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Studio Halloween Party Highlights 2026

Another year, another Halloween party here in the Studio. This year’s party felt like it took longer than usual, and I think that might be in part because I tried to fit too much into each panel. Not only does this make the page take longer to get out, but it also makes the figures smaller and maybe even harder to make out, so I’m going to try avoiding that for the Christmas party if I can. I am happy with everything we fit in, though.
There’s a couple characters here we haven’t seen in a while, maybe even some of you didn’t even know some of them were in the Studio. This year I finally got to do something with Carmella Creeper, the undead DJ from the monster cereal line. I always pictured her in charge of the music for these parties, but this year we got to see her. We also got a fun little nod to the Poll Me Closer series, plus I finally got to pair Corey Park with one of the Tom & Jerry witches I introduced last October. We also have a follow-up to the Canute Ask. Of the costume ideas submitted, Link and Zelda just seemed weirdly fitting and also gave me some ideas for how to use them in a scene.
I hope y’all enjoy this year’s party! In spite of it all I’m pretty happy with the final page, and I’m already busy working on Christmas’s!

Fuck that Witch

I recently discovered the film Grimm Douwa: Kin no Tori (The Golden Bird) online. It’s an old film from 1987 with kind of an interesting history. It was completed in 1984, then shelved for several years. During that time it gained a reputation as a lost classic, until it was eventually released in the 1987 as part of Toei’s “Manga Matsuri” film festival, the same place a lot of the Dragon Ball movies debuted (as far as I can tell, I’m no expert).

Unfortunately, there appears to be no English version of the film anywhere. Hell, I couldn’t even find the original Japanese audio outside of one promo for the 1987 Manga Matsuri. Instead I had to settle for the Greek dub (watch it here), which actually isn’t terrible despite me not speaking the language. The plot’s not terribly hard to follow, and the animation is really great. The characters are all super cute, and I feel like I’ll be revisiting this one in the future.

This pic specifically is of the protagonist, Hans (or Hansu, which I think is cuter but doesn’t seem to be the accepted Anglicization) having a go at the film’s villain, Witch (yes, that’s the only name I can find for her). The Witch has a terrific musical number partway through the film, which is probably the highlight of the movie for me. I adore her.