"Camp Lazlo" will also be making its IDW debut. Will any new Cartoon Networks characters be making their debut? A certain group of friends who love justice perhaps?ĭefinitely! The main question we had since we announced Super Secret Crisis War was "Where's Courage the Cowardly Dog?" so we're getting to him right away. So Dexter and Dee Dee play a huge part, we'll be seeing the "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" gang, "Cow and Chicken," "Johnny Bravo" and a ton more. Being the good friends they are, the Powerpuff Girls jump into action trying to track her down, which leads them to other worlds and on adventures with other characters. The main storyline that runs through the series, at least at first, is that Dexter's sister Dee Dee has been mutated into a horrible monster and, after trashing Dexter's lab, becomes lost in the multiverse. Who will the Girls be teaming up with in the series? What sort of tone are you going for in this series?īoth IDW and Cartoon Network really wanted to play up the comedy aspect and make this lighter and closer to the tone of the show than the sort of end-of-the-world-epicness of "Super Secret Crisis War." I gravitate toward the absurd anyway, so I was all about it. I had such a great time writing and drawing a few fill in issues of "Powerpuff Girls" before "Crisis War," so I was really into the idea of getting back to Townsville for an extended period, and incorporating all of these other characters as well. Below the cartoonist explains how fans can also look forward to even more IDW debuts of popular Cartoon Network characters including a much-requested scaredy-cat - or should that be scaredy-dog? - and another team of super powered do-gooders.ĬBR News: Derek - how did "Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash-Up" come about?ĭerek Charm: Somewhere around the middle of "Super Secret Crisis War," my editor Sarah Gaydos asked if I would be interested in pitching a follow-up starring the Powerpuff Girls and featuring some of the other Cartoon Network licenses IDW has access to. While "Smash-Up" spins out of the events of "Super Secret Crisis War," it will take a more "absurd" tone, Charm revealed to CBR News.
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This month, Charm returns as writer and artist to deliver more cartoon crossover madness in a new six-issue team-up series "Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash-Up." Issue #1 of the series arrives January 21 as Bubbles, Blosson and Buttercup pair with Dexter, of Laboratory fame, to take out his villainous, mutated big sister Dee Dee. The worlds of Cartoon Network's classic series collided last summer in the hit IDW Publishing crossover series "Super Secret Crisis War." Led by writer Louise Simonson and artist Derek Charm, the event saw Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory and more come together to defeat Aku and his League of Extraordinary Villains in spectacular style.