History ComicBook / ArneAnka

* PretenderDiss: Arne's Roman ancestor slags off {{Creator/Virgil}} as a "fucking dilettante" who only writes about "shepherds and sheep-shaggery" (referencing ''Eclogues'', the original [[{{Arcadia}} pastoral love poems]] and considered to be one of the high points of Roman literature) and "keeps going on and ''on'' and '''''ON''''' about the [[TheAeneid huge epic about the founding of the city he's going to start working on any day now...]]

After getting complaints from his readers about the changes, Christensen decided to spite Disney by having Arne buy a fake beak in the shape of his old one, which was held up by a rubber band, and simultaneously changing the comic's name back to it's original title. Christensen then kept drawing the rubber band around Arne's head until Disney finally withdrew the lawsuit threat, as the whole event attracted quite a bit of public attention in Sweden, and doubled the comic's popularity tenfold.

* VomitChainReaction: Arne, Krille and bystanders [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nLIkXPLFSsk/S-A7TwLWnjI/AAAAAAAACQ4/1uctskXnDSg/s1600/arne+anka.gif when the Crown Princess of Sweden got married]]. Notably includes the Swedish word for pancreas in the {{Written Sound Effect}}s.

After getting complaints from his readers about the changes, Christensen decided to spite Disney by having Arne buy a fake beak in the shape of his old one, which where held up by a rubber band, and simultaneously changing the comic's name back to it's original title. Christensen then kept drawing the rubber band around Arne's head until Disney finally withdrew the lawsuit threat, as the whole event attracted quite a bit of public attention in Sweden, and doubled the comic's popularity tenfold.

* VitriolicBestBuds/HeterosexualLifePartners: Arne and Krille, especially in the comics original run. The two are inseperable friends, but are perfectly willing to screw eachother over if there's a chance for booze or sex involved. One strip revolved around Arne borrowing Krille's word processor (this WAS the late 80's and actual PC's were just an itch in Bill Gates pants) under the guise of writing an article, then ''pawning it'' for booze money. Too bad for him he ran into Krille leaving the pawn shop after getting his camera back...

* ''Arne Anka: Utsikt från en svamp (The View from a swamp)'' (2013)

* ''Arne Anka: Voodoo vid vatten (Voodoo by the Water)'' (2011)

* IdenticalGrandson: Two longer stories deal with ancestors of Arne, one a poet in post-WorldWar1 Paris during the bohemic revolution, and the other another poet during the events leading up to the assassination of Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar. Both stories provide commentary on the popular view of the eras portrayed, and deconstructs them.

* ShoutOut: In one strip where Arne is looking for a suit for a wedding, he puts on an [[CrowningMomentOfFunny old sailor suit, making him look even more like Donald Duck, poking fun at the Disney lawsuit]].

* MsFanservice: All female characters, pretty much. Later explained by the author; we are seeing the world through Arne's eyes, and he is so sexually frustrated any reasonably attractive woman looks like a curvier version of Botticelli's Venus to him.

* TheBartender: Zeke, owner and proprietor of Zeke's bar.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: One strip has Arne meeting with his friend Kalle Kapun who is looking for moral support after cheating on his wife. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Arne quickly makes it clear that he is having none of it, that by cheating Kalle's spat in his wife's face, and that Arne will gladly pay for the bullets if Kalle's wife ever decides to shoot his penis off; in short, he makes it clear that Kalle can take his self-pity and cram it.]] This also leads to Arne being picked up by a nearby woman who overheard the conversation.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Arne surprisingly. Despite his near total misanthropy and cynicism, his mother is one of the few people who's feelings Arne actually cares about.

* ''Arne Anka, Part V: Återuppuppståndelsen (The Resurrection)'' (2006)
* ''Arne Anka, Part VI: Manöver i mörkret (Manoeuvres in the dark)'' (2007)

* ''Arne Anka: Rapport från kriget (News from the war)'' (2010)

* TheCameo: Several, as part of Christensens homage to European comic books. Many famous comic book characters will make cameos in the background in street scenes, and in two noteable examples, as part of "Arnes circle of friends". Among these can be mentioned [[ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio Spirou]], ComicBook/{{Tintin}}, ComicBook/{{Asterix}}, ThePhantom, [[{{Creator/Disney}} Gyro Gearloose and Goofy]]. There's also the fantasy sequence with ComicStrip/KrazyKat and Ignatz.

* TheCameo: Several, as part of Christensens homage to European comic books. Many famous comic book characters will make cameos in the background in street scenes, and in two noteable examples, as part of "Arnes circle of friends". Among these can be mentioned [[ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio Spirou]], ComicBook/{{Tintin}}, ComicBook/{{Asterix}}, ThePhantom, [[{{Creator/Disney}} Gyro Gearloose and Goofy]]. There's also the fantasy sequence with KrazyKat and Ignatz.

* FracturedFairyTale: Arne's fairy tales often includes depression, madness, mass death, and often ends with the total collapse of civilization. He loves telling them to Krille's nephew, Willy. One of these fairy tales is actually set in Cokonino County from KrazyKat , including cameos from Krazy and Ignatz.

* TheCameo: Several, as part of Christensens homage to European comic books. Many famous comic book characters will make cameos in the background in street scenes, and in two noteable examples, as part of "Arnes circle of friends". Among these can be mentioned [[ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio Spirou]], ComicBook/{{Tintin}}, ComicBook/{{Asterix}}, ThePhantom, [[{{Disney}} Gyro Gearloose and Goofy]]. There's also the fantasy sequence with KrazyKat and Ignatz.

[[caption-width-right:350:Arne summarizing his philosophy in life. Run a Google translation if you want to know what he's saying.]]

* AuthorAvatar: In the 1983-95 comics, Alexander Barks appears every now and then as a man with a sheet over his head giving him a look of permanent depression. Many of Christensen's friends has pointed out that Arne is party based on himself.

* ''Arne Anka, Part V: Återuppuppståndelsen (The Rebirth)'' (2006)

''Arne Anka'' (''Arne Duck'') is a Swedish comic series by Charlie Christensen, who started drawing and writing the series under the pseudonym Alexander Barks in 1983.

One of the first thing the reader will notice is probably Arne's close resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck a certain other anthropomorphic duck]].[[note]]And no, we aren't talking about ''[=ComicBook/HowardTheDuck=]'', although that would probably be a more justified comparison.[[/note]] Well, so did Creator/{{Disney}} and [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope they threatened Christensen with a lawsuit]]. After first fruitlessly trying to reason with Disney, Christensen drew a strip wherein Arne [[FakingTheDead faked his own death]] in order to get [[MagicPlasticSurgery a plastic operation]] which radically changed the shape of his beak, and took a name charge to ''Arne X'', which also became a temporary name for the series.

One of the first thing the reader will notice is probably Arne's close resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck a certain other anthropomorphic duck]].[[note]]And no, we aren't talking about ''[=Comicbook/HowardTheDuck=]'', although that would probably be a more justified comparison.[[/note]] Well, so did Creator/{{Disney}} and [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope they threatened Christensen with a lawsuit]]. After first fruitlessly trying to reason with Disney, Christensen drew a strip wherein Arne [[FakingTheDead faked his own death]] in order to get [[MagicPlasticSurgery a plastic operation]] which radically changed the shape of his beak, and took a name charge to ''Arne X'', which also became a temporary name for the series.