Week Four;

Carl Barks, what a legend. Being a Disney Nut getting to read some of his work was a lot of fun. They are to the point, humorous, yet serious and each came with their own little truth. But they aren’t like the Peanuts, they are almost more aloof less from memory or experience. There is the formula of a story, beginning middle and end. They establish the setting and who will be in it, what the issue is and soon get to the point of remedying it. What was something so appealing about reading Barks comics was how clear his drawings are and how little he relies on diologue to drive the story. He would push the art and boil it down to the simplest, most concise form making it easier to read especially for children. However when it came to the story, going along with his more serious tones he would become extremely serious, in one instance discussing why people enjoy being cruel. This is an incredible deep level of thought for a children’s comic and yet there it was. Beautiful. Intelligent. Simplistic. Thought provoking. I’m looking forward to more.

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