A Safety Lesson with Natural Gas Joe

A Safety Lesson with Natural Gas Joe by Christoph Meyer

Here's a review by Gary Hornberger that appeared in Razorcake Magazine: I pulled Natural Gas Joe’s finger and I’ll be damned, I actually smelled natural gas. If ever a comic was used as an educational tool, this is the one. The clever trick is asking the local gas company for a few hundred—or thousand—flyers that have a scratch and sniff gas flame drawn on it. It’s one thing to have it as a door flyer; it’s clever as all hell to put it in a mini comic. The chances are much higher that one will remember the smell from a comic rather than the flyer that gets thrown out with the junk mail. What kid, or adult for that matter, is going to pass up scratching and sniffing Natural Gas Joe’s fart bubble? The gist of the comic is that Natural Gas Joe is explaining the ground rules for what natural gas is and how it gets its odor to Jim and Sally. At the end, we get a great wrap up on how this comic came to be and what to do if one smells Natural Gas Joe. This comic is absolutely wonderful in its delivery of a serious subject. In fact, the local gas company should purchase a couple copies of this book and pass them out at local schools. Joe is a charming read that will appeal to kids of all ages, especially those of you out there who get excited when the Pillsbury Dough Boy passes wind. If you’ve got kids, get a copy of this story. You’ll both get something out of it.

This comic first appeared in 28PLBwT #3. 1st Printing (as stand alone comic) 2016 copies: Now For Sale