tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post4655093275691548799..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "The Pirates of Ashcanistran"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-30347417086834776562020-04-08T17:30:13.277-04:002020-04-08T17:30:13.277-04:00A perhaps off-topic comment - I think that the onl...A perhaps off-topic comment - I think that the only time that I saw an advert for the "Kikos Marinhos" (the Brazilian name for the Sea Monkey) was in the issue of "Tio Patinhas" were I read the previous story ("The Prize of Pizarro").Miguel Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382939732567489809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-64903404876974222452020-04-07T00:24:53.568-04:002020-04-07T00:24:53.568-04:00Sounds like the "free stuff for kids" bo...Sounds like the "free stuff for kids" books I got were actually a better deal.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-70144911014648899132020-04-06T22:30:44.859-04:002020-04-06T22:30:44.859-04:00Also note that the ad talks about "over 100 i...Also note that the ad talks about "over 100 items" and "over $30's worth of free gifts" - it spells out pretty clearly that you're paying $1 for a list of free samples valued at an average of 30 cent each. A lot of which you have to pay shipping for to get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-8209375559157685122020-04-06T08:33:46.549-04:002020-04-06T08:33:46.549-04:00I looked into that Consumer Gazette thing, and app...I looked into that Consumer Gazette thing, and apparently it was this monthly (?) publication that contained rebate coupons and free sample offers. It was legit enough I guess, but as you said, you typically needed to mail them a self-addressed and stamped envelope... so that's what, 20 cent in stamps to get a tiny sample of a product worth maybe a dollar. Sure, it's a nice way to test out a product you're interested in, but you're not going to send for any random stuff just because it's "free", and the stuff you got were samples, not sizable amounts of the product in question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-8338654332762740892020-04-05T22:28:39.227-04:002020-04-05T22:28:39.227-04:00I think we're all a little flaky now.I think we're all a little flaky now. Debbie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648307522331962265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-23528279469621728412020-04-05T20:07:29.757-04:002020-04-05T20:07:29.757-04:00If this entry was more digressive and flaky than u...If this entry was more digressive and flaky than usual, there were definitely reasons for that. :p Stay safe, all.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-46222237630754068932020-04-05T11:10:04.255-04:002020-04-05T11:10:04.255-04:00Scrooge looks really weird in this story. It looks...Scrooge looks really weird in this story. It looks like Gregory can't draw his whiskers quite right so they just look really long and saggy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-69991609114592645332020-04-05T09:43:40.269-04:002020-04-05T09:43:40.269-04:00Ah, the good-old GeoX/Joe Torciva mortal archrival...Ah, the good-old GeoX/Joe Torciva mortal archrivaly! I will never get tired of this classic trope! Stuff of legends, realy...<br /><br />Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-26455284438290886302020-04-05T03:22:35.366-04:002020-04-05T03:22:35.366-04:00I think Joe Torcivia has been cooped up so long (a...I think Joe Torcivia has been cooped up so long (as most of us have) that he’s starting to think he’s Peg-Leg Pete...Debbie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648307522331962265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-47635005790663148042020-04-03T18:03:10.668-04:002020-04-03T18:03:10.668-04:00Hey, Geo, ol’ pally:
Quit musclin’ in on me terri...Hey, Geo, ol’ pally:<br /><br />Quit musclin’ in on me territory, an’ knock-off th’ skewering of 1970s comic book ads! <br /><br />Either that, or dump all the “duck stuff”, an’ go whole hog wit’ it like yer’s truly… <a href="https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/adventures-in-comic-boxing-dont-take.html" rel="nofollow"><b>HERE</b></a> an’ <a href="https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/adventures-in-comic-boxing-get-em-by.html" rel="nofollow"><b>HERE</b></a>, fer instance! <br /><br />Better yet, you stop woikin’ my side o’ th’ street, or I’ll give you a run fer yer money an’ start writin’ snarky reviews of old comics that some’ o’ us might have a soft-spot fer! <br /><br />An’ lay off that Margie chick an’ her free-stuff catalogs … She’s like me liddle sister, if ya knows wot I mean! ...An’ ya don’t wanna be messing wit me liddle sister, if ya knows wot’s good fer ya! <br /><br />…We gotta deal?Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-39744983614646931092020-04-03T09:53:31.394-04:002020-04-03T09:53:31.394-04:00Aw, I really like the Goofy history stories.Aw, I really like the Goofy history stories.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-11663947207213379822020-04-03T09:37:21.342-04:002020-04-03T09:37:21.342-04:00I will continue to honor Bob Gregory for my two fa...I will continue to honor Bob Gregory for my two favorite Daisy's Diary stories, The Double Date and Daringly Different. Daringly Different was my favorite Daisy story in childhood *and* in adulthood, until it was only recently edged out by a couple of contemporary Egmont stories and a few older Brazilian stories I finally got to see. <br /><br />Plus, in The Birthday Booby Trap, Gregory included a female duck in the party scene which a number of people have decided could be Daisy's sister (AMJ's mother), so there's that! <br /><br />And even though this story manifestly sucks, it created the opportunity for you to share with us the story of seven-year-old you as The Amazing Mind-Reader, which makes me very happy. <br /><br />I do like the visual of the non-taxidermied Beagle heads, stuck through the porthole openings for No Good Reason Whatsoever, except to make a memorable sight. Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-39820820820109126792020-04-03T02:44:04.035-04:002020-04-03T02:44:04.035-04:00I remember reading this in the Gladstone comic lin...I remember reading this in the Gladstone comic linked here. This was around the time they started filling pages with Tony Strobl stories, those Mickey and the Sleuth and Goofy history stories by the Disney Studio comics program and new stories by Vic Lockman that weren't very good. Apparently, Gladstone lowered their standards during their second run.Debbie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648307522331962265noreply@blogger.com