Outta My Way, Jerkass

 

"The Gang's All Here" by Jerkface- Montclair, NJ

The Apprentice

 

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Marv Wolfman, Stephen DeStefano, Gary Martin, David Cody Weiss, and Cris Palomino

From Mickey Mouse Adventures #9, 1991

Brain Damaged

 

Why Disney Buried "Runaway Brain"

Warning: This Post May Contain Spoilers For Thirty-Year-Old Comics

 

The Fantagraphics book Just Us Justice Ducks is a terrific collection of comics from the often-imitated, never-duplicated 1990s Disney Adventures magazine.  It's not just worthwhile as a nostalgia trip for the Millenials, though, as the collection includes new-to-me strips by Disney masters Romano Scarpa and Giorgio Cavazzano.

But for Disney Weirdness purposes, Justice Ducks is worth checking out for the ambitious and strange CROSSOVER EVENT "The Legend of the Chaos God."

Solego the Chaos God wants to return to this mortal plane, and to do it he needs to possess some of your favorite Disney Afternoon stars, such as:

Rebecca Cunningham

Parenting a toddler be like

This Guy

Whoever he is

Dale (voiced by Andy Samberg)

Fat Cat

Pete's Car

Fenton "Gizmoduck" Crackshell

Hopefully these images get you a taste of the story without spoiling too much.  I had aged out of The Disney Afternoon by the time these comics came out and completely missed them the first time.  Kudos to Fantagraphics for another great collection, one that fans of these cartoons will surely appreciate even more than I did.

Comic Shop News

 

I went to the comic shop today.

I went into these comics completely cold; I didn't even know these titles were coming out until I got to the shop.

  I had a hard time deciding on which covers to get:

(there are a lot of variant covers these days).

None of these comics were quite up my alley, but they were all competently made and enjoyable to read.  Of the three the best was probably Maleficent, a done-in-one of the sorceress's chance encounter with a dim-witted village boy. I assume their story will continue in issue two but I don't care enough to find out. The anime-inspired art by Soo Lee is the real draw here.

Nightmare Before Christmas also had great art but the story was D-U-M- stupid.  Baby Jack Skellington and Baby Oogie Boogie are the best of friends, you see, but they are both about to compete in a contest to see who will become the next Pumpkin King and zzzzzzzzzZZZZZ.  I've read probably every Nightmare Before Christmas comic ever made, and they all suck. 

Gargoyles was good if you are a fan of the TV show- a flashback tale to the good old days when Men and Goyles battled with swords and honor.  If you've never watched the show I doubt this is a good jumping-on point to the franchise.  It's not Watchmen or anything, but it was fine.  Don't get me wrong, I don't want to sound like a Negative Nancy here, it was a pleasant surprise to go to the shop and have actual new comics to buy even if none of them really knocked me out.  Between these and Fantagraphics Disney Afternoon omnibuses it's a good time to be a 90s kid/ Disney Adult.

(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.

Wind of Change

Things got real in 1990's Mickey Mouse Adventures #7 .

Change was in the air:

and the walls that divided us for so long were crumbling:

Besides being a fascinating time capsule of the era, this issue also boasts a museum-ready Phantom Blot story by Stephen De Stefano and Lee Nordling.

De Stefano draws the greatest Blot.

Just gorgeous stuff, well worth the three bucks plus shipping I spent on Ebay.

Don't share this because Lasseter would get soooo steamed

Disney Twitter has been talking about the 1995 short Runaway Brain recently, as supposedly John Lasseter hated the cartoon and wanted it permanently exiled to the Disney Vault?

I don't care, any excuse to watch the show again.

That girl was a teenage drama queen.

From Gen 13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy by Adam Warren

Image Comics, 1998

In Case You Weren't Feeling Old

The Lion King Turns 20

In other news, the Ninja Turtles are in their thirties and The Blue Album came out twenty years ago.  The Reaper comes for us all.

I got the Hookup

Hookups skateboard and t-shirt designs from the 1990s- now.

Is it Man...Or Duckman?

Jump ahead to 15 minutes in to see the Steamboat Willie parody. Or watch the whole thing, I don't care.  It's a good show.

You learn something new every day.

Well I do at least.  Did you guys know Jim Shooter could have been EIC of Disney Comics?

Yeahhhh boieeee

Flavor Flav can get away with wearing this hat outside of the Disney parks.  I can not.

It Came From The Comic Shop

So I went down to the ol' Local Comics Shoppe today to pick up, among other things, kaboom's Duck Tales #1 and the latest decapitation fest from DC Comics. While I was browsing through the trade paperbacks, I spied this:

A Prince of Persia graphic novel, with a cover by Todd McFarlane. Yes, that Todd McFarlane.

I know this is old news, but I find this really bizarre. If you came out of your DeLorean in 1993 and asked 14-year-old Disney Weirdness if we'd ever see a Todd McFarlane Disney comic he'd laugh in your face, or, I don't know, mumble something snide under his breath. He certainly wouldn't have predicted this comic. Now this comic, on the other hand, anybody could have seen coming.

EDIT: Turns out I covered this comic already, back in March of last year. But come on, this shit is ridiculous. What's next, Rob Liefeld on Tale Spin?

Help me out here, guys

So I'm diligently working my way through all these 90's Marvel comics (and it's not easy, believe me), and  I come across this:

"The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show"??? 

What the f##k kind of Ren and Stimpy rip-off is this?  This actually aired?   On television?

If you have any memory whatsoever of this show, tell me about it in the comments or shoot me an email.  I can't believe that this is an actual thing.

Art School Confidential

How To Draw Pocahontas:

From Pocahontas #1, Marvel Comics, 1995

I don't think they use the word "magic" enough

House ads from various Marvel comics, 1995:

Afternoon Delights

One-page gag strips from The Disney Afternoon #4, February 1995:

Interstellar Harddrive

Tron-esque video by the great Man or Astroman?