Der Kolumbusfalter und andere Abenteuer by Walt Disney Company My rating: 1 of 5 stars As with most people during these very uncertain and even scary times, I’m stuck at home and trying desperately to find ways to fight off boredom. I was lucky when I found a digital version of the first 20 editions of Lustiges Taschenbuch. The publisher began publishing them way before I was born and when I was introduced to them (at an early age), there were about 30 years worth of editions I had missed. So, here I was, sitting comfortably on my couch, ready to embark on this historic journey.And…I don’t think I will…
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50 Jahre Onkel Dagobert
50 Jahre Onkel Dagobert by Walt Disney Company My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is another volume I found among my mother’s old collection and decided to take home with me. Considering its shiny gold cover and the title stating a celebration of 50 years of Uncle Scrooge comics, I should have remember reading this one a lot when I was younger, but I didn’t. There weren’t many stories in this one, only 7 all together. Two of those were Mickey Mouse stories, but luckily, one of them was only a few pages long. For volume #233 of this series, I said that most of the comics lacked depth.…
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Duck Avenger New Adventures, Book 2
Duck Avenger New Adventures, Book 2 by Rodolfo Cimino My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don’t know how it is possible, but this volume was even better than the first, and the first was pretty darn perfect. The adventure takes Duck Avenger to new places and he faces some interesting enemies. The story continues, while introducing new side stories, that still all tie in together to the main plot. Lots of intrigue, lots of high-tech gadgets with a side of Donald’s signature hint of sarcasm. I was able to get a digital edition on Amazon on sale. I’m wondering, book 3 is also on sale, I mean who needs…
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Duck Avenger New Adventures, Book 1
Duck Avenger New Adventures, Book 1 by Alessandro Sisti My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have been reading the German version of Duck Avenger, Phantomias, for a few years now and was very excited when my husband gave me this first book of the Duck Avenger’s newest stories in English for Christmas. The art style is very modern compared to the older, almost classic, German Phantomias comics I am used to. The frames of each scene sometimes overlap, are not perfectly organized to fit only up to 6 frames per page, and therefore create a whole new reading experience that brings the story and the action much closer to…
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Zeit ist Geld (Lustiges Taschenbuch, #233)
Zeit ist Geld by Walt Disney Company My rating: 3 of 5 stars I went through my mom’s old comics during my latest visit to her and decided to take some of the volumes back home with me. Among them was this one, which I had overlooked during previous perusals through her comic collection. I remember reading it on many occasions when I was little. It is a fast read and I noticed something peculiar about the way these stories were constructed. The individual stories seemed short. They were of regular page length, but the amount of plot detail and world building were kept to a minimum. There wasn’t much…
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Donald Duck Vol. 7: Kingdom Under The Sea
Donald Duck Vol. 7: Kingdom Under The Sea by Rodolfo Cimino My rating: 5 of 5 stars Since Amazon.de took my money, deleted half my order and won’t send me the other half, I decided to take a look to see if Amazon.ca offered Donald Duck comics. I was extremely excited when I happened upon this volume, bought it immediately for my Kindle and read it on the spot. It worked well on my Kindle, but it only supported artwork in black and white. On my Kindle app for my Android it worked perfectly in colour. I enjoyed the stories and appreciated reading stories I haven’t read before in English.…
