State Your Opinion on a Character - Part 2

[Anubis]

I liked them. Super interesting premise.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Yeah, I might give it a try when my reading list lightens a little.

Actually, know what I've noticed since I started doing this? Sometimes it seems like 1 in every 2 non-DC/Marvel book revolves -at least initially- around a Superman surrogate not quite being the paragon of virtue he's cracked up to be...

Weird.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, just one of those common things. Superman's secretly an A-hole. Writes itself really.

 

[E-Man]

I really gotta read the Dynamo 5 issues I have. I bought them a little while back, but when I was moving I packed them up somewhere I haven't dug around for yet.

Oh yeah, Superman is an *******. **** that guy.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

DYNO-5 IS THE EVERLOVING $%^!!! FREAKING COOL ASS!!
one the few books that was outside of the big 2 back in the day that i decided to give a try( thanks in part to my local comic dealer knowing what i dig! he was right!!) well worth the price of admission!! Freaking COOL!!!

 

[Wesley Dodds]

And speaking of that type of character:

Omni-Man

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Love Omni-Man. The world needs more comic characters that Tom Selleck can play.

 

[E-Man]

I really liked how he evolved over the series. You have a guy that's so committed to one thing at first, but over time he sees how some things have gotten more important than sticking to a tired, old philosophy.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Yeah, totally. A lot of actual TV shows and movies don't have characterization as good as that.
Really believable character progression is one of Kirkman's biggest strengths as a writer I think.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, Omni Man is awesome.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Here's today's:

The Amazing Screw-On Head

 

[Wesley Dodds]

From Wiki:

Screw-On Head is an agent for President Abraham Lincoln. He is summoned by Lincoln to track down Emperor Zombie, an undead occultist and originally a groundskeeper at Hyde Park. Zombie and his henchmen, the vampire Madam and scientist Dr. Snap, have stolen an ancient manuscript. This will allow him access to the temple of Gung, a warlord who nearly conquered the world over ten thousand years ago with supernatural power gained from "a fabulous melon-sized jewel", which Zombie obviously plans to use for himself.
With the aid of his manservant, Mr. Groin, and dog Mr. Dog, Screw-On Head manages to track down Zombie, but not before the villain and his henchmen find the treasure: instead of a jewel, the tomb contains a turnip with "a small parallel universe" inside. Zombie unleashes the Demigod within, but Screw-On Head manages to defeat it in combat.

I haven't read the actual book, but the sci-fi channel made an animated pilot a few years ago that I really enjoyed.
It starred David Hyde Pierce, Patton Oswalt, Molly Shannon, and Paul Giamatti as The Amazing Screw-On Head himself.

It's definitely worth checking out, even if you're just curious to see what Mignola's artwork looks like animated:

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[Duke]

That's one weird comic book character

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Haha, nah, he's just quirky like most Mignola guys.

Arm-Fall-Off-Boy... now there's a weird comic book character.

Spoiler

 

[Duke]

Leave it to DC to have all the weirdo superheroes.

 

[Anubis]

I think I read something with him in it. Okay I guess. Mignola's pretty cool.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

The name Arm-Fall-Off reminds me of the protagonist of Medieval games. Didn't see the picture, now it's the very slow internet hour

Screw-On-The-Head looks more like a screw-head

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Binky

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Star of Matt Groening's strip, Life in Hell

From Wiki:

Life in Hell is a weekly comic strip by Matt Groening, which was published from 1977 to 2012. The strip features anthropomorphic rabbits and a gay couple. Groening uses these characters to explore a wide range of topics about love, sex, work, and death. His drawings are full of expressions of angst, social alienation, self-loathing, and fear of inevitable doom.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Matt Groening, that's why he looks like Bart Simpson
Matt Groening stuff is usually funny (and I like modern Simpsons), but if I talk about characters he made, almost all of them are bad as individuals, Marge Simpson is an exception

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Matt Groening, that's why he looks like Bart Simpson
Matt Groening stuff is usually funny (and I like modern Simpsons), but if I talk about characters he made, almost all of them are bad as individuals, Marge Simpson is an exception

Funny, I wouldn't call any of The Simpsons bad. Not at all, actually.

Just out of curiosity, what makes you say that?

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Funny, I wouldn't call any of The Simpsons bad. Not at all, actually.

Just out of curiosity, what makes you say that?

I include Futurama too
Sometimes they have their moments, and I like Marge Simpson as an exception

Homer is stupid, people of Springfield follow his lead when the going gets tough. They lose lots of points as characters for that, if the story was serious and not a comedy that works fine that way I wouldn't sit through any episode

Don't know how to word it about the rest

 

[Anubis]

What about Lisa? Or Doctor Hibbert.

Anyway, I'm glad he turned his rabbit cartoons into people cartoons for booze money.

 

[E-Man]

Mike Mignola sure draws a great picture. That boy good!

 

[Anubis]

Innit he though?