Why are you so popular ?

[Jacob Berget]

> It's funny, that those three persons are always mentioned, considering 
> that we have plenty of newer and IMO more skilled artists around. I 
> think it was Ole, who once asked why Barks is called "Den Gode Tegner" 
> (=the good drawer) in Denmark. He certainly--in his drawings--is 
> surpassed by another CB, namely Carl Buettner. And in fact, I find e.g. 
> Strobl's art in the 60s much more interesting and dynamic than Barks' 
> art during that same period.
I think, that Barks' art is very different in each story - for example "Chirstmas on Bearmountain" is very different from "Statue spechifi... (i don't know, how to write that word! =))" - and "The lives and times of Scrooge McDuck" is drawn in a totally other style than "Gyro's first invention"! I think that Barks´stories was best in the beginning of the 50s - some will not agree in that, and THAT will just confirm, that the is a so big style-diffence is his (and many others) drawings - THAT thing will do, that the "målgruppe" will be larger, and i think thats why there is so many that likes him - because of that, and because of his GREAT, and i mean GREAT, stories! =)

> As for Don, he certainly is a splendid story teller spiced up with so 
> much humour, a bit too strict and conscise in certain places, but 
> that's his style apparently. However, the art itself...hmmm...can't say 
> I dislike it, but clearly it doesn't come fluently and as natural as 
> with
I like Rosa's drawings in "The lives and times of Scrooge McDuck" but not in the new story, "Gyro's first invention" - the drawings in "Gyro's first invention" looks so poor to me!

> What I notice, while reading less good stories, is that most artists 
> seem to have left the original cartoon background completely. A duck is 
> now a character with both feet safely placed on the ground, perhaps one 
> arm is lifted a little bit to show a gesture or whatever, the eyes may 
> show a bit of anger etc..., but hey, where is the dynamic?! Who can 
> draw a duck that runs (and I really mean RUN) nowadays? Who can draw a 
> Donald sighing over his greedy uncle, without making him look like 
> Garfield not having his morning coffee served properly? Nah.
Agreed!!!!

/Jacob Berget
http://www.donaldisten.dk 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Søren Krarup Olesen" <sko at acoustics.dk>
To: "Disney Comics Mailing List" <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: Why are you so popular ?


> On Friday 10 May 2002 21:07, 99E wrote:
> 
> > -And I agree. No doubt, Don Rosa is a great storyteller. As long as
> > it comes to longer adventurestories - Barks, Rosa and Rota are, IMHO,
> > the greatest tellers... Lots of other folk write great scripts for
> > shorter stories - but not as consistently as the three mentioned
> > above.
> 
> It's funny, that those three persons are always mentioned, considering 
> that we have plenty of newer and IMO more skilled artists around. I 
> think it was Ole, who once asked why Barks is called "Den Gode Tegner" 
> (=the good drawer) in Denmark. He certainly--in his drawings--is 
> surpassed by another CB, namely Carl Buettner. And in fact, I find e.g. 
> Strobl's art in the 60s much more interesting and dynamic than Barks' 
> art during that same period.
> 
> As for Don, he certainly is a splendid story teller spiced up with so 
> much humour, a bit too strict and conscise in certain places, but 
> that's his style apparently. However, the art itself...hmmm...can't say 
> I dislike it, but clearly it doesn't come fluently and as natural as 
> with
> 
> Rota, who is (in comparison to other Italians) a "mid-range" artist but 
> nevertheless with a very personal style, that fits the universe 
> perfectly. Still, I've often wondered why Rota would go be so popular. 
> His stories are not *that* interesting (not in comparison with Don's 
> anyway). Most of Rota's panels are sort of isolated "events" - each of 
> them being brilliantly drawn, but that doesn't necessarily make a 
> "fluent" (yes, that word again) story.
> 
> What I notice, while reading less good stories, is that most artists 
> seem to have left the original cartoon background completely. A duck is 
> now a character with both feet safely placed on the ground, perhaps one 
> arm is lifted a little bit to show a gesture or whatever, the eyes may 
> show a bit of anger etc..., but hey, where is the dynamic?! Who can 
> draw a duck that runs (and I really mean RUN) nowadays? Who can draw a 
> Donald sighing over his greedy uncle, without making him look like 
> Garfield not having his morning coffee served properly? Nah.
> 
> Søren
> 
> 
>