tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post1882718364383136654..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Chapter Seven: "Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-41327333318894384462017-09-16T07:45:33.872-04:002017-09-16T07:45:33.872-04:00Yep. This is the point when Life of Scrooge went f...Yep. This is the point when Life of Scrooge went from an interesting tale of a young Scrooge for fans to deserving its eventual Eisner win. Chapters 7-12 are some of the best work Rosa has done. <br />-RME<br /><br />P.S. Loony Lunar Gold Rush is one of Barks's most underrated stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-5722978839136793552016-02-17T16:52:01.285-05:002016-02-17T16:52:01.285-05:00Just for the record, if anybody's just coming ...Just for the record, if anybody's just coming to this, the title said "Dreamtike Duck of the Never-Never" for over <i>four years,</i> until I just now fixed it.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-38072959784438986842016-02-17T12:25:44.209-05:002016-02-17T12:25:44.209-05:00Whoa, that's unbelievable! I was considering ...Whoa, that's unbelievable! I was considering leaving it that way as a testament to man's hubris, but ultimately, I fixed it. These comments can serve that function.<br /><br />Thanks for the info about the French translation; I must say, I don't think it's an improvement.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-63726469492980133382016-02-17T09:54:54.572-05:002016-02-17T09:54:54.572-05:00Two things.
1° "Dreaktime". You wrote &...Two things.<br /><br />1° "Dreaktime". You wrote "Dreaktime" instead of "Dreamtime". Funny how probably at least a dozen persons have read through this and I'm the first to notice it; that must be because, we already KNOW what the title's supposed to be, so our brain just does a quick check ("do those letter approximately look like what the memory says it should be written ? Yes ? Okay. No need to read further."). You ought to edit it, anyway.<br /><br />2° I'd like to point the way the "not taking the opal" monologue is translated in French, because it's actually more like rewritten, at least in the printing I own. What he says in the two panels is approximately:<br /><br />"Hee, hee ! This opal is worth millions ! There won't be any other occasions like this one ! SOOOOOOOOOO… I leave it here."Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-2209158088270416162011-12-18T03:11:14.887-05:002011-12-18T03:11:14.887-05:00The scene where Scrooge decides not to steal the o...The scene where Scrooge decides not to steal the opal is quite possibly my favorite scene in the entire Life and TImes. It's a great moral moment without being preachy.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03343947041898057102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-5269708089721944292011-12-17T23:07:08.709-05:002011-12-17T23:07:08.709-05:00It really is a restful chapter, I love that descri...It really is a restful chapter, I love that description. Absolutely love it.<br /><br />There is a really, really odd theme of destiny and inevitability in Rosa's works, like Treasury of Croseus, Quest for Kalevala, or The Coin (I consider this a Life and Times vignette myself, and adore the story to death). Chapter 7 is perhaps the only time it seems peaceful rather than dreadful, probably because of the attitude Jabiru takes. I love this character and his voice, and that there is a fundamental goodness to the character. His belief in destiny guides him through the story with the belief that things are meant to work out for the best, because PEOPLE are meant to work out for the best... and there's a feeling that you have room to decide your own destiny even if fulfilling it is inevitable, though it's most clearly conveyed through that really funny exchange at the end. <br /><br />Fun fact: This is the last story we see Rosa draw with the old dog ears on his Dognoses, except for legacy characters! I have no idea how he got away with that, it seems like an editor would catch on to a global mutation throughout the entire planet, but aesthetically at least, it seems fitting considering what comes next in the saga...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-86851598498960692042011-12-17T20:42:06.563-05:002011-12-17T20:42:06.563-05:00I, too, like this chapter a *great deal*. Second f...I, too, like this chapter a *great deal*. Second favorite, after The New Laird of Castle McDuck. As for your reservations about the aboriginal cave paintings existing only to foretell Scrooge...I would point out that the ancient Lydian murals in The Treasury of Croesus *also* foretell Scrooge's life. And that's classical first-world territory! So it's not just the cultures of dark-skinned folks which existed to prefigure Our Hero.Elainenoreply@blogger.com