Megahex (Megg, Mogg and Owl)

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Hanselmann's primary English-language publisher is Fantagraphics Books. He is currently living in California with his wife and daughter. [5] Jerkass: Every character is vain and obnoxious to some degree, but this is especially true of Werewolf Jones. Mike and Booger come across as less abrasive, but even they have their moments. Equal-Opportunity Evil: For all of his vile behavior, Werewolf Jones is at least accepting of Booger's transgender identity. It's worth noting partly because Jones knew Booger since well before her transition, implying he has no reservations about befriending LGBT folks (and it'd be hypocritical if he did, given his own bisexuality). Of course, that could also just be a result of his desire for any attention and companionship he can come by. Owl constantly feels the need to be in a romantic or sexual relationship with somebody. He states that he has had over 100 partners in total. [13] Fan Disservice: There is lots of full-frontal nudity and graphic sex. None of it is very pleasant to watch. Werewolf Jones invokes this in almost every one of his appearances. On a similar note, his skeevy friend Dracula Jr. is almost always naked or engaging in a vile sex act whenever he makes an appearance.

Token Evil Teammate: Downplayed as the rest of the cast are all varying degrees of awful people, but Jones is the most depraved, destructive and psychotic by a huge margin. The Cameo: Anthropomorphic opossum Clementine from the webcomic Terrible Terrible Terrible makes a blink and you'll miss it ◊ appearance in "Health Club". Stoners Are Funny: The comic is interesting in that while there's plenty of humor surrounding the lives of its titular characters, their extreme stoner ways aren't portrayed as charming or endearing in any way. Most of the comedy comes from them how utterly repellent they are as human beings. The son of a biker and a drug addict, Hanselmann was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and grew up in Hobart. In a 2013 interview with the Comics Journal, he compared his childhood to the Harmony Korine film Gummo (a vision of “teenage anomie, complete with drugs, garbage and dead cats”, in the words of the New York Times). In that same interview, he came out publicly as a “cross-dresser/transvestite, whatever you want to call it”. His treatment of gender roles, and how his cross-dressing affects this, is a popular topic in interviews, one he sometimes side-steps. “I have no idea [how it affects my writing]. That’s for the critics to tell me,” he recently told Format Magazine. He is fiercely aware of gender; when talking about a potential TV adaption of Megg, Mogg and Owl, he says that the one thing he demands of networks is “half the team has to be female. I don’t want to make a show for boys … I think one of the main strengths of Megg, Mogg and Owl is that it’s reasonably gender-neutral – although, Megg really needs to find some female friends.”

Owl

SusanThe ex-wife of Werewolf Jones and mother of his three children. She's been mentioned several times, but her first appearance is in the non-canonical Crisis Zone comic. Really every character is well-developed here. Mogg’s depression and overall pathetic behaviour stemming from his unwillingness to grow up and Jones’ brief attempt at sobriety, were all brilliantly depicted - we see both desperately trying, wanting, to change and tragically failing. And mixed into this artistic, thoughtful writing are really funny jokes like Jones’ idea for an arcade box scam, Mogg’s stint working at a cat cafe, and the whole amyl episode.

For the Evulz: Mogg says and does many horrible things for no other reason than finding it funny to cause unhappiness and suffering.Vague Age: Most of the cast are implied to be in their 30's but few precise dates are given. Megg is listed as 29 in Bad Gateway, meaning that the others hover around that age. Ax-Crazy: While Jones isn't exactly high-functioning, Susan is somehow even more violent and unstable than him. The quotes may give the game away, but I'm wondering if you think it's important for that international connection to be made, or whether you'd be content to let the Australian comics world mature within its own hemisphere, as it were. Well? It’s a bit of a letdown after Crisis Zone, but maybe that was an inevitability. The storytelling is too decompressed. It’s not horrendous, like Spider-Woman and Power Man bendis-bantering about how much air is in a bag of Hot Cheetos or something equally inane and crowd-pleasing as that, but it’s definitely decompressed. I believe social media is a detrimental force in the world so I don’t follow MM&O online—this is my first peek into this world for over a year—I can’t help but feel a little disappointed.

Random Events Plot: Many of the shorter strips take a "day in the life of" approach to plot, where they're brief glimpses into the lives of the titular characters without an overarching conflict. It also has few standout stories with most of them feeling repetitive and underwhelming, especially if you’re a fan of the series and have read the other books where you get the same impressions/information on the character that you get here but in more entertaining stories. In the original “ Xmas 2017”, Werewolf Jones dies of an overdose at Booger’s house. In the newer comic it is mentioned that he’s found under a bridge. A friend of mine died, my bandmate, he passed away and that’s how he was found. So now I want to write about that. He was one of my best friends and so I think I wanted to change it [the WWJ death] a bit. The original strip was based on a friend of my mother’s that wanted to stay at our house and then had an overdose at someone else’s house. My mother had a lot of guilt about it I wanted to harness that kind of thing, write about that. The car and bridge stuff makes it a bit more personal. I started making an effort to present as female in press shots. I like seeing myself "all dolled up" in amongst a bunch of beer swilling dude-bros, presenting a totally different public image. it's interesting and thrilling. Owl is an anthropomorphic owl with white feathers. He is the only humanoid character that wears no clothes and no one seems to be bothered by this.Don’t get me wrong, this is still charming, uproarious, and gleefully deranged. Maybe this is what the artist needed after the incredible, unforgettable shitshow that was Crisis Zone. Maybe that’s what he thought we need. And maybe you do. I don’t. I’m still down for the next incredible, unforgettable shitshow. For now, Below Ambition is pretty good. Highly recommended. Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Megg is the size of an average human woman, while Mogg is a realistically sized cat. Mogg occasionally reveals that he's incredibly insecure about this. Continuing in the alt comix tradition of crossing any and all lines--what lines?! Do you see any lines here?!-- Simon Hanselmann produces probably the most offensive volume yet of his drunken stoner Megg & Mogg series. Mogg is out of town, though, so we are left with the character who represents the absolute bottom of the barrel, Werewolf Jones. Megg and Werewolf Jones are a noise band, Horse Mania, the worst band in the world! The very point here is to make you cringe as the lyrics are horrible, the way they treat fellow bands if horrible. They are terrible. Hidden Depths: It's suggested at numerous points that they lash out because they're desperate for their dad's love and attention.