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 we’ve mentioned on the podcast, a few typographical errors snuck through our editing system and into the
How To Make Webcomics book.
Our dedicated readers have been kindly pointing them out to us. And — no fooling — we’re super-appreciative of each one that gets pointed out because when we’re ready to put out the second edition, we’re going to be so much further ahead.
So, to those of you who have sent one of us a private e-mail with a typo spotted: Thank you. (
I only mention prive e-mail because that’s the easiest way for any of us to keep track of all of this stuff in the long term).
But some of you guys are being incredibly creative in how you’re pointing out the odd slip-of-the-keyboard.
Like Rasmus Pettersson did in a
recent installment of his webcomic,
Glitchtown.
Well-lead punchline… clean art… keen attention to detail (
look at the comic on the screen in the last panel)… this guy was doing more than looking for typos when he read our book. The lad was paying
attention. Nicely done, Rasmus.
Now get back to work.
