Bizarro Back Issues: Donald Duck In ‘A Christmas For Shacktown’ (1952)] By Chris Sims If you’re a regular ComicsAlliance reader, then you already know that I’m pretty fascinated by the weirder comics of the past, but at Christmastime, my thoughts turn to more heartwarming tales. As soon as that calendar flips over to December, ‘tis the season for Santa Claus, presents, the occasional talking Christmas tree that Wonder Woman rescued from the Nazis by holding a door shut and talking about how it felt like being spanked. I mean, yeah, they’re still pretty weird, but they’ve got that Christmas spirit! Case in point: “A Christmas For Shacktown,” the title story in the latest Fantagraphics collection of Disney Duck tales by the legendary Carl Barks. At 32 pages, it’s a sprawling epic (By Barks’ standards, anyway) that hits those beautiful Holiday themes of altruism and the spirit of giving. Although to be fair, it does get a little closer to cannibalism than most other Christmas comics. READ MORE HERE
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Bizarro Back Issues: Donald Duck In ‘A Christmas For Shacktown’ (1952)]

By Chris Sims

If you’re a regular ComicsAlliance reader, then you already know that I’m pretty fascinated by the weirder comics of the past, but at Christmastime, my thoughts turn to more heartwarming tales. As soon as that calendar flips over to December, ‘tis the season for Santa Claus, presents, the occasional talking Christmas tree that Wonder Woman rescued from the Nazis by holding a door shut and talking about how it felt like being spanked. I mean, yeah, they’re still pretty weird, but they’ve got that Christmas spirit!

Case in point: “A Christmas For Shacktown,” the title story in the latest Fantagraphics collection of Disney Duck tales by the legendary Carl Barks. At 32 pages, it’s a sprawling epic (By Barks’ standards, anyway) that hits those beautiful Holiday themes of altruism and the spirit of giving. Although to be fair, it does get a little closer to cannibalism than most other Christmas comics.

READ MORE HERE

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