tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post3527596302719295529..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "Jet Witch"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-50909814496206013562013-11-17T05:54:38.128-05:002013-11-17T05:54:38.128-05:00Dear Geox
Can you review "The Neast Egg"...Dear Geox<br /><br />Can you review "The Neast Egg" from Uncle Scrooge 364?<br /><br />Your's<br />PanPan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-84102798018448247652013-10-31T21:59:21.279-04:002013-10-31T21:59:21.279-04:00It seems to me that this story is more dated than ...It seems to me that this story is more dated than many of the ten-pagers. In the late 1950's and early 1960's some American communities were discussing how to put a lid on Halloween, in order to reduce the general petty vandalism and hooliganism. Part of the whole suburban ethos. Some did try community parties. I don't think a contemporary child would get this story's set-up. The petty vandalism of Halloween has largely disappeared, due to the adult chaperoning of the trick-or-treating kids, which came about because of concerns over the safety of the children around the 1980's. The 1960ish concern over the safety of property has receded. Towns are not debating whether to replace T-or-T'ing with something safer (for homeowners). <br /><br />I do think that Barks intended the irony that Donald puts anarchy back into the holiday. (Though admittedly, this would be clearer if HDL had said, "The party was fun, but it would have been a bit boring if the witch hadn't shown up! But at least Duckburg's kids....") I like to think that the grown-ups of Duckburg are getting their comeuppance for having tried to sanitize the holiday. Certainly, the central joke is that Donald, having momentarily crusaded for goblin containment, ends up wreaking havoc on a heretofore unimagined scale. The only question about Barks's intent is whether he saw this as reinstating the true Spirit of Halloween. You know how there's a whole genre of "So-and-so Saves Christmas" stories? I think of this one as "Donald (unintentionally) Saves Halloween."<br /><br />I've always assumed that the lone trick-or-treater moved to Duckburg within the last few days (so he didn't even have a chance to hear about the town plans from his peers). Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-69338907533310826812013-10-31T21:57:17.982-04:002013-10-31T21:57:17.982-04:00I actually have some trivia on this one... at leas...I actually have some trivia on this one... at least from my perspective :<br /><br />Here in Poland we don't cellebrate Halloween (we do have a similar death-related holiday)and while Polish kids today are way more familiar with Halloween thanks to TV and such, back then when the story was first poublish here (1998)we didn't had yet any known Polish equlivment of "Trick or Treat" phrase so the kid that comes to Donald house say : <br /><br />"Cukierek albo życieć!" ("Candy or your life!")<br /><br />[which is a VERY ODD translation]<br /><br />While "Halloween" itself is refrence as "Święto Duchów"("The Spirits Festival") for most of the story (the term "Halloween" is used only few times)<br /><br /><br />Anny way...<br />HAPPY HALLOWEEN GUYS! :)Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-35260035983735210882013-10-31T21:10:59.321-04:002013-10-31T21:10:59.321-04:00Geo and Joe,
Even a Shacktown parent would probab...Geo and Joe,<br /><br />Even a Shacktown parent would probably have wanted to keep tabs on such a little tyke by chaperoning him or her around the neighborhood! <br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-88102696899392775022013-10-31T21:05:38.847-04:002013-10-31T21:05:38.847-04:00Geo writes:
“Of course, it becomes clear that he...Geo writes: <br /><br /><i>“Of course, it becomes clear that he doesn't really care about this, particularly--it was more wanting to appear civically engaged than anything else.”</i><br /><br />And how much of TODAY’S POLITICS is about exactly the same thing? <br /><br /><i>“I mean, boy, just consider this contrast: in "Trick or Treat," Donald was gonna battle trick or treaters tooth and nail; here, he surrenders unilaterally the instant he realizes that the holiday is upon him.”</i><br /><br />Can’t say he didn’t learn his lesson from Witch Hazel, a decade or so ago! <br /><br />This is Don “getting carried away” in the best tradition of his future brethren in comedic parenting Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin. If you like Don in that mode, you’ll enjoy this one! <br /><br />The lone little guy probably came up to Duckburg from Shacktown, where his poor folks couldn’t afford a Tee-Vee Set or even a newspaper, so he didn’t know what was going on.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com