Intermission — April 23 — Bigfoot Problems

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.

NYCC 08: Con Report — Saturday, part 2


By the end of the day Saturday, I had sold all of my copies of the How To Make Webcomics as well as all the copies of Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 1 and almost all the copies of Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 2 and Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 3.

Luckily, my wife had actually formed a plan for exactly that eventuality. She did a little research and found out that you can ship packages via Greyhound. I gotta give Greyhound its proper credit. I always sneered at the thought of taking a bus to an event — preferring the train or a car for local events. But Greyhound was amazingly easy, very clean and comfortable, and — get this — ludicrously cheap.

My trip to New York cost me about $21 — round trip. I couldn’t get there by train one way for that. And they made the trip in about an hour-and-a-half both times.

Plus, when I called my wife and told her about the sell-outs, she told me that she could ship me more books via Greyhound. She packaged a bunch of HTMW books and a bunch of Vol. 2 books I had left over, and she dropped them off at the Greyhound station in Philly at 7 p.m.

At 9:30 p.m., I walked over to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and picked the box up. Absolutely no problems whatsoever.

The thirty-pound box cost $20 to ship. Do you know how badly FedEx or UPS would have stung me for that?

Greyhound was a key reason at that NYCC was such a great convention for me.

And here’s another reason. I met a tremendous selection of cool Evil Inc readers. You guys are the main reason I look forward to conventions the way kids look forward to Christmas! We talked comics, traded gossip, and just generally enjoyed the convention together. I can’t thank you all enough for coming out.


All except for this guy. —->
He tried to steal my banner. I had to throw down with a little Kung Fu. Lessons were learned…