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.

Catching up on news…


A few, quick updates from the weekend that was NEWW

(1) In my excitement, I neglected to upload the Saturday strip. Ed had it colored in plenty of time, I simply dropped the ball. It is up now, and it reflects my new status as an iPhone user.

(2) I made MTV’s Splash Page.

(3) I added another convention stop, Pittsburgh Comic Con, Sept. 11-13. And I may be adding another very shortly.

(4) There’s a special Flickr photo pool for NEWW photos here, including shots of the Webcomics Weekly Live show.

(5) Evil Inc went down for about ten minutes today due to a bonehead move my Yours Truly. Thanks to a flurry of emails, tweets and texts, I knew about it about three seconds after it happened and was able to fix it quickly. You guys rule. The Earth.

(6) NEWW was indescribably tremendous. Superlatives fail. I had high expectations and they were exceeded. Special thanks to Meredith Gran for a Herculean effort.