Intermission — April 23 — Bigfoot Problems

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.

Evil Inc “virus”

Evil Inc is not delivering a virus

This week, I have received a couple of e-mails telling me that some anti-virus software is flagging the Evil Inc site on every load.

First off, thanks to those people who alerted me. I really appreciate it!

Secondly, I have determined that the culprit is, in fact, the Shoutbox to the lower right of this blog. To the best of my ability to discrn — which is not my ability at all, rather the ability of the very intelligent people I rely upon for support — this is not a virus.

“It sounds like F-secure has an invalid signature that is throwing off false positives. This happens sometimes,” said my esteemed colleauge.

“Ahhhhhh,” I said, realizing that I wouldn’t know an invalid signature if it bit me in the nose.

Anyway, if you are using F-Secure Antivirus software, and if it is registering a similar warning when you visit my site, you can help expedite a fix to this problem.

Go here and fill out the form to explain what is happening.

You can list my Web site’s URL, plus the virus the software claims that Evil Inc has — Exploit.JS.ADODB.Stream.v — , for them to verify. Hopefully they can update their signatures to fix the issue.