Welcome To The Party, Pal

 

A member of the Bubbles Forum recently reminded me of Tyler Hutchinson's "Die Homer."

The elevator pitch is "Die Hard but with cartoon characters I can draw from memory," and as you can see, it delivers:

If anybody stumbles on a printed copy of this let me know, because I need to own this comic.

Standing athwart history, yelling "BUT THE DUCK ISN'T WEARING PANTS"

Ducktales a liberal plot to indoctrinate the youth and ruin your childhood, says National Review.

The Best Promo Spot Disney XD Will Ever Run

So you want to start reading Disney comics.

Finally, a good use for Legos.

Don Rosa does not hate Ducktales.

Ducktales Real Ducks

You've seen this by now, I'm sure.  I've been busy lately.

New Ducktales Wii U game got you down?  Buck up, there's a free cellphone game you can play instead.

 

 

Why Don Rosa Quit

 

 

100 Episodes of DuckTales

 

 

 

 

Afternoon Delight

Spotted at my local Costco: the entire Disney Afternoon for ten bucks apiece!



So, read any good comics lately?

So apparently while I was busy this summer, Boom put out a shitty Duck Tales comic.

I don't really have anything to contribute to this kerfuffle except to say that Boom put out some good Disney comics (Muppet Show, Darkwing Duck), some OK Disney comics (Ultraheroes, Wizards of Mickey), and some really awful Disney comics.  When it comes to comic books I tend to value novelty above all else, so Boom gets props for trying to shake things up with the license.  The Boom/ Disney experiment may be a failure, but at least it was never boring.  Whatever the future has in store for Disney comics, I hope Marvel has the good sense to try and reach out to kids and new readers, since the fan base for this material isn't getting any younger and will probably find plenty of things to complain about regardless.  And hey, it can't get any worse than this, right?

Kaboom, bitches!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

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via Topless Robot

Transylvania The Himalyas The Moon

The greatest comics blogger of all time, Chris Sims, breaks down the greatest Disney game of all time, Duck Tales.

Play Duck Tales 2 here.

In which I praise old Duck Tales comics.

I recently acquired a stack of Gladstone Duck Tales comics from my local comic shop (which, btw, has the greatest 50-cent bin in the world; reading copies of Gladstones, Disneys, Dells, Harveys, Archies, you name it, can be yours for half a buck.  It's like Needful Things, but for comics.).   Let me tell you, these ancient Gladstones blow the recent Boom Duck Tales books out of the water.  Take a gander (ha!) at issue #11, an oversized Gladstone Giant:

Here's what you got for your $1.50 back in 1990-  one new William Van Horn story, two Gyro Gearloose one-pagers by Carl Barks, "Cave of Ali Baba" by Carl Barks, a  Jamie Diaz/ Frank Ridgeway/ Byron Erickson story, and an episode guide for the second season of the Duck Tales TV show.  All this content FOR ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS.  I know I'm not exactly breaking new ground here by suggesting that comics were better twenty years ago, but dammit, they were!  If someone tried to put out a comic like this today, it would cost thirteen dollars and would only be available for the Ipad.

 If you have kids who like Duck Tales (or just want some quality bathroom reading for yourself), I highly suggest scoping out the bargain bins at your local comic shop or comics convention, or hit up the Ebay.

Boola Boola Blues

Sekvenskonst found a folder of promotional materials for the Duck Tales TV show.  They sure did play up the Boola Boola setting, didn't they?  I don't even remember a Boola Boola island from Duck Tales, but apparently it was a hugely important part of the show. 

This behind-the-scenes stuff is like an antidote to nostalgia; When you realize that all the cartoons we loved as kids were a business just like anything else, it makes you less inclined to reminisce about the good ol days (Even though cartoons were sooo much better back then.  Remember Freakazoid?   That show ruled).

Bugs is inferior! Worn out and aged!

Cartoon Brew has excerpts from a nutty 1989 publicity packet for The Disney Afternoon. The material brutally slams Bugs Bunny and then-newcomer Tiny Toon Adventures, and also blasts other kiddie cartoon favorites like Alvin and the Chipmunks.
It's very weird to see mudslinging like this from the House of Mouse...the 80's were a strange time.

Cartoons = Serious Business

Launchpad McQuack

From Topless Robot:   "Here, the Manchester-based band Well Wishers perform their cover of Sex Bob-Omb's "Launchpad McQuack" (not the song's actual name) from the first volume of Scott Pilgrim at a local comic store's celebration of the final volume."

I liked the Scott Pilgrim movie, and am looking forward to its release on video.  It wasn't perfect, but it was the most visually interesting movie I'd seen in a long time.   The comics are a blast, too.

Ducky Horror Picture Show!

Quack-a-roonie!