Anonymous asked: see I was mad bc your duck comics aren't official Disney so technically that means they aren't canon, BUT, your comics feel more canon than some actual Disney duck comics do? And it's widely agree you're a lost cartoon character who wound up in our world, so I think you've tapped into the duck universe's primordial energy somehow by directly channeling things that are happening there into drawings as toon vessel, so your comics are, in fact, the most canon.
damn I don’t even know how to respond to this
Anonymous asked: Can you imagine Gladstone making a really embarrassing honk/squeaky sound (like the kind a rubber chicken makes) when someone hugs him really hard
oh my god I can
Anonymous asked: Uncle Mod, I have a question and I direct it toward you because you always seem to have a nugget of wisdom to offer. Do you think object head characters are better kept to a visual medium? Sorry if I come across as blunt (quite frankly I'm not sure how to be anything but blunt). Take your time answering, if you feel like answering, and I wish you nothing but the best luck in all your endeavors. Sincerely, an anon who loves object heads but can only write.
I think you can do whatever the heck you want, and a character that’s described well can look like anything! In fact, it’s probably even cooler, because the way one person imagines, say, a person with a clock for a head, will almost certainly be different from someone else’s idea of that same object. I don’t think you should feel object heads are only limited to pictures, any more than any other type of character is!
Anonymous asked: Your comics are awesome, I love your work! You draw really well ❤ the magicstone comics are def my favorites. Sorry if it's been asked before, why do you like Gladstone as a character? In my country (Italy) most fans hate him with a passion, since he can be really mean to Donald and he's quite smug, but you made me see him from another persepective. He and Magica make a great couple!
ah shucks, thank you! I’m glad you like the stuff, and I think I made a post talking about why I like him before (which I can’t find haha go me) but, I think it’s partially because he’s so disliked? by the people in his world, not just ours- there’s something almost encouraging to me, seeing a character who is openly despised by people, who doesn’t give them the satisfaction of being upset by it and even encourages it: like, yeah! I’m not ‘nice’, so what? Bring it! Come on and boo me. I may be a fairly zany go-with-it person now, but I was not a confident kid, at all, and being a nerd of the first degree I certainly wasn’t a popular one. Reading about this character who was as flawed as I felt I was was refreshing, and yet this was also a character who was lucky, witty, cunning, and redeemable enough for me to get behind- it was very cathartic. I didn’t mind when he lost, because I knew he didn’t always deserve to win- just like me, but I especially loved it when he showed that little glimmer of good, because if Gladstone Gander was a good person when it really came down to it perhaps that meant I had that in me too. When I read the european comics and the stories that explored him actively encouraging this unpopular aspect of his public face in order to avoid people exploiting him and making false friendships to access his luck, I was completely sold. He’s also clearly a deeply isolated and lonely character, and while it’s partly self inflicted I can’t help but feel sorry for the guy.
I’ve also always loved morally grey/neutral trickster-type characters like Anubis, Anansi, and Loki (probably for similar reasons), and the flexibility and spontaneity they offer to stories by acting as wild cards. There’s a freedom and joy to them that’s indescribably appealing to me. In summary; I guess I saw flaws in Gladstone that I saw in myself, and I saw a courage and potential in him that I wished I had.
Anonymous asked: does Gladstone Gander have an official house address? like I know Donald lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg
I’m not sure! I did have a look but I don’t think there’s one that’s like used officially/repeatedly. There’s a story I have planned which features his house and I was going to have it be 777 Easy Street :’D
Anonymous asked: I know you love magicstone, but what about... GANDERBEAKS
oh! you mean Mark Beaks and Gladstone? well it’s not like I’m against it, but I don’t know anything about Mark’s character and, well, when it comes to ships I’m really all about the personality dynamic and what kind of emotional relationship they have- so unless something in the show really sells me on them getting along on that point I’m sitting that one out, cute visually though I guess?
Anonymous asked: Will u You Continue drawing HDL like You do in the Comics or Change them because of the new ducktales Reboot?
I am Not actually Sure because I like Both Kinds!
Anonymous asked: OH MY GOODNESS MODMAD I'm gonna go watch The General next week in a real theater, accompanied by a LIVE performance of the score by a pro Theater Organist. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY!!! I just want to thank you, because you introduced me to Buster Keaton and I love him now and I'm gonna try and convince as many of my friends to go as I can. THANK YOU for telling us all about this lovely man and his incredible works!!!
THIS MAKES ME SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY oh buddy man I am envious and delighted go have a marvellous time! :D :D :D
Anonymous asked: Hey I just wanna say whenever you draw ducks smooching they always look incredibly soft and vulnerable and it punches me in the heart every time, idk how you do it but I love so thank you
aaaa thank you man they are so self indulgent but hey, if y’all are happy about it I have no regrets
Anonymous asked: I keep thinking that Julienne's head is a knife what the heck
friend I got news for you