Let me plot the ways...

[Lars Jensen]

Eta Beta wrote:

> Also, in France there's a comic series devoted to "Les Petits Hommes",
> a bunch of people whose diminutive size is permanent (freely chosen, I
> seem to understand), rather than temporary.

Thanks, E. B. I've only ever seen a few pages of this series, and for
years I've tried to figure out exactly what was the conceptual
difference between Les Petits Hommes and the Smurfs. The idea of people
who have freely chosen to be gnome-sized sounds intriguing. Does it take
place in a contemporary setting? (I couldn't tell from the few pages I
saw.)

> I'm not exactly fond of Disney super-heroes, either... I find those,
> especially the italian Paperinik (moreso in the recent, "modern"
> incarnation) but also most of Super Goof quite repetitive and
> unoriginal...

But just because a lot of Paperinik or Super Goof stories may (in your
opinion) be dull, doesn't mean the characters themselves are bad, does
it? A lot of boring Donald Duck stories have been made, too.

Lars