Austin J. Jenkins

Donald Duck and The Ostrich Eggs (1953)

Synopsis: Donald and the nephews are stuck with hundreds of ostrich eggs and have to figure out a way to get rid of them.

Paperino e le uova di struzzo (I AO 53032-A) | I.N.D.U.C.K.S.

A good amount of the first stories done solely in Italy were published not for the Topolino digests, but for the “Albi d’oro” issues, which would later become “Almanacco Topolino”. And that’s where this story comes in.

"Paperino e le uova di struzzo" is known for two things. It’s one of the earliest stories from the Albi d’oro line, coming out in the summer of 1953. It’s also one of the most batshit insane stories ever written officially for the Disney comics. Nothing in this comic makes any sense, logically or illogically, as alot of the things that happen just kinda… happen just because. Floor polish being made solely out of raw egg yolk, a giant hornet doctor who's name is a pun of "Holy Mackerel", Scrooge gets golden coins inserted into him like a flu shot injection, said gold coins bounce around inside of him, and then ends up getting them removed using a magnet, Scrooge nearly dies from accidentally consuming bleach because the egg yolk bottles and the floor polish were stored together, a character who looks like Clara Cluck but isn't Clara Cluck and has a completely different name compared to Clara's actual Italian name (it's just Clara), the boys do something 100% dickish to Donald for zero reason and he doesn't beat their asses compared to when the boys annoy him by accident. It’s all here with the added bonus of the layouts and speech bubbles being squeezed inside the very small panels, making it very hard to make sure the translations are readable.

Special thanks again to the Guido Martina Facebook group for the original scans and with an additional rare illustration to it (I’m not exactly sure where it comes from). The source of the actual pages used here comes from the 16th issue of the 2nd version of I Grandi Classici Disney since it actually bothered to color in ALL the pages (alot of the early Italian books would only color in the pages every 2 pages).

I do apologize for how iffy the actual pages look. this was actually one of the first ones I did, which was around last year when I was formatting the translations as pdfs.

Bootleg Clara Cluck

I do love how one of the three pigs is just... there. You're telling me he DOES have the money for supplies, but he just up and decides to use sticks for his house?!

Dr. Hornet Mackerel in Kingdom Hearts, Thank you.

Now, can someone come in front of the class and answer why did it have to be a rectal injection. That doctor ain't right in the head.

I do love how this is drawn ngl. It's probably the best layout in this whole story.

Pretty solid layout of Donald dashing down the basement stairs. Also, the idea of Donald in a straitjacket is funny to me lol.

See, Donald, this is EXACTLY why you can't always trust that mouse! He made his magic tricks look super easy to perform at home.

When I first saw this before translating it, I honestly thought they were standing in a river of water... now it just looks like a rough Ren & Stimpy parody storyboard lol