tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post4565404982466003255..comments2024-03-02T16:36:54.324-05:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Chapter Zero: "Of Ducks, Dimes, and Destinies"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-19047212722007989702017-09-18T09:00:46.339-04:002017-09-18T09:00:46.339-04:00I just got Fantagraphis Don Rosa integral's 3 ...I just got Fantagraphis Don Rosa integral's 3 & 4. In his commentary Rosa said that he wanted this to be Rockerduck's father from the start but as a little detal he did to amused himself. <br /><br />To be fair Howard showing here some playboy side dose fit Rockeduck. Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040860912155201940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-62385563634049512392017-09-14T11:42:28.393-04:002017-09-14T11:42:28.393-04:00Also, El Dorado is my favorite Rosa story, by far,...Also, El Dorado is my favorite Rosa story, by far, and even I agree that the bit with Donald and the rope bridge is ridiculous. When Rosa handles Donald as a starring character he actually does right by him---see Super Snooper Strikes Again! or the Junior Woodchucks origin story. Whenever he pairs him with Scrooge he just seems to miss the mark. The worst instance of that is the otherwise fantastic Guardians of the Lost Library, in which he reduced to another of Rosa's shots aimed at pop culture.<br /><br />-RMEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-77731967771735164392017-09-14T11:35:52.745-04:002017-09-14T11:35:52.745-04:00I actually think this is in contention for the bes...I actually think this is in contention for the best use of Magica in a comic. However, I didn't acquire it until years after reading Chapter One, as Duck comics were hard to find when I was a youth in 1860.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-63106986113532260972012-10-10T22:18:16.686-04:002012-10-10T22:18:16.686-04:00I came to remind you to review "Last Lord of ...I came to remind you to review "Last Lord of El Dorado" as you mentioned you would like to do it here ;)Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-33097013959590181362011-12-13T12:17:00.105-05:002011-12-13T12:17:00.105-05:00Ah, Chapter Zero! I've always been interested ...Ah, Chapter Zero! I've always been interested in the story possibilities of time travel, but you know, it's always very confusing.<br />It's not so much a Scrooge story this time, Magica's stealing the spotlights (and the #1 Dime!). Anyway, we get the behind-the-scenes story of "The Last of the Clan McDuck", something only Don Rosa would think of. It's fun to see, and note Howard Rockerduck buying a ticket to America!!! Rosa knew it would be complete series all along. Then Fergus McDuck gets his moment of shine, Magica realises the consequences of taking the dime before Scrooge earned it, and the story's done.<br />It's not one of the worst entries in the series, but not the best either. That is all I have to say.Duckfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-27049761161333242682011-12-09T19:03:07.200-05:002011-12-09T19:03:07.200-05:00Geo,
Good observation re: Rosa's characteriza...Geo,<br /><br />Good observation re: Rosa's characterization of Scrooge. He would often give out these little cutting asides that make one wonder just why Don and the boys continue to put up with him, the opportunity for "high adventure" be damned!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-9551579484038151892011-12-08T18:45:52.862-05:002011-12-08T18:45:52.862-05:00Re: cleavage on ducks -- you may have already seen...Re: cleavage on ducks -- you may have already seen it, but I found this article amusing:<br /><br />http://www.donaldisme.dk/boops.htmSwamp Adderhttp://swamp-adder.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-57348988314515006112011-12-08T15:44:10.479-05:002011-12-08T15:44:10.479-05:00Glad to help! :)
http://personal.sdf.bellsouth.ne...Glad to help! :)<br /><br />http://personal.sdf.bellsouth.net/d/a/danshane/scroopage/los285_1.htm There's also this companion page, which is a more in-depth version of Rosa's texts in the collected L&T editions. All sorts of crazy, obsessive little details. I'm not squirreling away any other links that are relevant here, promise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-70437920951108921222011-12-08T15:34:58.811-05:002011-12-08T15:34:58.811-05:00No, I didn't know about them--I'd only see...No, I didn't know about them--I'd only seen such sketch pages as were reprinted at a hard-to-read size in Gemstone's L&T. These are great; I'll look at them and, if relevant, bring them up in the entries in question. Thanks a lot.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-35767821801687322402011-12-08T15:21:38.020-05:002011-12-08T15:21:38.020-05:00Geo, I don't know if you knew about this link,...Geo, I don't know if you knew about this link, but I thought you might be interested even if they never come up, because... well, they're interesting. :) <br /><br />http://www.duckhunt.de/Scripts/index.html<br /><br />Chapter 1 and 11 are really the ones here that interest me because they're more like director's cuts (11 specifically), and I think I would have preferred seeing that version fully realized.<br /><br />Chapter 0 is a fun chapter though. Just good old comedy and nice background gags. Can't wait for the rest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-81624429194096137402011-12-08T14:11:58.957-05:002011-12-08T14:11:58.957-05:00Yeah, this story falls a little outside of the L&a...Yeah, this story falls a little outside of the L&T proper. Like "Dream of a Lifetime", it's about characters interacting with Scrooge's past, rather than the actual narrative of Scrooge's life.<br />I wonder what happened to Howard's accent. It's funny to think that John Rockerduck, a character neither Barks nor Rosa had much use for, is more deeply connected to Scrooge's history than Flintheart, his more consistent rival.Jasper Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11494710356101531230noreply@blogger.com