Gyro's grandpa

[Arthur Faria Jr.]

Gilles:

> I've a list of four authors who used a grandpa of Gyro:
> *Barks, in Uncle Scrooge goes to Disneyland
> *Rosa, in Lo$2 and "the Cowboycaptain of the Cutty Sark", in these three
> stories, he looks like Gyro with a longer beak, a big hat, and is called
> Ratchet.
> *Ivan Saidenberg, Irineu Soares Rodrigues, and Verci de Mello, in
"História
> de Patópolis:  O século das luzes" (B 810094) and  "Nos tempos do avião a
> lenha", from 1983. In these stories, he is Prof Pardalto, with a black
> beard and a flat hat (Euréka in French)
> * Tony Strobl and Steve Steere, in "Flipsy Tootle" (S 65114), in which he
> also has a beard and a flat hat, and is only seen on b&w photographs,
> and is only refered as grandpa Gearloose.

In my opinion Prof. Pardalto (Gyro's grandfather from
B 810094 and B 820318) is *not* Ratchet Gearloose. So,
he only could be the *other* grandfather: his mother's
father...

(BTW, Gyro's mother also appears in one Brazilian story: B 860081)

-- Arthur.