Sunday
Sep192010
How to Create a Plausible Superhero Origin Story
And thus begins the era of three comics a week, with a strip I'm quite proud of, but which fell through the cracks of my increasingly complex posting schedule for a couple of weeks.
September 19, 2010
Reader Comments (42)
Before I go shopping for model rockets, a hot glue gun and a plastic souvenir Viking hat, I'll compliment you for your work, Scott. Awesome comics, love the art and the humor, keep working hard, man!
I laugh every time i see that boxing glove-knife!
I always wonder if Rocket Hat is in any Way influenced by the Rocket Man from Gravity's Rainbow....
I want to see a movie featuring the heroes and villains of Basic Instructions!
Ha! Third panel really made me laugh. Reminded me of the classic Pinky And The Brain scheme to claim compensation for a faked, incomprehensible accident involving a microwave and non-dairy powdered creamer. Contract Bridge should really have been in there too. Narf!
Always funny when it's the League of... whatever. Wahoo!! So excited for the new schedule!
Frame 4:Brilliant! I had to laugh at that one! And we finally learn of Rocket Hat's origins. It was like watching X-Men Origins:Wolverine!
"Slapped to death by hemophiliacs, and I was powerless to save them." That line had me doubled over. You're always on, but this comic is ridiculously funny. And the Judger finishing with, "It was okay, I guess. I haven't really given it much thought." Great work, sir.
I like the Knifeketeer's excessively specific origin story.
I hate dumb fanboy comments like "best comic ever".
Unless, of course, I'm the dumb fanboy who's making them.
Best comic ever.
When is book 3 going to be ready?
I love Rocket Mans posture. Ready to be handcuffed by the Moon Men. Great Strip!
Isn't this a rerun?
>It was like watching X-Men Origins:Wolverine!
Only it didn't suck!
Model rockets, a hot glue gun and a plastic souvenir Viking hat - $75
Being slapped to death by a hemophiliac - Priceless
Great comic, though I think panels #1 and #4 look a little similar...
And throughout the entire strip, not a single character changes expressions. Looks to me like the evil doing of the CopyPastor!
The Knifeketeer's mouth is different between frames 1 and 4! Ha, gotcha!
Contract Bridge. Holy crap that is funny! Some of the younger ones aren't going to get that brilliant gem.
Panel 2 killed me. Great line!
You're a google location icon? What superpower is that, knowing where you are?
Look a little closer, Ethan. Not only are #1 and #4 similar, but apart from a little cropping, #2 and #3 have a similar similarity (pun intended).
...And, of course, after I'd won my powers in a bridge game, I was forced to give up the game forever, because the American Contract Bridge League has banned anyone with the power of Omnipresence from tournament competition. Hence, the bleak undercurrent to my superhero persona: in the process achieve great powers, I had to abjure the one great love of my life: contract bridge.
Just like Bruce Wayne seeing his parents gunned down, no?
Not real fond of the 4th panel punch line. Would of went with a super-glue bonds instantly to skin angle.
Love the super-hero cast though. You could do a whole spin-off with just them.
For some reason, these hero-oriented comics always seem flat to me. Kinda like that movie Mystery Men, where I really wanted to enjoy it, and they always seemed on the cusp of something funny, but it just never quite happened.
no one has mentioned the ever-so-slight dig at Missy-who's judgements are apparently found to be "vague and poorly considered" by her husband!
A truly HILARIOUS comic!
It always weirds me out to see Rocket Hat and Omnipresent Man in the same frame together.