Mutant, Texas: Tales of Sheriff Ida Red
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Mutant, Texas: Tales of Sheriff Ida Red is a four-issue comic book
miniseries created by Paul Dini
and illustrated by J. Bone
, published by Oni Press
in 2002. The stories take place in a mythical West Texas
town changed by a release of atomic power and mystic forces.
The lead character is Sheriff Ida Red
, a seemingly normal 16-year-old orphan who develops amazing mutant
powers. Through her heroism Ida later becomes sheriff of the strange town. Other characters include:
Ida Red first appeared in Oni Double Feature #13, August 1999, the same issue that introduced Dini's Jingle Belle
character.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
miniseries created by Paul Dini
Paul Dini
Paul Dini is an American writer and producer who works in the television and comic book industries. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics animated series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated...
and illustrated by J. Bone
J. Bone
J. Bone is an Eisner Award nominated Canadian comic book artist and writer who has worked on such titles as DC Comics' Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Super Friends...
, published by Oni Press
Oni Press
Oni Press is an American independent comic book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack with the goal of publishing the kinds of comics and graphic novels they themselves would want to read...
in 2002. The stories take place in a mythical West Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
town changed by a release of atomic power and mystic forces.
The lead character is Sheriff Ida Red
Sheriff Ida Red
Sheriff Ida Red is a comic book and cartoon character created by writer/cartoonist Paul Dini.According to her origin story, young Ida was found as an orphaned baby in the desert outside of remote Mutant, Texas...
, a seemingly normal 16-year-old orphan who develops amazing mutant
Mutant
In biology and especially genetics, a mutant is an individual, organism, or new genetic character, arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is a base-pair sequence change within the DNA of a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not...
powers. Through her heroism Ida later becomes sheriff of the strange town. Other characters include:
- Ida's armadillo deputy Rollalong Diller,
- Tia Oso (Aunt Bear in Spanish), a bear-woman shaman and Ida's aunt,
- the sultry Mexican cantina owner MezcalMezcalMezcal, or mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the maguey plant native to Mexico. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl metl and ixcalli which mean 'oven cooked agave.'...
, a humanoid mutated agave plant, - Clint Saguaro, a cactus-man modeled after Clint EastwoodClint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
's Man with No NameMan with No NameThe man with no name is a stock character in Western films, but the term usually applies specifically to the character played by Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy."...
character from Sergio LeoneSergio LeoneSergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...
's Trilogy, - the Kiyotes, a family of villainous trailer trash coyotes,
- the diminutive, malapropismMalapropismA malapropism is an act of misusing or the habitual misuse of similar sounding words, especially with humorous results. An example is Yogi Berra's statement: "Texas has a lot of electrical votes," rather than "electoral votes".-Etymology:...
-spouting Mayor Lansdale, who is widely thought to be a parody of Ross PerotRoss PerotHenry Ross Perot is a U.S. businessman best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988...
.
Ida Red first appeared in Oni Double Feature #13, August 1999, the same issue that introduced Dini's Jingle Belle
Jingle Belle
Jingle Belle is a cartoon character created by Paul Dini. She's Santa Claus' spoiled teen-age daughter. The stories depict Jingle's usually contentious relationship with her famous father....
character.