DD pre-Barks

Lars Jensen lpj at forfatter.dk
Thu Feb 5 13:12:21 CET 2004


Mickey wrote:

>> In "Uncle Scrooge" #13 (1956) Barks has Morty and Ferdie casually
>> walking up to Gyro Gearloose, which implies they live in the same
>> city -- at least in this story.
>
> I know. But the twins could be in Duckburg for a trip.

Sure they could. They clearly know Gyro and Grandma Duck well, though.
In fact, they know Grandma so well they know she has an electric car.
But, of course, Morty and Ferdie could have met Gyro and Grandma at some
earlier Mouse Family/Duck Family get-together.

> The idea of the same city could be attractive, but  I think it's
> narratively inconsistant: DD and MM never meet each other since
> Gottfredson :) (I'm talking about barksian&co stories, obviously)....

I'm not sure what you mean by "Barksian & Co". Apart from the above
example, "Hound of the Moaning Hills" (JW #12) and "The Day the Mountain
Shook" (JW #13), I don't recall any Barks-written material using Mouse
characters alongside Duck characters, no. But other writers of the time
had no problem teaming them up. (Just think of Vic Lockman, for
instance.) And (some of) Barks' successors continue to this day to let
these characters meet each other. With good results, too, in my opinion.

Lars




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