Mickey Mouse is back in comic shops (along with Donald Duck and Uncle $crooge)!
If you were a fan of the IDW series, like I was, you will want to pick these up, because it's basically the same comic book. Edited by David Gerstein, a mix of old and new stories never before printed in the US, and an emphasis on the classic Gottfredson villains.
We've got a Casty Phantom Blot story to kick things off, which is basically the best possible way to reintroduce America to Disney comics. Then a Rhyming Man two-parter by Francesco Vacca guest-starring the time-travelling Uma, who I am going to assume is Mickey's future daughter because I've seen The Flash and read Jughead's Time Police.
Yes, yes, but what about the art? It's in the super cartoony modern Topolino style for the main stories, by Marco Mazzarello and Roberto Vian, along with a zany Super Goof comedy short by Stefano Intini
and a fun 1970s Barks throwback by Giovan Battista Carpi,
Fantagraphics, my all-time favorite publisher, has unsurprisingly done a bang-up job on my favorite comic. Highly recommended, nine ears up.
