Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald Fantastic Futures: Classic Tales with a 22nd Century Twist

by Francesco Artibani, Lorenzo Pastrovicchio (Artist), Claudio Sciarrone (Artist)

It’s Disney’s 100th anniversary ― but what would Duckburg and Mouseton be like another 100 years from now? In an epic collection of all-new comics adventures, we’re finding out! Life is like a cyber-hurricane! From giant robots to wild Martian rovers, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pegleg Pete, and the Phantom Blot face futuristic thrills and chills in all-new comics epics ― classic tales with a twistinspired by vintage cartoons, but taken in an unexpected, hi-tech direction! In “Lonesome Ghosts in the Machine,” “Thru the Metaverse,” and six more feature-length adventures set on earth, outer space, and cyberspace, fan-favorite writer Francesco Artibani (“Scrooge’s Last Adventure”) fronts an international creative team taking our Disney adventurers where no Mouse has gone before… in a lush variety of author-driven art styles! Full-color illustrations throughout

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

256 pages, Hardcover

First published February 6, 2024

About the author

Francesco Artibani (born 27 October 1968) is an Italian comics writer, most notably known for his work on Disney comics.
Artibani originally studied animation. He debuted in comics in 1992, scripting an Uncle Scrooge story for the Italian weekly Disney comics magazine 'Topolino'. Besides writing stories for Topolino, since the 90's Artibani contributed to various innovative comic projects from Disney Italia, such as PKNA, MMMM and W.I.T.C.H. He is also the co-creator of the Monster Allergy comics series.

Reviews

[Nikakioy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kurzweilige Geschichten, die Teil der 100. Jahre Disney Jubiläumsausgabe sind. Sie sind nicht sonderlich überraschend und erinner teilweise sehr oder kaum an ihre Vorlage. Dennoch ein schöner und spaßiger Comic, auch wenn man Jahre lang kein Lustiges Taschenbuch mehr gelesen hat.

3,5/5⭐

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

I get what they were going for here, but it really didn't work. Reinterpreting classic Mickey Mouse cartoons, and then putting them into the 22nd century just managed to lose all of the charm of the originals, and and nothing in their place. Also, the various artists' styles were often distracting and overly stylized. None of the trio of Mickey, Goofy, or Donald really did anything that was in character (aside from some of Donald's story with Chip & Dale), and the dialog definitely felt like it was translated (and poorly). This took effort to make myself finish.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's your typical garden variety anthology, with more mediocre stories than good ones. Artist changes from story to story so it's up to each reader's taste, but I'd say 1-2 tales really stood out in both scenario and drawings.

The idea behind this collection, to reimagine classic shorts from the 1930's as futuristic adaptations has it's own merit.