Comic Book Review: Ride the Magic Carpet

 

1/23/2021
  Comic Book: Ride the Magic Carpett
Author: Carol Curtis
Issues: 3 (Discontinued)
Hard Core Scale: 2
Normal Scale:7/10
Publish Date: 1999-2000
About:  A collection anthology of shorts from SA press oriented toward youth.

Review: SA press had a weird window of materials produced across the age range. Its two most selling titles were oriented for adults. This work made specifically for kids containing characters from those comics a bit of an odd idea. Adult writers like Roz Gibson and Karno involved are not usually, something oriented for kids. Newt Nutria is one the two repeating scripts. It was based off a Donald Duck script the Disney did not use with Curtis typical Tongue and Cheek fun at history, folklore, and adventure. Karno’s story was inspiring kids to make comic characters, rather fun little bit with Fig that cat. However, in typical Karno fashion gets rather dead pan and a little dark which I am not sure how kids would react to it. Brock Hoagland’s Kyrri was really enjoyable. The only other repeating story. The mage apprentice trying to learn with typical shenanigans in a fun fantasy world with morale stories form the best thing in the work. Heck, I’d read more stories in that setting with those characters. The type of Pugboo Goodness the world needs more of. Plus fun treats recipe on the back by the Carspeckens
Overall, unless you’re trying to complete your SA press collection, probably skipable.  

 


Magic Carpet Issue 1, Cover 1991 , Copyright FA Press, art by Shane Fisher

 

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