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.

Phables March 19, 2007

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Brad Guigar

Phables

Today’s Phable is a two-fer. First, find out what happens when an out-of-towner can’t find her car in the 30th Street Station parking lot. Part Two is a follow-up to last week’s Phable in which some guests who are interested in mafia history wind up eating at the Bomb Bomb Barbecue Grill, thanks to their South Philly host. Although the Phable never says anything about the eatery being a mob hang-out, some people have read it that way, and the owner, Frank, has been fielding questions ever since. He says it’s not: The twin bombings were over a chef who came to work for the restaurant from another tavern. It wasn’t a mafia turf war. He explains.