the end of the world is near (etc. etc.)

[Dave Rawson]

I wrote a Mickey story where he had to push an asteroid just enough to keep
it from hitting earth.  I was trying to plant the seed that blowing up a
similar object could be disastrous and wasn't even necessary.



On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 8:33 AM, <nils at math.uio.no> wrote:

>
> As we all know by now the world is ending on this very day,
> which may or may not make us just a little bit thoughtful.
> At any rate it makes me just sufficiently thoughtful &
> hence curious to ask this educated forum about
> *which Duck or Disney Comics stories have had
> The World (as we know it) May Actually Be Ending
> as its theme*? As in "unless we ducks fix this pretty
> damn quickly events A and B and then C are bound
> to happen and then the planet collapses", or likewise?
>
> I can recall just a few stories which with a bit of a stretch
> might qualify, but I'm sure there are more. One coming
> to mind is Uncle Scrooge #13, with the terries and the
> fermies, scary enough for a sensitive mind (yes, I *did*
> put in "with a bit of a stretch"). But perhaps Rosa's
> Black Knight glorping ahead with the Universal Solvent
> is closer to creating a threatening scenario where things
> could actually go Very Wrong for the full planet.
>
> Others? Global wars, anyone? Environmetrics & heated
> atmospheres, pollution, world dominance? Has Brutopia
> ever tried to be very actively imperialistic, or are they
> mostly content with being strange and exploiting
> their home masses at home?
>
> Nils Lid Hjort
>
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