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                           The squealing fanboy in me
                                        
[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] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog: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
[5] http://www.amazon.com/
[6] http://instapundit.com/archives/020609.php

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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