In next week’s page, Henry offers career counseling. Preview below.
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The Specialists
A WWII superhero webcomic
Webcomics come in all shapes and sizes, from single-panel comic strips to sprawling “infinite canvas” show-offs who apparently have something to prove. Some people act like larger comics are better, but that’s just a myth. It’s not the size of a comic that matters, but the quality of what’s inside. I mean… right? I’ve been told — by several people, I should mention — that The Specialists is a good size. And why would they lie?
Anyway, some people might be intimidated by the latest installment of Randall Monroe’s XKCD, which allows you to click and drag its final panel to reveal a truly enormous scene. But not us! Our readers like us just the way we are… We don’t need a stupid, gigantic comic… we’re a good size…
Maybe he’s overcompensating for his usual dinky strips. Have you seen those? The Specialists is WAY bigger than those!
Early last year, I wondered if there was a word for the opposite of nostalgia. Instead of a sentimental longing for the past, I was trying to describe a feeling of embarrassment and shameful revulsion of the past. The feeling you get when you realize that the things you loved as a kid were actually horrible, and you simply were too young and stupid to know any better. I never did find a word for this phenomenon, so I’ve invented one: nonstalgia. (Google-using busy-bodies may find that I am not the first person to coin this phrase, but I was pretty proud of it for thirty seconds, so for the sake of this post, let’s just bask in the shared fantasy of my originality, shall we?)
My latest experience with nonstalgia came when I heard that someone, for some reason, is planning on making a movie based on the abysmal 1983 TV series Manimal. Of course, I say it’s abysmal, but the truth is, I loved it at the time.
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Next week, we’re going to lighten things up a little. Preview below.
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Next week, we close our grim scene in the Jewish ghetto. See a preview below.
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