Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #156

By: Knox

Knox — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:20:32 +0000

Uncle Scrooge is the greatest comic book character ever created. F@*k Superman, it's all about McDuck baby!

By: km

km — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:24:35 +0000

The lyrics above also leave out a verse (not used in the actual show, IIRC). Here's the entire thing, with corrected chorus:

Life is like a hurricane
Here in Duckburg
Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes
It's a duck-blur
Might solve a mystery
Or rewrite history

CHORUS:
DuckTales (oooh ooooh)
Every day they're out there making
DuckTales (oooh ooooh)
Tales of daring-do bad and good
LuckTales (oooh ooooh)

When it seems they're heading for the
Final curtain
Cool deduction never fails
That's for certain
The worst of messes
Become successes

CHORUS

D-D-D-Danger! Watch behind you
There's a stranger out to find you
What to do? Just grab on to some DuckTales

CHORUS

D-D-D-Danger! Watch behind you
There's a stranger out to find you
What to do? Just grab on to some ...

CHORUS (Twice)

Not pony tales or cotton tales, no
DuckTales (ooh ooooh)

By: Tom Russell

Tom Russell — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:21:56 +0000

Yes! Yes! Yes! Awesome! Yes!

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:27:37 +0000

Other Dan, I agree, it's Tales of Daring-do or derring-do...seems to be some debate on which is the spelling.

Pesonaly, I prefer Rosa drawn US to Barks drawn...something Rosa once chastised me on Usenet for....I just prefer his line work.

By: Mullon

Mullon — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:54:59 +0000

You know the guy's rich and famous when he appears on a Forbes list.

http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/20/scrooge-mcduck-money-tech-media_cx_mn_06fict15_duck.html?boxes=custom

By: mapletree7

mapletree7 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:03:28 +0000

In Italy Donald Duck (heavily laced with Uncle Scrooge stories) is the only Disney character besides Mickey Mouse to sustain a weekly digest.

In fact, I was just there, and I made a point to buy the latest one. I read all about the latest attempt to steal Uncle Scrooge's lucky dime on the flight out.

By: The Kirbydotter

The Kirbydotter — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:22:55 +0000

Scrooge McDuck is the best!
When I was a young kid I only bought "serious" comic books, meaning Super-heroes or monsters or cowboys (mainly Rawhide Kid) but certainly not funny animal cartoons that were just for babies!

Except for Uncle Scrooge!
I had tried one issue (can't remember which) and it was most certainly drawn by Carl Barks (althought I didn't know him at the time) because it involved a high adventure type of story (in the Himalayas?).
I was hooked and I added Uncle Scrooge to my regular series. The only "funny stuff" on my buying list.

I got back on Uncle Scrooge with Gladstone and added Mickey and Donald to my favorite titles.

Those Whitman and Gold Key covers bring me back to very fond childhood memories, even though I read mostly french reprints of Disneys. I still remember those from the "Hey Kids! Comics" wire spining racks. And those cool 3-packs...

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:24:17 +0000

Although not necessarily comics related, I always wanted to jump into and then swim in a giant pool of gold coins. I suppose my swimming skills are inferior to that lovable, wealthy fowl.

By: J To The AAP

J To The AAP — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:11:43 +0000

Here in The Netherlands there isn't much of a comics market, it's very far from a mainstream medium, more so than in the US. There's one exception to the rule; The Duck family. In fact, the weekly comic 'Donald Duck' (which features the entire Duck family and occasional other Disney comics) is the most popular magazine of this country. Matter of fact, about half of the Duck comics being published worldwide(aside from Don Rosa) are all made by Dutch artists. "If you want to make a living in comics you better practice drawing beaks" is a phrase often uttered among cartoonists over here. Superman, Spidey, Batman, there not even close in popularity to Scrooge McDuck or most other members of the Duck family over here. And I too, just like almost any Dutch citizen, have fond memories of lots of these comics. Good pick.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:30:21 +0000

Everybody loves Scrooge McDuck. I interviewed Larry Hama awhile back, and his dream project was to work on Disney's Duck characters- and this is a guy known for writing Wolverine and G.I. Joe!

By: a different Dan

a different Dan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:07:53 +0000

I always thought the line from the theme song was "Tales of derring-do..." not "daring, new...."

By: Andrew-TLA

Andrew-TLA — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:31:36 +0000

Scarlet Witch in two words: Retcon Activator.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:07:25 +0000

Awesome selection. I had the chance just last year to finally sit down and read the "Life & Times" trade and I was blown away by how entertaining and intelligent the story telling was, all while being accessible to somebody like me who only knew the character from the Duck Tales cartoon. I even bought the "Companion" trade which fills in parts of the story, but haven't had the chance to read it yet. I can't believe the works of Barks and Rosa haven't done better in recent years in the American comics market. They're just brilliant stuff...

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:24:55 +0000

Curse you for getting the DuckTales theme stuck in my head!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Sb0hGUNIQ

And the lyrics to go along with it (from RetroJunk):

Life is like a hurricane
Here in Duckburg
Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes
It's a duck blur
Might solve a mystery
Or rewrite history!
Ducktales! Woo Hoo!
Everyday they're out there makin'
Ducktales! Woo Hoo!
Tales of daring, new, bad and good luck tales!
D-d-d-danger lurks behind you
There's a stranger out to find you
What to do just grab on to some
Ducktales! Woo Hoo!
Everyday they're out there makin'
Ducktales! Woo Hoo!
Tales of daring, new, bad and good
Ducktales! Woo Hoo!
Not pony tales or cotton tales, no
Ducktales! Woo Hoo!

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:24:50 +0000

When I was a small child, I remember reading the story of Uncle Scrooge travelling to Machu Picchu and thinking, "Why aren't the Superman and Batman comics this good?"

By: ComicBookReader

ComicBookReader — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:17:38 +0000

Also, Don Rosa's current work on Uncle Scrooge has just picked up a bevy of Harvey Award nominations.

By: DCD

DCD — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:16:58 +0000

Dude, Scrooge is a reason to love LIFE.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:10:31 +0000

My favorite pick so far of this column.

By: km

km — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:56:26 +0000

What they said.

By: Lucion

Lucion — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:55:21 +0000

Curse you for getting the DuckTales theme stuck in my head!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Sb0hGUNIQ