A young comic book fan/artist unleashes a villain from a rare comic book, who turns people into laughing zombies!A young comic book fan/artist unleashes a villain from a rare comic book, who turns people into laughing zombies!A young comic book fan/artist unleashes a villain from a rare comic book, who turns people into laughing zombies!
Missy Christianssen
- Frankie
- (as Missy Christiensen)
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
- Sam
- (as Joanna Garcia)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Ethan Wood lifts up the comic with hole hole burned into it, you can see advertisements for Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) as well as another Nickelodeon series, The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991).
- GoofsThe position of the blue slime on the comic-book changes.
- Quotes
Ghastly Grinner: What's the matter, kids? Can't take a joke?
- Crazy creditsNickelodeon Cap logo after end credits
- ConnectionsReferenced in Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of C7 (1995)
- SoundtracksAre You Afraid of the Dark? Theme
Arranged and produced by Ray Fabi
Featured review
The Best that Are you Afraid of the Dark offered, and it's truly a gripping Masterpiece, that's stayed in my head for Mounths
A really great story, the episode as a whole is fairly well paced in my eyes, and despite being an old show it still has some great prop designs and some cool effects to make the episode flashy, now this is inherity the best episode of the entire show, and I am sure that the revival of the show back in 2019, doesn't have a bite on this episode. Being the best episode of an already great show, means it must of been incredibly memorable and deeply disturbing, and in truth and short terms in dead it was.
Ethan, a boy who likes reading comic strips is desperate to be noticed by one of the greats, in terms of comic strips. And the ones he has made himself, unfortunately for him he is fixated on any comic book strip, and a book worm in that sense. Meaning, he doesn't find himself time to do the important things that will change his life I.e studying. He does have a studying partner, which goes haywire for a bit and things Don't seem all as good, mostly down to Ethan only thinking about his comics, but all comes well.
But their is one that Ethan is fixed on and mostly fascinated with the Ghastly Grinner comics, and only to reveal a truly disturbing and leads to Ethan being in a chlostrophobic way when the Ghastly grinner creates havoc and hell in his own home. His mother gets infected by the Ghastly Grinners tedious and horrible cause of laughing. I love the blue and yellow design he has, he really feels like a comic book character, or should I say Villain. I also the concept, it's very approachable and it does seem believable, in the way that Ethan loves Comics. It means people get to relate to Ethan in some ways. And the lack of studying he does, I mean we've all been their before. And even imagining a world full of heroes, again we have all been like this, so the episode is very relatable and in more ways then one.
The shop is beutiful and really takes centre stage with it's great use of colour and lighting, which is very bright. It's the perfect tone for this episode, light with hints of darkness and shed loads of creativity. I like the Marvel logo, it really makes it seem like a comic book store which is very clever. And I love the idea of the fathers daughter of the comic strip, the Ghastly grinner being stuck inside the book with needing saving, it's some high stakes. And it's not afraid to go big and bold.
The resolution has something to be desired, but it's Hillarious and keeps the entertainment factor up, with some mystery inside the story. Overall thoughts, quite brilliant, 9.5/10.
Ethan, a boy who likes reading comic strips is desperate to be noticed by one of the greats, in terms of comic strips. And the ones he has made himself, unfortunately for him he is fixated on any comic book strip, and a book worm in that sense. Meaning, he doesn't find himself time to do the important things that will change his life I.e studying. He does have a studying partner, which goes haywire for a bit and things Don't seem all as good, mostly down to Ethan only thinking about his comics, but all comes well.
But their is one that Ethan is fixed on and mostly fascinated with the Ghastly Grinner comics, and only to reveal a truly disturbing and leads to Ethan being in a chlostrophobic way when the Ghastly grinner creates havoc and hell in his own home. His mother gets infected by the Ghastly Grinners tedious and horrible cause of laughing. I love the blue and yellow design he has, he really feels like a comic book character, or should I say Villain. I also the concept, it's very approachable and it does seem believable, in the way that Ethan loves Comics. It means people get to relate to Ethan in some ways. And the lack of studying he does, I mean we've all been their before. And even imagining a world full of heroes, again we have all been like this, so the episode is very relatable and in more ways then one.
The shop is beutiful and really takes centre stage with it's great use of colour and lighting, which is very bright. It's the perfect tone for this episode, light with hints of darkness and shed loads of creativity. I like the Marvel logo, it really makes it seem like a comic book store which is very clever. And I love the idea of the fathers daughter of the comic strip, the Ghastly grinner being stuck inside the book with needing saving, it's some high stakes. And it's not afraid to go big and bold.
The resolution has something to be desired, but it's Hillarious and keeps the entertainment factor up, with some mystery inside the story. Overall thoughts, quite brilliant, 9.5/10.
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- Jan 27, 2024
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