There are some Bigfoot problems that hit harder than others — and for certain legendary figures, male pattern baldness anxiety isn’t just about looks… it’s about legacy. Today’s comic imagines what happens when one very famous cryptid starts wondering if his myth might not survive a receding hairline.
What I’m Watching: Invincible, JJK, and the Great Animation Trade-Off
I’ve been watching Invincible with my sons, and I’ve got… thoughts.
First off: the story? Very, very good. Genuinely compelling stuff — even though the violence and gore is way past my personal comfort range. I'm not super comfortable with one character shooting another. The stuff that happens on a median-level episode of Invincible is a real challenge for me.
As someone who does NSFW comics, I'm constantly amazed at how perfectly acceptable Invincible is... yet an animated series based on Phil Foglio's XXXenophile would have people losing their ever-loving minds.
Further, it's a little disappointing to go from watching Jujutsu Kaisen (which we're also following at the moment) to watching Invincible.
JJK features jaw-dropping visuals and animation that constantly raises the bar episode after episode. It's phenomenal.
On the other side of the spectrum, Invincible clearly put all of its budget into getting celebrity voice talent. Some of them are very good.
I just wish a few of those Amazon dollars had been spent on the animation. Some of the scenes are pretty clearly PNGs that get enlarged to show an object moving through space, and it's a goddamned embarrassment.
But the story itself is very, very good.
This Week in Villainy: May 6-12, 2007
Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted
Duela: Duela gets offed in
Countdown #51 by at character with the worst hair in the DC Universe, the Monitor. (Number One went to Pre-Crisis Alexander Luthor.)
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Duela appears in Countdown #51. She abducts a teen celebrity from a nightclub, only to be stopped by Jason Todd. (She mentions to Todd that she comes from an alternate Earth.) After escaping, Duela is killed by a rogue Monitor, who states: “This world is not yours. Your presence in it is not tolerated. The penalty is death.”
Dan DiDio, editor-in-chief of DC, has stated that the reason Duela was murdered will have a ripple effect throughout the seriesShe was the Joker’s daughter. Or not. Maybe Two-Face’s. Maybe Catwoman’s. Or Wildebeest’s. Or Doomsday’s. Or Dr. Light’s. Or Punch and Jewelee’s.
She was a villain. Or a Teen Titan.
And now she’s dead. Coins are flipping across the DCU to figure out who should be bereaved. No word on whether any of the coins are scratched on one side. Or not.
What we
do know is that her death will have ripples across the DCU throughout the
Countdown series. Maybe.
In other news, the cover of Countdown #50 (
See a free 12-pagepreview here) promises the re-emergence of the Joker that was foretold in an
earlier TWIV.
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