The Masked Macher #2
(W) David Goodman (A/CA) Alex Andres
In Shops: Oct 23, 2024
SRP: $4.99
Fresh off of losing the part that could have been his big break, Tony decides to lean in to the role he lucked into as The Masked Macher, wrestler extraordinaire! Fame and success can come when you least expect it, especially for a wrestler who has to face a literal bear in the ring!
Peacock is returning to New York Comic Con with new Original series, Hysteria!, featuring an exclusive panel and behind-the-scenes look into the Satanic Panic horror thriller. The panel, taking place on Thursday, October 17th at 5:00pm, will include stars Julie Bowen, Anna Camp and Bruce Campbell, and showrunners and executive producers Matthew Scott Kane and David A. Goodman.
When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings, and reported “supernatural activity” triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to them.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17:
PEACOCK PRESENTS: SATANIC PANIC HORROR THRILLER HYSTERIA! PANEL
Join stars Julie Bowen, Anna Camp and Bruce Campbell, and showrunners and executive producers Matthew Scott Kane and David A. Goodman, for a look into Peacock’s original pop-horror thriller series Hysteria!, a tale of murders, kidnappings, and reported “supernatural activity” that triggers a small town’s witch hunt set during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s.
WHEN: 5:00 – 6:00 PM on Thursday, October 17
WHERE: Room 405 – Javits Center (429 11th Ave., NYC)
Dark Horse Comics presents a hilarious new miniseries from The Orville executive producer and writer David A. Goodman, Gonzalo Duarte, and debuting in the United States, artists Alex Andrés, along with letterer Mauro Mantella. The Masked Macher showcases the comedic story of a would-be actor entering the very different world of professional wrestling.
Aspiring actor Tony Hollywood is about to make his big break in the height of 1930’s movie star glitz and glam. His next audition is the role that will change his life, but a flat tire sends him to a different stage. Breaking down outside a wrestling arena lands him the part of the Masked Macher! Hey, it pays, even if no one knows what a “macher” is.
Tony enters the ring with The Masked Macher #1 (of 4) when it arrives in comic shops on September 18, 2024. It is now available for pre-order at your local comic shop for $4.99.
When I first went to read Space Job, I expected a spoof of Star Trek. But, after the first issue it was clear I was so very wrong. The series has far more in common with The Office than it does with the various sci-fi series set on space ships. From early on with a First Officer getting killed to a Captain who’s utterly clueless and the crew who think he’s an idiot, the series is a workplace comedy. Space Job #4 is a prime example of all of that as the various stories wrap up and of course none of it goes smoothly.
Written by David A. Goodman Space Job #4 takes everything that’s built up to this point and gives them fairly satisfactory endings. I say satisfactory because not everything is resolved since the series could continue on with another volume. A funeral takes place in what has to be one of the most awkward and unprofessional send-offs ever. Rick being infested with an alien continues awkwardness that emphasizes the cluelessness of the crew. And, Travis’ attempt to find another job delivers an arc that feels very Pam and Jim from The Office. There’s a lot covered and all of it is done so well with it delivering an issue packed with laughs.
The art by Álvaro Sarraseca with color by Jordi Escuin Llorach, and lettering by Mauro Mantella is solid. The comic has consistently looked good. The series looks futuristic but there’s a sterile quality about it all with a lot of space making it all feel even more like a cold office everyone’s trapped in. The looks and body language from the crew is fantastic and things just go so very wrong. The cringe is caught quite well.
Space Job #4 is a fantastic ending to this volume and leaves us wanting more. It’s a series that caught us off guard as far as expectations and delivered solid laughs with every issue. A sleeper comic of the year that shouldn’t be missed.
Story: David A. Goodman Art: Álvaro Sarraseca
Color: Jordi Escuin Llorach Letterer: Mauro Mantella
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy
Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – Kindle
It’s about time someone on this ship took some initiative, and Ensign Masht is on the case! First thing, the late First Officer Sheridan needs a proper send off. While Masht begins work on Sheridan’s memorial, Travis prepares to jump ship (and careers), Dana might have to face the facts about her marriage, and Captain Olivier takes decisive action to outmaneuver the Clooney. Space Job #3 continues the office comedy, no, it’s not a Star Trek spoof.
Written by David A. Goodman, Space Job #3 is another fantastic issue of utter incompetence, staff revolt, and staff disgust. Goodman has put together a series that on its surface might seem like a Star Trek spoof but in reality it has more to do with The Office.
There’s a failing relationship, irritation at an inept boss, and staff looking to leave, it’s more what we experience at work than anything else. It just so happens to take place on a spaceship. What’s great is that the series remains so relatable inspite of its sci-fi setting.
The issue also delivers some ideas as to how the world has gotten to the point it has. We’ve yet to really get a good idea as to where things stand and how space travel was achieve but this issue fleshes all of that out as we now have a better idea as to why things are the way they are.
Goodman also keeps readers on their toes with comments and statements that feel like they come out of left field but also are right at home in the story. An alien explains it likes humans for the “food and porn” just nails the dry and absurd humor the comic is going for.
The art by Álvaro Sarraseca nails the tone of the series. There’s something about the minimalist nature of the series. It doesn’t go for lots of fancy technology instead leaving much of it empty and cold in a way. That’s enhanced by the color from Jordi Escuin Llorach which sticks to blues, greys, and whites, an almost sanitized feel in a way. The lettering by Mauro Mantellez too adds to the dry, clean, cool, nature of it all.
Space Job #3 is another great issue that adds to the workplace comedy. There’s something that anyone that has worked in an office or for others can relate to. While the look might say soaring through space, the reality is, the comic is very grounded.
Story: David A. Goodman Art: Álvaro Sarraseca
Color: Jordi Escuin Llorach Letterer: Mauro Mantellaz
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy
Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle
Captain Olivier knows himself to be a man of unimpeachable integrity. A man who does whatever it takes to bring democracy to the galaxy, which means doing whatever it takes to protect the lives of his crew, which means doing whatever it takes to keep his ship far, far away from the battle raging at the Bungo Straits. A democracy without someone flying the cargo runs is no democracy at all. Space Job #2 continues the laughs as Captain Oliver does everything he can to not have to follow his boss’ orders.
Written by David A. Goodman, Space Job #2 at its heart is a workspace comedy. While the setting might remind us of Star Trek, the reality is, the comic could be set pretty much anywhere and still work.
Goodman, through various storylines, focuses on the things we experience as workers. There’s the boss who is overbearing. There’s the boss who’s there to cash a paycheck and not listen. Then there’s the staffer who is underappreciated and looking to change jobs. And then there’s that weird guy… Though it takes place in space, it’s still relatable, as it’s all things we’ve been forced to deal with in various ways. This is a basically a comic that takes situations you’d experience in every office and puts it on a spaceship. The perfect example is the staffer who’s attempting to leave and thrown a promotion their way to stay. A promotion they don’t really want and just means more work covering for an inept boss.
The art by Álvaro Sarraseca continues its subtle visual jokes but also there’s a bigger emphasis on the emotion of the staff. With color by Jordi Escuin Llorach and lettering by Mauro Mantella, there’s less of a focus on those quick background jokes, and instead there’s more physical comedy of the characters and how they interact, especially some negative interactions. It puts a bit more drama into things but also switches up what we need to pay attention to.
Space Job #2 is a solid second issue showing the debut wasn’t a fluke. The comic is very smart, taking digs at our work reality instead of being another homage/spoof to Star Trek. It’s well worth getting, especially if you need a good laugh. Here’s hoping it can keep it up.
Story: David A. Goodman Art: Álvaro Sarraseca
Color: Jordi Escuin Llorach Letterer: Mauro Mantella
Story: 9.0 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.85 Recommendation: Buy
Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle
After five long years of soul-crushing servitude as a chef’s assistant, Danny Sheridan is getting his dream job in space as First Officer aboard the SS George H.W. Bush. But on his first day he finds himself crashing back to reality. Nothing seems right, the crew is subpar . . . something’s going on, and First Officer Danny Sheridan is going to get to the bottom of it or die trying. For those that have read Space Job #1, you’ll know why that description is so funny. The debut, and series, is the latest in Star Trek riffs, going in the complete comedy direction, and it’s fantastic.
Written by David A. Goodman, Space Job #1 is a great debut. It’s been a while since I laughed so much and so often at a comic. This is one where the jokes keep coming and you’ll really laugh out loud. It’s twisted in all the right ways introducing us to a starship crew where everyone you kind of want to slap.
Goodman kicks off the series focusing on newly promoted First Officer Danny Sheridan. Promoted from a chef’s assistant to such a high ranking one, Danny is a douche. He’s everything we should hate in leadership as he goes through his head as to how shitty he’s going to treat the crew. He justifies how he’ll harass his yeoman. He discusses how he’ll bust down a crew member for how he was talked to. He’s an asshole. And, you hope he gets what’s coming. And what’s coming is… unexpected.
Goodman delivers a debut that keeps the readers on its toes. Space Job #1 is fantastic with each character introduced and how over the top they are and silly their situations are. The comic really delivers the laughs.
Álvaro Sarraseca‘s art helps nail down those laughs. With color by Jordie Escuin Llorach and lettering by Mauro Mantella the comic visually generally plays things straight. Generally. That’s what’s great about the art and story as a whole. It’s so silly at times but it’s all played out straight. Visually, there’s a joke that goes on in the back as to individuals have a serious discussion and that visual is the punchline for a joke. The comic makes great use of “confessionals” as it lays out the numerous problems of the ship. And, small detail choices adds so much to who these characters are.
Space Job #1 is the surprise of the week. I didn’t expect a ton going into it, just a riff on Trek, but the debut had me laughing multiple times and smiling throughout. I’m a fan of “holy shit” type of humor and this comic is deep in that keeping readers on their toes as to what messed up situation is going to be revealed. This is a hell of a debut and has me excited to see where this series, and these screw-ups, boldly go.
Story: David A. Goodman Art: Álvaro Sarraseca
Color: Jordi Escuin Llorach Letterer: Mauro Mantella
Story: 9.0 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.85 Recommendation: Buy
Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle
Dark Horse Comics has announced Space Job, an all-new series by writer David A. Goodman. The crew of the SS George H.W. Bush may not be the best in the galaxy, but they’re, well… a crew. Space Job features art by Álvaro Sarraseca and colors by Jordi Escuin Llorach.
It’s the future, and serving aboard the S.S. Bush is the worst job in the fleet. The Captain is every terrible, self-centered boss you’ve ever had, more concerned with what he bought on Space eBay than he is in getting the work done; the Communications Officer always seems to be on a personal call, and nothing gets fixed because the Chief Engineer really is only interested in hitting on his coworkers. They’re on a simple cargo run, and the biggest threat to the ship is the fact that the Operations Officer, the one guy holding it all together, is updating his resume. What could go wrong?
Space Job #1 (of 4) will be available in comic shops February 8, 2023. It is available for pre-order now at your local comic shop and will retail for $3.99.
From Executive Producer David A. Goodman, and Dark Horse Comics comes The Orville Library Edition Volume 1. Penciled and inked by David Cabeza and colored by Michael Atiyeh, this edition chronicles six missions from The Orville comics. These stories take place between the first and third seasons and take the Orville starship into the unknown, and sometimes, directly into the line of fire!
In “New Beginnings”, investigation of a century-old distress signal results in Ed and Gordon marooned on a war-ravaged desert planet in the custody of an unknown species. Then, in “The Word of Avis”, seemingly hapless xenoanthropologists lead the Orville into a fight for survival within Krill-controlled territory.
In “Launch Day”, the question of whether a suspicious space construct is a weapon tests the Planetary Union’s peaceful convictions. While in “Heroes”, Talla considers taking matters into her own hands upon discovering an idyllic planet she once surveyed has been subjugated by a hostile alien force.
In “Digressions”, Kelly must unwind an alternate timeline where her refusal to go on a second date with Ed has doomed the galaxy to destruction. And in “Artifacts”, the obsessive pursuit of a lost civilization’s legendary fleet by Ed’s old astro-archeology teacher puts the Orville in grave danger.
The Orville Library Edition Volume 1 is presented in an oversized, hardcover edition, contains 280 pages, and will be available at comic stores October 5, 2022 and in bookstores October 18, 2022. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore. The Orville Library Edition Volume 1 will retail for $49.99.
The Orville Executive Producer David A. Goodman, artist David Cabeza, and colorist Michael Atiyeh are back at work bringing the world of The Orville to comics with Digressions.
This two-issue “episode” invites you to travel “The Road Not Taken” in this prequel to the season two finale! Follow Ed, Kelly, and the would-have-been crew of the Orville, as they navigate separate lives in an alternate timeline that’s on a collision course with the galaxy-ending Kaylon!
The Orville #1: Digressions Part 1 of 2 goes on sale May 5, 2021.
