#scrooge
A couple of colored sketches to wish you all a Merry Christmas! Hope you all have a great time with your friends and family!
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One more! Hopefully today Scrooge is just fooling before he gives Cratchit his raise. Happy holidays, my friends!
Still my favorite Christmas character. Humbug.
“But what did Scrooge care! It was the very thing he liked. To edge his way along the crowded paths of life”
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
illustration by P.J.Lynch
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A Christmas Carol II: The Rise of the Juggernauts
by Nicholas Kaminsky
Ebenezer Scrooge was dead to begin with. He did not go quietly. So said the workers at the London Institute for the Insane.
Twenty-five years have passed since the events of Charles Dickens’ beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. Mr. Scrooge—as good a friend, as good a man, as the good old city knew—has passed away. It is common knowledge that he lost his mind and spent his final days in an asylum, rambling on about ghostly visitors, but recently there have been whispers in dangerous circles that perhaps old Scrooge was not as far gone as had seemed the case. Ever-more intriguing tales have emerged which suggest the existence of a powerful Relic capable, it is said, of placing the terrifying energies of the spirit realm under the command of whoever manages to wield it.
Meanwhile, “Tiny” Tim Cratchit has returned from an extended trip to the Far East where, unbeknownst to most, he has spent the last several years learning the martial arts in order to strengthen his crippled body and has emerged from his rigorous training a fearsome shinobi ninja warrior. Now, concealing his lethal abilities beneath the persona of the wealthy and affable Mr. Timothy Cratchit, he will need all of his skill—and perhaps more—in order to defeat the looming threat posed by a treacherous secret society and its invincible mechanical army, the Juggernauts.
As these forces of good and evil array themselves for the final, decisive battle for the city, a still greater danger looms unseen and menacing on the horizon. Even with his considerable abilities, Tim will have all he can do to survive, much less prevail, in the dark times ahead.
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I made the backgrounds for the Uberfriendship Christmas Carol reading tonight at the Imperial Pub in Toronto. If you’re going, let me know how they turn out :)
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Three of my favorite Christmas ornaments. Scrooge McDuck from the best version of Christmas Carol ever made, lumberjack Santa, and my Kurt Adler Irish Home. So cute. Also, I’m excited to have a snow frosted tree this year!!!!!!
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#christmas #merrychristmas #otenenbaum #ohchristmastree #christmastree #christmasornaments #lumberjack #santa #scrooge #scroogemcduck #mickeyschristmascarol #christmascarol #kurtadler #irishamerican #irishcatholic #mixedfaith #cashew #jewswholovechristmas (at Oak Grove, Oregon)
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Here is some rare concept art from back when originally, instead of a reboot series, we were going to get a continuation to it instead.
And as you can tell by the concept art above, the sequel’s artstyle would’ve been very similar to the original series instead of a Carl Barks style they ultimately went with for the 2017 reboot.The idea was scrapped due to complications with catching up on a 30 year old show for the new generation of children being considered too difficult.
So, as a result, DuckTales: The New Adventures was ultimately cancelled during development and turned into the 2017 reboot that we know about today.
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Punisher or Grinch? You decide!
Bah Humbug
When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle. In modern usage, the word is most associated with the character Ebenezer Scrooge, created by Charles Dickens in his novella A Christmas Carol. His famous reference to Christmas, “Bah! Humbug!”, declaring Christmas to be a fraud, is commonly used in stage and television versions and also appeared frequently in the original book. The word is also prominently used in L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which the Scarecrow refers to the Wizard as a humbug, and the Wizard agrees. $
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Saw a tweet saying “the only ex I miss is extra money” and Scrooge was all I could think of
I think the reason Carl Barks’ stories have endured and have had such international appeal is primarily their strength as good stories. Yet on a deeper level, they display American characteristics that are readily recognizable to the reader: ingenuity, integrity, determination, a kind of benign avarice, boldness, a love of adventure, and a sense of humor. Even the foreign reader is given a certain perspective on American culture.
Sociologists have studied comics as reflections of the society of their times. In addition to the artistic pleasure given by comic stories and drawings such as Carl Barks’, comic art has something to say about the culture that produces it.
What I think I enjoy most about Uncle Scrooge is that he is so American in his attitude. These comics are one of the few things you can point to that say: like it or not, this is what America is. And it is for just this reason that they are a priceless part of our literary heritage.
George Lucas
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DEATH/TRANSFORMATION
“Without an ending there would be no beginning.” - Craig D Lounsbrough
Death is very much not about an actual physical death, so don’t get worried when you see this card come up in your reading! Instead, this is a card about changes, transformation and the new life that you can find after the old you passes away. It’s about allowing pieces of yourself to metaphorically die so that the rest of you can flourish and grow strong. This is a time of rebirth, when you can find a new identity and become like a Phoenix rising from the ashes. I’ve chosen to call this card ‘Transformation’ in my Fangirls’ Tarot Deck because I feel the card’s original name carries too much of a negative connotation by now and I’m hoping people can start to see past what they once believed about it, so it’s kind of like a rebirth of the card itself, ushering in its new transformation.
::Who’s Who On This Card::
1.Memory!Erased Connor from Angel - On the show, Connor was Angel’s son who was brought into a hell dimension and suffered a great deal before coming back to Earth and acting out his pain and psychological torment on those around him. His whole life was fraught with suffering– until Angel made a deal with the Higher Powers that Connor would have his memories erased and be magicked into a new family, one where he would have a new identity and a sort of magical amnesia to forget the old Connor that once lived before. In essence, he had to die to be reborn into a happier life. This is the message behind the Death card, sometimes the old must pass away so you can create a happier, healthier new self.
2.Regeneration Scenes in Doctor Who - The first time the show wanted to switch actors that played the Doctor (going from the first Doctor to the second Doctor), they were faced with the dilemma of having to explain to the audience why there was a whole new actor playing this character. Thus they added the idea of 'regeneration’ to the mythos of the show. When the Doctor reaches old age or gets injured, their old self transforms into a renewed newer body, causing a complete physical and often psychological change. It’s the same character, but different in many ways, the same and changed, and healthy enough to continue the story line. When Death appears for us in a reading, it often feels like this change has taken place for you, casting you forward into a whole new life.
3.Frank Cross from Scrooged - My favorite Scrooge of all the Scrooges that could be placed on the Death/Transformation card! Props to Billy Crystal! By the time Scrooge, in any form of the story, wakes up on Christmas morning, he’s been visited by three ghosts who have helped him eliminate what wasn’t working to create a new version of life for himself. He’s gone through the psychological process of accepting change and parting ways with his crotchety old self.
4.Ru Paul - Basically any transgender person could be used for this card, since many do go through a very big transformation when they decide to start expressing themselves as a different gender and often cast their old identity aside, even going so far as to call their birth name their 'dead name’ because it no longer feels like them. This new change can be a new lease on life for them. Ru Paul seems to have brought transgender identity and drag culture to the masses though, so they get a mention.
5.Ariel from The Little Mermaid - When Ariel finally gets her human legs and goes through that permanent change at the end of The Little Mermaid, it’s the end of the old way of living as a mermaid for her as she steps into a new beginning with Eric as a human. This physical transformation brings an ending of a life lived under the sea so that she can embrace the world above. The Death card often asks us to embrace that change, like she did, because there is so much more for us waiting after this chapter closes.
6.Georgia Lass from Dead Like Me - On the show Dead Like Me, Georgia actually did die.. but after that, her unlife got even stranger as she was turned into a grim reaper, still stuck on Earth, unrecognizable to her old family and friends and made to take on this new identity and job. It was quite the change for her, one that she didn’t always enjoy and one that took a lot of getting used to, but she made a lot of friends and new discoveries despite her gripes. Death is not always pleasant, but if you embrace it and don’t resist this transition, you may find you make just as many new discoveries as you cut away from your old life and start down your new path.
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25th December 2020
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present is in The Muppet Christmas Carol. He shows Scrooge how his nephew Fred and his wife Clara show disdain for him and he shows Scrooge the rough home life of his worker Bob Cratchet (as played by Kermit the Frog). He also teaches Scrooge about the true meaning of Christmas in his song Feels Like Christmas.
