Written by Matt Zitron, illustrated by Anthony Hope-Smith.
Lots of people believe “Disney on Ice” is more than an ice-skating spectacular, falling for the rumor that Mickey Mouse’s creator was cryonically frozen after death.
Not true.
In the mind-bending “Walt Disney” short comic, Matt Zitron and Anthony Hope-Smith touch on that urban legend before delving into one of the darker possibilities awaiting a man who opted to become a human popsicle with hopes of immortality.
A big thanks to Matt and Anthony (check his art blog) for letting us run the comic in its entirety (after the jump.)
what a supid comic
what a supid comment
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But I’d say these guys are pretty talented.
It was interesting at first, but the last bit didn’t really make that much sense at all. If a society would master cryogenics, and presumably the storage of information — how could they not cure him of his disease? Unless there were the off change that people were bred to be genetically superior and not have the disease at all. Then perhaps techniques to solve the problem might be discarded.
It was interesting at first, but the last bit didn’t really make that much sense at all. If a society would master cryogenics, and presumably the storage of information — how could they not cure him of his disease? Unless there were the off chance that people were bred to be genetically superior and not have the disease at all. Then perhaps techniques to solve the problem might be discarded. [Edited]
It’s pretty clear that cancer has been eradicated in the general population, hence the interest of his illness to an archaic disease institute. Presumably they could easily cure it, but are instead making an exhibition of the disease. He has been bought as the property of the institute and we can deduce that humanity has fallen to the wayside on the ethics front.
Fun little story!
This should have, perhaps, been a comic about health care in America, where the patient was denied the nanites because he didn’t have health insurance so they let him die, even though he could be treated he was denied for the same reason patients are denied today. The comic also ends so suddenly, the outro should have been a little longer like the intro, perhaps with him trying to protest the inhumanity of what was being done to him.
I mean the comic should have been an anolagy of American health care, not about health care. Just to clear that up, I love the comic how it is, but the meaning is lost, the reason for not treating him is not adequately explained and the ending is too short, or if it was meant to be short it lacks the impact I feel it was intended to have as it feels confusing instead of feeling the shock of sadness and irony that the health care industry is still faceless and inhuman.
defiantly strange but worth the look
Yeah man. Know what this comic should have been about, Monkeys. Instead of a man being unfrozen, it should have been a monkey. And then the monkey should have had a romantic interlude with a fig-roll. What does Archaic mean? Does it have to do with Arks? Does the institute, have lots of animals? I like animals. They ain’t supid.
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It WAS a Fun little story, well written and well drawn (Coloured). And it was a damn good job we had Daddy bear pop along and explain it for the little ones