THE SIMPSONS DO CARL BARKS
Highly recommended is the latest issue of
SIMPSONS COMICS (#102, now on sale) featuring a tribute/spoof of Western Publishing Carl Barks classic Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge adventures. Mr. Burns, in a the Scrooge-like role, enlists Homer (as a pants-less Donald-like companion) for his annual summer treasure hunt. Bart, Lisa and Maggie (in the nephew roles) join in as they sail to the Island of
Donrosa where they scale Mount
Van Horn, seeking the floating key of
"Strobl" ("where the ancient tribes of
Taliaferro placed it years ago!"), through
Gottfredson trench, to ultimately find the
"Barks Billions". All of those italicized names are, of course, references to popular Disney comic book artists. The Bongo Comics line is consistantly good (the Radioactive Man issues are my particular favorites). This story, from Ian Boothby and editor Bill Morrison, deserves our special notice.
Posted by at January 23, 2005 03:25 PM
