tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post8300702055713519551..comments2024-03-02T16:36:54.324-05:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "From Egg to Duck" Re-ducksGeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-91713989379540631202015-05-26T15:34:26.779-04:002015-05-26T15:34:26.779-04:00About the part with the parents: I have a few poss...About the part with the parents: I have a few possible explanation in mind. <br /><br />First, some time ago, I wrote a fan fiction — in french — on wikia about how Donald (related to the Tony Strobl "This is your life Donald Duck") had the silly use of knocking his head on a wall when he was upset at the time he was a baby. The idea is basically that it was already the case when he was in the egg, and that he rolled out of the house (or the hospital if the lady ducks go to the hospital to hatch their eggs. Don't know). Then, an eagle or whatever bird mistake for HIS (classical cartoon cliché, so it can work), put it in the nest. Then begins the story. <br /><br />Alternatively and less complicated: what Scrooge says actually means that he had found out that his sister Elvire officially adopted Donald, and that now he was officially his nephew. <br /><br />OR, as Donald in the beginning says that "that's how they told me it happened" or something like that, the part with the egg in the tree is a LIE (like the Mr Stork stuffs in reality) cooked up by Grandma so Donald never ask "How were I born" for good. However, this not explains the Della part (or maybe as she is credited as cousin you assume that she is a relative of SCROOGE who ends up being Don's cousin-by-adoption. <br /><br />As you wish. Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-27187940385955056012014-02-20T00:48:17.551-05:002014-02-20T00:48:17.551-05:00...and the new version's up. I also fixed the......and the new version's up. I also fixed the part where I accidentally had Donald saying "no cash, no read" twice in a row. Whether it's worth redownloading if you already have the original version...is your call to make.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-43422837715745196102014-02-20T00:45:44.206-05:002014-02-20T00:45:44.206-05:00Okay, everyone, no need to panic; there's a ne...Okay, everyone, no need to panic; there's a new, slightly revised version uploading as I write this. Gotta agree with Unca Paspasu, though--the whole thing's pretty nonsensical (and that point about those two panels looking like they were inserted after the fact is a very good one). And what about the part where HDL remark that "Cousin Della" sent them over? How does THAT possibly fit in with anything?GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-28816353389272935112014-02-19T08:17:57.426-05:002014-02-19T08:17:57.426-05:00Rota wanted to make a story about Donald's lif...Rota wanted to make a story about Donald's life without giving him parents, staying in the Disney tradition. "My egg hatched March 9, 1934 in the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, CA" doesn't really fit a story. Rota made Donald a foundling, thus avoiding the parents issue (and this way starting his life with bad luck and adventure). The part about meeting Daisy is connected with the previous part introducing the nephews, which makes the two panels about Scrooge look like a later addition to the story. Maybe Rota's editor objected to the idea that Donald's family wasn't his real family, so he had Scrooge find out the truth about his origin.<br /><br />Scrooge's discovery raises more questions than it answers. Is a foundling listed together with his real family in the civil registry? Didn't Scrooge know his sister/brother/niece/nephew(?) lost an egg? Normally I can live without Donald's parents, but this story really makes you wonder.Unca Paspasunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-83628194861871107482014-02-19T04:30:57.470-05:002014-02-19T04:30:57.470-05:00You really should get that nephew/parent part corr...You really should get that nephew/parent part corrected. That's a pretty huge "liberty" to take, especially if you do want to present this the way Rota intended. ;) The Norwegian translation I grew up with says exactly the same as the (translated) Dutch version. I don't see it as *that* inexplicable either, the way Rota wrote it, even if I too was surpriced the first time I read it to see Scrooge cut Donald's salary after finding out he's his nephew. But, when thinking about it... in a lot of the early Italian Disney comics, Scrooge is portrayed as a more cruel and mean-spirited character than in the American Barks tradition. He will use the fact that Donald is his relative time and time again to his own advantage, especially when saving money is involved. I get the feeling that Rota's twist here kind of sets the stage for that "tradition" -- it's the first of MANY instances where Scrooge finds a shockingly bad reason to cut Donald's paycheck/reward for whatever tasks he forces Donald to perform.Mesteriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-29804176045055592532014-02-18T11:11:20.874-05:002014-02-18T11:11:20.874-05:00Ouch. You're right. When I look at the Frenc...Ouch. You're right. When I look at the French, I see that your version is accurate; I was looking at my script, in which, contrary to what I remembered, I had taken some liberties there. Sorry, Rota! At some point, I'll do a revision of that bit and a few other things. Still, as you say, it IS a kind of inexplicable twist, and it's even more strange if it's meant to be totally unrelated to the business with the nephews.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-83402220347851015162014-02-18T09:15:11.706-05:002014-02-18T09:15:11.706-05:00"When uncle Scrooge, after a quiet inquiry [i..."When uncle Scrooge, after a quiet inquiry [in the Andeby folkeregister :)], learned that I was truly a parent... Scrooge: He has real responsibilities now!"<br /><br />Are you sure you got it right? The Dutch translation says (translated): "Meanwhile the riddle of my origin didn't let uncle Scrooge be! He inquired here and there... Scrooge: *Ulp* It can't be! He really is my nephew!"<br />This makes more sense, although it's a strange and unexplained twist to the story.<br />Still, the Dutch translation is not to be trusted, because for some reason the stupid translator didn't like Duckburg to have skyscrapers, so he had Donald traveling from Duckburg to New York and back all the time - by bus of course.Unca Paspasunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-27264113327803920582014-02-17T16:33:12.526-05:002014-02-17T16:33:12.526-05:00Interesting. I find the egg business bizarre for ...Interesting. I find the egg business bizarre for certain, but I wouldn't have said "creepy." I would agree that the decision to render the framing segments from first-person perspective was definitely...odder.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-42533091225850254702014-02-17T15:29:31.198-05:002014-02-17T15:29:31.198-05:00People usualy bring up how creepy the egg thing is...People usualy bring up how creepy the egg thing is (I think even Don Rosa at one point noted this was most mind screwing thing he seen in a duck story) but I found the realistic human hands in the opening of the story way more creepy...<br /><br /><br />Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.com