[That's three (3) cubic acres of coins there, people!] [1] As a kid, my absolute favorite comic book was “Uncle Scrooge [2]” (although I read a slew of others, like “Donald Duck,” “Bugs Bunny” or even the occasional “Richie Rich”) but for some reason some issues just weren't that great. I couldn't exactly pin down why some of the issues were lackluster but just a quick glance through a comic and I could just tell, by look, if it was worth buying or not. The artwork alone was clue enough if a particular issue of “Uncle Scrooge” was worth it or not—if the artwork was good, then the story was good too.
Now, what my 36 year old self knows that my 9 year old self didn't know, is that the “good” issues (and therefore why “Uncle Scrooge” is my favorite comic book) were all done by Carl Barks [3].
I just love his work.
But the thought never occured to me that “Uncle Scrooge [4]” would be available through Amazon [5]. That is, until I read InstaPundit [6].
Oh, now this is exciting.
Well, at least to me, Scrooge fanboy that I am (and I'm amazed that I haven't written more about Uncle Scrooge or Carl Barks).
[1] /boston/2005/01/21/uncle.scrooge.jpg
[2] http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/scrooge.html
[3] http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/creators/carl-barks.html
[4] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0944599028/conmanlaborat-20
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