#phantom brat

fanart (at least I think so?) from an Italian Comic called "Macchia e la vacanza... a scacchi" (translating something like "The Phantom Blot and the checked holiday" or The Phantom Blot and the vacay in... jail")

On May 20, 1939, Floyd Gottfredson wrote and drew a comic called "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot" with the help of Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright and Ted Thwaites. In that comic, Mickey Mouse will face one of the greatest villains he could face, the Phantom Blot. By the way, the inspiration for its creation was taken from "The Blots" from Walter Hoban's Jerry on the Job. Usually he wears a black cloak like some kind of executioner or a big shadow to make him look more scary, and the very precursor to him is creepy, especially look at the Shadow Blot at Epic Mickey. And even when he reveals his face, he bears an unsatisfying resemblance to Walt Disney. He is usually involved in crime and thievery, but his ultimate goal is to rule the world with the things he has stolen, and he is also skilled with his plans which are very sneaky. Unfortunately, he is underappreciated by many, and Peg-Leg Pete is certainly one of the best Disney villains. However, with this beginning, he will be one of the main villains in the Mickey Mouse comics to later expand to other comics and be a rival to Goofy, Donald, Scrooge and other heroes who will clash with him. He mostly likes being famous and having a lot of money and working alone, and he doesn't like being defeated and he doesn't like magic, though it depends on version to version. In animation, he appears in OG Ducktales in the episode "All Ducks on Deck" where he aims to rule the world but fails because Donald and Scrooge and Donald's nephews prevent him from doing so, and later appears in "Mickey Mouse Works" and "House of Mouse" where his intention is to steal all the colors. He later appears as a cameo character in "Mickey Mouse Cartoons" in the episode "Sock Burglar". In the Ducktales reboot, he is a member of the F.O.W.L. and he hunts for magic and clashes with Magica, and he is helped by Pepper, but in the final he will be defeated by Manny the apocalyptic horse. In the Epic Mickey game, he is actually the Shadow Blot and wants to rule the Wasteland through his black blot, but is defeated by Oswald and Mickey.

However, his best role is in the Italian comics Topolino, where he is one of the main rivals against Mickey Mouse. In fact, I think he's the best in those comics next to the Floyd Gottfredson comics, and I think it's stupid that they took a version of him where his intention is clear, and not to be like Thanos. Yes, he is a member of the Bad-7 who fights against the Ultraheroes. And the main antagonist in Wizard of Mickey. Yes, he also has a daughter named Phantom Brat. And now as always, pictures from the first appearance to the present day and the development of the Phantom Blot and his rivals and his family. Happy belated birthday and I hope he gets more respect than before and a worthy real villain role rather than being a rip-off of some other villains.

If you love Phantom Blot, feel free to like or reblog this, and happy birthday and anniversary to Phantom Blot and it's 85th anniversary!

Just a little idea that got into my mind today and I immediately had to draw it down.

How many of you still remember that Phantom Blot is supposed to have a daughter? I've always found that fact entirely too endearing... But why is she called Phantom Brat, though? I mean, she didn't seem all that bratty to me...

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G: Come on, dad! On to the next house!

DWD: Hold it, little missy... You almost bumbed into that little girl and her father!

G: How it is my fault they stalk around wearing nothing but black, huh?

DWD: Well, you could walk just a bit slower and watch were you're going, for starters...

G: Ugh... Dad, it's halloween!

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PBlot: Okay, young lady... This will be the final house we are visiting tonight.

PBrat: Awww, but daddy....!

PBlot: Nu-huh. Don't you try to argue with me in this.

PBrat: Daddy, pleeeeeease....!

PBlot: ... Fine, one more after this - but that'll be enough!

"Daughter, why don't we play the quiet game for a little bit?"