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How many of you guys and gals remember the game/cartoon Earthworm Jim? For those of you who don’t know or have gotten so old you forgot about it, I’ll lazily cut and paste the Wikipedia plot summary to refresh your memory:
Jim was at first an ordinary earthworm who did very earthworm-like things such as flee from crows and eat dirt. One day, in the space above Earth, the evil Psy-Crow had cornered a rebel spaceship pilot who had stolen an “Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit” built by Professor Monkey-For-A-Head. The suit had been commissioned by the evil Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt so that she could further conquer the galaxy. In the ensuing space fight, the suit was dropped to Earth, and fell on Jim. By a stroke of luck, Jim managed to land within the collar of the suit, and it ended up mutating him into the large and intelligent (at least by earthworm standards) superhero he is today.
Well Jim’s creator Doug TenNapel has been very busy. Not only has he created lots of graphic novels one of which (Ghostopolis) is being nominated for two Eisner Awards, he now has a new hero: RATFIST!!!!
It’s a highly entertaining web comic created and illustrated by Doug and beautifully colored by Katherine Garner.
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It’s a story about Ricky (AKA Ratfist), a guy pushing 40, who dons a rat costume by night as a “champion of the intellect and protector of the little people!” He has several sidekicks to help his cause: Milt a talking rat, Tail who acts as his multi tool (Ricky chopped Tail off when he mutated…trust me, you’ll have to read it) and finally Sheldon and Tad some geeks with hacking and gadget making abilities. Together they join forces to fight the sinister Mr. Black (Ricky’s Boss).
After reading my synopsis I’m sure you’ll agree with Doug’s coining it as “absurdist humor”. But I love every bit of it!
Why I think this web comic is so COOL:
- The illustrations are AMAZING and keep you glued to the screen. I was a little bit late in knowing about this comic but I read 75 pages in one morning and caught up.
- It’s great seeing Doug interact with his fans in the comment sections.
- Earthworm Jim makes a cameo that made me smile.
- Kat did a WONDERFUL job with the coloring. I LOVE it!
- The words CHUMP makes a comeback several times.
- There is a talking severed tail.
- Tikis have never been so awesome!
Well you have it! I love this web comic and will be tuning in every week to catch up. I hope you do the same!
Go enjoy it HERE!
~Jacques
