North american here: I love Donald Duck. Lol. My mom used to a spot on Donald Duck voice to entertain us as kids. Told us he jumped out of the TV once and lived in her belly.
Your mom sounds awesome! I had to learn to do that myself to add a bit of comedic effect to certain situations. Alas I only learned to imitate goofy of all those cartoon voices..
Based Europeans. I found a stack of Rosa's and Barks' various Scrooge McDuck comics in the back of my grandfather's shed when I was young.
Yeah, holy fuck. Has Disney ever been blessed with writing like that again? The one-off stuff was great. I remember a comic where Gizmo invents a device that can stop time, which the Beagle Boys used to rob Scrooge. That was such an interesting sci-fi concept, explored in a Disney comic! I remember another one where Scrooge found Xanadu! Super memorable.
But man, none of that stacked up to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. I mean, I only had one issue of it - the one where he goes to Alaska for gold. Even still, the emotion in that part of the story is seared into my brain. The fact that they could tell stories of that depth with the "he's greedy, get the joke?" character is fucking amazing.
Mind you, I haven't reread any of this in years. It's etched into my memory. Rosa and Barks are some of the best to ever work in the American comics scene. I don't think I found anything as compelling until I discovered Tintin.
I believe Donald Duck is pretty popular in Southern Europe too, especially Italy. I learned to read Italian from a hoard of old Paperinos / Topolinos a neighbor had.
Have you read the American version of those comics? It is the only media I prefer in translated form, because the American lettering is extremely annoying. The grammar is weird, like spelling it "Unca Donald" instead of "uncle", and every sentence has one or two words in bold. All the bold words feel like an aggressive way of showing emphasis which is so exaggerated that I find it exhausting to read.
As a contrast, Norwegian Donald Duck comics were advertised from day 1 as "translated by a teacher", and there has always been an emphasis on good grammar. And most importantly, no bold words all over the place! We can figure out where to put the emphasis ourselves, thank you very much.
I mean the guy who made Astro Boy based all of his character designs off the Donald Duck comics, and manga is the most popular form of comics in North America, so in conclusion, everydays a hurricane, here in america.
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Wutchilli@feddit.org · 71 pts · 339d
To be fair Don Rosa is truly peak Donald Duck.
5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org · 45 pts · 339d
You mean peak Uncle Scrooge.
jagermo@feddit.org · 24 pts · 339d
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is modern poetry.
Last Sled to Dawson is fantastic
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 339d
there is a music album inspired by those by Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDGkLoz_StY5Rb0OeXAlxjiYWzRu2uleQ
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 338d
Honestly may be one of my top 10 favorite albums
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 43 pts · 339d
Hell yeah, Donald Duck is awesome. Will annoy a northern american with this next time I meet one.
DharmaCurious@startrek.website · 23 pts · 339d
North american here: I love Donald Duck. Lol. My mom used to a spot on Donald Duck voice to entertain us as kids. Told us he jumped out of the TV once and lived in her belly.
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 339d
Your mom sounds awesome! I had to learn to do that myself to add a bit of comedic effect to certain situations. Alas I only learned to imitate goofy of all those cartoon voices..
DharmaCurious@startrek.website · 5 pts · 339d
She was pretty fucking awesome.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 338d
As a North American, I'll happily listen to your Donald Duck comics love, but you better bring some Asterix and Obelix at the same time.
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 338d
Yess! Can't leave my favourite Gaulians out of this. They'll come with.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 339d
So, like, Michigan?
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 339d
Never met anyone from Michigan, but yup I'll treat everyone equally and promise to talk about Donald Duck to them too.
stenAanden@feddit.dk · 0 pts · 339d
I've annoyed Mexicans with this fact last year. Going for a Canadian soon.
jbrains@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 339d
✅
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 338d
Based Europeans. I found a stack of Rosa's and Barks' various Scrooge McDuck comics in the back of my grandfather's shed when I was young.
Yeah, holy fuck. Has Disney ever been blessed with writing like that again? The one-off stuff was great. I remember a comic where Gizmo invents a device that can stop time, which the Beagle Boys used to rob Scrooge. That was such an interesting sci-fi concept, explored in a Disney comic! I remember another one where Scrooge found Xanadu! Super memorable.
But man, none of that stacked up to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. I mean, I only had one issue of it - the one where he goes to Alaska for gold. Even still, the emotion in that part of the story is seared into my brain. The fact that they could tell stories of that depth with the "he's greedy, get the joke?" character is fucking amazing.
Mind you, I haven't reread any of this in years. It's etched into my memory. Rosa and Barks are some of the best to ever work in the American comics scene. I don't think I found anything as compelling until I discovered Tintin.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 338d
I just wrote in a other comment how the life and times of scrooge mcduck album by tuomas is an absolute masterpiece!!
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 338d
I had never heard of this before! Listened to Cold Heart of the Klondike, and I can see the pages turning in my head.
Fuck, I need to buy a complete collection of the comics.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 338d
There's a video for the album too!
But im mainly a fan of the music. Fun fact the female vocalist is Tuomas' wife, and they got married the year this album came out.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 338d
As far as behind shack magazines go, you might've lucked out
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 22 pts · 339d
Donald Duck?
That antifa terrorist?
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 339d
Der Fuehrer's Face? The one that manages to be anti-fascist but also racist at the same time?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 339d
Plenty of WW2 antifa racists tbh
Sergio@piefed.social · 18 pts · 339d
I believe Donald Duck is pretty popular in Southern Europe too, especially Italy. I learned to read Italian from a hoard of old Paperinos / Topolinos a neighbor had.
kokesh@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 339d
Here in Sweden it's a Christmas tradition to watch Donald duck for some reason.
Sergio@piefed.social · 9 pts · 339d
Today I learned that in Sweden, Donald Duck's name is Karl "Kalle" Magnus Anka.
LittleBorat3@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 339d
I don't understand why don't Americans like carl barks and don rosa?
Klear@quokk.au · 21 pts · 339d
Huh. I googled "Carl Barks", expecting it to be a cartoon dog and a parody of communists but it's the actual name of the guy who drew those.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 339d
I thought the exact same thing.
Evotech@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 339d
Lmao, made me snort
miseducator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 339d
Came here to comment about a Communist cartoon dog after reading the name.
MohamedMoney@feddit.org · 8 pts · 339d
Mostly because of too much lead in the water
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 339d
Must have been the Tylenol
bus_factor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 338d
Have you read the American version of those comics? It is the only media I prefer in translated form, because the American lettering is extremely annoying. The grammar is weird, like spelling it "Unca Donald" instead of "uncle", and every sentence has one or two words in bold. All the bold words feel like an aggressive way of showing emphasis which is so exaggerated that I find it exhausting to read.
As a contrast, Norwegian Donald Duck comics were advertised from day 1 as "translated by a teacher", and there has always been an emphasis on good grammar. And most importantly, no bold words all over the place! We can figure out where to put the emphasis ourselves, thank you very much.
lemmyman@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 339d
Dolan pls
Coopr8@kbin.earth · 12 pts · 339d
A great video essay on the topic from an American fan: Why disney wants to erase this beloved cartoonist from history
https://youtu.be/qhDge_uZHTQ
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 338d
That was a great story. Thanks for the link.
Coopr8@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 338d
Glad to share. Basic income is becoming an increasingly important issue for our time.
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 339d
there is a music album inspired by "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" by Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDGkLoz_StY5Rb0OeXAlxjiYWzRu2uleQ
HelluvaKick@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 339d
I mean the guy who made Astro Boy based all of his character designs off the Donald Duck comics, and manga is the most popular form of comics in North America, so in conclusion, everydays a hurricane, here in america.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 338d
The scrooge mcduck comics and the album Nightwish Composer/keyboardist Tuomas H. wrote are amazing. Way better than youd think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZen-1pfQNk
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 338d
Nightwish? Like the metal opera goth band from the 90s and 00s?
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 338d
Correct. One of the best bands ever ;)
Tuomas is the keyboardist and composer for them. He does a lot of other work too.
krunklom@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 339d
Donald Duck comics killed my parents
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 338d
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 338d
Can a drunk idiot shouting in your face consent to playing slot machine?
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 338d