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Through an Uskglass Darkly

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Nathan

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke – The author’s debut novel was recommended to me because I liked her Piranesi.This book was much longer and more complicated, but I liked it. It takes place in the early nineteenth … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Christmas, Comics, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Rick Riordan | Tagged adze, anansi, beagle boys, big bad wolf, bob gregory, carl barks, christmas in duckburg, donald duck, fairies, grandma duck, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, jonathan strange and mr norrell, napoleon bonaparte, piranesi, rick riordan presents, rocket-roasted christmas turkey, roseanne a. brown, scrooge mcduck, serwa boateng, serwa boateng's guide to vampire hunting, susanna clarke, the lovelorn fireman, tristan strong, vampires, vic lockman | 1 Comment

Going Blotto

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Nathan

I’m continuing with the Disney Masters series as available on Comixology, and I don’t have too much to say about the third and fourth volumes. Some good stories, but it’s more fun to write about the really crazy ones, and there … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Humor, Magic | Tagged carl barks, chief o'hara, disney, disney masters, donald duck, dondorado, eega beeva, el dorado, giovan battista carpi, goofy, guido martina, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, king of the golden river, mad hatter, me myself--and why?, mickey mouse, mickey the kid and six-shot goofy, phantom blot, rodolfo cimino, romano scarpa, scrooge mcduck, the eternal flame of kalhoa, the phantom blot's double mystery | Leave a comment

Atomized and Bewitched

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Nathan

I often end up making posts on books I’ve written long after the fact. I’m trying to at least take some notes in the meantime, but I don’t always. Anyway, this time, there’s a Mickey Mouse classic comic collection, one … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Television | Tagged a nameless witch, alice in wonderland, atomo bleep-bleep, atomo bloop-bloop, betsy bobbin, carl barks, christopher sterling, cowardly lion, demons, disney, disney masters, dorothy gale, dr. einmug, eega beeva, floyd gottfredson, magic belt, mickey mouse, mickey mouse in the delta dimension, ozma, patchwork girl, peg-leg pete, romano scarpa, shan-grilla, shangri-la, silver shoes, the delta dimension, the fabulous city of shan-grilla, the silver shoes of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tralla la, trolls, trudy van tubb, wicked witch of the east, witches | Leave a comment

You’re in Luck

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Nathan

I’d thought before about how the appellation “lucky” is applied to so many Oz characters. Well, only three that I can think of, but that’s still kind of weird. They were introduced by three different authors, however. The first is … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Authors, Characters, Comics, Discworld, Greek Mythology, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged atreyu, carl barks, cereal, charles lindbergh, davy jones the wooden whale, deadpool, deadpool 2, domino, donald duck, dragons, falkor, fate, fortuna, fortune, fred meyer, fred otto, fuchur, fukuryu, giants, gladstone gander, interesting times, jenny jump, lady luck, leif erikson, leprechauns, leprechauns in oz, loxo the lucky, luck, luck dragon, luck o' the irish, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, lucky charms, lucky the leprechaun, margolotte, mark haas, michael ende, ojo, ojo in oz, oziana, prince pompadore, prince pompadore in oz, probability, psychopompus, rincewind, speedy in oz, the colour of magic, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the lady, the last hero, the neverending story, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wonder city of oz, tyche, x-force, zazie beetz, zim greenleaf of oz | 1 Comment

Disney, My Head Is Spinning

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Nathan

This time, I’m reviewing some more collections of Disney comics. Donald Duck: The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama, by Carl Barks – One of the better stories begins with the bizarre premise that canner P.J. McBrine is trying to ruin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Comics, Humor, Video Games | Tagged andrea castellan, argus mcswine, atlantis, beagle boys, carl barks, daisy duck, dark mines of the phantom metal, darkenblot, dickie duck, dinosaurs, dodging miss daisy, donald duck, donald duck and the titanic ants, donald the milkman, ellroy bheezer, ellsworth bheezer, eurasia toft, flintheart glomgold, forbidden valley, goldie o'gilt, goofy, john d. rockerduck, magica de spell, mickey mouse, mickey mouse timeless tales volume 3, mynah birds, orichalcum, p.j. mcbrine, phantom blot, robots, rumpus mcfolw, scrooge mcduck, scrooge vs. scrooge, scrooge's last adventure, terries and firmies, the black pearls of tabu yama, the miner's granddaughter, the weregoof's curse, uncle scrooge timeless tales volume 3, william van horn | Leave a comment

Up in the Air, Junior Birdgirl

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Nathan

Lost Worlds, by Clark Ashton Smith – Joe Bongiorno’s Lost Histories from the Royal Librarian of Oz contains a few references to Smith’s work, including the sorcerer Eibon and Tsathoggua, his patron toad-god from Saturn, which made me interested in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz | Tagged atlantis, averoigne, carl barks, clark ashton smith, donald duck, eibon, gyro gearloose, h.p. lovecraft, huey dewey and louie, hyperborea, joe bongiorno, lost histories from the royal librarian of oz, lost worlds, magonia, maria dahvana headley, robert e. howard, saturn, scrooge mcduck, the lost peg leg mine, tsathoggua, weird tales | 2 Comments

A Foray Into Animated Enchantresses

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Nathan

A few days ago, Tavie brought up how both Disney and Warner Bros. cartoons have witches named Witch Hazel, both voiced by June Foray, and said I should write a post about that. From the brief research I did, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Comics, Disney Afternoon, Etymology, Halloween, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Names, Television, William Shakespeare | Tagged bea benaderet, bewitched bunny, broom-stick bunny, bugs bunny, carl barks, casper the friendly ghost, chuck jones, donald duck, ducktales, huey dewey and louie, june foray, little lulu, looney tunes, macbeth, madam mim, magica de spell, scrooge mcduck, the sword in the stone, trick or treat, witch hazel, witches | 1 Comment

Life’s Good for the Multiplujillionaires

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Nathan

Uncle Scrooge: The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan, by Carl Barks – The library system now has another volume in Fantagraphics’ series of reprints that I hadn’t yet read. I’m not totally sure whether I should keep the ones I … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, Disney Afternoon, Humor, Television, Video Games | Tagged a cold bargain, abominable snowman, back to long ago, beagle boys, blackheart beagle, bombastium, brutopia, carl barks, don rosa, donald duck, ducktales, fantastic river race, faulty fortune, flintheart glomgold, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, hypnosis, land beneath the ground, land of the pygmy indians, ratchet gearloose, scrooge mcduck, terries and firmies, the lost crown of genghis khan, the second-richest duck | Leave a comment

Just Ducky

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Nathan

It’s too bad that, these days, the default Google suggestion for “Donald” is our not-so-esteemed president rather than the duck. The two of them do have something in common (aside from the terrible temper), in that both had mothers from … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, Humor, Monsters | Tagged carl barks, daan jippes, donald duck, donald duck timeless tales, dragons, duck avenger, fethry duck, gladstone gander, goofy, grandma duck, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, john lustig, magica de spell, mickey mouse, paperinik, scrooge mcduck, secret of hondorica, the big sneeze, the call of c'rruso, the duck who came to dinner, the ghost sheriff of last gasp, the unorthodox ox, too safe safe, walt disney, walt disney comics and stories, wispy willie | Leave a comment

Saving the Nine Worlds Again

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Nathan

When I hear about a new book coming out by an author I like, I try to put a hold on it at the library. Recently, it seems like all my holds came in at once, and since they have … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, Humor, Magnus Chase, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan | Tagged a financial fable, alfheim, andvari, attic antics, beagle boys, carl barks, daisy duck, dangerous disguise, donald duck, grandma duck, his dark materials, huey dewey and louie, in old california, junior woodchucks, la belle sauvage, loki, lyra belacqua, no such varmint, odin, pete, ragnarok, scrooge mcduck, the book of dust, the ship of the dead | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: carl barks

Through an Uskglass Darkly

Going Blotto

Atomized and Bewitched

You’re in Luck

Disney, My Head Is Spinning

Up in the Air, Junior Birdgirl

A Foray Into Animated Enchantresses

Life’s Good for the Multiplujillionaires

Just Ducky

Saving the Nine Worlds Again

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