Since I heard the publisher Dark Horse is going to translate the first one, I skipped directly to the second story of the trilogy of gothic-horror perodies made by the golden duo Bruno Enna and Fabio Celoni, this one coloured by Mirka Andolfo. Hoping I didn't make too many grammar mistakes while translating, I wish you can enjoy this awesome(for me) story!
CAST OVERVIEW (italian names in parenthesis): >Mickey Mouse(Topolino) has the role of Henry Ratkyll, the protagonist.
>Donald Duck(Paperino) obvously, balances Henry becoming Donald Hyde.
>Goofy(Pippo) is the lawyer Gabriel John Gooferson(Gabriel John Pipperson), Utterson in the original.
>Chief O'Hara(Basettoni) gets an injection of british aplomb and becomes Harapoole(Basetpoole), Henry's butler.
>The characters of Richard Enfield and Guest are mixed together in Fethry Duck(Paperoga) in Richard Duckfield's shoes.
>Gyro Gerloose(Archimede Pitagorico) takes the role of Gyro Lanyon(Archie Medyon), parody of doctor Astie Lanyon.
>Scrooge(Paperone) replace Sir Carew becoming Sir Scroogew(Paperonew).
>Casey(Manetta) got a promotion and becomes inspector Newcasey(Newmanett), Newcomen in the original
>The little girl trampled by Hyde at he beginning of the original novel is splitted in Huey, Dewey and Louie.
>Special Guest: Ellsworth Bheezer(Gancio) as a news vendor of The Times.
Celoni's art really isn't fit for the tiny pages in the weekly, it's a shame this kind of projects nowadays use Topolino as little more than a showcase for the "real" full-priced collected edition, this didn't always use to be the case
Don't get me wrong, I love his style, but I remember how you could tell he was being reined in to make the weekly publishing more readable. I didn't necessarily approve of it, but the Panini policy of republishing everything in costly trades for the bookshop market is even worse for me.
This is so, so fucking cool. Probably one of my favorite visuals ever. I think my favorite aspect of any Jekyll & Hyde adaptation is whenever Hyde visually takes over the setting, like the story demonstrating how Hyde is a product of his environment and that the existential rottenness he embodies goes much beyond Jekyll. John K Snyder's adaptation played with this a lot.
Also, Hyde being introduced to us through smoke, shadow and with the door as his body. That's such a perfect way to start off a Jekyll & Hyde adaptation.
