The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #4
In "Maharajah Donald," Carl Barks crafts a delightfully absurd adventure as Huey, Dewey, and Louie’s humble pencil stub spirals into a cross-continental journey to India—only for Donald to hijack the ticket, forcing the nephews to stow away. Cover by Carl Barks, this 2023 Fantagraphics release showcases Barks’ masterful storytelling and artistry, with Gary Leach’s colors adding warmth to the tale of a sacred elephant, a royal favor, and a river crossing that might just be more complicated than it seems.
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Starting with a mere pencil stub, and through an unlikely series of events, Huey, Dewey, and Louie trade-up to a steamship ticket to India, which Donald gloms for himself forcing the boys to stow away on the very same ship. Aboard ship and facing consequences for unknowingly harboring his stowaway nephews, Donald meets the wealthy Maharajah of Hoopadoola, who offers to resolve the Ducks' matters with the steamship line for a favor in return. The favor? Riding an old, gentle, sacred elephant across a narrow river to a neighboring kingdom. What possible harm could there be in such a gesture?
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