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Topic: What in your opinion is Carl Barks' best story?
(49 messages)
Robb_K
What in your opinion is Carl Barks' best story?
Message 46 -
2015-06-07 at 23:19:08
Thomps2525
What in your opinion is Carl Barks' best story?
Message 47 -
2015-06-08 at 00:59:08
I had almost forgotten about that rainmaker story! It was titled "Kakimaw Country" and appeared in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #202 (July 1957). The story took place in Washington state and the name "Kakimaw" was obviously based on "Yakima," the name of the native American group which has lived there since the 1700s. The spelling was changed to "Yakama" in 1994.
The word means "black bear" in the Northwest Sahaptin dialect.
As was typical of several characters in Barks' 1950s stories, the Indian was very stereotypical, shaking a feathered rattle and making comments such as "Me Crack-In-Cloud, mighty maker of many rains. You want-um rain? Me let rain spirits out." For those who have not seen this story, I will not give any more details. I don't want to spoil the ending. In 1956, Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn starred in a movie, The Rainmaker, adapted from a play of the same name written by Nathan Richard Nash.
I'm guessing that Barks had seen the movie and it inspired him to write a similar story for Donald and Scrooge.
The word means "black bear" in the Northwest Sahaptin dialect.
As was typical of several characters in Barks' 1950s stories, the Indian was very stereotypical, shaking a feathered rattle and making comments such as "Me Crack-In-Cloud, mighty maker of many rains. You want-um rain? Me let rain spirits out." For those who have not seen this story, I will not give any more details. I don't want to spoil the ending. In 1956, Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn starred in a movie, The Rainmaker, adapted from a play of the same name written by Nathan Richard Nash.
I'm guessing that Barks had seen the movie and it inspired him to write a similar story for Donald and Scrooge.
Lagopus Lagopus
What in your opinion is Carl Barks' best story?
Message 48 -
2015-06-08 at 13:13:58
"The Daffy Taffy Story" isn't just my favorite Barks story, it's one of my favorite comics stories overall. It's such a perfectly crafted comic. My favorite thing about it is the framing device of Donald in the barrel, and the punch-line is absolutely golden.
Another favorite of mine is the Scrooge in Atlantis story. What other comic about finding Atlantis could feature a hilarious pie fight in a pie factory and culminate in a magnificent punchline? ("there's only one man in the world enough money to buy that coin." "who?" "Scrooge McDuck").
Another favorite of mine is the Scrooge in Atlantis story. What other comic about finding Atlantis could feature a hilarious pie fight in a pie factory and culminate in a magnificent punchline? ("there's only one man in the world enough money to buy that coin." "who?" "Scrooge McDuck").
MustangRockstar
What in your opinion is Carl Barks' best story?
Message 49 -
2015-06-08 at 20:58:26
The Mummy's Ring is one I never get tired if reading. To me it just has that feel of a what a Donald Duck comic should be. If I'm going to introduce someone to Barks' work, this is a very solid choice.