Sweet Tooth #19

[cyberghostface]

"I hadn’t done a serialized book. I had done graphic novels and stand-alone stories, so this was, in my mind, a chance to do something long-form and ongoing and genre based. It would be an action-adventure story with horror, sci-fi and fantasy elements. I was always a fan of post-apocalyptic stuff, and I really wanted to try my hand at one of those kinds of stories in my own way. As for the idea of animal-human hybrids and hybrid children… I really wish I did know where that came from! For some reason, I started drawing this kid with antlers — I didn’t even know when that started – and a story emerged: A kid with antlers, living in a cabin in the woods with his dad. It evolved from there. When I got the chance to pitch a book to Vertigo, it was all about building a story that made sense out of it. Organizing my thoughts and putting it into narrative." -- Jeff Lemire

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Hyperion & the Imperial Guard #121: Coda

[superboyprime]

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Happy Pride Month: Zot! #33: "Normal"

[alliterator]

Zot! is a quasi-superhero comic book that Scott McCloud wrote and drew from 1984 through 1990. I say "quasi" because the book changed a lot as it was published -- it started off as a pretty standard science fiction superhero story, starring Zachary T. Paleozogt a.k.a. Zot, a superhero from the "far-flung future of 1965" (or, rather, an alternate universe that's always stuck in a retro-futuristic 1965) meeting Jenny Weaver, a regular girl from the real world.

After some good-if-standard stories, the book shifted into being a bit of a deconstruction. It alternated between Jenny's world and Zot's, exploring the dichotomy of the "real" world with that of Zot's utopic world. And then, starting with issue 28, Zot is stuck in our world and the book, again, shifts to telling what McCloud called "Earth stories." Very little superheroics, basically just slice-of-life stuff.

And throughout the series, Jenny's friend Terry has been a part of the supporting cast. Issue #33 is her spotlight issue. It's called "Normal."

(TW: homophobic slur on the first page, sorry)

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The Slander of Marvel's Lesser-Known Aliens

[shakalooloo]

So far, while treading ground already familiar from The Venture Bros., Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. animated series has been mildly amusing and unoffensive.

Until episode three. An episode where an obscure alien species is treated most unfairly!!! Spoilers for that episode just from knowing what that species is, but under the cut is the TRUTH about these people!!! Don't believe MODOK's lies!!!!

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For Pride Month: Black Cat- The Gilded City

[tinygaylaura]

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