A
webcomic created by James Duncan and Matthew Shepherd.
In the proud tradition of
The Tick,
Man-Man is a not-too-subtle
satire of
superhero comics. It takes place in the fictional Funakawa City, which is apparently supposed to be somewhere in the
United States. The title character, Man-Man (
AKA "Wayne Wealthy") was once a
janitor for the aptly-named
Evil Corp., until one day he was bitten by a
radioactive man, giving him (in addition to the
billions of dollars he sued Evil Corp. for) the proportional strength, speed, and agility of... a man. Yeah. Additionally, he has grown half of a second head on top of his original one (though he is completely unaware of it) and is "
invisible" to women except under "extreme circumstances" (e.g., if he catches fire). He's also a crazed halfwit, but that doesn't seem to be a consequence of his "
mutation".
Other characters:
Paul: Man-Man's reluctant
sidekick, and possibly the only
sane person in all of Funakawa City. He worked for Evil Corp. until they blew up his house and fined him half a million dollars for helping Man-Man escape being
burned at the stake. So far, he's the only person who can hear Man-Man's secondary head talk.
Frenchy: Man-Man's homicidal,
alcoholic Belgian butler. Man-Man calls him "Frenchy" because he's never heard of
Belgium. He is currently hiding from
Interpol for reasons he refuses to discuss.
Doctor Vivisectus: Man-Man's
arch-enemy, a master of
genetics and
mad science in general. He lives in the
basement of Man-Man's mansion. ("What? He pays rent.")
Gutsy (AKA Mud Matlock): "The Man with Guts". A
blind superhero whose speech is characterized by series of one-word
sentence fragments and gibberish.
Chiroptera: Another superhero. After beating up the bad guys, he proceeds to recite angsty
prose poetry. This apparently makes him popular with women.
Bindle & Spine: Two
government agents whose mission is to discover Man-Man's
secret identity. They're convinced he's not Wayne Wealthy, because he told them so himself.
Relatively recently, the comic has undergone an overhaul, and the authors are rewriting old
storylines with better-drawn comics. You can find the comic at
www.man-man.org.