EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PREVIEW
Delivered to my inbox by virtuous elves, acting in secret: Gemstone have signed “new, hot talent,” to take over on Donald Duck and Friends with issue #375, and I am pleased to have the chance to present to you two pages from the issue. My source refused to name the new writer, but I have a definite hunch as regards his identity. It’s certainly a radical, daring shift for a Disney property, but I honestly think this new approach will bring in an as-yet untapped crossover market.
March 17th, 2008 la 10:11 am
I feel like I should be able to pinpoint the voice here, but I just can’t.
On the other hand, I haven’t had any coffee yet.
March 17th, 2008 la 10:31 am
I’m the goddamn Donald Duck?
March 17th, 2008 la 10:37 am
Well, nobody said “Do you really think…”, so I know it’s not Mark Millar.
March 17th, 2008 la 10:40 am
If he were really going to write it, at least three of those children would have died gruesome on-panel deaths from kerosene soaked candy.
March 17th, 2008 la 10:52 am
Geez, and here I thought the kids’ dialogue would make it painfully obvious.
March 17th, 2008 la 11:16 am
Is he the @#$%^%$ Donald Duck?
March 17th, 2008 la 11:21 am
“Gander don’t shiv.” That’s all I needed. (And honestly, even before reading the page, he was the first person to pop into mind.)
March 17th, 2008 la 11:46 am
Oh, gawd, I remember this original comic, too.
Uncle Scrooge > Gladstone Gander, though.
March 17th, 2008 la 12:02 pm
Warren Ellis?
March 17th, 2008 la 12:27 pm
I know what’s throwing everybody off on the new writer.
It needs more Whores.
March 17th, 2008 la 1:07 pm
Also, I never before realized how deeply disturbing it is that they do indeed sell eggs in Duckburg.
It’s like buying children. That you EAT.
March 17th, 2008 la 1:56 pm
No Merkel?
March 17th, 2008 la 2:16 pm
Gladstone in the sixth panel is just perfect.
March 17th, 2008 la 3:00 pm
Haven’t read too many of his books to be completely sure, but…Garth Ennis?
March 17th, 2008 la 3:55 pm
….the shiv line is a big clue.
It wouldn’t be funny if he just came out and said “I’m the #@$#@#@$ Duck, welcome to Hell.” Subtlety, cats - it’s the name of this game.
No matter what you’re parodying, this is just out and out hilarious.
March 17th, 2008 la 4:31 pm
Oh, Frank Miller?
That would explain it. I can rarely make it all the way through anything he’s written.
March 17th, 2008 la 7:41 pm
You nearly made me spit orange juice all over my screen and keyboard.
Well done, sir, well done.
March 17th, 2008 la 8:06 pm
For me, it was the internal monologues that let me identify the parody. Internal monologues that sound like one-way conversations with a specific person are one of Miller’s most distinct writing traits. Helps give them their hard-boiled feel.
March 17th, 2008 la 10:20 pm
Apparently on the third page Donald saves Daisy from Gander’s thugs, and they get quacking on a pier.
March 18th, 2008 la 1:22 pm
really feels like Frank Miller, but I’m not positive. “Gander don’t shiv” gives me that DKR-made-up-slang vibe.
March 19th, 2008 la 3:31 am
You win the internet.
May 9th, 2008 la 9:16 am
Damn. I am still asleep at this unholy hout, I never even saw wat site was this, took it for granted it was Newsarama or whatever. Would you believe I got to the last panel of the first page before I actually realized this wasn’t for real?
May 9th, 2008 la 9:18 am
…and yes, I’m too sleepy to spell right. Months ago it was changing keyboard that did it to me; now, it’s just being awake before noon. So sue me.