tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post2696558125081154153..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "Money Is the Root of Upheaval!"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-60238300000295847842018-09-25T11:49:35.911-04:002018-09-25T11:49:35.911-04:00This has to do with nothing but I just wrote a son...This has to do with nothing but I just wrote a song about my expirance of reading Calr Barks stories in the buthtub. Imagine music and listen for your enjoyment: <br /><br /><br /><br />I’m gona jump in to bathtub now, <br />I’m gona read some Barks!<br />Each time smile growing on my face,<br />Imagination sparks!<br /><br />Some people prefer PlayBoy mag,<br />or “50 shades for Gray”<br />But I prefer some ol' Carl Barks<br />That’s how it’s gona stay!<br /><br />Cose it’s Barks in the bath tub time… <br />(I haven’t got it wet once)<br />Cose it’s Barks in the bath tub time.. <br />(This is better than any video games)<br />Cose it’s Barks in the bath tub time…<br />(It's the word!) <br /><br />These are the Tales of Donald Duck <br />He realy get’s to shine <br />He may not have his Uncle’s wealth,<br />One soda and his fine. <br /><br />Plain-Awfulians are a bunch of squares, <br />The Terra-Firimians roll, <br />And Zombie here won’t eat your brain,<br />but give you fucking doll,<br /><br /><br />Cose it's Barks in the bathtube time.<br />(So rad... so very rad..)<br />Cose it’s Barks in the bathtub time.<br />(Boy Donald sure like to set things on fire)<br />Cose it’s Barks in the bath tub time..<br />(As soon I’m done I’ll shall imitate him) <br /><br />Cose it’s… Barks… in the… bath… tub… tiiiiimme! <br />Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-57165757631724121112018-09-24T01:16:40.518-04:002018-09-24T01:16:40.518-04:00Regarding your "In addition, it seems kind of...Regarding your "In addition, it seems kind of unethical to me, though admittedly I guess the ethics of time travel are pretty hypothetical." comment... this bit actually got censored in the localization. That wasn't meant to be some never-claimed gold Field he had just discovered in the present, that was "the world's richest gold vein" that had very much been claimed by someone else during the rush, and his plan was specifically to beat the legitimate discoverers to the punch and register it before them. They're the people seen entering the registration office as Scrooge and Gyro are pulled away, I assume this localization rewrote their dialogue as well.Adamanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424537596238450467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-75665821680692113932018-08-25T20:11:35.716-04:002018-08-25T20:11:35.716-04:00That future bit with the diamond houses did make a...That future bit with the diamond houses did make an impact on me and it stayed with me... I totally forgot everything else about the story when I recently read it.<br />Liejuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381505241024833318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-52180884612471931772018-08-22T19:26:33.538-04:002018-08-22T19:26:33.538-04:00As concerns the original script, in volume 28 of t...As concerns the original script, in volume 28 of the Italian Scarpa library (where this story appears) Luca Boschi says that Siegel wrote his scripts on tissue paper, so to minimize the weight of the transatlantic mail, often sending more scripts at once per shipping. The dialogues were translated, most often by Capelli (future editor-in-chief of Topolino in the 80's) and then also ri-adapted so to sound more like the ones of the Italian writers, most often by the writer Dalmasso. Monkey_Feyerabendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573708743732899341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-54322186611109910272018-08-22T18:55:10.544-04:002018-08-22T18:55:10.544-04:00Just to notice that the original Italian title is ...Just to notice that the original Italian title is not <br /><br />US and the Waltz of the centuries<br /><br />but the more violent<br /><br />US and the RAID in the centuries Monkey_Feyerabendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573708743732899341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-87162581955208106702018-08-19T17:16:28.800-04:002018-08-19T17:16:28.800-04:00Your English is very good. Really, the only signi...Your English is very good. Really, the only significant grammatical error in is "I have read it when I was a child." This is finished action in the past (you're not a child anymore), so it takes the simple past, not the present perfect. The English teacher in me could not resist saying that. But I want to encourage everyone to comment, whatever they may think their English is like!GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-34615103785041427412018-08-19T15:54:45.166-04:002018-08-19T15:54:45.166-04:00I am italian, this is one of the best italian stor...I am italian, this is one of the best italian stories ever. I have read it when i was a child in the first '80s, i was terrorized :D Glad you americans can enjoy this. By the way, i like "new" colors, original ones were flat... sorry for my bad english :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-82814512501423785142018-08-19T03:25:37.491-04:002018-08-19T03:25:37.491-04:00We've all learned a lot from this thread!We've all learned a lot from this thread!GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-45793095358089062932018-08-18T20:29:45.016-04:002018-08-18T20:29:45.016-04:00Bohemia is a region of Czechia ("Czechia"...Bohemia is a region of Czechia ("Czechia" is a bit of a made-up name, btw); I think the "historical" names and regions were Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia; both in the times of Austro-Hungarian Empire (Kafka time) and of Czechoslovakia (the union of the 3 regions), there was not much need to think in a name for Bohemia+Moravia (sometimes Bohemia-Moravia was - and is - used), but after the independence of Slovakia, it was needed to invent a name for the "Czechoslovakia minus Slovakia": Czech Republic? Bohemia-Moravia? Czech Countries? Czechia?<br /><br />But, independently of the name (and in the last years, "Czechia" seems to be gaining ground to "Czech Republic"), Bohemia is the more important region of today Czechia (I think Moravia is a less populated and less developed region) - then, perhaps "Bohemia" and "Czechia" are not very far from being two names for almos the same thing.Miguel Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382939732567489809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-32177240490244464792018-08-18T20:23:42.225-04:002018-08-18T20:23:42.225-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Miguel Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382939732567489809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-59485915188467832192018-08-18T13:26:50.655-04:002018-08-18T13:26:50.655-04:00"Patrick said...
His native language was Germ..."Patrick said...<br />His native language was German. He was born in Bohemia, which had a large number of German-speakers."<br />Ah.<br />I've always thought he was a Czech. I guess what confused me is that he was born in the capital of Czechia, Prague, but apparently Prague was a part of Bohemia when he was born, not Czechia.Natteravnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395024999038452560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-18989311243046730602018-08-18T11:26:15.442-04:002018-08-18T11:26:15.442-04:00You're very welcome! Thanks for your kind wor...You're very welcome! Thanks for your kind words. Please stick around and comment whenever the spirit so moves you.<br /><br />And the story you're thinking of is...<a href="https://inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+1134-B" rel="nofollow">this.</a> That's not me having encyclopedic Jerry Siegel knowledge; that's just me checking inducks. Looks intriguing, and I'd like to see it translated. I know IDW people read this, so...make it so!GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-47753627096411254852018-08-17T18:16:26.770-04:002018-08-17T18:16:26.770-04:00Hi, I just found this blog about an hour ago, doin...Hi, I just found this blog about an hour ago, doing a web search for Luciano Bottaro prompted by the recent American publishing of some of his work.<br />This is some kind of paradise for me. I grew up outside the States, reading translations of the great Italian duck and mouse stories in a weekly Disney digest from 1981 to 1983. I was already familiar with the INDUCKS resource, thanks to which I was able to put names to the different styles of art and writing that I fondly recalled, but I never expected anything like this blog! Thank you, GeoX! Anyhow, regarding your curiosity about other Jerry Siegel Disney stories, the very first one I thought of was a Donald classic. The title translates to something like "Beware of Dock Number ??" I can't remember the name of the dock! It's been so many years since the last time I re-read that story. Taking a wild guess, I think it's 33. Anyhow, the artwork is great. I'm 99 percent sure it's drawn by Gino Esposito. And Siegel's story is not only hilarious -- Donald gets to live out his fantasy of being a film noir style private eye, only for it to turn into a nightmare. But -- and here's the best part -- it has a happy ending for Donald! That's all I'll say, hope I didn't spoil too much. And thanks again for this blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-81336233438824836132018-08-17T06:16:20.977-04:002018-08-17T06:16:20.977-04:00Say, another observation: the time machine's c...Say, another observation: the time machine's counter begins at "2018 A.D.". Have IDW returned to refusing to acknowledge the stories' true age? Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-87541961654251467262018-08-16T20:35:10.107-04:002018-08-16T20:35:10.107-04:00His native language was German. He was born in Boh...His native language was German. He was born in Bohemia, which had a large number of German-speakers.Sabrina (M)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17139028621163063257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-20091171727402525262018-08-16T07:55:58.476-04:002018-08-16T07:55:58.476-04:00I'm pretty sure the Kafka story also mentioned...I'm pretty sure the Kafka story also mentioned him having a "shell" on his back.<br />Btw, "original German"? Kafka wasn't German, didn't he write in his native language?Natteravnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395024999038452560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-67295729400888771692018-08-15T18:35:51.837-04:002018-08-15T18:35:51.837-04:00True. But actually, considering he mentions his &q...True. But actually, considering he mentions his "many writhing legs" or something of the sort at one point, another interpretation (which I've always subscribed to) is that he's a woodlouse. Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-39066535312881822542018-08-15T16:26:33.581-04:002018-08-15T16:26:33.581-04:00I didn't know that that word was used for him;...I didn't know that that word was used for him; interesting. Just the same, though, his anatomy is described in sufficient detail to rule out "flea."GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-69864258279590533382018-08-15T12:31:58.311-04:002018-08-15T12:31:58.311-04:00"Gregor Samsa either changed into a cockroach..."Gregor Samsa either changed into a cockroach or a beetle, but definitely not a flea"<br /><br />The original German uses "Ungeziefer", which means "vermin". So, I'd say that "flea" isn't less accurate than "cockroach" or "beetle" .Sabrina (M)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17139028621163063257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-19057857735923934112018-08-14T21:40:27.467-04:002018-08-14T21:40:27.467-04:00That particular episode of Doctor Who was a good e...That particular episode of Doctor Who was a good example of the production team trying very hard to make it contemporary and have a "2005" stamp on it during those early days - they played the opening verse of Britney Spears' "Toxic" at one point - it's only in the final minutes of that episode where it hints at what the show is really going to be about - that the Doctor can travel to ANYTIME and ANYWHERE and it's only when he's traveling with someone unlike him that he gains perspective or empathy about the experience. Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-22634703610077832762018-08-13T23:55:19.448-04:002018-08-13T23:55:19.448-04:00I've gotta say, I love love love "Uncle S...I've gotta say, I love love love "Uncle Scrooge and the Waltz of the Centuries." I actually kind of think the only problem with it might be that it's <i>too good</i> for this story. The punny one <i>does</i> feel a bit more tonally appropriate.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-52424315007713058702018-08-13T21:53:06.853-04:002018-08-13T21:53:06.853-04:00Oh, and as for the colors...Scrooge’s blue and red...Oh, and as for the colors...Scrooge’s blue and red coat makes me think of DuckTales. His coat has been so many colors over the years it’s hard to keep up with the changes. Blonde red shirt Gyro is just wrong to me, though.Debbie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648307522331962265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-12053107915986305252018-08-13T21:49:41.479-04:002018-08-13T21:49:41.479-04:00Scrooge’s private museum seems to be the Disney ve...Scrooge’s private museum seems to be the Disney version of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, a place for the hero to store his mementos and to re-energize between adventures. In this case, Siegel may have beat Don Rosa to the idea of Scrooge’s memento room. If it weren’t for all the end of the world stuff, I’d almost think Scarpa wrote this one himself. Siegel has Scarpa and Bill Walsh beat for fast-paced insane writing. You hardly have any time for the first insane idea to register before he hits you with the next one!Debbie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648307522331962265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-86004222499761021092018-08-13T19:02:05.500-04:002018-08-13T19:02:05.500-04:00The Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston. It was th...The Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston. It was the second episode of the 2003 revival, and the new team was still getting its footing, resulting in the most puzzlingly bizarre episode of "recent" (if something from 15 years ago can be called that) <i>Doctor Who</i> I have seen so far. Suffice to say the villain can only be described as a "vain, bitchy trampolin" — and that's how one of the <i>characters</i> describes her.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-52381835151476695802018-08-13T18:16:14.973-04:002018-08-13T18:16:14.973-04:00Oh, sorry... The Earth was destroyed in 487,000, i...Oh, sorry... The Earth was destroyed in 487,000, if my old notes are accurate. I don't believe a year was given for Scrooge's "Day as Supreme Magnate". <br /><br />I wanted to be DOUBLY SURE that no one gets scared of the world-ending, so I put it TWICE as far into the future. I'm such a considerate soul! <br /><br />That WHO story must really be something. Which Doctor starred in it?Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com