Is This The Most Geek Hipsterish Comic?

[Rich Johnston]

There is the geek. There is the hipster. And there is the geek hipster.

People used to be comfotably one or the other. Then the geek discovered sex, music, drink, drugs, nice clothes, design, a haircut... but can't quite leave his pull list behind. Simultaneously, the hipster had a few copies of eighties Transformer comics around for show, discovered they really liked them in a completely unironic fashion, and now buys comics disguised as a statement. The geek hipster or the hipster geek is born.

Well, in May, Dark Horse may be publishing the most geek hipsterish comic of all. The Guild: Fawkes, in May, Check out this checklist.

Co-written by, and kinda starring, Wil Wheaton, with Big Bang and Twitter cred.

Co-written by, and kinda starring, Felicia Day, of The Guild, Dollhouse and Dr Horrible.

It's actually set during the show, for continuity cred.

Drawn by Jamie McKelvie, who drew the most hipsterish comic of all, Phonogram, but also, like its writer, now works on X-Men comics. They are the modern male epitome of hipster geek.

And then there's this cover by Paul Duffield, who drew Freakangels, a traditional sci-fi Warren Ellis comic but that had added kudos by being a longform web comic. As well as fashion, tattoos, and lots of swearing.

If Scott Pilgrim birthed the geek hipster and Phonogram gave it funny feelings inside, then The Guild: Fawkes may be its first wet dream...

Apparently, somewhere, there;s something called the Superbowl going on. Wouldn't know.

[Xploited]

Correction: Wil Wheaton of Star Trek and Big Bang cred.

Makes it far more geek/hipsterish.

[Lord Viper Scorpion]

Someone in the comic needs to be riding a fixed-gear bicycle for true hipster status.

[Victorian Squid]

I couldn't say for sure whether or not it is the most "geek hipsterish" comic, but, on the off-chance you turn out to be right I will avoid this comic like the pages come soaked in bubonic plague. Well done.

[thekamisama]

Yeah I am going to say that several indy books qualify as much more "geek hipster" than this.

[Multiverseman.com]

So...why isn't this being published by DC?

[stegron]

Insofar as The Guild is utterly, utterly appalling, I'll be avoiding this one like the proverbial plague.

The other elements listed just made me feel ill. A veritable checklist of things designed to put me off anything.

Wil Wheaton - check. Seems like a nice guy, but nerd humour makes me cringe.

Felicia Day - check. see my comment about The Guild.

Jamie McKelvie - check. Draws the stiffest, most expressionless, mannequin-like art around. The Phonogram connection (ugh) is the icing on the cake.

Pass, pass, pass!

PS: The phrase 'Twitter cred' is an oxymoron, surely?

[cmichaelhall]

Ah, lighten up, kids...it sounds fun. Besides, the "geek hipster/hipster geek" has been around a long time...it just took a connected world to bring them into the spotlight.

[ampersand]

Either I don't understand what the word hipster means or Rich doesn't.

If I've got the terminology wrong then who are these people I see who I hate with fiery passion?

[Mad_Man_Moon]

Also, actually, I think Scott Pilgrim mocks the Gipster from a *really* tall building ...