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Scrooge’s Early Years

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck, Volume One, by Don Rosa – I would like to have reviewed both volumes of this together, but it looks like the library system only has the first one, so I don’t know … Continue reading →

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Where the Ballyhoos and the Tritons Are

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

In Hans Christian Andersen’s original tale of “The Little Mermaid,” the titular mermaid’s father is simply known as the Sea King, and is a widower with six daughters and a mother who tends his house. In Disney’s adaptation, they removed … Continue reading →

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World’s Wealthiest Waterfowl

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

Uncle $crooge: Only a Poor Old Man, by Carl Barks – As you may know, Barks invented the character of Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck’s uncle, richest man in the world, and user of a dollar sign in his name long … Continue reading →

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Going Down in Cartoon History

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, by Michael Barrier – This book looks at the history of animation from its early days up through the sixties, when cartoon studios were focusing more on television than on theatrical releases. … Continue reading →

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Slightly Foxed

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

The Fox and the Hound – Released in 1981, this would have been the first Disney animated feature to come out within my lifetime, although I didn’t watch it until considerably later in life. It’s loosely based on a book … Continue reading →

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I Am Bad, and That’s Good

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Wreck-It Ralph – As someone who’s interested in video games and particularly their characters (hey, I have the complete series of Captain N on DVD), I guess it was pretty much a given that I’d enjoy this. The movie did … Continue reading →

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Goofy Genetics

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

One question that I’ve seen raised many times is, if Pluto is a dog, then what is Goofy? I’ve even looked at it myself, but I think it might be time to examine it again. These certainly aren’t the only … Continue reading →

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Oh, Mickey, You’re So Fine

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Following my recent trend of reading old comics, I recently finished the first two volumes of Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse strips, Race to Death Valley and Trapped on Treasure Island. The situation here is sort of the reverse of Popeye, … Continue reading →

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The Dead Duck Dilemma

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

I’ve come across several references on the Internet to Scrooge McDuck having died in 1967, and it turns out this is the idea of Don Rosa, the author of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck and in many ways … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Dangerous

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

Darkwing Duck: The Duck Knight Returns – From what I’ve read, this comic was fully intended as a somewhat nostalgic project, geared toward people who watched the cartoon growing up. It uses the cliché of the superhero coming back onto … Continue reading →

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