Well, we’ve been building up to it, inconsistently, for near on seven months, but the results of the NYC mayoral election are finally in! And the result is… the same as the last election. Did HYDRA’s influence campaign sway the voters? Did rampant conspiracy-mongering play a part in the outcome? It’s tough to say for…
I mentioned when I started the Election Season shorts that I hoped I’d planned them correctly to be able to line up the election day installment with the actual, real-life election day this year. I obviously did a bad job reading the calendar when I was making my plan, since I’ve had to overstuff my…
We’re taking a brief break from Election Season adventures today to hop back into the story of Tigra and Luis’ covert operation into Dr. Doom’s nation, Latveria. Well, it’s not so covert anymore, since they got captured! When you’re getting discussed on a video conference call with the Doctor, and Tony Stark, and the President…
That poor couple with their food truck – they can’t seem to catch a break from HYDRA’s nonsense, can they? At least it looks like they did what the Falcon suggested, and got reimbursement support from the Avengers’ HR staff. One of my very favorite things in comics of any era are overwrought acronyms –…
Speaking of barely-competent HYDRA agents, how do you think this guy drew the assignment: intimidate Domino out of running for mayor? It certainly wasn’t because he’s some outstanding HYDRA agent. Then again, what if he is? What if this is the best HYDRA has to offer? It should bode well for the Avengers’ odds in…
Tony Stark promised we’d go here, in the last installment of the “main story,” and here we are! Welcome to Latveria (to quote Tigra)! I’ve always thought Jocasta was a fascinating character; her comic origin, as Ultron’s “wife,” then her rejection of Ultron, and on-again, off-again association with the Avengers give her a lot of…
Welcome to Part 7! And, if you want to get caught up… I’m sure there are multiple full dissertations about how the best villains are often their own worst enemies, but even if it’s a commonly accepted truth, it’s still true! Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor is my favorite example, how he relies so heavily on…
I love Michael Peña as an actor; ever since I first saw him in Observe and Report, I’ve been in awe of his willingness to make weird choices as a performer, to step at a slightly different rhythm from his costars, and even the whole movie. When I heard he was going to be in…
These Batman ’66 playsets that McFarlane Toys puts out have been an absolutely godsend to me, creatively speaking. The way I normally do my comics, putting the figures over stock photographs, works pretty well, most of the time, but there’s no real substitute for actual objects in actual physical space. I’m so charmed by how…
There are six entries in this story! Six! And here are links to them all: It’s Gerber’s fault that Domino even started thinking about the campaign for mayor, so it only makes sense that they’re working together to see this through to the end!
