# Auerstack

Technology, society, literature, philosophy, and comics.

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## [In Memoriam John Crowley](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/in-memoriam-john-crowley)

_2026-08-12 · David B. Auerbach_

Little, Big and Big, Little

## [Donald Duck the Psychopath: The Firebug](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-the-psychopath-the-firebug)

_2026-07-30 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks pushes Donald too far into pyromania

## [Donald Duck's Multiple Personalities: Donald's Monster Kite](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-ducks-multiple-personalities)

_2026-07-27 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and the disintegration of character and thematic unity

## [Donald Duck and Ingenuousness: Jet Rescue](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-ingenuousness-jet)

_2026-07-23 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and thematic sophistication

## [Donald Duck the Master: Master Ice Fisher](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-the-master-master-ice)

_2026-07-09 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks on overengineering and the idea of mastery

## [Donald Duck and a Parrot: Singapore Joe](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-a-parrot-singapore)

_2026-06-16 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and the development of anxiety

## [Donald Duck and Daisy: Donald Tames His Temper](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-daisy-donald-tames)

_2026-05-18 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and the non-negotiable authority of women

## [Donald Duck's Electrocution: Silent Night](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-ducks-electrocution-silent)

_2026-04-25 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks excoriates Christmas cheer in his most violent story ever

## [Donald Duck and Treacle: Best Christmas](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-treacle-best-christmas)

_2026-04-23 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks indulges, unhappily, in some holiday cheer

## [Donald Duck and the Mob: Ten-Dollar Dither](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-the-mob-ten-dollar)

_2026-04-22 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks on the paradoxes of good deeds

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_2026-04-22 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Donald Duck and the Elders: The Great Ski Race](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-the-elders-the-great)

_2026-04-16 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and Donald as a child in the eyes of society

## [Donald Duck and the Nephews: Thug Busters](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-the-nephews-thug)

_2026-04-14 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks delivers a perfect world for once...but a dull one

## [Donald Duck and Surveillance: Eyes in the Dark](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-surveillance-eyes)

_2026-04-11 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks takes on spy technology

## [Donald Duck and the Western: Days at the Lazy K](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-the-western-days)

_2026-04-07 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks eviscerates the romantic cowboy ideal twice over

## [Donald Duck and the Grand Canyon: Taming the Rapids](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-the-grand-canyon)

_2026-04-01 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks deploys rapids and cavemen in the Grand Canyon

## [Donald Duck and Wildlife: Pecking Order](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-wildlife-pecking)

_2026-03-31 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks's and the recombination of fate

## [Donald Duck and Sleep: The Icebox Robber](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-sleep-the-icebox)

_2026-03-27 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and the psychodrama of unconsciousness

## [Donald Duck and Hubris: Webfooted Wrangler](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-hubris-webfooted)

_2026-03-25 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and the incomprehensible moral logic of the universe

## [Donald Duck and Cheating: The Long Race to Pumpkinburg](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-cheating-the-long)

_2026-03-20 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and subverting moral lessons

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_2026-03-20 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Donald Duck and the Leviathan: The Tramp Steamer](https://auerstack.substack.com/p/donald-duck-and-the-leviathan-the)

_2026-03-18 · David B. Auerbach_

Carl Barks and Donald as Fitzcarraldo