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.

Name That Nightmare


Marvel Comics baddie, Nightmare, pulled double duty last week, appearing in two unrelated titles concurrently, vying for two different goals.

He was paired with Arcade in Deadpool Team-Up (a nightmare in itself), battling Herc and the Merc.

Meanwhile, in Dr. Voodoo, he was using the neophyte doc to gain entrance into our poor, defenseless dimension.

Not only were his motives different in each book, but his overall look and voice were polar opposites. In Deadpool he appeared as a ghostly apparition (left), materializing behind Arcade for a little expository goodness and then disappearing for the duration of the tale.

In Voodoo, he (right) was closer to his traditional characterization, the seething, plotting, otherworldly demon.

It’s enough to make a fanboy dizzy. That is, unless he has a handy scorecard…

Nightmare
(Deadpool Team-Up
#1)
Category
Nightmare
(Dr. Voodoo
#2)
Classic Victorian Gentleman
Fashion
Classic Steve Ditko
Slimy, disgusting third-stringer (Arcade)
Lackey(s)

Slimy, disgusting "Psychlodermic Mindphibian"

Embodiment of Deadpool’s inner voices
Pawn
Daimon Hellstrom
Gary Oldman in "Dracula"
Look
David Bowie in "Labyrinth"

Revenge for Hercules’ part on the war with the Skrull gods

Plot
Use Daimon Hellstrom to trick Voodoo into freeing Nightmare
Disappears before Arcade falls to ubiquitous defeat
Outcome

Gains Dr. Voodoo’s mystic staff. And freedom.

"Only by combining the left brain and the right brain aspects of our powers shall we…"
Oddball phrase

"My heart could just explode."

A Tijuana postcard to Amadeus Cho from Herc and Deadpool
Special bonus feature

Dr. Strange remembers the history of Dr. Voodoo