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”…
— Supervillains to save JLA? It looks as if its up to the super-villains to save the Justice League. Actually, it’s a movie about a prison full of super-villains who try to lay the smackdown on an incarcerated hero. And it’s being tapped to pinch hit for the stalled-out JLA movie in the Warner Bros summer line-up for 2009. Originally called “Supermax,” it’s now being renamed “Green Arrow.” Also slated to prop up the tent for WB while it re-tools the JLA movie: Shazam, He-Man, and Johnny Quest.
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First, let’s take a look at a major problem facing WB in 2009. Usually a studio like Warner Bros. likes to have 2 to 3 tent pole films scheduled for release during the summer (or films they considered to be tent poles even if the box office results didn’t agree)….
But, the only one real tent pole Warner Bros. has in production for the summer of 2009 is McG’s reboot of the Terminator franchise Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins starring Christian Bale…
Studio sources have told the IESB that for the last few months WB execs have been in a mild state of panic not knowing for sure which films they could greenlight and get ready to go come that looming summer date… So which WB films are contenders to get on the fast track for Summer 2009? Read more here.
