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.
Here are a few photos from my weekend at New York Comic Con. I did quite a few interviews, including
this one with the Village Voice, and the
Secret Identity podcast. As a matter of fact, if you head over the Secret Identity, you’ll see a
wrap-up of the panel that I did (along with Chris Eliopoulos and Danielle Corsetto, among others).
Check out my
photostream of the entire weekend.
Special thanks to arch-henchman Mike Ciccotello, whose webcomic, “
Schoolhouse Daze,” relaunches April 1 (no foolin’). He shot photos all weekend — otherwise, I would have never been able to record a single shot. All of the photos were shot by him — including the ones from his trip to the Port Authority to pick up
replacement books.
Recording a radio interview. Hopefully, they’ll send an mp3 or a link. It was a great conversation.
Matt Herring, from Secret Identity podcast, talks to me in the waning moments of the convention. We’ll have a link to that podcast shortly.
