Goofy as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to Disney's characters in the eighties series called Pateta faz Historia, were Goofy adapts several biographies and characters form novels. Written by Cal Howard and illustrated by Anibal Uzal, Hector Adolfo de Urtiaga and Rubon Torreiro, the comic book puts Goofy as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with humour. In this article we analise the similarities between the two texts and the diferences between them as well. We will analise the characters, their persona and how many Goofy's personality influences in the plot. Besides, we will try to demonstrate how Disney Studios can humorize the horror novel by Stevenson. In the end of this article, we will show our final considerations.