Do you desire more writing on Disney comics?

Well, in that case, perhaps you should turn your eyes to The Mouse Maestro, if you haven't already.  They've got some really good articles on mouse comics, more or less in the same vein as this blog.  Would I have already known about this if I were less weirdly misanthropic about my fandom these days?  Maybe!  But there it is.  I'll add it to the blogroll when and if I figure out how; I swear, blogger's changed since I first set that up, and I can't quite figure it out.  Yeesh.

(And this is probably obvious, but no, this does not count as next week's entry.)

"Operation Galleon Grab"

Somewhat belatedly, I acquired a copy of the Disney Masters book of this title, and then I read this story.  Maybe sometimes it's interesting to have an entry about something that I haven't lived with for a long time and maybe don't have super-settled thoughts about.  Perhaps.  It's a rather shambolic story, as Italian stories so often are, so--enjoy it for what it is.  Our writer here, Osvaldo Pavese, isn't notable for much beyond prolificity, but!  This IS currently his top-rated story on inducks, so you can bring whatever excitement you think is warranted by that little fact to this blogpost.  

(Also, it's his Duck Comics Revue debut.  An amazing honor for any creator!)

We open like this, with this guy interrupting HDL's fun.  And I'll tell you why I like it so much: okay, we all know that "everyone is fooled by super-obvious disguises" is the rule in Disney comics.  Just how it is.  But even so, the fact that the absolute FIRST THING you will do when you pick this up is think "oh yeah, that's a Beagle Boy"--that's funny.  Really stretching the concept to its limits.

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