The Flintstones #2

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"Yeah, actually, it was important to me that [Fred] would embody that regular, working class guy. But I didn’t want his physical appearance to be such that he would be the butt of jokes.

I wanted Fred, first and foremost, to be a sympathetic character who is funny because of the things he does and says, not because of his physical appearance. I don’t want people laughing at him. I want them laughing at the situations he’s in." - Mark Russell

Writer: Mark Russell
Artist: Steve Pugh

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Off-Topic Tuesday!

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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat amongst yourselves.

A G20 summit took place, President Obama's last, Prime Minister May's first

The Paralympic games start tomorrow in Rio.

The President of the Philipines forced to issue an apology to Obama.

Old adage about 'The reticent female employee' disproved by study which shows that women ARE as pushy as men when it comes to seeking pay rises, they just don't get given them as often (and in other shock news bears DO shit in the woods and the Pope IS Catholic)

Controversy over historical depiction in new Bollywood. Well, it makes a change from Hollywood whitewashing history.

Supercrooks #3

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Kill or be Killed #1

[history79]

"KILL OR BE KILLED is our take on the vigilante killer genre, which I hope means it's not what people usually expect when they think of that genre. It's NOT about a guy whose parents—or wife and kids—are killed by the mob and now he's out for revenge. No, it's not about a hero, even, really...it's about a (mostly) average guy who is suddenly thrust into a situation he can barely understand—where for reasons I don't want to spoil, he is forced to kill bad people. Forced to become judge and executioner. And the series is about how he adapts to this secret dilemma, and how he learns to become a killer and survive.

But more than that, it's also, you know: "If you had to kill a bad person, who would you pick?" Like, is there someone whose death would have a real impact on society for the better? How hard is it to find someone who truly deserves to die? And what does killing people do to you, mentally and physically? Can you hide this side of yourself from your friends and loved ones?"

- Ed Brubaker


Warning for Suicide and Gore


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Animosity #1: "The Wake"

[superboyprime]

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