Amusing Discovery of the Day
I came across the webcomic Max Overacts today. It's a comic about a boy who wants to be a great thespian someday and basically sees every moment as an opportunity to hone his craft, much to the exasperation of everyone around him. I love that it fills the hole that Calvin and Hobbes left in me not because these stories are identical (they're not except that they're both winners in art and writing with a mischievous yet precocious little boy at the centre) but because I find stories that actually have the kids as protagonists to often be more amusing than the ones where kids just sort of act as a bland mirror for the adult characters.
I found out about this comic on Comics Alliance. Now, for those Marvel Comics readers, take a look at the strip featuring Max and his parents. Check out his dad.
Okay, now read this interview with the webcomic's creator Caanan Grall. Especially the part on creating characters and character design.
I thought it was hilarious because when I first saw the image of Max's dad, I thought to myself, "Huh, I bet this artist would be able to draw a rather nice Steve Rogers". (I then found out that he drew a very nice Booster Gold). So to find out the creative process made me laugh pretty hard. Then I laughed even harder when I realised the exact wording of what Grall actually said, and I quote, "Max’s dad went through the shlubby type of look before I just went ‘To hell with it. Max’s dad is Captain America. Bam!"
Now I'm of the firm belief that while Max is living his life and dreaming big his dad Mr Fogherty is kind of like his universe's Captain America, or an AU!Steve where he actually got married and had a kid. With a lot of mental gymnastics you could argue that Mrs Fogherty is an AU!Sharon (though Mrs Fogherty has light brown hair) but when you consider that she's an artist (Oh, I like how in this comic we actually find out the mother's career earlier in the comic than the dad, I actually haven't found out what Mr Fogherty does yet*) she sounds like she could be an AU!Bernie Rosenthal with lighter and straighter hair or something. My mind sure goes to such weird places.
*Clearly he's a superhero, duh. With experience working as an illustrator, WPA muralist and comic book artist, natch! And a military past!
I found out about this comic on Comics Alliance. Now, for those Marvel Comics readers, take a look at the strip featuring Max and his parents. Check out his dad.
Okay, now read this interview with the webcomic's creator Caanan Grall. Especially the part on creating characters and character design.
I thought it was hilarious because when I first saw the image of Max's dad, I thought to myself, "Huh, I bet this artist would be able to draw a rather nice Steve Rogers". (I then found out that he drew a very nice Booster Gold). So to find out the creative process made me laugh pretty hard. Then I laughed even harder when I realised the exact wording of what Grall actually said, and I quote, "Max’s dad went through the shlubby type of look before I just went ‘To hell with it. Max’s dad is Captain America. Bam!"
Now I'm of the firm belief that while Max is living his life and dreaming big his dad Mr Fogherty is kind of like his universe's Captain America, or an AU!Steve where he actually got married and had a kid. With a lot of mental gymnastics you could argue that Mrs Fogherty is an AU!Sharon (though Mrs Fogherty has light brown hair) but when you consider that she's an artist (Oh, I like how in this comic we actually find out the mother's career earlier in the comic than the dad, I actually haven't found out what Mr Fogherty does yet*) she sounds like she could be an AU!Bernie Rosenthal with lighter and straighter hair or something. My mind sure goes to such weird places.
*Clearly he's a superhero, duh. With experience working as an illustrator, WPA muralist and comic book artist, natch! And a military past!