• NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    “Son of a…”

    (Specifically, the time the kriegaffe snuck up behind him, just because I love that panel so much. Lemme see if I can find a link to that image)

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    from Conqueror Worm. I just love the way Mignola uses black, and this is one of the best examples

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      This is still, and will always be, the correct response. It’s been memed to hell and back (no pun intended) and it never fails to get a smile out of me, but the most impressive part is that if you’re reading that story for the first time, it fits right in to the context and plot and never seems like a “jumping the shark” moment.

      How Mignola managed that is frankly beyond my comprehension, and is a large part of what makes him genius