I'm in the middle of reviewing a fantasy comic that reminds me of Smax, the fantasy send up by writer Alan Moore and artist Zander Cannon, who got to let loose after working for so long with Gene Ha's pencils on Top Ten (also written by Moore and featuring Smax). This page is from Smax #3 from Wildstorm/Americas Best Comics. "How...many...dwarves?" always cracks me up.
John Cassaday passed away earlier this week. People have been posting his pages from Captain America and Astonishing X-Men. These are good choices, but despite Warren Ellis' fall from grace, Planetary deserves to be in print forever. Cassaday was at his best when he was creating his own worlds. If it wasn't for Cassady, comics in the early 2000's would have been far less interesting.
Even at the turn of the century, superheroes took apart Nazi ideologies between punches to actual Nazis. And of course, the proto alt-right were trying to move the goal posts even then ("Our purity is an ideal...") Incidentally, this is a page from Tom Strong #4. Written by Alan Moore, penciled by Chris Srpouse and inked by Al Gordon.
