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Ducks 'N Mice Summer Update!

 Hello it's me, Atobibas and Ducks 'N Mice does, despite the absolute lack of new videos for the past five months, very much still exist. We've just been on a very extended hiatus. But now we're back, at least as much as we try to be. And we've got some things planned for this summer (or at least for the next month or maybe two) so let me tell you about that! First we're working on getting some shorts out every now and again. A couple of news one were just uploaded by Pernat earlier today. In general you'll see Pernat a lot here Secondly we have a new second channel. This will be for more random stuff, mainly around different publications instead of stories. Expect stuff like overviews and maybe even reviews. Pernat has again been quick and published the first video there, be sure to check that out! We don't currently have any second channel videos or shorts in the works, but they're pretty quick to get done so expect the unexpected there! Thirdly we...

Kafkaesque situations in Disney Comics

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  Written by Pernat Probably most of you know, at least by hearsay, Franz Kafka (1883-1924).  A great Czech writer of Jewish origin, but writing in German. Some of you might have read his books such as The Trial or The Castle, in which so-called Kafkaesque situations occur every step of the way. However, fewer people know what these Kafkaesque situations are. This article will tell you all about this and also about how they infiltrated pop culture, more specifically, Disney Comics. What is a Kafkaesque situation? Kafka loved to write about the overgrown machinery of bureaucracy that makes life difficult for simple, honest citizens who just want to live a normal life. The flagship example of this is ''The Trial'', in which Joseph K. is arrested on unknown charges, and is not told for the rest of his life what he has actually been accused of. In another famous novel, ''The Castle'', we see the protagonist of the same name arrive in a village where life is ...