Donald Duck: Murderer

I came across this a while ago and I think it’s quite funny.
Not sure who it’s by though.

Emo Mickey

I have had this pic for years but only now have decided to post it. It’s from the Mickey Mouse daily comic strip from the 1930s, by Floyd Gottfredson.

Media Reports On Donald’s Big Day

The media has reported that today is Donald Duck’s 75th birthday. I have seen reports on Sky News, Channel 7, 10 and 9 all reporting on this important milestone. The ABC and the Age both have reports on the bad tempered duck’s big day. It seems that everyone thinks that this is something that is newsworthy… except for Disney Channel, who are playing several episodes of That’s So Raven, The Suite Life Of Zac And Cody and other tween orientated shows.

For those who care, here are a few of the media reports on Donald’s big day.

News Limited has an article here.
The Age online has a report here.
The ABC online has a report here.
Sky News have their report here.

Most of the articles say the same thing, with perhaps the News Limited one being the most comprehensive. Still they have at least mentioned this event, unlike the Australian Disney website. At this website you can catch up on Jonas TV, Hannah Montana, Disney Girl (the latest fashion and trends) and Club Penguin. No mention of Don’s birthday. Obviously Disney Australia thinks this is unimportant, which doesn’t surprise me as they haven’t even been able to release any of the cartoon shorts onto DVD in anymore than a half arsed fashion. (Releasing the Chronological Donald Volume 1 doesn’t count, as there are still another three unreleased volumes!)

Happy 75th Birthday Donald

Today is the 75th birthday of Donald Duck. On June 9th 1934, the bad tempered duck appeared as a co-star in the Silly Symphony “The Wise Little Hen”. From this minor role he went on to be Disney’s biggest star, even eclipsing Mickey Mouse’s popularity. Donald has not only starred in over a hundred cartoons but is a major comic book star as well, with his adventures, particularly those chronicled by the late Carl Barks, bringing him world wide acclaim.

Being the major star that he is, you’d think that the Disney Channel would be focussing exclusively on him this month. If you were thinking that then you’d be wrong, as those in charge of programming obviously think that he is not worthy to share the spotlight with Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers or Raven, as after looking at their June schedule, there looks to be nothing special on to celebrate Donald’s birthday. Maybe Disney’s target audience, tween girls, just don’t care about Disney’s second most important character, so why bother to celebrate his career let alone show even one of his cartoons. When we first got Foxtel and Disney Channel was available it was so much more varied. There were lots of classic Disney cartoons and movies as well as the then current stuff, but now it’s 24 hours of Miley, the Jonas Brothers and Raven, no variety at all! Sigh! Thank goodness that I’m around to at least spend this month looking at Disney’s most popular character.

Carl Barks’ Uncle Scrooge

This is cute and it is nice seeing Scroogey being generous for a change.

Of course in 21st century Melbourne the beggar would tell you off because he doesn’t really want the money for a cup of coffee, but to score his next hit.

Uncle Scrooge – Only A Poor Old Man

This is the ending of one of the best Uncle Scrooge stories ever written, and one that pretty much sums up Scrooge McDuck.

I do like seeing Scrooge being so happy when he dives into his money like a porpoise, and burrows in it like a gopher, and especially when he throws it up in the air and lets it hit him on the head.

Michael Barrier has written a very nice essay on the genius of Scrooge’s creator, Carl Barks.

Donald Duck – Super Snooper

Disney’s Duck comic books are surprisingly sophisticated compared to other ‘funny animal’ books that have been written. This is mainly due to the genius of Carl Barks, who wrote and drew these comics for many, many years.

This story is a satire of the superhero comic book genre which was just started to become popular when Barks wrote this tale in 1949.










Gemstone currently publish reprints of Disney comics, which are worth hunting down, but they are kind of expensive. Still, there are very few intelligent comics being published these days that are kid friendly and that adults can enjoy too.