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.
As you may
remember, when I attended New York Comic Con earlier this year, I sat on a panel discussing the future of the comic strip. It consisted of moderator Lee Nordling, author of them seminal
Your Career in the Comics; a representative from both King Features Syndicate and Universal Press Syndicate;
David Astor, who writes about syndicates for
Editor & Publisher magazine; syndicated cartoonist
Mark Tatulli and… me. I did my level best to represent the webcomics business model to the best of my ability despite the amount of wishful thinking being pushed as reality by the representatives of the syndicate model who surrounded me.
Well, it has come to my attention that henchman Scott Lincoln, who does
Ralf the Destroyer, recorded the panel discussion. You can
listen to it here.
