tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post7066318735546413536..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "The Case of the Purloined Pearls"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-86520546565696025512021-02-11T09:25:05.985-05:002021-02-11T09:25:05.985-05:00"The name SMERSH is a portmanteau of two Russ..."The name SMERSH is a portmanteau of two Russian words: "SMERt' SHpionam" [Смерть Шпионам, Směrť Špionam], meaning "Death to Spies"."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-66732537937491623512021-02-07T18:22:29.754-05:002021-02-07T18:22:29.754-05:00"Why is he dressed like Sherlock Holmes?"..."Why is he dressed like Sherlock Holmes?"<br /><br />I believe it's a visual reference more to Inspector Clouseau than to Sherlock Holmes. It marks O.O. Duck as a bumbling fool.<br /><br />SMERSH was a real organization that Ian Fleming used as an adversary in the James Bond novels. In later novels and the early movies, it was replaced by SPECTRE, which is what I think BLONK tries to parody.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113204783597409765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-77645025974321300252021-02-01T20:02:59.980-05:002021-02-01T20:02:59.980-05:00"I'm surprised there's apparently onl..."I'm surprised there's apparently only 10 stories with 0.0., he was a favourite of Brazillian reprints"<br /><br />I think that there are 10 non-Brazilian stories with 0.0. (and 53 Brazilian stories).Miguel Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382939732567489809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-261379330591707262021-02-01T09:20:33.143-05:002021-02-01T09:20:33.143-05:00I think BLONK is just meant to be "funny soun...I think BLONK is just meant to be "funny sounding word that makes an obscure acronym we don't quite know what it means".<br /><br />I'm surprised there's apparently only 10 stories with 0.0., he was a favourite of Brazillian reprints so I got the impression he was a lot more prolific. His stories were some of my favourite.TheKKMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609361527127566133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-79955137199551434092021-01-29T22:53:52.429-05:002021-01-29T22:53:52.429-05:00He's really called the Big Blonk (not the Grea...He's really called the Big Blonk (not the Great Blonk), and he's referenced directly in the <i>second</i> 0.0. Duck story in DM 14.ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-66920904895440235652021-01-27T22:19:16.991-05:002021-01-27T22:19:16.991-05:00"Is he even supposed to be good at his job? ..."Is he even supposed to be good at his job? Hard to say. Could go either way. Hmm."<br /><br />In most stories, not exactly - usually Mata Harrier (and even their chihuahua dog "Wolf") seems more clever than him (a bit like Sleuth and Mickey).<br /><br />"Are we meant to think that there's some super-secret archvillain mastermind behind the whole thing? There's no indication of that, though it would be interesting as an ongoing mystery."<br /><br />In the subsequent stories, yes - the Blonk is ruled by a secret mastermind called "the Great Blonk", who usually appears petting a cat (only his hands are seen by the readers), Blofeld-style.Miguel Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382939732567489809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-55848620759631032972021-01-27T11:52:41.187-05:002021-01-27T11:52:41.187-05:00I read the first story now and yeah, it's pret...I read the first story now and yeah, it's pretty representative of the series as a whole. If you enjoyed that, you should like the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-87444059582991633552021-01-27T08:32:13.421-05:002021-01-27T08:32:13.421-05:00They sound like they would be a lot of fun to read...They sound like they would be a lot of fun to read. Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-22874887761691298022021-01-27T01:01:38.584-05:002021-01-27T01:01:38.584-05:00They mostly involve Goofy dressing up like the lit...They mostly involve Goofy dressing up like the literary character James Ding in public because he loves the attention, then ending up foiling Pete's newest plan, partially thanks to the fact that Scuttle is deathly afraid of him. Mickey and O'Hara often hang out in the background and provide some prodding if needed.<br /><br />They're pretty fun and offer quite a number of variations on the general theme. Would quite approve of an idea to release a full collection of these stories, there's not all THAT many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-39596773388457401172021-01-26T20:57:05.578-05:002021-01-26T20:57:05.578-05:00I remember that James Goof story from "Goofy ...I remember that James Goof story from "Goofy Adventures" established that Goofy was mistaken for James Goof at a party by the guests and crooks in attendance and Goofy played along with the gag, so is that what the other James Ding stories are like, or is it, as you put it, a role Goofy adopts, like when he's Super Goof?Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-53485271094464083722021-01-26T08:03:23.283-05:002021-01-26T08:03:23.283-05:00Comicbookrehab, I've never read the first Jame...Comicbookrehab, I've never read the first James Ding story, so I'm not entirely sure what would make you assume that, but no, the "real world" James Ding has always been Goofy in a costume.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-4848898509687798202021-01-25T23:21:51.148-05:002021-01-25T23:21:51.148-05:00I had no idea that James Goof had been a recurring...I had no idea that James Goof had been a recurring figure in the comics - I liked that story from Goofy Adventures a lot; I suppose there was a doppelganger introduced in the following storiesComicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-7883790943946030542021-01-24T19:24:06.472-05:002021-01-24T19:24:06.472-05:00I am completely charmed by the first MJ & Snif...I am completely charmed by the first MJ & Sniffles story Ramapith linked to--a story where the Scrooge character is converted to sharing the wealth. Old man Muskrat even has a money bin home! Though unlike Scrooge McDuck, he's not up to counting his loot by himself. I have to say that the conversion is not very convincing, though. <br /><br />I was fond of MJ & Sniffles in early childhood...and may indeed have tried the magic incantation in our back yard when I was a wee tad, I'm not saying. I wonder whether the stories I read were all drawn by Hubbard? Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-50271739063070653222021-01-24T19:17:59.243-05:002021-01-24T19:17:59.243-05:00I remain fonder of Hubbard's style than you ar...I remain fonder of Hubbard's style than you are! But yeah, 00 Duck frankly puzzles me as a character (nice as it was to finally read about him in English). <br /><br />I think BLONK is probably a play on <i>James Bond</i>'s SMERSH, the Russian organisation later replaced with SPECTRE. "Smersh" scans as a "funny word" and doesn't even have the decency to be an acronym (it's in fact a portmanteau of Russian words, if memory serves).Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-70760944431783507222021-01-24T15:50:17.719-05:002021-01-24T15:50:17.719-05:00The first one WAS published in the US back in the ...The first one WAS published in the US back in the day, in the short-lived Goofy Adventures. That's all, though.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-86667133222727069492021-01-24T13:51:21.758-05:002021-01-24T13:51:21.758-05:00Speaking of characters unknown in the US, you guys...Speaking of characters unknown in the US, you guys never got any James Ding stories either, did you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-18956070861203457492021-01-24T00:01:31.794-05:002021-01-24T00:01:31.794-05:00"Hubbard was a good artist. I'd like to ..."Hubbard was a good artist. I'd like to see what he could've done outside the bounds of Disney comic."<br /><br />Check out some of his "Mary Jane and Sniffles" stories—he drew them longer than anyone.<br />• <a href="http://www.bigblogcomics.com/2010/05/mary-jane-sniffles-henery-hawk.html" rel="nofollow">Early example</a><br />• <a href="http://www.bigblogcomics.com/2009/12/mary-jane-and-sniffles-in-restless.html" rel="nofollow">Later example</a>ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-3269284819078048622021-01-23T19:04:31.397-05:002021-01-23T19:04:31.397-05:00Hum... A reacurring character that 100% exotic to ...Hum... A reacurring character that 100% exotic to me. I heared he... exist few times and I seen his desgin once or twice but that's as far I went. This review (and scenes you posted) doesnt' seam to sparkle my intrest to explore him more.<br /><br />Give me Humphrey Gokart any other day. Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040860912155201940noreply@blogger.com