tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post6601342241779608933..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "Voodoo Hoodoo"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-14805977273429495032024-02-21T21:59:54.220-05:002024-02-21T21:59:54.220-05:00I only recently stumbled across the Life of Scroog...I only recently stumbled across the Life of Scrooge comics, never read the og comics, but I have to say, reading the bonus comics, Scrooge puts on a tough guy (perhaps you'd say dickish) facade to hide his emotions and out of fear others will lose respect for him. I'd say that panel is in line with the rest of that series. <br /><br />Not sure why Scrooge being a dick is somehow more appalling though? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-56830755545112080422022-10-07T17:28:11.544-04:002022-10-07T17:28:11.544-04:00Barks orginal cathprase for Scrooge was going to b...Barks orginal cathprase for Scrooge was going to be "Let's colonialise the shit out of some natives!" but one day he realise it's to long for a t-shirt so he drop that angle of the character and went with Smarter then the Smarties and all that jazz.Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040860912155201940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-83712031018051146002016-02-21T13:03:39.330-05:002016-02-21T13:03:39.330-05:00Rosa's portrayal of the deed as heinous and un...Rosa's portrayal of the deed as heinous and unjustifiable and Blum's interpretation of Zoola as equally evil aren't necessarily incompatible -- even if we aren't supposed to sympathize with Zoola, we should still sympathize with the myriad unnamed, innocent villagers who lost their homes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-65531904763765504862015-12-30T13:06:40.550-05:002015-12-30T13:06:40.550-05:00The Don Rosa version in which Scrooge's action...The Don Rosa version in which Scrooge's action is undoubtedly evil doesn't work for another reason that you overlooked: as Blum seems to point out too, Foola Zoola is an <i>evil</i>, <i>sadistic</i> <i><b>sorcerer</b></i> who notably put an awful curse on Bombie just because he needed a <i>free slave</i>. In the Don Rosa story, when Scrooge disguises himself and tricks Foola Zoola into signing that damned contract, we're meant to resent Scrooge and sympathize with Zoola… But (at least for me) you just can't overlook that this is the same guy who enslaved poor crying ol'Bombie.<br /><br />In fact, something that would go along the Blum interpretation ("just like Scrooge") is the fact that Foola Zoola tricks the Ducks into paying him a high price for, as it turns out, nothing… much like, I think, Scrooge cheated Zoola in the Rosa story.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-74827603520148540002014-08-20T19:47:14.748-04:002014-08-20T19:47:14.748-04:00Personally, I've always thought that while Scr...Personally, I've always thought that while Scrooge *did* change way back then, the Major change happened because of the influence Donald and the nephews eventually had on him. And, consider, he stayed a recluse for a LOOONG time, and you tend to forgive yourself for past sins more and more the older you get, so this scene works for me as sort of showing Scrooge in his "transitionary period".Natteravnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395024999038452560noreply@blogger.com