tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post6371603581753304420..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "The Flying Horse"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-9151418750228144702010-09-09T01:31:47.167-04:002010-09-09T01:31:47.167-04:00The flying horse cover! That was a particularly fu...The flying horse cover! That was a particularly fun cover to do; I think it holds up pretty well. There are always different approaches to consider, but all this stuff is done on the clock, so you make the choices that feel right at the moment and do the best job you can. <br /><br />AFter all no matter what you do, someone will love it, someone will hate it, a few will wonder why the ducks aren't wearing pants, and everybody else will be pissed off at the cover price. ; )Susan D-Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621093224130115184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-61983660515319813022010-08-09T18:49:57.241-04:002010-08-09T18:49:57.241-04:00Hurrah! New readers! I hope you enjoy all this n...Hurrah! New readers! I hope you enjoy all this nonsense I write.<br /><br />As for the Flying Horse thang...I'd LOVE to think that there was some deliberate absurdism here, but there's an awful LOT of old stories like this out there, and in any case, it's kind of an unfalsifiable claim. <br /><br />I hadn't even really noticed the extreme redness of that panel. That IS pretty funny, but if it's intentional, we'd have to attribute it to the colorist, who is not the same person as the artist or writer. I suppose they could've colluded, but it seems doubtful.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-42388666737672461702010-08-09T15:45:23.681-04:002010-08-09T15:45:23.681-04:00Caught your blog over from AVClub's comment se...Caught your blog over from AVClub's comment session. I love reading analysis like this, and it's always fun to check out classic Disney Scrooge/Donald comics, many of which are before my time.<br /><br />An aside - the pegasus appearance as a contrivance... do you think it was on purpose? I laughed pretty hard at the ridiculousness of it, and the sudden shift to the red backdrop when Donald says "Gee! And I always used to think those fairy tales were phony!" seems to indicate the writer's and artist's self-awareness of how inane this is. Just a thought.<br /><br />BRB reading through your backlog.Kevin Johnsonhttp://www.totalmediabridge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-47063370018961042732010-07-27T22:21:05.472-04:002010-07-27T22:21:05.472-04:00I will respect your assessment of these respective...I will respect your assessment of these respective colorings just as soon as you finally acknowledge your color-blindness and seek out the help you need :-pGeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-48241017278524826912010-07-06T06:53:54.042-04:002010-07-06T06:53:54.042-04:00The new coloring is pretty terrible. Just a mass o...The new coloring is pretty terrible. Just a mass of unrelated colors and tons of gradients. Reminds me more of My Little Pony coloring than anything else. <br />Check out a mint copy of the old version and you'll see that the original coloring job was tasteful and done by someone who knew how to use colors without overdoing it. :)Joakim Gunnarssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766623855317974467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-51804994497074950842010-06-13T23:21:30.442-04:002010-06-13T23:21:30.442-04:00I disagree with your assessment, but believe me, t...I disagree with your assessment, but believe me, there are WAY too many things in this world that deserve hatred for me to get too het up over an aesthetic difference regarding an obscure old comic.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-3874192217351520892010-06-13T22:58:50.801-04:002010-06-13T22:58:50.801-04:00You'll hate me. But I like the Dell coloring.You'll hate me. But I like the Dell coloring.Mike Mateihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231130712600824213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-90049542189227588662010-05-17T22:34:01.894-04:002010-05-17T22:34:01.894-04:00Thanks for that. It's always good to get an i...Thanks for that. It's always good to get an insider's perspective. If I wasn't clear, I should clarify that I'm totally down with the decision not to rerun the story ("condescending writing full of patronizing coincidences" seems like a perfect characterization). I think it's okay to reprint the occasional dubious old story for historical reasons, but, of course, Disney comics are not generally meant to be historical archives. Gotta be <i>entertaining.</i><br /><br />Man, I'm always disoriented to learn that--apparently--someone reads both of my blogs. I always think of them as being more or less discrete. But as for Medioka and Mickey in general, I am DONE with trying to figure out why I don't like them. Try as I might, it just isn't happening. Nothing to be done about it, for better or worse. <br /><br />I WILL say, though, that I don't find objectionable politics to be a barrier to liking otherwise-worthwhile art. Yukio Mishima: appalling politics. Generally unpleasant guy, as I understand it. Would have had no interest in meeting him in person. But dammit, still a mind-bogglingly great writer--one of the giants of twentieth-century literature. Go figure.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-56298945517293341392010-05-17T20:12:26.419-04:002010-05-17T20:12:26.419-04:00I'm not the man who matched Barks' "F...I'm not the man who matched Barks' "Flying Horse" cover with an officially unrelated pegasus story ("Mythos Island" in Gemstone's WDC&S), but I vaguely remember our original plan having been to reprint "Flying Horse" in the same issue as a complement. Of course, then that plan got scotched.<br /><br />Why, you ask? Well... the decision wasn't mine at that time, so I'm not sure. But your review suggests a few very good reasons.<br /><br />We *did* reprint Moores' "Robert the Robot" together with its Barks cover (in WDC&S 665), but even there I'm not sure the story deserved it. What some call "charm" in many Golden Age comics strikes me as merely condescending writing full of patronizing coincidences.<br /><br />There were good stories at Western, too—both from Barks and others. Why not hold the majority up to that standard (or something close to it), if we would do that for stories produced today?<br /><br />(Of course, I say all of this with a grain of salt; everyone's criteria differs. I think you and I differ 180° on "Monarch of Medioka," a story I love in spite of my personal politics...)ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-69531432737155030252010-05-16T16:17:51.406-04:002010-05-16T16:17:51.406-04:00I aim to please!I aim to please!GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-72732944582132649192010-05-16T06:18:23.320-04:002010-05-16T06:18:23.320-04:00Not much to do with this story but shake my head.....Not much to do with this story but shake my head....I only remembered Barks' unicorn story, but now thanks to you I'll always remember this one along with it.<br />Gee, thanks ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com