The influential cartoonist and artist Jack Davis, best-known for his work in Mad Magazine (and EC’s earlier titles), has passed at the age of 91.
In addition to his long association with Mad, Davis also created a wide range of commercial art, including memorable album covers for a bewildering range of musical artists.
We’re just about the finish the show for this season, and it’s really moving along. This episode features attention to production details, connections between story arcs, and an indication of Jesse’s plan. Since the stories are so connected, the last two episodes will be reviewed together next week, with consideration of the entire first season.
If you can’t wait, here’s a place to share your thoughts about this week’s Preacher.
Like many, I felt disappointment with Batman v Superman, and described it as this generation’s Phantom Menace. I thought they had the right Wonder Woman, however.
Based on these trailers from San Diego, we have hope for DC’s next steps in their cinematic universe. They have confirmed (no surprise) that a certain man with a big red “S” on his chest will return.
Trailers below:
This week brings us science fact:
Science Fiction:
And both combined, as Rocket and Groot return to space on an official NASA patch:
The Guardians of the Galaxy NASA patch and much more of both below, including some sort of con in, I think, San Diego:
Cole takes a Billy Pilgrimage through his own story before undoing last week’s carnage, initiating new carnage, and helping set up the third season.
The Plague Doctor masks come off, the Striking Woman reveals the fate of Ramse’s son, Jennifer Goines pees her pants, and the Pallid Man identifies the Witness.
“It [Hell]’s not that far.”
Eugene returns (sort of), it’s dog-gone certain Cassidy soon will, but this week’s episode focuses on Jesse and Odin, and their relationship with their respective gods. The results are mixed. We have some well-handled twists with supporting characters, clever explanations for Odin’s behavior, and witty lines of dialogue. Jackie Earle Haley stands out this week, with his casually deranged portrayal of Odin. We also have a show that continues to throw everything it can at the audience, including a comic stand-off that should have ended sooner and with more death. It’s difficult to know what the context of reality is for this often-surreal show, and the slow movement– which can work well in more realistic storytelling– leaves me impatient here.
I also really want to see what happens next with our absent Cowboy. Unlike certain other TV shows, Preacher‘s flashback story arc may be its most compelling.
Comments? Disagreements? Theories about the control room? Further thoughts on the Mascot?
This year’s Nebula for Best Novel (and Hugo nominee) went to Naomi Novik’s faerie tale about a wizard’s apprentice and an evil forest.
The novel succeeds at being what you expect from that description, and not being what you expect at all.
“Why would you walk towards the weird music?”
–Deacon to Ramsay, and good advice for many characters in horror movies
It’s the penultimate episode of the second season, and everything happens according to plan. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen according to our heroes‘ plan.
Jesse Custer continues to act like a general horse’s arse while facing his past demons and recognizing his immediate adversary, Odin Quincannon. Meanwhile, our resident hedonistic vampire manages to be more of a Christian than the titular preacher.
The Mascot makes another gratuitous cameo, but Eugene, the angels, and the Cowboy all remain conspicuously absent this week.
The latest crew reach the International Space Station.
While back on Earth, robots walk like drunks:
The Pokémon Go app leads to fun for gamers, except when they discover dead bodies and encounter lurking muggers.
and cosplayers attend SF Cons and…