Hello friends, 

Last May my husband and I went to a wedding where I drank copious amounts of vodka, as one often does as weddings. Once back in our hotel I bopped on Twitter and drunkenly tweeted "Where is the DuckTales anthology we are all clamoring for?" (or something like that; I am too lazy to find the actual tweet). 

Usually when I shitpost it is never noticed (except that one time I tweeted "M-O-O-N, that spells butt sex", and then immediately forgot about it and woke up to about 40 notifications. Someone should take my phone away from me, especially when I am drinking). This time, however, there was an interest in a cartoon-themed anthology, so eventually we decided to just go for it. 

I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, a devout fan of My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, and Strawberry Shortcake. My strongest Easter memory is sitting alone in my bedroom, slowly eating Peeps while watching the Snorks and the Gummi Bears. Captain Planet and He-Man were household staples for me. Later, my parents fretted over me watching The Simpsons, concerned that Bart's bad attitude would rub off on me. 

When I put out this call I was impressed by the range of work we received. From Sarah Nichols' Skeletor poem to Davon Loeb's excerpt from his brilliant autobiography The In-Betweens to the literal DuckTales poem that Kate Horowitz sent us almost immediately, this small collection of cartoon-inspired work is the perfect supplement to our Pop Culture issue and the perfect way to spend an afternoon reminiscing about the cartoons of our youth.

Thank you to all the contributors for their work and their patience in waiting for this collection to become a reality. We appreciate and love you so much. 

Always, 

Kolleen Carney Hoepfner 

EIC

Still real into Rainbow Brite