This strip came about while speaking with Sareen from the webcomic Ink on the Side. We were talking and comparing the types of cartoons we used to watch as kids; me growing up in the US (Puerto Rico to be precise), and her growing up in Lebanon. To my surprise we both watched the same shows. Duck Tales, Transformers, Thundercats, and even Bionic 6. Yes, a show that barely made a dent in the US when it first aired, somehow managed to be a sharing point between us.
We went on to discuss how cartoons don’t hold up as well as an adult. The main example were the Thundercats. I saw an episode while working in Toronto back in the fall of 2010, and I barely made it through the show. It was horrible. The voice acting was terrible, and Mumm-Ra was the dumbest villian imaginable. I don’t remember the specifics of the episode, but he tried to defeat the Thundercats using a creature he created, and of course, the creature got his ass handed to him by the last two minutes of the show. I went on about why couldn’t Mumm-Ra just create TWO of the same creatures? Or gather all the mutants, and about 10 different monsters, then just go balls deep in the the Thundercat’s lair. It’s not like Lion-O was very smart. He could have easily been distracted by a red laser light or a ball of twine.
That’s when Sareen said she would just use a water gun on Lion-O.
Sigh. Oh, Mumm-Ra. Always over thinking it.
