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Tag Archives: Howard the Duck

Year-End Meta 2020: Additions, Corrections, Updates & Announcements

Cleaning up loose ends from the last year and making some announcements about the next.

29 December 2020 in Comics, Meta.

WAUGH and On and On #8: The Duck is Dead. Long Live the Duck!

In the final (for now) installment of the Howard the Duck reading series, we examine the duck’s shift from social satire to Marvel Comics parody.

27 October 2020 in Marvel Comics, Review.

WAUGH and On and On #7: Can’t Win For Losing

Steve Gerber’s final work on the first volume of Howard the Duck (for real this time!) feels like a losing gamble.

1 September 2020 in Marvel Comics, Review.

WAUGH and On and On #6: It’s the Bomb that Will Bring Us Together

Examining Howard the Duck #28 – when a Wolfman writes a duck man and ends up with a bomb.

30 June 2020 in Marvel Comics, Review.

WAUGH and On and On #5: It’s the End of the WAUGH as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)

“Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn. . ” as we come to the final arc of the first volume of Howard the Duck to be penned by Steve Gerber.

12 May 2020 in Marvel Comics, Review.

WAUGH and On and On #4: Synecducky

Ten ways to look at Howard the Duck #24 – the part that reflects the whole, the whole that is just a part.

18 February 2020 in Marvel Comics, Review.

WAUGH and On and On #3: The Dark Side of the Farce

A long time ago in a world he never made. . . STAR WAUGH! Third in an ongoing Howard the Duck reading series.

14 January 2020 in Marvel Comics, Review.

WAUGH and On and On #2: Duck Naked

What do Disney and “decency” campaigns have in common? The blandification of culture. Covering Howard the Duck #21.

22 October 2019 in Marvel Comics, Review.

WAUGH and On and On #1: Neither Fish Nor Fowl

A return to Howard the Duck after a nearly three-year hiatus from the If It WAUGHs Like a Duck series. . .

4 June 2019 in Marvel Comics, Race, Reading Series, Urban Space.

Alpha & Omega #1: Into the Unknown

The first installment in a new series of posts comparing the 1970s Omega the Unknown comic book and the 2000s re-imagining.

11 July 2017 in Comics, Marvel Comics, Reading Series, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #16: Til We WAUGH Again. . .

The final installment of If It WAUGHs Like a Duck considers life after deadlines.

25 October 2016 in Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #15: Dead Duck

Even Steve Gerber can’t live up to the expectations of a Gerber-penned Howard the Duck, how can we expect Chip Zdarsky to?

20 September 2016 in Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #14: Get Your Mojo Workin’

In 1977? Evil mojo. In 2016? Evil Mojo!

9 August 2016 in Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #13: Kiss and Tell

Howard and Bev: thinking about the past and worrying about the future.

5 July 2016 in Comics.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #12: Quackosaurus Rex

Everyone loves dinosaurs, just some more than others.

31 May 2016 in Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #11: Darned to Heck!

From Dream Land to Cleveland

3 May 2016 in Marvel Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #10: You Can’t Go Home Again

Home is where the egg (or Bev) is.

22 March 2016 in Marvel Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #9: Flying North for the Winter

Canada: As cold as space, and home to nearly as many anthropomorphic animals.

23 February 2016 in Marvel Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #8: Get Down! Space Out!

A duck by any other name could still be cool to read about, but he might not feel like Howard.

26 January 2016 in Marvel Comics, Review.

Additions, Corrections, Retractions

An overview of posts in need of revisiting.

29 December 2015 in Meta, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #7: Don’t Let It Get You Down

In 2015 Howard the Duck explores a welcome tangent, while in 1976, he feels like he is finally moving in the right direction.

8 December 2015 in Comics, Review.

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