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.
For those of us who have been working in the comic-strip business for the past several years, there has been no truer friend in journalism than David Astor. (
That’s him, second from the left, in the photo above. Sitting right next to Johnny Eyebrows.) As the editor in charge of covering syndicated content for
Editor & Publisher, a trade magazine for the newspaper industry, his column and blog updates reached a significant number of print media decision-makers.
And his support of webcomics has been second to none.
It was evident when he and I shared a panel at NYCC in 2008. He could always be counted on to help spread the word about anything from the launch of a new comic to a new book to a webcomics charity event to aid the victims of a disaster.
At the beginning of the year, Astor was laid off from his position at E&P. Not only does this mean that the coverage of comics in general at the mag has dropped precipitously, but it means that our friend found himself in a particularly tough situation.
Luckily, Astor can do a whole lot more than cover comics. He’s an extremely skillful humor columnist, and the
Huffington Post, clearly eager to take advantage of the talent that the E&P tossed aside, has added him to its roster.
So go and reacquaint yourself with an old friend to the webcomics community… and enjoy some very insightful humor along the way. You’ll want to hit that RSS feed and add it to your bookmarks. He really is just that good.
