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.
Philly Feed
Here’s another exciting announcement for some great stuff that’s coming up in 2007:
Phables, my long-form comic about life in Philadelphia, is going to begin updating every Monday starting later in January.
It has been very successful in the
Philadelphia Daily News, where it started running every other Monday earlier this year. We made the official announcement on
Philly Feed, which is the podcast of the
Daily News.
And, yes, if you go to today’s
Philly Feed Web site, you’ll see that although I’ve worked there for eight years, they spelled my name wrong (unless they’ve fixed it by now).
Spelling aside, this is fantastic news because, between the
weekly cartoon I do for their sex-advice column and the now-weekly
Phables, I’m going to be spending more time than ever doing cartooning as my day job.
If you’d like to download the podcast and listen for yourself,
knock yourself out. We talk about some the Phables from 2006 and discuss what makes a really good Phable.
