Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Brittle Mastery of Donald Duck

Gladstone Comic Album Series #7

by Carl Barks

"Sooner of later the science of rain making was bound to be perfected- and the guy that perfected it is none other that Donald Duck, M.R.M. (Master Rain Maker)! The boy is good!"

Genres: Comics

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist". In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961).
He has been named by animation historian Leonard Maltin as "the most popular and widely read artist-writer in the world". Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." Beginning especially in the 1980s, Barks' artistic contributions would be a primary source for animated adaptations such as DuckTales and its 2017 remake.

Reviews

[Stewart Tame · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rather than having one story featured on the cover of this volume of Gladstone’s series, this volume features several, all dealing with a common theme: The Brittle Mastery of Donald Duck.

The formula for each tale is similar. Donald is presented as an absolute master of his chosen craft: rainmaking, haircuts, glass repair, building demolition, etc. He demonstrates his mastery on several clients, but eventually runs into trouble in spectacular fashion, either through a flaw in himself (jealousy, pride, etc.) or because of an outside antagonist (the crow in the moving story, or the gnat in the demolition tale). It's a loose enough formula to allow for endless variations, and Barks does some fine work on these stories. There are some lovely touches to them, like the running gag of people mangling the phrase, “master glass craftsman,” or the way the crane in the demolition story rears up on its treads before swinging the wrecking ball. This is quality work. Highly recommended!

[StrictlySequential · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can never get enough Barks!

[Ori · Rating 5 out of 5]

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