tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post4981293378952101866..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "The Dragon's Amulet"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-4050054757586676022016-02-08T05:32:20.668-05:002016-02-08T05:32:20.668-05:00Just read our French localization (and yes, it is ...Just read our French localization (and yes, it is a localization, as in, rescripted… sadly) of this story, having found back the issue in my terribly messy collection of Disney comics. <br /><br />I'd like to point out that in the version we got, it is not "yen" that is used, but "chen", an imaginary currency; and the amulet's price is "1000 chens", which makes it more plausible as something Scrooge would want for his trophy collection.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-7618053621167615742012-07-01T14:12:15.822-04:002012-07-01T14:12:15.822-04:00To non-fannish, non-duck-scholarly little me, when...To non-fannish, non-duck-scholarly little me, when “Dragon’s Amulet” was originally released, I didn’t see THAT much difference between it and the Scrooge stories I’d read in the previous year or so. <br /><br />It seemed to fit nicely with what came before. It was even full-length, unlike the stories that followed it. It certainly wasn’t “Bird Bothered Hero” or something abominable like that. Overall, I liked it.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-72438414535032624982012-07-01T13:46:38.150-04:002012-07-01T13:46:38.150-04:00I don't know--'round these parts, I think ...I don't know--'round these parts, I think the vitriol is reserved for the more, well, crappy non-Barks Western stuff. There's plenty that I do like, and I think that's the case for most of the people who comment here. But when they were bad, to me at least, there was just something uniquely terrible about them.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-18794060891252856112012-06-23T23:54:18.917-04:002012-06-23T23:54:18.917-04:00I remember that story, and I have to say I liked i...I remember that story, and I have to say I liked it at least as a kid reading it. In fact, I'd probably still like it. I still don't fully understand the vitriol so many people have for the non-Barks Ducks of Western. Frankly, I still find most of this stuff superior to much of the European stuff that's been imported over the years. I'm sure some of that is colored by nostalgia, of course. I certainly respect divergent opinions, but, for me, most of the Western stuff was fun. A lot was eminently forgettable and a lot had shoddy characterization, but that's what I found with lots (by no means all) of other works as well.Carl Lundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693249071781159845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-57968068562835256782012-06-18T10:33:15.621-04:002012-06-18T10:33:15.621-04:00I am undone! Ack!
Well, that, at any rate, is es...I am undone! Ack!<br /><br />Well, that, at any rate, is essentially in the fourteen page *category.*GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-21492765194361817122012-06-18T09:27:56.234-04:002012-06-18T09:27:56.234-04:00I'll nitpick: Uncle Scrooge had another story ...I'll nitpick: Uncle Scrooge had another story that was over 14 pages long. It was drawn by Kay Writght and it appeared in Uncle Scrooge 188 (that's 1981, people). I don't expect it to be any better than the other material of the era, I thought I'd just mention it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com