![]() McDuck was initially characterized as a greedy miser and antihero (similar to Dickens' original Scrooge character), but in later appearances he has often been portrayed as a thrifty hero, adventurer, and explorer. ![]() Both his "Money Bin" and Scrooge himself are often used as humorous metonyms for great wealth in popular culture around the world. He is portrayed as an oil tycoon, businessman, industrialist, and the owner of many factories and the largest mining concerns. Scrooge founded the company McDuck Enterprises and is the maternal uncle of Donald Duck and Della Duck, the maternal great uncle of Huey, Dewey, and Louie, a usual financial backer of Gyro Gearloose, and the world's richest person - all within the context of the fictional Donald Duck universe. Named after the character Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is an incredibly rich business magnate and self-proclaimed "adventure-capitalist" whose dominant character traits are his wealth, frugality, and tendency to seek more money through adventure and treasure hunting. Scrooge lives in the city of Duckburg (which is also Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey, and Louie's home city) in the fictional US state of Calisota (a blend of California and Minnesota), whose claimed location is in California in the real-world United States. Originally intended to be used only once, Scrooge became one of the most popular characters in Disney comics and Barks' signature work. He is portrayed in animation as speaking with a Scottish accent. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats varying in color. Like his nephew, Donald Duck, he has a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. Appearing in Disney comics, Scrooge is a Scottish-born American anthropomorphic Pekin duck. ![]() Scrooge McDuck (occasionally stylized as $crooge McDuck) is a cartoon character created in 1947 for The Walt Disney Company by Carl Barks. Webby Vanderquack/ April (daughter/clone DuckTales (2017) only) The brand itself is skewing young, and bringing back the designs that made them famous, hammering home a simple concept." Christmas on Bear Mountain" in Four Color #178 (December 1947)ĭavid Tennant ( DuckTales reboot 2017−2021, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers)Įric Bauza ( Legend of the Three Caballeros)Įnn Reitel ( Kingdom Hearts III, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Disney Parks appearances) īuck McDuck, Dagobert Duck (Germany and Dutch), Patinhas (Portuguese)īrigitta MacBridge (self-proclaimed fiancée) Iceberg went out of business a decade ago, and is now experiencing a resurgence-with brands like KITH reviving the line for collaborations just to hammer home how important it was to the culture. High fashion is finding more foothold in the Urban/Hip-Hop/Streetwear community, even if they didn’t accept or want us wearing their stuff a few years ago. Even more interesting for this to come out in light of Supreme’s current joyous relationship with BFF Louis Vuitton. It’s funny to see Gucci damn near completely biting a brand that many would perceive as “below” them. It was expensive, but it defined the Black struggle to reach the upper-class-regardless of what high fashion brand represented our people (and as we’ve seen in the years to follow, they don’t think too highly of us, anyway). It took memories from our childhood, no matter how rough, and actualized them into the story of success. it was simple, it was effective-it was REBELLIOUS. The idea was a higher end evolution of wearing airbrush t-shirts, or rocking Black Bart Simpson clothing. For most Gen-X’ers born in the Tri State area and below, seeing JAY Z or Raekwon decked out in sweaters that had Snoopy, Popeye, or Bugs Bunny was the illest shit ever. Iceberg Clothing WAS the Gucci of the inner-city. But it isn’t new in fact it looks like it has taken inspiration from one of the most iconic (and urban) brands of the late ’90s-early 2000s- Iceberg Clothing. ![]() With the popular Disney character emblazoned on jackets and sweaters-the look is almost certainly a new direction for the brand. However, the most striking release is their range of Donald Duck inspired garments. A quick, cursory glance will give you the impression that the brand is not only going back to the design that made them pop-graphic-centric tees, and the return of some of their most popular pieces. Gucci’s head of design Alessandro Michele has been steadily steering the brand into some interesting directions-with influences in a variety of different places.
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