Horsing Around With History

Frank M. DiCapua dicapuaf at pfizer.com
Mon May 8 17:27:29 CEST 1995


	I guess that I'll add my two cents worth about 
Horsing Around with History: 
	While most of the tale contains classic Barks themes
and storytelling elements, it comes up flat.  Lacking are the
complex intricacies and indepth characterizations of the 
earlier Barks' works.  Moreover, the story never really builds
to a climax.  The tale would have been much more interesting
if the Beagle Boys actually accomplished their goal of
taking over the Money Bin and Scrooge had to win it back.
	Pairing vanHorn with Barks doesn't work for me 
either.  I've never really cared too much for vanHorn's
cartoony style, but I've tried to keep an open mind:  His
work has been getting better, and there certainly is room
for all styles in comic book storytelling.  
	When I read a Duck story, I expect a classic
style of artwork that is more 'fine arts' like.  The 
Junior Woodchuck Stories that Barks wrote (but did not illustrate)
have this more subdued 'classic' look.  This is why I have always
enjoyed those stories, and considered them part of the true
Ducks 'universe'.  I can think of a few artists who might have 
done a better job, but...
	Overall, I guess that I was a little disappointed.  The
story just seemed a little too simple, and the artwork too goofy.
I'd like too see more original Barks stories, but I don't want
them to detract from the stories of old.
			
					Frank






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