tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post3443916669949278872..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: Comics Review: DUCKTALES #3 (July 2011, kaboom!)Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-16640375831000209162011-12-03T10:35:28.374-05:002011-12-03T10:35:28.374-05:00Page 19 was redrawn for the trade and is better th...Page 19 was redrawn for the trade and is better than what we saw - Rocekduck is no longer talking to himself and Scrooge and co. no longer look like "Flat" thumbnail sketches, but Page 17 is the same.Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-73193275344889004582011-08-28T19:49:07.367-04:002011-08-28T19:49:07.367-04:00August 28 anon: I'm not a fan of Miguel's...August 28 anon: I'm not a fan of Miguel's artwork either. Xavi isn't too bad, though.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-79035661500993820452011-08-28T17:27:30.538-04:002011-08-28T17:27:30.538-04:00the worst drawn disney comic? rly? i guess you nev...the worst drawn disney comic? rly? i guess you never saw any of xavi or miguel. trust me, they are much more ... worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-90856050918859117362011-08-22T02:38:48.123-04:002011-08-22T02:38:48.123-04:00I'm suprised that so few people aren't poi...I'm suprised that so few people aren't pointing out the horrible job the artist did of "flipping" the images in a lot of these pages. Page 19 is a fantastic example. Scrooge Panel 1 and panel 3 are the exact same image, just reflected. The ENTIRE panel 4 is reflected in 5. That's just awful. I'd take subpar art over lazy art any day of the week. It's a shame we had to settle for both here.<br /><br />I'm not even that mad at the artist. I'm mad at the editor. Where in the blue WORLD was he?Melissa Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161492053198237884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-58495613828017356082011-08-10T01:24:56.083-04:002011-08-10T01:24:56.083-04:00Agree with everything being said here. I am cancel...Agree with everything being said here. I am cancelling my pull on this comic. The art is ridiculuously terrible... and recycled throughout the stories. I thought issue #3 might be better but it's more of the same badness. Did anyone go see Patrick and Shelly Block at comic-con? They seem to be able to whip up better stories/dialog just sitting around with some fans!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-68375307742810355732011-08-08T12:29:22.003-04:002011-08-08T12:29:22.003-04:00Warren's interest's were really in intergr...Warren's interest's were really in intergrating characters from here and there, and there's probably a simpler way of going about it. <br />Maybe if they had just done a story with Donald returning from his stint in the Navy...Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-55954318850160961942011-08-06T08:07:01.343-04:002011-08-06T08:07:01.343-04:00Wow, page 19 looks incomplete, and needs to be red...Wow, page 19 looks incomplete, and needs to be redrawn to look better if they want to save this issue. I've only got the first issue, and that looks quite good, but those few pages on issue 3 look very weak. The plot description, and those two pages give me the impression that Warren Spector must've been asleep at the switch, and Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez took over just so they could get the book cacled, and get their own comics. Come on, Warren!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-68341296589713028422011-08-05T22:50:26.319-04:002011-08-05T22:50:26.319-04:00Ryan,
I find the level of interest to be amazing,...Ryan,<br /><br />I find the level of interest to be amazing, too. Of course, in this case, that's a BAD thing!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-19760974034085735402011-08-05T18:48:39.285-04:002011-08-05T18:48:39.285-04:00I have never seen a storm of media buzz around a D...I have never seen a storm of media buzz around a Duck comic like the one catalyzed by this issue! And with the Cartoon Brew and Bleeding Cool posts, it's actually intensified as the week's gone on, whereas I thought it would've died down by now! <br /><br />And it's nice to see other articles, posts, and discussions covering this issue linking to Chris' review, recognizing him as an authority on the subject.<br /><br />The weekend that "Treasure of the Golden Suns" premiered, I was set on the path that molded me into a lifelong <i>DuckTales</i> and Duck comics fan. I've long dreamed of there being more <i>DuckTales</i> comic book epics like -- and hopefully outdoing -- "The Gold Odyssey" -- heck, even "Scrooge's Quest", out of respect for its intentions. (Really, I now see both serials as flawed, but the scope of their ambitions remains inspiring.) <br /><br />Thus, naturally, I was so, so excited about Boom's comic. It had so much potential. The mess that it has devolved into is really unfortunate. <br /><br />I can only speculate as to what's going on behind the scenes there, but it'd be really honorable of them to come out and acknowledge the outrage stirred up by #3.<br /><br />RyanRyan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-42040809007238814622011-08-05T14:47:06.066-04:002011-08-05T14:47:06.066-04:00Maybe they would have contractual problems with th...Maybe they would have contractual problems with the printer if they don't deliver the comic at time.Fernando Venturahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16384416895934505502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-33695698139060210802011-08-05T13:20:50.500-04:002011-08-05T13:20:50.500-04:00Here's the soundtrack for this epic train wrec...Here's the soundtrack for this epic train wreck:<br /><br />"DUCKFAIL" - The kaboom! DuckTales Issue #3 Theme Song<br /><br />*** Sung to the DuckTales TV show theme song by Mark Mueller ***<br /><br />(remember to replace the “woo-hoo” in the chorus with “third iss-ue!”)<br /><br /><br />P.R. like a hurricane,<br />Here at ka-boom!<br />Spin some bad news, make bold claims!<br />Book-shelves? Make room!<br /><br />Artists and writers,<br />Will soon be fired!<br /><br />DuckTales (third iss-ue!)<br />Every month, we hit a new low!<br />DuckTales (third iss-ue!)<br />Chip Mosher won’t reply to for-um posts or e-Mails!<br /><br />The folks at Disney,<br />Ain’t found out yet!<br />The covers look fine!<br />It’s a sure bet,<br />They won’t inspect the pages inside of...<br /><br />DuckTales (third iss-ue!)<br />Warren Spector’s cashed his check for<br />DuckTales (third iss-ue!)<br />Art copied, pasted - your cash is wasted<br />DuckTales (third iss-ue!)<br />The whole affair is just one great big<br />DUCK-FAIL! (from ka-boom!)<br /><br />For an illustrated version, here's a link to the JPEG on Cartoon Brew:<br />http://www.cartoonbrew.com/comics/is-this-the-worst-disney-comic-of-all-time.htmlDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441890672931597080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-70589476923265582452011-08-05T13:13:00.738-04:002011-08-05T13:13:00.738-04:00Ron,
You're right! This "worst of messe...Ron,<br /><br />You're right! This "worst of messes" just became, if possible, WORSE!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-85903557110248975512011-08-05T11:58:46.371-04:002011-08-05T11:58:46.371-04:00Ouch! Page 19 is just painful to watch.
Seems to ...Ouch! Page 19 is just painful to watch. <br />Seems to be an emergency solution of some sort? Makes me wish to see what was drawn first, that was so bad they had to substitute it with this.Joakim Gunnarssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766623855317974467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-19959183729025720582011-08-05T09:48:08.450-04:002011-08-05T09:48:08.450-04:00It looks bad? EH! Who cares!? It's only for li...It looks bad? EH! Who cares!? It's only for little kids! They can't tell what's good anyway, the little turds!<br /><br />...see? I could be an exec too!Alekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993313686139004738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-14185795861591889052011-08-05T08:23:30.735-04:002011-08-05T08:23:30.735-04:00You also forgot to mention that the duck kids in p...You also forgot to mention that the duck kids in panels 1 and 3 are just reversed. Same art. Ditto for panels 4 and 5. Same exact character art, simply reversed. Pathetic!Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-21313846265067993682011-08-05T06:55:13.567-04:002011-08-05T06:55:13.567-04:00Debbie writes:
“The cover to this book is a swipe ...Debbie writes:<br />“The cover to this book is a swipe from Daan Jippes' cover to Gladstone's "Donald and Gladstone" comic album, which was recently reused by BOOM Studios as the cover for "Donald Duck Classics: Quack Up"<br /><br />I’d say, more likely, given that it was Scrooge and Rockerduck, it was some sort of tribute to Don Rosa’s cover to “Son of the Sun”, that did the same thing with Scrooge and Glomgold! <br /><br />Not that I’d ever discourage any mention of “Donald Duck Classics: Quack Up”, which contained the first dialoguing job I did for Boom! <br /><br />Let us keep that milestone issue in our hearts, always! :-) <br /><br /> <br />Joe.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-36130346827459083902011-08-05T03:57:18.649-04:002011-08-05T03:57:18.649-04:00I can't get over how bad this artwork is... th...I can't get over how bad this artwork is... the person who said this looks like a quick tracing/photoshop job must be right. I don't think the person who made the pages posted here has even the slightest idea how to draw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-68831049588388616722011-08-04T20:17:31.524-04:002011-08-04T20:17:31.524-04:00Rehab,
Cosme and the Gang are looking mighty good...Rehab,<br /><br />Cosme and the Gang are looking mighty good to me now!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-54179441259339994172011-08-04T20:16:20.150-04:002011-08-04T20:16:20.150-04:00Kneon,
I wouldn't go quite THAT far, but in t...Kneon,<br /><br />I wouldn't go quite THAT far, but in terms of the ratio of delivery to expectations, it's one of the lowest points I've ever seen.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-68845194141697603902011-08-04T10:34:34.037-04:002011-08-04T10:34:34.037-04:00Re: Debbie - I didn't mind the Jippes swipe at...Re: Debbie - I didn't mind the Jippes swipe at all (I knew I'd seen it somewhere) - never mind the fact that the crown design is taken from the Ducktales episode and not the Barks story (which is used inside this issue). The trouble is clearly with the script - there's not enough staging, the dialogue is banal and gives no clue to what's happening, and the artist is interpreting it dead-on autopilot. When it works it works, and when it doesn't... Also, the book clearly suffered from the deadline crunch and changes in teams. Are we nostalgic for Cosme Quarteri and Jaimie Diaz now?Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-79146608199577751722011-08-03T13:51:20.706-04:002011-08-03T13:51:20.706-04:00Bad, bad Photoshop job.
I'd guess something w...Bad, bad Photoshop job.<br /><br />I'd guess something went awry with their artist (forgot to pay him?) so they just traced some Duck art and hastily cobbled something together.<br /><br />I may buy this just because it's the single worst Disney comic book I've ever seen. Ever.Kneon Transitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321055320685438332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-67314389980000738212011-08-03T13:30:14.924-04:002011-08-03T13:30:14.924-04:00The cover to this book is a swipe from Daan Jippes...The cover to this book is a swipe from Daan Jippes' cover to Gladstone's "Donald and Gladstone" comic album, which was recently reused by BOOM Studios as the cover for "Donald Duck Classics: Quack Up"Debbiehttp://www.fluffyandmervin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-32176414848541185692011-08-03T12:18:01.039-04:002011-08-03T12:18:01.039-04:00Yeah, the story is not good. Worse, the covers by ...Yeah, the story is not good. Worse, the covers by Castellini have better story ideas than what we're getting. I'd love to see that Dargon's horn story! It looks like it was inspired by The Hobbit!<br /><br />Joseph AdornoComicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-52522525040405339622011-08-02T22:24:48.605-04:002011-08-02T22:24:48.605-04:00Chris:
I’ve never been one to jump on this partic...Chris:<br /><br />I’ve never been one to jump on this particular bandwagon… BUT…<br /><br />The worst Disney comic book art I’ve seen throughout my life would be by Kay Wright. But, this BEATS it for sheer “badness”! <br /><br />Wright’s renditions of the various characters may never have looked very good… but even HE had a sense of STAGING far superior to what you post here! <br /><br />I don’t even know what else to say… (How often does THAT happen?) <br /><br />Joe.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-80083733303645130642011-08-02T22:03:40.606-04:002011-08-02T22:03:40.606-04:00It seems as if we are fated to NEVER have a totall...<i>It seems as if we are fated to NEVER have a totally adequate, totally faithful four-color version of DuckTales (Bob Langhans' "The Gold Odyssey" being the one arguable exception).</i><br /><br />I would argue that there's <b>one other</b> exception (or near-exception -- a particular character is off) that seems to have been barely discussed or acknowledged since it was printed. To what story am I referring? I am planning to spotlight it on my blog in the near-future, so stay tuned! ;)Ryan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.com