There was an animator named Carl Barks who was really interested in developing a whole world of dogs and dogs. Anthropomorphize dogs and ducks and other things. Maybe animation was a little too slow for him so he switched to comic books. And he developed a big sprawling world of uncle Scrooge, and his. nephews. Decades later that world was brought to the screen on televisions around the world in a series called Duck Tales. That animated series comes full circle as it returns to the comics page once more in a new series by.Dynamite Comics. Writer Brandon Montclair brings the series to the page with artist Tomaso Ronda.

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are all hanging out in the revolt of uncle Scrooge. As interesting as it is counting coins, and hanging out in a place with all of that gold, it’s really actually kind of a doll. Certainly, uncle Scrooge had an always been so boring. So he tells a couple of stories of adventures he’s had. Surely that with the boys interest. After all, it’s been a long journey to get everything that Scrooge has. So it’s only a matter of time, right? It’s only a matter of time before those adventures return.

Montclair is really settling in for a long haul with this series. There’s no question that it’s popularity continues. There’s no question that I will continue to be quite popular. So Montclair is perfectly comfortable making sure that there’s enough time in space for everything. And so there are big spreads with comprehensive works at all of the different locations that will be the foundation of a series. and there are brief introductions to characters which will become prominent later on. There’s a great deal going on that is establishing things. However, the issue would sell feels kind of slow moving as it begins.

Ronda has a rather difficult challenge to deal with. The visual reality that had been delivered to TV screen had been one that is impossible to do without being completely faithful to it. However, the color than Rhonda is using is a little bit more in depth and detail. And while this is actually kind of satisfying to seeing, it feels weird and awkward, and thrown into a situation where the rest of the yard so completely faithful to sell animation from decades ago. So some of the rendering seems a little bit extensive. It still looks beautiful visually, though.

Barks’ adventures with uncle Scrooge, and the ducks were the product of some rather brilliant pacing. Everything seem to move briskly into adventure and worlds that seemed very imaginatively sat out. But there’s something that’s missing when an issue like this focuses so far on establishing the setting at the tone and all of those familiar elements that everybody remembers from the cartoon show. It feels a little slow in getting going. And that’s kind of against the overall spirit of what Berks had created in the beginning. that being said, it should be interesting to see where this goes. There’s a lot of directions that one could take it in that wouldn’t necessarily be outside the realm of the original series, but would be an expansion due to a decidedly different format.

Grade: B