Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Under the Polar Ice
- Downloads：2749
- Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
- Create Date：2021-06-19 08:55:24
- Update Date：2025-09-06
- Status：finish
- Author：Carl Barks
- ISBN：1683963830
- Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle
- Download
Summary
In this collection of classic comic book stories， Huey， Dewey， and Louie earn a trip to the North Pole in a submarine — and Donald stows away！ Fortunately， when they find themselves stranded， Gyro Gearloose invents a flying sled！ Then， when Donald announces that he's taking the nephews to South America， he pledges to protect them from all the dangers in "the wildest part of the jungle" — including a sheer mountain cliff， a raging river， and a swarm of crocodiles。 But who is saving whom？ This book has 170 pages of story and art， each meticulously restored and newly colored， as well as insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts。
Reviews
Frank
，
It’s Barks - so that gets it to at least 4 stars :）However， this isn’t my favourite Barks material - I prefer the longer format stories to start， and the 10-Pagers take a back seat。These specific ones are good - with my preference being e first half of this volume。 The second half is more Daisy’s Diary and Grandma Duck material。
Nathan Dehoff
，
The collection begins with the titular tale， in which Donald stows away on a submarine and finds that peeling potatoes isn't as bad as freezing to death。 It also includes "Black Wednesday，" which I mentioned before as never having been reprinted in the United States prior to this， and where the explanation for the plot really doesn't make any sense。 Scrooge fumigates his money on Black Wednesday because nobody else is around， but Black Wednesday started because of his money fumigation。 I don't t The collection begins with the titular tale， in which Donald stows away on a submarine and finds that peeling potatoes isn't as bad as freezing to death。 It also includes "Black Wednesday，" which I mentioned before as never having been reprinted in the United States prior to this， and where the explanation for the plot really doesn't make any sense。 Scrooge fumigates his money on Black Wednesday because nobody else is around， but Black Wednesday started because of his money fumigation。 I don't think Barks intended it to be a logical paradox。 In "The Wax Museum，" Donald takes a job as a night watchman， and when his nephews try to keep him awake by moving around the sculptures， he's confused by a masquerade party next door。 Notable in this one is that most of the sculptures and the masqueraders are drawn as human， only a few of them having the dog noses typical of background characters in Disney comics。 Donald and nephews climb the Matterhorn， and find the Beagle Boys using a rocket sled， in a tie-in with the then-new Matterhorn ride at Disneyland。 "Riding the Pony Express" has Donald doing a historical reenactment and stumbling across actual diplomatic mail。 Along much the same lines， "Want to Buy an Island？"， has Donald buying one sight unseen， only for it to turn out to be a trick， with the island being a site of government experiments。 Oddly， in this one， Huey， Dewey， and Louie are specifically stated to be in kindergarten， which doesn't seem to fit with their general portrayal。 Maybe this takes place before all the others。 "The Christmas Cha-Cha" has several intersecting plots。 Donald is simultaneously practicing the cha-cha for a contest and selling Christmas cards while rhyming， and he and the nephews are pressed into service placing a tree on a pavilion roof for Daisy。 Also， Scrooge enters the cha-cha contest himself in hopes that he won't have to provide the first prize， a silver punch bowl。 There's another one of Barks's frequent jokes about rich people eating unusual animals。 Closing out the volume are a few comics with Daisy as the main focus， and others starring Grandma Duck， the latter of which were drawn but not written by Barks。 Clara Cluck and Clarabelle Cow show up in the Daisy stories。 。。。more
Nicholas Driscoll
，
Three and a half perhaps。 This is definitely a weaker volume， as can be seen from the generally lower reviews here。 A lot of these stories are kind of redos of previous Duck stories， and in the back are a bunch of kind of lesser Daisy Duck and Grandma Duck tales。 I had read very few of these before， so I didn't have the nostalgia that sometimes gives an extra oomph to my reading of classic Barks。 Still， I enjoyed reading the stories anyway， and even the Daisy and Grandma ones have their perks。 P Three and a half perhaps。 This is definitely a weaker volume， as can be seen from the generally lower reviews here。 A lot of these stories are kind of redos of previous Duck stories， and in the back are a bunch of kind of lesser Daisy Duck and Grandma Duck tales。 I had read very few of these before， so I didn't have the nostalgia that sometimes gives an extra oomph to my reading of classic Barks。 Still， I enjoyed reading the stories anyway， and even the Daisy and Grandma ones have their perks。 Perhaps the most memorable for me were the one in which the ducks fly about on techno-toboggans and the one in which Daisy faces off with a lion！Some of the notes in the back were interesting， too， giving cultural context to things like a reference to the silly song Purple People Eater or the process in which the comics were written。 I got a little tired of the gender studies commentary on the Daisy stories--I am thankful that the comments about Donald and the boys aren't constantly through the lens of gender studies！ Also， did you know Huey， Dewey， and Louie are in kindergarten！？？！？？！？ 。。。more
Ian Vance
，
For completionists only。 In the late 80's and early 90's my uncle would send me the Gladstone imprint releases of DD ， US， and WDC&S on a regular basis， and though Carl Barks stories were almost a given every month， I've never seen a single one of the stories contained in this edition。 For good reason。 It's well established that Fantagraphics began this series with vol。 5， right when Barks was coming into his own as a storyteller， humorist， and graphic artist， and have continued with biannual re For completionists only。 In the late 80's and early 90's my uncle would send me the Gladstone imprint releases of DD ， US， and WDC&S on a regular basis， and though Carl Barks stories were almost a given every month， I've never seen a single one of the stories contained in this edition。 For good reason。 It's well established that Fantagraphics began this series with vol。 5， right when Barks was coming into his own as a storyteller， humorist， and graphic artist， and have continued with biannual releases slowly cataloguing the "Good Duck" creator's peak period of the late-40s and early-to-mid 50's。 But by the late 50's a combination of corporate meddling and burnout rendered many of these late-era Barks efforts either mediocre or shockingly poor， with even the art but a pale shadow of what was once so dynamic and uniquely expressive。 This isn't the first warning we've had--other editions， most notably "Secret of Hondoroca，" gave hints of declining quality--but this is the first volume where I haven't found a single story interesting or worth re-reading。 Frankly， the funniest part of the entire book is a commentator citing Judith Butler in the back pages to try and contextualize Daisy Duck。 My ten year old and four year old are considerably less discerning， of course， and listened spellbound in our nightly reading session， but newcomers are recommended to pick up "Lost in the Andes，"， "Trick or Treat"， or "Only a Poor Old Man" for examples as to why Barks' legacy runs long and deep into our twenty-first century concept。 。。。more
Jeff Lewonczyk
，
As a diehard Barks fan I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to give one of these volumes less than four stars， but this one comes close。 A few fun， weird tales that I'd never encountered before， and a bunch of pretty ho-hum and even uncomfortable stuff， some of which he didn't even write himself。 Still love the art， but nothing immortal in here。 As a diehard Barks fan I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to give one of these volumes less than four stars， but this one comes close。 A few fun， weird tales that I'd never encountered before， and a bunch of pretty ho-hum and even uncomfortable stuff， some of which he didn't even write himself。 Still love the art， but nothing immortal in here。 。。。more
Audrey Zarr
，
TL;DR Daisy Duck is a bitca。The stories and art （I think it's mostly the later layouts than say the actual character art） are definitely a step down from earlier in the series。 From reading the back commentary you learn that many of these stories were not written by Carl Barks。 Having said that。。。Barks should never ever EVER be given female main characters to write about WOOF， not a good outcome。The commentary in back， thankfully， isn't as worshipful of Barks which， at times， the other books hav TL;DR Daisy Duck is a bitca。The stories and art （I think it's mostly the later layouts than say the actual character art） are definitely a step down from earlier in the series。 From reading the back commentary you learn that many of these stories were not written by Carl Barks。 Having said that。。。Barks should never ever EVER be given female main characters to write about WOOF， not a good outcome。The commentary in back， thankfully， isn't as worshipful of Barks which， at times， the other books have had。 I wanted to point out in-particularly the essay on the Daisy comics。。。which I was so worried about as it started by name checking Judith Butler。 Uh-oh， thought I， this commentator is going to use performative gender arguments for why Barks is just oh so brilliant instead of a 1960s misogynist。 Nope！ The commentator instead used these more "literary ideas" to point out the stereotypes that Barks was leaning on to his discredit。This is DEF not a OMG you must read it volume， but for the Barks completist。。。and it's not a bad way to pass a COVID reading time。 。。。more
Shadowdenizen
，
Another enjoyable outing， and we're more than halfway through the series！Between this and the "Disney Masters" collection， we're at a high time for the Disney Ducks。While these stories contained in this volume are not my all-time favorites， there's more than enough to enjoy and recommend this volume to old and new fans alike！ Another enjoyable outing， and we're more than halfway through the series！Between this and the "Disney Masters" collection， we're at a high time for the Disney Ducks。While these stories contained in this volume are not my all-time favorites， there's more than enough to enjoy and recommend this volume to old and new fans alike！ 。。。more
Mark Schlatter
，