#tangled comics

Rapunzel's Usual Morning Lineup by Holly Mengert

Rapunzel has book club and Eugene has to pick a book at random since she said not to choose Flynnigan Rider since it has to be one no ones read. So he chooses at random and they all fall in love with the stories. The King offers to bring the author there for a meet and greet (why he's hugging Fred).

The author tries to talk to Rapunzel but she won't answer any questions so she gets Eugene to tell her their story instead but he exaggerates and makes Rapunzel out to be a damsel accidentally which Frederic throws the author in prison for slander so Eugene has to come clean (the fleeing across kingdom page).

They get the author freed and then go on stage to set things straight.

It's also got the best New Dream scenes, though at the same time it also contradicts canon certain times.

Like, Eugene in canon and supplemental material is a reader. The Flynnigan Rider books in movie, and in the supplemental storybooks, a book on princess with a crown, a Christmas book, and a third I forget.

In this graphic novel, he sleeps through bookclub, and doesn't pay attention until he gets to pick the book and he chooses his pick by random since he couldn't pick Flynnigan Rider, so that was kind of making him a joke and erasing his literate reader side again.

But I'm nitpicking.

OUTSIDE that, the rest of the graphic novel was really good and I wish it was an episode.

Introduction

Well, we're finally at the last of the TTS comics. This finale graphic novel collects the last issues published along with the shorts released within the Tangled magazine.

Content

Under the Big Top

This is one of the rare comics to take place during season 2, as its set during the gang's stay in Vardaros. Which is why its surprising to have it be the issue to kick off the compilation as all the other stories after this are clearly in Corona during S1.

A circus comes to town and it's ringleader is holding a rare magical bird captive as it's star attraction. So Rapunzel and the gang set out to rescue the poor thing from being exploited.

In what's become a running theme for these comic reviews, this story does what I wish season 2 did, which is have the gang actually act like a group friends and hang out together. And there's no Hookfoot or Shorty in sight to steal time away from the mains.

Also we find out what Eugene's fear really is, clowns.

The Corona Caper

Eugene and Rapunzel help Cassandra solve a series of bizarre thefts happening around the kingdom.

This one is more of the simple slice of life stuff found in the earlier comics I reviewed in previous compilations. It's not bad by any means, but kind of a step backwards compared to the more adventurous and character driven fair of the last graphic novel.

Framed

This one is more what I've come to expect in terms of quality from this series.

Rapunzel gets the chance to attend an exhibition of one of her favorite artists, only to discover that all of the artworks are alive when she and her friends get trapped inside of them.

Getting trapped inside of paintings isn't an original idea. Several cartoon series have played with the concept before. But I like the approach this story takes, of using it as a allegory for unsolicited critique, public dog-piling for attention, and what should be appropriate responses from professionals.

Picture Perfect

We're back to the short subjects starting with this story. There's a lot of them in this publication because most of them are reprints from the TTS Magazine.

Pascal and Max accidentally mess up one of the paintings Rapunzel was working on and tries to fix it themselves before she notices.

While this is one of the weaker outings for the comic, I'm still really grateful that we managed to get these shorts reprinted here instead of possibly losing them forever when the magazine stopped being sold.

Barefoot Friends

This second short is much stronger as it allows Rapunzel to do something that she never got to do in the series proper, which is to make another female friend besides Cass!! It also handles Cassandra's jealously and insecurities far more maturely than in the show.

Baking Instinct

This one is a fan favorite as it's the only issue to feature Varian.

Eugene wants to impress Rapunzel by trying his hand at baking and Varian agrees to help him.

It's super cute and so nice to see Varian actually hanging out and being friends wit the others before his fall. Something like this was needed in the actual show before Queen of a Day went down. Just him being a side character in a B plot occasionally, so that the events afterwards hit harder.

Eager to Help

Rapunzel over exerts herself trying to do too much and help too many people at one time. So Casandra has to teach her that it's okay to tell people 'no' sometimes.

Why does the spin off comic series that ended in the middle of Season 2 feel more in character than the official series? Like this is how Rapunzel should be written. Not as a bossy bitch who thinks she knows everything despite being the least experienced person in the group.

Guardian's Day

Another fan favorite. This one involves Cass trying to find the perfect gift for her dad for Guardian's Day, and it does more to develop hers and Cap's relationship in 8 pages than the entire series does in 3 whole seasons.

Maximus and Pascal in Curtain Call

Max and Pascal accidentally crashes a stage show during the middle of its opening performance and the two of them have to join the play in order to save the show.

As far as the animal shorts go this is one of the better ones just because there's some heart to it with Max and Pascal genuinely caring about the actors and their careers, and not just them being cute dumb animals trying to stay out of trouble.

Presentation

And we finally end things off with a whole bunch of variant covers.

Naturally all of the art work therein is as high a quality as the rest of the graphic novels have been.

Would I Recommend It

Absolutely.

While I do think the previous Hair-Raising Adventures had a stronger set of stories overall, this issue has the most fan service. It has all of the fan favorites and gives the spotlight to the stories and themes that we all wanted to see in the show.

In fact the comics have been the highlight of this marathon and I highly, highly recommend them to any Tangled fan.

Next Up

It's the halfway point of the marathon, the Queen for a Day Novelization.

DBDHSHJSKS Jester Eugene is literally so silly I love him smm n I wish there was more of him 🙏

I’ve read the two novels

all the tales of Rapunzel

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A Question

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I- A Conversation

II- Departure

III- Reunion