tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post2590042907641365067..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "Donald's Trick-Type Trip"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-81969388351222072712018-12-19T21:42:57.165-05:002018-12-19T21:42:57.165-05:00OK, I actually quite like this story. I like all t...OK, I actually quite like this story. I like all the stuff you liked: the images, Santa's smack-down, the fact that Scrooge has to play Santa's helper at the end. He shouldn't "win" at the end of a Christmas story when his intent was to evade all requests for charitable giving. I also like the ways that the story is aware of all the tropes of the Scrooge story genre: the weird way Donald and the kids accompany Scrooge all over everywhere, the Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook, Gyro's ability to invent anything out of whole cloth and inability to get paid fairly by Scrooge. I find the Guidebook bit pretty funny: that Scrooge has come to rely on it, that they didn't bring it along to trim a Christmas tree because "who needs a Junior Woodchuck Handbook for that?" Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-75832555685926922522018-12-15T18:33:05.347-05:002018-12-15T18:33:05.347-05:00Yeah, you're clearly right about the reindeer....Yeah, you're clearly right about the reindeer.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-21092920488345429472018-12-15T14:15:39.977-05:002018-12-15T14:15:39.977-05:00Also… also… also… (this is about now that you real...Also… also… also… (this is about now that you realize that I'm posting these as I read the review, live…) I don't think these are the reindeer' <i>shadows</i>; these are more reindeer, cast in shadow. The reindeers are by pairs. Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-74184016721361952442018-12-15T14:13:04.127-05:002018-12-15T14:13:04.127-05:00Also also, I feel like this story deserves some cr...Also also, I feel like this story deserves <i>some</i> credit for correctly predicting, decades ahead of modern science proving it, that there is ice at the Moon's poles. In fairness.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-71738115089360316322018-12-15T14:10:35.648-05:002018-12-15T14:10:35.648-05:00Thermodynamics be damned.Thermodynamics be damned.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-85759462377453732102018-12-15T14:10:25.379-05:002018-12-15T14:10:25.379-05:00Also, because two messages isn't enough:
And ...Also, because two messages isn't enough:<br /><br /><i>And yet, I will still shout and clap and laugh at this image because it's fun and festive and happy. Huzzah!</i><br /><br />I dunno. I mean yes, the image is nice and dynamic, but I kinda wish we just got a Christmas tree flying through space and landing on the moon. Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-91911990989259252452018-12-15T14:05:03.624-05:002018-12-15T14:05:03.624-05:00But if you want something more colorful, maybe the...But if you want something more colorful, maybe the <i>Little Helper</i> is independantly wealthy due to being as awesome at playing the stock market as he is at everything else. Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-37859561210319307162018-12-15T14:04:26.586-05:002018-12-15T14:04:26.586-05:00Honestly, I think one of Gyro's earliest inven...Honestly, I think one of Gyro's earliest inventions must have been a 3D printer-type machine that creates whatever spare parts he needs out of scrap metal. Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.com