tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post2172140455960815245..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "The Sacred Jewel"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-9710365431926687592012-08-15T02:59:57.923-04:002012-08-15T02:59:57.923-04:00“…it's hard to imagine Pete having the discipl...“…it's hard to imagine Pete having the discipline to manage that”.<br /><br />Pete may have been able to summon up some extraordinary discipline to accomplish this feat, but I’m of the mind that, no matter how hard they try, oafish bad guys shouldn’t be capable of award-level acting performances – and, if they were, they wouldn’t be otherwise oafish. <br /><br />In “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold – Again”, I had the Beagle Boys momentarily “drop out of character in mid-speech” in their fumbling guises of both sailors and shipwrecked pearl divers. …But, not long enough that the “treasure-struck” Scrooge, or the put-upon Donald, would notice. HD&L may have had a rare off day, but Yellow Beak (who had only a momentary glance at the Beagles previously, bless him), does suspect something fishy. <br /><br />This, of course, is in tribute to Pete’s “breaking character” as the old lady in the original Barks and Hannah “Pirate Gold”. <br /><br />I think Gottfredson just liked doing that “last panel reveal” thing, because it worked well (even when done humorously) in the format of a daily continuity strip. Or, maybe it was an editor’s choice, or sumpthin’.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-16026433111962524262012-08-14T18:21:23.997-04:002012-08-14T18:21:23.997-04:00Geo,
"Chris also points out that when they&#...Geo,<br /><br />"Chris also points out that when they're in disguise they speak in their broad comedy accents even when there's no one else present; that actually seems like it would be justifiable: you want to get used to talking that way so you don't slip up at an inopportune time--though admittedly, it's hard to imagine Pete having the discipline to manage that."<br /><br />Gottfredson actually used this trope in several later stories. In "Mystery at Hidden River," there's a strip in which Pete, posing as a French-Canadian lumberjack, mocks Mickey's efforts to make him drop his accent... only to succumb in the final panel. That was a clever bit of self-awareness on Floyd's part. Also, in "Love Trouble," Mickey calls his cousin Madeline by her fake name of "Millicent" when they're talking on the phone and Minnie has no chance of hearing them.<br /><br />"I would be only too glad to purchase Christmas seals to help fight tuberculosis! Was this a Disney-specific thing, or did all syndicated comics of the time have it? And does it ever appear anywhere else in Gottfredson?"<br /><br />Harold Gray used Christmas-seal emblems quite a lot in LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, just as he used War Loan stamps during the WWII years. The emblems are preserved in the IDW ORPHAN ANNIE reprint volumes. I would imagine that a few other strips used similar insignia.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-90819290930948233372012-08-14T17:07:50.511-04:002012-08-14T17:07:50.511-04:00"Rocket Race" is no doubt more apposite,..."Rocket Race" is no doubt more apposite, but I was just enamored of the idea of Dippy being consigned to the void. :p<br /><br />I first learned of the existence of geiger counters from duck comics. It wasn't 'til years later that it occurred to me that there was something potentially alarming about the characters casually messing around with highly radioactive substances.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-74230768780154847682012-08-14T15:25:08.168-04:002012-08-14T15:25:08.168-04:00Funny, "Rocket Race to the Moon" was pub...Funny, "Rocket Race to the Moon" was published 6 years before "The Cold Equations."<br /><br />I'm freaked out as well about the radioactive stuff, but mostly when Donald follows the nephews around with geiger counters. Where does he get that stuff anyway? It's not like you can buy it at every street corner. "Maybe in 1985 you can, but in 1955 it's a little different!"Duckfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-90365496086209623012012-08-14T08:11:43.296-04:002012-08-14T08:11:43.296-04:00Oh boy! It's "The Cold Equations," ...<i>Oh boy! It's "The Cold Equations," Disney style!</i><br /><br />No, that would be Barks' "Rocket Race to the Moon". : )Swamp Adderhttp://swamp-adder.dreamwidth.orgnoreply@blogger.com