CHAPTER 4: BACK TO SCHOOL Writer: John Lees Artist: Jonathan Rector Colorist: Mike Gagnon Letterer: Kel Nuttall Editor: Steven Forbes THE STANDARD #4 is very much the beginning of our story’s second half, and that was reflected by a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we’re back with a new chapter! We open with the classic “news report as info dump” trick, tuning in on the various members of THE STANDARD’s ensemble cast as they react to the news of The Standard’s return. My […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Man, I had such a blast writing Gilbert Graham, what a goofball. We decided that Gilbert makes his own sandwiches, so that little “xoxo” Post-It stuck on it is just his way of injecting a little positivity into his day… […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This seems like a good place to highlight the dangers of aging yourself with pop culture references. In that first panel, when Gilbert finds himself mobbed by reporters, in the script, one of them asks Gilbert, “What are your thoughts […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really do have a lot of fun doing these title pages. I enjoyed the challenge of making each chapter’s credits more elaborate and overblown than the last. I do remember reading title pages like this in old Silver Age […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Following on from yesterday’s remarks about recurring elements of the series I greatly enjoyed, I must also mention how much I relished coming up with increasingly wacky, lame villains. And TV Man might just be the lamest. He was originally […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t say for certain, but I have a feeling this might have been the first time I attempted a 9-panel grid in a comic. And it worked out very nicely! TV Man is such a goof, and Jon is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is fun. I enjoy the little period details, like the old television set, the funky carpet design, and Gilbert happily smoking a cigarette with no fear of passive smoke. I also like how both Gilbert and Alex have aged […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What a fantastically rendered opening image, eh? I think drawing this guy in the mech suit just about gave poor Jonathan Rector a nervous breakdown, with the insane level of detail he went into when bringing it to life. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here, we get an example of Zena slipping into meta commentary about the place of superheroes, voicing some of the criticisms about modern superheroes as a whole through her criticisms of The Standard. We get this a few times over […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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