Focalor/Jordan & Bear/Grumble
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I wont bore you with the details, so I’ll just say I’m back. With this return to blogging, comes a change of pace I think you’ll find pleasant (sort of). In the past I’ve brought you a smattering of Obsolete Superheroes™, however these days I’m in more of a mood to bring you villains. Not quite so impotent as my heroes but not without a certain sense of humor nonetheless.
FOCALOR
Demon mariner, captain to a host of tortured wailing souls.
JORDAN & BEAR
Jordan & Bear is an ongoing web-series directed by Nikola Markovic & Andrew Lima, with screenplays written by Christopher Zanti. I wont say too much about it, other than I really love this series. Everyone has different taste when it comes to film, for me this falls right on the mark. It’s subtle and imaginative. Below is a link to the website, I strongly recommend you follow the whole series… you’ll have a lot of fun.
Also, check out their blog for news and reviews.
GRUMBLE
When I first discovered this webcomic, I had to really poke around to find the creator’s name: Matthew McKenna. You’ll understand when you see the presentation of his site. It’s called Grumble, at least that’s what I think it’s called? My only clue to the title was in the in the address bar of my browser. His whole site, comic and all, in an alien language. Cool, huh?
What I love about this comic is it brings me back to my formative years, that exciting time when I was just learning how to read. My older brother weened me on comics, I didn’t get Dr. Seuss or Spot, I got The New Mutants and Teen Titans. It was an exciting feeling when I could decipher a page; I liked the challenge. Grumble trips my nostalgia, it reminds me that my eyes and my brain are trained to see the world in a certain way. It also reminds me that I don’t have to see the world that way, necessarily. Anything, comic or otherwise, that can shift someone’s perspective is super-cool as far as I’m concerned.
