Top 10 reasons to buy Meanwhile:
1. Think graphic novel meets Choose Your Own Adventure.
2. The whole shebang is hundreds of panels connected by a network of interconnected tubes! Blow it up and you get THIS.
3. The devo handsome protagonist is named Jimmy.
4. The story impetus is a chronic need to urinate.
5. Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics fame says "Crazy + Genius = Shiga"
6. It has 3865 endings. That’s less than 1c per read!
7. The Crazy + Genius author is mad keen on the Oakland A’s and blue Gatorade.
8. Shiga rhymes with Le Tigre and to a lesser extent, beaver.
9. The story mirrors life: your choices lead to happiness or doom.
10. If you intend to purchase Meanwhile you succeed (and severely rule), if not FAIL return to step 1.
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