Sunday, December 28, 2014

Seems Like Old "Life and Times"... Except It's Not.

IDW's first Disney comics release was solicited in last week's PREVIEWS: an oversized "Artist's Edition" of the first six chapters of Don Rosa's LIFE AND TIMES OF $CROOGE McDUCK.  The price is listed as "$ Please Inquire."  I know that something is probably out of my price range when it is priced in the same manner as freshly-caught fish at a fine restaurant.

Still no word on when "regular" IDW Disney offerings might be arriving.
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5 comments:

  1. ComicbookrehabDecember 29, 2014 at 10:47 PM

    To break from tradition..I wouldn't mind a "Scrooge McDuck" comic book as opposed to an "Uncle Scrooge" comic - I have noticed more people refer to Scrooge as the former rather than the latter and almost never as "Uncle Scrooge McDuck". I would be curious to see where IDW is going to take the ball...

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  2. GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.January 3, 2015 at 6:21 AM

    Well, Gladstone gave us the most awkwardly-titled comic book ever with the extremely short-lived The Adventurous Uncle Scrooge McDuck. But if IDW wanted to break with tradition like that, I'd want to see a good REASON for it, and it's difficult for me to think of one.

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  3. Chris BaratJanuary 3, 2015 at 1:11 PM

    CBR,

    Or, they could go the route of the 1970 musical movie adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL and simply call the title "$CROOGE." I think that most comic-book readers would be able to tell WHICH Scrooge that was.

    I'm almost tempted to suggest that they also add an exclamation point, but that would probably strike people as a little TOO show-tuney.

    Chris

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  4. Chris BaratJanuary 3, 2015 at 1:15 PM

    Geo,

    Actually, I think that THE BIGGEST BIG BOOK OF MICKEY MOUSE ought to join TAU$M in Gladstone's Denominational Hall of Shame.

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  5. ComicbookrehabJanuary 3, 2015 at 11:35 PM

    ...I think a "Donald Duck's Uncle, $crooge", similar to "Archie's Pal, Jughead" could actually work.

    "Get $crooged!" Sounds like an ad campaign that could've happened if the early years of the DisneyComics era had pprevailed.

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