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.
The Week in Villainy: Taking stock of super-villains
Hush: In
Detective Comics 849 we get the Big Reveal that Hush has taken his plastic surgery to new heights: He has made himself over to look like Bruce Wayne. Moreover, on a very clever twist on the old “got’cher nose” gimmick, he’s holding Selena Kyle’s heart hostage. If Batman fails, the support system keeping Kyle alive — as well as the system keeping the heart viable — power down and it’s the end of our Favorite Feline.
It’s a move like that which shows an incredible amount of dedication for a villain. He not only is ready to take over as Bruce Wayne, but he also already has Selena’s heart.
Hush moves to a solid seven on the VQ scale.
It would have been an eight, but TWiV knows that
Dr. Hugo Strange has already mined the whole “take over Batman’s identity” thing pretty deeply.
