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Howard the Duck vs. Donald Duck - Loser Wears Pants by Frank Brunner

Artist: Frank Brunner (All)

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Howard the Duck vs. Donald Duck - Loser Wears Pants by Frank Brunner Comic Art

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Title:	Howard the Duck vs. Donald Duck - Loser Wears Pants by Frank Brunner
Artist:	Frank Brunner (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	9,766
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	17
Added to Site:	12/27/2013
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Description

I don't know if you remember, but there was a time when Marvel went head to head with Disney and lost - it was over Howard the Duck's supposed resemblance to Disney's Donald Duck.

I never saw it myself, but like DC's Superman vs. Fawcett's Captain Marvel, these things don't have to make sense.

It occurred to me a while back that Frank Brunner's take on that situation might be interesting so I contacted him with the barest of outlines - battle in the ring featuring HtD vs. DD, Beverly as the ring girl, Daffy Duck (of Warner Bros. and, thereby, DC) as the referee. He took over from there when Kathy contacted him about doing the commission for Christmas.

I'm tickled about what Frank produced.

BTW, you can see the proposed redesign done by Disney on Jim Shooter's blog here. You can read Steve Gerber's thoughts on the redesign of Howard here.

There are lots of other articles about the lawsuit. Click the link in this sentence to get the Google search result for marvel disney "howard the duck" "donald duck" lawsuit.

P.S., I just learned (2019-12-21) that Steve Gerber stole HtD from Marvel - well, sort of. I may never see HtD in the same way again. Read more here.

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F M
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/27/2013

Quite fun :)

Damon Owens
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/27/2013

This just exceeded the capacity of my coolometer. Congrats!

A Arntfield
Member Since 2010

Posted on 12/27/2013

A great idea and a special Christmas gift, Alex. Frank sure knows how to exceed expectations with his commissions. And as a bonus, how can you lose with Frank's version of Bev from HTD #1? Gorgeous.

Ron S
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/27/2013

Spectacular! Great idea, amazing execution. Congrats!!

Michael Rankins
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/27/2013

Pants are overrated. :)

Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/27/2013

Simply brilliant!!!!

Jason Versaggi
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/28/2013

I'm a Marvel guy but I'm pulling for Donald. There is no other Duck at the top of the mountain.

Roger K.
Member Since 2005
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Posted on 1/3/2014

How did I miss this? Alex, this is absolutely fantastic. I'm not usually a big fan of commissions, but this one is so cool... Big congratulations!

John Braun
Member Since 2011

Posted on 1/6/2014

Funny concept and great execution.

Dimitrios Z
Member Since 2011

Posted on 1/26/2014

Love the idea and the drama that surrounds it. Frank's work is always astounding and perfectly displayed the battle. We are waiting for round 2 ;).

Joshua McCoy
Member Since 2013

Posted on 1/27/2014

As I mentioned elsewhere, one of my favorite commission pieces from last year and somehow, I failed to comment on it here. Foot meet mouth! This is just fantastic Alex, right dow to the "Hidden" Mickey holding the go Donald sign!

Bill Lait
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/23/2015

I am in love with this piece!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/15/2015

Good God! I thought I commented on this long ago. Jeez! It's No. 2 on my list of comic-related boxing images.

Rabid Ferret
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/28/2017

This is great!!

Greg Gross
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/30/2020

Love this piece! It’s super fun and it’s a keeper for sure!

Greg Gross
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/30/2020

I love the creativity of the piece! Brunner is a talented artist and this is a fabulous commission!

West Stephan
Member Since 2007

Posted on 11/30/2022

Fantastic commission & a great idea on the design Alex!

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