Barks Remarks - a Carl Barks Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mark Severino
Barks Remarks is a podcast exploring the adventure stories of Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge comics legend Carl Barks, in chronological order.
My guest hosts and I discuss the stories, their cultural background, and how they hold up today.
Guest Host: Markku Mujunen |
Get ready to revisit another appearance of Magica DeSpell! I contend this may be the MOST Magica of all her appearances. Join us, as we discuss the story that may have the greatest Magica sequence of all time!
Guest Host: Geoff Moses {aka GeoX, of Duck Comics Revue}
Grab an ice cream soda, and join us, listeners, as we discuss this zany, Beagle-focused Barks story! This early 60s mystery is slight, but still great fun.
Guest Host: Bucket Think Tank |
Listeners, if you are looking for a podcast that can also act as a status symbol, well...that would be pretty weird. But this is a great episode, where we get to talk about the concept of status, compare this story to its Ducktales adaptation and more!
Guests: Bill Wormstedt & Tom Wormstedt |
Listener, can we interest you in the personal jewels of the goddess Athena? How about a episode of the podcast covering another ridiculous Magica De Spell scheme? Journey with us to the Mediterranean, as the ducks follow in the footsteps of Odysseus, only to encounter a modern-day Circe!
Guest host: Suzanne Snow Severino |
Happy Valentines Day! Let's spend it talking about Barks' "slinky sorceress" Magica De Spell in only the second story (and first ten-pager) she is featured in! "Ten-Cent Valentine" is a light story, but a great show case of the sorceress and an amazing time capsule of the early 1960s!
Guest Host: Nils Lid Hjort |
Brew a nice cup of nutmeg tea, listeners, and join us as we discuss Carl Barks' Amazonian-set adventure, "a Spicy Tale." This story let Barks poke some gentle fun at the U.S. Peace Corps, and adds a bit of flavor to Scrooge's character, in the form of a weakness (addiction?) to Nutmeg Tea!
Guest Host: Elaine Ramshaw |
YEEEEEEK! Magic DeSpell is back, and so are the Beagles, in this classic and farcical Scrooge adventure! Join us as we talk about breaking glass, the brief existence of Tanganyika, Dr. Seussian character design and much more!
Guest Host: Patrick Block |
Listeners, journey with us, as we discuss one of Carl Barks' most mysterious stories, the dreamy "Cave of Ali Baba," where all is not quite as it seems!
Guest Host: Thad Komorowski |
Merry Christmas from Barks Remarks and...Your Firestone Dealers and Stores?? This Christmas themed episode takes a look at the five 8-pagers holiday stories that Barks did that were released as giveaways through Firestone tire stores! These are fun bits of ephemera, including "Best Christmas," "Santa's Stormy Visit," Three Good Little Ducks," "Toyland," and "the New Toys."
Then, for our main feature, we discuss the seldom reprinted (and initially scotched by the publisher), "Silent Night," a violent and hilarious Donald vs. Neighbor Jones face off!
Guest: Alberto Becattini |
Listeners, we are finally at the episode where we get to discuss Barks' last great character creation, the fan favorite Italian sorceress Magica De Spell! My guest Alberto is Italian himself, and the author of a book on Disney comics! In addition to discussing Magica and the story herself, we also take some time to discuss his book and the history of Disney Comics in Italy!
Guest Host: Mikkel Hagen
Listeners, join us as we go back to the Klondike (again!), but with Gladstone Gander in tow this time! During this special episode I let Mikkel take the reins for a story I know very little about going in. Listen as we discuss the sourdough competition, Scrooge's (not-so?) tall tales, and more!
Guest: Nils Lid Hjort
Welcome to a very special episode! We are discussing one of Barks' Gyro Gearloose stories, one that the Duck Man abandoned in roughly 1958 or 1959, after penciling just 3 pages. The editors later assigned Don Rosa to provide his take on a complete story, published in 1990. Dutch comics legend Daan Jippes would also take on the assignment, published in 2007. So, for this episode, we get to discuss the efforts of three Disney comics legends!
Guest Host: Orion Trunk |
Happy Halloween! For our episode this year, we are cover two spooky "mini-adventures." "Hound" is a 7 page take on Scottish heritage and modern art, while "Bongo" focuses on the challenges of running Scrooge's far-flung businesses, with an eerie mystery in Central Africa, involving a tribe with a disconcerting name and mischievous tsetse fly!
Guest Host: Harry Fluks |
Hold on to the ground, listeners! Lest ye be blown away to Valhalla! Not the mythic afterlife, but the weird planet the ducks encounter in this deeply strange early 60s Barks adventure! My guest Harry Fluks helps me discuss the story, its weird mash-up of different mythologies, and somewhat jarring excision of some of Barks original panels. He also talks about his long-running internet database INDUCKS, an invaluable resource for Disney Comics fans!
Guest Host: Ruben Olsrud
Listeners, join us down the ant hole as we pursue Scrooge's shrunken bin AND dime, in this simultaneously goofy and eerie sci-fi story! We'll make some time to talk about "THE" fan letter that dragged Barks out of obscurity, other pop culture instances of shrinking, and much more!
Guest Host: Veikko Suvanto |
Listeners, we've got a couple of Barks' most educational stories here! First, a story centering Huey, Dewey, & Louie that is basically a textbook "Train A & Train B" math problem turned into an exciting narrative! Then, the story my guest and I are most excited about, Barks' story that is really an excuse to explore the vastness of the cosmos and play with the idea of scale! This is a very unique story that we contend should receive more attention than it does!
Guest Host: Morten Guldberg |
Fancy dredging a swamp and building a city, listeners? Uncle Scrooge does, in this Florida-set adventure, told in flashback form to none other than Grandma Duck! Even though Barks isn't interested in writing an existential piece of pseudo-horror; my guest and I have a good time discussing the disturbing ramifications of the story, its parallels to the earlier "Ghost of the Grotto," Florida Man and similar swamp shenanigans, and much more!
Guest Host: Warren Harmon |
Well, crack it on, on a big skiute, to me hoodah! Whatever that means, listeners, it's time to get your sea shanty on, with Scrooge, the ducks, and the Beagle Boys, "All at Sea!" My guest and I have a great conversation about trading rats, newly independent countries, and the difficulty of hiring a good worrier!
Guest Host: Elaine Ramshaw |
Hello, big operators! We've got a Sahara desert set story to feature today, and a woefully underappreciated Barks adventure that focuses on business development, honor, and what it really means to be a Big Operator!
Guest Host: Geoffrey Moses aka GeoX
Hello listeners! We've got a great, sci-fi themed episode, with weirdly futuristic version of Duckburg! Join us as we talk about Duckburgian technology, the ducks' accidental near-genocide, and what it's like to have paradise just out of reach!
Guest Host: Alban Leloup |
Happy Christmas in July, listeners! Join us as we discuss what is probably Barks' least-great Christmas "adventure," albeit still an enjoyable one. Technically this one is Barks' art-only, with Bob Gregory turning in the story. We'll discuss greeting cards, the origin of the Cha Cha, and much more!
Guest Hosts: Mikkel Hagen & Ruben Olsrud |
Listeners, this story is Barks' third "hiding money in nature" story (along with Only a Poor Old Man & the Money Well) and it may not be the best of the three, but it is highly entertaining, with a great hook in the machine itself! My guests and I discuss the machine, the various Paul Bunyan legends from around the world, and much more!
Guest Hosts: Dan Cunningham & Ted Johansson |
Listeners, don't betray your old mothers' fondest hopes: give this episode a listen, as we discuss the return of iconic Barks villain Flintheart Glomgold! Or is it Goldflint Heartglom? At any rate, join us as we discuss this second of Scrooge's money-measuring competitions, the real-life Jivaro Indian tribe, Flintheart's name in other languages, and much more!
Guest Host: Patrick Block |
Bing! You're Hypnotized! Listener, you are now a devoted podcast listener! And what better than checking out this episode of the Ten-Page Podcast, in which a credulous Donald is hypnotized by a child's toy! Give the episode a listen to hear us talk about whether the hypno-gun is really a toy, the great name "Rockjaw Bumrisk," and Barks' phenomenal character art!
Guest Hosts: Austin Kelly & Bucket Think Tank |
Listeners, this is a pretty unusual episode. First, we're covering a story that I consider to be Barks' absolute weakest adventure-length story, Jungle Hi-Jinks. However, Barks himself didn't do the writing: officially the writer is unknown, but my suspicion is that Western Publishing regular Vic Lockman is responsible (at fault?) for the story. Listen to learn more than ever thought you would about this...prolific writer, and decide for yourself if you think he is to blame!
Guest Hosts: Austin Kelly & Bucket Think Tank
The Prize of Pizarro is a classic Scrooge & the ducks treasure hunt, set in the Andes (again!) with an unusual structure: the ducks are never aware of the antagonists of the story, the isolated Incas that have guarded the mines of the Incas for hundreds of years! Join us as we talk about this unusual structure, some uncharacteristic McDuck generosity, and much more!
Guest Hosts: Patrick Block & Morten Guldberg
Ahoy, listeners! Barks is back to the high seas, in this iconic, late 1950s Scrooge adventure! This story involves the ducks' inadvertent search for the legendary ship, the Fliegende Hollander, known in English as the Flying Dutchman! We talk about this uniquely meandering story, which sees the ducks in real dire straits, and has quite the assortment of fishing gags!
Guest Host: Alban Leloup
Listeners, this episode is quite packed and fascinating, despite being one of Barks' less-remembered Christmas stories (and in fact, being written not by Barks, but by Bob Gregory). My guest and I talk about the contributions of Barks' wife Gare', the great one-off character Ollie Eiderduck, cross-linguistic puns and the difficulty of translation, and much more!
Guest Host: Geoff Moses
Listeners, grab your welding torches, gold paint, and don't forget your box of dirt! We're getting set to blast off into space, in a race to be the first to the Twenty-Four Carat Moon! Join us as we talk about Barks' roster of tycoon competitors, parallels to the actual space race, and the weird and poignant conclusion that shakes Scrooge's entire world view!
Guest Host: Dan Cunningham
Welcome to the space age, listeners! In this special episode we subvert things a bit, as Dan takes the lead in this pseudo-live experiment. Somehow "the Forbidium Money Bin" is one of just two Barks (adventure) stories I've never read before, so you can hear me experience it for the first time! And what a weird story this "...in Disneyland" story was, pairing just Scrooge and Gyro and largely taking place off the planet! And those tattoos...
Guest Host: Orion Trunk
Avast, listeners! This episode features one of Barks' several nautical themed stories, set again in the Pacific Northwest! My guest and I discuss the industrious Beagle Boys, variable comic book coloring, and learn a bit along the way about the history of Chanel perfume, plastic gloves, and more!
Guest Host: Geoff Moses (aka GeoX)
Listeners, it's time to earn a new merit badge, and hopefully become promoted to N.E.R.D.B.U.T.T.S*! We've got a great Junior Woodchucks-themed episode, covering Barks' first two Woodchuck ten-pagers. And our first story is arguably the most notable appearance of the Duck family's pet St. Bernard, Bolivar (here called Bornworthy)! There's lots of great discussion about Barks' attitude towards scouting, hierarchy, and much more!
(*Noble Enjoyer of Regularly Discussed Barks, Uploaded Thoughtfully Through Spotify)
Guest Hosts: Mikkel Hagen & Tom Wormstedt
Join us, listeners, at the Billionaires' Picnic -- and don't forget the salt and pepper! Beware, however, of the Titanic Ants, the peril facing Donald and Scrooge in this brisk and weird and perhaps not-so-fondly remembered Barks story? My guests and I enjoyed it well enough, but it ranks extremely low based on the community's rankings, so we definitely talk about why we think that is.
Guest Host: Morten Guldberg
What ho, listeners! Why aren't you searching for the podcast at the end of the rainbow! This week's Ten-Page Podcast covers an all-time great, Barks' "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" story! This is an unusually sentimental story, with an atypical message about the power of belief! It's also a great showcase for multiple members of the duck family, with Scrooge posing a test for Donald, Gladstone, and Huey-Dewy-and-Louie!
Guest Hosts: Warren Harmon & David Wolpaw
Happy April Fool's Day! This episode covers a couple of Barks' "trickiest" stories, in recognition of the mischievous holiday. Both stories are from Barks' prime year of 1951, in fact, they ran in back-to-back issues of Walt Disney's Comics & Stories! The stories feature some great character art (especially "Knightly Rivals," which takes some fun jabs at community theatre) and "April Foolers" has a somewhat shocking throwaway gag!
Guest Host: Mikkel Hagen
Don't let the summer money expansion get you down! Join us as we discuss this unusual and highly moralistic Scrooge tale. We'll discuss Scrooge's extreme thrift, the old fable the story is based on and more as we cover "the Golden River."
Guest Hosts: Dan Cunningham & Mikkel Hagen
Prepare for a high stakes float down the Tulebug River, listeners, as we explore one of Carl Barks' greatest Uncle Scrooge adventures, "the Money Well!" My guests and I talk about this Duckburg set adventure, one of the stories where Scrooge is going to efforts to keep his money away from the Beagle Boys! We'll talk about similarities to "Only a Poor Old Man," and much more!
Guest Hosts: Ryan Bailey & Becky Barnes
Peeeel that banana! Sift that sand! Calling all Shoeless Pashley fans, it's time for the podcast to cover "City of Golden Roofs," the Duck Man's retread of his earlier adventure, "Land of the Totem Poles." This time Donald and Scrooge are in a salesman competition in the ducks' first visit to Southeast Asia! Join us as Scrooge battles both ageism and the urge to cheat, and we talk Calypso, "the King and I," and more!
Guest Host: John Lustig
No need to flip a coin to decide whether to listen to this episode! We're covering the story commonly called "Flipism," a fan-favorite ten-pager! We discuss whether Flipism actually works and the many crazy contours of this fan favorite ten-pager!
Guest Hosts: Sara Santiago & Tom Wormstedt
Happy Christmas (in February) in the South Seas, listeners! This Barks adventure takes us on a South Seas holiday, with a low stakes adventure that was featured in the Christmas in Disneyland comic, and includes an adventure both on and IN an active volcano! We'll talk about actual black pearls, volcanology, and more!
Guest Hosts: Austin Kelly & Bucket Think Tank
Get your mega-tickets ready, listeners, and get ready to go around the world with the ducks and their Junior Woodchuck animal call whistles! "Mines" is a delightful global adventure, and Barks' most globe-spanning story! It sets up a great collision between multiple story elements that pays off with an extremely satisfying conclusion!
Guest Host: Dan Cunningham
Start baking your custard pies and get ready to board the second of Barks' riverboat adventures! This story is an unusual one, being a flashback, without Donald or the nephews! This is because it appeared in the atypical comic "Uncle Scrooge in Disneyland," a promotional giant which my guest host talks about in fascinating detail! We'll also briefly explore the other stories that appear in the comic before talking about this Mississippi River-set tale!
Guest Hosts: Warren Harmon & Dan Severino
Welcome listeners! Join us in "Forbidden Valley," a clear take on the Lost World archetype, and a plot remake of "in Darkest Africa!" We've got the first appearance (arguably) of the villain McSwine (here by a more pickle-themed name) and a tale of dangerous animals, small, medium, and large!
Guest Hosts: Ryan Bailey & Susan Bailey
Ready to get away from the big city, with all the soot and smog? See Sidewalk Sam, for all your getting-away-from-it-all real estate needs! Just because which set of lakes you buy, you might encounter the Peeweegahs, as Scrooge and Donald do, in this ecologically-minded wilderness adventure!
Guest Hosts: Ryan Bailey & Veikko Suvanto
Listener, have you ever bought something you regretted? Scrooge McDuck has: a one-trillion dollar auction purchase of an orb of Bombastium, a rare and mysterious element. Unfortunately, the sphere must be kept frozen, thus the ducks end up traveling to the mountains of Antarctica, pursued by a representative from the U.S.S.R-inspired country of Brutopia, whose happy people possess all of five kitchen sinks. Join us as we discuss this story's geopolitical issues, unusual censorship, inspired slapstick, and facts about penguins!
Guest Hosts: Patrick Block & Warren Harmon
Happy New Year! Are you the type to make a resolution? Donald and the nephews certainly are, in these memorable New Year stories, released in back-to-back years. New Year's Revolutions is an entertaining enough story, but Secret Resolutions is the real treat, with its (admittedly low-stakes) mystery structure and decadent drawings of Carl Barks-invented pastries. Why not resolve to enjoy the episode, and to listen to more podcasts!
Guest Host: Bucket Think Tank
Welcome! Grab your shovel, visit your nearest creepy hypno-therapist, as we journey Back to Long Ago, in this weird tale of past-life regression! Listen to me and my new guest host discuss the personification of Scrooge & Donald's shovels, the nephews' sensible cynicism, and the dynamic of Donald vs. Scrooge stories. We'll also delve into the true story of the incident that spawned the then-contemporary past-lives craze!
Guest Hosts: Patrick Block & Warren Harmon
Happy Holidays! We're checking in with a short episode this week, exploring one of Barks' funniest Christmas-themed stories, in which Donald unwisely attempts to con a free turkey dinner out of his Uncle Scrooge! My guests and I also talk about some of our favorite other Christmas Barks stories.
Guest Host: Dan Cunningham
Greetings listeners! Prepare to head to South Africa, as the podcast gets to cover another first appearance; in this case, the debut of Scrooge's arch-rival, Flintheart Glomgold! Sometimes know as "the ball of string story," his is an excellent example of the Barks sub-genre, the money competition! Give a listen as we discuss this classic story, doppelganger tales, whether Glomgold is a true villain at this point, and much more!
Guest Host: Mikkel Hagen
Tick...tick...tick...that sound can only mean that it's time to visit the Himalayas (again!) and encounter maybe pop culture's weirdest version of an abominable snow man, in Carl Barks' "the Lost Crown of Genghis Khan!" Join my guest and I as we talk about the story's tonal shift, the history of yeti encounters, Barks' poking fun of the media, and much more!
Guest Hosts: Tim Artz, Henrieke Goorhuis, & Mau Heymans
Howdy podners! This episode is a very special one -- I've got three guests for this one, all Dutch Disney comic book artists, including the returning Tim Artz & Henrieke Goorhuis and new guest Mau Heymans, a true Disney comic legend! Fittingly, we get to talk about a legendary story, Carl Barks' classic "the Land Beneath the Ground!" his famous earthquakes story, featuring an indelible setting and its unforgettable denizens, the Terries & the Fermies, the ball-shaped rolling creatures that create earthquakes!
Guest Host: David Wolpaw
Greetings listeners! This week we are covering two stories that observe that most American of holidays, Thanksgiving! For international readers, Barks' Thanksgiving stories must offer some humorous insight into this turkey-focused holiday. First up, "the Terrible Turkey," one of those stories where Donald is obsessed with getting a turkey the old-fashioned way. Then, "a Charitable Chore," a story about the challenges posed by unwanted holiday guests...in this case, cousin Gladstone! Both stories feature Donald blithely ignoring the opportunity to double-check something that turns out to be important! Whether you are observing this holiday or not, a happy holiday season to you!
Guest Hosts: Thad Komorowski & Debbie Perry Greetings listeners! In celebration of Mickey Mouse's birthday, on November 18th, we bring you this episode devoted to the ONLY Mickey Mouse story the Duck Man wrote and drew! The Riddle of the Red Hat is an unusual ten (actually eleven)-pager, and we take advantage of the opportunity to discuss Floyd Gottfredson, the famed Mickey comics artist and plotter that was one of Barks' principal inspirations. We discuss how the artists got involved with Mickey, how Barks found inspiration from Gottfredson, and the two artists' meetings later in life.
Guest Hosts: Warren Harmon & Sara Santiago
Join us listeners, for our 50th regular episode! We'll talk about Barks' Central American set adventure story, the Gladstone-Gander featuring "the Secret of Hondorica. We'll talk about portmanteaus, stork tables, and the trope where outsiders resemble the local natives' gods!
Guest Host: Austin Kelly
Greetings listeners! Join us for one of Barks' oddest stories, the Greek-mythology infused "the Golden Fleecing," a creepy and twisting tale of Uncle Scrooge's quest for a fancy dress coat! We talk about the stories odd antagonists, the Harpi- that is, the Larkies! We also discuss the other aspects of the golden fleece myth that inspired Barks, the story's odd gender politics, and which half of the story is the most successful!
Guest Hosts: Tim Artz & Henrieke Goorhuis
Happy Halloween! We've got ghosts (Wispy Willie) and goblins (the invisible kind, at least) by the score on this Halloween episode of the Ten-Page Podcast! Dutch artists Henrieke Goorhuis (returning) and Tim Artz (new to the podcast) join me as we discuss these fun and offbeat spooky stories, which include a reality-bending invention from Gyro Gearloose in his second (non-cameo) appearance and one of Barks' most memorable creatures, Wispy Willie, the Will-o'-the-Wisp/Jack-O'-Lantern!
Guest Host: Warren Harmon
Greetings listeners! Join us back in the Outback, as Uncle Scrooge demonstrates his uncanny ability to sniff out minerals while prospecting! This is a fun, if lightweight Scrooge adventure with a particularly strong beginning and ending and a somewhat unusual bit of misdirection.
Guest Host: Warren Harmon
Time to head back to the Mississippi, listeners! Don't be a dog in the manger, join us for this episode, where we cover "the Great Steamboat Race," one several of Barks' competition/race stories. This jaunty adventure features Horseshoe Hogg, who refreshingly, is a foil but not a true villain. It also includes some great Junior Woodchuck ingenuity and some fun running gags, so check it out!
Guest Host: Dan Cunningham
The stone that turns all metals to gold! Join us as we discuss one of the ducks' classic treasure hunts in search of one of history's greatest treasures in this amalgam of legend and myth as the ducks' traverse the Mediterranean and Middle East in search of the philosopher's stone, eventually stumbling into the Labyrinth of Greek mythology. My guest and I discuss the story's mythological origins, the history of the philosopher's stone, and the special attention to detail Barks paid in this one.
Guest Host: John Lustig
Time to visit, albeit briefly and in disguise, the tiny town of Omelet, site of one of the greatest disasters Donald Duck ever inflicted on a town! Omelet is an utter classic, a very personal story in which Barks drew from his personal experiences raising chickens, and is the ten-pager he often mentioned as being his favorite of his short stories. Check out this special episode as I'm joined by the Disney comics writer John Lustig as we particularly focus on Barks writing and story-telling in this all-time classic.
Guest Hosts: Mikkel Hagen & Ruben Olsrud
Hi listeners! Ready to chase a certain rodent all the way to Norway? The podcast gets to cover Barks' Scandinavian-set adventure, "the Lemming with the Locket." My Norwegian guest hosts and I have a great conversation about Barks' depiction of Norway, misconceptions about lemming, cheeses of Europe, and much more!
Guest Host: Thad Komorowski
What's that in that bottle floating to shore? It appears to be this week's podcast, where we discuss the early Scrooge adventure "the Mysterious Stone Ray!" This is a unique adventure story, tinged with a creepy sense of mystery and a real science-fiction influence! Definitely not an episode to listen to on an empty stomach, unless you're a fan of cabbages and prunes!
Guest Host: Patrick Block
Playing hooky, listeners? The Truant Officer will deliver you where you're supposed to be: listening to this episode! This themed episode looks at Barks' 3 stories that were all about truancy, where the nephews ditch school! "Truant Officer Donald" is probably the most famous, but don't sleep on the other two! Revisiting these three similarly-themed stories is a great way to explore how Barks was able to develop fresh plotlines over the years. And the subject of Truant Officers seems like such a weird time capsule now (though technically they still exist in the U.S.).
Guest Host: Warren Harmon Greetings, listeners -- can we interest you in a new business venture, that is, finding arrowheads in the desert? How about a new podcast episode? "The Seven Cities of Cibola," holds a special place as Barks' first "real" treasure hunt with Scrooge. Listen as my host and I discuss the story's semi-realistic inspiration, Barks' shiftless Beagle Boys, and some of the overused tropes Barks used in this otherwise delightful story.
Here is the second episode in our Scroogeanomics two-parter. This episode covers Barks' famed supply-side ten-pager, "Spending Money." We also discuss one of Barks' cleverest short stories, the five-pager "Somethin' Fishy Here." Both stories involve an exploration of Barks' attitudes towards money and economics.
Guest Host: Sara Santiago
Greetings listeners! This episode is a bit unusual as it is the beginning of a 2-part episode we are dubbing "Scroogeanomics." In the first part, we'll be exploring one of the Duck Man's most famous ten-pagers, "a Financial Fable," and considering what it tells us about Barks' free-market philosophy and opinions about capitalism and economics. The episode will conclude next time by exploring the thematically similar "Spending Money," as well as other economically themed stories.
Guest Host: Patrick Block
Listener, has the pace of being a modern, 1950s zillionaire got you down? On the verge of cracking up? Don't go off to live with the squirrels, instead give our episode about one of Barks' all-time greats, "Tralla La" a listen! This fan favorite, widely-known as "the bottlecap story," is Barks' amazing take on the old Shangri-La/Shambala legend, popularized in the book "Lost Horizon" and in Frank Capra's film adaptation. The story is an incredible work of art that ponders identity, wealth, assimilation, and provides one of Barks' most fascinating economics experiments.
Guest Host: Ryan Bailey
Hello listeners, join us for an underwater adventure that starts out rather innocuously. "Atlantis" features a great, twisty tale that starts with a squabble over a debt, advances to the world's greatest 2-D pie fight, and ultimately ends up with the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis! The story also includes notable first appearance of Scrooge McDuck's Worry Room and the Junior Woodchucks guidebook (here: book of knowledge).
Guest Hosts: Warren Harmon & Sara Santiago. Aloha listeners, we are up to Uncle Scrooge #4, and the Menehune Mystery, a real departure for Carl Barks. This is arguably the first story in the Scrooge line not concerned with establishing Scrooge's origin and mythos. The story is an excellent example of one of Barks' frequent story typologies: Scrooge hiding his money somewhere. That somewhere ends up being Hawai'i, in a sort of vacation gone wrong. Apart from the tropical location, the story is notable for being Barks' first major artistic collaboration with new wife Garé, who helped with the background work and suggested the idea, based on knowledge of the folklore of her previous home state. It features some great Beagle Boy antics, fascinating cultural information about Hawai'i, and one of Barks' sappiest endings!
Guest Hosts: Mikkel Hagen & Ruben Olsrud Listeners, we are back with a second episode devoted to Donald's jobs; in this case the "Brittle Mastery" jobs, unusual jobs that Donald masters only to have things go catastrophically wrong, and usually having to flee the country! Listen to us highlight the excellent "the Master Wrecker" and then debate how well other stories fit the mold.
Guest Hosts: Patrick Block & Warren Harmon
Greetings, listeners! Carl Barks extracted a lot of comedic potential out of Donald's many jobs! In this episode, we'll cover 3 of his many, MANY professions: volunteer firefighter, hotel manager, and milkman, as well as delve briefly into his many other jobs. "Fireman Donald" is an all-time classic ten-pager, while "Sagmore Springs Hotel" is an essential Donald-in-charge story. "The Milkman Story" is a special case; an underexposed story that was originally taken off the publication schedule; it is little-read and has a unique tone, so be sure to track it down!
Listeners, we are back, with our take on this classic Uncle Scrooge adventure which delves into a bad business detail made by Scrooge's ancestor. Beware of scoundrels bearing contracts with fine print and looking to collect creepy gold teeth! We discuss the ducks' efforts to find and deliver a load of ancient horseradish in this strikingly sarcastic and violent maritime tale!
Happy summer! In this episode we tackle three summer themed stories focused on summer break, swimming, and vacations! "Pool Sharks" from 1951 is the standout story: one of Barks' all-time greatest ten-pagers, in which Donald replaces his backyard garden with a swimming pool, before things go horribly awry. Then, in "Swimming Swindlers," an early Barks story from 1946, the nephews attempt to cheat Donald in a swimming contest, where things go horribly awry. Finally, in "Houseboat Holiday," Donald tries to keep the nephews out of trouble during their houseboat vacation, only to have things...well, you probably guessed it!
Listeners, we finally get to release our highly anticipated episode covering one of Barks' all-time classic, "Back to the Klondike!" This story, from Four Color #456/Uncle Scrooge #2 is one of Barks' most legendary stories, dealing with Scrooge's memories of his time in the Klondike gold rush! The story is famous for many reasons, including the first and only appearance of Glittering Goldie, the Star of the North, the only girl who ever gave Scrooge "that faraway look" in his eyes. The story is almost as famous for the content of the pages that were originally censored - a huge brawl in the Blackjack Ballroom, among others! But then, if you're reading this summary, you almost certainly know this story front-to-back, so trek through the Chillcoot Pass, look for four rocks marking a square, and give it a listen as my guest hosts and I discuss this all-time classic!
Trick or Treat! Trick or Treat! Trick or Treat for Halloween! Listeners, if we have to have the song stuck in our head, so do you! Join us as we talk about this Barks oddity: a story with a provided concept, one based on a contemporaneous animated cartoon short (and subject to some editorial snipping). This story is a departure, but has the very memorable Witch Hazel as well as her broom, the delightful Beelzebub, and her wonderful pet ogre, say it with me: Smorgasbard, also known as Smorgie the Bad (!). So when ghosts and goblins by the score, ring the bell on your front door, better not be stingy or your nightmares will come true!
This episode is all about Barks' famous "statue building contest." This is one of his more outlandish ten-pagers, featuring an absolutely wild competition between Uncle Scrooge (who opens his purse strings for once, in defense of his title of world's richest man) and the Maharajah of Howduystan! The story also features some neat world-building, in the subject of the statues: Cornelius Coot, founder of Duckburg.
The Gilded Man is one of Barks' great South American-set stories, and features some frenetic hemisphere-spanning, as the ducks race to find, and then recover, a mail satchel containing the world's rarest stamp, held by the legendary El Dorado! The story includes memorable appearances from the Gilded Man himself, Philo T. Ellic, the forgetful stamp collector, and of course, Donald's infuriatingly lucky cousin, Gladstone Gander! We discuss the story's creepy atmosphere building, unusual book-end structure, great running gag, and much more!
Ho, rugged listeners! Climb aboard our hot-rod iceberg and hear us talk about this all-time classic Donald Duck story, "the Golden Helmet!" This is a thrilling story with Carl Barks at his absolute best, with masterful art, hilarious dialogue (especially from the indelible villains) and some amazing character work. It doesn't get much better, so enjoy our conversation, just don't go getting any gleams in your eyes!
This week's episode is about Barks' famous "think boxes" story. It is famous as the first non-cameo appearance of Barks' original character Gyro Gearloose. In addition, the story is one of Barks' more notably creepy tales, with a voracious wolf hankering for roast duckling! Listen to the episode, which features Joakim Gunnarson, editor at Egmont publishing, who gives great insight and perspective as an editor who has worked to localize and restore Barks stories.
Gladstone Gander, Donald's ultra-lucky cousin, makes for a great foil for Donald. In this episode we'll talk about Gladstone and explore two of the all-time greatest Gladstone stories, one (Gladstone Returns) from before Barks imbued him with his supernatural luck and one (Gladstone's Terrible Secret) from afterwards, and in a rare example of Barks at least obliquely pondering where the Gander's luck comes from! As a bit of a bonus, we'll even get to talk about the initial appearance of another famous secondary character, as the latter story was the first ever appearance of Gyro Gearloose!
This episode's story needs no introduction, but here it is anyway! "Only a Poor Old Man," is a Carl Barks masterpiece, one of the Duck Man's all-time greatest and most famous stories, and absolutely lives up to its reputation. This is the story that launch Uncle Scrooge McDuck as a starring character, and provided inspiration for countless future stories, both by Barks and other creators. It is legendary for a reason, and we try to do it justice, so join us as we talk about what makes this story so special.
It's our big Money Bin episode! We've got a double feature of two of Barks classic stories featuring one of his greatest non-character creations, Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin! "Big Bin" is the showcase this episode, as it really set the template for Scrooge's relationship with the building that secures his money and all its sundry defenses. "Round Money Bin" is a fun story as well, and includes the first allusion to Scrooge's #1 dime. We'll also talk about Salmon P. Chase, the guy whose face graces the $10,000 bill and briefly discuss other great stories featuring the money bin, including by other creators!
Already our fifth Christmas episode! "Shacktown" is arguably Barks' most famous Christmas story, and, for the man who created tycoon Scrooge McDuck, striking in its exploration of poverty. This is another holiday story where much of the extended duck family is present, and much of the charm in the stories lies in their interactions. Join us as we talk about this, the last full length story before Scrooge gets his own spin-off title.
Careful about knocking on our door, listeners, you might get a face full of Boer War surplus cannon! "Terror of the Beagle Boys" is one of Barks' most iconic Scrooge-centric ten-pagers, a sort of two-man stage play where the looming threat is almost beside the point. Join us as we talk about that iconic cannon, Barks' ancient messenger boys, and the great character work that went into this "Waiting for Godot"-like story!
This episode is a real treat, as it features this all-time great ten-pager (currently the highest ranked on INDUCKS), and because I am joined by Patrick Block, the great duck artist who got to both meet and collaborate with Carl Barks! We have a great conversation about the Duck Man's best ten-pagers, the absurdity of the rare collectibles industry, and many of Patrick's great remembrances and impressions of Barks.
Greetings, travelers! Have a sniff of these strange herbs, and come with us, back to old California! This all-time great story is one of Carl Barks' most deeply personal, as it takes place in the vicinity of his home of San Jacinto and draws inspiration from the old novel "Ramona," adapted into an outdoor pageant annually. This story stands apart, as the Duck Man's most romantic, and one that pines for California before the rat race. There is a lot to say about this wistfully nostalgic and fantastical romance!
Nothing can save you from this podcast! It is invincible! It is doom itself!
What makes a man great? Join us listeners, and find out as we discuss this tall tale about great men, snake charming, and sea serpents! Barks' second sea serpent-centered story, "No Such Varmint" is a delightfully odd one with some truly over-the-top comic artwork and one of Barks' highest of concepts, as Donald discovers one of his most unusual aptitudes.
'Allo, listeners! We 'ave a great episode for you, zo please join us as we discuss this classic European-set saga, both a celebration and a send-up of Hollywood spy thrillers! Witness the ducks become embroiled in early Cold War-era espionage, as they encounter the mysterious and beautiful Madame Triple-X! This story is famously the Duck Man's most human-filled, to his editor's displeasure. Join us, as we talk about spy tropes, Barks' early career with the risque publication The Calgary Eye-Opener, the shocking character deaths, and much more!
This story is arguably the best of Barks' "Brittle Mastery" stories -- those where Donald masters an obscure occupation before things go horribly awry. Listen as my guest and I discuss the story's incredible timing and humor, the science and business of rain-seeding, the metaphorical green monster of jealousy, and what exactly an "Idle Dandy" is, anyway.
Merry Christmas in February! "You Can't Guess" is one of Carl Barks' all-time great Christmas-themed stories. As part of our mission to release episodes chronologically, we occasionally find ourselves going a bit off-season, but this story is satisfying to revisit any time of year. "You Can't Guess" finds Huey, Dewey, & Louie forced guess their Uncle's hoped-for Christmas gift in order to receive the gift of their dreams -- an erector set! Join us as we talk about the significance of those classic building sets, wish fulfillment aspects of this story, the duck family tree, and much more!
Happy Valentines' Day, listeners! V-Day didn't lend itself to same kinds of well-remembered story-telling Barks was able to come up with for Christmas or even Halloween, but the Duck Man did have a few memorable 10-pagers, one of which we get to discuss in this episode (My Lucky Valentine), with another romance-centered story (Wild About Flowers) thrown in for good measure!
The Circus! This venerable institution was once a beloved American tradition, and the arrival of the circus train might cause the town to shut down in excitement! Times have certainly changed, and the circus is nearly extinct. But in 1950, when Barks' Big-Top Bedlam was published, every TV show or comic series would certainly have had a circus-themed episode or show. This is what struck me most as we discussed Big-Top Bedlam, a rather slapstick adventure full of one-in-a-million coincidences and the lying-one's-way-into-more-trouble trope.
Journey with us, by shark-powered boat, if need be, to listen to us discuss "The Magic Hourglass" -- the talisman that is the secret to Donald's Uncle Scrooge's wealth, at least, for this story! Barks will quickly abandon this aspect of Scrooge's background, as he would largely abandon this dark characterization of Scrooge. This moralistic story sees the ducks at loggerheads with each other for much of its course. We get to discuss the story's dark elements, its geopolitical themes, and particularly its use of the magical red sand as a proxy metaphor for oil!
Vacation Time! This Carl Barks classic pulls a bit of a bait-and-switch -- nominally a fun vacation-themed romp, it turns into a surprisingly tense survival story at the end. One of the all-time greats, Vacation Time is Barks at his best, with wonderful art, an atypically grounded storyline, and a strong conservationist through-line. My guest host and I talk about this, as well as the possible influence of Bambi, the comic's look at forest fighting, and much more!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...I count 25 episodes of Barks Remarks, 30 including the Ten-Page Podcast! You know who likes to count? Carl Barks' animal creation in this story, the Pixilated Parrot! This brisk adventure is a somewhat slight story, though it possesses one of Barks' all-time greatest gags! Join us as we talk about the story, the meaning of the word pixilated, Duckburg's location, and more!
Happy 2022! This episode is pretty loaded for an episode of the 10PP; we are talking about the Sunken Yacht, one of the earlier 10-pagers featuring Uncle Scrooge McDuck in rascal/antagonist mode. This is the "ping pong" story, that sees the ducks attempt to raise Scrooge's sunken vessel using thousands of the plastic balls, and it is one of the most famous Barks stories outside of Duck Comics fandom, due to being featured in places like Mythbusters, Popular Mechanics, and so forth.
Happy Holidays! "Wintertime Wager" is a classic Ten-Pager, the story that famously introduces Gladstone Gander, before Barks had assigned him his supernatural good luck! It also, by technicality, serves as our holiday episode, as the ducks briefly reference it being Christmas at the very beginning! This is a great slapstick story, and rife with opportunities to talk about lemonade, sub-zero swimming, and to explore some of the internalized anxiety at the root of Donald and Gladstone's ridiculous yet hilarious wagers!
Curious about the contents of this episode? Be careful, sometimes curiosity kills the cat! "In Ancient Persia" is an all-time classic Barks story, in which Donald and the kids are shanghaied into accompanying a mad scientist...or is he? oh yeah, he definitely is...on strange and creepy expedition to uncover an ancient secret. This is certainly one of Barks' creepiest stories, and is a fascinating collision between the ancient and the modern. Just like this comic bounces between spooky and goofy, we'll dive into the creepy story, but also detour into the scientist's fashion, his resemblance to Boris Karloff, and Spider-man memes. Oh, and go ahead, judge that book by its cover!
Barks Remarks returns, with Barks' first (of several) Himalayas-set adventures! Trail of the Unicorn features TWO duck relations, as both Uncle Scrooge and Gladstone Gander feature in this brisk adventure story about the ducks' efforts to secure a shockingly ferocious unicorn for Scrooge's zoo...with Gladstone seeking to chisel them out of their reward at every turn! Listen to us as we talk about the unicorn legend, Scrooge's spectacular zoo, and the over-the-top luxury vehicles at the story's conclusion!
Greeting listeners! We are heading up to the Pacific Northwest, for Barks' classic kitchen sink story, Land of the Totem Poles! The title should clue you in that this 1949 story is going to have some problematic elements, but we also cover the fact that there are some aspects of the Native village that Barks at least attempted to get right! We'll also talk about totem poles themselves, steam calliopes (or is it calliopes?), and salesmanship!
Happy Thanksgiving! For those in the United States, including Carl Barks, this is the week devoted to that family meal that features a turkey! We're celebrating with another ten-page podcast devoted to one of Barks' holiday-themed stories, the aptly-named "Turkey Trouble." This is actually the first of TWO stories that retroactively go by that title, and is the earlier one, a funny romp about the ducks acquiring not one, but two live turkeys in advance of Thanksgiving! My guest and I talk about the humor that Barks mines from his animals, the violence on display, and how this story was altered for non-U.S. audiences. Enjoy!
Feeling dyspeptic? Chug some isotopes and enjoy our episode all about the one time Carl Barks delved into the world of super-heroes! Barks was well-known to be annoyed by the success of that side of the comics industry and yet, my guest host and I agree, he managed to deliver a 10-page send-up of the genre that captured the essence of those stories surprisingly well!
Feeling lucky, listeners? You should -- you've lucked into another great episode, this one being one of Barks' classic northern/arctic adventure stories featuring that infuriatingly lucky relation, Gladstone Gander! "Luck of the North" is a surprisingly deep story, that has just as much to say about guilt and redemption as it does about high adventure. My guest host (this time another longtime Barks fan!) and I have a great time nerding out about this great story, and talking about its great art and surprisingly intimate and introspective storytelling.
Ho ho ho! It's November 1st, the time when we flick the switch from the spooky season and go straight into Christmas! Luckily our chronological exploration of Barks' stories is just happening to land on the Duck Man's second full-length Christmas story, fan favorite "Letter to Santa." This memorable holiday tale features a money fight, the real Santa Claus, and the best steam shovel fight of all time! Join me and my extremely indulgent special guest (who is also my wife!) as we talk about childhood love of construction equipment and Christmas magic, artistic signifiers of the late 1940s, and what happens to beans when they get wet!
Welcome to the Ten-Page Podcast! Occasional special episodes of Barks Remarks highlighting some of the Duck Man's 10 page short stories! This story felt just creepy enough to feature in the Halloween slot, and my guest host and I have a great time talking about Donald's extremely creepy series of nightmares, as well as the daffy gender politics in this one, and even some of the history of needlework and male involvement in the craft!
Alright folks, we did it. We've now covered Voodoo Hoodoo, which is almost certainly Carl Barks' most controversial story. My guest host and I had a thoughtful conversation about the story, both the good and bad, and what the story says about the legacy of colonialism, its genesis from a horror movie scene, the two religions that make up the title, and much, much more! Be aware that there is significant and unavoidable discussion of the legacy of racism and colonialism in this episode.
Here it is, our episode about Carl Barks' famous "square egg" story! This is frequently cited as the Good Artist's personal favorite, and is absolutely required reading for any Barks fan! I unabashedly love this story, but do my multiple co-hosts consider it egg-cellent? And will the episode have better puns than that groaner? Yes! So join us, in Plain Awful as we get Lost in the Andes!
Listeners, it is your lucky day! This is our first episode about a story featuring Donald's lucky foil, Gladstone Gander! Donald's infuriatingly lucky cousin appeared just about a year prior, in the 10-pager Wintertime Wager. Here, his supernatural luck is in full force, as Donald and Gladstone race to be the first to rescue another newish addition to the Duck Family Universe, Scrooge McDuck, who is marooned in the South Pacific! Or is he..? Join us, as we appreciate Donald's nautical bluster, debate if Gladstone's people-pleasing is a form of work, and much more!
Happy Holidays (hey, we're just 3 months away!) and welcome back to another Barks Christmas story! Join us at the top of ol' Mount Demontooth, as Donald has to rescue the nephews from...the wicked witch from Snow White? This oddball story bears the hallmarks of editorial interference, as the very plot was foist on Barks by his editors who also mucked around with his ending. My newbie guest and I also discuss the other strange aspect of this story - how it supposes the existence of an industry of many-colored Christmas trees!
W'all howdy there, listeners! Just passing through? Why not stop your Sunday drive and either track down some fearsome rustlers or curl up with a nice podcast episode about the Sheriff of Bullet Valley, your choice! This love letter to Hollywood horse operas is one of Barks' masterpieces, loved by both fans and non-fans of Westerns. So mosey on up and listen and we discuss why this is such a masterpiece, its semi-origins as a Mickey Mouse cartoon storyboard and our favorite Wild West tropes and how the comic both celebrates and subverts them.
Ah, butterfly collecting! That most cutthroat of all hobbies! Who can't relate to casual attempted murder over a butterfly? No? Well, the ducks will find out how serious butterfly collecting can be, as they race their fiendish rival to (a caricatured/colonialist version of) the African wilds to be the first to nab the Almostus Extinctus. Join us, as we learn about some of the significant changes that were made to this questionably-aged story, learn about Dog Latin, and hear some of the alternate names in other languages for the titular butterfly!
Grab your X-Ray machine and peer in the walls of Barks Remarks' World Headquarters as we talk about Barks' all-time classic (and arguably the true origin story for Scrooge McDuck), the Old Castle's Secret! This unusually spooooky story is everything we love about Carl Barks: spine-tingling adventure, a lavishly-illustrated, remote setting, and just enough comedy to keep things from getting too creepy! There is a lot to cover in this one, as we talk about the inspirations behind Castle McDuck and Rannoch Moor, unusual historical uses for X-Ray machines, debate the definition of the word "battlement," and much more!
Twelve episodes in and we're finally at our first story featuring none other than Scrooge McDuck! Do you have the gizzard of a lion or the heart of a chicken? Steel yourself, and join us in our cabin on Podcast Mountain, as we explore the supporting character/Uncle Plot Device who would turn into Carl Barks' biggest legacy! Still technically a Donald Duck story, Christmas on Bear Mountain is a slight, but hilarious tale of a bitter old tycoon scheming to terrorize his easily frightened nephew and his more stalwart grandnephews.
Look into our eyes...you are in our power...you are a homesick kangaroo who wants to leave a 5 star review of this podcast! Yes, welcome back to Barks Remarks! Join us, as the ducks take one of the most improbable vacations ever, an Adventure Down Under, spurred by a hypnotist who really should know better! There's a lot to unpack in this episode, as we learn about Australia and its national icon, the kangaroo, represented here by one of Barks' infrequent (and actual) animal supporting characters, Mournful Mary!
Tonight is ye night! Lock up your children and listen to our podcast episode about Barks' masterpiece, "Ghost of the Grotto." This story, a personal favorite, sees the ducks embarking on a new adventure as kelp gatherers. The ducks are based at an island consumed with the terrible knowledge that tonight is the night every 50 years when a small boy will be kidnapped, never to be seen again. But surely the ducks don't need to worry way out at Skull Eye Reef... Listen as we discuss this generational curse, Octopus Kaiju, kelp gathering, the common fallacy of "ye olde English" speech, and much more!
Welcome back! This week sees the ducks inadvertently visiting the fictional Latin American-esque country of Volcanovia, a small nation of breath-taking beauty, dangerous geological features, and...some pretty unfortunate ethnic stereotypes. My newest guest host and I talk about the story's dual high concepts: the volcano-filled country and the siesta-dependent populace, and which one works better. We also talk about U.S. war surplus, the Sleeping Mexican as a cultural icon, and volcano-powered cooking!
Join us on this time on the podcast, as the nephews do the classic “trading up” trope and turn Donald’s old pencil stub into…passage to India! Follow the quarreling ducks as they blunder into a truly strange royal conspiracy involving a mogul elephant, prime tiger-hunting land, and the world’s strangest real estate transaction.
We are breaking our format rules this time, as we present TWO oddball stories in ONE super episode! These two stories are technically not 10-pagers; Firebug clocks in at whopping 13, and Atom Bomb was presented in a miniature format of 30 pages (3 panels per page). Since both stories are somewhat dark and include endings that wound up being censored, it seemed logical to pair them in this episode that also includes conversation about the clinical definition of pyromania, the utopian promise of the then-dawning Age of Atom, and much more!
Come join us, as Donald and the nephews enjoy a soothing trip down the Ohio River, in their new-ish houseboat! Wait, how are we on the Mississippi? And what's that serpentine shape looming overhead? That's right, it's the Terror of the River!! Join me and my guest hosts as we discuss Carl Barks exploration of American river life, submarine paranoia, and an extremely unique fear-loving villain!
Join us for an gnew episode you’ll gnever forget, as we journey to the Everglades and visit Gneezle Gnob! Episode 5 takes a deep dive into one of Carl Barks’ most oddball adventures, the bonkers story Mystery of the Swamp. Listen as we learn about the Everglades and debate whether this one is just too weird.
Episode 4 is the first of Barks' Arctic-set comics, the exciting tale, Frozen Gold! This is an exciting story, and we get the chance to discuss, among other things: the development of penicillin and parallels to the story of Balto the famous sled dog, the return of Black Pete, the ducks' plane hijinks, and Donald's Mr. Magoo moment.
Welcome to our third full podcast, a discussion of Carl Barks' "Too Many Pets"! Listen as we discuss what type of Donald we get in this story, talk about the shadows of WWII lurking in the background, learn about the history of organ grinders, and...isn't Jingo the Monkey the cutest? This may be one of Carl Barks' more minor works (fight us), but we still enjoyed it and had a great time talking Ducks.
For our second episode we'll be talking about Barks' second full length comic, and the very first that was fully written and drawn by him. The Mummy's Ring is a spooky tale of intrigue that sets the template for many of Barks' legendary adventure stories to come.
Our first episode! My guest host Eric and I discuss Barks' first ever Duck comic: Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold! for which Barks collaborated with Jack Hannah, a collaborator from the animation studio. Barks and Hannah were given the assignment to re-purpose a cartoon script for publication, and they collaborated on the art. This would lead to a long and successful career of drawing and (starting with the comic after this one) writing Duck comics. Episode highlights include pondering Pete, the Disney villain mainstay, and the existential nature of Yellow Beak, the parrot.
This is the introductory episode to the podcast Barks Remarks! It is a chronological exploration of all of the adventure stories created by the legendary Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comic book artist & writer, Carl Barks. Starting with the 1st true episode, I will be talking with guests and friends about Carl Barks' long form/adventure stories. We'll discuss each story's background and provide commentary during a synopsis of the story. We'll cover trivia, reviews, and discuss how well each story holds up. If you're a fan of Carl Barks, this podcast is a great excuse to revisit your Duck comics!