Comic books and soap operas, together at last
This week, there’s something even weirder than usual appearing on daytime TV. Marvel Comics has teamed up with long-running soap opera Guiding Light to produce a superhero-themed episode and an eight-page comic book.
According to The New York Times, “the episode is a mix of slapstick (a thief is shocked by the heroine, and his hair stands on end) and drama (are the powers worth possibly losing her husband?). Transitions between scenes feature comic book panels by Alex Chung,” the artist of “A New Light,” the eight-page comic that will commemorate the partnership.
As bizarre as this collaboration sounds, the Times does make the pretty good point that comic books and soaps do share “never-ending stories, characters with complex histories, and a preponderance of long-lost relatives (evil twins or otherwise).”
Still, Quillblog can’t help but chuckle at the still from the soap, with the hero, Guiding Light, clothed in an over-the-top silver lamé outfit and navy cape, straining to push a car.
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