tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post5607334249914645614..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: Comics Review: UNCLE $CROOGE #400 (February 2011, Boom! Kids)Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-36571558562699530792011-02-10T14:12:43.468-05:002011-02-10T14:12:43.468-05:00Hey, thanks. I guess I thought you were disappoint...Hey, thanks. I guess I thought you were disappointed I hadn't done a more characteristic job!ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-59539346404341634762011-02-09T21:22:55.433-05:002011-02-09T21:22:55.433-05:00David,
Of course I realized that. "Unadorne...David,<br /><br />Of course I realized that. "Unadorned" was not meant to be a criticism, but rather, a recognition that you were trying to present Carl and Gare as accurately as you could.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-33070992249060780112011-02-09T21:21:36.366-05:002011-02-09T21:21:36.366-05:00Geo,
Well, recalling Magica's attack on the B...Geo,<br /><br />Well, recalling Magica's attack on the Bin in "For Old Dime's Sake"... anyone who would be willing to use interstellar objects to menace a foe is certainly CAPABLE of evincing "concentrated sadism" when the need arises.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-66689078973062012132011-02-09T13:56:57.776-05:002011-02-09T13:56:57.776-05:00But... but.. but...
"...with David Gerstein ...But... but.. but...<br /><br />"...with David Gerstein doing what, for him, seems to be some fairly unadorned translation duty..."<br /><br />Er—but Chris, you didn't really expect me to have a semi-<b>realistic</b> Carl Barks, Garé, and a "normal" newspaper reporter talking in my usual mix of 1920s slang, current slang, Gilbert and Sullivan, and overcooked wordplay...<br /><br />I'll tell you what I <b>did</b> do—traversed dozens of Barks interviews, making sure that as much of Carl's and Garé's dialogue was as true to them as possible.<br /><br />I was glad to leave "with frog-like tread, upon my prey I hop" for another day!ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-13858207382977298812011-02-08T22:24:38.981-05:002011-02-08T22:24:38.981-05:00Naturally, I enjoyed this issue a lot. I found th...Naturally, I enjoyed this issue a lot. I found the opening metastory very moving, and Jippes' art in "Obsession" is maybe the best I've ever seen from him; he is, as you note, especially adept at drawing Magica. A pleasure to read, though I was a bit taken back by just how <i>vicious</i> Magica is here--I mean, sure she's always hissing like a cat and hurling foof bombs hither and yon when she gets thwarted, but the concentrated sadism she evinces here--"I'll make your miserable life even more miserable," and like that--struck me as a bit much. Maybe I'm misremembering how Barks characterizes Magica (I don't tend to revisit his Magica stories too often), but I don't think so.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.com