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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 24, 2016 22:01:12 GMT -5
Hoping to see more from this thread soon! Ask and ye shall receive.
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Post by shaxper on Apr 25, 2016 7:13:18 GMT -5
Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring (Four Color #29) This one is huge. Probably the most important story so far. Arguably (with the creation of Uncle Scrooge) the most important story historically. Because this is the first full-length adventure story. This one sets the standard for what people think of when it comes to Barks stories. It's a full-length adventure story set in an exotic environment. Donald and the boys head to the museum to see ancient mummies before they are returned to the possession of the Bey of El Dagga. Outside the museum they are given a ring by an old man and they're menaced by Black Pete. The mummies are guarded by the emissaries of the Bey and the boys are hurried out of the museum, but Huey has lost his cap and goes back in to get it. But he never returns. We get to see the boys attempt to bluff their way onto the ship and then have to settle for working as deck-hands. One of the mummies comes to life and steals food, setting up some comedy/horror elements. And the boys lives are definitely in danger when they abandon the ship to follow the Bey's emissaries who are transporting the mummies...and they believe...Huey. The landscape and the setting is clearly quasi-Egyptian, complete with Nile boats, pyramids and mummies. And there is a tangible sense of danger. Both in the pursuit and to Huey, who it turns out has been in one of the mummy cases, while Black Pete has been in the other. With the return of the ring, lost for thousands of years, the Bey goes from a menace to an altruist and rewards the boys with a huge treasure chest...one worthy of the yet to appear Uncle Scrooge. A really fun story that it definitely a forerunner of what will come and be the essence of the Barks duck story. As someone who owns most of the originals and, thus, will probably never buy the collected editions, this is one of those early adventures I will likely never get to experience. So glad we have this thread!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 1, 2018 14:03:49 GMT -5
Good Neighbors (WDC&S 38) Story & Art by Carl Barks. Donald and Neighbor Jones decide to let bygones be bygones and get along and be friends. But the vagaries of a football make the best plans of ducks and men go astray. And when all is said and done and the nephews intervene to try to separate the two, the eternal feud goes on and on. Nothing terribly special about this one. A normal early 10-pager. But it was the next in line. And I shall endeavor to keep this thread alive. It does show that Jones is probably the worse of the two feud participants.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 1, 2018 14:57:23 GMT -5
The Duck in the Iron Pants (WDC&S 41) Story & Art by Carl Barks. It's a snowy winter day and Donald is heading out on the town, complete with top-hat and tails. The boys try to knock his hat off with a snowball, but Donald is prepared, thwarts their plan and ends up schooling them in the ways of snowball fights. The boys prep for his return by building a huge snow fort. Donald builds himself a armor suit and a battle royale ensues between the boys and the duck in the iron pants. The boys end up coming out on top, but it's clear that when they have to come into the house Donald will get his revenge. This is one of the more well-known 10-pagers and while it's not really ground-breaking I think it's really is the ultimate in Donald vs. the Nephews stories. This draws pretty heavily from the type of story that we saw in the cartoon shorts.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 1, 2018 16:43:00 GMT -5
Love the Iron Duck story...
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 1, 2018 16:48:54 GMT -5
Love the Iron Duck story... It's a hoot. I think it may be the best of the early 10-pagers and it's one of the best overall. It's pretty basic really but it really sets out the antagonism between Donald and the nephews.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2018 17:13:14 GMT -5
Love the Iron Duck story... It's a hoot. I think it may be the best of the early 10-pagers and it's one of the best overall. It's pretty basic really but it really sets out the antagonism between Donald and the nephews. I've remember reading it about 2 years ago at my friend house and I've loved this story ... it's a fun read and great art to boot!
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Post by shaxper on Jan 2, 2018 10:07:45 GMT -5
So glad to see the return of this thread!
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Post by shaxper on Jan 2, 2018 10:20:14 GMT -5
Good Neighbors (WDC&S 38) Story & Art by Carl Barks. Donald and Neighbor Jones decide to let bygones be bygones and get along and be friends. But the vagaries of a football make the best plans of ducks and men go astray. And when all is said and done and the nephews intervene to try to separate the two, the eternal feud goes on and on. Nothing terribly special about this one. A normal early 10-pager. But it was the next in line. And I shall endeavor to keep this thread alive. It does show that Jones is probably the worse of the two feud participants. Was this the first appearance of Jones?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 2, 2018 10:31:39 GMT -5
Good Neighbors (WDC&S 38) Story & Art by Carl Barks. Donald and Neighbor Jones decide to let bygones be bygones and get along and be friends. But the vagaries of a football make the best plans of ducks and men go astray. And when all is said and done and the nephews intervene to try to separate the two, the eternal feud goes on and on. Nothing terribly special about this one. A normal early 10-pager. But it was the next in line. And I shall endeavor to keep this thread alive. It does show that Jones is probably the worse of the two feud participants. Was this the first appearance of Jones? His second appearance. His first was in WDC&S 34 which I reviewed earlier. This story wasn't terribly important, but was the first I'd read since I stopped earlier. I've read all but one of the 10-pagers from 1944. Next up Four Color #62 with two adventure stories "Frozen Gold" and "Mystery of the Swamp".
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Post by shaxper on Jan 2, 2018 15:23:45 GMT -5
Here's a question that just occurred to me:
The major rift between the Disney comics and the Disney cartoons (you mention Duck Tales in the op) is Donald. In the comics, he's an articulate everyman, whereas in the cartoons there's clearly something wrong with his speech, and that necessarily simplifies his persona and limits his ability to participate in stories. The cartoon depiction came first, of course. But my question is whether Barks was responsible for the comic book depiction, or if that predated Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 2, 2018 15:56:15 GMT -5
Here's a question that just occurred to me: The major rift between the Disney comics and the Disney cartoons (you mention Duck Tales in the op) is Donald. In the comics, he's an articulate everyman, whereas in the cartoons there's clearly something wrong with his speech, and that necessarily simplifies his persona and limits his ability to participate in stories. The cartoon depiction came first, of course. But my question is whether Barks was responsible for the comic book depiction, or if that predated Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold. Donald's ability to articulate himself in the comics definitely pre-dates Pirate Gold. Keep in mind that the script for Pirate Gold was written by Bob Karp not by Barks. Karp and Al Taliaferro did the Donald Duck comic strip many of which were reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories particularly prior to Barks coming starting to work on Donald. Karp and Taliaferro's Donald was much in the vein of what you'd see in the Barks 10-pagers and one-page gags. This page is from WDC&S #21 cover dated June '42, so four months or so before Pirate Gold appeared. It's the comic strip/book Donald rather than the Donald from the cartoons. And they're strip reprints so they would date some time before that.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 2, 2018 16:27:45 GMT -5
The Duck in the Iron Pants (WDC&S 41) Story & Art by Carl Barks. It's a snowy winter day and Donald is heading out on the town, complete with top-hat and tails. The boys try to knock his hat off with a snowball, but Donald is prepared, thwarts their plan and ends up schooling them in the ways of snowball fights. The boys prep for his return by building a huge snow fort. Donald builds himself a armor suit and a battle royale ensues between the boys and the duck in the iron pants. The boys end up coming out on top, but it's clear that when they have to come into the house Donald will get his revenge. This is one of the more well-known 10-pagers and while it's not really ground-breaking I think it's really is the ultimate in Donald vs. the Nephews stories. This draws pretty heavily from the type of story that we saw in the cartoon shorts. Wondering if this was at least partially drawn upon for "Donald's Snow Fight" (1942), , a cartoon we watched to death (and enjoyed) when our kids were young.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 2, 2018 16:52:28 GMT -5
The Duck in the Iron Pants (WDC&S 41) Story & Art by Carl Barks. It's a snowy winter day and Donald is heading out on the town, complete with top-hat and tails. The boys try to knock his hat off with a snowball, but Donald is prepared, thwarts their plan and ends up schooling them in the ways of snowball fights. The boys prep for his return by building a huge snow fort. Donald builds himself a armor suit and a battle royale ensues between the boys and the duck in the iron pants. The boys end up coming out on top, but it's clear that when they have to come into the house Donald will get his revenge. This is one of the more well-known 10-pagers and while it's not really ground-breaking I think it's really is the ultimate in Donald vs. the Nephews stories. This draws pretty heavily from the type of story that we saw in the cartoon shorts. Wondering if this was at least partially drawn upon for "Donald's Snow Fight" (1942), , a cartoon we watched to death (and enjoyed) when our kids were young. If anything, vice versa. Donald's Snow Fight predates The Duck in the Iron Pants by about two years. Wikipedia credits Barks for the screenplay on Snow Fight (IMDB is silent on that issue). So if anything Barks was possibly borrowing from himself. The two actually don't have a lot in common other than Donald and the nephews engaging in a snowball fight that is truly fantastical by real-world standards. I'm actually glad you asked because I remembered that cartoon and was thinking about it as I re-read Iron Pants. It came on The Wonderful World of Disney every winter when I was a kid and I remembered it but wasn't sure of the name. So I also was channeling it as I was reading.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 2, 2018 18:05:41 GMT -5
Donald's Snow Fight was an annual classic on TV when I was young, often paired with the Goofy Skiing instructional short, the Pluto/chipmunks Christmas Tree short, and Mickey's Christmas Carol, so I made the same connection.
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