Barks Remarks - a Carl Barks Podcast

Guest Host: Dan Cunningham Greetings listeners! Prepare to head to South Africa, as the podcast gets to cover another first appearance; in this case, the debut of Scrooge's arch-rival, Flintheart Glomgold! Sometimes know as "the ball of string story," his is an excellent example of the Barks sub-genre, the money competition! Give a listen as we discuss this classic story, doppelganger tales, wheth...

Guest Host: Mikkel Hagen Tick...tick...tick...that sound can only mean that it's time to visit the Himalayas (again!) and encounter maybe pop culture's weirdest version of an abominable snow man, in Carl Barks' "the Lost Crown of Genghis Khan!" Join my guest and I as we talk about the story's tonal shift, the history of yeti encounters, Barks' poking fun of the media, and much more!

Guest Hosts: Tim Artz, Henrieke Goorhuis, & Mau Heymans Howdy podners! This episode is a very special one -- I've got three guests for this one, all Dutch Disney comic book artists, including the returning Tim Artz & Henrieke Goorhuis and new guest Mau Heymans, a true Disney comic legend! Fittingly, we get to talk about a legendary story, Carl Barks' classic "the Land Beneath the Ground!"...

Guest Host: David Wolpaw Greetings listeners! This week we are covering two stories that observe that most American of holidays, Thanksgiving! For international readers, Barks' Thanksgiving stories must offer some humorous insight into this turkey-focused holiday. First up, "the Terrible Turkey," one of those stories where Donald is obsessed with getting a turkey the old-fashioned way. Then, "a Ch...

Guest Hosts: Thad Komorowski & Debbie Perry Greetings listeners! In celebration of Mickey Mouse's birthday, on November 18th, we bring you this episode devoted to the ONLY Mickey Mouse story the Duck Man wrote and drew! The Riddle of the Red Hat is an unusual ten (actually eleven)-pager, and we take advantage of the opportunity to discuss Floyd Gottfredson, the famed Mickey comics artist and plott...

Guest Hosts: Warren Harmon & Sara Santiago Join us listeners, for our 50th regular episode! We'll talk about Barks' Central American set adventure story, the Gladstone-Gander featuring "the Secret of Hondorica. We'll talk about portmanteaus, stork tables, and the trope where outsiders resemble the local natives' gods!

Guest Host: Austin Kelly Greetings listeners! Join us for one of Barks' oddest stories, the Greek-mythology infused "the Golden Fleecing," a creepy and twisting tale of Uncle Scrooge's quest for a fancy dress coat! We talk about the stories odd antagonists, the Harpi- that is, the Larkies! We also discuss the other aspects of the golden fleece myth that inspired Barks, the story's odd gender polit...

Guest Hosts: Tim Artz & Henrieke Goorhuis Happy Halloween! We've got ghosts (Wispy Willie) and goblins (the invisible kind, at least) by the score on this Halloween episode of the Ten-Page Podcast! Dutch artists Henrieke Goorhuis (returning) and Tim Artz (new to the podcast) join me as we discuss these fun and offbeat spooky stories, which include a reality-bending invention from Gyro Gearloos...

Guest Host: Warren Harmon Greetings listeners! Join us back in the Outback, as Uncle Scrooge demonstrates his uncanny ability to sniff out minerals while prospecting! This is a fun, if lightweight Scrooge adventure with a particularly strong beginning and ending and a somewhat unusual bit of misdirection. 

Guest Host: Warren Harmon Time to head back to the Mississippi, listeners! Don't be a dog in the manger, join us for this episode, where we cover "the Great Steamboat Race," one several of Barks' competition/race stories. This jaunty adventure features Horseshoe Hogg, who refreshingly, is a foil but not a true villain. It also includes some great Junior Woodchuck ingenuity and some fun running gag...

Guest Host: Dan Cunningham The stone that turns all metals to gold! Join us as we discuss one of the ducks' classic treasure hunts in search of one of history's greatest treasures in this amalgam of legend and myth as the ducks' traverse the Mediterranean and Middle East in search of the philosopher's stone, eventually stumbling into the Labyrinth of Greek mythology. My guest and I discuss the sto...

Guest Host: John Lustig Time to visit, albeit briefly and in disguise, the tiny town of Omelet, site of one of the greatest disasters Donald Duck ever inflicted on a town! Omelet is an utter classic, a very personal story in which Barks drew from his personal experiences raising chickens, and is the ten-pager he often mentioned as being his favorite of his short stories. Check out this special epi...

Guest Hosts: Mikkel Hagen & Ruben Olsrud Hi listeners! Ready to chase a certain rodent all the way to Norway? The podcast gets to cover Barks' Scandinavian-set adventure, "the Lemming with the Locket." My Norwegian guest hosts and I have a great conversation about Barks' depiction of Norway, misconceptions about lemming, cheeses of Europe, and much more!

Guest Host: Thad Komorowski What's that in that bottle floating to shore? It appears to be this week's podcast, where we discuss the early Scrooge adventure "the Mysterious Stone Ray!" This is a unique adventure story, tinged with a creepy sense of mystery and a real science-fiction influence! Definitely not an episode to listen to on an empty stomach, unless you're a fan of cabbages and prunes!

Guest Host: Patrick Block Playing hooky, listeners? The Truant Officer will deliver you where you're supposed to be: listening to this episode! This themed episode looks at Barks' 3 stories that were all about truancy, where the nephews ditch school! "Truant Officer Donald" is probably the most famous, but don't sleep on the other two! Revisiting these three similarly-themed stories is a great way...

Guest Host: Warren Harmon Greetings, listeners -- can we interest you in a new business venture, that is, finding arrowheads in the desert? How about a new podcast episode? "The Seven Cities of Cibola," holds a special place as Barks' first "real" treasure hunt with Scrooge. Listen as my host and I discuss the story's semi-realistic inspiration, Barks' shiftless Beagle Boys, and some of the overus...

Guest Host: Sara Santiago Here is the second episode in our Scroogeanomics two-parter. This episode covers Barks' famed supply-side ten-pager, "Spending Money." We also discuss one of Barks' cleverest short stories, the five-pager "Somethin' Fishy Here." Both stories involve an exploration of Barks' attitudes towards money and economics.

Guest Host: Sara Santiago Greetings listeners! This episode is a bit unusual as it is the beginning of a 2-part episode we are dubbing "Scroogeanomics." In the first part, we'll be exploring one of the Duck Man's most famous ten-pagers, "a Financial Fable," and considering what it tells us about Barks' free-market philosophy and opinions about capitalism and economics. The episode will conclude ne...

Guest Host: Patrick Block Listener, has the pace of being a modern, 1950s zillionaire got you down? On the verge of cracking up? Don't go off to live with the squirrels, instead give our episode about one of Barks' all-time greats, "Tralla La" a listen! This fan favorite, widely-known as "the bottlecap story," is Barks' amazing take on the old Shangri-La/Shambala legend, popularized in the book "L...

Guest Host: Ryan Bailey Hello listeners, join us for an underwater adventure that starts out rather innocuously. "Atlantis" features a great, twisty tale that starts with a squabble over a debt, advances to the world's greatest 2-D pie fight, and ultimately ends up with the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis! The story also includes notable first appearance of Scrooge McDuck's Worry Room and t...

Guest Hosts: Warren Harmon & Sara Santiago. Aloha listeners, we are up to Uncle Scrooge #4, and the Menehune Mystery, a real departure for Carl Barks. This is arguably the first story in the Scrooge line not concerned with establishing Scrooge's origin and mythos. The story is an excellent example of one of Barks' frequent story typologies: Scrooge hiding his money somewhere. That somewhere ends u...

Guest Hosts: Mikkel Hagen & Ruben Olsrud Listeners, we are back with a second episode devoted to Donald's jobs; in this case the "Brittle Mastery" jobs, unusual jobs that Donald masters only to have things go catastrophically wrong, and usually having to flee the country! Listen to us highlight the excellent "the Master Wrecker" and then debate how well other stories fit the mold.

Guest Hosts: Patrick Block & Warren Harmon Greetings, listeners! Carl Barks extracted a lot of comedic potential out of Donald's many jobs! In this episode, we'll cover 3 of his many, MANY professions: volunteer firefighter, hotel manager, and milkman, as well as delve briefly into his many other jobs. "Fireman Donald" is an all-time classic ten-pager, while "Sagmore Springs Hotel" is an essen...

Guest Host: Joakim Gunnarson Listeners, we are back, with our take on this classic Uncle Scrooge adventure which delves into a bad business detail made by Scrooge's ancestor. Beware of scoundrels bearing contracts with fine print and looking to collect creepy gold teeth! We discuss the ducks' efforts to find and deliver a load of ancient horseradish in this strikingly sarcastic and violent maritim...

Guest Host: Austin Kelly Happy summer! In this episode we tackle three summer themed stories focused on summer break, swimming, and vacations! "Pool Sharks" from 1951 is the standout story: one of Barks' all-time greatest ten-pagers, in which Donald replaces his backyard garden with a swimming pool, before things go horribly awry. Then, in "Swimming Swindlers," an early Barks story from 1946, the...