• VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    16·
    3 days ago

    Based Europeans. I found a stack of Rosa’s and Barks’ various Scrooge McDuck comics in the back of my grandfather’s shed when I was young.

    Yeah, holy fuck. Has Disney ever been blessed with writing like that again? The one-off stuff was great. I remember a comic where Gizmo invents a device that can stop time, which the Beagle Boys used to rob Scrooge. That was such an interesting sci-fi concept, explored in a Disney comic! I remember another one where Scrooge found Xanadu! Super memorable.

    But man, none of that stacked up to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. I mean, I only had one issue of it - the one where he goes to Alaska for gold. Even still, the emotion in that part of the story is seared into my brain. The fact that they could tell stories of that depth with the “he’s greedy, get the joke?” character is fucking amazing.

    Mind you, I haven’t reread any of this in years. It’s etched into my memory. Rosa and Barks are some of the best to ever work in the American comics scene. I don’t think I found anything as compelling until I discovered Tintin.

      • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        2 days ago

        I had never heard of this before! Listened to Cold Heart of the Klondike, and I can see the pages turning in my head.

        Fuck, I need to buy a complete collection of the comics.

        • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 days ago

          There’s a video for the album too!

          But im mainly a fan of the music. Fun fact the female vocalist is Tuomas’ wife, and they got married the year this album came out.

    • bus_factor@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      Have you read the American version of those comics? It is the only media I prefer in translated form, because the American lettering is extremely annoying. The grammar is weird, like spelling it “Unca Donald” instead of “uncle”, and every sentence has one or two words in bold. All the bold words feel like an aggressive way of showing emphasis which is so exaggerated that I find it exhausting to read.

      As a contrast, Norwegian Donald Duck comics were advertised from day 1 as “translated by a teacher”, and there has always been an emphasis on good grammar. And most importantly, no bold words all over the place! We can figure out where to put the emphasis ourselves, thank you very much.

    • Klear@quokk.auEnglish
      17·
      3 days ago

      Huh. I googled “Carl Barks”, expecting it to be a cartoon dog and a parody of communists but it’s the actual name of the guy who drew those.

  • HelluvaKick@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 days ago

    I mean the guy who made Astro Boy based all of his character designs off the Donald Duck comics, and manga is the most popular form of comics in North America, so in conclusion, everydays a hurricane, here in america.