The Belch Dimension Comics is a self-published comic book written, drawn, and distributed on the Web by artist and author Jonathan M. Sweet. The entire series may be previewed and purchased at the official website, Smoking Cat Productions.
Sweet has been writing and drawing the series since high school, though it has only been actively distributed since April 2005. The series stars an eponymously-named hero, Jonathan Sweet.
Jonathan Sweet has super abilities which were given to him as a boy in a chemical explosion. He is the leader of The Treehouse Warriors, whose secret headquarters is a treehouse located in Jigaboo Junction.
Jon's friends are an assortment of teenagers like himself-- his best friend and technowiz Josh, who builds the team's arsenal of gadgets and weapons; Angela, his best female friend; Jon's younger brother Ben, who speaks in a garbled spit-growl that only Jon and the others can seem to comprehend, has a preternatural sense of smell and a longer-than-normal tongue, and who fights by spinning
around at top speed (recalling the cartoon character the Tasmanian Devil); Billy, Josh's brother, a kid who is perpetually unlucky; Larry, the team's only black member, who is trained in hand-to-hand combat and acts as Jon's bodyguard; Flunger and Gort, two extraterrestrial refugees from the
dead planet Flung, who now live on Earth; Molina, the seeress whose past and even last name is a mystery; and others. Many of the characters are based on kids Sweet knew growing up.
The artwork is done in a minimalist style, with the major players rendered as stick figures.
The superhero roster frequently rotates from mission to mission, though it almost always includes some combination of Jon, Josh, Ben and/or Angela at its core.
Major storylines in
BDC focus on the villainous figures that plague the main cast of heroes, such as the megalomaniacal Snakeman, a.k.a. "Hiss Hole". Many issues have B- or individual stories that feature lighter sitcom premeses (such as a character getting a job, learning to drive, or going on dates) and may star a peripheral character such as Jon's dog Buddy, minor team members, or one of the Jigaboo Junction townfolk. The first issue was hand-colored for the first two thirds; the third half and all issues from then forward were colored with a Photoshop program, which gave each issue a smoother and more professional feel.
01 April 15, 2005 Hiss Hole Comes to Town Jon, Josh,
Angela, Billy, Ben, Larry, Jason, Molina, Tony Moneran, Hiss Hole,
Slobber Face, Noodle Nozzle, Gorilla Man
A master villain has harnessed the power of lightning during a storm to reenter our dimension. He seeks to reassemble his armies and resume his dream of world conquest. To accomplish this, he commandeers a house belonging to local bully Tony Moneran--declaring it his headquarters--and kicks him and his crew out on the street. Monty must now work with Jon to get back what's his. But can the two work together against a common foe without destroying one another?
One of two 28-page issues, the others being "Once Upon a Time Warp".
02 May 13, 2005 Elementary School, My Dear Potson Truth...Or Else!
Jon's boys face off against Monty's gang on a TV game show, where each contestant must face an outrageous physical challenge if they give the wrong answer--in "Truth...or Else!" Plus, Jon dons deerstalker cap and magnifying glass to become England's greatest sleuth. With his faithful companion Potson in tow, he must keep his arch-nemesis from using his evil genius to turn all of London into a London broil.
04 July 8, 2005 Small Medium at Large The Raving Driving Miss Crazy
Ahhhhhh!! Run for your life! Woman driver on the loose! Angela's getting behind the wheel for her first driving lesson in "Driving Miss Crazy"! Plus, Billy gets a bad case of future shock from a conk on the cabeza in "Small Medium at Large", and the Sweet brothers act like a couple of "Poe" sports!
05 August 12, 2005 High-Sea Hijinks Jon, Josh,
Angela, Ben,
Larry, Chance, Hiss Hole,
Captain Maggot
Yarrr! It's scurvy landlubbers vs. briny sea dogs when the Treehouse Warriors board a ship full of bloodthirsty pirates and are forced to swashbuckle for their very lives! Sixteen men on a dead man's chest! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! And all those other great pirate cliches there, too! Yarrr!!
06 September 9, 2005 To the Letter Soup to Mutts Persian Goof Buddy literally winds up in hot water this time when a crackpot wants him for his crockpot in "Soup to Mutts"! Plus, Josh, Ben, and Jon give a big tip of the button-cap to great cartoon director Charles M. "Chuck" Jones when they run afoul of a fanatical desert rat in "Persian Goof".
07 October 31, 2005 Paleozoic Error Fortune Kooky Un-Civil Warriors
Josh's newest invention, a time machine, whisks the team off to all manner of exotic locales and distant epochs. Go reeling through the years with the Warriors...then you'll have all sorts of tidbits to impress your teacher with Monday morning--like where pizza comes from!
First 36-page issue.
08 November 2, 2005 All's Farrakhanine in Love and War Canine Calamity A Little Re-Read Riding Hood
When Brandy's head is turned by the charismatic Louis Farrakhanine (no resemblance to that crazy Million-More March guy intended--no, really!), Buddy wonders if this charmer's golden tongue might not have a bit of tarnish on it. It's a fight for alpha-male supremacy between The Krudd and Screwy Louie. But you know what they say: "All's Farrakhanine in Love and War"!
The "handi-capable" new girl in town, Jeanne Stonehart, teaches The Treehouse Warriors some very valuable lessons about how to treat friends who happen to have disabilities--with love, patience, and dignity. Jeanne's legs may be weak, but her mind is powerful. A buried memory from childhood could, in the wrong hands, bring about the end of the world as we know it...and Hiss Hole's hands are about as wrong as it gets.
10 January 27, 2006 Standup and Deliver Football Follies The I.P. Freely Inhumane Society
Angela becomes a champion for decency in the media after an infamous shock comedian's jests rub her the wrong way. It's a staged battle of wits with the rude comic, and his arsenal of crass one-liners and F-bombs can't stand up to her sharp wit, quick-change disguises, and literally dynamite props.
After the statue in front of the high school gets its top blown off, Principal Stonehart blows his--and immediately starts rounding up the usual suspects. So to get into the spirit, let's grab sexpot Ally Sheedy and misunderstood delinquent Anthony Michael Hall, put them in the detention room, and get ready to untangle the mystery of "Who Decapitated Codger Carbuncle?"
Theme: Tv/Film parodies.
12 March 24, 2006 Dog Training Whacky Dracky Gort's Guide to Managerial Economics
Moo-ha-ha-ha!! It's a totally f***ed-up April Fool's prank when the scripts get mixed up, and all the Belch Dimension stars get switched into one another's storylines and paired up in some of the most inconcievable combinations known to man. But hopefully we'll have it all straightened out by next month's issue.
13 April 28, 2006 Soul Feud Jon, Josh, Angela, Molina, Marcie, Hiss Hole, Slobber Face, Noodle Nozzle, Gorilla Man, Prof. Fruitcake
Josh and Jon are dead!! Noooooooooooo!!!!! Without their fearless leader and their second-in command, is this the end of the Treehouse Warriors? Come to think of it, without the stars, is this the end of Belch Dimension Comics? Will we have to rent this space out to another series next month?? Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!!!
First story in black-and-white.
First issue to feature a pinup.
14 May 26, 2006 Nutzi Nazis Ear-Phonies
The Trio of Trouble blips back in time to witness firsthand the rise to power of history's greatest madman, Adolf Hitler. However, when the Nazis get a hold of the Time Couch, the mission gets more half-baked, saltier, and twisted than a bag of Bavarian pretzels. Can Jon and company get the Couch back and make it home? Or by the time they see 2006 again, will our heroes be collecting social security?
Dying is easy--it's comedy that's hard. (May 2006)
15 August 28, 2006 Carnival Knowledge Jon, Josh, Angela, Flunger, Gort, Dr. I.P. Freely A new carnival has just opened up on the edge of town, and its brand-new attraction promises to bring folks in droves. But just what is it that's being housed inside the main tent--and why does it capture our heroes' attention? Is impenitent impresario Ichabod Freely really on the level this time, or is the carny a cover for one of his scabrous schemes?
First story done in alternating color and black-and-white pages.
16 September 5, 2006 Misadventures in Baby-Sitting Guidance System As new college graduates, diplomas in hand, prepare to march forth into the work force, the Belch Dimension Players offer up this whacky look into the world of employment. Join Jon, Josh, and Ben as they become three cobblestones on the path to a good career...plus, Sharon has a few "Mis-Adventures in Baby-Sitting" of her own with a pack of reluctant rugrats.
Theme: Jobs.
Features the second story done in alternating color and black-and-white pages.
17 September 29, 2006 Plant Feud A Walk on the Wildlife Side Jon, Josh, Angela, Ben, Hiss Hole, {C
Prof. Fruitcake
It's not easy being green...and leafy, as Josh and Jon soon discover after a lab mishap turns them into a pair of human-vegetable hybrids. Will they find a way to nip the problem in the bud as well as stem the tide of Hiss Hole's latest plant plot? Will the wily snake-in-the-grass leaf them bushed with his infatiguable stamen-a? Or will our herbivorous heroes quickly grass-p the solution to this thorny problem? Aye, there's the sh-rub!
18 October 18, 2006 Lightning Strikes (Terror In) Me Again Home Alien II Scaredy Cat
Jiga-Boo! Ha ha ha!! It's Tales From the Crypt-style gross-out horror...perfomed by our usual cast of assorted nuts. Three spooky tales with twisty endings.
Theme: Halloween.
19 October 27, 2006 The Foul Stench of Doom! Demi-Jon Jon, Josh,
Angela, Hiss Hole,Slobber Face, Noodle Nozzle, Gorilla Man, Prof. Fruitcake, Demi-Jon
The Treehouse Warriors face their foulest threat ever--the FartKnocker, a criminal mastermind who plans to bring the city to its knees with his unique brand of flatulent perfidy. Will they be able to defeat this gaseous madman's stinkin' thinkin' before he renders the entire city an uninhabitable waste-product wasteland, over which he will rule as king? Plus, Jon ends up literally beside himself when he's forced to battle his own dark half, in "Demi-Jon".
Second 36-page issue.
Second story in black-and-white.
20 December 1, 2006 Keyed Up All That Jazz Inferior Decorators
The Christmas holidays can be such a headache, what with shopping and wrapping presents and preparing meals for about two or three dozen screaming, fighting, mooching extended family members who will be underfoot all weekend. Even more of a pain is having to work over the holidays to pay for all that! The Trio of Trouble earns extra cash for the holidays as piano movers and by redecorating a rich lady's house. Plus, when a new girl joins the KSSA crew, can their morning show misfits tone down the sexist humor, or will their boss have them by the call buttons?
21 December 28, 2006 Once Upon a Time Warp Jon, Josh,
Angela, Billy, Ben, Hiss Hole
Frustrated by countless losing battles, huge setbacks, and crushing defeats, Hiss Hole uses a time machine to return back to the halcyon days when our heroes were but wee defenseless children. Can Jon and company keep the wily snake from altering the timestream and enticing their past selves into a life of crime?
One of two 28-page issues, the others being "Hiss Hole Comes to Town".
Third story done in alternating color and black-and-white pages.
22 January 26, 2007 What a Drag! Desperate Housecats
Undercover work can be a real drag--especially when Gort and Ben, a.k.a "Gretel" and "Bernadette", are on the case. Plus, Punkin has a date for Valentine's Day with a persnickety purebred--but he's going to have to work hard to woo her.
Theme: Valentine's Day.
23 February 23, 2007 Family Ties Jon (FB), Josh (FB), Angela (FB), Jimmo, Larry (FB), Chance (FB), Ben (FB), Rasputin
Starring...Jimmo! This issue features that madcap magic man embarking on his first solo mission to the wild, untamed, steamy jungles of...college! When a university coed is rendered her nearly comatose by a mysterious poisoning, our favorite mini-mage has to get to the bottom of it...as well as come to grips with his own strange origins and the sister he has not seen in five long years.
First multi-issue arc.
First appearance of Penyem Segal.
Second appearance of Chibi Jon, Chibi Josh, and Chibi Angela. Debuts of Chibi Chance, Chibi Larry and Chibi Ben.
24 March 26, 2007 Missed Manners Family Ties (2) Jimmo, Rasputin
Angela thinks Josh, Jon, and Ben are turning into a pack of couch-potato slobs, so she decides to try to impart a little class on them. She makes reservations for the Trio and herself at a posh eatery, hoping the high-class atmosphere will rub off on them. But can Angela transform these sow's ears into three designer Gucci silk purses?
25 April 30, 2007 SweetTart Jon,
Kathryn Tarkakoff, Rhea Borstein, Tom Little
By day, a mild-mannered cartoonist for a small school newspaper...by night, a costumed heroine fighting for truth, justice, and, like, you know, stuff like that. But will the Teen of Titanium accept a dame muscling in on his turf?
Silver anniversary issue.
Third 36-page issue.
Second multi-issue arc.
This issue was dedicated to Ken Prince, onetime artist for The Arkansas State University Herald, who died of a stroke a year before this episode was produced.
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May 28, 2007 SweetTart (2) The Belch Dimension's Stupidest Home Videos Jon,
Kathryn Tarkakoff, Rhea Borstein, Tom Little
What's black and white and Red all over? A campus newspaper, of course! Kit digs deeper to unearth Rhea Borstein 's murderous machinations. But will her story end up on the front page...or the obituaries?
Second issue to feature a pinup.
27 June 29, 2007 Stoopid! SweetTart (3
Jon,
Kathryn Tarkakoff, Rhea Borstein, Tom Little
Poor dumb Mugsy's on the outs with Monty, and it's up to Jon and Angela to use every clever ruse in their bag of tricks to turn this hotheaded half-pint from a fiend to a friend.
28 July 20, 2007 Up in the Air Par for the Coarse K.9 C.R.U.D
Monty gets some balls--golf balls, that is--when he challenges Gort in a winner-take-all game of golf. But will this joker's club leave our red ace with jack, or does our little diamond in the rough have what it takes to win in spades? Plus, Josh and Ben run afoul of a fouler, and Buddy tangles with a tin-plated terror.
29 August 31, 2007 Jiggawatt! Spring Forward, Fall Back Jiggawatt! (2) Jon, Josh, Molina, Jiggawatt
A force who claims to be the ghost of Malice Jiggs--an insane serial killer who was executed months before--has struck down The Warriors' resident empath, Molina. Now a bolt of living lightning, Jiggs can move through electric wires, attack his victims, harvest their souls, and escape without a trace. Can the boys stop this walking joy buzzer before he goes on a fresh killing spree in a new town?
The third story in black-and-white.
30 September 24 , 2007 Hecklin' Jekyll CENSORED! Spastic Explosive
It's the "Weird Science" issue, hosted by Prof. Sydney Fruitcake of the Cobra clan! Featuring a crash course in every major scientific dicipline: physiology ...psychology...biology...chemistry...egineering...social studies...elementary physics--it's a whole semester condensed into 24 full-color pages!
31 October 30, 2007 Little Romeoh-no Gort's Guide to Getting A Good Night's Sleep Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Tony Moneran, Melody Moneran Amor--as well as the usual smell of burning tires and malt liqor--is in the air in this double-length special! It's a "worst-side story" when Ben is bewitched by Belch Dimension's blundersome, blustering bully's beguiling baby sister. They say love is a many splendored thing--but once our fighting families the Monerans and the Sweets have had at it, it'll be a many splintered thing. Will these 'tween titans' love survive...or turn into a tragedy for the ages?
First double-length (48-page) issue of the series.
32 November 30, 2007 Botany Superhero Roundtable Junk Bonds
California, here they come! The Trio of Trouble decides to leave the frozen Mid-South behind and spend Christmas in warmer climes. Traveling below ground, they pop up at a junkyard outside Los Angeles, where they meet up with a cantankerous old coot and his beleaguered son. Will the boys be the biggest riot to hit L.A. since the Rodney King verdict? Sit back and laugh, or you'll get five across the lip, dummy!
The Superhero Roundtable was written by Eileen Delgadillo.
33 December 28, 2007 Dizzy Doctors Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Fingers, Flunger, Gort, Hiss Hole, Slobber Face, Noodle Nozzle, Gorilla Man, Jello Brain (deleted scenes), Sydney Fruitcake
The doctor is in...sane. Gross anatomy is about to get a whole lot grosser when Jon winds up in the hospital, and Hiss Hole impersonates a doctor in order to get to him. Can the Warriors keep their fearless leader from going under the knife? Or will Jon get a taste of Hissy-boy's cutting wit? This is one issue that is guaranteed to keep you in stitches.
The fourth story in black-and-white.
34 January 25, 2008 Hair-um Scarum Vexed Vets Gross-ery
BELCH DIMENSION HOME VIDEOS presents those merry misfits THE TRIO OF TROUBLE in:
"HAIR-UM SCARUM"
"VEXED VETS"
"GROSS-ERY SHOPPING"
Watch these three loveable knuckleheads running their erroneous errands--as well as running downtown to the ground--in these three interlocking madcap misadventures!
35 February 21, 2008 Fishy Business Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Captain Maggot, Maria Eisner
Captain Maggot is up to his old tricks again--this time fishing for trouble in protected waters! The Warriors race to table the old sea salt...but when their fearless leader goes overboard, will their goodwill mission sink like the Titanic? And just who is that shadowy figure who keeps tailing our hero--friend, or foe?
36 March 21, 2008 It's A Cat's Life Down Under Blunder Bully for Billy
It's a very special issue all about looking out for the little guy! First, in "It's A Cat's Life", Punkin the cat is looking for a home. The good news is, he finds one. The bad news is, it's Sharon Sampley's! Then, The Trio (plus one) pops in on the land down under, where women toil and men plunder; can you feel, can you feel, can you feel the thunder? Finally, Billy goes to his friends for advice on handling playground meanies in "Bully for Billy".
37 April 25, 2008 The Nefarious Four'! Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Chance, Larry, Jimmo, Jason, Flunger, Gort, Buddy, Brandy, Marcie, Hiss Hole, Demi-Jon, Capt. Maggot, Dr. I.P. Freely, Dung Tung Wu
Fed up with suffering failure after failure after ignomonious failure at the hands of the Treehouse Warriors, Hiss Hole does the unthinkable. He calls upon the services of four of the most ruthless, bloodthirsty, powerful foes the Warriors have ever faced: Demi-Jon, Captain Maggot, Dr. Ichabod Freely, and Dung Tung Wu. Dubbed The Nefarious Four, these dangerous outlaws will stop at nothing to bring Jon and his team down. Will the Teen of Titanium survive the most brutal fight of his young life? Or will their onslaught of perfidous puzzles crush both his mind and body irrevocably? This lone issue promises to change the face of this franchise forever!
Fourth 36-page issue.
Jimmo demonstrates a new spell here: matter transmogrification.
38 May 30, 2008 Booting out Bobcat The Unsung Zero
Bob and Ray...Lucy and Desi...Cheech and Chong...
Sonny and Cher...Caustic and Bobcat?!? The court jesters of local media may soon be joining some of the greatest ex-comedy teams in a little town called Splitsville after Professor Bobcat's buffoonery gets him bounced out on his butt! Can Caustic talk his boss out of firing the Prof? Or will Bob's next gig behind the mike be asking folks "Do you want a hot apple pie with that?"
39 Jun 21, 2008 Double Trouble A Comedy of Terriers Jon, Josh, Angela, Ben, Demi-Jon
Jigaboo Junction is reeling under a one-man crime wave, and the prime suspect is...Jon?! Has our local hero turned loco weirdo? Or is some sicko out to run The Golden Boy's good name through the mud?
40 Jul 30, 2008 Home Ecch! Ketchum's Couch Trip A Rash Decision
Billy is sick, and know-it-all big brother Josh decides the sure cure for him is a camping trip. But will he need a vacation to recuperate from his vacation? In "Ketchum's Couch Trip", the man with the net but no gain goes to see a psychiatrist to look for the reasons behind his failure to catch a certain little brown beagle. And Jon really takes the cake--and bakes it, no less--in "Home Ecch!"
41 Aug 31, 2008 Son of the Return of the Serpent II The Making of Son of the Return of the Serpent II Jon, Josh, Molina, Buddy, Hiss Hole
Jon's been meeting the ghoul of his dreams every night! A series of disturbing nightmares leads Jon to believe that his arch-nemesis Hiss Hole may not be truly dead, but merely trapped in limbo...and torturing him nightly in his dreams! Can Jon's friends help him find the strength to fight--or will the sneaky snake trap him forever in a never-ending nightmare?
This story, along with "Double Trouble", create a rough trilogy which began with "The Nefarious Four".
Fifth 36-page issue.
Fifth black-and-white issue.
The plot pays homage to a number of horror movies and the slasher genre in general, in particular the Nightmare on Elm Street series and the Friday the 13th films.
Season four saw the rise of darker, more grim plotliness, including a major villain being killed off and the rise of organized crime.
The "bonus" comic is done in color and in the style of a "behind-the-scenes" feature, common with films of this nature.
42 Sep 26, 2008 Hate Thy Neighbor The Eyes Have It!
A snooty rich couple, the Bourbons, move next door to Jon...and proceed to make his life miserable with their posh tastes and outrageous demands. Can the Teen of Titanium get along with his new neighbors and welcome them with open arms...or will this housewarming party get a little too hot to handle?
"Hate Thy Neighbor" is done in alternating black-and-white pages, similar to "Once Upon a Time Warp", "Guidance System", and "Carnival Knowledge".
43 Oct 30, 2008 Squared Circle Jerks Gort's Guide to Running For Office The Crazy Cassowary Caper! Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Timmy, Bulk Logan, Jambalaya Jake, Will B. Caustic, Prof. Bobcat Let's get ready to stumblllllllllle!!! Jon is set to step into the ring for a match with JJWF champ Bulk Logan--who may be getting on in years, but is still plenty full of tricks. Still, with five grand up for grabs, our teen titan agrees to wrestle in earnest anyway. But will he take home the belt, or will he hit more canvas than Jackson Pollack's paints?
Second story to feature SweetTart ("The Crazy Cassowary Caper!").
44 Nov 30, 2008 Tiger in His Tank The Ransom of Red Chimp Scenes You Weren't Supposed to See
When a pair of bumbling kidnappers monkey around with Jason the gibbon, they're in for more than they bargained for! These missing links nearly go bananas trying to corral this pint-sized primate's antics. You'll go ape too when you get a load of "The Ransom of Red Chimp"!
The clips shown in "Scenes" are deleted outtakes from "To The Letter", "Dizzy Doctors", and "Family Ties".
45 Dec 30, 2008 Up the Demi-Jon Staircase Breast Implants Through the Ages Jon, Josh, Angela, Chance, Larry, Jimmo, Molina, Demi-Jon
Jon's just learned that his dastardly double Demi-Jon is a new student at his high school! And you thought your senior year was the pits...Plus, Dr. Ruthless offers a tit-ilating tutorial on the evolution of faux funbags!
Fourth time time Angela appears in her Dr. Ruthless disguise. The other three were "Standup and Deliver", "Carnival Knowledge", and "Don't Be a Butt-Head!" (a story exclusive to the upcoming trade paperback Secrets of a Teenage Superhero).
46 Feb 7, 2009 Jigaboo Junction Squares Er... Cat Scratch Fever
This issue sets out to take a shot at all your favorite offerings from the boob tube: sitcoms, soaps, game shows, doctor dramas, and, yes, even a few (ecch!) commercials! So put your feet up, grab your snacks, and forget about the clicker! You won't need it to enjoy our shows!
Theme: Television.
This issue's production and release was delayed a week because of severe snowstorms and power outtages over much of the Mid-South area.
47 Mar 31, 2009 Up the Demi-Jon Staircase (2) Naphtali Nonsense Jon, Josh, Angela, Chance, Larry, Jimmo, Molina, Demi-Jon
A militant student uprising has taken prisoners and disrupted classes at CHS--and it's being led by the teenage terror Demi-Jon! To make matters worse, Jon and his friends are among the student hostages--and there's bound to be bloodshed before the day is over. Can the Warriors stem the tide of mob rule before their alma mater--to say nothing of their city--goes up in flames?
48 Apr 30, 2009 House Cleaning Blues Schtick Shift
It's a double bill of Trio fun this month as our favorite troublemaking triumverate tries their hands at the car sales game...but there auto be a law against this sort of humor--if you see what we're driving at! Plus, the boys have just three hours to clean an utterly messy house from floor to eaves, lest a furious Marcie hang these drips out to dry like Sunday's wash!
49 Apr 30, 2009 Oh, Changing Language Up the Demi-Jon Staircase (3) Jon, Josh, Angela, Chance, Larry, Jimmo, Molina, Demi-Jon The zero hour is upon us! With hundreds of blacks armed and ready to sieze the city, and their leader forced to make the ultimate sacrifice, The Treehouse Warriors now face the very real possibility of a city torn apart and ruled over by despotic Demi-Jon.
For Belch Dimension's golden-anniversary issue, the series travels light-years beyond. Ladies of the evening are vanishing without a trace from the city streets, and Jon suspects visitors from another world have landed--er, again! Now he's trying to convince the authorities to look to the skies. But is it extraterrestrials that are responsible for hooking these hookers, or is the explanation more down-to-earth than our hero supposes? And who's the old duffer who looks like Marlon Brando, and what's he have to do with a story about aliens?
This issue is 72 pages long and in black-and-white.
The Flungarian rebel leader is dressed as Auntie Entity from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
The design and placement of the mark on Jon's stomach during the dome battle is a reference to Snake Plissken's tattoo in Escape From New York.
A man-hating cyber-psychopath is leading a one-woman crusade to cleanse the city of chauvenism! Can our two proud male chauvenist pigs put a halt to the triple-X (chromosome) terror of ...The Feminazi?
This story was dedicated to pop star Michael Jackson, who passed away on Jun 26, only four days before release. Jackson had previously been parodied as himself in "Hair-um Scarum" (Feb 2008).
The main story is done in both color and black-and-white. This is the first multi-issue arc to use the technique.
52 Aug 14, 2009 Desolation Row Dognet The Nudie Bar
Grab your love beads, bell-bottom jeans, and tie-dye tees...crank up some Jefferson Airplane or maybe a little "Crimson and Clover". It's a bent look at The Long, Hot Summer of Love, with your hippie dippy hosts Will B. Caustic and Prof. Bobcat! The Belch Dimension's headed back to the lazy, hazy days of 1969...so turn on, toon in, and drop out!
"Desolation Row" is the third story to be done entirely as a musical number and the second with lyrics written by someone other that J.M..Sweet.
A scene in "Dognet" where the whole story is revealed as Buddy's dream (after eating Chinese food) is omitted, making the whole thing a bit confusing.
At two hundred days and counting into Malaise IIBill Clinton's third term the Obama Presidency, we at Belch Dimension offer a stimulus package to help the American funnybone! Benjamin dons the famous red-and-blue and becomes Earth's greatest defender in "Stuporboy"...plus the triple-X (chromosome)-citing final chapter of the "Feminazi" story!
This story was dedicated to Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), who passed away during production. Kennedy was caricatured as "Ted Schenectady" in "Guidance System" (#16) and "Gort's Guide to Running for Office" (#43).
The main story is done in both color and black-and-white.
54 Oct 8, 2009 Uniform Inconsistency Kitty-Cat Cassanova Violence of the Doll's 7 Pages of Bad Luck Billy learns that he has fallen under a strange curse and must now endure "Seven Pages of Bad Luck"! Then, Sharon gets a new doll for a her birthday...but it might be the last birthday gift she ever sees, because this cursed kewpie's got murder in its polycotton heart! Plus, is Principal Stonehart suited for massive school reform, or would he do well to skirt the issue?
55 Nov 5, 2009 The Case of the Beagle Burglaries New and Revised Rules for the Open Road The Case of the Beagle Burglaries (2) Bungee Bungle Jon, Josh, Angela, Dr. I.P. Freely
The gang em-barks on a case involving a band of bank-robbing bowsers that have been terrier-izing the town...but will their dogged pursuit pay off, or will these tail-wagging wags continue to leave our heroes feeling hounded and melan-collie?
The main story is done in both color and black-and-white.
56 Nov 30, 2009 Riled Riled West Silent Partner Ticks-for-Treats
It's December, so merry Christmas from your friends at Belch Dimension! Except...technically one of our pieces is left over from that April Fool's day issue a few years back...and that last one really works better as a Halloween story...and the lead-off story really has nothing to do with Christmas at all, now that I think about it...so--er--happy non-specific, non-denominational, winter season/holiday-timed issue thing there!
57 Jan 12, 2010 Mississippi Burping Jon, Josh, Angela, Jimmo, Flunger, Penyem Segal, Catherine "Cat" Urich, Clinton Hollings
A gifted but embittered scientist, disenchanted with life, builds a time machine to rewrite his own sad past. However, he unwittingly creates a weapon capable of obliterating the entire Gulf coast! Can The Warriors find and put an end to this twisted genius' folly? Or will they do well to invest in some prime Tennessee beachfront while the geting's good?
Originally concieved as a 24-page issue, but the finished script clocked in at 34 pages. The prduction codes (FABF01-a and FABF03-b) suggest it was considered for a split into a two-issue arc, but it was decided to include both chapters in an "overflow" magazine which would be sold at the original 24-page price.
Clinton Hollings' m.o. and even his name are likely a reference to David Clinton, a.k.a. Chronos, a DC Comics villain who shares a similar obsession with time-travel and correcting past mistakes. He also looks uncannily like the titular villain in "The Madness of Mysterio", and his mother bears a striking resemblance to Aunt May. Holling's plan, too, is not unlike that of another lovelorn scientific genius, Gene Rainey (AnJan 2009's cover shows a shot of the implosion of the Seminole Twin Towers at Arkansas State University, which was the author's second home for three happy years. It also features a parody of the poster to the film MISSISSIPPI BURNING.
The Finney effect is named for science fiction writer Jack Finney, whose novels dealt in great part with time-travel. It postulates that in cases of alterations to the present timestream caused by temporal movement, at least one person will be aware of the changes, while others about him will not, because for them the changed timestream is a matter of course. Examples have been seen in shows such as Men in Black, Quantum Leap, and Archie's Weird Mysteries.
Several homages to the Ghostbustersmovie and cartoon can be observed:
Josh's meter looks very similar to a PKE meter. It even changes design often from a digital readout to a dial one, just like the original did between, and sometimes even within, episodes.
Josh, Jon, and Cat wear optical sensors that look very much like the Ecto-Goggles from both films and the cartoon.
The time machine Hollings builds is modeled after the spectral containment unit.
Josh refers to Hollings as "Professor Dweeb"--a reference to a bumbling scientist introduced as a foil for Slimer in seasons 5 and 6 of the cartoon.
A scene concieved but cut for lack of space showed Gangrene Trickle passed out drunk and straddling a pinball machine in the Hoopes Center game room (a reference to the rape scene from The Accused). She was also to appear in the crowd scene outside the dorm, looking dishevelled and unsteady after a four-day bender, but this was also excised due to page constraints.
Another deleted exchange showed Flunger asking the school librarian, Myra Krebs, "So you don't find my appearance unusual in the slightest?" To which she replied, "No, why should I? My first husband was an Italian." This would explain why in many of their appearances, Flunger and Gort go out freely in public without any sort of diguise--people simply assume they are short hairy men with large noses.
58 Feb 12, 2010 Drive-In Me Crazy Romeo and Juliet It's all about the birds and the beagles when Buddy tries playing Cupid on Marcie's date, but she is less than amused at his antics. And is Brandy being bitten by the love bug, too, or is it just a nasty case of fleas?
The Apalco Winter Drive-In is a parody, right down to its logo, of The Malco Summer Drive-In, which is located on Summer Avenue in Memphis. This suggests that Jigaboo Junction lies about an hour's drive on either side of the Tennessee-Arkansas border. The theater marquee shows the following films:
59 Mar 5, 2010 The Case of the Wicked Wax Museum Jon,
Josh, Angela, Larry, Jason, Jimmo, Chance,
Molina, Fingers, Billy, Ben, Timmy, Dr. Carl Rombold, Don Michael Cornpone
An eccentric collector and self-proclaimed #1 Treehouse Warrior fan generously opens his grand memorabililia collection to the public. But is it just our statuesque hero, or does this philanthropic display of paraffin and paraphanalia ring a little hollow?
60 Apr 30, 2010 The Fool Monty The Case of the Wicked Wax Museum (2) Aches and Paintings Jon,
Josh, Angela, Larry, Jason, Jimmo, Chance,
Molina, Fingers, Billy, Ben, Timmy, Captain Maggot This month, three silly stories primed to throw Easter on its kiester! First, Tony Moneran looks to make a fool out of Ben with a barrage of clever desert sand traps! Then, Marcie plans to take the art world by storm in "Aches and Paintings" ! Finally, the latest chapter of our "Oh-Sh** Eleven" arc finds our heroes sailing the stormy seas with the mad Capt. Maggot!
61 May 28, 2010 The Case of the Wicked Wax Museum (3) Jon,
Josh, Angela, Larry, Jason, Jimmo, Chance,
Molina, Fingers, Billy, Ben, Timmy, Dr. Carl Rombold, Don Michael Cornpone
Now in possession of the Forbidden Tablet of Xerxes, Maggot prepares to chant the unholy incantation. The Warriors must race to save their beloved leader as well as stop the captain from reading the writ and becoming an all-powerful and immortal pirate king.
62 Jun 18, 2010 A Close Shave Buddy's Nightmares Pool Tabled
Punkin the cat gets about seven or eight of his lives scared out of him when he finds himself inside one of "Buddy's Nightmares"! Plus, it's fun in the corner pocket when Josh and Monty match wits at a game of pool...and Billy and Ben prove to be a couple of cut-ups when they open their own barber shop in "A Close Shave".
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Aug 7, 2010 The Turd Man Jon, Turd Burglar
A milquetoast driver for the mob became a grotesque, revenge-fueled monster after a dip in toxic waste. After reading his story you will ask yourself: do you take a crap, or does a crap take you?
64 Sep 13, 2010 Attack of the 51/2-Foot Animal Rights Whacko Wee-Wee Monsieur Timmy's Good Deed
Welcome to our second installment of "Looking Out For the Little Guy"! An uptight animal rights activist threatens to lock Buddy up if he can't leave Punkin the cat alone...but can that hell-raisin' beagle keep his baser urges on a leash? Tim makes a new friend who helps him deal with a mean bigger kid who keeps picking on him, and Jon...takes a potty break?
Musical number(s): "The Aggression Shuffle" (Jon).
The long-awaited Belch Dimension grand diamond anniversary issue features rare outtakes and mistakes by our favorite tree-dwelling teens! Witness never-before-seen bloopers, boners, flubs, fumbles goods, and gaffes collected from the last sixty issues...as well as at least one moment that was too hot for the comic!
66 Nov 12, 2010 The Challenge Wild Thing
Monty seems out for a piece of Ben's hide...but thanks to a bit of wierd science, this isn't quite the hyde he had in mind! Gort presents this ghoulish tale, and more, in a series of venomous vignettes we like to call "Tales from the Crapper"! Heeheehahahahhaahahahahahaa!!
67 Dec 7, 2010 A Flip of the Coin Don't Beat the Yellow Snow, Man! Jon,
Josh, Angela, Fingers, Billy, Ben, Molina, Demi-Jon
Why change the rules when you can rule the change? Demi-Jon's latest caper involves stamping his handsome mug on every coin in Jigaboo Junction. It's a case of no quarter given as the Warriors roll out to stop this nickel-and-dime thief's fresh and minty madness! Plus, SweetTart finally makes her triumphant return to the these pages! She's hot on the trail of a cool crook known as the Yellow Snowman...but will he put our bombastic blonde on ice for good?
"A Flip of the Coin" is done in alternating color and black-and-white pages
Spearmint--originally called "Mojo"--is named for Wilson "Deathstroke" Slade's manservant William Wintergreen in the Teen Titans comic (both wintergreen and spearmint are flavors of chewing gum). The name may also be a nod to The Spearmint Rhino, a popular strip club and and elite nightspot.
In the original draft of "Yellow Snowman", the final battle sequence went on a bit longer, but was cut for space constraints. One notable omission is that SweetTart was originally intended to leap into the air to avoid the freeze gun blast and kick the door of a chute containing several ten-pound sacks of ice overhead. The ice landed atop The Snowman's men (this is why the newspaper photo shows them buried in ice bags, though the finished story doesn't indicate this), with one falling bag damaging the control panel of Snowman's special thermal suit, incapaciting him.
68 Jan 7, 2011 Drift of the Magi An Ice-Cold Bud Ice, Ice Baby
Have a hell of a jolly Christmas with the whole Sweet family as they exchange heartfelt gifts under the tree in a Yuley yarn we like to call "Drift of the Magi"! Join Buddy as he goes walking in a winter blunderland and tangles with an alpine recue dog in "An Ice-Cold Bud"...and get ready to kiss your ice goodbye when the Trio of Trouble hire themselves out as not-quite-so-professional ice sculptors to scare up some fast cash for the holidays!
The original script for "Drift of the Magi" called for Ben to grab Tim's crutch and hit him in the head several times with it, knocking him unconscious, but it was decided this ending was too violent for a holiday story.
Several gags were concieved/storyboarded for "An Ice-Cold Bud" but cut for lack of space, including:
In the original encounter with the St. Bernard, Buddy successfully gets the cask of booze and runs away with it, but is caught and thrown against a tree. A flurry of snow falls on his head, giving him a resemblance to Cuban president Fidel Castro. The scene then picks up with the dog bringing his master the keg.
Buddy's second attempt went on for much longer: instead of relinquishing the cask, he holds onto it, in the manner of an English footballer, and runs onto the rink. He slips, loses the barrel, and watches in horror as it flies through the air, strikes a tree root, and cracks. The contents pour out and into a hole in the ice. Several fish swim through the liquor stream, get intoxicated, and start to swim arround erratically. On the pond's surface an ice fisherman catches one of the fish. Cut to a scene with the fisherman and his family eating dinner with his wife and kids. The boy complains the fish "tastes funny". The daughter collapses face-first on the table, presumably of alcohol poisoning. The mother cries, "Oh, my god--call 911". The scene then cuts back to Buddy's fall through the thin ice.
69 Feb 8, 2011 Belch Blanket Bingo A Flip of the Coin (2) Jon, Josh, Angela, Fingers, Billy, Ben, Molina, Demi-Jon This month it's all about fun in the sun as The Warriors hits the beach to relax and soak up a few rays! However, shred-head Tony Moneran looks to put the damper on the gang's good time by challenging Jon to see who owns the surfin' turf at Sunuva Beach. Will the Teen of Titanium have his surfeit first, or will Monty be the one to get bored of the board? This issue's doin' it moon-doggie style!
70 Mar 15, 2011 The Trio of Trouble Meets Felatio
When famous mock-margarine spokesman Felatio Calzone comes to town, the boys spread out. Their objective: Felatio's autograph. But when he refuses to give up his John Hancock, the Trio whips out every trick in their arsenal to get it. Will they butter him up to get what they came for, or will they just play it pat and stick it to the guy?
This issue is dedicated to Jack LaLanne, who was referenced/parodied in DABF09.
71 Apr 8, 2011 Zapped! Jon,
Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Timmy, Flunger, Gort, Marcie, Demi-Jon
And you thought they were a bunch of mixed-up kids before...Demi-Jon's atomic disintegrating module has combined the Treehouse Warriors and the Flungarians together at the cellular level, resulting in a bizarre body swap between the teen and 'tween titans and their cosmic compatriots! The good news is, another zap from the device will untoss this DNA salad...the bad news is--well, Demi-Jon. Will the E.T. of Titanium locate his devious double and the disintegrator disk...or will he now be buying his capes at Baby Gap?
This issue is dedicated to Elizabeth Taylor, who was referenced/parodied in EABF12A.
72 May 17, 2011 Jon's Halfiversary Tuckered Out
Jon's been seeing Jeanne for six months now, so he and his friends decide to do something special for their anniversary--building her her own bathroom. Meanwhile, Buddy has to stop chicane chef Dung Tung Wu from luring every dog in the tri-county area to his restaurant to be pated by his "Flat-U-Lator".
The plot is an homage to the hit Disney show Phineas and Ferb.
73 Jun 15, 2011 The Just-Us League Meets The Silly-Ass Mariner! Zapped! (2) Jon,
Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Timmy, Flunger, Gort, Marcie, Demi-Jon
That riddling rogue has put the lid on the gang--maybe for good! Trapped under glass and facing annihalation, our half-sized hero has to figure out his foe's final puzzle before Demi-Jon's doom ray does some major molecular mayhem.
74 Jul 15, 2011 Flea Falling Single Right Female Quixotic Chaos Dear Diary...
Buddy's refusal to take his bath gets to be a really big problem when his flea problem grows to an unmanagable size in "Flea Falling". A blow to the head causes Billy to imagine he is the famous Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha--and it's a restless knight for Ben as he follows his chivalrous chum on his quest to do good and right wrongs. And get a peek into an average day in the life of Gort in "Dear Diary".
75 Aug 16, 2011 Belch Dimensional Lampoon's Cross-Country Vacation Jon, Josh, Angela, Ben, Buddy, Brandy, Punkin, Demi-Jon The gang embarks cross-country to deliver a boffo new script to a movie studio in L.A. Of course the usual travelling calamities befall our weary road warriors: overpriced hotel rooms, lousy food, cheesy tourist traps, boring hours cooped up in the car...and, oh, yes, that pesky psychotic supervillain who keeps trying to kill them. Will the Warriors make it to Hollywood, or bust trying?
The road trip hits a major speed bump when Demi-Jon strands our heroes in the middle of the desert to die. Will the Teen of Titanium and crew ever reach Tinseltown and their hopes of stardom, or will they remain stranded in the middle of Buttfrig, Nowhere forever?
Jiggawatt returns with a scheme to take over a new body: Jon's! With his mastery of electricity combined with the Teen of Titanium's inherent abilities, that walking short-circuit could be an unstoppable juggernaut. Meanwhile, a birthday celebration for a teammate leaves the Warrior's alien pal Flunger feeling alone, depressed, and taking stock of his life on Earth.
78 Nov 15, 2011 Room 114 (aka "Detention Headache") The Case of the Cursed Collar Bad Word Blues Ben very nearly gets expelled for using a dirty word on the playground, and it's up to Jon and Josh to speak to the principal on his behalf. But, hey, on the bright side, being a fourth-grade dropout isn't so bad, right? Plus, Buddy fantasizes that he is going off to noir as cluehound Sam Spayed, private dick, in "The Case of The Cursed Collar".
79 Dec 20, 2011 Strange Bedfellows SweetTart,Chance, Molina SweetTart undertakes her most grueling and puzzling caper ever when she teams up with the Warriors and finds herself pitted against a company of truly bizarre foes: a costumed ecoterrorist, two sparring Mob families, a wild escaped gorilla, a powerful ancient demon, and...chocolate pudding wrestling?
This story happens concurrently with issues #75 and #76, which explains the absence of Jon and much of the main cast, as they're still in L.A. that week.
80 Jan 20, 2012 Do or Diet Buddy Meets Bernie the Wonder Beagle When TV megastar Bernie the Wonder Beagle comes to town, Buddy plans to see his idol in person--er, paw-son--and get his autograph...paw-tograph...whatever. However, Will Ketchum has his own plans: to see to it our mischevious muttski is locked away in his dog pound for the rest of his days.
81 Feb 28, 2012 Mystic Pizza Joshua Cline's Experiment File #122311: The Tanner Turner Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Chance, Larry, Jimmo, Jason, Timmy,Marcie Move over, Poppa John. Be ready to fall, Domino's. Good luck, Chuck E. Cheese. The gang decides to open their own speedy pizza delivery service, and you can trust it'll have lots of crust. There's a lot of pizza places out there, but these guys have 'em beat wi-chease. You never sausage a thing in your life. This thing may well mushroom out of control. And remember, this issue will be delivered in thirty days or less, or your next comic book is free!
82 Mar 31, 2012 Mystic Pizza(2) The Sister's Lament: A Rock Musical Pest of the Pecos Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Chance, Larry, Jimmo, Jason, Timmy,Marcie As our heroes' pizza delivery business continues to grow, Jon comes up with a fabulous new gimmick: invite four lucky winners to tour the Mystic Pizza headquarters and see the inner workings of a bona fide home business. But will a jealous competitor use this as a golden opportunity to put a kibosh on their kitchen?
83 May 4, 2012 Chateau Puppets Mystic Pizza(3) Jon, Josh, Angela, Billy, Ben, Chance, Larry, Jimmo, Jason, Timmy,Marcie Billy and Ben take a tour of the Home of Tomorrow--today! You'll see such futuristic innovations as the Robot Butler Of Tomorrow...the Grill Of Tomorrow...the Home Entertainment System Of Tomorrow...and the Toilet Of--well, you get the idea. But will 22nd-century tech be too much for a couple of Cro-Magnon-level minds to cope with?
84 May 22, 2012 The Amazing Sweetchuck Good Things Come to Those Who Wait The Trio of Trouble dish up the laughs when they get jobs at MacDougal's...but will they make it as burger jockeys, or serve up their usual: three all-grief daddies, initial loss, lethal sneeze, quickly running, and soon tossed out on their butts?
85 May 2012 Baby Buggy Buddy Magic Fingers Jon,Marcie, Buddy, Brandy When Marcie gets a job babysitting for a neighbor, the dogs lend a paw. Meanwhile, Fingers goes to Jimmo for help when he decides to do a magic act for the school's talent show...but when he diddles around with a few forbidden spells, his act may literally bring down the house.
86 Jun 2012 Walking For Fitfulness Egged On Roller Derby
It's the all-new sports and fitness issue! First, your coaches Jon, Josh, and Ben show you how to get the most out of your workout in "Walking for Fitfullness"! Then, a lesson in good nutrition with Buddy as he goes in search of a high-protein breakfast from a neighbor's chicken coop--but has to beware of the large angry rooster guarding the eggs! Finally, take to the roller rink for comedy contusions galore when the wheel deal, Tony Moneran. interrupts Jon and Angela's skate-date in "Roller Derby"! This power-packed issue will pump (clap) you up!
87 Jul 2012 Campy Camp Our gang heads off to Camp Wheddahelaweh for eight weeks of fun in the sun, rest and relaxation. But it may be very little rest, no relaxation, and not much fun when rival campers Moneran's Maulers seek to put a cramp in their camp. An escalatng prank war and financial woes may shut Wheddahelaweh down and turn summer into a bummer...unless the Warriors can raise the cash to keep the old camp afloat.
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