Post by Hector on Apr 19, 2017 20:51:27 GMT
I don't know whether this 10 page masterpiece is Barkses best story, but it's definitely the funniest.
Donald decides to organise a social party, inviting the whole Duckburg's high society, hoping his party
will be in the papers and he will become famous this way. Now, how he convinced all those important
people to come at his house remains a mystery. I mean, if i decided to invite Ariana Grande to a
party at my house, would she come? Highly unlikely. But let's just accept this is how it works in Barkses
universe.
Our feathery main character is not so naive to believe that a plain fiesta itself will be enough to earn
him the fame he craves. He needs originality. And here is where his nephews come into; they're
supposed to dress like monkeys and entertain the guests, ridiculising themselves in the proccess.
Not that he asked the kiddos before deciding to include this plan, but that was obviously a trivial
detail in his head. The nephews are not willing at all to participate in the show (no offense, Donald,
but you should've seen this coming).
Donald goes to a random shop and buys hypnotising glasses. Yes, it seems there are such dangerous
glasses sold in a common store, where anyone can go and buy them to turn other people into his
slaves. And it is totally legal to buy or sell such stuff! Obviously this is also how it works in Duckburg
(then, why was that invention in ''Swamp of no return'' a big deal, you might ask).
Predictably, this won't be just an easy victory and a ''lived happily ever after'' for Donald. The nephews
pretend they were hypnotised, then they easily snatch the glasses and hypnotise their uncle. When
Daisy arrives to help her fiance with the preparations, Donald, who believes himself to be an ape, grabs
her by her ribbon and jumps from branch to branch while Daisy has freaked out, in one of the funniest
Barkses scenes ever.
After managing to beat down Donald and release their kinda auntie, the nephews explain everything to
her. Also, surprisingly (considering the wits those infants usually show), they do something totally stupid;
they put the glasses on Ape Donald! Yes, you guessed right, they're now all hypnotised into having the
brains of apes. For the next 2-3 panels, where the whole duck family is apes, i laughed my bowels out
(actually, one of the three times in my life i recall laughing so hard).
You know, i was kinda disappointed that they didn't all remain apes till the guests arrived. Can you imagine
those aristocrats' reactions? Anyway, Donald accidentally regains his reason. Trying to save the party
(and his dignity), he locks Daisy in the children's hideout and goes to greet the wealthy guests.
The party seems to be a success after all, until the apes/kids show up and ruin it. This also shows that,
even if Donald's initial plan to hypnotise them had succeeded, they'd have still been the ones to ruin the
party, which means Donald's plan was doomed in the first place. Alas, the moral is, never mess with the
brains of a human (or a human that resembles a duck).
Rating: 9/10
Donald decides to organise a social party, inviting the whole Duckburg's high society, hoping his party
will be in the papers and he will become famous this way. Now, how he convinced all those important
people to come at his house remains a mystery. I mean, if i decided to invite Ariana Grande to a
party at my house, would she come? Highly unlikely. But let's just accept this is how it works in Barkses
universe.
Our feathery main character is not so naive to believe that a plain fiesta itself will be enough to earn
him the fame he craves. He needs originality. And here is where his nephews come into; they're
supposed to dress like monkeys and entertain the guests, ridiculising themselves in the proccess.
Not that he asked the kiddos before deciding to include this plan, but that was obviously a trivial
detail in his head. The nephews are not willing at all to participate in the show (no offense, Donald,
but you should've seen this coming).
Donald goes to a random shop and buys hypnotising glasses. Yes, it seems there are such dangerous
glasses sold in a common store, where anyone can go and buy them to turn other people into his
slaves. And it is totally legal to buy or sell such stuff! Obviously this is also how it works in Duckburg
(then, why was that invention in ''Swamp of no return'' a big deal, you might ask).
Predictably, this won't be just an easy victory and a ''lived happily ever after'' for Donald. The nephews
pretend they were hypnotised, then they easily snatch the glasses and hypnotise their uncle. When
Daisy arrives to help her fiance with the preparations, Donald, who believes himself to be an ape, grabs
her by her ribbon and jumps from branch to branch while Daisy has freaked out, in one of the funniest
Barkses scenes ever.
After managing to beat down Donald and release their kinda auntie, the nephews explain everything to
her. Also, surprisingly (considering the wits those infants usually show), they do something totally stupid;
they put the glasses on Ape Donald! Yes, you guessed right, they're now all hypnotised into having the
brains of apes. For the next 2-3 panels, where the whole duck family is apes, i laughed my bowels out
(actually, one of the three times in my life i recall laughing so hard).
You know, i was kinda disappointed that they didn't all remain apes till the guests arrived. Can you imagine
those aristocrats' reactions? Anyway, Donald accidentally regains his reason. Trying to save the party
(and his dignity), he locks Daisy in the children's hideout and goes to greet the wealthy guests.
The party seems to be a success after all, until the apes/kids show up and ruin it. This also shows that,
even if Donald's initial plan to hypnotise them had succeeded, they'd have still been the ones to ruin the
party, which means Donald's plan was doomed in the first place. Alas, the moral is, never mess with the
brains of a human (or a human that resembles a duck).
Rating: 9/10
