Welforce™, The | Classics #6 – 20th Anniversary Cover (1989 – 2009)
When police apprehend the juvenile delinquent hooligan nerds that were raiding Charity boxes, The COMMANDAH’ decides to utilize them instead of punishing them. He gave them a job! Hired to now protect the locations they once stole from. This new unit is…
Welforce (Original art) | Welforce #1 – Crusher Year One Spin-Off (1988)
Welforce was created in 1987, and all evidence of it was confiscated by the Oswego School Distict. It was then recreated and updated in 1988-89. Its primary mission: To protect…
Butski Steals From Charity Donation Box | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
The origin of Welforce is a spin-off from “The Misadventures of Misfit Misquit Mike Butski” — a series of comic strips (most of which were in “The Far Side” style…
Butski Meets RaYzor Stealing From Donation Box | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
I met one of my very best buds in high school. We met through mutual friends when he heard all about this kid who draws all of these crazy comics…
Butski Tells Us of Welforce’s Origins | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
The Welforce is born! The funny thing was, none of these friends that these characters were based off were poor or from welfare cases. I bet most if not all…
“Your Welfare Check, Or Your Life Fatwoman!” | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
And like any good origin story, we needed some humanizing plot twist.
Welforce Goes LEGIT | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
Who was giving teenage kids automatic weapons legally? And was there really enough of a problem with people stealing from Charity Donation Boxes to require heavily armed guards? Something smells…
Crusher Comics: “Wrath Of Rake” Ad | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
I was quite the entrepreneur back then, selling xeroxed prints of a poster to fund my art books and colored pencils to produce a “Graphic Novel” PPV conclusion to the…
Illogical Issue! Ron Foule Fights Back! | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
Ronald Foule has been picked on far enough. He turns to martial arts. Will he toughen up?
Will The Obliterator Have Revenge? | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
Yesterday, today, forever? Shilling my comics and nobody paid. 🙁
Ron Gets Tough! | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
How many opening splash pages started with Ronnie walking nerdily down a school hallway?
Butski Commands Ron To Toughen Up | The Welforce™ (1988-89)
Ron gets rocked by Iron Mike — Glass Joe style — for his tomfoolery. See that splatter from Ron’s mouth? A classmate was bleeding for some unknown reason (I think…
Ron Trains In Karate | Welforce (1989)
1st apperance of the legenday Sensei Rockosumpi! Could his talents toughen ol’ Ronnie up with mystic martial arts? We shall see. We shall see…
Master Rockosumpi uses Ronald as a workout dummy | Welforce (1989)
I’ve never seen a martial arts teacher do that to his newest pupil before. What kind of school is this?!
Butski: “Waitaminute… How Did Ron Get Bald? Find out next issue!”
Mike Buske’s graffiti struck with this illustration that at first questioned his sexuality: There was a lot of that in these comics. Back then, it wasn’t taboo to do so.…
Chrusher Has A Word To Thieving Trolls
Some dick — I forget who — stole my comics before. I forget how I got it back, but I was pretty damn pissed and come out from behind the…
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