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Comics Review: Disney's "ZOOTOPIA" Brings Back the Film's Fun

ZOOTOPIA VOL. 1 #1

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Jeff Parker

ART: Alessandro Ranaldi

COLORS: Dearbhla Kelly

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Trish Forstner

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Alessandro Ranaldi; Craig Rousseau; Trish Forstner

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (January 2025)

Rated “Teen”

“Call Dropped”

Zootopia is a 2016 animated buddy-cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.  Zootopia is set in a world of anthropomorphic animals (animals that talk and act like humans).  The film follows a rabbit named Judy Hopps, who is rookie police officer, and a fox named Nick Wilde, who is a con artist.  Judy and Nick end up working together to uncover a conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators.  At the end of the film, Nick graduates from the police academy and becomes Judy's partner.

Dynamite Entertainment has been producing licensed comic books based on Disney characters and IP since 2022.  The latest is a Zootopia comic book series, entitled Zootopia Volume 1.  It is written by Jeff Parker; drawn by Alessandro Ranaldi; colored by Dearbhla Kelly; and lettered Jeff Eckleberry.  The series continues the adventures of Judy and Nick and is set after the events of the original film.

Zootopia Volume 1 #1 (“Call Dropped”) opens in Zootopia Police Precinct 1.  Officer Hopps and Officer Wilde are known as the heroes who unraveled Assistant Mayor Dawn Bellweather's “prey-supremacist” conspiracy (as seen in the 2016 film).  This morning, however, Chief Bogo has them on the crowd control detail at the airport.

A V.I.P. is arriving, and it's Tripp Zebrando, CEO of PBJ.  Zebrando is introducing a new smart phone, and everyone wants one... that is except the people that are against smart phones.  The trouble starts when Zebrando's airship, “the Sky Cow,” becomes distressed.  It's Hopps and Wilde to the rescue and into another conspiracy... maybe.

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  Zootopia Volume 1, Issue #1 is the latest.

I passed on Walt Disney's 2016 computer-animated hit film, Zootopia, when it first played in theaters.  Later, I started hearing good things about it, so I gave it a try on DVD (via Netflix).  I loved it, and I'm excited about the sequel film, which is due November 2025.

My enjoyment of the film virtually assured that I was going to give Dynamite's new comic book adaptation a try.  I can safely tell Zootopia fans that they will likely enjoy the comic book.  Series writer Jeff Parker is quite adept at writing comic books that adapt other media (DC Comics' Batman '66 and Future Quest) or that revisit comics stories from decades past (Marvel Comics' X-Men: First Class).  He offers an intriguing first issue of Zootopia, in which he smartly puts the movie's star character smack-dab in the middle of new conspiracy.

The series' artists, penciler-inker Alessandro Ranaldi and colorist Dearbhla Kelly, offer the most exciting storytelling that readers will find is similar to the aesthetic the original film.  Ranaldi's illustrations move so fast that I felt as if I were chasing the story in order to keep up with it.  Kelly's colors have the spark of Disney's animation magic and also make the story pop.  As usual, Jeff Eckleberry's lettering captures the motion and the noise.

I look forward to more Zootopia Volume 1.  Anyone who reads this first issue, dear readers, will feel the need to return for the second issue, at least.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Disney comic book series will want Zootopia Volume 1.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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Comics Review: Disney's "DUCKTALES #2" - Loose Change is Coming

DUCKTALES VOLUME 1, ISSUE #2

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Brandon Montclare

ART: Tomasso Ronda

COLORS: Agnese Eterno

LETTERS: Fabio Amelia

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Ivan Bigarella

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Francesco Tomaselli; Carlo Lauro; Alan Quah; Ivan Bigarella; Tomasso Ronda

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (December 2024)

All Ages

Based on “Uncle Scrooge” by Carl Barks

“Four Corners of Your World” Part Two: “The Phantom of the Scrooge-A-Rama-Dome!”

“DuckTales” was an animated television series that ran from 1987 to 1990.  Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, DuckTales was syndicated to American local television stations and ran for 100 episodes.  The series also yielded a theatrical spin-off movie, DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990).  In 2017, a second “DuckTales” series ran for 69 episodes over three seasons (2017-2021).

DuckTales was inspired by and based upon the Uncle Scrooge comics book and other comic books set in the world of Donald Duck that Carl Barks, legendary comic book writer-artist, created mainly from the early 1940s and into the 1960s.  The TV show followed the adventures of Donald Duck's uncle, Scrooge McDuck; his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie (who were also Donald's nephews), and a close group of friends.

There were several DuckTales-related comics publications and comic books published on and off over a period from 1988 to 2020.  Dynamite Entertainment brings DuckTales back to comic books with DuckTales Volume 1.  It is written by Brandon Montclare; drawn and by Tomasso Ronda; colored by Agnese Eterno; and lettered by Fabio Amelia.

DuckTales Volume 1 #2 (“The Phantom of the Scrooge-A-Rama-Dome!”) opens in Scrooge's home, “McDuck Manor,” which sits right at the center of Duckburg.  Scrooge is going to take Huey, Dewey, and Louie on a sightseeing tour through Duckburg, and the sites are the places that exist because of him.  One of them is Duckburg's premiere movie house, “the Scrooge-A-Rama Dome,” which he owns.

Scrooge built the Scrooge-A-Rama Dome to be to most palatial of motion picture palaces – inspired by both the grandeur of the Colosseum in Rome and the chance to charge top-dollar admission fees.  And it just so happens that Scrooge and the nephews have arrived during the “Monthly Monster Movie Marathon.”  However, the sight of loose change sends Scrooge spiraling back to one of his craziest duels with his old adversary, Magica de Spell.  Meanwhile, what is the mystery behind the theater's two employees, Mr. Frank and Beans?

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  DuckTales Volume 1, Issue #2 is the latest.

I thought the first issue of the new DuckTales comic book series was more an introductory chapter than a first chapter of a serial.  I was right because writer Brandon Montclare was establishing with the first issue that this was going to be a comic book about stories, in particular the stories that Scrooge has to tell.  Truthfully, there is a lot of mystery and adventure in Scrooge's hometown of Duckburg, and his adventures outside the burg may sometimes tie into events within the burg.

With this second issue, Montclare offers a delightful story of the stage and the screen and of the kooky people on stage and behind the scenes.  With that Montclare offers a most delightful tale that Uncle Scrooge want to tell.

Artist Tomasso Ronda presents beautiful art and engaging storytelling.  His art looks as if it has stepped off the Disney animation reel and it makes the story pop with suspense and fun.  Colorist Agnese Eterno captures the colorful magic of the wonderful storytelling worlds of Disney.  Together Ronda and Eterno bring the spark of imagination that is Disney comics to this story.  It does not read like a licensed comic book; it reads like the kind of fun comic book I would have loved as a kid.  Even Fabio Amelia's lettering fits right in and feels like Disney comics

DuckTales #2 is an impressive second issue.  It suggests that this series has staying power, and I hope that you, dear readers, help it stay around.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Disney comic books and of DuckTales will want to try DuckTales Volume 1.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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Comics Review: "SPACE GHOST #6" Burns Like a Wildfire

SPACE GHOST VOL. 1 #6

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: David Pepose

ART: Jonathan Lau

COLORS: Andrew Dalhouse

LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt

COVER: Francesco Mattina

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Bjorn Barends; Anthony Marques and J. Bone

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (October 2024)

Rated “Teen”

“Two Against Moltar!”

Space Ghost is a superhero character created by the American animation studio and production company, Hanna-Barbera Productions.  The character first appeared in the Saturday morning cartoon series, “Space Ghost,” which was originally broadcast on CBS from September 1966 to September 1967 for 20 episodes.

In his original incarnation, Space Ghost was a superhero whose base of operations was a small world known as “Ghost Planet.”  He fought super-villains in outer space with his teen sidekicks, Jan and Jace, and their monkey, Blip.  His main weapons were power bands he wore around his wrists and lower arms; the bands fired off multiple energy beam-based attacks, including heat, cold, and force, to name a few.  Space Ghost could also fly, survive in space, and turn invisible (his “Inviso Power”).  He also had a space ship known as “the Phantom Cruiser.”

Space Ghost sporadically appeared in various comic book publications over a fifty year period.  Dynamite Entertainment has just launched a new Space Ghost comic book as part of its licensing agreement with Warner Bros.  Entitled Space Ghost Volume 1, it is written by David Pepose; drawn by Jonathan Lau; colored by Andrew Dalhouse; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  In the new series, twins Jan and Jace Keplar and their pet monkey, Blip, meet that legendary cosmic vigilante known as “the Space Ghost.”

Space Ghost Volume 1 #6 (“Two Against Moltar!”) opens in the wake of the events in Zorak's lair on Grax-3.  Jace feels mentally shattered by the tough choice he had to make in that battle with religious zealot.  Now, Space Ghost and Jan fight as a duo, while Jace has decided that he no longer wants to be in on the action and violence.

Meanwhile, Robo-Corp is working hard to keep the forces of the Galactic Federation busy and distracted.  To that end, Robo-Corp's CEO, Doctor Xander Ibal, has decided to assist their heaviest hitter, Moltar, in his quest for vengeance against Contra Industries.  That Moltar's attack on Contra can gain Ibal access  to “Lucidium crystals” is an unexpected bonus.  Will Space Ghost and Jan alone be enough to stop the fiery, molten insanity of Moltar?

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  Space Ghost Volume 1 #6 is the latest.

Writer David Pepose and artist Jonathan Lau are creating a true heir to Hanna-Barbera's original “Space Ghost” television series.  They have fashioned a kind of sci-fi, outer space, Film-Noir sensibility to add to the original production's moody and ominous atmosphere.  Pepose and Lau have brought freshness and newness to Space Ghost without resorting to a reboot.  There are no dark and gritty theatrics of the kind that have plagued modern comic books ever since Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen made the industry's balls drop nearly four decades ago.

Space Ghost #6 is a special issue because the authors have seriously considered the trials and tribulations of a child soldier without turning Space Ghost into an episode of “Frontline.”  This issue brings some threads from the first story arc to a close, nicely, I must say.  As usual, Andrew Dalhouse's lovely colors add the perfect moody haunted tones, and letterer Taylor Esposito once again adds the fuel to make it all burn, baby, burn.

I'm having a blast reading Space Ghost Volume 1, dear readers.  I want this for you, too.  This Space Ghost is super, man.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series will want to read Space Ghost Volume 1.

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Comics Review: Disney's "DUCKTALES Volume 1 #1" is Ready for Adventure

DUCKTALES VOLUME 1, ISSUE #1

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Brandon Montclare

ART: Tomasso Ronda

COLOR: Tomasso Ronda

LETTERS: Fabio Amelia

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Ivan Bigarella

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Francesco Tomaselli; Carlo Lauro; Alan Quah; Ivan Bigarella; Tomasso Ronda

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2024)

All Ages

Based on “Uncle Scrooge” by Carl Barks

“Four Corners of Your World” Part One: “The More Things Change...”

“DuckTales” was an animated television series that ran from 1987 to 1990.  Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, DuckTales was syndicated to American local television stations and ran for 100 episodes.  The series also yielded a theatrical spin-off movie, DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990).  In 2017, a second “DuckTales” series ran for 69 episodes over three seasons (2017-2021).

DuckTales was inspired by and based upon the Uncle Scrooge comics book and other comic books set in the world of Donald Duck that Carl Barks, legendary comic book writer-artist, created mainly from the early 1940s and into the 1960s.  The TV show followed the adventures of Donald Duck's uncle, Scrooge McDuck; his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie (who were also Donald's nephews), and a close group of friends.

There were several DuckTales-related comics publications and comic books published on and off over a period from 1988 to 2020.  Dynamite Entertainment brings DuckTales back to comic books with DuckTales Volume 1.  It is written by Brandon Montclare; drawn and colored by Tomasso Ronda; and lettered by Fabio Amelia.

DuckTales Volume 1 #1 (“The More Things Change...”) opens in “The Money Bin,” the large storage building where Scrooge McDuck keeps his three cubic acres of cash.  Huey, Dewey, and Louie are engaged in the drudge work that is counting their Uncle Scrooge's money when suddenly old McDuck himself suddenly appears while engaging in his favorite hobby – diving and swimming in his cash.  This excites the nephews, but they want more.

Suddenly, they want to hear stories about the old days when Scrooge was building his fortune.  The boys imagine faraway lands and legendary places.  But what if they knew what their uncle knows?  The greatest mysteries may be right there in their hometown of Duckburg.

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  DuckTales Volume 1, Issue #1 is the latest.

This first issue sports nice art and colors by Tomaso Ronda, and Ronda's graphical and illustrative style would be a perfect fit in any one of the classic Disney comic books published in the U.S. over the last four decades.  Even Fabio Amelia's lettering feels like Disney comics.

However, writer Brandon Montclare's story for this debut issue feels like a waiting game, as if Montclare simply wants to establish this central conceit.  The real adventure is like the adventure stories the nephews want so badly: it's coming, but not just yet.  The end of this first issue teases some interesting characters and intriguing possible future story lines.  In the meantime, it seems that we have to wait a little longer.  However, that means this series does not start off with a blast, which is not quite the “DuckTales” way.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Disney comic books and DuckTales will want to try DuckTales Volume 1.

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Comics Review: "JONNY QUEST #3" Dives Deep Into More Trouble

JONNY QUEST VOL. 1 #3

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Joe Casey

ART: Sebastián Piriz

COLORS: Lorenzo Scaramella

LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

EDITOR: Matt Idelson

COVER: Chad Hardin

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Anthony Marques; Richard Pace

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (October 2024)

Rated “Teen”

Jonny Quest created by Doug Wildey

“The Rising Son”

“Jonny Quest” (also known as “The Adventures of Jonny Quest”) was an animated science fiction-adventure television series.  It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for the television studio, Screen Gems, and was created and designed by comic book artist, Doug Wildey.  The series ran for one season on ABC (September 1964 to March 1965), on prime time, for a total of 25 episodes

The series focused on a boy, Jonny Quest, who accompanied his scientist father, Dr. Benton Quest, on extraordinary adventures.  The other members of what came to be known as “Team Quest” were Jonny's adopted brother, Hadji Singh; the Quest family bodyguard, Roger “Race” Bannon; and Jonny's pet bulldog, Bandit.

Over the decades, there have been comic books featuring Jonny Quest.  The latest is Jonny Quest Volume 1, which is part of Dynamite Entertainment's recent licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery.  The series is written by Joe Casey; drawn by Sebastian Piriz; colored by Lorenzo Scaramella; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  In the new adventure, Team Quest has been transported from the year 1964 to the present day where they meet 71 year-old Jonathan Quest and begin a... quest to return to their own time.

Jonny Quest Volume 1 #3 opens in Japan at the Fukunaga Corporation.  There, Jonathan Quest and Dr. Benton Quest repair the “Quantum Counter,” the device that brought Team Quest to the future and may very well return them to 1964.  However, someone from their past wants the device also, and how is that someone connected to Jade a.k.a. “Jezebel Jade,” the mercenary-for-hire and sometimes ally of Team Quest?  Plus, Dr. Zin makes his move.

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  Jonny Volume 1 #3 is the latest, but it is not the first Jonny Quest comic book that I have read.

This new Jonny Quest comic book is set in the present, but it feels like classic 1964 Jonny Quest.  Writer Joe Casey, artist Sebastian Piriz, colorist Lorenzo Scaramella, and letterer Taylor Esposito summon the classic “Jonny Quest” cool.  As I said in my review of the second issue, this story reads like a Jonny Quest story right out of the 1960s series, completely filled with a sense of mystery, wonder, and discovery.  There isn't anything with new, however.  With this issue, Casey throws in some of the most intense action yet – new action.  And while there are connections to the past, there are motorcycles and bad-ass bad guys.

Piriz's art and storytelling are true to the original, but both art and storytelling have a clean, modern mood that is like other recent science fiction and adventure comic books.  Piriz also makes this new Jonny Quest seem fresh and alive, as if this concept really belongs in modern times.  The coloring by Scaramella adds the finishing modern touch.  Even the lettering by Taylor Esposito summons an old school cool vibe that also radiates a modern sensibility.

Jonny Quest Volume 1 #3 is filled with as many surprises as the first issue.  So why aren't you reading this, dear readers?

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series and of Jonny Quest will want to read Jonny Quest Volume 1.

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Comics Review: "SPACE GHOST #5" Ragnaroks It

SPACE GHOST VOL. 1 #5

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: David Pepose

ART: Jonathan Lau

COLORS: Andrew Dalhouse

LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt

COVER: Francesco Mattina

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Michael Cho; Bjorn Barends; Ken Haeser

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (September 2024)

Rated “Teen”

“The Dawn of the Devourer!”

Space Ghost is a superhero character created by the American animation studio and production company, Hanna-Barbera Productions.  The character first appeared in the Saturday morning cartoon series, “Space Ghost,” which was originally broadcast on CBS from September 1966 to September 1967 for 20 episodes.

In his original incarnation, Space Ghost was a superhero whose base of operations was a small world known as “Ghost Planet.”  He fought super-villains in outer space with his teen sidekicks, Jan and Jace, and their monkey, Blip.  His main weapons were power bands he wore around his wrists and lower arms; the bands fired off multiple energy beam-based attacks, including heat, cold, and force, to name a few.  Space Ghost could also fly, survive in space, and turn invisible (his “Inviso Power”).  He also had a space ship known as “the Phantom Cruiser.”

Space Ghost sporadically appeared in various comic book publications over a fifty year period.  Dynamite Entertainment has just launched a new Space Ghost comic book as part of its licensing agreement with Warner Bros.  Entitled Space Ghost Volume 1, it is written by David Pepose; drawn by Jonathan Lau; colored by Andrew Dalhouse; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  In the new series, twins Jan and Jace Keplar and their pet monkey, Blip, meet that legendary cosmic vigilante known as “the Space Ghost.”

Space Ghost Volume 1 #5 (“The Dawn of the Devourer!”) opens at Grax-3 where Space Ghost is on a rampage to find his nemesis, Zorak, who kidnapped Jan and Jace.  Zorak, however, is quite happy to see Space Ghost, as he has a very special need of him.

For today marks the new day, the Dawn of the Devourer – All hail the Locust of the Apocalypse!"  And Space Ghost is going to help him arrive, or he will see Jan and Jace destroyed.  Meanwhile, where is Blip, and how will young Jace come out of this trauma?

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  Space Ghost Volume 1 #5 is the latest, but it is not the first Space Ghost comic book that I have read.

The first five issues of Dynamite's Space Ghost revival comic book are a pure delight.  Writer David Pepose is making me rapidly run out of good things to say about his storytelling.  I think I'm repeating myself already.  While Pepose retains the traditional Space Ghost narrative aesthetic, he raises all kinds of unholy hell for the climax of this battle with Zorak.  For me, this hints at continued great things to come from this excellent writer.

Artist Jonathan Lau also wants to actually raise Hell with his graphical storytelling.  Lau captures the madness in Pepose's script for issue #5 and lets loose his guns to recall the best chaos of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Andrew Dalhouse in turn unleashes fire and brimstone to amplify Lua's storytelling into an red, orange, and yellow inferno.  Letterer Taylor Esposito adds the fuel to make it all burn, baby, burn.

I'm having a blast reading Space Ghost Volume 1, dear readers.  I want this for you, too.  This Space Ghost is super, man.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series will want to read Space Ghost Volume 1.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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