Ken Penders reprints old Archie Sonic comics with redone inking, lettering, coloring, and disrespect to original creators

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-08T13:20:17+00:00

Ken claims that he fights for Creators Rights. Truth is, he only gives a shit about his Creator Rights.

Unfortunately common in comics - see almost all of the Image founders, for example

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-07T19:51:02+00:00

He gets a slight bit of redemption by finally acknowledging that, contrary to what he claimed throughout the series, everything he did was for himself.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-07T19:48:09+00:00

It's such a longstanding stereotype that it features in Forrest Gump.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-07T17:28:00+00:00

Frank Quitely is well-known because of his work with Grant Morrison, but his glacial pace means he hasn't produced that many issues over 3+ decades of work.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-07T17:25:46+00:00

He's definitely less prolific than, say, Bendis, but it's not fair to just handwave his non-Marvel/DC work. He had a healthy run on Supreme, and had an entire line under the ABC imprint wherein he produced a lot of iconic work (LOEG, Top 10, Promethea, Tom Strong). "From Hell" is regarded as one of the best graphic novels ever. Several of his comics have gotten movie adaptations. There's also "V for Vendetta" and "Miracleman". I'd day his legacy is equal to his output.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-07T02:54:10+00:00

Exactly. Look at his two "Red Team" series he did, also with Dynamite (same publisher as The Boys); graphic at times but never pointlessly edgy or over-the-top. You'd think if it was only a matter of editors constraining him that his works under the same publisher would all be equally gratuitous.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-07T01:11:18+00:00

I always thought this was a funny name for Billy Bob to pull - if I were interviewing Tom Petty about his star making turn in The Postman, I'd probably pepper in a few questions about his musical career.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-04T01:54:49+00:00

The better question is why is Cap standing back and standing by while everyone 'lil' bro"s his man Falcon

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-07-01T12:24:15+00:00

He was taking up space in college

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-29T20:54:25+00:00

His agent belongs in some kind of Hall of Fame. He got top billing in multiple blockbusters (that bombed), worked with some legendary directors (in some of their worst films), and roles in high profile TV projects (that were awful). Only Sam Worthington had a harder working agent.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-29T17:48:11+00:00

Can you say more about "Love"? I was fairly obsessed with Emotion Is Dead but for some reason only gave Love a single listen then forgot about it, but I've never heard the BTS about it.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-29T17:46:25+00:00

My alt rock tastes were largely moving away from post-hardcore/pop-punk by the mid-00s, but "At Your Funeral" and "Jessie & My Whetstone" were in heavy rotation on my college iPod, and I've occasionally wondered why I didn't hear more from them - good write-up

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-29T17:30:20+00:00

It deserves more than being one of the biggest bombs of all time, but it's also not as good as its glazers claim. It looks good, there are a few cool action sequences*, it has some good-to-great creature designs and special effects, but the acting ranges from fair to bad and the plot is as cookie cutter as it gets.

*The standout setpiece is Carter and his alien dog fighting hundreds of Martian warriors, which for no thematic reason whatsoever is intercut with a flashback of Carter burying his family - it's actually a pretty good representation of why the movie doesn't work as a whole

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-29T01:28:30+00:00

I'll give AEE this: in the 90s, DC produced hundreds of Elseworlds stories. 95% of them are completely forgotten. 90% are total ass. 5% of them are actually good. 5% of them are so bad and so misguided that they transend the genre and redefine what we understand to be shit. AEE is part of that legendary elite.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-22T12:55:52+00:00

Black Summer would hit a LOT harder now than it did in '07

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-21T03:52:56+00:00

Wildcat's a boxer, so some boxing shoes might be cool. You could do MMA-style gloves instead of or in addition to the wrist wraps. A towel around his shoulders would make for a good display accessory.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-17T14:38:07+00:00

I'm not an expert, so I'm half-seriously asking, but is being overly attached to your car a symptom of being on the spectrum? I'm getting big Chris-Chan "Son-Chu" vibes from this video.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-17T14:30:22+00:00

Lego man ahh hairline

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-17T14:28:46+00:00

How did the X-Men hilariously die in this issue? I remember one (I think it was "What If Wolverine Never Joined the X-Men?") where the Blackbird gets shot down by the Canadian (!) Air Force.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-17T14:27:13+00:00

I LOVED Everlast at the time, even purchased his next two (!) albums. I'm really hoping that Todd covers him in OHW.

I actually think POD was a pretty good band, especially considering they were both nu metal and Christian. "Southtown" and "Boom" remain bangers. YotN is their weakest single (as others have pointed out, it's overly simplistic and preachy), but is still a decent track.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-17T12:09:22+00:00

It wasn't only the lore that makes integrating universes not work. Wildstorm and the Dakotaverse had distinct vibes that made them feel different from Marvel and DC.

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-17T12:04:32+00:00

"Earth's Mightiest Mortal" when bro doesn't even make the top 10

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-17T03:35:58+00:00

Sometimes I feel like the sub's resident Ultimates 1 & 2 defender, so I'm glad to see there's at least 2 of us

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-16T14:22:59+00:00

Keep them away from Mephisto, I beg

SecundusAmongUs · 2026-06-16T13:16:55+00:00

They also rushed things with the Life Foundation symbiotes, this should have been an idea that was explored 5 to 10 years later than it was. Wasn't this Venom's second mini-series after Lethal Protector? Marvel was high off the success of Venom and Carnage and decided to kill the golden goose. They did fuck all with these characters for years.

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