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.
Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”…
RETURN OF ‘VILLAINS UNITED’ [
DC] As many of us heard at
NYCC ’08, Gaile Simone is helming another run of
The Secret Six, a series she introduced in 2006 that focused on a loosely organized group of B-list villains who rebelled against Lex Luthor’s “Secret Society.”
Longtime readers of this blog will remember that I was absolutely nuts of Simone’s work on
Villains United. So, I’m super-hyped to see the ads appearing for a
new run of the Secret Six.
From the NYCC ’08 interview, via
Newsarama, quoth Ms Simone:
It wouldn’t be the Six without Catman, Deadshot, Scandal, and Ragdoll. But beyond that, we have an a-list Bat-villain, and then a new character, a female, who is hot beyond reason. We’re already nuts about her. She’s simply the sexiest thing to come down the pike in a while, and she’ll happily twist your head off for you if you look at her askance. She makes even Deadshot nervous!
Read the
entire interview here.
