The unique premise of this 2017 offering from IDW Publishing is that a pair of cartoonists discovered a lost Disney Comic at a flea market. When originally published in 1965, the comic was deemed too wild for readers and lost for decades in the Disney Archives. Here Mickey and Donald team-up to retrieve Uncle Scrooge's money which has been stolen by arch fiends Peg-Leg Pete and the Beagle Boys!
I really enjoyed this unique graphic novel. The story is 'recreated' from old and damaged comics. It's also incomplete meaning that there's jumps in time throughout the tale. Plus the pages have scenes torn out or littered with moisture damage and mold. There's even a coffee ring stain on one page!
Created by French cartoonists Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas, I read this 50-page over-sized graphic novel in one whirlwind sitting. It's filled with all of your favorite Disney characters including Donald's nephews, Pluto and Gyro Gearloose.
Since IDW Publishing obtained the rights around 2015 to publish comics based on Disney's most popular properties, I've been a little critical. While I have enjoyed just about everything IDW has put out Disney, I have wondered why the publisher has only been releasing never-before-seen reprints from across the globe. My demands were finally answered in this publication. While Mickey's Craziest Adventures is by two French creators, and from a rumored 'lost' comic, this is an all-new story!
I hope we'll see more of such a thing from IDW. I also hope that there will be even more crazy adventures of Mickey by Trondheim and Keramidas. This was so much fun to read. Classic-style Disney with just a slight 2010 edge to it!
IDW- act quick and get Trondheim and Keramidas back to that flea market! I am sure there's more undiscovered Disney comics in need of finding!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.
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