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.
Lulu is still Number One
Here’s a little story from the Buckeye Book Fair a couple weekends back. I’m sitting there, signing copies of my
Everything Cartooning Book
book, and a guy comes up and mumbles some sort of half-hearted comment about always wanting to learn to draw cartoons and shoves a slip of paper into my hand.
It’s an advertisement for his book-publishing business.
See… all you have to do is give him a CD with your Microsoft Word document on it and he’ll print some perfect-bound books for you.
All for only $469. Plus Ohio sales tax, if applicable.
That’s right.
Four hundred and sixty-nine dollars. Plus tax.
Holy freaking moley! That’s ridiculous!
I can upload a MS Word document or a PDF to
Lulu for free and start selling beautifully-printed-and-bound books immediately. No charge at all. The most I have to shell out is a single proof copy of my book — at cost. I haven’t spent more than $15 for a proof book yet. Including sales tax.
Four hundred and sixty-nine dollars.Unbefreakinglievable.
Do you know how high you’d have to price the fifteen books he prints for that amount before you could make a profit?!
