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.
My comics have had a little good press recently that I wanted to pass along. First up is a very kind letter-to-the-editor that Eric from Silver Spring, Md., wrote to the
Philadelphia Daily News. It was printed over the weekend in the Sat., June 21, edition. Unfortunately, it was not mirrored in the paper’s Web site. Click on the image to the right to see an enlargement of how it appeared in print.
Thanks, Eric, for being an uber-fan. You’re the best.
Next, is an awesome piece courtesy of James and Melissa Treacy, who work for
Trend, a weekly newspaper circulated to more than 800,000 households throughout the suburban areas of Philadelphia.
The
Trend write-up covers all the bases:
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At left, Brad Guigar of Philadelphia is the creator of such comics as ‘Evil Inc,’ a ‘comic about a corporation run for super-villains by super-villains,’ ‘Courting Disaster,’ a single-panel comic about love and relationships, and ‘Phables,’ a ‘weekly look at life in Philadelphia.’ Phables was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic 2007. The comics are both Web-based comics, as well as comics printed in hard copy publications like the Daily News in Philadelphia…Guigar writes and draws his own comics, and is also a published author of books like ‘How To Make Webcomics,’ and ‘The Everything Cartooning Book.’ For more information on Guigar’s comics, visit his Web sites at www.evil-comic.com, www.phables.com and www.courting-disaster.com.“
My friends,
that is press. Thanks so much, James and Melissa! You guys rock! The layout appears below:
