The History of The Tick (1994) – NOT the Ninja Turtles & That’s Okay
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The Tick is a big blue superhero and comic book series created by a high school student in New England. The Tick has also had 3 different adaptations on TV including a cartoon that aired on FOX KIDS.
While the TIC was kind of thought of as having the potential to be the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it didn’t quite work out that way.
And that’s just fine.
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SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tick_(1994_TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_(character)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Edlund
https://the-tick-animated.fandom.com/wiki/The_Tick_(animated_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tick_(2001_TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tick_(2016_TV_series)
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?Brand=12986
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1181331389/?match=5&terms=the%20tick%20fox
https://www.newspapers.com/image/919616169/?match=2&terms=the%20tick%20fox
https://www.newspapers.com/image/150564935/?match=4&terms=the%20tick%20fox
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tick-fever-endures
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July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
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@AreaMan-et8op
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Uncle Creamy: "I'm not a villain! I'm vanilla."
@AreaMan-et8op
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Love, love, love The Tick!!!
About 20 years ago I knew a guy that would go to storage locker auctions. He would find some crazy stuff and ask me to sell it for him since I run an eBay store. Most of the stuff was alright, some was junk and sometimes it would be outstanding.
One time he brings over a small stack of New England Comics newsletters and asked me if they were worth anything. I started flipping through them and there it was. Number 14. Couldn't freaking believe it! Ended up selling it for a great number of dollars for him and also received a healthy commission. I photocopied the whole thing so I could always remember it. And prove that I had one in my hands!
Spoon! 🥄
@gooner424
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
But Arthur, Evil!
Do you see anything to the west, little wooden boy?
@syyner1748
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Let's hang ten for JUSTICE!!!!
@Xstinction79
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Speak!!
@Xstinction79
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
We are filth, we come from filth, we're going to filth!!
@Xstinction79
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Little wooden boy!!!
@terryfloyd3505
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
the last Tick wasnt that good except Jackie Earl Haley as The Terror. he was amazing in that role.:P
@terryfloyd3505
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
The snot Tick episode is my favorite! SSSPPPOOONNNN!!!
@tomcrowell6697
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Own the comics and watched all the shows. My favorite intro will always be tick in a straight jacket.
Friggin Ninjas everywhere. Lol
If you know, you know.
@FluxExplorer
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
“ You’re not going crazy, Arthur. You’re going sane in a crazy world.”
@0osaka
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
3rd best superhero cartoon ever made, behind Timm Batman and Freakazoid.
@robertevans9207
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Josef Stalin, grab onto my armored mumu and together we'll leave this foul earth behind!
@jaycee1832
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Loved The Tick. Cartoon was awesome.
@daviddalrymple2284
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
It's also worth mentioning that Christopher "Jackson Publick" McCulloch got his big break as a staff writer on the Tick. I've always thought of "The Venture Brothers" as a sort of R-rated spiritual successor to "The Tick".
@carymack
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Speak >>>>> Krypto
@aaronbecker5617
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
The Tick is just awesome goofy fun 😊
@brenthegarty3922
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
I was in my early 20's when the first Tick cartoon came out and I liked it a lot. I played it for my kids years later but they never got too into it.
@MamdanisDomMommy
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Venture Brothers is like The Tick minus The Tick.
@grennbalze
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
“FIRE ME BOY!”
@briansmart8644
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
I use to go to school with Eastman and use to be a subscriber to new England comics newsletters
@MrEScience
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
The tick was hands down my favorite cartoon as a child, to me nothing was more fun than the crazy heroes and villains, the midnight bomber what bombs at midnight was my guy. When I found out The Tick was a comic I begged my parents to use their credit card for a month and the original three issues were my first eBay/online shopping purchase, the dial up modem connection screeches never sounded as sweet as they did that day.
@RedNinjaV
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
2:25 being outside is kinda lame
@thebealers2102
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Get me more mud for my Pig Leg!
@michaelknightmustdie
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Still mad at Amazon for cancelling the series.
@jesseanderson4712
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
I was OBSESSED with The Tick animated series when I was a kid. It came on late at night on Toon Disney for like 3 or 4 years in the late 2000s and I loved it so much. I wish there were easy ways to find episodes to watch
@StevieDrawStuff
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Laxative log?
@VoidR
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Hmmmm… BatManuel became the mayor of Gotham several tears later, Ben Edlund wrote for a show called Gotham. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
@ianchasenicholsart
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Very nice recap. I drew the Tick comics for New England Comics for over ten years. The year The Tick Amazon show came out, there was a gigantic presence at San Diego Comic Con. The whole cast of the show, they made a big outdoor set, tons of giveaways, lots of artists, the voice actors from the cartoon, actors and creators from the Fox live action show all were there to celebrate. Most of them signed for free at the NEC booth throughout the weekend. I remember Jackie Earl Haley and Michael Cerveris were really into the comics. It was a great week. Ben still owns the character, so there's always the chance he'll want to do something again. The most recent Tick story appeared in the latest issue of Planet Comics, and there will be another one on Kickstarter soon.
@darthv72
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
"I am MIGHTY"
@RGFblazed21
July 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm
I won that Fox Kids "Tick Talk" sweepstakes shown at 12:31. Had all the toys and the SNES game. Still have the game,.