tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post5267820309973140470..comments2023-11-02T10:31:11.830-04:00Comments on (Some of) Ryan Wynns' Assorted Thoughts: New comic review: Uncle Scrooge #1 (#405) (IDW, April 2015)Ryan Wynnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post-10374588749679921502015-05-14T20:28:33.846-04:002015-05-14T20:28:33.846-04:00David,
Thank you very much for the clarification....David,<br /><br />Thank you very much for the clarification. (It's good to know an insider!) I definitely want to praise Scarpa for making the Brutopia reference, now that I know it came from him. (But if he hadn't done it, it still seems like something that Joe <i>would</i> come up with, so it almost feel like there's some default credit to him for it built-in! But in all seriousness, kudos to Scarpa!) <br /><br />I guess the "Gigabeagle" ending in its pre-Gray form is fine if you think of it as a <i>funny</i> ending (it certainly has all the eye-pleasing exaggerated lively energy that Scarpa gave every page of the story!), but it struck me as a cheap and abrupt ending. But definitely a fun story, overall!<br /><br />-- RyanRyan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post-75888577180752733502015-05-14T17:53:47.653-04:002015-05-14T17:53:47.653-04:00"Since these magnets, as far as I know, have ..."Since these magnets, as far as I know, have never existed in any other story, and because they're only mentioned in passing in this new English dialogue but never shown, [...] it seems to me that Gray salvaged an atrocious ending."<br /><br />I wouldn't call it atrocious—but yes, he did! On the other hand...<br /><br />"Torcivia not only ties Barks' Brutopia into the villain's back story, but with said back story, assures us that the map has only been a part of Scrooge's coat for 10 years and not since he acquired it..."<br /><br />WIth all due respect to our pal Joe, both Brutopia and that ten-year timespan were part of Scarpa's original story! Compared to the original "Gigabeagle," "The Secret of the Coat" (Scarpa's original title for it) was plotted pretty tightly.David Gersteinhttp://www.cartoonresearch.com/gersteinnoreply@blogger.com