Comments on: *The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck — Recommended

By: Adam Arnold

Adam Arnold — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:03:33 +0000

Gemstone’s two “Walt Disney Treasures” books that are out now are worth picking up if you want some rarely seen material and solid stories from across the decades. The books are called:

Walt Disney Treasures – Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special

Walt Disney Treasures – Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation

By: Daniel M.

Daniel M. — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:35:09 +0000

I recently read this myself, and in the companion, he said most of this stuff was created for the foreign market. The places Disney doesn’t give a shit about as long as people buy their crap. He could do anything as long as it didn’t contain sex or murder.

I loved his art and the colors are some of the best I have ever seen, so soft and dazzling. And while this was quite good, the companion is even better because its just straight adventure tales set in his youth. My favorite is the one where he meets Theordore Roosevelt again in Panama during the construction of the canal. The scene where his sisters flirt with a cowboy to get his keys is an absolute hoot!

By: Charles RB

Charles RB — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:31:29 +0000

The interesting thing for me is that Rosa’s doing a tale based on huge amounts of continuity and a fanboy urge to fit it all together, the thing usually decried in comics because it leads to dull and unpenetrable stories… and yet it all works brilliant! That’s impressive. (See also Marvels)

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By: jdh417

jdh417 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:42:18 +0000

THIS was the first Disney duck adventure you’ve ever read?

You’re spoiled now, ruined.

No, there’s plenty of Barks and other Rosa stories. I’m not sure what’s available, but look for some big volume you can curl up with at night. That’s the best way to read them.

By: Suzene

Suzene — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:06:15 +0000

Half.com has a few too. It has one fewer now.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:30:51 +0000

I have the Companion on the reading shelf–I didn’t want to overdo all at once. Glad to hear I should look forward to it.

It wasn’t the duck winning the Eisner I was wondering about, but that it was a corporate character. How do you get “safer” than Disney? And yet this was some surprising and unexpected work.

Sorry about it not being easily available. Gemstone says they have some for $25.

By: Bill D.

Bill D. — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:42:37 +0000

This is my favorite comics story ever, and easily one of the best-written (and arguably the most thoroughly researched) pieces of “literary” biography ever.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:56:37 +0000

Temporarily Out of Stock at Amazon.com :( 1 copy available for $22.95, but after that one is gone, it’ll set you back $78.00. *sigh*

By: El Santo

El Santo — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:46:52 +0000

I have this, the companion book, and the one that reprints the Carl Barks stories that a bunch of DuckTales stories were based on. I love the notes in between the chapters, too; it’s interesting to learn that archaeologists were inspired to get in the field because of the Scrooge McDuck stories.

And really, Johanna … is a McDuck winning the Eisner any weirder than, say, a story about some guy in tights and superpowers winning the award? ;)

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:53:23 +0000

This, and the companion book, are about all the duck comics I own. Great stuff…

By: Reeve

Reeve — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:09:29 +0000

Welcome to the world of Duck comics! Don Rosa is easily the best Duck writer/artist outside of Barks himself; my personal favorite of his stories is “Guardians of the Lost Library”, in which Scrooge and the boys hunt down the Library of Alexandria.

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion is a great read as well, especially for the stories set in the Klondike, and of course, the original Barks stories (available in various collections) can’t be recommended enough.