It's Christmas in July, Mouseketeers, because the highly anticipated new issue of Dummy Zine is out, and it's all about The Mouse!
Back cover ads, just like a real comic!
If you haven't ordered yours yet, you gotta get on that! I'm gonna pore over this thing for the rest of the afternoon.
Good news, The Sincerest Form of Parody is back in print from Fantagraphics!
I borrowed the heck out of this from the library when it first came out. If you were a fan of the Russ Cochrane Mad and Panic collections back in the day then you should love this.
Now that this early incarnation of The Cult is back, I hope they use their old logo on the t-shirts.
Marvel to Publish Uncle $crooge Comic
Eh, I don't know. I like Jason Aaron OK but I don't know that he'd be my first pick for this type of thing. Hope I'm wrong!
Mickey Mouse Joins Cast of Savage Dragon
Public Domain is the best thing to happen to Mickey Mouse in 70 years.
Mickey Mouse Is Already Being Abused In The Public Domain
Mickey Mouse Already Has A Horror Game His First Day In The Public Domain
I know this went into effect on New Year's Day, but it feels like Christmas!
Disney's Doorways To Danger is another oddball comic that I found surprisingly enjoyable.
This book came out in 2021 but I ignored it, assuming it would be some kinda Wimpy Kid middle school YA thing. While Jeff Harvey's art style is definitely in that wheelhouse, story-wise this could be a totally normal modern-day Duck Mouse adventure.
Our heroes find themselves in the cast of an Amazing Race style gameshow, racing in teams around the globe to locate a series of keys which will unlock a hidden treasure. Because this is an Uncle Scrooge comic, the treasure and the gameshow are more than they appear.
The characterization and dialogue are all perfectly in-character; I am not familiar with Tom Angleberger's other works ,but judging from this he appears to be a fan of the classic Disney Comics. Like Donald Duck Visits Japan, this is an off-model, offbeat take on the Disney classics that is enjoyable for kids and longtime readers alike.
Mitch Lohmeier's funny animal true crime epic Michael Mouse, starring his own totally unique and original characters, is now available to order through Previews.
Go get it, ya mugs!
I know Instagram is terrible anymore, but sometimes you stike gold:
Like these Mickeys from Jim H Madison
or new Al Columbia:
I have gone on the record to say that I don't "get" Chris Ware; one time somebody gave me a copy of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth for my birthday, and instead of sending a thank you note I defriended him from Facebook.
But! I'm nothing if not open-minded so I picked up a copy of Ware's own bootleg Mickey Quimby the Mouse, and let me tell you friends, it rules.
This is my new Twitter avatar:
The intro says Ware made most of these strips when he was a young man, and you can tell:
So I would like to formally recant one of my patented comics hot takes and testify to the comics blogosphere that celebrated New Yorker cartoonist Chris Ware is, in fact, good.
