n

Still, this book would be perfect for a few things:<\/p>\n

1. Coffee-table book for showing out-of-town relatives how crazy we are.<\/p>\n

2. Gift to departing international students that they will pretend to understand.<\/p>\n

3. Book to place beside your Calvin and Hobbes<\/i> collection in order to look more intellectual.<\/p>\n

4. Gift for that eccentric uncle who\u2019s always complaining about politics.<\/p>\n

5. Something to bring up around your opinionated teacher for brown-nosing points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One thing I noticed in my move from \u201cfriendly Manitoba\u201d to \u201cbeautiful British Columbia\u201d was the ability of BC residents to act like they live in a whole different country than the rest of Canada. Nowhere else have I met people who have travelled less outside their province or complained about their province while still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-may-14-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t