Here he is, the man of the hour, President Superknocker. He’s all I hoped for and more. Any resemblance to any Presidents either living or dead is strictly coincidental.
These “news strips” come from my love of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. Besides being a great story, I love how Miller tells his story with lots of panels and content on just about every page (lending great weight to splash pages [seriously, if you want a masterclass in pacing, read The Dark Knight Returns]) and often with news commentary with the lettering presented outside of the panel. Marc and I are only slightly aping the effect here, but it’s a good way to get some quick backstory out of the way, as you can see. We’ll be seeing a lot more of President Superknocker. Hope you dig ‘im.
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So everyone goes to Valhalla and then…there’s this one guy who becomes President?? Very cool.
And he was only a sidekick. Imagine how all of the other heroes must be irritated beyond mental comprehension.
I don’t know… I don’t think being the President of the USA is a very good job. I wouldn’t want it.
I’m with Brock on this one. Plus, I can see Swifty being proud of his old Sidekick being leader of the Free World. “Taught him every @#$% thing he knows.”
Very cool guys, love the Commander in Chief there all casual and nonchalant about the whole thing. And yes Mega Mat the search is still on!
Yes, Mega Matt search is back. But why?
Because we the fans have spoken! Well at least two of us that is 😛
Love the details and can’t wait to see how this is going to play out.
But only three people know where to find him – his cell mate, a guy whose brain is scrambled and a guy whose entire master plan will be unraveled if he tells where Dr. Rocket is.
Good point.
I wonder if it ever dawned on them that Dr. Rocket might not be too popular even on the planet he’s hiding out on.
That superpower might be even useful on negotiation table. Depending what the table is made of.
Ha!
Is that Dr. Haynus from Evil Inc in the bottom right of the last panel?
I’m aware of Evil, Inc., but not familiar with it. Your comment is the first I’ve heard of Dr. Haynus, so no.
For the record, he was the alien in charge of the project that gave the Captain and Dr. Rocket their respective powers (yes Rocket’s intelligence is super in nature).
I believe his name was Polonious or somesuch?
Close, Antonio! It’s Pilatius. Otherwise, you’re exactly correct. Although, a quick search for Dr. Haynus shows a brain in a jar on top of a dog??? So maybe someboddy meant Bezuel (Star Maiden’s father) on the left side of the panel.
Gotta love his negotiation skills. 🙂 I love the concept of a super being the President of the United States, and especially one that used to be a sidekick at that. He went from Sidekick to leader, very cool. So far the talks tend to be going smoothly…knock on wood. 🙂
Love the KNOCK poster.
The KNOCK poster is my favorite thing about this strip.
It’s always after a comment post that I notice something else, which speaks volumes to all that you have going on in your strips. Mega Matt story re-opened by a movie mogul huh?
Good spotting! At only twice a week, we try to get the most bang for your buck (as it were) in there as possible.
Dark knight is one of my favorite graphic novels, you should recommend Valhalla Retirement home to Frank Miller as a possible retirement option for Batman.
Valhalla would gladly accept Batman, I reckon. But I have a feeling he’d out Jerry in about five minutes.
Swifty had a sidekick?! *rotflmao*
And why is a movie mogul looking for Mega Matt?? Are they making a movie about the heroes??
For some reason I thought President Superknocker was a woman…
Wow, someone is still using an old 4:3 TV 😀
I’m sorry, but that last panel makes me think of Nelson Mandela ala Invictus….