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[Are You F*ckin’ Kidding Me]: “The Situation” To Create A New Superhero With Wizard World

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Not much else needs to be said other than, what the f*ck. This is not a joke, it’s a sad, sad reality. Wizard World is teaming up Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino to create a new superhero based on his life and family. Again, I say, are you f*cking kidding me? “The Situation” signed a deal to do some Wizard World cons, and he gets to create a comic book. They say it will be drawn and written by “some of the comic book industry’s leading artists and writers”. I sure hope not. I don’t imagine any self-respecting writer or artist in the field that would touch this project with a ten foot pole. This is deeply disturbing, and probably the biggest joke of the year.

What irks me the most about this is that, above all those thousands of people out there who work so hard and dedicate their time to breaking into an industry that doesn’t accept outsiders, “The Situation” gets his own series without ever having written anything in his life. There is absolutely no chance this will be anything but trite garbage about a guido superhero fist pumping in a club with his guidetts. I loath the possibility of this filth being littered throughout local comic shops. I loath the fact that this is happening.

You may ask yourself, why does he get a series? That’s a good question that I don’t think Wizard has a real answer to. They will bringing him and his family to cons around the world and they somehow believe that comic fans want to see this. Sorely, they are mistaken. No comic reader wants to see this guy in person, pay $40 for his autograph, let alone purchase a comic series based on his life. I would rather read a series by Justin Bieber. Wizard, ya f*ckin’ blew it. Ya blew it hard.

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Returns with Cover Artwork for First Issue of New Comic Book Series [Exclusive]

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May 13, 2024

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With a remake on the way and a new 4K restoration of the original classic now streaming, it’s a good time to be a fan of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger. Additionally, Matt Bors — the founder of The Nib and a political cartoonist who has twice been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist —and acclaimed artist Fred Harper (Snelson) are collaborating on an all-new 5-issue comic book series starring the satirical superhero of the Troma Films cult classic films!

TOXIC AVENGER #1 will land in stores on October 9, 2024.

While you wait, you can exclusively check out the issue #1 cover art from Fred Harper below, along with a set of emojis designed by Harper for the extremely online teens of Tromaville.

“The Toxic Avenger delivers what Troma fans want,” said AHOY Comics Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer. “The series has violent action, gross mutations, bursting pustules, eye-popping visuals, and trenchant humor.” 

“If there was ever a superhuman hero for these toxic, miserable times, Toxie is the one!” said Lloyd Kaufman. “Only AHOY Comics and Bors & Harper could pull this off…er…mop this up! Toxie and the Troma Team can’t wait ‘til you read -no, experience – the art and stories that the Toxic Avenger Comic Book will explode in your brain, your soul, and your heart. Above all, remember – Toxie loves you and so do I.”

“This series will combine elements of the original films with the Toxic Crusaders cartoon and characters in familiar ways, updated to tell a story of environmental devastation, corporate control, and social media mutation,” said Bors. “The Toxic Avenger is first and foremost an environmental satire, one about a small town and its unremarkable people trapped and transformed by circumstances they don’t control. The story Fred Harper and I are telling is about people frustrated by authorities telling them not to worry about their life, that things are fine, even as their dog mutates in front of their eyes. And at its core it is about a powerless boy, Melvin, who finds out he can be incredibly strong, hideously mutated, well-admired, and incredibly heroic… but still ultimately powerless over human behavior.”

In The Toxic Avenger, teenager Melvin Junko helps run his parent’s junkyard in Tromaville, a small town in New Jersey where nothing much ever happens — until an ill-timed train derailment of toxic waste transforms Melvin into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength: the Toxic Avenger!

Under a media blackout imposed by Biohazard Solutions (BS) and their PR-spewing Chairwoman Lindsay Flick, Melvin emerges as a hero fighting against BS and the mutated threats that keep popping up around Tromaville.

Eventually Melvin uncovers a vast conspiracy more far-reaching than he could have ever imagined — but he knows if everyone is simply made aware of the crisis, they’ll act to stop it. Right?

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