Episode 71: The Life and Times of Duck Comics

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We were introduced to Scrooge McDuck by DuckTales in the 80s, but Carl Barks and Don Rosa’s Scrooge McDuck was the genesis of those stories and many others! Come explore the life and times of Scrooge McDuck and Duck comics in this FAMILY-FRIENDLY episode!
Cheat Sheet
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* DuckTales - en.wikipedia.o...
* Carl Barks - en.wikipedia.o...
* Scrooge McDuck - en.wikipedia.o...
* Don Rosa - en.wikipedia.o...
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Special Thanks To
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* 2Mello - Intro Music
* Veilbreak - Outtro Music
* Character designs by Tommy Pfeiffer & Omar Valdivieso
* Logo by Heather Plunkett
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* Baby Lamb Creations - / @babylambcreations
Near Mint Condition is Rob Fox, Dan Hancock, Tina Plunkett, Omar Valdivieso, & Andrew Ortwein.
Originally released October 5, 2017.

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@Caldera01 5 лет назад

It's great to see someone taking note of Don Rosa, he deserves so much more than what he's got in his own country. While it is annoying when people mix DuckTales to the Don Rosa novels, it is still a decent example of 'Holland' (Actual nation being The Netherlands, Holland being just one province.) style of marketing oneself. When people associate you so strongly to one name, it might be better to just embrace it and just roll with it. Also, how do you not have more views? I honestly thought this channel was at least 10 times bigger looking at the production and research being made. Much, much, MUCH bigger companies do less research and make so many more errors in this kind of videos, so this was really well made in that aspect.

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

You have no idea how much your comment brighten my day. WE put alot of love and energy into our channel. This stuff is our passion and I'm glad some people can appreciate it.

@RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад

You know what they say a prophets not being accepted in their hometowns

@Caldera01 3 года назад

@@ivanira923 Would love to hear your thoughts as you go through it. I very much recommend paying close attention to the background, Don Rosa includes SO many hidden jokes gags and details in his drawings, it's nearly insane at times.

@slitor 6 лет назад

I got all of his work....their in Norwegian though :) A funny statement about Don I heard once.....You can never be a prophet in your own country.

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

I'm so jealous of all those beautiful collections!! I'm hoping one day we will finish out his Library collections.

@Millenium-Mige 5 лет назад

There is actually one exception to Rosa's "only Barks' backstory for Scrooge applys" rule: How Scrooge got the First Dime. It's from a Carl Falleberg/Tony Strobl story "Chairman of The Bored". According to Rosa, the scene was so fitting for the character that he made the exception.

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

I wonder if those are collected in English anywhere.

@sindrelf 3 года назад

Loved the Don Rosa and Carl Barks stories as a kid! This was a really fun and interesting video :)

@NearMintCondition 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@stephanberger3476 4 года назад

I think that here, in the NL, Donald is a comic character first and cartoon second. Just because the weekly comic book is being sold everywhere since 1952.

@Caldera01 Год назад

Revisiting this video after 2 Don Rosa stories got banned. Not too surprised that one of them got mentioned here, it is one incredibly important moment in his life. So sad for anyone wanting to get the whole collection now, but at the same time, people who already have those... the value is going to rise, if that's something someone cares about.

@RSEFX 3 года назад

I read a lot of Scrooge stories growing up, so am interested in how that all started. I don't think I ever heard about Duck Tales tho (assume it ran on one of the 3 main networks back in the day). Nice to hear a chat about Barks and how his legacy continued even if I'm not familiar with so much of this. Scrooge stories were wildly imaginative. Always loved the depiction of his giant money bin (which could be seen from miles away), and how so much of it consisted of coins with paper bills sticking out of the money hillsides like tufts of weeds. And Uncle Scrooge diving in and swimming in it! (My favorite story, among many, detailed the discovery of the "Terries" and the "Fermies" (sp?), these little underground characters who are the cause of earthquakes. Wild craziness.

@NearMintCondition 3 года назад

The underground characters yes!!! I love them too.

@Popesize 5 лет назад

As a fun sidestory. Don Rosa always, somewhere on the pages, has the acronym D.U.C.K.S. hidden. Now that's stands for "Dedicated to Uncle Carl from Keno". Now Keno is, as far as i have understand, the first name of Don Rosa. So every duck-comic he has done is dedicated to Carl Barks. Oh, and by the way, when me and my friends discuss Scrooge. The life and time of Scrooge McDuck is our bible. If it's not in there or in the complement, it's not to bother. :)

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

I love the way you and your friends think. I always look for the D.U.C.K in each comic.

@rosesske2551 6 лет назад

The Duck lore is surprisingly very deep.

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

It really is. BTW love the avatar.

@delsarcade 7 лет назад

Cinemassacre did a great episode on Duck Tales recently and the history of the Duck comics. It's good to see another perspective on the Duck comics! Great episode!

@omarvaldivieso7845 7 лет назад

Thank you so much for watching. The Duck comics are completely amazing and worth a look.

@Dinosaurprince 4 года назад

Mike sucks.

@jeremyg371 6 лет назад

Love those little ducks. Thx guys and have a great day.

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

Thank you for watching, brother.

@BabyLambCreations 7 лет назад

I am amazed! You guys really know your DuckTales knowledge! You should really get more attention! Thanks for the credit by the way, Andrew! Glad I can help with the music. Keep up with the good work! =)

@JosephJoeKerr 6 лет назад

I contacted Fantagraphics a couple of days ago about the Vol. 1 & 2 Box Set, seems like that was a scam. Here's their answer: "Unfortunately this is an apparently un-killable rumor that keeps cropping up, and apparently some scam websites are even selling bogus pre-orders. While we do intend to eventually reprint, it's not currently on our production schedule. We'll be sure to do an official announcement through our website or social media when the set is re-released!"

@2eme_voltigeur652 6 лет назад

Will receive the last 2 volumes (already :() of the Don Rosa Library in October this year! There will be some stories in there that I have never read simply because they weren't published in my language (Dutch) yet. Really looking forward to it. Ow and I have met Don Rosa back in 2014 in Germany, I arrived at the place 9 in the morning and had to wait till 4 in the afternoon to finally meet him. He made me a nice Duck of the Klondike drawing which is hanging on my wall and properly framed :D. One day I will hopefully meet him again in the States at a Con!

@Mancomic300 7 лет назад

Looks like I got some reading to do

@Spooky_man 5 лет назад

In sweden most kids reads the weekly Donald Duck and company comic Scrooge is sometimes based of on Carl Barks Scrooge sometimes don rosa Scrooge... My point is Donald Duck and company comics is super famous in Europe Been around since 1947... nothing new everyone has basically read it in Sweden..

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

Which I absolutely am so jealous of. Because in America, if I don't push it on people on it, hardly anyone will read it.

@Random_Booby 6 лет назад

I remember that the Mythbusters did the ping pong boat myth and the announcer even said “they were beaten by a duck!” Even now I think it’s funny!

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

I had no idea that Mythbusters tried doing that. I now have to find that episode.

@slitor 6 лет назад

The inventor of the salvage method apparently took the patent denial with good humor, and wallpapered the comic onto his bathroom as a reminder.

@faselblaDer3te 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this great video, shining some light on Don Rosa, Carl Barks, and the Duck comic books in general!!! My dad started collecting the Barks Library when I was a wee lad, so I grew up with them. I also bought some issues of an anthology series which featured Duck and Mickey stories by many (I think only European) authors, but the Barks adventure stories would always be my favourite. The only other author I enjoyed just as much was Don Rosa, so when I found out about the "Life and Times" biography he wrote for my most favorite Barks character Scrooge McDuck, I knew I had to get this. It was on my christmas list when I was like 12, and it blew my mind! I loved Don Rosa's drawings, I loved the stories, and as a Barks fan myself, I loved his canon :-) I read it again every once in a while, and I still enjoy it a lot. Also, did you know that musician Tuomas Holopainen made a film score style album of orchestral music inspired by "Life and Times"? It goes really great with the stories, and I can highly recommend it!

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

Thank you so much So much for the kind words!! I did listen to Tuomas Holopainen.

@TheAyeAye1 10 месяцев назад

The best and most complex comix series of all time. Barks and Rosa.

@josephsokolowski271 5 лет назад

I was just recommended this video today. I must say you guys did a wonderful job telling people of the day importance of Scrooge McDuck and two of the greatest artist/writers to ever produce comics. All three of these “people” are under appreciated by U.S comic fans and the U.S. comic world in general. Plus all of Scrooge ‘s adventures created by Barks and Rosa are way way way undervalued by collectors in my humble opinion. Also, I think these people books should command higher prices then many superhero books from the same time period.

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for watching and for the nice words. WE LOVE DUCK comics on this channel. Omar has done overviews of their American releases in Collected Editions and he is always trying to introduce new people to those type of books.

@punkkid21 3 года назад

Amazing video and info! Met Ron Rosa at a convention when I was little and got him to sign my hardback of the life and times. He and Carl barks are my favorite comic books creators.

@pieterboelen2862 6 лет назад

I know I'm tremendously nitpicky here, but technically the giant boulder and the shooting arrows trap were separate stories by Carl Barks. They were only combined in Indiana Jones. Anyway, good thing you guys are building awareness for this. Uncle Scrooge is pretty darn brilliant stuff!!

@vincentfranklin17 6 лет назад

I have both volumes of The Life And Times of Scrooge Mc Duck by Don Rosa... Excellent! I'm a huge Duck fan!

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

They are some of the best comics ever EVER written.

@vincentfranklin17 6 лет назад

Near Mint Condition Truth!!!

@lolguy00 3 года назад

i would freak out if i see Don Rosa

@paulmay1729 4 года назад

I hated when Disney bought Marvel because (Ka)Boom! was doing a great job with the Darkwing, Donald, and Scrooge stuff (Rescue Rangers was a bit mediocre). I am still sad that they didn't use Marvel to foist the Disney Afternoon books or get new Uncle Scrooge/Donald Duck stuff out. Great video.

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

Thank you so much for the kind words Paul. Don Rosa hates Boom and they way they treated his material.

@paulmay1729 4 года назад

I wasn't speaking about Rosa. Frankly, I forgot Boom did anything with his work. I only remember a one-shot that I gave away because it was just a reprint.

@tinovanderzwanphonocave544 5 лет назад

I did Scrooge as a cover art artist in the mid-1990s for whoever under the international eh, either who cares! or Egmond!! I did no stories but I was a barks hardcore fan then don rosa faded out (eye problems) and I got rheumatism so, end of that dream!!! but I still draw! but slowly! love barks or don rosa story I'll draw you a dramatic cover in 2!! months!!!!! or maybe shorter!

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

That's awesome. What are you working on?

@mrmarzo 3 года назад

So a grown man like me that enjoys the works of Alan Moore, BK Vaughn, Garth Ennis, Jeff Lemire, can appreciate this series run?

@NearMintCondition 3 года назад

My grown ass does. :) so maybe?

@thechickenlord9825 4 года назад

“ He redraws character’s mainly because of the-“ “Like LaunchPad McQuack And Darkwing Duck!”... little did they know the importance of where you we’re going with that sentence

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

Hhahahaha. FACT!!!

@Hermy1138 6 лет назад

Rare to find americans talking about this. Wonderful!!

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for watching. When reading comics I really like to be opened minded and share my love for the things I really enjoy.

@Hermy1138 6 лет назад

You got one more sub!!!

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for the Sub!

@Gevalher-Prime 4 года назад

Ok, I'm gonna find who Don Rosa is.

@thodorispatelis Год назад

Ducktales is a little chicken compared to Carl/Don universe.

@FM4ever 10 месяцев назад

How can you guys be so unfamiliar with these comics? These are bigger than Marvel and DC together.

@NearMintCondition 10 месяцев назад

America :)

@Gevalher-Prime 4 года назад

I'm from Bolivia, and Carl Barks is my hero!

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

Peruano aqui, hermano. I'll be doing the reading order of Carl Barks next week.

@RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад

Do they still sell them over there? I can't find them in Spanish anymore

@Gevalher-Prime 4 года назад

@@RoyalKnightVIII Sadly no...

@RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад

@@Gevalher-Prime huh I wonder why. They still sell a lot of duck comics in Brazil at least.

@RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад

@@Gevalher-Prime also maybe one day they can have an Aymara translation for the comics ;)

@Rob-z7k Месяц назад

Wow...young Omar!

@ravenf6 5 лет назад

I remember getting my hands on the first volume of the Barks Scrooge comis ( "Only a poor old man") a few years ago during the post-christmas sales. Real good stuff, and last year, I found a coupld of the Don Rosa Scrooge/Donald stories in digital format for some good prices. A lot of the stories are either pretty awesome or outright hilarious. XD

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

Now the Rosa first box set is back in print! :) So everyone has a chance to get it.

@pitsahat7068 7 лет назад

Very interesting guys. Cool video

@tinovanderzwanphonocave544 5 лет назад

don rosa's stories end in 1957 and Scrooge dies in 1967 100 years after he was born in 1867! in one controversial single page cartoon.

@Kardanwelle1994 4 года назад

In fact, this drawing was actually meant as a joke. As part of a call to a fanzine, Duck artists should submit a drawing under the motto "Whatever happend to Uncle Scrooge?". This drawing was never intended as canon.

@goldendogs5398 4 года назад

@Omar, if I were to buy one Scrooge book, one book only, which one do you recommend?

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. 100%

@goldendogs5398 4 года назад

@@NearMintCondition which version? Looks like there are multiple options. You have inspired me to check it out.

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

There is a box set of the whole series.

@goldendogs5398 4 года назад

@@NearMintCondition thanks!

@goldendogs5398 4 года назад

@@NearMintCondition I'm so going to buy this! It sounds amazing!

@tinovanderzwanphonocave544 5 лет назад

both don rosa and I considered the old DuckTales as total bullshit!! yet, the new show shows promise! although the 2nd season is less......!

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

I've only seen a few of season one.

@teddybeer6206 2 года назад

As for 2017 DuckTales...from season 2 onwards, they started focusing more on "Disney Afternoon" stuff more than Duck Comics.

@villetanttu5872 6 лет назад

Nice video! :D a Lot of great information from stories made by Don Rosa and these stories defenetly not made for kids. But you did say one thing wrong about him. Don Rosa never wrote any DuckTales TV-episode. He made a script for two TaleSpin episodes, but he wrote only one comic story to DuckTales magazine in 1990. TaleSpin: www.animationsource.org/talespin/en/comments/Don-Rosa-on-TaleSpin/3436.html DuckTales: inducks.org/story.php?c=K+DTM+90i

@NearMintCondition 6 лет назад

You are completely correct! I had my Disney Afternoon cartoons wrong.

@Couick27 5 лет назад

Could you recommend what to buy or read first? They’re kinda hard to find but I found the Don Rosa Vol. 1+2 box set, is that a good place to start? The life and times of Scrooge mcduck is up their in price lol but I think it’s being reprinted

@NearMintCondition 5 лет назад

Yes, the box set just came to print. It is the best place to start. Life and Times take place in box set three and four.

@Couick27 5 лет назад

Near Mint Condition I’m having trouble locating a box set for vol 5-6, I think it’s the only one that’s out of print, Do you know if there’s a difference between the slipcase and buying the hardcovers individually?

@RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад

+Near Mint Condition Speaking of characters who have hidden depths locked away in the world of sequential art have y'all considered doing an episode on The Archie Sonic comics? That's a whole saga when you just consider the lawsuits ;)

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

Oh you are right. That was such a good run. Shame that it ended.

@RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад

@@NearMintCondition It's so weird but if you guys ever so do an episode on it I recommend checking out the blog Thanks Ken Penders by Bobby Schroeder. She recounts everything, with some choice highlights and complied all of the lawsuits that ultimately doomed the decades long run. Here's an example, did you know that Knuckles was basically Jesus in the comics? There's a scene that's as "SUBTLE" as Man Of Steel's church scene in an Echidna church. He even walks on water! Good times.

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

@@RoyalKnightVIII I will for sure check out that blog.

@RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад

@@NearMintCondition oh and speaking of Darkwing have y'all read Duck Avenger New Adventures? (Aka Paperinik)

@NearMintCondition 4 года назад

I have not.