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.

New York Comic Con: Friday

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Brad Guigar

The 2008 New York Comic Con was my best convention appearance to date. I sold out of most of my merchandise, I met some amazingly nice people, I got back in touch with many good friends, and I generally enjoyed New York city. All in all, it was a tremendous convention.

Which is about 180-degrees from how I felt when I first entered the convention. I won’t go into detail here because I discuss it pretty thoroughly in an upcoming edition of the Webcomics Weekly podcast, but suffice it to say that getting a booth without a table and chairs was a bit of a surprise to me. Especially since this hadn’t been a problem in the previous two years I exhibited with NYCC.

And finding out that a table was going to run me $200 and chairs were $85 a pop was more than a little off-putting.

To their credit, though Reed Exhibitions made everything good, and a little after 1 p.m., I was set up and ready to go.

Actually, seeing uber-henchman Adam was the turning point in the whole ordeal. He walked up as I was pacing in my empty booth space, offering to get me any refreshments I might need. (Y’know, a few of you guys made that offer last weekend. I can’t tell you how nice that is! You guys are the best!) After I explained my situation, he told me he had actually run across the cell-phone number of one of the guys in charge of the convention. After a few clicks on his mobile device, he had procured the number of the man who actually finally wound up approving my request for furniture.

Before too long, Ryan Sohmer came over to the booth and hung out for a while. He actually came over a few times. He said he liked my booth because it was a nice, quiet place he could get away from all of the fans for a while. 🙂 Ryan is really fun to talk to. There are few creators out there with his intelligence. And the guy is bracingly honest. Not necessarily in a mean or cruel way — he’s just direct. We had a couple fascinating conversations. I always find myself trying to learn as much as I can from his rapid-fire torrents.

After a kind-of-slow Friday, I was invited out to eat with Jonathan Rosenberg and a bunch of the Dumbrella guys. I like Jon and his work an awful lot. He’s one of those few people whose work just keeps getting better and better. I hate to list people because I know I’m going to miss someone, but the group included Phillip Karlsson, Gary Tyrell, Steven Cloud, his wife Ellie Jostad, Chris Hastings, his phenomenally talented girlfriend Carly Monardo, Ryan Sias and Jeffrey Rowland.

What was really cool was that I don’t get a chance to hang out with many of these guys a whole lot. What? Maybe once or twice before. When I sat down, it was like being among a bunch of old friends. It was simply comfortable.We all talked and laughed well into the night. Evenings like that are among the main reasons I look forward to a comic convention the way a kid looks forward to Christmas.

We went to The Telephone Bar & Grill where I got an excellent rack of lamb. I sat down on one end of the table next to Hasting’s girlfriend, Carly, and Jeffrey Rowland (who is not Hasting’s girlfriend). Carly was showing off a tremendous postcard print of one of her illustrations. Go to her site and click the second link under “Illustrations” to see it for yourself. She is a wicked-talented illustrator, and she’s starting to accept more freelance work for magazines. I fully expect to see her byline all over the freaking place.

After dinner, a bunch of us followed Rosenberg to the Peculier Pub on the lower east side, where we threw back a couple beers before heading to our respective beds. I had a very good beer called Hop Devil. Goats fans know the Peculiar Pub as an integral part of Goats history. Being there was really an amazing experience for me.