Bro! Dramatic reveal!
The Goat Man Revealed, and Some Thoughts about Stan Lee
Mostly. Stay tuned for next week’s comics for a full explanation of this mysterious critter with horns! Technically, he has appeared in the comics on many occasions, but I keep re-introducing him for new readers. Stan Lee had this philosophy that every comic book could be the first comic book that a reader read (or at least first comic book of Spider-Man or other superhero.) Every comic had some exposition about radioactive spider bites or gamma rays. Long time readers could skip that redundant introduction exposition, and dive into the story. This same thought process made the Spider-Man newspaper strips unbearably redundant; the first panel had to recap the story so far, and very little progress could be made, narratively speaking.
The OG comic
ComicsOnline.com posted the original version of this comic on April 15, 2022. Spreading the dialogue out to three panels versus two makes a quicker read, and fits the Instagram Reel and TikTok formats better. The older cartoons look a little out of resolution because I did not have the image sizes down, but at least they look better than the FIRST versions. Taking pictures on my phone of doodles on sticky pads was about as low-tech as you can get, and it showed.
Featured Fan Art (by Princess!)
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