I wrote a pitch, we sent it to Disney, they dug it and now here’s the book! Thankfully our hunch was proven right, that people are hungry for more stories featuring characters from this era of television animation. Darkwing Duck is one of the most beloved of the Disney Afternoon shows and it taps into the superhero genre so prevalent in the Direct Market, so it made the most sense to bring that property back while at the same time running Duck Tales stories in Uncle Scrooge. Of those kids that grew up, some are now in comic book stores shopping every Wednesday. The Disney Afternoon animation block was huge and it reached millions of kids. How did this resurgence project come to be?īOOM! thought it would be a good idea to bring this character back. Lord knows I’ve been clamoring for a Saint Canard level in Kingdom Hearts for years. Darkwing Duck is a property that’s sadly fallen into obscurity with Disney. …DANGEROUS! I meant to say DANGEROUS! God, why do I keep doing that? Surprisingly, Ian agreed and questions and answers were had.

Then David Brothers told me that he personally knows Ian Brill and since David still owes me for that time I saved his life during that whole bullfrog incident years back (don’t ask), I called in that favor and had him put together this interview. I picked up the first issue a couple weeks ago and it’s definitely lived up to expectations. With words by Ian Brill and art by James Silvani, the billed vigilante was originally set to return in a four-issue miniseries, but now it’s been stretched into an on-going.

He is DARKWING DUCK!īOOM! Studios has been gangbusters with the various Disney comics, so it brings me great joy to see one of my favorite cartoons growing up has been brought back to the forefront. He is the duck who will fight for your honor. He is the milk that smells funny even though you just bought it two days ago. He is the terror that flaps in the night.

Darkwing Duck, Vol. 2 by Ian Brill