"Dirty Work at the Crossroads"

Hey, let's look at an old non-Barks story from 1954 of which I have fond memories, shall we?  I will freely grant that Dick Moores' artwork is, er, not so great, but I think there's still quite a bit to recommend here.
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"Kakimaw Country"

How long has it been since I've written about a Barks story?  Time to get back to the basics!  For a moment, at least.  You know, when I started doing this, it was with the sort of vague idea of choosing representative Barks stories and saying "here! Look! See what this says about X!"  But that sort of thing can get awfully repetitive, and at a certain point you have to branch out and/or change your approach to stories ("You've changed, man--I remember when it used to be all about the ducks, with none of this other bullshit").  That's what I worry about sometimes when I return to the classics: will I just be repeating myself? Will it be super-boring?  Nonetheless, there are a few aspects of this 1957 story that I think are well worth highlighting.

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"War and Peace"

Listen, I have just one word for you people:
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