Have you ever wondered what kind of person would someone have to be to put on a costume and bear the weight of the responsibility they put upon their own shoulders? Did you ever wonder what type of mental state a man has to be in to wear a bat costume and beat people up, or to wear a devil suit to do pretty much the same thing? Well, the dudes at Sequentialink.com not only thought about it, but dove right in the deep end of it.
This is probably how Caio Oliveira came up with Super-Ego, originally a web comic that focuses on Dr. Eugene Goodman. Dr. Goodman is a clinical psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of superhumans, in a society much like our own - where they are idolized and held in high regard. All the characters that Dr. Goodman examines are fresh, but are still familiar. You can tell, at times, that the only thing keeping Caio from using Marvel and DC characters are copyright laws.
It sort of reminds me of Dr. Katz, that squiggly animated series. In fact, this concept is something that might make for a really good TV series. There's all the requisites for a good comic book, but it's so quirky and entertaining that I think it could easily leap over mediums. Not to mention the possibilities are in no way limited - a good writing team can keep stretching this thing out and still keep it fresh for a long time.
They had a Kickstarter campaign that had a ton of brilliant perks. Unfortunately, that ended a few days ago. They were able to reach their goal, but not their stretch goal, but it's okay. They got the legendary Glenn Fabry on board anyway. Mr. Fabbry is joining this gang of contributing artists for pin-ups.
Brent McKee (“Outlaw Territory”, “Noble Causes”)
Kizer Stone (Animation storyboards for Film Roman and WB)
Michael O’Hare (“Birds of Prey”, “Hawken:Melee”)
Bengal (“Naja”, “Meka”)
Gary Erskine (“City of Silence”, Madefire’s “The Irons”)
Lucas Marangon (“Star Wars: Tag & Bink”, “RIPD”)
Edgar Delgado (“Spider-man”, “Ultraduck”)
Sanford Greene (“Ame-comi Batgirl”, “DHP: Rotten Apple”)
Chandra Free (“The God Machine”, “Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes”)
Joyce Chin (“Superman”, “Tomorrow Stories”)
Matthew Dow Smith (“Doctor Who”, “Lobster Johnson”)
Jim Mahfood (“Tank Girl”, “Stupid Comics”)
Tony Shasteen (“25 to Life”, “Batman: Arkham Unhinged”)
Jeff Stokely (“Six-gun Gorilla”, “The Reason for Dragons”)
I checked out the web comic and I loved it. I would love to own a copy of the colorized hardbound book but I'm not sure if this is going to reach our shores.