First
of all, you're probably wondering to yourself, just what is
the Mushroom Mafia? Well, the unofficial Oxford definition
is...
A special organization under the financial support of a family of
portabella mushrooms. The mafia is equipped with an array of lethal
fruits, vegetables, and produce and wage war against all things...
wrong with this world. That includes, crazed teenage fan girls,
communists, and rival groups which try to surpass the mafia's
greatness.
The history of the Mushroom Mafia really begins
back in the school year of 1997-98. During the very first of
our short lived spelling lessons in grade five our teacher, Mr. Nash
decided that for a class activity we would make up a story using our
spelling words (all of which contained the combination "oi"
somewhere in the word). This story ended up involving Mr. Nash
exploring a haunted house in which he was attacked by the mutant
Grade Five Gifted zombies who were going to "boil" him in
a pot of "oil." Their plan was thwarted however by
the arrival of the Ninja Chickens who not only saved the teacher but
became forever emblazoned in the hearts of everyone in that class.
The
Ninja Chickens, while fading into the background for several years
were not forgotten. Their day would soon come. And come
it did, one evening in the school year of 2001-02 while some friends
and I were making the best of our spare time by talking to each
other... on the Internet. We had all recently taken to
spending our lunch hour and a half passing around pieces of paper
and writing down one mystery sentence at a time until we came up
with a story (often with very weird results). So, Cyril,
Chantal and I decided to create another story like that over the
Internet. It involved clowns and peach trees at first, but
soon the Ninja Chickens were brought in again. Chantal decided
we needed a proper name for all of this... something delicious which
we could sit back in plush velvety chairs and smoke our pipes
about. The decision was unanimous: we were now the Mushroom
Mafia.
With members in over three different continents and our
numbers growing all the time, one day our flags will fly in
dominance from every capitol of every country in the world!
But until then, we're content to make comics and low budget cartoons
all of which are contained here at the moment!
Preliminary
Sketches
These are the drawings/doodles which started it all. Most of
these were done by myself in class but there are some little
snippets by my friends where noted. It is recommended you look at
these first to get an understanding of the characters before moving
on.
The First Comic... Ever
The only reason this is being posted here is because it is in fact
the very first comic ever created featuring the Mushroom Mafia
characters. It's not very funny however though, as it was
done for an assignment in my Grade Nine religion class. With
that said please note that the following comic contains Roman
Catholic Religious material and may not coincide with your personal
beliefs.
The First Official Comic
This is what I personally consider to be the MM's first work.
It has no moral value to it, nor does it have a very valid plot
line. It's merely a colourful and humorous comic featuring a
mad Beetle Bailey look-alike bent on taking over the world with an
army of peanuts, and a poor impaired Japanese chef desperately
trying to finish his cooking show. Complete with spontaneously
combusting squirrels and low budget sound effects!