Author: Graeme McMillan

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Sonic Reducer

The local bar just down the street has started to have bands playing every Friday and Saturday night during the summer. No matter how cold it might be — Portland Spring means that the weather can go anywhere from that’s really nice, actually to why do we need heavy coats again, it’s fucking June at a moment’s notice — around 7 o’clock each of those nights each week, we get the soundcheck starting up, and then somewhere close to 8, the bands start up.

It’s a weirdly nostalgic, pleasant experience hearing it all from inside the house each time. We’re close enough, and the bands are loud enough, that we get more or less the entire show no matter what — I had the weird experience of having to turn up a horror movie one night because I couldn’t hear the blood-curdling screams, the music was so loud — but it’s that kind of distorted version where everything’s kind of bass-heavy, and the vocals are echoing and indistinct. Given the types of bands (and especially vocalists) that are invited, the odds that the night will be soundtracked that resembles nothing so much as a Pearl Jam dub remix are high.

The nostalgic part of it all is very specific; for reasons I can’t completely decipher, every time it happens, I’m reminded of living in Aberdeen when I was a student and walking home after seeing friends, past pubs where bands would be playing and you wouldn’t hear anything properly, just this muddy hum of almost-music and occasional applause that I’d walk past as my teeth were chattering.

The music is nothing alike — there aren’t so many Britpop wannabes in Portland in 2025, unsurprisingly. Although, it’s been 30 years; someone is probably planning on reviving it again momentarily. But the feeling is the same, somehow; the sense of… almost the opposite of FOMO, if that makes sense: taking pleasure in other people’s pleasure of being in that musical moment, even if it’s very much not my particular thing. Knowing that the dull thud of the drums and the meandering bassline is thrilling the audience in question, and smiling everytime the song ends and there’s a breath before an inevitable cheer.

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The Movies of May 2025

Let me tell you, dear friends, about the wonder of End of the Road. It’s not a movie I’d heard of before, but one that showed up on the Criterion Channel as part of its Terry Southern collection in May. I love Southern’s writing — I actually was reading his prose before I even knew he was a screenwriter, never mind that he’d written Dr. Strangelove or Barbarella, both movies I was familiar with and a fan of — and, by this point in my life, the concept of discovering a “new” work of his was a particularly exciting one. (This was also my response to finally reading Blue Movie a couple years back; it’s wonderful, and I wish someone would make that into a movie.)

Anyway, End of the Road was hyped up in one review I read before watching as a more somber version of The Graduate (it’s from roughly the same time; End of the Road was made in 1970, three years after The Graduate), but as I watched, the more I realized the better comparison is: it’s the American O, Lucky Man! This is ideal for me, because O, Lucky Man! is one of my favorite movies: a surreal, cynical attempt to explain What Life Is Like, and address the cruelty and kindness inherent in human nature that also happens to be funny, wise, and filled with some familiar faces and great songs. If anything, End of the Road is even more cynical and arguably more surreal — it is a Terry Southern movie, after all — but it’s O, Lucky Man‘s spiritual sibling in all the right ways… and a movie that stuck with me long after waching. Highly recommended.

Oh, I watched other things as well, last month, Here’s the list.

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The Comics of May 2025

My nostalgic trip through the comics that I grew up with continued unabated in May. If anything, it got worse; by mid-month, my “I’ll read an issue of Fantastic Four every night” had metastasized into “I’ll read an issue of Fantastic Four and, sure, then The Thing and Avengers and West Coast Avengers too, every night.” And when I wasn’t doing that, I was working my way through the (very cheap) back issues of Alpha Flight I’d bought months ago, or using Hoopla to finally properly dig into the new Conan comics, which help me finally understand the appeal of the character for the first time… well, ever. (I actually bought all of the Alpha Flight issues because I figured they’d never be reprinted or released digitally; a week after buying the last batch, Marvel announced they’re doing a big reprint in September. I feel like I accidentally made it happen.)

There’s something to be said for doing all this, though; I’ve learned to appreciate the workmanship of the comics I grew up on and breathed like air. When I was a kid, these were magical objects that I worshipped, in my way, but appreciated from that point of view primarily. Looking at them now from my older, jaundiced eyes, I can see the formulas and the shortcuts and the men behind the curtain, but I find myself almost loving them more for all that.

So, what else did I read in May? Quite a lot. Take a look:

  1. Fantastic Four (1961) #261
  2. The Thing (1983) #7
  3. Captain America (1968) #383
  4. Captain Marvel (2000) #15
  5. Alpha Flight (1982) #29
  6. Fantastic Four (1961) #262
  7. Captain America (1968) #384
  8. Alpha Flight (1982) #30
  9. Captain Marvel (2000) #s 16-19
  10. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #39
  11. Superman Unlimited #1
  12. Batman & Robin: Year One #7
  13. Wonder Woman (2023) #21
  14. Titans (2023) #23
  15. The New Gods (2024) #6
  16. Alpha Flight (1982) #31
  17. It’s Jeff! Infinity Comic #49
  18. Alpha Flight (1982) #32
  19. Fantastic Four (1961) #263
  20. The Thing (1983) #s 8-9
  21. Captain America (1968) #385
  22. Captain Marvel (2000) #20
  23. DC All In FCBD 2025 Special Edition #1
  24. Fantastic Four (1961) #264
  25. The Thing (1983) #10
  26. Fantastic Four (1961) #265
  27. Alpha Flight (1982) #35
  28. Fantastic Four (1961) #266
  29. The Thing (1983) #11
  30. Captain America (1968) #386
  31. Captain Marvel (2000) #s 21-22
  32. The Batman Adventures (1992) #s 26-28
  33. The Batman Adventures Annual #s 1-2
  34. Batman & Robin Adventures #s 1-2
  35. All-Star Comics #s 69-70
  36. Abslom Daak: Dalek Killer
  37. Fantastic Four (1961) #267
  38. The Thing (1983) #12
  39. Captain America (1968) #387
  40. Captain Marvel (2000) #s 23-26
  41. It’s Jeff! Jeff Week #1
  42. Star Wars (2025) #1
  43. Captain Marvel (2000) #s 27-28
  44. One World Under Doom #s 1-3
  45. Fantastic Four Fanfare #1
  46. Fantastic Four (2022) #s 27-31
  47. West Coast Avengers (2024) #7
  48. All-New Venom #6
  49. 2000 AD Progs 2431-2432
  50. Captain Marvel (2000) #s 29-35
  51. Alpha Flight (1982) #36
  52. Fantastic Four (1961) #s 268-269
  53. The Thing (1983) #13
  54. Captain America (1968) #388
  55. Captain Marvel (2002) #1
  56. Alpha Flight (1982) #s 37-38
  57. Fantastic Four (1961) #270
  58. The Thing (1983) #s 14-15
  59. Captain America (1968) #389
  60. Free Comic Book Day 2025: Amazing Spider-Man/Ultimate Universe #1
  61. Free Comic Book Day 2025: Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men #1
  62. Free Comic Book Day 2025: Star Wars #1
  63. Captain Marvel (2002) #s 2-6
  64. Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) #285
  65. Fantastic Four (1961) #271
  66. The Thing (1983) #16
  67. Captain America (1968) #390
  68. Avengers (1963) #241
  69. Captain Marvel (2002) #s 7-12
  70. Alpha Flight (1982) #s 39-40
  71. Fantastic Four (1961) #272
  72. The Thing (1983) #17
  73. Captain America (1968) #391
  74. Avengers (1963) #242
  75. Captain Marvel (2002) #13
  76. Plastic Man No More! #s 1-4
  77. Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) #286
  78. Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1
  79. Detective Comics (1937) #411
  80. Fantastic Four (1961) #s 273-274
  81. The Thing (1983) #s 18-19
  82. Detective Comics (1937) #425-427
  83. Alpha Flight (1982) #41
  84. Energon Universe 2025 Special #1
  85. Transformers (2023) #20
  86. Fantastic Four (1961) #275
  87. The Thing (1983) #20
  88. Avengers (1963) #s 243-245
  89. Captain Marvel (2002) #14
  90. Captain America (1968) #392
  91. Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2
  92. Alpha Flight (1982) #42
  93. Fantastic Four (1961) #276
  94. The Thing (1983) #s 21-22
  95. Fantastic Four (1961) #277
  96. Avengers (1963) #246
  97. Captain Marvel (2002) #s 15-19
  98. Captain America (1968) #393
  99. Detective Comics (1937) #428
  100. Fantastic Four (1961) #278
  101. Avengers (1963) #s 247-248
  102. West Coast Avengers (1984) #s 1-2
  103. The Thing (1983) #23
  104. Star Wars (1977) #50
  105. Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #3
  106. Detective Comics (1937) #429
  107. Captain America (1968) #394
  108. Fantastic Four (1961) #279
  109. The Thing (1983) #24
  110. Avengers (1963) #249
  111. West Coast Avengers (1984) #3
  112. Defenders (1972) #s 12-13
  113. Star Wars (1977) #51
  114. Conan the Barbarian (2023) #5
  115. Alpha Flight (1982) #43
  116. Conan the Barbarian (2023) #s 6-7
  117. West Coast Avengers (1984) #4
  118. Avengers (1963) #250
  119. One World Under Doom #4
  120. Godzilla vs. X-Men #1
  121. Conan the Barbarian (2023) #8
  122. Justice League Unlimited (2024) #7
  123. Superman (2023) #26
  124. Mr. Terrific: Year One #1
  125. Batman (2016) #160
  126. Metamorpho: The Element Man (2023) #6
  127. Defenders (1972) #s 14-15
  128. Alpha Flight (1982) #44
  129. Fantastic Four (1961) #280
  130. The Thing (1983) #25
  131. Avengers (1963) #s 251-252
  132. Astonishing Spider-Man Infinity Comic #27
  133. Avengers (1963) #s 253-257
  134. Alpha Flight (1982) #45
  135. Fantastic Four (1961) #s 281-282
  136. The Thing (1983) #s 26-27
  137. Avengers (1963) #s 258-259
  138. Alpha Flight (1982) #46
  139. X-Men and Alpha Flight #1
  140. Thunderbolts (2006) #102
  141. Alpha Flight Annual (1986) #1
  142. Fantastic Four (1961) #283
  143. The Thing (1983) #28
  144. Avengers (1963) #260
  145. West Coast Avengers (1985) #s 1-2
  146. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #s 1-2
  147. Fantastic Four (1961) #284
  148. The Thing (1983) #29
  149. Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #19
  150. Avengers Annual (1967) #14
  151. Avengers (1963) #261
  152. Conan the Barbarian (2023) #s 9-12
  153. Fantastic Four (1961) #285
  154. Marvel Graphic Novel #18: The Sensational She-Hulk
  155. The Thing (1983) #30
  156. West Coast Avengers (1985) #3
  157. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #3
  158. Avengers (1963) #262
  159. Conan the Barbarian: Battle of the Black Stone #s 0-1
  160. Superman: A Friendship Unleashed #1
  161. Alpha Flight (1982) #47
  162. Avengers (1963) #263
  163. Fantastic Four (1961) #286
  164. The Thing (1983) #31
  165. West Coast Avengers (1985) #4
  166. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #4
  167. Star Wars (1977) #52
  168. Thunderbolts (2006) #s 103-104
  169. Captain Marvel (2002) #21
  170. Green Lantern (2023) #23
  171. Captain Marvel (2002) #s 22-25
  172. Avengers (1963) #264
  173. Fantastic Four (1961) #287
  174. The Thing (1983) #32
  175. West Coast Avengers (1985) #5
  176. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #5
  177. The Sandman Universe presents: Hellblazer, Dead in America #11
  178. Justice League America (1987) #0
  179. Star Slammers (1994) #s 1-4
  180. Star Slammers Special #1
  181. Blasters Special #1
  182. Conan the Barbarian: Battle of the Black Stone #s 2-4
  183. Savage Sword of Conan (2024) #1
  184. Alpha Flight (1982) #s 48-50
  185. Alpha Flight Annual (1986) #2
  186. Jack Kirby’s Secret City Saga #0
  187. Bombast #1
  188. Captain Glory #1
  189. Justice League America (1987) #93
  190. Avengers (1963) #265
  191. Fantastic Four (1961) #288
  192. The Thing (1983) #33
  193. West Coast Avengers (1985) #6
  194. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #6
  195. Avengers (1963) #266
  196. Secret Wars II #s 6-7
  197. Justice League America (1987) #99
  198. Fantastic Four (1961) #289
  199. The Thing (1983) #34
  200. West Coast Avengers (1985) #7
  201. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #7
  202. Secret Wars II #s 8-9
  203. Justice League America (1987) #104
  204. Spider-Man and Wolverine (2025) #1
  205. Avengers (1963) #267
  206. Fantastic Four (1961) #290
  207. The Thing (1983) #35
  208. West Coast Avengers (1985) #8
  209. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #8
  210. Astonishing Spider-Man Infinity Comic #28
  211. Superman (1987) #s 28-29
  212. Adventures of Superman (1987) #s 451-452
  213. Justice League America (1987) #s 105-106
  214. Avengers (1963) #268
  215. Fantastic Four (1961) #291
  216. The Thing (1983) #36
  217. West Coast Avengers (1985) #9
  218. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #9
  219. Superman (1987) #s 30-31
  220. Adventures of Superman (1987) #s 453-454
  221. Action Comics Annual (1988) #2
  222. Thunderbolts (2006) #105
  223. The Amazing Spider-Man (2025) #4
  224. Fantastic Four (2022) #32
  225. The Incredible Hulk (2023) #25
  226. Iron Man (2024) #8
  227. Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #4
  228. Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #5
  229. The Ultimates (2024) #12
  230. Justice League America (1987) #107
  231. Avengers (1963) #269
  232. Fantastic Four (1961) #292
  233. West Coast Avengers (1985) #10
  234. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #10
  235. Superman (1987) #s 32-33
  236. Adventures of Superman (1987) #s 455-456
  237. Action Comics (1938) #643
  238. Dark Days: The Forge #1
  239. Dark Days: The Casting #1
  240. Fantastic Four (1961) #s 293-295
  241. Justice League: The Atom Project #6
  242. JSA (2024) #8
  243. Absolute Green Lantern #3
  244. Action Comics (1938) #1087
  245. Batman and Robin (2023) #22
  246. Absolute Batman #9
  247. Supergirl (2025) #s 1-2
  248. Avengers (1963) #270
  249. West Coast Avengers (1985) #11
  250. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #11
  251. West Coast Avengers (1985) #12
  252. The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #12
  253. The Man of Steel (1986) #s 1-4
  254. Avengers (1963) #s 271-272
  255. West Coast Avengers (1985) #13
  256. Avengers Annual (1967) #15
  257. West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #1
  258. The Man of Steel (1986) #s 5-6
  259. Superman (1986) #s 1-2
  260. Action Comics (1938) #584
  261. Fantastic Four (1961) #296
  262. Fantastic Four (1998) #60
  263. Assorted Crisis Events #3
  264. The Power Fantasy #9
  265. G.I. Joe (2024) #7
  266. Void Rivals #19
  267. Death of Inhumans #s 1-5
  268. Fantastic Four (1998) #61
  269. Avengers (1963) #273
  270. West Coast Avengers (1985) #14
  271. Adventures of Superman (1986) #s 424-425
  272. Action Comics (1938) #585
  273. Guy Gardner (1992) #s 9-10
  274. Green Lantern/Green Arrow: World’s Finest Special #1
  275. Green Lantern (2011) #s 21-22
  276. Green Lantern (1990) #1
  277. West Coast Avengers (1985) #15
  278. Avengers (1963) #s 274-277
  279. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #40
  280. The New Gods (2024) #7
  281. Batman and Robin: Year One #8
  282. Wonder Woman (2023) #22
  283. Titans (2023) #24
  284. Detective Comics (1935) #1098
  285. DC vs. Vampires: World War V #10
  286. Green Lantern (1990) #s 2-3
  287. Fantastic Four (1998) #62
  288. West Coast Avengers (1985) #16
  289. Superman (1986) #s 3-4
  290. Adventures of Superman (1986) #s 426
  291. Action Comics (1938) #586
  292. Conan the Barbarian (2023) #13
  293. Green Lantern (1990) #4
  294. Marvels Annotated #1
  295. Green Lantern (1990) #s 5-6
  296. Fantastic Four (1998) #63
  297. West Coast Avengers (1985) #17
  298. Astonishing Spider-Man Infinity Comic #29
  299. Green Lantern (1990) #s 48-50
  300. Guy Gardner: Warrior (1992) #21
  301. Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004) #s 1-6
  302. Green Lantern (1990) #7
  303. Giant-Size X-Men (2025) #1
  304. Fantastic Four (1998) #64
  305. West Coast Avengers (1985) #18
  306. Adventures of Superman (1986) #s 427-428
  307. Action Comics (1938) #587
  308. Convergence: Crime Syndicate #s 1-2
  309. Fantastic Four (1998) #s 65-66
  310. Human Torch (2003) #s 1-7
  311. Spider-Man/Human Torch #s 1-5
  312. West Coast Avengers (1985) #19
  313. Avengers (1963) #278
  314. Fantastic Four (1998) #67
  315. Superman (1986) #s 5-6
  316. Adventures of Superman (1986) #429
  317. Action Comics (1938) #s 588-589
  318. Conan the Barbarian (2023) #14
  319. West Coast Avengers (1985) #20
  320. Avengers (1963) #279
  321. Fantastic Four (1998) #68
  322. Batman: Dark Patterns #1
  323. Fantastic Four (1998) #s 69-70, 500 (Series renumbers)
  324. Batman: Dark Patterns #s 2-3
  325. West Coast Avengers (1985) #21
  326. Batman: Dark Patterns #s 4-6
  327. Superman Unlimited #2
  328. Avengers (2023) #26
  329. Wallace Wood Presents: Shattuck
  330. DC Pride 2025 #1
  331. Green Lantern (1990) #8
  332. Avengers (1963) #s 280-281
  333. West Coast Avengers (1985) #22
  334. Avengers (1963) #282
  335. West Coast Avengers (1985) #23
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Garbage In, Garbage

I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s been half-paying attention to the latest generations of AI stories, which have moved past both the obvious (and horrific) practical effects on the environment and the existential “what does this mean for the future of art” questions to a new place that’s part-acceptance that this isn’t going away anytime soon despite what we all want and part-but what the fuck does all this mean?

Specifically, I’m talking about two threads of stories that have been popping up in my various feeds lately. The first has been countless variations of stories about people suddenly deciding that AI is less an algorithm that has learned to basically translate Google into something approximating a conversational voice and more an actual deity in digital form. It sounds like a joke, but apparently, this is happening all over; people are so surprised/impressed that AI doesn’t disagree with them or say things like, “No, that sounds like a half-baked idea and maybe you need to take a break and step back for a second” that they start to think that AI is, in fact, God who’s taking directly to them and gets it in a way no-one else does.

This is, of course, a nightmarish commentary on the loneliness people are feeling and their search for higher purpose and deeper meaning in all the wrong places; alternately, it could be a commentary on how eager people are to have their own opinions parroted back at them and the way in which they receive that. Either way, it’s not a good thing. Especially in light of the second trend of AI stories I’ve started seeing more and more often — that AI is increasingly starting to just… make shit up. Not even in the sense of, it got a small fact wrong when someone asked it a question, but in the sense of, “AI is apparently increasingly just fabricating entire fictions whole cloth when asked a simple question.

(This is not an entire surprise, because, well, the entire way AI works, but it’s apparently a bigger and bigger problem as more schoolkids are apparently relying on AI to do their coursework and the information they’re receiving is entirely incorrect.)

Combine these two things together, and we have a world that is increasingly looking to a nonsense machine as God. It’s either a Star Trek episode or a Douglas Adams plot. Whichever one, we’re probably in for an interesting few years as this develops and things get worse, I guess.

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Grab Your Popcorn

I’ve become one of those people, it seems; people who think about the formats in which movies are “meant” to be watched and have opinions on the subject. I didn’t intend this to happen; I quite liked being agnostic on the subject, and watching movies at home on streaming because I didn’t want to go see it in the theater. But then I watched that damn Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and had thoughts.

This isn’t intended to be a rave review of that film, which has serious pacing and exposition problems and doesn’t really come to life until halfway through it’s outrageous-almost-three-hours runtime. But, at the same time, I can’t deny that the second half did absolutely everything I’d wanted from the movie as a whole, and the final big stunt sequence, as Tom Cruise hangs onto a biplane for dear life… well, that’s what got me thinking, you see.

In the theater, I was into this sequence, in a big way; I was gasping, tense, and practically yelping as I watched the whole thing unfold. On some level, I knew that everything would be fine because, well, it’s a big Hollywood movie, they’re not going to include it if someone died, but at the same time, my disbelief had been suspended entirely: I was not thinking about it as a movie, I was thinking about it as oh my God, he’s hanging onto a fucking biplane and shit the biplane went upside down what if he can’t hold on.

I had a similar excitable reaction to the big train stunt scene in the last Mission: Impossible movie, Dead Reckoning; that, too, had me on the edge of my seat, simultaneously gleefully thrilled and hoping nothing went wrong… or, at least, I did when I saw it in the theater. When I watched it at home, later, I found the impact significantly dulled. Was it because I’d already seen it? Perhaps, but I can’t help but wonder if the fact that I wasn’t being utterly overwhelmed by the image was part of it, as well.

Things do play differently when they’re smaller, especially when those things are pretty much entirely reliant on spectacle and putting the viewer into a state of awe. It’s been more than 30 years, and I can still imagine being entirely stupified by seeing the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. On a TV, it just looked… fine.

Of course, watching something on the big screen doesn’t mean it’s automatically a winner — because of my job, I see a bunch of the Big Genre Blockbusters in theaters, and a lot of them are just as bad in cinemas as they are at home (Some might even be worse; Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, maybe a small screen would have made MODOK look less unfinished) — but I find myself grateful for the opportunity to see so many movies in the theater the more I think about it. Not because Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise really wanted me to do so, but because, the more I think about it, the more I think it’s a chance to meet filmmakers halfway in offering them the best chance to succeed at what they’re trying to do.

(That said, Lovers Rock is still made for TVs and intimate viewing, I don’t care what you say.)

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Not For You

I worked another weekend, recently; there was another convention, and again I found myself in the chair at home while others were at the show itself; editing, traffic-managing, and filling in the gaps where necessary. This isn’t me complaining about this part of the job, because both it’s part of the job and I knew that when I took it and I actually like this part of the job, in a lot of ways; instead, it’s me being amused that, as the days led up to the Saturday and Sunday I was working, my brain steadfastly refused to believe that I would be working.

I can’t think of a way to better describe the experience than to say that, utterly unusually, I’d find myself at multiple points during the weekend fantasizing about what I’d do with the time off at the weekend, only to then suddenly remember, oh, I have no time off, I’m working this weekend. It’s not even as if I was thinking about doing anything particularly interesting or fun; I’d think things like, oh, maybe I could head down to this store and pick up that thing I was just thinking about, no wait, I have to work. It was as if my subconscious was determined to just cue up different reasons to play that trombone wah-waaaaaahhhhh sound.

What was particularly strange about the experience — beyond the fact that it kept happening across the week leading up to my working weekend — is that I generally don’t think about the weekend in that way at all; I’m not someone who finds myself “working for the weekend,” or even particularly planning what to do on time off, traditionally; and yet, on this one weekend I was going to be stuck in a chair for 10 hours or so a day, it was as if all I could think about were the other things I could be doing.

Of course, as soon as I got a day off again, I did none of those things. Instead, I just collapsed, exhausted, my mind blank when I thought of things I could get up to with the time off stretching ahead of me.

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I Did Some Drawing Again

The fruits of an hour or so on a recent Sunday afternoon. DC’s Cosmic Boy, Steve Moore and Steve Dillon’s Axel Pressbutton. (Yes, I know that Axel is really the product of Steve Moore originally, then Steve Moore and Alan Moore, and then Steve Moore and Steve Dillon, but this is basically Steve Dillon’s design for the character.) Some wackiness going on with Cosmic Boy’s hands, but I resolved not to fix it in Pixelmator after the fact when I was coloring.

I should draw more often.