Anonymous asked: Can you explain the phrase "Ye cats and little kittens"? I've seen it in your duck comics before, but I don't think I know what it means...
it’s just one of the little cute expressions that scrooge/the ducks use in some of the comics! very often it’s just ‘ye cats’, but sometimes its the full phrase
it’s a bit like Tintin’s famous “Great Snakes!” exclamation of surprise- they don’t really mean anything specific, but they’re quaint and rather catchy. Two other famous phrases are ‘oh me, oh my!’ and ‘oh my stars and little comets!’, which are reused by the duck comics even now! it’s just a nice little nod to Scrooge’s origins and Carl Barks’ way of writing the character- like a verbal signature.
while reading through the barks archive i screencapped every non-standard duck outfit for reasons that are frankly beyond me and now i have all this data and no possible use for it? here’s some favourites, i guess. ducks are cute.
you’ll notice that most of the duck family’s costume changes are situational - befitting the weather or their job or some special occasion - while scrooge went through a lot of outfits before settling on his standard one - the transition from gowns worn by old men who just want to be comfortable to jackets worn in the streets matches his character evolution - while gladstone is the only main character to regularly change his clothes and colour scheme for no reason other than fa-fa-fa-fashion.
Gladstone probably doesn’t even wash his clothes he just throws them out after wearing them once.
this is the worst true thing anyone has ever said on any of my posts.
Yo, I finally decided to put together and color some old trash I never felt like finishing- mostly Scrooge and Bubba trash! You will hate me after this but, I don’t hate Bubba?? I think he’s cute?? I know he’s annoying as heck but isn’t that the point?? :D Since he disappeared completely from the series in the last episodes, I HC that Scrooge was actively trying to find him a family, and after some months he finally got adopted! He still visits the fam occasionally and of course still calls Scrooge uncle, tho. Bonus:
and i also used @modmad ‘s wonderful Gladstone design~
HOLLY MOLLY!!! AGSDFGHFGSH?? *CLUTCHES HEART* NADAA THIS IS AMAZING I’M COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS!! I- I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!! I’M CRYING!! I MEAN JUST- JUST- AAAA IT’S SO WELL DONE AND THE FEELS AND THE TRANSITIONS I’M!!! AGSDFHGHSJ THIS IS WONDERFUL YOU ARE WONDERFUL. I DON’T. DESERVE YOU!!! *SCREECHES INTO THE VOID*.
y’know sometimes I worry I make too much angst in ducktown BUT THEN YOU GUYS COME ALONG WITH YOU’RE HECKIN POSSESSION AU’S
h, hey guys. i definitely havent forgotten to post anything here in over a month. that didnt happen. anyways here’s a twitter dump. most of it is fethry and gladstone because of course it is
prolly going to be slow on posting stuff for tumblr this week bc I’m trying to get all the roughs down for this doodle comic, anyway have some spoiler free Gladstones and such
