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Title:
Pinky and
the Brain in “Jingle Narf”
Writers:
David Cody Weiss & Bobbi JG Weiss
Penciller:
Walter Carzon
Inker:
Mike DeCarlo
Letterer:
Bob Pinaha
Colorist:
Jo Meugniot
Cover:
Allen
Helbig
Release Date: November ??, 1995
Cover Price:
$1.50 U.S./ $2.10 Canada Summary:
The mice head to the North Pole and break into
Santa’s workshop. From there, Brain plans to seize
control of this year’s most mass-produced toy, the
“Rattra” doll.
Description:
Brain decides to install a chip in each “Rattra”
action figure, thereby controlling an unstoppable
army of toys. When every toy store is sold out, he
turns to Santy Claus and the duo heads to the North
Pole. There, they sign on as elves. After passing
the initiation, they search for the Rattra section
(in the process finding the section where the
“Pinky & the Brain” merchandise is made, and
being thrown out as “off-model rejects”). They
find the Rattra section and go to work, but after
installing all the command chips, he can’t
remember the phrase that activates the figure. Pinky
grabs Brain’s helmet and utters the phrase, and *HE*
is in control of the army of figures, with
predictable results. Santa dumps the batch and the
plan fails, leaving them with nothing to do but plan
for tomorrow night…
(Rather off-model
looking) Yakko, Wakko, Dot, & Ralph the Guard
have a run-through.
Pages (out of 32):
24 pp.
AYPWIP:
BRAIN: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m
pondering?
PINKY: Uh, I think
so, Brain. But how are we gonna teach a goat to
dance with flippers on?
Quote of the
Story:
PINKY: Oh, it’s all so magical, isn’t it,
Brain? It’s so warm and cuddly, like one of those
Christmas specials where everybody’s so poor they
can’t afford presents so they just hug each other
a lot!
Review:
A rather so-so story. It’s fairly similar to the
TV episode “A Pinky & the Brain Christmas,”
except without the mushy stuff, and the entire thing
comes out as being rather boring. There are very few
good lines too, and most of the time Pinky just
rambles like an idiot, without really being terribly
funny. The scene where they find the section that
makes their merchandise is pretty amusing, as are a
few of the comments on pop culture, and today’s
kiddies’ taste in toys, but all in all, not much
to see. This was one of Carzon’s first two stories
(it was released simultaneously with
“Animaniacs” # 9, which contained another story
by him, “Reservoir Mice”), and as such, his
artwork is far from the Carzon we know and love.
Despite some nice poses and expressions, there’s
very little of his creative talents that would later
surface—here he seems to be pretty much conforming
to the model sheets, with not much originality.
Really, worth buying only for its significance as
the first-ever P&tB comic book.
Rating:
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