Mickey Mouse vs Donald Duck

Originally posted by aginor i liked Mickey Storys with those two villans the big guy and that small dude also evolving that guy from the future Ega Beeva Mickey was best in the 80s and 90s

Right, by Floyd Gottfredson (drawings) and Bill Walsh (text).
Eega Beeva's stories (Gamma in English) were in the Dutch Mickey Maandblad (= Monthly). I'm not familiar with them, since I was only subscriber to the Donald Duck Magazine, but I know some of Gottfredson's strips and he did some great things. I love some of his stories.



Edited by Moogtron III - May 27 2012 at 08:51

I must say, there are some skilled Mickey Mouse artists as well.
From the old days I like Paul Murry and Jack Bradbury, for instance.

Originally posted by tamijo Allways thought Disney was boring, Crap both of them. Lucky Luke, Asterix, Tin Tin. is way better. Not to mention the real good ones like, Corto Maltese, Blueberry, The Fabulous Furry Freak brothers ect ect ect.

I love Lucky Luke, Asterix, Tintin, Corto Maltese & Blueberry. I just won a price in a Belgian competition where you had to mention your top 20 of favorite cartoon albums, and all of these characters were actually in my top 20 with an album, think of that!

But, so was Donald Duck. Barks is a genius.

Originally posted by Slartibartfast

I don't know if everyone got the joke here ^

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The unusual name of this clam ( /ˈɡuːiːdʌk/ "gooey duck") is derived from a Lushootseed (Nisqually) word gʷídəq^[3][4] meaning "dig deep", and the odd spelling is likely the result of poor transcription rather than anything having to do with ducks.

Which oddly enough bears some resemblance to my current avatar.

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Allways thought Disney was boring, Crap both of them.

^Um, Brian. We know you are proud of it, but this may not be the place for an exhibition.

Mickey Mouse is Jon Anderson to Donald Duck's Steve Howe.

Originally posted by aginor Originally posted by Moogtron III Originally posted by aginor do you like Gladstone Gander also he is also a very good character, but the best character overall is Scrooge McDuck,  I love Gladstone Gander. He's one of Barks' best creations. And $crooge is the best character that Barks invented.   what are your opinions regarding Don Rosa, I know he is like the second after Barks, me personly i like his eye of details in the drawings all those small details which you don't see the first time you read it through, but you see it the 10th time you read it.... he is a master of subteltie

First of all, I'm not quite as familiar with Don Rosa's work as with Barks's, but from what I have seen from Don Rosa, I would l would like to give a bit of an impression.

I used to be a bit of a Barks - purist, but these days I would like to be more open minded, and I think Don Rosa really adds something to the Duck heritage. He's very, very talented, and as you say, he has an eye for the detail. I do like his style. That he is a very important Duck artist, is without a doubt.

I love the Duck famuly tree you posted, BTW. It's not the first time that I saw it, but I like the fact that he filled in some gaps, and it shows Don Rosa's talent for details (like the twisted branches, and the thing you mentioned about Donald's father).


Edited by Moogtron III - August 09 2011 at 13:59

Originally posted by Textbook As people have said, Mickey Mouse is one of the best examples there is of the "inoffensive hero" a character who is completely bland and flavorless, aside from the fact that he is "good", whatever that means. See also Harry Potter.   Donald Duck is actually entertaining and has a personality.

  I think Mickey suffers most from having bad writers and storytellers, while Donald & Co have had greats like Carl Barks, Al Taliaferro, Don Rosa, Dan Jippes and Marco Rota,