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.
Lady Stilt-Man: Making her debut appearance in the rollicking
Spider-Man #611, Lady Stilt-Man called Web Head an “insect” and roared that a “new age in crime” had dawned.
VQ has seen worse. But not
much worse.
Unfortunately, when she insisted her
nom de guerre was an homage, Spider-Man quipped:
*Snort* You just used “homage” and really meant it. God, I hope someone puts that up on ViewTube. You’ll be the next “Photobombing Squirrel.”
Fantastic Four #5 it wasn’t.
And, unfortunately, our antagonist’s premiere caper hit the skids from there, as she stepped onto a mock shoe attached to the top of a shoe-repair-company truck.
…Which was
still a better step than the next — directly into a manhole (its cover removed courtesy of guest-starring Deadpool). The Amiable Arachnid tried to cheer her up, but it was no use. He acknowledged as much: “
The first one hurts the most.“
So Lady Stilt-Man debuts at a humble 1 on the VQ scale. But I really hope we haven’t seen the last of her. And when she returns, here’s hoping she leverages those gangly gams into a better VQ rating for herself.
I, for one, will not be surprised in the least to see it, either.
After all, nothing beats a great pair of legs.
Title: Amazing Spider-Man #611
Story: Joe Kelly
Art: Eric Canete
