"Island in the Sky" is a
Disney comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge.
The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...
story written and drawn by
Carl Barks
Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck ...
. It was published in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #29, March 1960.
The asteroid
2730 Barks
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2730 Barks, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 August 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa ...
was named after Barks by a scientist at
Cornell University who was inspired by the story.
Plot
Scrooge and his nephews go on a quest in outer space to find an island in space to store his money on. They land on a small
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
occupied by aliens and (normal) birds. Donald accidentally chases the birds away to a nearby
planet, and with them, the only source of food for the aliens is gone. The aliens who were friendly at first are now mad at the Ducks.
Huey, Dewey and Louie make Scrooge find a solution for the problem they caused. Scrooge sacrifices his fuel to get the aliens to the tropical planet nearby them. This detour results in a fuel stop at the space gas station, which gives Scrooge a high bill.
This story also shows how the emotions Scrooge has can be more important than his money.
See also
* "Island in the Sky" served as the title story to
Fantagraphics' ''
The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 24 - Uncle Scrooge: "Island in the Sky"''
*
List of Disney comics by Carl Barks
Carl Barks (1901–2000) was an American Disney Studio illustrator and Disney comic book creator. The quality of his scripts and drawings earned him the nicknames ''The Duck Man'' and ''The Good Duck Artist''.
This list of Carl Barks' Disney sto ...
References
External links
*
"Island in the Sky"in Carl Barks guidebook
Disney comics stories
Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks
1959 in comics
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