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Topic: Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
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Roger North
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 16 -
2011-01-14 at 13:21:54
Yeah that panel is funny Charlie Brown.
Rodney
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 17 -
2011-01-14 at 16:44:16
My first Barks story was probably Three Dirty Ducks Round Two, in Donald Duck 262. I also now have it in CBL 9.
I must admit, that I didn't get the hype that was surrounding the name of Barks in those CBL ads in the old Gladstone books. It just seemed like another story to me. I had read Rosa's Oolated Luck (WDCS 528) around the same time, and I liked that much more.
I must admit, that I didn't get the hype that was surrounding the name of Barks in those CBL ads in the old Gladstone books. It just seemed like another story to me. I had read Rosa's Oolated Luck (WDCS 528) around the same time, and I liked that much more.
Roger North
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 18 -
2011-01-14 at 17:37:45
I have Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #528 myself and I liked the story Oolated Luck. It was the second Don Rosa story that I read. The first was Fit to Be Pied in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #526. I also have that story in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #606.
MustangRockstar
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 19 -
2011-01-14 at 20:34:14
I think by the time I got into Disney comics it was a little harder to notice Barks' work because he influenced so many artists. Guys like Van Horn, Rosa, Jippes and Milton.
Milton is a guy you don't hear as much about, but he's always had a special place for me.
Milton is a guy you don't hear as much about, but he's always had a special place for me.
Charlie Brown
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 20 -
2011-01-14 at 20:39:45
The first time I noticed Barks was with the exhibition in Hannover, Germany. Before I just had my favorite stories. Some by Barks, some by Vicar, some by Murry,..
Roger North
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 21 -
2011-01-14 at 21:31:13
I have Mastering the Matterhorn in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #574 and The Great Paint Robbery in Uncle Scrooge #353. I think Don Rosa and William Van Horn are both great artists. It's too bad Don Rosa had to retire due to his eye problem.
Robb_K
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 22 -
2011-01-14 at 23:45:09
The first Disney Comic I had was ALL the US/Canadian "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories", "Donald Duck", Mickey Mouse and special books (other than the giveaways) from around 1940 through 1951, (which were in our house, having been bought by or four my 4 older boy first cousins, who lived with us). I sort of "inherited" them. My parents used to read them to me when I was 2 years old. I can't remember which I read first (I was 2), but "Lost in The Andes" was my favourite. When I was 3, I had already learned to read, and I would read them to my elders, and my younger cousins.
The first comic book bought especially for me was "Uncle Scrooge" 386 (#1). So, Barks was in my first bought comic. I bought my own first comic at age 4, in 1953. I bought my first Dutch comic book in Summer,(July) 1953. It was a "Donald Duck Weekblad". I forget the number now, and don't have time to move my Davenport out to get to my 1952-1959 Dutch weeklies to see which it was. I remember it by the cover. I left most of my Dutch comics at my aunt's and uncle's house in Den Haag (The Hague), and added to the stack each Summer. Mine were basically stored together with my cousins' comics.
The first comic book bought especially for me was "Uncle Scrooge" 386 (#1). So, Barks was in my first bought comic. I bought my own first comic at age 4, in 1953. I bought my first Dutch comic book in Summer,(July) 1953. It was a "Donald Duck Weekblad". I forget the number now, and don't have time to move my Davenport out to get to my 1952-1959 Dutch weeklies to see which it was. I remember it by the cover. I left most of my Dutch comics at my aunt's and uncle's house in Den Haag (The Hague), and added to the stack each Summer. Mine were basically stored together with my cousins' comics.
Charlie Brown
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 23 -
2011-01-15 at 16:25:00
Wow! You had a great start with comic books, Robb.
My first Micky Maus was also read to me by my parents (including all sound words :)). Disney comics really motivated me to learn reading. Although many adults thought that comics harm the learning of reading and writing.
My first Micky Maus was also read to me by my parents (including all sound words :)). Disney comics really motivated me to learn reading. Although many adults thought that comics harm the learning of reading and writing.
MustangRockstar
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 24 -
2011-01-15 at 17:45:27
Quote from user: Charlie BrownWow! You had a great start with comic books, Robb.
My first Micky Maus was also read to me by my parents (including all sound words :)). Disney comics really motivated me to learn reading. Although many adults thought that comics harm the learning of reading and writing.
Ironic when you consider that now not only do they use comics as a tool to generate interest in reading, libraries are starting to carry comics as well.
My first Micky Maus was also read to me by my parents (including all sound words :)). Disney comics really motivated me to learn reading. Although many adults thought that comics harm the learning of reading and writing.
Ironic when you consider that now not only do they use comics as a tool to generate interest in reading, libraries are starting to carry comics as well.
Shoeless_Pashley
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 25 -
2011-01-19 at 15:40:06
My mom was a Scrooge fan, so I knew he existed even before Ducktales made me a fan. She had bought a US comic for me to try. I had some scattered issues of the Ducktales comic which also had Barks reprints. I admit thought that I wasn't to interested in them until the Ducktales TV show was cancelled and I wanted new stories of Scrooge and started collecting WDC&S, US, and DDA. It was January 1990 when that happened because the Barks story was one about wacky New Year's resolutions. The US story #262 & 263 (both by a fluke happened to be on the news stands) Rosa's "Return to Xanadu Pt. 2" and his "Treasure Under Glass." The DDA was more Rosa, "The Master Landscapist." It was then that I dug out that issue mom had gotten for me, guess what, more Rosa, in fact - US#219, so all this early Rosa exposure explains why I'm a big fan of his I guess. I also read all the Barks stories this time from the Ducktales comics which were wonderful and I rememebered reading at least one of them before, so technically my first Barks story was "The Invisible Intruder." There was just something about young Scrooge in a drawer and that giant bed I loved.
Charlie Brown
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 26 -
2011-01-19 at 21:22:21
It's funny to hear that many Disney comic readers started with Ducktales on TV. I started reading Disney comics before Ducktales existed. When it started on TV I didn't like it very much as a kid. Scrooge was not like the one in the comic books. Donald was missing. And there are some strange new characters.
Over the years I liked it more and more. And today I even buy comic books with Ducktales stories only ;)
Over the years I liked it more and more. And today I even buy comic books with Ducktales stories only ;)
Dutch Duckfan Down Under
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 27 -
2011-01-20 at 14:46:05
Funny, while many of you started with DuckTales or before, my first encounter with Disney was long after DuckTales ended. It was only about 10 years ago, when the Belgian channel Ketnet showed "Disney Festival" (same thing as Disney Afternoon, with a slight different intro). It was then that I first saw the old cartoons, Darwing Duck (didn't really like it at the time), the Rescue Rangers and DuckTales. The first group (old cartoons) left a big impresion on me.
In the Dutch comics of the time was barely any Barks, and only the late Don Rosa. So, I can't say "I grew up with Barks comics as a kid and fell in love with Disney comics". However, last year I realised this: I grew up with Barks cartoons as a kid and fell in love with Disney cartoons! Indeed, all of my favortie cartoons from my youth were the ones Barks worked on as a story artist! With about three exceptions:
-Steamboat Willie
-The Band Concert
-The Wise Little Hen (this is a special one, as I already knew it was the first Donald Duck cartoon, I memorised the date I first watched it: June 9, 2004!)
Later on, I gradually moved into the comics, and away from the cartoons. But that's not the end yet! I recently watched the Dutch Walt Disney Treasures DVD "The Chronological Donald 1" and loved it. I'm now saving money for the Brabantian Comic Con next summer, the only place I'm sure to find the English versions of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD's.
I'll talk about the comics another time.
In the Dutch comics of the time was barely any Barks, and only the late Don Rosa. So, I can't say "I grew up with Barks comics as a kid and fell in love with Disney comics". However, last year I realised this: I grew up with Barks cartoons as a kid and fell in love with Disney cartoons! Indeed, all of my favortie cartoons from my youth were the ones Barks worked on as a story artist! With about three exceptions:
-Steamboat Willie
-The Band Concert
-The Wise Little Hen (this is a special one, as I already knew it was the first Donald Duck cartoon, I memorised the date I first watched it: June 9, 2004!)
Later on, I gradually moved into the comics, and away from the cartoons. But that's not the end yet! I recently watched the Dutch Walt Disney Treasures DVD "The Chronological Donald 1" and loved it. I'm now saving money for the Brabantian Comic Con next summer, the only place I'm sure to find the English versions of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD's.
I'll talk about the comics another time.
Swamp Adder
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 28 -
2011-01-26 at 04:30:46
My love of Disney comics comes from my dad reading them aloud to my siblings and me when we were kids. The very first story he read to us was "The Old Castle's Secret" (it was in some kind of best-of-Barks thing along with "The Golden Helmet"), and for a long, long time that remained my very favorite Duck story. I still have a strong nostalgic attachment to it. My siblings and I didn't know the actual title of the story; we just called it "Spooky Castle" and were always begging my dad to read it to us. (Or at least I was -- I was old enough not to be frightened by it, but my sister and brother used to hide behind my dad's back when he got to the scary parts!)
I was rarely allowed to watch cartoons as a kid and had very little familiarity with DuckTales. But my dad reading the duck comics out loud was a huge part of my childhood, a tradition we continued long after we kids had all learned to read for ourselves. It wasn't until I became an adult that I actually went back and started reading the stories by myself for the first time, and had the fun of discovering them all over again.
I was rarely allowed to watch cartoons as a kid and had very little familiarity with DuckTales. But my dad reading the duck comics out loud was a huge part of my childhood, a tradition we continued long after we kids had all learned to read for ourselves. It wasn't until I became an adult that I actually went back and started reading the stories by myself for the first time, and had the fun of discovering them all over again.
Groovemachine
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 29 -
2013-05-31 at 01:28:19
My first Disney comic? Well, I had an issue or two of Whitman Mickey Mouse comics, but the first Disney comic I bought with my own money was Uncle Scrooge #219 featuring Don Rosa's "Son of the Sun" while on a summer vacation that entailed lots of driving. I was 12 years old. I was enamored with that story and still have the issue to this day.
The first Carl Barks story I read was "Donald Duck in Kakimaw Country" from Uncle Scrooge #220. I think "Son of the Sun" set the bar so high and made me really appreciate the adventure stories, so I didn't get into Barks more until I got the chance to read Uncle Scrooge Adventures #1 later that summer with "McDuck of Arabia".
The first Carl Barks story I read was "Donald Duck in Kakimaw Country" from Uncle Scrooge #220. I think "Son of the Sun" set the bar so high and made me really appreciate the adventure stories, so I didn't get into Barks more until I got the chance to read Uncle Scrooge Adventures #1 later that summer with "McDuck of Arabia".
Review Or Die
Your first Disney comic, How did you become a Donaldist?
Message 30 -
2013-06-01 at 02:53:08
Licensed comics suck.
I knew it as a kid. I'd grown up on the Silver Age comics my dad let me read, after I'd washed with soap and water, and it's from there I learned the value of strong storytelling. I always wished he had more Legion of Superheroes stuff... it fit my sensibilities better to see long-term stories going on.
I watched DuckTales. Loved the show. Used to roll around on the floor in quarters, believe it or not. I saw the occasional comic here or there, but I'd been tricked before. Licensed comics were dumbed down pieces of junk. I had no use for them.
Flash forward to 2008. I'm having a conversation with my Finnish friend.
"You know what I loved? DuckTales."
"What? DuckTales fucking sucked."
"What? You suck."
"It's a crappy imitation of the comics, Scrooge is all warm and fuzzy and not a cranky jerk, Donald's not in it, it changed the setting, DuckTales SUCKED!"
"The hell are you talking about?"
And he got so mad, he made me read The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.
Oh boy. I was sold. SOLD. DC had been going through a crappy period, so I was especially eager to get to any new comic I could.
I read through every Rosa story, but got sidetracked... I had to read Barks to understand what was going on, after all. My first Barks story was probably "Only a Poor Old Man", but I gravitated more towards his later stories from the late 50s and 60s. "Micro-Ducks from Outer Space" remains, to this day, one of my favorites of his. I liked how in that period he was willing to be a little more silly, a little more over the top. People talk about his 'greatest period' being during late 40s, but I just don't see it. As a storyteller, I'm quite sure his best work was during the early Scrooge issues.
I read some of Barks' gag pieces and... well, I liked them alright. Super Snooper was one, as was The Trouble With Dimes. There's a Grandma Duck story where she first meets the nephews that still has a special place in my heart. But I was never enamored with the 10-pagers as a whole.
And while I enjoyed some of the reprints I read, back issues of Gemstone/Gladstone... they just never compared to Rosa, and at best trended towards a decent-ish Barks outing.
Darkwing Duck, which is one of the best and WORST Disney comics ever, was my first 'real' ongoing foray in to new Disney work. And as I saw it crumble, I started realizing how good Disney comics could be. Why these comics were great.
Man, I really love James Silvani's art.
Gottfredson's stuff, which I first experienced in Fantagraphics' volumes, and the complete lack of quality the comic book Mickey stories had, cemented that belief that Disney comics could be AMAZING in my mind. Ever since then, I've scrounged for Gladstone and Gemstone issues.
That's my Disney story.
I knew it as a kid. I'd grown up on the Silver Age comics my dad let me read, after I'd washed with soap and water, and it's from there I learned the value of strong storytelling. I always wished he had more Legion of Superheroes stuff... it fit my sensibilities better to see long-term stories going on.
I watched DuckTales. Loved the show. Used to roll around on the floor in quarters, believe it or not. I saw the occasional comic here or there, but I'd been tricked before. Licensed comics were dumbed down pieces of junk. I had no use for them.
Flash forward to 2008. I'm having a conversation with my Finnish friend.
"You know what I loved? DuckTales."
"What? DuckTales fucking sucked."
"What? You suck."
"It's a crappy imitation of the comics, Scrooge is all warm and fuzzy and not a cranky jerk, Donald's not in it, it changed the setting, DuckTales SUCKED!"
"The hell are you talking about?"
And he got so mad, he made me read The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.
Oh boy. I was sold. SOLD. DC had been going through a crappy period, so I was especially eager to get to any new comic I could.
I read through every Rosa story, but got sidetracked... I had to read Barks to understand what was going on, after all. My first Barks story was probably "Only a Poor Old Man", but I gravitated more towards his later stories from the late 50s and 60s. "Micro-Ducks from Outer Space" remains, to this day, one of my favorites of his. I liked how in that period he was willing to be a little more silly, a little more over the top. People talk about his 'greatest period' being during late 40s, but I just don't see it. As a storyteller, I'm quite sure his best work was during the early Scrooge issues.
I read some of Barks' gag pieces and... well, I liked them alright. Super Snooper was one, as was The Trouble With Dimes. There's a Grandma Duck story where she first meets the nephews that still has a special place in my heart. But I was never enamored with the 10-pagers as a whole.
And while I enjoyed some of the reprints I read, back issues of Gemstone/Gladstone... they just never compared to Rosa, and at best trended towards a decent-ish Barks outing.
Darkwing Duck, which is one of the best and WORST Disney comics ever, was my first 'real' ongoing foray in to new Disney work. And as I saw it crumble, I started realizing how good Disney comics could be. Why these comics were great.
Man, I really love James Silvani's art.
Gottfredson's stuff, which I first experienced in Fantagraphics' volumes, and the complete lack of quality the comic book Mickey stories had, cemented that belief that Disney comics could be AMAZING in my mind. Ever since then, I've scrounged for Gladstone and Gemstone issues.
That's my Disney story.