tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post6684520702353747394..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: Gladstone GanderGeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-69626331840162103942021-09-11T14:35:34.805-04:002021-09-11T14:35:34.805-04:00Some years later, but I found out that there's...Some years later, but I found out that there's an English scanlation of the story I mentioned:<br />https://sarroora.tumblr.com/post/165797202739/olucky-man<br /><br />This may or may not be off-topic, but it's a real shame that there are so many good Disney comics that haven't been published in English, and right now there's only the Disney Masters series, and even then there's many artists not published there (including Ferioli, Vicar, Branca and Colomer, the last of whom drew that Gladstone story). Fortunately I've also found links for Disney comics in other languages, French, German, Italian and Vietnamese respectively, and even if one doesn't know the languages the stories are still easy to understand, and the Vietnamese books do have English text as well as Vietnamese, and the art is always good to look at in all Disney books:<br />https://stan-bdwaltdisney2.blogspot.com/<br />https://land-of-birds-and-comics.tumblr.com/post/165359473705/german-duck-downloads<br />https://fumetti-segnalazioni.blogspot.com/<br />http://www.nettruyenpro.com/truyen-tranh/donald-va-ban-huu-2098Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-57436902316345858792017-09-01T06:18:53.701-04:002017-09-01T06:18:53.701-04:00If he was talking to Fethry it might be Tiro Fortu...If he was talking to Fethry it might be Tiro Fortunato (Paperoga). <br /><br />It's short, but you get the impression that Gladstone is awake through the spell of not getting to be the architect of his own existence & as self-aware as someone in his unique position can be (whether he wants to be is another question). It's not alot, but it's something. <br /><br />I think part of the issue with Gladstone is that he was introduced in the "wrong era". It was a good period in American history, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't a time in which complex, grey characters enjoyed splendid popularity. We took things at their face value in the middle of the last century. The audience was a bit more gullible. I feel like now there is definitely more of an audience for flawed characters like him. <br /><br />I hope you revisit this topic especially given the new comic and Ducktales reboot. He's always been a fan favourite, but episode 7 hasn't even debuted and already he's got a fairly sizable fanbase (whom I affectionately refer to as his muther luckers). It's a relief to see it, really. Cause Carl Barks don't make no mistakes.Isadorablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984309114647360053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-59197630011798411392017-08-16T18:42:10.557-04:002017-08-16T18:42:10.557-04:00Thanks for the tip! That does sound interesting; ...Thanks for the tip! That does sound interesting; I'll try to check it out.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-11386169198241176812017-08-16T11:14:00.084-04:002017-08-16T11:14:00.084-04:00Don't know if you'll be reading this comme...Don't know if you'll be reading this comment, but what the hey. There is actually a story from a while ago which depicts Gladstone as more tragic as I have ever seen. It starts off with Gladstone unhappy because everyone in town despises him, and then he talks about his angst about having so much luxuary in his home. I don't remember the rest of the story, but if you find it, you may find that it contains the kind of beats you're talking about wanting to read about him.<br />https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+98220Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-49192133416890530452014-04-10T00:34:18.847-04:002014-04-10T00:34:18.847-04:00For the life of me I can't remember where, but...For the life of me I can't remember where, but I distinctly remember it being said by Someone Who'd Know that Gladstone's appearance (specifically, his hair) and early mannerisms ("Old boy, old boy") were meant to mock Frank Sinatra.whc03gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304236390575971087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-87682231875573535112013-05-07T13:54:43.491-04:002013-05-07T13:54:43.491-04:00Merci! C'est bon ça!Merci! C'est bon ça!GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-39885268256577699022013-05-07T13:00:41.291-04:002013-05-07T13:00:41.291-04:00Votre français est parfait et Gontran Bonheur vous...Votre français est parfait et Gontran Bonheur vous comprendrait parfaitement !Didiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-19021676488245303202013-05-07T11:33:15.865-04:002013-05-07T11:33:15.865-04:00Pas très couramment, mais assez pour lire des BD. ...Pas très couramment, mais assez pour lire des BD. (je lis mieux que je parle). Si vous regardez certains postes plus tard, vous verrez que j'écris des histoires italiennes à partir de leurs versions françaises assez fréquemment. J'ai même fait quelques <a href="http://duckcomicsrevue.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-strange-tragedy-of-doctor-donaldus.html" rel="nofollow">traductions</a> <a href="http://duckcomicsrevue.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-fantastic-adventures-of-marco-polo.html" rel="nofollow">amateurs.</a> :)GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-76690683393634862742013-05-07T02:15:32.187-04:002013-05-07T02:15:32.187-04:00by the way....
it was the same edition indeed!!!
p...by the way....<br />it was the same edition indeed!!!<br />parlez-vous français?Didiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-4786077913821519332013-05-07T02:11:10.965-04:002013-05-07T02:11:10.965-04:00I second that!GG is,par excellence,lazy and he has...I second that!GG is,par excellence,lazy and he has not to make the slightest effort to succeed,that was Don Rosa says!People who comment on "Monte Cristo" and "heroes" wrote that it was not the real him!<br />GG is himself in " a financial fable" ,a capitalism parable in which he is well cast as the parasite (an equivalent of the shareholder in real life maybe ,or of the idle heir)whereas DD is the rebel,but a rebel without a cause,not an activist trying to change the rules of the game,but a lazy prole eager to imitate his lucky cousin.Didiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-35948614694025478542013-05-06T15:36:51.251-04:002013-05-06T15:36:51.251-04:00Thanks for the reply. That's very interesting...Thanks for the reply. That's very interesting. I do think Gladstone can be a compelling character, even if I want to punch him in the throat more often than not. I also like it when writers humanize him at least a little.<br /><br />As it happens, I've read both the stories you mention--the Monte Cristo and Iliad take-offs (the latter I almost certainly read in the <a href="http://coa.inducks.org/issue.php?c=fr/MP+++25" rel="nofollow">same edition</a> you did, even), and I didn't care for either of them, in no small part because it seemed so wildly out-of-character for Gladstone to be villainous in those ways. Sure, he's a dick, but he's just not that <i>active</i> about his dickishness. I think that in both cases, even if he was amenable to such behavior, he would ultimately decide that, if nothing else, it was just too much work to bother with.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-78165652629450944602013-05-06T05:58:26.681-04:002013-05-06T05:58:26.681-04:00all right!first time I heard of Gladstone (and Sc...all right!first time I heard of Gladstone (and Scrooge) was in a non-Barks story (probably Italian)called "Donald De Monte Cristo" based on Dumas' famous novel .Gladstone and Scrooge at their nastiest wanted to build a railroad track which went thru Donald' s house and as Duck did not want to sell it ,they had him arrested and sent to a prison on an island ....The rest followed the novel with the revenge .<br /><br />Do not get me wrong,GG is my favorite among Ducksburg's characters only of course!his pairing with DD is s stroke of genius and I love almost all the stories he appears in .His stories were less frequent than those of the others ,that's why I value them:my favorites are "the secret of hondorica" and "dramatic Donald" in which the two "actors" turn Daisy's drama into a splapstick farce .<br /><br />I know Barks did not like GG ,but ,in "Xmas in shacktown" he showed he was able to lend a helping hand ;but in 90% of Barks' stories,the gander is hateful ;The Italians even made him another villain in "la bataille des heros" (battle of the heroes?) which is a precise spoof on Homer's Iliade .<br /><br />I think we all know a GG .Think of the Kinks' song "David Watts" ,the guy who has all the luck,all the success ,all the girls.And meeting a GG is NOT nice;I'm grateful to Barks for his character ,cause,being myself more Donald Duck-like ,I was able to have a good laugh about something not that much funny!<br /><br />bonjour de France <br /><br />Didiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-8623591565190329492013-05-05T21:30:44.379-04:002013-05-05T21:30:44.379-04:00Would you like to expand on why that is? I am gen...Would you like to expand on why that is? I am genuinely curious.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-45984433032173294422013-05-05T14:10:54.988-04:002013-05-05T14:10:54.988-04:00When I was a child,GG (We call him Gontran Bonheur...When I was a child,GG (We call him Gontran Bonheur in FRench) was my favorite character,still is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-17625169532814761582010-02-28T13:01:04.063-05:002010-02-28T13:01:04.063-05:00Wow--it's super-cool to have Disney publishing...Wow--it's super-cool to have Disney publishing people reading this blog. Now I'll have to hold myself to a higher standard. I will definitely check out that story (odds are I have US350 filed away somewhere around here).<br /><br />I still have my favorites, but I think I've become somewhat more open-minded in recent months. If there are any particular creators you think I should check out, by all means let me know.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-72122951331974923512010-02-28T12:30:24.561-05:002010-02-28T12:30:24.561-05:00Just finding this blog months after overlooking it...Just finding this blog months after overlooking it (somehow!). Sorry to be late.<br />If you liked at least the idea of Pat McGreal's Magica/Gladstone relationship, you might also like Kari Korhonen's Magica/*Donald* in UNCLE SCROOGE 350. I'd be very curious to see you re-evaluate a couple of other creators whose work I value highly (of course, I worked with Gemstone, so I may simply have more of a tolerance for the modern creators than you do).ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.com