Hello, and welcome to Saturday Morning Panels, your new favorite Multiversity column! It’s a very simple concept: since none of us are up to watching Saturday morning cartoons anymore, we are instead going to share with you our favorite panels from the week before. It’s a bit like Comics Should Be Cheap, except with more pictures and less reading.
And, of course, spoilers are probably abundant.
We encourage you to play along at home and let us know what your favorite moments of the week were in the comment section! In the meantime, our picks:
Matthew’s Pick: “Zero” #1
Right out the bat and “Zero” is already setting a precedent of taking chances with what we perceive as traditional narrative storytelling. *ring ring* Hello? Oh, hey there, “Hawkeye.” You’re looking for a book that is as artistically stylistic from a major publisher right now? Hang on, let me connect your call.
Vince’s Pick: Also “Zero” #1
Didn’t Andy Samberg say something about this once?
David Harper’s Pick: “Infinity” #3
Honestly, if anyone DOESN’T have this as their favorite panel, they’re wrong. Black Bolt vs. Thanos is the best thing ever.
Michelle’s Pick: “Mind the Gap” #14
I’d have delved into The Mystery of the Man-Cave Fart in the annotation column, but Frankie’s expression here makes the answer painfully obvious.
James’ Pick: “Thor, God of Thunder” #13
Fun fact: I did not care about Malekith until this issue of God of Thunder. Props to Aaron and Ribic for turning around an often-forgotten character and not just doing a movie tie-in.
David Henderson’s Pick: Also “Thor, God of Thunder” #13
“If Malekith in the new Thor movie is half as menacing as he was in this issue, he might end up being the villain of the MCU. Until then, Jason Aaron and Ron Garney just blew Villains Month out of the water.
Sam’s Pick: “Kiss Me Satan” #1
Fair Verona and her magical mystery eye as rendered by Juan Ferreyra. Look at the detail on that eye, some of her eyelashes are grey, the eyelid sags convincingly, even the tear duct is anatomically accurate. In the next panel, we see the entire countenance of this New Orleans brand witch. I have a strange affinity for this woman; I feel like I know her, in fact, I feel like she hosted my debutante brunch. Women in the South shrink as they age, this is a fact, but their sense of style doesn’t. Instead their eccentricity and self assuredness grow, allowing them to to do things like wear a three-piece suits, long red nails, rings on every finger and sunglasses indoors. She belongs in this book, and she deserves to be noticed.
Sam’s Second Pick Because She Couldn’t Decide: “Morning Glories” #31
I love this panel. The look of resignation on Hunter’s face is almost cathartic. After being continually confronted with the weirdness of MGA, he’s begun to accept it as his new reality. This loss of control and consent to chaos is something we’ve all been dealing with as the series twist and turns in ways we could never anticipate. Well, maybe Matt could, but not us mere mortals. I think many readers probably have the same look on their face each time they finish an issue.
Zach’s Pick: “Justice League” #23.3 – ‘Dial E’
It’s really hard to pick a single panel or character from the twenty fantastic pages on display in “Justice League” #23.3, but it’s even harder to resist this stealth crossover with Jeff Lemire’s “Underwater Welder.” This is a story that’s just dying to be told.
