The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

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Friday, January 21, 2005

The squealing fanboy in me

As a kid, my absolute favorite comic book was “Uncle Scrooge” (although I read a slew of others, like “Donald Duck,” “Bugs Bunny” or even the occasional “Richie Rich”) but for some reason some issues just weren't that great. I couldn't exactly pin down why some of the issues were lackluster but just a quick glance through a comic and I could just tell, by look, if it was worth buying or not. The artwork alone was clue enough if a particular issue of “Uncle Scrooge” was worth it or not—if the artwork was good, then the story was good too.

Now, what my 36 year old self knows that my 9 year old self didn't know, is that the “good” issues (and therefore why “Uncle Scrooge” is my favorite comic book) were all done by Carl Barks.

I just love his work.

But the thought never occured to me that “Uncle Scrooge” would be available through Amazon. That is, until I read InstaPundit.

Oh, now this is exciting.

Well, at least to me, Scrooge fanboy that I am (and I'm amazed that I haven't written more about Uncle Scrooge or Carl Barks).


Notes on a conversation between myself and my Boss who understands blogs and won't fire me

“Ah, come on Sean, you know you like Frontpage.”

“Okay Smirk, what drugs are you on and can I get some?”

“If I give you some, will you take them?”

“Oh sure. I'll take them; down to the corner to sell them.”

“To me?”

“Yeah, I'll take your drugs and sell them back to you.”

“You're going to blog this, right?”

“Of course.”

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