Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Amazing Character Find Of 2010

And people say they don't come up with exciting new characters anymore (click to embiggen to full Van Lentean goodness)...

I mean, c'mon, he's even got a bitchin' logo:

Look, Fred Van Lente and Jefte Palo have been knocking it out of the park every issue of this Taskmaster mini-series...so much so that I would immediately sign on for an ongoing. So pick it up, or pick it up in the trade, because seriously, comics don't get more nutsier than this (and I mean that as the highest compliment possible!).

8 comments:

Siskoid said...

Agreed! Taskmaster is an awesome mini-series.

I think I can guess the fate of Redshirt.

Lazarus Lupin said...

With a name like red shirt he's just asking for an offing!

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ShadowWing Tronix said...

In the Incredibles, henchmen got themselves superpowers by letting Jack-Jack sneeze on them with his baby cold germs. What can your uberhenchman do beyond a logo to compare to that?

snell said...

Well, he's not covered in baby snot, for one thing...

Matt said...

Hold on there, Snell. As cool as Redshirt (The Uber-Henchman!) is, he doesn't hold a candle to Don of the Dead.

Fake Mexican's wearing Dias De Las Muertas Mariachi costumes while playing in a rock band is objectively the best thing ever. (See TaskMaster #2, but you already knew that.)

I'm just saying.

snell said...

Matt--Don of the Dead, whilst undeniably cool, A) doesn't have his own logo, and B) isn't a member of M.I.L.F.

Matt said...

Doesn't have his own logo and isn't a member of M.I.L.F... YET!

Don's a slow burn, but you watch he'll be the Character Find OF THE DECADE!

snell said...

Fine, Marvel's huge...they can BOTH have their own books.