Alfred, Let's Go Shopping

 

Went into town for holiday decorations today and saw a lot of cool stuff:

The Spirit Halloween had a lot of Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride merch, which I was kind of expecting, and a whole wall of Haunted Mansion stuff, which I was definitely not expecting.

Target had this Neca Goliath action figure:

and also some cool-looking figures for something called Disney Mirrorverse, which I guess is a cellphone game you can't play in the U.S.?  Seems weird to have merchandise for a game you can't download yet, but what do I know.

Code H

 

Eleven Un-Magical Secrets I Learned While Working At Disney World

Total Eclipse of the Heartless

 

As I'm sure you've heard by now, Sora from that strangest of video game franchises joins the battle:

and, coincidentally, some of the Kingdom Hearts games are coming to the Nintendo Switch, which means I'll finally be able to play them.

Throgg Is Over, If You Want It

 

You can read part one of the never-reprinted, fondly remembered Space Mickey and the Throgg Ray Wars here.

Flip or Flop

 

Dell Comics Are Good Comics

 

Over on Instagram, everybody's favorite Gary Panter is posting drawings of some of his favorite comics:

Lots more on Gary's Instagram, go check it out!

Important Videos:

 

Disney Store Training Video: Loss Prevention A Guest Services Approach

Cartoonist Kayfabe takes a look at one of my prized possessions, The Uncensored Mouse #1 and #2.

Disney World Employees For More Than Fifty Years

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.

Dandy of the Redwoods

 

"Dandy" from Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth Volume 1

F**k No.