Ordinary #3

[history79]

"Michael goes from being a bit of a douche-bag to the world’s biggest underdog. We didn’t want to shrink from his failings at the start of the story. He’s wrecked his marriage, rarely sees his son, drinks too much, lets his work colleague down. He’s Mr. Unreliable. You know those are all unlikable qualities. But then he gets his quest: get to Manhattan and rescue his son when the world around him has turned into a surreal war zone. And he alone has no powers. Suddenly he’s the hero and all the odds are stacked against him. Hopefully, that makes people root for him. And he grows as the story continues. He has an arc. He’s not the same guy by the end."

- Rob Williams




11.66 pages of 35

Comments

[captainbellman]

It feels like this was originally meant to run for 6 issues and got cut in half.

[shakalooloo]

It's doubled up to US issue length after originally running in the Judge Dredd Megazine, with 10 pages per instalment.

[captainbellman]

Still feels rushed. There was a definite sense of buildup - the bit where he gets shot ought to have been a chapter break. Ditto the bit with the veep ordering his murder.

[icon_uk]

That makes sense, I was about to comment that this had a very 2000AD feel to it.... gratifying to know how close to the truth I was! :)

[informationgeek]

....wait, this isn't it, is it? Cause this started getting interesting. Don't stop now writer! You are on to something!

[leoboiko]

Sucks to have been a flier, I guess.

[silverhammerman]

Wait, so the cure just gets distributed basically by magic? That's one mighty cop out.

And this occurred to me with the last post, but wouldn't have literal shoulder angels/devils actually be an effective check for someone like the villainous politician? Because no one like that actually believes they're doing the wrong thing, so wouldn't the fact he's got little devils all over him make him think twice?

It's still kinda amusing to me that Williams doesn't realize that his protagonist is incredibly tedious. We've been seeing the "shitbag gets his act together" storyline for well over a decade at this point, it's not interesting.