Song For Junior

 

The Mickey Mouse Jr. Story from Gothic Blimp Works #1

by Joel Beck

Pics Or It Didn't Happen

 

I'm reading Dirty Pictures right now and the thing that leaps out at me is how young everybody was.

When I first became aware of Crumb and the gang it was the early 90's, post-Raw post-Weirdo, and all of these guys had been pretty much accepted by the mainstream and entering elder statesmen territory. I think I mentioned it on here before, but the Rick Griffin obituary in Surfer magazine was my first introduction to the world of comix, and by then Zap was firmly in Boomer-nostalgialand.  It's fun to read about all these legends as scrappy young fanzine kids, all trying to emulate their heroes John Stanley, Carl Barks, and The Usual Gang of Idiots.

I'm not looking forward to the inevitable personality clashes and infighting, but for now it's a really interesting look back, well worth a read.

(It's not Sonic)

 

Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2022 is pretty good if you like reference humor. 

For all the cameos and Easter Eggs one legit made me shout "HOLY SHIT IT'S ********" in front of my entire family, so I guess that's high praise.

Get in the Zone

 

Some images from 1969's Tales From The Ozone

The Micks Up

 

Mickey Mouse by:

Robert Crumb

Victor Moscoso

Mary Fleener

Gary Panter

From The Art of Mickey Mouse