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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down (2024) #3

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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #1 (Dark Horse, April 2024) variant cover by Joëlle Jones

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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #2 Review

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Writer: Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum Artist: Scott Hepburn Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Genre: Superhero Release Date: May 1, 2024 Price: $4.99 Reviewer: Christopher Patterson If you’re interested in this comic, series, related trades, or any of the others mentioned, then simply click on the title/link to snag a copy through Amazon as you read The Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #2 Review. THE…

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Minor Threats was a cool concept, but has turned into a very compelling combination of characters and setting. The elevator pitch version probably involves citing superhero tropes and identifying many of these characters as surrogates for characters from the big two, but when you read the actual stories, they are alive and they are their own people.

After the death of a major hero in the first mini-series, most people do not believe that Brain Tease, the villain who was convicted of the crime, actually did it. In the meantime, Play Time has risen to become the crime boss of Redport, and she has big plans to make her portion of the city a better place. She has a fragile-but-holding arrangement with the leading superheroes that gives her somewhat of a free reign. But not all the heroes or villains fall into line.

I really, really enjoy this series. It's some of my favorite superhero comics of the last few years. Strong characters, good stories, art that is perfectly suited to the tone, loads of little details that are fun to notice but don't *need* to be noticed, clear storytelling, a world that feels deep and lived in while the focus stays on the characters.

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The C-Class supervillains finally take over in Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, and Scott Hepburn's Minor Threats II: The Fastest Way Down

The C-Class supervillains finally take over in Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, and Scott Hepburn's Minor Threats II: The Fastest Way Down #comics #comicbooks

Everyone’s favorite c-list supervillains return in April 2024 in Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down! The hit superhero saga from Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, and Scott Hepburn picks up right where it left off with the same creative team: written by Oswalt and Blum, illustrated by Hepburn, colored by Ian Herring, and lettered by Eisner-nominated letterer Nate Piekos. Joining the squad on issue #1…

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It's Wednesday! - Minor Threats Vol. II: The Fastest Way Down #1

Ah! We're back! After a slight detour with the Alternates, there's a new chapter beginning in Playtime's story! A 2nd 4 issue series that dives deeper into the world of Minor Threats!

Couldn't be happier with how this series is going and I always get full support from the team! Pushing some things from Vol I further, and getting to try some new colour techniques!

I won't say much more other than you should go check it out right now!

Written by Patton Oswalt & Jordan Blum, Art by Scott Hepburn, Lettering by  Nate Piekos, Colours by Me!

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Hello, here's my variant cover for Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3 by @pattonoswalt @BlumJordan - out this 5th of June! @DarkHorseComics @MinorThreatsDH #margueritesauvage #minorthreats

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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3

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Show Notes 4/1/24

Our close personal friends Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum are back on the show this week to talk all things Minor Threats: the second volume of the main series, The Fastest Way Down, and the upcoming Barfly! Plus, we get into the weird, for-heads-only comics we love!

The rundown:

The Force of July, if you didn't know.

Chris' check and rec: Dragon Quest 11, Dragon Ball Super Tournament of Power episodes

Matt's check and rec: Impostor Syndicate #2 pencils, Blasphemous 2

Comics reviewed:

X-Men '97 #1

Ultimate Spider-Man #3

Listen here!

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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down (2024) #1

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‘Minor Threats’ returns next year with a sequel miniseries

Writers Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum, along with artist Scott Hepburn, return to Redport to spotlight the reigning queen of crime.

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OH no, I didn't realise you're supposed to pick numbers! Ok, for either ship I am going to say any of the following numbers: 6, 8, 16, 24, 31 but also any numbers that personally interest you.

Hello again! Per your prev ask I'm gonna go with both relationships you suggested. I'll put Ted/Beard in a sort of generic anytime time and place and then for the post-canon Rebecca/Beard/+Ted I'm gonna draft out a little scenario and then answer. :D

Ted/Beard time! My loves!

6) Who initiates the first kiss?

Perfect, precise, exact simultaneity. It was time.

8) who apologizes first? in what way? is it hard for either of them to apologize?

I think Ted would be first to apologize for super tiny little things, like hangrily snapping at Beard or getting some minor location fact wrong in a manner that makes them late to a dinner reservation, whereas Beard is prideful and laconic enough that he might need a tiny bit more time to apologize, or wouldn't at all (but not in a way that is offensive to Ted, it's chill).

For medium-sized things, like a significant but not relationship-threatening argument, Beard would be first to apologize. He's got more practice with volatility in relationships, and is more comfortable navigating the ups and downs and figuring out what needs to be said or done to make things right. Ted would find those a bit bumpier and would need to process longer before being willing to apologize.

For really large things (think something on the level of the massive angry grudge Beard held against Nate for nearly a year vs. Ted's genuine forgiveness and calm where Nate was concerned relatively soon after things came to a head), Ted would be faster to apologize. He would be terrified of going to bed still angry, terrified of the really dark possibilities like one of them dying while they're in a big disagreement and the regrets of the last words said to each other being harsh or unloving. I think he's grown enough as a person during the show that he wouldn't apologize without meaning it, but he would absolutely be looking for a way to resolve conflicts as quickly and directly as possible because he'd hate being stuck in one so much. For the big stuff, Beard would come around, but he'd be less likely to be the first person to address it. (Although, then again, I think about him confronting Ted in the pub in s1 over him needing to change his perspective on winning.)

16) do they have any regrets (regarding the other, or just in general)?

I think they have some--maybe about time spent apart during various gaps of being out of touch for complicated reasons. But I don't think they'd really dwell on any regrets with each other. They've reentered each other's lives too many times for that and proven how to be there for each other too many times to assume any past regrets would pose a threat to what they have.

24) Favorite aspect of them/their relationship dynamics?

The perfectly timed little rhythm of their rituals and speech patterns on the show is just sooooooo gorgeously done (it shows up in some way in basically every single episode). There's just something so beautiful about being Known in such a specific manner, right down to the seamless physical blocking of space and gestures where the other person is concerned. One of my favorite things about Ted Lasso is the way it's willing to get magical about its relationships in this very weird mystifying matter-of-fact way, like, oh, this guy just brings this woman biscuits every single day and no one seems to really take note of it and these two guys drop everything for each other and are fully synchronized and that's just them and their thing haha! (I genuinely love it. Talking about magic is the fastest way to make it unmagical for the audience.)

31) How do they say ‘I love you’ without actually saying it?

Just in all the little choices you make in a relationship on any given day--what to let go of, what to dig into, when to be merciful and let something lie, when to do what the other person really needs and confront something even if it's painful. And all the unserious gestures too, like just being there with a cold beer and the willingness to put on some tunes or watch a movie and relax. It's love!!! I love them so much!

OK, Rebecca/Beard + maybe present maybe absent Ted, here we go! So, it's kind of amusing to me that I managed to write the train baby fic because I felt like Beard becoming responsible for a child, bringing the child to Rebecca so she could help him raise it, all while missing Ted while he's in Kansas and navigating how to bring him into the relationship was something so outside the realm of canonical possibility that I could go wild. And now, while the circumstances of Ted being in Kansas were way worse in my story than they are in canon, that basic set-up is one of the only canonically-compliant ways Beard, Rebecca, and Ted could get together in the near term! Wild!

So for these answers, I'm imagining a scenario in which Beard and Jane have divorced and Beard is the primary caregiver for the kid, who's no more than a couple years old. Let's assume Ted has been back to London at least to visit, and the three of them are in an established relationship with Ted in Kansas most of the time. So things are like......good, but not without the standard long-distant relationship angst, the divorce-and-custody-arrangements angst, etc.

6) Who initiates the first kiss?

I think Rebecca would initiate the first kiss with both guys. For a Ted and Beard, again, perfect simultaneity.

8) who apologizes first? in what way? is it hard for any of them to apologize?

So I feel like I already wrote my Beard/Ted apology manifesto, so I'll think about how it would be with Rebecca in the mix. For the three of them together, they've got some interesting power dynamics of Rebecca being Beard's boss and Ted's former boss, Rebecca having known the guys decades less time than they've known each other, Rebeca and Beard being in the same city while Ted isn't, Beard and Ted both being biological parents while Rebecca isn't, and I COULD GO ON. I think the sheer intricacies of the logistical feats these people would be performing on an hourly basis would make them all extra self-aware in a way they could get away with not being in a relationship involving less people or cities. I think Rebecca would be pretty matter-of-fact about expecting apologies when owed one and giving apologies when she's fucked up.

16) do they have any regrets (regarding the other, or just in general)?

I think there would be some regrets about not figuring out things a bit sooner. But those regrets would almost immediately be replaced with a larger umbrella of not regretting the timing, because who can argue with the existence of Beard's baby, or with Ted getting to hang out with Henry all the time? Outside of that, I think the main regrets would just be the "normal" tiny mundane regrets we all have about random stuff we do.

24) Favorite aspect of them/their relationship dynamics?

Honestly, the best aspect is directly related to the different power dynamics mentioned above. That and the fact that I see Rebecca and Beard as Ted's soulmates, but for different reasons, and for that reason alone it just feels like if Beard and Rebecca started spending time together independently, they'd get closer so much faster because their souls aren't similar but are aligned so perfectly. I think they'd keep peeling back layers and discovering more and more connections to each other.

25) First time one person sees the other one crying. What about? How do they cheer the other up? Is the crying person comfortable with crying on one’s shoulder?

This is a little angst bonus I'm throwing in for you!

31) How do they say ‘I love you’ without actually saying it?

Because I am picturing like the most indulgently angsty scene that I'd never actually write fic about because it's just...it would be too much???...but anyway, Beard has just dropped the kid off with Jane and Jane is really trying and he trusts that everything will be okay on a safety level but it's just such a brittle situation and he feels a lot of weirdness about how sucked in he was and how he now has to very, very carefully moderate his relationship to the Jane Payne Experience while also recognizing that he and Jane are going to need to be in each other's lives for the rest of their lives because they have a child together. Maybe Beard has been starting to stay at Rebecca's enough that he's come there even though she's not home, and he's crying in the bedroom, and she comes in and is like ohno and is trying to comfort him and he's not speaking very clearly so she mishears something about Ted as Beard wishing she was Ted, as in Ted would be better at comforting him since he knows what it means to be apart from your child, and then not only is it Rebecca's first time seeing Beard crying but it is also Beard's first time seeing Rebecca crying!

(Angst with a happy ending bonus bonus: they figure out where the misunderstanding was and have a cozy quiet evening because they're actually perfectly suited for being together in that moment. <333 )

The patience with the logistical nightmares. Meaningful gestures that make long-distance relationships livable, like ordering flowers for a big day, sending selfies, including the person far away on decisions whenever possible.

This got VERY LONG but it was very fun for me, and @threedomiciles if you want to answer any of these for these relationships or others I'd be all about it!

From the OTP headcanon ask meme.

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Preview: Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3

Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3 preview. Loretta Follis has been a mother, a grandmother and an infamous supercrook named Toy Queen… but tonight she's become a target #comics #comicbooks

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It's Wednesday! - Minor Threats Vol. II #4

The finale of Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down came out yesterday but it won't be the last you've seen of these characters! News is out that it's coming to Netflix : D

This volume got to build out the world like few others I've worked on. As the issues grew, we had to go back and reference our own work to keep things straight. A background character here or there, might become a central figure in a new issue, and knowing that, any one could become something bigger in future issues.

Thank you to the entire team for being a joy to work with and a thank you to all the readers for following along with the series. I can't wait to see what's next!

Written by Patton Oswalt & Jordan Blum, Art by Scott Hepburn, Lettering by  Nate Piekos, Colours by Me!