Disney's Frankenstein Starring Donald Duck - Longbox of the Damned

Longbox of the Damned is a daily series throughout October where the ghoul Moarte talks about horror comics!
The modern Prometheus... who was also a duck!
10/31
#frankenstein #disney

[@wstine79]

Duckenstein: "IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! IN THE NAME OF WALT! NOW, I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE WALT!"

[@MeliesCinemagician]

The Monster in The Frankenstein Theory got a happy ending too. He got a free snowmobile!

[@SiRenfield]

“Especially if that art you make is of monsters…or porn, that works too” Monster Lovers: Why not both?!

[@adeadphish7931]

I thought the exact same thing

[@FNGLHR]

This will inevitably spur somebody to request the Monster Musume Manga at some point.

[@crazyluigi6664]

It is accurate, yes...

[@redhood7650]

@@FNGLHR I feel bad for our ghoul when he ends up pulling that from the longbox

[@chibiktsn3]

There we go.

[@myriadmediamusings]

This is what happens when Donald can’t accompany Sora to Smash Bros: he gets himself into shenanigans with horror monsters.

[@c.cooper2877]

@@TheInkPitOx Oh, like Disney would EVER let a character as prominent as Sora come out. That's for comic relief villains and background characters. 9_9

[@chaoticjusticezero]

A good moral, but it is danged tricky getting a decent pair of children's eyes without being chased with torches and pitchforks.

[@adamdavis1648]

😄

[@ProfessM]

Donald really is one of Disney's better dads.

[@omarsalem1219]

Agreed but he is still not on doofenshmirtz 's level

[@ProfessM]

@@omarsalem1219 I'd argue Donald is better then Doof, because of how the doc treats his robot son.

[@jfdrac]

Even though he is not actually a dad lol

[@dunes8817]

I have a feeling their take on the Wolf Man, much like Robin Hood, would lead to some later finding out they're furries.

[@Webshooters1]

Nice to see another version of the story where the monster is intelligent like the original novel. I'm ALWAYS in favor of updating the classic horror stories.

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

"Especially if the art is making monsters...or porn!" Or monster porn!

[@ClassicLuigiFan]

Gotta say, I this this was an improvement over their Dracula adaptation, keeping the gothic atmosphere and much of the original plot (certainly more than you'd expect) while still keeping it appropriate for family audiences. I'll grant that the dracula adaptation was certainly more batshit, making for an arguably more entertaining tale, but I feel Duckenstein has a better balance of spooky/disney elements.

[@MathieuLeblanc1991]

Treasure Island was also much more faithful

[@DeathofInk]

Nice Weeping Angel animation there, also that final jumpscare.

[@cassie6146]

And here I thought this would have been called "Fowlkenstein"

[@adamdavis1648]

Fiendish Organization for World Larceny Stien?

[@Inlelendri]

I realised about a year ago that a lot of my rough knowledge about classic books actually comes from Duckverse retellings of them. I've got to say, I love this version so much, so great hearing you talk about it :D

[@ShadowWingTronix]

I was worried Moarte would take "seeing through the eyes of a child" a bit differently. Thankfully it didn't go that far.

[@mightyfilm]

I'm just a sucker for these European produced Disney comics, especially the Duck family ones. Even managed to get Ludwig VonDrake into the story.

[@171QA]

I don’t know what’s scarier, the monster in the story or seeing Donald with hair. XD

[@foxfireinferno197]

Not gonna lie, at the end, I was totally expecting all the animated cardboard monsters to form a band in a pizza place ...

[@baliyae]

Saw the title and thought I’d check it out. I like the classic Disney characters and this interpretation of Frankenstein is very good.

[@Swishy_Blue]

Got to love a body positive Monster.

[@Knightswords]

The monster is Launchpad.

[@BlueBlurHedgehog20]

So we've got a Disney story adapting a classic Monster story in a comic review show about Halloween that ends on a bumper themed around Doctor Who? Strangely, I can't say that's the most bizarre thing I've seen this month... Anyway, glad my bumper made it in for the second year in a row! Definitely gotta do this again next year too!

[@adamdavis1648]

Congrats! You did a great job on it.

[@SchazmenRassir]

Yeah, Donald Duck and his gang can be surprisingly good for horror stories. Way better than Mickey, in my opinion.

[@Robshi]

This Duckenstein review followed by the choice of ending clip that is Doctor Who inspired has to be my favourite of this years Longbox so far. The lesson is that if I want to be a profitable artist, I need to follow Moarte's advice and draw lots of monsters... or porn. Wait a sec, does that mean that monster porn will make me mega-rich!?

[@bizarroguy6570]

3:55 A Frankenstein Monster who loves himself from the start? What madness is this?

[@Avigorus]

-The monster has a happy ending.- The *monsters* have a happy ending. Fixed it for you.

[@lazyuniverse4932]

Wait Disney first invented "Frankenstein's Army"?! That makes so much sense

[@pauldecker4630]

The look of this comic is really impressive.They managed a moody gothic look on top of disney without either being odd. Also; does Moarte eat people who just finished horror comics (You finished the comic and I finish you so nothing goes to waste)

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

This artist is very talented in general.

[@captainufo4587]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 Fabio Celoni. He's on Facebook, he posts a lot of stuff.

[@liviolangella2777]

Animated cardboard? Those who know Italian will have a blast for the pun.

[@chaosdoughnut5277]

Wowzers, the artwork is legit gorgeous.

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Tonight, the part of Duckenstein's Monster is being played by Boris Quackoff.

[@elpizo1789]

Moarte needs to look at the The Call of C'Russo. Now THAT'S some prime horror as far as Duck comics go!

[@AaronJohnson-mo8rf]

if this had been a ducktales halloween movie, this would be quite hilarious because uncle scrooge would have the nephews investigate the antics of this frankenduck monster but portrayed by donald

[@asalways1504]

So Mickey was with Dracula, Donald Duck was with Frankenstein, where does that leave Goofy? The Wolfman or the mummy?

[@animefan25]

Obviously, the Wolfman. Based on this, who would be teamed with the mummy?

[@chasformer3091]

@@animefan25 Pete, but he would be called Imhopete

[@jordanhunter3375]

What about H.G. Wells's Invisible Man, or World of the Wars, or Island of Dr. Moreau?

[@jfdrac]

@@jordanhunter3375 Hard to do Dr. Moreau when Disney is basically already half man/animal hybrids lol

[@asalways1504]

@@jordanhunter3375 Invisible Man with goofy could have a lot of comedic potential. Another one that would be interesting/hilarious would be Phantom of the Opera

[@zexalbrony4799]

First Duck Vampires, and now Duck Frankensteins. At this rate every year will have a cartoon Duck take on a new horror form. Taking all bets now, next time it's a Mummy Duck. LOL.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Yes! Donald Duck finally. I hope you one day do proper Duck comics review, something from Barks or Rosa.

[@adamdavis1648]

I kept thinking there'd be some kind of pun involving the world "animation", either by Moarte or in the comic itself or both.

[@Canoby]

I feel like mining Ducktales for Disney Horror is a lolz concept, almost as contradictory as the idea of "Calisota", but still full of charm nonetheless

[@ChristianNeihart]

Funnily enough Disney+ has a parody of Frankenstein done with Mickey and the gang.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Disney has multible adaption of this and many other classics. This isn’t the only one with Donald.

[@charleshalloran8006]

That tale was just duckie.🦆 That joke was monstrous. *runs from torch and pitchfork wielding mob*

[@tonytheriault1186]

A family friendly version of Frankenstein. Nice.

[@keiththompson9435]

I’m SHOCKED just SHOCKED this never made it into a 2017 Ducktales episode. But then again I don’t recall the timing of this

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

That series didn’t use Duck comics for sources apart from Barks and Rosa.

[@bizarroguy6570]

3:27 Ha! Secret mouses.

[@chibiktsn3]

Great video! Also, great weeping angel at the end!

[@jamesmoss3424]

A Disney version of Frankenstein cool. 😀👍

[@bluegatito8684]

Funny how this Disney parody comic kept the opening of the original novel of a guy discovering the doctor in a place of ice and telling him the story.

[@JadenVonBat]

The eerie thing is, I decided to listen to an audiobook of the original novel this year.

[@kitestar]

What a wholesome take on the story...until the part of the mob that is

[@l0stndamned]

Best ending bumper so far.

[@inkertron6310]

There was also a goofy comic about goofy being dr Frankenstein it’s a little weird with a ending that has the monster writing a successful biography and signing copies of it to a line of people who were previously the mob that tried to kill him.

[@Rixec2]

If this is building up to a Disney Universal Monsters Avengers styled crossover, that is awesome. And if there is no such thing, that is the biggest missed opportunity.

[@myriadmediamusings]

Well we recently did get a TransformersXUniversal Monsters toy with a Dracula Transformer, so nothing is impossible.

[@esieurin]

@@AlexSeverinski And Scrooge as Captain Ahab...

[@teedup8995]

There was comic book called 'Moby Duck' back in the 70s. (Not a whale, but a sea faring spinoff character.)

[@eriksieurin334]

@@teedup8995 Yup. He also started out as a whaler, but otherwise had nothing to do with the novel. (I don't think he ever caught a whale, and that part of the backstory was phased out when whaling became... suspect.)

[@teedup8995]

@@eriksieurin334 thank you for that information!

[@adeadphish7931]

So is Disney+horror classics going to be a recurring feature on the long box?

[@jfdrac]

Depends if Dinsey keep cranking them out....I do admit shocked Disney Horror made it in before Archie Horror for sure

[@mattsherlock9636]

I hope so, he coul review Moby Duck and Disney hamlet. What you say those are not horror stories? Of course they are. Ghost of dead kings and monster whales are totally horror.

[@NotesFromTheVoid]

...i really like the bumper on this one

[@JaelinBezel]

“Gladstone Clerval” that combination does not compute. I hate one and love the other.

[@multi-voiceentertainment7013]

I wonder what's next Disney's Wolfman starring Goofy? LOL

[@danmorgan3685]

Disney did so much violence to the source material they should be charged with a hate crime.

[@bobutler1804]

Awesome on the Disney versions of the two monster story's see if you can find a Disney comic version of the WolfMan.

[@RoadrunnerMoose]

So last year was Dracula starring Mickey, this year was Frankenstein starring Donald, what's next year, Wolfman starring Goofy?

[@wstine79]

Professor Von Duck as Van Helsing.

[@jfdrac]

@@wstine79 Van Helsing was already covered with Dracula though

[@jfdrac]

The Invisible Goof just seems so much better

[@GeneralKenobi75]

A cardboard golem....that's a new one!

[@captainufo4587]

It's a pun in the Italian original. Cardboard in Italian is "cartone". The generic umbrella term for animated shows is "cartoni animati". Hence, if you want to animate something that is drawn... And also the remark about kids loving the creature.

[@BrandonCroker]

What a quacked up tale this is.

[@ericjohnson5462]

Duckenstine huh 🤔 nothing to quack about

[@BlackwingHecate]

Did.. did Moerte say Un-fur-tunately?

[@Saiyef96]

Does anyone know who Captain Gus Walton at 0:37 and Professor Von Olduck at 2:13 are supposed to be? I recognise most of the characters from Ducktales except for them (Donald, Scrooge, Daisy, Gladstone, Huey, Dewey and Louie and Gyro)

[@Nytemare2all]

Gus kinda looks like Doofus from the Ducktales series and I'm guessing that Professor Von Olduck is supposed to be a younger Ludwig Von Drake

[@blabla1986]

Captain Walton is played by Gus Goose.

[@Numero6dl]

Gus Walton - Gus Goose Professor Von Olduck - Ludwig Von Drake Gyrempe - Gyro Gearloose

[@captainufo4587]

Ducktails is a different continuity than the comics. Also, this is originally an Italian production and the Italian comics continuity is slightly different thatn the original Barks ducks comics continuity, albeit not much.

[@Magicghost23]

Great

[@backtoklondike]

Speaking of Disney/Donald Duck comics, I'd love Moarte talk about The Call of C'Russo at some point. Now as you can guess from the title what type of theme it's going for but yet it does something you wouldn't expect a Donald Duck comic to do.

[@berternieity4741]

"... or porn! Porn is REALLY profitable!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Good stream

[@BATCHARRO]

Duckenstein or: The Modern Ducketheus.

[@VidWatcher01]

Why Donald Duck look like Stewart Townsend in the League of Extraordinary Gentleman though?😅😅😅💀

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

The Church of the Algorithm gives this video its blessing, and must it stay clear of the blasphemers from The First Algorithmic Temple (and the many people impersonating their members).

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

I don't know why, but I kinda want Linkara to review the first Phantom Blot story now (if I was asking you be reading this on Patreon).

[@minski76]

"Especially of Monsters! Und Porn!" And monster porn. It's a bit niche but with very dedicated fans. .... So I heard. From a friend.

[@farmerproductions9869]

How about Young Frankenstein as a happy ending or is it more of a sequel?

[@berternieity4741]

💛

[@JS-hw8ve]

I'd give this a like... but it's at 666. LOL