tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post3286907031247954085..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "Trapped in the Shadow Dimension"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-68916127739871932442023-03-04T05:15:01.084-05:002023-03-04T05:15:01.084-05:00Yes, I am! Don't worry about your Italian, If ...Yes, I am! Don't worry about your Italian, If you want register and write in English (we'll understand you). New users are always welcome!Great Tyranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605012599892094238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-54092741337552258912023-03-04T05:12:32.796-05:002023-03-04T05:12:32.796-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Great Tyranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605012599892094238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-40739588943919993062023-03-03T18:27:12.342-05:002023-03-03T18:27:12.342-05:00"Great Tyrant", are you the user "G..."Great Tyrant", are you the user "Grande Tiranno" from the Papersera forum? I often visit that, but my Italian is much worse than your English, so I always read the site with automatic translation :(Specialist Spectrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07573706778596800678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-48240306286958117932023-03-03T13:50:51.950-05:002023-03-03T13:50:51.950-05:00Hi! I'm italian and I've just found your b...Hi! I'm italian and I've just found your blog. I promise that I'm going to see It. (I'm not logged yet, but if you in future see a "Great Tyrant" you know who is.<br />I love Romano Scarpa's art but I understand that you may not like it. There are in fact some forcings that clash.<br />Yeah, and obviously i love Casty too, even if sometimes he falls into the error of being too moralistic and cloying. And I love this story. I prefer the next Casty's story with Atomo, Topolino e l'impero sottozero (I think it could be translated as Mickey Mouse and the Sub-Zero Empire.) It it's already been released in the US and you don't have it, get it back, right now I don't want to look at INDUCKS XP.<br />I mostly agree with you about the judgment on this story, maybe I would be a little less critical about Atom overpower and the fight between Peg Leg Pete and Mickey Mouse which I really liked, but it's very "scarpy", so if you don't like Scarpa... while I find Peg Leg's plan absolutely sensible. As an Italian I can confirm that neither Trudy nor Peg Leg have any accent in the original, but I think giving it to them is a really nice idea (even if no Italian accent would fit) and that Enigm's letter is exactly the same here. I only noticed one bad thing from the cartoons you posted: they "censored" Peg Leg's machine gun, because as it would be obvious in Italy it is colored gray, while in your country it looks like a toy. Bah... Well, I said it all. See you under your old posts of Italian stories (and not only)!<br /><br />PS: In Italy there is a very amusing satirical reference to Silvio Berlusconi, in fact when Mickey Mouse justifies Atomo's behavior to the police, he defends him by suggesting that he could be the "nephew of the Emperor of Japan". LOL<br /><br />PPS: Sorry for my bad english!Great Tyranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605012599892094238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-2525932245786567702023-03-03T13:48:48.152-05:002023-03-03T13:48:48.152-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Great Tyranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605012599892094238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-76910292625180472282022-10-23T10:26:17.549-04:002022-10-23T10:26:17.549-04:00Halloween is comming - therefor some spoooky time....Halloween is comming - therefor some spoooky time. How about a review of "Old castle secret? :D Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040860912155201940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-39276537614937818102022-09-28T14:21:04.979-04:002022-09-28T14:21:04.979-04:00Hi. I LOVE this page. It is wonderful. How do I su...Hi. I LOVE this page. It is wonderful. How do I subscribe? Thank you!lcd3rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852555500836733919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-27050681639604837952022-09-18T07:08:23.579-04:002022-09-18T07:08:23.579-04:00Interesting as always to read your opinions on thi...Interesting as always to read your opinions on this. When it comes to Casty, do you think you will ever review "The World to Come"? For me it is one of the best Italian comicsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-8585004816753156272022-09-14T04:55:22.750-04:002022-09-14T04:55:22.750-04:00That might be overstating the case, but there defi...That might be overstating the case, but there definitely will be more in the future.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-56163422227538035112022-09-11T07:39:20.406-04:002022-09-11T07:39:20.406-04:00This blog is asleep now! But one day it will wake ...This blog is asleep now! But one day it will wake and then the sun will shine like it never shined before!Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040860912155201940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-6845175759607701522022-08-10T11:49:06.300-04:002022-08-10T11:49:06.300-04:00"BUT, I've just realized here--maybe I sh...<i>"BUT, I've just realized here--maybe I should've earlier--that it is extremely fun imagining Trudy with a thick New Jersey accent."</i><br /><br />Or somewhere between Jersey and Queens (the same way Bugs Bunny is Brooklyn <i>and</i> the Bronx)... you got it!<br /><br />Shortcut: imagine a tougher version of Fran Drescher.<br /><br />This was sorta my doing. I was editor or co-translator on the earliest Trudy stories that appeared here (including the first one, in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Treasures-Comics-Innovation/dp/1888472375" rel="nofollow">this book</a> at Gemstone), and I wanted to make sure she had a "tough voice" to match Pete's, but with a slightly different regional accent.<br /><br />Every person like me, of... let's say, a certain ethnicity... seems to have cranky older East Coast relatives who pinch your cheeks and call you terms of endearment like "bubbaleh." Imagine a master crook who sounded like this—even years before any Trudy stories were published here, I couldn't even <i>look</i> at her and not hear it.<br /><br />(Pete's accent, by the way, is another mix: mostly Brooklyn, but with some old-time Pittsburgh thrown in. When "Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold" has a letter from Pete mention his mother in Pittsburgh, that's no accident.)ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-16056824016776819652022-08-08T22:15:30.469-04:002022-08-08T22:15:30.469-04:00You beat me to reviewing this story. I might do it...You beat me to reviewing this story. I might do it anyway. <br /><br />It is a solid story but it is almost too much of a Scarpa homage that doesn't become its own tale. <br /><br />There are some sparkling moments. The Mickey-Pete fight is dynamic. Atomo is fun even if his powers sometimes render Mickey superfluous.<br /><br />Pete's role in the story harkens back to "Delta Dimension" and "Editor in Grief" in how he can be the strategic crime boss but still blow it via his temper. Mouse Maestrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667985844870777650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-25929406589974415602022-08-08T22:11:42.669-04:002022-08-08T22:11:42.669-04:00Hey GeoX,
Been a long time reader.
Is it alrigh...Hey GeoX,<br /><br />Been a long time reader. <br /><br />Is it alright if I add your blog to my blog roll?<br /><br />Here is my blog URL if you would like to do the same: https://themousemaestro.blogspot.com/<br /><br />We Disney Comics bloggers have to stick together! Mouse Maestrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667985844870777650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-15290437094135422912022-07-30T06:30:40.448-04:002022-07-30T06:30:40.448-04:00anyone know the story where donald become odysseus...anyone know the story where donald become odysseus? it is from old uncle scrooge comicHanggara Padmanegarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017178022838584510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-372561720725621572022-07-19T04:24:21.080-04:002022-07-19T04:24:21.080-04:00I think you missed a trick here by not pointing ou...I think you missed a trick here by not pointing out just how many elements of this story downright copy parts of Scarpa's original Atomo cycle.<br /><br />The page with Mickey being followed by somebody is directly copied from "Delta Dimension".<br /><br />Mickey and Atomo going into a room without windows is from "The Chirikawa Necklace", as is their attempt to fool Trudy with a disguise.<br /><br />And of course the showdown, but you did notice that one.<br /><br />This is one reason why I think Casty's next Atomo epic ("The Frozen Empire") is superior. The artwork is better ("Trapped in the Shadow Dimension" is a bit... bubblegum-like, for want of a better word), and the story is far less Scarpa-derivative. It's currently in the Inducks Top 40, and for good reason.<br /><br />"this was the PERFECT place for a cryptocurrency joke, and yet I SEE NONE. What the heck?!?"<br /><br />I agree, but when Casty was writing the story, crypto wasn't really a thing yet, and inserting it on behalf of the translators would've been out of place.<br /><br />As for the unexplained bits, I think Pete tried to intimidate Mickey by appearing in the closet. As we learn later, the shadow dimension can connect to any place that doesn't have light in it, and apparently Pete has figured out exactly which entry leads where, which would be a rather scary thought if this wasn't a Disney comic!Specialist Spectrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07573706778596800678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-66223850205545931822022-07-05T11:16:15.645-04:002022-07-05T11:16:15.645-04:00It's only a reference to Watchmen if the smile...It's only a reference to Watchmen if the smiley face has a splash of blood across the right eye. Any other smiley faces are just that. The final panel references Spider-Man, as has already been noted.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113204783597409765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-1644395751804531492022-07-03T04:43:48.761-04:002022-07-03T04:43:48.761-04:00Congratulations on your teaching fellowship!Congratulations on your teaching fellowship!Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03343947041898057102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-78446444993772456352022-07-03T04:38:24.568-04:002022-07-03T04:38:24.568-04:00Finaly (and I'm swear this will be the last on...Finaly (and I'm swear this will be the last one for today) you did write about Casty before, when you talk about "Night of the living text".Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-20044341067432676572022-07-03T04:37:31.904-04:002022-07-03T04:37:31.904-04:00The reason why Phantom Blot is falt here is so he ...The reason why Phantom Blot is falt here is so he can be all creepy and spooky, so when I tell a child "If you don't wash your teeth Phantom Blot will come for you!!!" he or she will wet his bed forw next few nights. <br /><br />Oh, I'm not talking about my own child (I'm not changing that bed sheed) Just some random kid I pass by on the playground. Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-15634180079735993492022-07-03T04:34:17.725-04:002022-07-03T04:34:17.725-04:00Risking that my personal ideology/phisolophy will ...Risking that my personal ideology/phisolophy will grash with GeoX...<br /><br />I honestly think showing cops as force for good in comics is a good idea. It can inspired people that this is what police SHOULD BE so we get more pure people - the type that are not corrupted, not power-abusing and not racist, who just want to help people - to be policemen and policewomen. Lower the amount of bad apples by adding some good ones! Let's bring back idealisim among people who want to be servants of the law rather then discurage them. <br /><br />That way when an evil policemen will want to do something not cool, the friendly policewoman can say<br />- Well, I won't take part of this, because I was inspired by that dog in "Paw Patrol" and that rabbit in "Zootopia"! I'm reporting you to THE CHIEF!<br />And then the evil cop will pull out the gun, but the friendly one will be faster (cose good always wins over evil AHA!) and can shoot him in the face and as she watch him fall to his doom be like <br />- Pfff... Pussy! - and then go to hand over some candy to the needy childreen. <br /><br />Ok, Ok! I got carry away here but I'm serious about the first half I wrote. I know there are good people who became police just so they can change the world for the better and they are doing a good job and in light of powerabusing assholes the last thing we want to do is discurage the good ones. If a Mickey Mouse story can help incurage goodness in humans, go for it!Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-3969429386272599382022-07-03T04:18:10.924-04:002022-07-03T04:18:10.924-04:00The last panel feels to be reflection of the fameu...The last panel feels to be reflection of the fameus image from "Spider-man no more" where Peter walks away leaving Spider-man costume in the trash (it was so popular it was spoofed/refrence many times in Superhero related stuff - like Batman's episode "Riddler reform" and of course used in "Spier-man 2") Usualy however is ment to be ominus/sad/tragic showing the character leaving his past life behind. Here is more trimphant as in "Hoho, that story is behind us" sort of way.<br /><br /><br />Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-2219224437239013892022-07-02T08:28:55.573-04:002022-07-02T08:28:55.573-04:00Getting carried away is encouraged here, for the r...Getting carried away is encouraged here, for the record!GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-33215273962623537822022-07-02T06:14:00.147-04:002022-07-02T06:14:00.147-04:00As we later learn, the note really is from Einmug,...<i>As we later learn, the note really is from Einmug, and it's really not meant to be threatening. So why is written like that? Well, if you wanted to, you could say, oh, well, he's not a native Anglophone so he just didn't realize how that sounded. His English is not wholly idiomatic. But come on, man, fan theories like that just aren't satisfying when there's zero textual evidence to back them up.</i><br /><br />I suspect the thing is that the double meaning flows better in Italian than it does in English, in a sort of untranslatable way.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-76362662804026515782022-07-02T01:02:03.310-04:002022-07-02T01:02:03.310-04:00I think I got carried away here…I think I got carried away here…Debbie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648307522331962265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-216821382397782642022-07-02T00:58:36.594-04:002022-07-02T00:58:36.594-04:00While I agree that I’d hardly consider Paul Murry ...While I agree that I’d hardly consider Paul Murry a “Disney Master”, you could do worse than reading a book of them. Murry’s Phantom Blot collection is worth picking up in a “crazy Silver Age comics” sort of way. But getting back on topic, Casty has Scarpa’s style down so well in many of his stories to the point that I forget that they AREN’T Scarpa stories. By their very nature, the Mickey Mouse stories are dated, especially in terms of their depiction of law enforcement. They’re stuck in the 1950s, for better or worse. This story, along with Scarpa and his inspiration, the Bill Walsh Mickey Mouse serials are the sorts of stories that tend to fall apart if you analyze them too much. If you really want something that falls apart under scrutiny, it’s this same book’s Uncle Scrooge story. But these cartoon stories really aren’t meant to be taken seriously. I enjoyed this book, but I have to admit that it’s just as silly as Silver Age DC comics, but without all of the narration boxes. If these stories make you laugh or smile, then they’ve done their job. Despite their being collected in hardcovers, they’re really not written “for the ages” as much as they’re there to provide content to the never-ending Italian comic book market. Few writers overthink their plots like Don Rosa did, giving their material a breezy, fun feel to it that doesn’t always hold up to literary analysis, but is often more fun to read than an over-researched story that reads like a history textbook. Debbie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648307522331962265noreply@blogger.com