Darkhourglass Comics and Junk!

i will go in order

1) this is a period piece, i don't think Goof Troop would work in a modern 2020s setting, not that it wouldn't be interesting, but giving Goofy 3 jobs to rent a tiny apartment while trying his absolute hardest to be there for max is a bit depressing to my 30 year old ass.

specifically it is set in 1992, the year the show came out and it would last till 1996 when max turns 12 so there is a gap between this and the events in the goofy movies, i don't want to intrude in the movie canons.

2) Mrs. Goof, it was left in the air what happened to Max's mom, there are implications that there was a Mrs. Goof at some point but it was never expanded upon, this is one of the things i wanted to develop, so in my story she died while max was much younger, around 4 or 5, and now that he is 8 he has questions, he was too young to understand why she is not there and part of him is starting to forget things like her face or her voice and Goofy doesn't know how to even begin to explain it to him is not something always present but it is a subject that both of them have at the back of their minds.

How they move to Spoonerville? i changed things a bit, in this story Goofy inherits the old Goof house and that's why they move there, Max is overjoyed to move actually, he didn't have the best of times at his old school, and wants to restart somewhere else with a new persona, that's why he acts so radical and cool and too good to accept his father's "weird" ways

the house is RUN DOWN, pretty sure they shouldn't even be living in it but hey, that's life, so throughout the "first season" they are trying to repair it, with Goof's limited budget, while Pete wants to take it off his hands by all means necessary (he is a landlord now)

3) The Horsecollars, part of bringing my absolute fav disney character Horace Horsecollar (best boi in the galaxy) was giving him a Goof Troop type story, so just like Pete and Goofy, he is a father as well, i had a lot of fun writing this story for him, part of me doesn't want to spoil it but knowing my life this is my best opportunity to tell it in full

his story actually beings in the 70s, just like Pete and Peg, he was Goofy's friend, no, BEST friend, they were both silly guys, their personalities are quite similar in some areas, and just like Pete, Horace had a big falling out moment with Goofy, but this time it was mutual, 70s disco is in the air and Horace wants to invite Clarabelle to senior prom, he and Goofy were practising all year to have the best dance moves at the party, what could go wrong? Goofy of course

without meaning to! he got in the way and Clara thought he was the one asking her to prom, leaving Horace to be ridiculed by their classmates, in turn Horace doesn't show up to the party leaving Goofy in the dust , they both felt betrayed and after graduation Horace left to LA to become an actor, they never spoke to each other since. (Goofy holds no resentment but he was his own POV of the events)

in LA, Horace always struggled to get a job and never quite became the actor he wanted, but one day at a party he met HER, Helen, who tried to become a screenwriter, they both hit it off but after that they just continued their lives, until a fateful call. (what could have happened??) the two ended up marrying in a bit of a hurry.

they had a little girl, Hayley, the honeymoon quickly ends because neither had a stable job at that point, they juggled odd jobs, their dream future creers and being parents together, that was UNTIL! Helen had the best idea to pitch, a space opera, a hero for the kids, that's right Maximum Horsepower, starring Horace as the space ranger that saves the day! the show was an absolute success, with 3 seasons and movies

what could possibly go wrong? well, if you know Horace as much as i do, he is cocky, a bit too much sometimes, demanding more from the company he worked for, sure that "they wouldn't fire someone as important" he got fired, show cancelled, back to square 1.

so Helen and Horace are not in good terms at the moment, and are in the midst of a messy separation, Horace moves back to Spoonerville to the old Hosecollar home and sometime later Hayley moves to live with him while Helen is putting things in order back at LA

all this to say, Hayley starts as a bit of a bully to Max and P.J., not like Pistol, Pistol is way worse, but Hayley doesn't make things easy either. After an incident she and Max end up in friendlier terms

she is not part of the gang btw, she ends up being friends with Max and PJ but there is a bit of an age gap (she is 4 at the start and turns 5 a few chapters later), so she is kinda just living her own little life, but they hang out often.

who is Hayley as a character? well as i mentioned this is set in the early to mid 90s, expect a lot of old 90s tropes, with a bit of spice added to them, Hayley for example is your stereotypical Girly girl, pink, dolls and more, BUT not in an "ew girls are icky/annoying" kinda way, there was A LOT of putting girls and girly stuff in ridicule back in the day, i didn't like that and i don't like that even today

so she is shamelessly girly.

She is physically strong, because Horace is known to be "the muscle" in the old Mickey gang, makes sense she would inherit some of that

A bit of a tech wiz, Horace is a big showoff

he works on tech related stuff at the mall, of course he would have the latest things at his house, even if he doesn't even know what they do, Hayley has a lot of tech at hand and lots of time to figure them out

and this is 1992, having a computer at home wasn't common yet, and even the internet worked differently, web browsers were just born that year

a lil rebel, a rascal if you will, all dads in this show have different parenting styles, we all know Goofy is best dad, openly affectionate and leaving Max to his own devices often, Pete is all the bad boomer parenting stuff all crammed into his form, leaving Horace to be the other kind of boomer parent, the over protective one, i know this trope has become a bit icky lately, blame girl-dad tiktok for that

but i argue that Horace is going through stuff, lost his dream job and family, knows Hayley could go back to LA at any moment, its a lot for the horsey, there is a bit of a disconnection between the two and Hayley wants to do her own thing, but she is also 4-5.

4) and finally The Petes!

starting with Mr. Pete, unlike Goof or Horace, he never left Spoonerville, why would he? his old man had this landlording thing going on and he inherited the business, upper middle class, living the life, now if only he could get rid of that ugly old house across the street! give it the good old landlord special, but uh oh, now Goofy is living there?? unnaceptable!

now you'd think that in this case "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" but on the contrary, Horace and Pete also don't get along

in fact, they could be taken as rivals, everything is a competition between the two, and Horace never misses the opportunity to rub something in Pete's face (and vice versa), all the way down to who has the best grill for the weekend barbecue!

this idea comes mostly because i wanted to see someone give Pete a hard time ON PURPOSE, and not just Goofy's clumsiness and good luck. This doesn't mean that Horace is aware of Pete's shaningans, he just loves to get on his nerves.

Now Peg, she went through the most changes

i gave her a completely different career, she is now an elementary school teacher, she loves children and always wanted to become a teacher.

now this is not to take away from her, she may not be a real state agent anymore but she is still Peg Pete! drill sergeant voice and all.

if you didn't live through the 90s it may be surprising to know but there was a push to go back to that made up 50s americana fantasy, house wifes and all. (yes like the social media trends of today)

and Peg is not really made for the house wife mold, she's rather be doing the thing she went to college for! this is mostly an excuse to have ber for a little bit of season 1, being your stereotypical nosy neighbor, so bored that she just has to show up to her friend's houses unannounced

and yes that is actually something that happened often back then, people just decided to show up at your house one day and you HAD to let them in and socialize

dark times i tell you

she does end up living the dream and work as a teacher a few chapters later don't worry

and you may ask, why a teacher?

well that was actually my friend's idea (Mike, creator of Chucky Chiken on youtube, you should go watch it we are working on that show together) her being a teacher also meant she is very involved in the community, which means she gets to do a lot more than just teaching in the background of the story, she is everywhere! organizing all sort of stuff!

PJ mostly stays the same, he met Hayley before Max and has endured more bullying from the little rascal longer but when she becomes more friendly he is quick to accept her, a sweet boy like in the og show.

Pistol on the other hand?? oh i did promote her from little sister to mean older sister!

it just felt right, her inner Pete in full display

i needed an older character, since i can't have Pete himself bully a bunch of children, and who can be better for that role than a Pete??

simply perfect!

i do have this very old and outdated sketch, back when the ideas were just little scenarios floating in my mind:

OTHER:

clarabelle works as Pete's secretary along with the beagle boys doing his bidding

a bit of a nod to The Three Musketeers (one of my favourites)

i'm still not sure what to do with the weird on/off relationship she has with Goofy and Horace in the Disney canon, all i can say is that Horace likes Clara, Clara likes Goofy, Goofy wants to put his energy on Max rather than dating.

i had the idea of introducing a new horse character in later "seasons" as Helen's new partner and Hayley's potential step father but it ended up feeling a bit wrong to make Horace go through that, i ended scrapping the idea but here is a concept of him

i had plans of giving Bobby an older brother, a *gasp* gen x'er

(please ignore my first attempt to draw Bobby i know he looks wrong)

There is an idea still in development about a pizza place, this is the 90s we talking about of course there is shameless marketing towards children in the form of a fast food chain! jungle playground included

now i was about to claim LOST MEDIA bc i couldn't find my other sketches of it but here they are!

OOP

i almost forgot about the Rovers!

Now im still not sure if Rover is Roxanne's last name but i saw it in a the trivia section of a wiki once, i think it came out in a comic? anyway i decided to take it

Mr. Rover is just like his movie version, a man of few words but with a heart, works at a bowling alley that i will sketch soon because i intend to use the location as much as posible

Mrs. Rover is purely made by me, never seen Roxanne even mention a mom and i was going to leave it like that but then i realized that i already have two single dads... and not many women active in the story i do want more mother figures not just Peg doing all the heavy lifting poor lady.

Mrs. Rover (i named her Linda) is Horace's friend, they started as co-workers at the mall, selling computers and other tech related stuff

i didn't want every single character to have connections to Goofy

+ this also means that Roxanne has a lot of playdates at the Horsecollars' house, a lot of opportunities for her to interact with Max and his gang!

Linda is very supportive of Horace, since he is a single father and needs help here and there, she babysits Hayley often

I have everything down to the layout of the homes of each family

the roundabout is the most important part

makes all homes feel kind of connected in a way, Pete and Goofy's front doors are right in front of each other, meaning that they have to interact every time they leave their homes, while Pete and Horace's backyards are in direct view of each other, also meaning that the two families have to interact whenever they try to spend time in their yards.

and the traffic light in the roundabout helps set the mood of a scene its kinda hard to explain i would need to make more concept art to explain myself but im a big fan of quiet moments in storytelling, and having a moment with the light flickering after an important event is always a delight to picture in my head.

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There is much more and a lot more sketches and concepts i cannot show because i reached the limit of pictures noooo