Intermission — April 23 — Bigfoot Problems

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Brad Guigar

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.

TWIV March 29

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Brad Guigar

This Week in Villainy: March 19-25, 2007

Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted

Jack O’ Lantern: Who would have though that taking a bullet to the cranium would be a career move?

After being summarily dispatched by the Punisher in Marvel’s Civil War (issue 5), Jack O’ Lantern — newly possessed by Lucifer — is becoming a major-league baddy. He appears in Ghost Rider #9: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Illinois: Part 2, part of the Casulaties of War crosssover.

From ComicVine.com’s review:

The ongoing story of Lucifer being split into 666 pieces and each possessing a recently deceased corpse gets a twist in this arc. It was already getting kinda boring with him simply possessing normal people. Here instead he’s possessed the corpse of Jack O’Lantern, who was killed by The Punisher in Civil War… He’s actually much more menacing then ever before, and the way he toys with Ghost Rider actually doesn’t come off as unrealistic. The fight scene between the two actually is pretty cool in this issue.

Kingpin: He called in a successful sniper hit on Peter Parker which critically wounded Aunt May in Amazing Spider-Man #539. It is not good to threaten the Main Marvel Matron, nor is it wise to drive a man with Spidey’s power to a homicidal rage. This storyline brings back the black costume, and you just know that you wear black when you’re going to a funeral.

In this case, I’m thinking it might not be Aunt May’s.

Lex Luthor: Despite being outfoxed by Clark Kent in issue 46 of 52, Lex proves that he’s still the A-list nemesis in Batman Confidential #4 by attacking Batman.

…In the Batcave.

…With a robotic bat.

…Knocking the Dark Knight into bat guano.

Eat it, Joker.

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