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.

Guigar Laugh Ringtones

Guigar_ringtoneBe the first webcomics geek on your block to own not one but THREE Guigar laugh ringtones! Ever since I started doing the Webcomics Weekly podcast, people have walked up to me at comic conventions and told me that they’d totally buy a ringtone of my laugh. It seemed kinda silly, but when we were making a list of rewards for the Kickstarter to fund The Webcomics Handbook, we threw it in. It got such a big response that once my backers got theirs, I’d have to offer it to a wider release. And that time is now. So here it is. Four ringtones of my laughs from Webcomics Weekly — including two versions of the laugh from the infamous “Laugh Track” episode of Webcomics Weekly in which a computer error looped my live feed to hysterical effect. One of the ‘tones includes Kris Straub’s incredulous reaction (“What the hell is that?!”), and the other is a pure loop of the laugh itself. For each ringtone, you get two files — an m4r for iPhone users and an mp3 for Android and Blackberry people. Buy yours today.