tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post7572947935853252721..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "All Creatures Great and Small"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-66168166329592038872014-01-08T21:01:47.954-05:002014-01-08T21:01:47.954-05:00Problem with Donald's trick on the kids:
Abov...Problem with Donald's trick on the kids:<br /><br />Above and beyond the trick, he has made a genuine resolution to let the kids keep their pets from now on.<br /><br />However, the kids are still acting on the belief they have to evict any animal that comes near the house.<br /><br />Donald's trick involves planting Cagliostro the ape at the house, expecting him to try and stay there—while the kids try to make him go. Comedy will ensue for awhile, Donald thinks.<br />Then Donald will own up to the gag, tell the kids about his resolution, watch them "kiss [his] feet," return Cagliostro to the pet store, and go on with life.<br /><br />But wait a minute—Donald made a genuine resolution to let the kids keep their pets from now on. Returning Cagliostro to the pet store doesn't make sense with this! To truly live up to his vow, Donald would actually have to keep the ape, which he can't even afford to do.<br /><br />See? Somethin' wrong here.ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-49508802600875115752014-01-07T23:11:21.383-05:002014-01-07T23:11:21.383-05:00OK, here's my New Year's fantasy: someday,...OK, here's my New Year's fantasy: someday, this story will be redrawn by someone else. The Gadwells poster will depict a sports team instead of a band (?), there will be plenty of snow throughout, and the pets will include plenty of *visual* references to single-appearance pets from classic duck stories. All possible without rewriting more than a line or two! And it would indeed be *such* fun to play "spot the pet."Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-9307396773434599152014-01-07T22:09:51.459-05:002014-01-07T22:09:51.459-05:00Link worked for me.
Man alive, it woulda been D...Link worked for me. <br /><br />Man alive, it woulda been DELIGHTFUL to see this with sundry Barks allusions. :)GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-40195699650175277752014-01-07T20:41:47.290-05:002014-01-07T20:41:47.290-05:00Weird—my link doesn't work for some of you? Th...Weird—my link doesn't work for some of you? The Gadwells were mentioned in Rosa's "Master Landscapist"; they were the sports team that Donald made small-talk about while pretending to be a barber.<br /><br />Re: New Year's and costume parties—maybe more common in Europe?<br />As I originally scripted the story, the costumed "grizzly bear" on the last page was walking around town to promote a jungle movie, not going to a party.<br />But my editor, Stefan Printz-Påhlson, pointed out that on a frigid, snowy Jan 1, it would be cruel and unusual punishment for a theatre to have a guy outside in costume all day!<br />So we came up with the New Year's costume party as a substitute.<br /><br />(And <b>then</b>, making all our effort superfluous, Vicar drew my snowy story with almost no snow at all.)<br /><br />Re: Joe from Singapore: if I'd been using my head, I would have <b>jammed</b> this story with Barks and Taliaferro "pets" from earlier stories. But amazingly, the idea never even occurred to me!ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-40408860164101758442014-01-06T14:12:55.158-05:002014-01-06T14:12:55.158-05:00About Barks references among the pets, isn't t...About Barks references among the pets, isn't that Joe from Singapore in the last panel of the first page? It kind of looks like him to me (not that Joe actually seemed to stay with the ducks at the end of his story, but whatever).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-6850279446450213972014-01-06T02:21:27.237-05:002014-01-06T02:21:27.237-05:00Elaine:
David’s link doesn’t work for me either… ...Elaine:<br /><br />David’s link doesn’t work for me either… and I’m CURIOUS, dammit! And CRANKY from shoveling all that East Coast snow of January 03! Yes, (Snort! Snarl!) I shoveled ALL of it! The WHOLE Northeast! ...Or, at least I FEEL as if I did!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-24639330613787044852014-01-05T20:37:05.816-05:002014-01-05T20:37:05.816-05:00David's link doesn't work for me--which Ro...David's link doesn't work for me--which Rosa story mentions the Gadwells? And if they are a sports team, why does HDL's poster seem to portray a guitar-playing man and a woman? <br /><br />I don't think there needs to be a wager to make Donald want to get crowing rights over the boys by making them break their resolution. I think it actually suits Donald's character that he would be reluctant to simply let the boys "win" by revealing that his resolution makes theirs unnecessary. <br /><br />GeoX, by far my favorite New Year's duck story is "A New Year, A New Donald" (Charlie Martin/ Vicar), current Inducks rating 1132. The New Year's festive activity in that story is a Duckburg town costume ball. I wonder where and to what extent costume parties are a New Year's thing? One also appears at the end of "All Creatures."Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-46144427770974966012014-01-04T17:30:43.836-05:002014-01-04T17:30:43.836-05:00BTW 1 - The story is fun in my opinion BTW. Especi...BTW 1 - The story is fun in my opinion BTW. Especialy the Phantom Blot chapter <br /><br />BTW 2- Its only 7 chapters :P]Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-535467230935203322014-01-04T17:24:31.587-05:002014-01-04T17:24:31.587-05:00To be fair I found your reviews more amusing when ...To be fair I found your reviews more amusing when you spent time pointing out why you found a particualr story bad... but I get your point ;)Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-47979609352353759262014-01-04T13:24:21.959-05:002014-01-04T13:24:21.959-05:00(...or however-many-part.)(...or however-many-part.)GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-69455604692146992752014-01-04T13:19:21.084-05:002014-01-04T13:19:21.084-05:00@ramapith Whoa! A Rosa reference! How cool. As ...@ramapith Whoa! A Rosa reference! How cool. As for the rest...we'll see :)<br /><br />@Pan never say never and all, but the odds of me embarking on a twelve-part feature on a story I'm honestly not all that keen on seem...low.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-14183560041921622342014-01-04T09:44:00.917-05:002014-01-04T09:44:00.917-05:00I was hoping you will also review the "Mileni...I was hoping you will also review the "Milenium Orb" story line. If you like I can sent you scans of the entire thing in English ;)<br /><br />Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-87236154767879541292014-01-03T18:18:00.350-05:002014-01-03T18:18:00.350-05:00"Duckburg [?]wells" = the Duckburg Gadwe..."Duckburg [?]wells" = the Duckburg Gadwells, sports team first mentioned in <a href="https://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+90057" rel="nofollow">this</a> Rosa story. Who knew?<br /><br />Glad I could point you to something New-Yearsy I'd worked on... though <b>wak!</b> I completely forgot about <a href="https://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+94039" rel="nofollow">"New Year's Daze,"</a> a story that makes "All Creatures"' comparatively brief St. Canard set-piece look like so many bushroots.<br />G'wan—before the New Year fades... you know you want to.ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.com