Episode 201: A Carl Barks Christmas (With Dan McCoy)

The Comics Canon

Just in time for Christmas, Emmy-winning writer (and co-host of The Flop House) Dan McCoy joins us to unwrap a trio of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge stories by the late, great Carl Barks!

In “Only a Poor Old Man,” Uncle Scrooge’s first full-length adventure, everyone’s favorite spats-wearing billionaire fights to protect his fortune from the Beagle Boys in a rollicking heist tale!

In “Luck of the North,” Donald drags his nephews to rescue his insufferable cousin Gladstone Gander in a madcap, Tintin-esque adventure.

And in “A Christmas for Shacktown,” Donald, Daisy and the boys try to raise money to give the denizens of Duckburg’s poverty-stricken neighborhood a memorable Christmas celebration.

Can Donald and company prevail against industrious thieves, a polar bear and a bottomless pit? And can these tales safely find their way to that Island of Misfit Toys known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

· There’s a lot to admire about the Beagle Boys

· Isaac Asimov’s iCarly

· Kevin shares an embarrassing story

· Pogo by Walt Kelly

· I Must Be Dreaming by Roz Chast

· Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey and Pius Bak

· Iron Man # 215-216

Join us in two weeks as we pause to take a look back before plunging ahead into 2024!

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