I’m a huge cartoon guy. Been that way since I was a kid, watching The Flintstones & Spider-Man reruns on TV before going off to elementary school. From the Smurfs to Spongebob, Akira to The Simpsons, if its animated, chances are I like it.

Without a doubt, there has never been an animated show that has made laugh out loud like The Tick. A delightfully satiric, subversive poke at the whole Superhero genre, I used to watch this Saturday mornings back in the 90s when I was exiting high school for college.

"Eat My Justice!" was the catchphrase of the indestructible and clueless title character. Defining the virtues of this show is too tough to do it in the space I have here, but lets put it this way: Without the Tick and his supporting cast like his sidekick Arthur (who dresses up as a Moth when he’s not doing accounting work) and fellow heroes like American Maid and Bat Manuel, there would never have been The Incredibles.

Creator Ben Edlund was skewering capes and having fun at heroes’ expense WAY before the boys at Pixar did it (very well I might add).. first in the comics and then in animated form. The live-action series inspired by this show (starring Seinfeld’s Patrick Warburton) was also a blast, but as usual, network TV execs didn’t realize the gem they had.

Well, you’re not TV execs. You’re much smarter! So go pick up The Tick Vs. Season Two on DVD and revel in the stench of righteousness!