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.
So
Trinity does it to me again. I had completely fallen away from the story. The blue villagers… the screwed up characters… the plot threads dropped never to be seen again… the discordant art styles…
I had finally made a note to pull the title from my reserve list. I mean, it’s a weekly buy for me. That’s a lot of money to be sinking into something I scan over without actually reading anymore.
Except when I gave issue 30 one, final scan, I came across my all-time favorite character in the DCU in one, single panel. There was the poster boy for under-used brilliance, Plastic Man himself, shown on Page 21 as part of some sort of Tarot-card-based version of the Justice Society that the reality-altered Hawkman is assembling.
Aside: I’ve never, ever found Tarot cards more annoying than I do after reading this series. Please. Dear God, let this Reality Shift thing change the concept to Gin Rummy or Euchre or Uno or
anything!
And last week, there’s the preview of
Trinity #34.
And there’s my man Eel O’Brien, right there on the cover. Looks like the DCU might just use him for a few panels after years of neglect.
Damn you,
Trinity, just when I thought I was out… you keep
pulling me back in…
