A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Bookstore:Donald Duck in A Christmas for Shacktown by Carl Barks

Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck,

He's my little pal,



Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck,

Daisy is his gal,

Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck,

In his sailor suit,

Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck,

Gee, I think he's cute!

I love the way he waddles and I like to hear him talk,

And when somebody makes him mad,

QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! How he can squawk!

Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck,

Cocky as can be,

Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck,

Here's what he taught me,

When someone knocks you down,

Get right up again,

Show some pluck like Donald Duck,

QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!

 

 

 

The second volume in Carl Bark's ever popular Donald Duck series, this high-quality collection catalogues the further adventures of a certain famous duck, his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, his girlfriend Daisy, his Uncle Scrooge, and guest pest Gladstone Gander. Some must-reads are:

 

 

A Christmas for Shacktown-Donald, Daisy, and the kids all want to chip in money to make a good Christmas for the impoverished families of Shacktown. There's just one tiny little itsy-bitsy(fairly huge) caveat: getting tight-fisted Uncle Scrooge to part with so much as a penny!(As the ever-quotable Babs Bunny once said, "Playing on his sympathy has worse odds than the lottery!") How will Donald get the money?

 

The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill-Uncle Scrooge builds a new maximum-security money bin, which the Beagle Boys evince an interest in. Can Donald help save his uncle's fortune?

 

The Screaming Cowboy-Donald composes and sells a song to a radio station, thus winning a trip to the mountains. Little does he know that a hermit living there despises the song! (There's a Little Bad Wolf lookalike kid in this story, BTW.)

 

Oh, please.

 

Statuesque Spendthrifts-One of the funnier stories in this collection, Uncle Scrooge and the Maharajah of Howdoyustan feud with each other over who's richer by each building bigger and bigger statues.

 

Rocket Wing Saves the Day-The kids adopt a racing pidgeon and train him for an upcoming pidgeon race; there's just one problem...he's afraid of train whistles!

 

 

The Think Box Bollix-Donald is annoyed when the kids begin helping wacky inventor Gyro Gearloose with his inventions, and tries to play a prank on them...but the prank backfires(majorly)!

 

 

 

An excellent read, and a good companion piece to Lost in the Andes.

 

 

 

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Donald Duck in Trail of the Unicorn

This unicorn looks like he ought to switch to low-cal oats.

As per my previous post, I found this very nifty Donald Duck comic online. Uncle Scrooge has called Donald and the kids to help him find a unicorn for his zoo, for which he'll pay handsomely. Scrooge mentions having seen one in the Himalayas, so Donald and the kids trek off to India in hopes of procuring one of these fantastic beasts, but Gladstone Gander plans to sabotage their efforts (as usual). If you like Donald Duck and you like unicorns, this is the comic for you!

You can read it here!

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Bookstore:Donald Duck in Lost in the Andes by Carl Barks

Who's got the sweetest disposition?

One guess. Guess who?

Who never, ever starts an arguement?

Who never shows a bit of temperament?

Who's never wrong, but always right?

Who'd never dream of starting a fight?

Who gets stuck with all the bad luck?

No one but Donald Duck!

And those last two lines of this famous song were never more true than in this comic collection by the late, great Carl Barks, creator of Scrooge McDuck, Gyro Gearloose, the Beagle Boys and many others. This high-quality collection follows the eponymous duck and his ever-present nephews (with the occasional company of Daisy, Uncle Scrooge, and jerkwad extrordinaire Gladstone Gander) on many exciting (and hilairious!) adventures. Some must-reads are:

Toyland-Santa calls on Donald and the kids to test the toys in his workshop before he makes his nightly run, but they have a little too much fun with this task.

The Crazy Quiz Show-Donald expects to win big on a game show, but the kids keep one-upping him.

(This story contains a shout-out to Mickey Mouse, BTW.)

 

 

Donald Duck's Worst Nightmare-Donald seeks a cure for his recurring nightmares, but will the cure end up being worse than the disease?

 

The Sunken Yacht-Donald and the kids discover a sunket yacht and hope to strike it rich by salvaging it. (This story is particularly notable in that the method used to salvage the yacht was tested in an episode of Mythbusters.)

 

Managing The Eco-System-In what may be the most hilarious story in this collection, Donald and the kids try to match each other in a battle of echoes.

 

Plenty Of Pets-The kids bring a series of "pets"(a possum, an owl, a squirrel et al.) home from summer camp...much to Donald's chagrin.

 

This collection has it all and is a must for any Disneyana Collector.

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