What DO giant protruding forehead spikes actually say about a character? Are they mighty like a stag? Defensive like the ram? Libidinous like the narwal?
Not sure. Probably none of the above. What we do know, and I mean a scientific fact, is these characters and their protruding protrusions define awesomeness itself. Here’s our list our favorite horny men.
Lorne From Angel
Joss Whedon loves his music, which is why it’s no surprise that his Buffyverse includes a demon lounge crooner that rejects the warrior society of his birth dimension to open Los Angeles’ most successful underground karaoke bar as its eminent host. Even when he’d rather remain neutral in the eternal battle between Angel Investigations and the forces of evil, Lorne often steps up to prevent numerous apocalypses. What a class act.
Vincent From Catherine
A video game about relationships, cheating, growing up, and death by pillow, falling, and mutant giant babies? Already dope, but commito-phobe man-child Vincent and his dreamy sheep-horns is one of our favorite video game “heroes.” We secretly hope Vincent is damned forever to climb his puzzle blocks toward some sort of understanding about women, if only to avoid ending up with either of his horrible girlfriends.
Beast from Beauty and the Beast
A tale as old as time, though his beastly attributes didn’t last nearly as long as that. Although Beast was cursed to his buffalo horns for being kind of a shit, we, and more importantly Belle, have seen the good man within. However, the Disney design of Beast as a chimera mush of a few different animals has always been really cool.
Marko from Saga
Saga, from writer Brian K. Vaughan and co-creator and artist Fiona Staples, is without a doubt one of the best new series in comics. Its epic blend of fantasy and a space opera unsurprisingly produced a magic wielding romeo-trope character in the horned Marko. Like Lorne, Marko rejects his warrior culture and embraces pacifism after the birth of his daughter, Hazel. Of course, when it’s time to kick some major ass, Marko has no problem unleashing a glorious vengeance on enemies of his taboo union with the winged and spunky, Alana. We love Marko and this couple, though knowing Vaughan, we’re in for some serious heartbreak in issues ahead so don’t get too attached.
Ig Perrish from Horns
Ignatius Perrish is little less beast and a little more devil in a blue dress. The main character, soon to be played by Daniel Radcliffe in the upcoming movie adaptation of Joe Hill’s second novel, has been accused of violently murdering and raping his sweet-heart and wakes up one day with a pair of horns and some not so nice powers. One look at his new best accessory drives people to confessing their darkest fantasies, some that only a devil could push them to acting on. Even while turning in to the dark lord himself, Ig never forgets the pain of losing his angelic girlfriend or his passion for the truth and revenge. We’re sinfully excited to see this movie!
Loki from Mavel Comics
Cheating? Yep. Long Hair Don’t Care.
Two Star Crossed Lovers…with Robot-Space-Sex. This is the majesty of a ship that eminent comic book scribe, Brain K. Vaughn, has given us in the science fiction fantastical epic Saga. With issue nine’s released this week and its complete absence of our favorite champions of love, I decided to fill my Alana and Marko void with a tribute to what has only been the beginning of their amazing adventure.
It’s hard maintaining a relationship when your families aren’t supportive, but how do you make that magic happen when your entire respective planets can’t seem to play nice? In less than ten issues published, the apparent answer is with a ghostly teenage baby-sitter, a tree-rocket ship, and a bit of luck in being one step ahead of deadly bounty hunters. How obvious.
If you’re familiar with Vaughan’s work, you’re familiar with bad times and heartbreak. Naturally then this ship can only be headed toward some rough waters…actually it started there. Although one of the more lackluster soldiers hailing from the planet Landfall, Alana’s first encounter with Marko, a magic wielding and horned “Moonie” from Wreath, involved a more or less unpassionate exchange between Alana’s gun and Marko’s face. Oh and Marko? Not always the conscientious objector we’ve come to have cuddly feelings for.
Wreath and Landfall’s bloody and near endless war has spanned hundreds of years and galaxies, but somehow Alana and Marko worked their shit out. How you ask? Well the comic, narrated by their daughter Hazel (born in issue #1), doles out answers to these questions with excruciating slowness and an almost miserly glee. We do know now that Marko, while in love with Alana, has a bit of a past that includes a fiancé he kinda-sorta just forgot about. Perhaps less sordid (or perhaps not wink wink) was the revelation of Alana’s past dalliances with cheesy romance novels. Scandalous, I know.
Still, you just can’t help but root for the horned Romeo and his Juliet with wings. A classic trope embedded in a high fantasy and science fiction universe, the book is less about forbidden passion and more about parent’s struggle to nurture and protect the life they’ve created from their love. Hazel has a rough road to grow up on, but Alana and Marko aren’t prepared to throw in the towel and lock themselves away in the name of protecting their daughter. There’s a whole universe out there, the majority of which wants them super dead, but they want to show it all to little Hazel as a family.
We last saw the couple zooming through space with Marko’s parents, who are not so very fond of their new daughter-in-law and forcibly former eternal enemy, towards the home of her favorite writer. In pursuit of the young couple is the feared Freelance bounty hunter The Will and Marko’s understandably pissed off ex, Gwendolyn. Chapter 10 comes out next month and I certainly hope you’ll join Saga for what Brian K. Vaughan promises to be an epic of every and all proportions.
Until next issue, tide yourselves over with some ship swag below!
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Kaitlyn
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With that first fresh breeze of under 90 degree weather, also comes October and what happens in October, my fellow geeks?
New York Comic Con!
This will be the first time I attend this bustling convention and in the Big Apple no less. Hmm, a Texan in the Big Apple….sounds like the makings of a sitcom, but I digress. I read Deadrabbit92’s thrilling account of what it was like to wade through the ass tons of people at this particular convention and I swore to be there.
If you’d like to break out that grade A stalking gear (namely your smart phone equipped with Twitter and veritable amounts of courage to say hi), here’s where myself, Ladyvader99, and Deadrabbit92 can be found:
As Thursday and Sunday are exclusively set aside for gratuitous amounts of touristy tourist stuffs and sampling the cuisines of the locals, Friday looks like this:
Kaitlyn Leia
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Star Wars Books Wondrous Worlds & Fractured Futures
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Anime Network Christopher Lloyd Q & A
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Vertigo: Cutting Edge of Comics World of Capcom
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Oni Press – RevolutiONIzing Comics Costume Contest
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Dark Horse Presents: Yoshitaka Amano
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Costume Contest
As I’m sure we’ll be most tired from our excursions (and not to mention the sore arm muscles from the bags of swag I hope to procure), I think one last lap around the convention would do us well before bidding adieu and getting ready for the chaos that is Saturday.
Kaitlyn Leia
11:00 am – 12:00 pm 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
The Image Comics Experience Marvel Video Games
11:15 am – 12:15 pm 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
15 Years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 15 Years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 Violet & Daisy
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Ladies Who Steam: Women in Steampunk Carrie
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm
Carrie Saga: Sex, Drugs & Rocketships
6:45 pm – 7:45 pm
Saga: Sex, Drugs & Rocketships
Any time in between panels, or during the hours of missed/filled to capacity panels, will be spent roaming around the surrounding Block section, the sure to be huge exhibition hall, perusing the wares in the dealer room, and generally fucking around with my cohort.
If you haven’t bought tickets to this illustrious experience, I implore you to do so and meet up with us to have fun times filled with sexual innuendos and plushies.
Keep an eye on both @IHOGeek and @Ladyvader99 twitters (I’m unsure if I can persuade @Deadrabbit92 to actively use hers) for instantaneous whereabouts (and possibly prizes to be won from us)!!