Temp Month Entry #6: “Beggars Can’t Be Losers”
Happy New Year, Heroites! This week, our second Temp Month begins — where you’ll be treated to different takes on the Hero Business universe through a series of special creators.
And we kick off the event in a big way, with the multi-talented Caanan Grall returning to the Hero Business universe! You may recall last year’s excellent entry featuring Starry Knight. Well this year, Caanan gives us a little black comedy with Glamazon. I love the way Caanan draws these girls!
Do yourself a favor, and check out Caanan’s brilliant Max Overacts comic! Even better, BUY THE BOOK, which is wonderful! You won’t be disappointed!
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Context is everything, kids!
When did she change to that red cape on the TV in the last picture…?
She didn’t change. As the guy slips down, it shows right after her shoulder, a tinge of red.
I’m colourblind so it’s possible I just might have missed that, but my intention was that at that range, in silhouette, the colour wasn’t important. Only that it was recognizable as her outline flying away.
Either way, great job on the comic!
Oh well, not like the gene pool will suffer from the loss. =P
Ooh boy….that’s GOTTA hurt!
Glamazon’s eyes are the wrong color.
Death by misogynic pride, if that wasn’t karmic I dunno what is.
Glamazon is welcome to keep saving us from the idiots.
Also, Canaan’s work is pretty pretty pretty!
sooooo pretty.
Wow- the one he did last year was really nice, but this one is beautiful!
Thanks John! If we’re not improving every day, we’re doing something wrong, right? 🙂
Great art work Mr. Caanan! I’ve never read your series but will def check it out now! 😀 Keep it up!
I didn’t know Glamazon could fly.
If you look past the funny in Celadore, which is hard, because it’s fairly hilarious, you’ll find lots more to love. Grall’s characters start out feeling somewhat type, but quickly transcend what you’ve seen before. For example, Celadore herself, feels straight out of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but she becomes much different than what you might expect under Grall’s pen, and I particularly liked the choices she makes at the end of this volume, which I won’t spoil, but which are surprising and emotional. Evelyn, initially a ghost, eventually gets her body back, as well as some powers and a “chosen one” status. Sam, who is definitely shades of Max from Grall’s Max Overacts is full of the previously mentioned magic berries that help him heal, and also becomes a wish granting genie at one point. Celadore’s ex is Wax, a head honcho from The Order and a shape shifter of some kind (see the hilarious Pomeranian bit below). Celadore’s friend Ness is a tooth fairy, though the not the kind Sam thinks she is. There’s also a friendly Frankenstein type called Jams, and who knows what else. The characters are all well-developed and layered, and it’s amazing how quickly you come to adore them. They all fit together into this crazy tapestry full of creativity and surprisingly significant emotion. Grall’s stories range from a fairly typical vampire tale with a twist – it’s a corporate vampire mostly trying to “grow his business” to a story about another Fairy masquerading as a big name celebrity, complete with mindless entourage. But in every story, whether it skews more traditional or borderline ingenious, Grall manages to surprise. He’s fun and funny and full of great ideas and I didn’t find anything not to love in the characters or the writing.
I agree! Grall is an amazing talent.
Legally, if someone refuses lifesaving assistance, you have to abide by their wishes… unless you can deem them legally incompetent to make such decisions, or they fall unconscious (which represents a significant change in their condition towards life-threatening, as well as making them incompetent to make decisions).
At least, that’s what they teach us Lifeguards. Police, Firefighters, and EMTs have to know those laws backwards and forwards, so someone in one of those professions would know better than I. I’m sure superheroes have to worry about it, too.