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.
Charlie Gavin, who produces the stellar
Silver Age webcomic, interviewed me recently. The results have been posted on his site.
Recently I had the chance to do a little email interview with cartoonist and author Brad J. Guigar, responsible for the comic strip Evil Inc. (as well as Courting Disaster, Phables and Greystone Inn) and one of the writers behind the fantastic book How To Make Webcomics. He also authored The Everything Cartooning Book in 2004. Yes, Brad is a busy guy. But he somehow found the time to answer my questions about Evil Inc, time management, Halfpixel, and webcomics in general.
Go
check it out, and stick around and check out the comic while you’re there!
And, while I’m at it, Gary Tyrell over at Fleen did a tremendously kind write-up to cover the ninth anniversary of Evil Inc last month that I neglected to link to.
See, the thing about Brad Guigar (aside from the obvious, such as he’s a hell of a nice guy, he has the world’s most understanding wife, and he laughs a lot) is that he’s almost more interested in the question What’s behind the curtain? than the question What is it? And by that I mean, rather than be content with a comic strip, he’s compelled to abstract things by a layer or two and look under the hood.
Read the
very kind words here.
