What's right and what's not

Søren Krarup Olesen raptus at stofanet.dk
Thu Jan 17 22:50:49 CET 2002


I have followed this discussion quite closely, and it looks similar to 
many debates we've had ealier on this mailing list. What should the 
colour of money be, where is Duckburg situated etc.

Now, frankly speaking, are such questions really important in order to 
appreciate and love Disney comics? How come, apparently, that a story 
may fall apart (or considered inappropriate) just because Scrooge's 
money bin just for once isn't placed on Killmotor Hill. Who cares--as 
long as it fits the story. I fully agree with Morten on these matters!

All this attempt to focus on accuracy. C'mon, Disney comics aren't black 
and white in any sense. Is Donald's shirt blue or black? Well, it 
depends; on covers he wears a blue shirt, in most stories it's black, so 
the question whether "Donald has a blue or black shirt" is basically 
meaningless. His shirt is both!

In fact, that's what I like most about Disney comics, they are so 
amasingly flexible and one never runs out of surprices or new 
interpretations of our beloved characters...mice or ducks.

The only thing that really bothers me is when someone claims that they 
are closer to the "true fact", the so-called "original" and stick to 
that, not for sake of making good Disney comics but for the sake of 
being original only. I don't know who invented the wheel, but if those 
who did suddenly claimed that this was the best wheel ever made, and 
that everybody in ze world should follow that example, then...well, the 
American automobile industry would certainly look different then...

Translators are necessary for the kids to understand the stuff being 
published in whatever country, and mostly they really do a creative 
job--a hard task as it may be. If some story loses its integrity or 
meaning just because some bank notes had the wrong colour, or a gag 
wasn't literally translated then such a story would not be a part of the 
open and varying "duck world" that I've enjoyed for some twenty years.

So my message is plain and simple: Don't bother with consistancy and 
details, Disney comics wasn't meant for that in the first place!

Greetings,
Søren




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