Incognito

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are taking a break from their fantastic independently created series, Criminal, to work on a different sort of crime story. Incognito will be a story about a former supervillian living the civilian life in the witness protection program, and presumably watching him crack for some reason or another. I've seen stories like this before, but this particular creative team seems perfectly suited for the task.

Though it will mean December through April without Criminal, having more from the same team will keep fans from suffering too much I'm sure. I'm sure looking forward to it. Check out the preview below, and if you like the art, writing, or both, I'd highly recommend checking out the three Criminal trade paperbacks available now.

Wow

My respect for Matt Damon just jumped up about a jillion points just now.

Kick Drum Comix #1

Before I get back to the work I should be doing, I need to give a quick mention of an unexpected bit of awesomeness that found its way into my stack'o'comics® today. Kick Drum Comix #1, written, pencilled(?), and inked my Jim Mahfood was outstanding! From front cover to back, the frenetic energy jumping off almost every page of this comic is aided in no small part by the colorists Justin Stewart and Anne Masse (both of whose work I am sadly unfamiliar with).

The two semi-connected stories in this seriously oversized book, are "Death of The Popmaster" & "Coltrane's Reed". The first is an outrageous post-mortem recounting of the life and death of The Popmaster, the son of a Haitian witch doctor and a former Motown singer. The numerous iterations of his musical stylings and rise to fame are both funny and again, an amazing sight to behold.

The second story is more toned down in terms of both extreme content and coloring, but Mahfood's style (both writing and art) are a perfect fit for the story of a day in the life of a young man who looks for a job, but finds life.

Sorry for the one sentence reviews. I'd say more, and maybe I will later, but for now... work. And don't forget to buy this and see it for yourself. Totally worth the $5.99 price of admission.