Post by Spectrus on Oct 9, 2019 10:41:49 GMT
I've never read that Phantom Blot bedtime story, but in general I hate it when writers try to make him look as if he's somehow connected with the cloak or not even a human being (several Egmont stories played with this notion, thereby disrespecting Gottfredson's origin story).
What Egmont stories do you have in mind that explicitly lean into the interpretation of an inhuman Blot, though? I've only ever known of that notion is "a fan misinterpretation arising from the habit of putting a mouth on the hood and of the Blot wearing his Blot mask beneath disguises", not as anything ever actually supported by real stories.
There's also flashbacks of the two as kids, both already wearing the cloaks but much smaller-sized. You never see the parents.
Even later the Blotman two-parter by the McGreals had Mickey wondering about the Blot's identity after finding out that Blotman is Goofy in disguise. C'mon! And in general, it was made clear several times that Egmont preferred the "mysterious" Blot. They never showed the face even once, and even went so far as to mutilate Cavazzano's art on "Casey's Longest Night" by painting over him when he's not in costume (I wrote about it on joetorcivia's blog) and to not print any Italian Blot stories in the pocketbooks for several years...