Intermission — April 23 — Bigfoot Problems

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Brad Guigar

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.

Notes from an Intern

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Brad Guigar


After seeing all of the other Halfpixel guys’ interns posting on their blogs, I demanded my turn. After all, I’ve been interning for Mr. Guigar all summer long, and I deserve just as much recognition as those other girls.

Of course, it was different for me. There are hundreds of Mr. Guigar’s competitors who would love to use someone like me to get to all of Mr. Guigar’s secrets — the publishing date of his next book, his secret to understanding villain mentality, his formula for developing devastating puns.

So, from the start, Mr. Guigar insisted my internship should be kept a secret. His own wife doesn’t even know I’ve been coming to his studio every day since school let out. But I really, reeeaaally wanted to post my own Notes From An Intern, too. So, finally, we found a place to post it where she would never read it.

Here.

Posting it at xkcd.com, he said, would have blown our cover in a minute.

So, what can I cay about working with Mr. Guigar? He is, of course, ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVING CARTOONISTS ON THE PLANET. I know this because it’s painted in fourteen-inch letters around the circumference of his studio. It’s somewhat hypnotic.

He also likes to keep his studio very, very hot. Every day I come to work wearing less and less, and I still end up peeling something off. Mr. Guigar has an air conditioner in the window of his studio, but he says it doesn’t work. I suggested it might work better if it were plugged in, but he just laughed and told me to leave the complicated electrical equipment to him. HE’S SO SMART. That’s in twelve-inch letters across his door.

But the heat really makes it hard to work. I told him that if it stayed this hot I was just going to start coming to work in my underwear! Coincidentally, the next day, he brought in a new server for his Web site. It really throws off a lot of heat. I just might write a nasty letter to the company that makes them — Coleman. I mean, who’s ever heard of a server that runs on kerosene, anyway? But, of course, that’s more complicated electrical equipment stuff, isn’t it?

Mr. Guigar is a very easy man to work for. My only complaint is that he doesn’t seem to trust me very much. No matter where I am in the studio, he insists on moving his drawing table so he can watch me. But that’s OK. It’s worth it to work with such a GENIUS. (10-inch letters… he’s so humble!)

And I’m doing very important work, too. Yesterday I started alphabetizing all of his script notes. I got all the way to the Cs before he told me to take a break. I guess he was getting tired of hearing me sing that little song. Maybe tomorrow I’ll try shipping. I sure hope I don’t get seasick. Ew!

I just want to end my first post by offering a word of advice to those other Halfpixel interns. They seem to be obsessed with reaching for the stars. Mr. Guigar insists I stay grounded. In fact, to help keep this in my thoughts, he starts my every day by telling me to reach for my toes. And he stands right over me to make sure I’m doing it right.

That’s Mr. Guigar. He really cares!