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Title: Pinky and the Brain in "Rewriting History"
Writer: John Walker
Penciller: Neal Sternecky
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Tom Ziuko
Cover: Neal Sternecky
Release Date: May ??, 1995
Cover Price:
$1.50 U.S./ $2.10 Canada Summary:
The mice travel back to the Stone Age to improve
their image.
Description:
Brain notes that mice get no respect from the
humans, and so creates a makeshift time machine from the TV. The duo travel
back to prehistoric times, but have no luck converting the Neanderthals. So,
they paint Brain's image all over, then return to their own time. But rather
than the people praising Brain, they praise Rickee Rat, a Mickey Mouse-ish mascot
with a cranial shape similar to our hero's.
Pages (out of 32): 8 pp.
AYPWIP:
{None.}
Quote of the Story:
[After seeing how mice are given a negative image on
television, Brain smashes the TV with the remote.]
PINKY: Gleeps, Brain! I thought you was just gonna adjust
the fur-tones!
Review:
As bad as Walker's Warners story was in the last
issue, he obviously has absolutely no idea what he's doing with the mice. No
"AYPWIP" is used, and Pinky never uses any of his nonsense words
("narf," "zort," etc.). Plus, Pinky speaks in a thick
Cockney accent the whole way through (you can tell from the way the dialogue is
written), while on the show he rarely uses British slang. Plus, the plot is a
disguised ripoff of the TV cartoon "When Mice Ruled the Earth,"
changed just enough that he didn't have to credit the writer of the script it
was obviously adapted from. Still, by dumb luck, there are a few amusing bits,
as well as some of Sternecky's better work on the mice (his Brain is
improving), so this story gets a slightly better grade than it really deserves…
Rating: 
Title: Animaniacs in "Coco, Anyone?"
Writer: Dana Kurtin
Penciller: Neal Sternecky
Inker: Richard Maurizio
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Tom Ziuko
Summary:
The Warners attend a fashion show and meet their
one-time costume designer.
Description:
At a fashion show, Dot and their former costume
designer Coco Gazelle (an animal of the same name) reminisce about the good ol'
days—in Paris, they accidentally ruin the bright colorful dress she planned to
show to the designers, so the Warners design her a new-one—a tight-fitting ugly
black dress, which amazingly becomes the newest sensation. Coco has become a
success, and she has the Warners to thank.
Pages (out of 32): 6 pp.
Quote of the Story:
DOT: Boys. The reason Grunge was invented.
Review:
Dana Kurtin's debut. She would go on to become a
major writer for the series, and eventually became editor of the comics. Her
first story, while far from spectacular, is better than most of the other stuff
the A! comics were turning out at this point…
Rating:
Title: "Guitars and Cadillacs"
Writer: Dave King
Penciller: John Costanza
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Tom Ziuko
Summary:
The Warners help a down-and-out country singer.
Description:
The Warners meet Hank Hickory, an aspiring
country star, and take him to Nashville, where they audition for Waylon Dollar
of Rhinestone Records. He tells them they're in, but they overhear him saying
that they're so terrible they'll never make a dime, making for a great tax write-off.
So they drive him insane and eventually make a fool out of him in front of the
press. Hank becomes the new president of Rhinestone Records.
Pages (out of 32): 10 pp.
Quote of the Story:
WAYLON: Ah'll introduce Rhinestone Records' group to the world!
Everyone'll be there!
WAKKO: Everyone?
WAYLON: You betcha, Sonny! You name 'em, they'll be there!
WAKKO: Oh, great! I've always wanted to meet Dabney
Hackensack of 1266 Madagascar Road, New Jersey!
WAYLON: Uh…I, er…don't think he can make it!
WAKKO: Awww…that's too bad! Howabout Martha Snit-Jackson of
23 Jean Drive, Leicester, England? Or Mohammed Sing of Apartment 8B, Renfrew
Avenue, Hong Kong?
WAYLON: No! No! They won't be there, either!
WAKKO: Pfah! Some party this is gonna be!
Review:
Not good, but not terrible either. Admittedly, a
pretty dumb concept, with no real explanation why the Warners would want to
travel halfway across the country with some stranger to become country singers.
Still, there are some good routines (the best of which is reproduced above).
Costanza's artwork is okay, I guess, but it's kind of kiddie book-ish and
rather stiff-looking. At least they're starting to ditch that annoying
watertower setup on the first page of every story…
Rating: ˝
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