Francesco Artibani, Thad Komorowski (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a & c)
Hee! Hee! Hee! Scrooge McDuck’s sinister sorceress foe gets her own eerie Halloween extra! And she’s seeking the “Great Rock of Power-Plus”—the magically supercharged Pantarba Stone—to destroy Scrooge once and for all!
Francesco Artibani, Thad Komorowski (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Alex Telve (c)
FC • 64 pages • $5.99
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Wak! Uncle Scrooge’s wildest, most famous enemy gets her own comic book—packing untold adventure, magic and mayhem! Fantasy fans will be spellbound by an epic trek into the witching world! Variant cover by Massimo Asaro!
Post by Scrooge MacDuck on Sept 10, 2016 14:37:15 GMT
I must say that, in spite of my general preference for the Italian versions of the characters, I kinda prefer the Barksian small-eyed Magica. She's more of a seductress, which was what Barks originally intended her to be. The Italian Magica is an average anthropomrophic female duck, but is not any more or less attractive than, say, Daisy.
For Magica as gorgeous seductress, see Rota's pirate Magica: coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=IC+ZP++209B Yeah, don't know that Cavazzano's Magica could match that!
Don Rosa told me that Magica is notoriously difficult to draw--I wonder how much that has to do with her eyes?
Speaking of Rota, I was looking for another Magica picture based on your comment. I didn't find it, but I did find this: coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=Qgr%2FMM+2217 I wouldn't mind that for a cover!
And I love Leriche's coloring! I first noticed her style on the post-300 Mickey Parade Géants, but I didn't realize Inducks also indexed the colorers. I am also deeply in love with Morgan Prost's work for the Journal de Mickey, especially when combined with Ulrich Schröder's artwork. Feast your eyes!
I must say that, in spite of my general preference for the Italian versions of the characters, I kinda prefer the Barksian small-eyed Magica. She's more of a seductress, which was what Barks originally intended her to be. The Italian Magica is an average anthropomrophic female duck, but is not any more or less attractive than, say, Daisy.
But Barks' Magica wasn't attractive at all. Barks generally wasn't good at drawing attractive female ducks to be honest.
I must say that, in spite of my general preference for the Italian versions of the characters, I kinda prefer the Barksian small-eyed Magica. She's more of a seductress, which was what Barks originally intended her to be. The Italian Magica is an average anthropomrophic female duck, but is not any more or less attractive than, say, Daisy.
But Barks' Magica wasn't attractive at all. Barks generally wasn't good at drawing attractive female ducks to be honest.
I know it isn't the spirit of your post, but… she's not attractive to a Homo Sapiens. However, how are we to know whether she's the Jessica Rabbit of Anas Animatus or not? Judging from Carl Barks's "Valentine" Magica story, I'd say we have pretty good evidence she's meant to be a very attractive duckess.
Post by Scrooge MacDuck on Sept 11, 2016 15:00:44 GMT
And I'm saying, perhaps he didn't fail. Perhaps he simply drew her as what a duck would call attractive, rather than what a human would consider attractive.