A house is not a home, unless it's a houseboat....

Shad Z. shadz at email.com
Fri Jan 30 06:38:03 CET 2004


From: Rich Bellacera <xephyr at cwnet.com>
>
> Cartoons vs. Comics...
> 
> In more recent years, at least in contemporary cartoons, Mickey and the Gang have 
> pretty much all been given very distinctive residences.
> 
> This has been reflected primarily in the MouseWorks & House of Mouse cartoons.
> 
> Mickey & Minnie both have their own cartoony homes, Minnie's being a little more 
> on the feminine side, showing heart-shaped archways, etc.
> 
> Pluto, of course, has his doghouse.
> 
> Donald has his houseboat, the "Miss Daisy."
> 
> Daisy has her beachhouse.
> 
> Goofy has his Trailer home.
> 
> In comics, primarily everyone lives in a regular "house" house.  Some better than 
> others, such as Goofy's being somewhat dilapidated.  Then there's Grandma's farm 
> and Scrooge's Moneybin (or Mansion, depending on your opinion).
> 
> In your opinion, do you think these distinctive dwellings portrayed in cartoons 
> would be well-suited to comics as also?  Do you prefer the cartoon homes each 
> character has over their basic "house" house depicted in comics?
> 
> I like the cartoon dwellings and the distinction they give each character and 
> would love to see comics emulate them, too.
> 
> How about you?

I'd be fine with the cartoon dwellings showing up in the 
comics, except maybe Donald's houseboat.  I think the 
"regular" house serves Donald's role as a someone 
struggling hard to be a parent to the nephews.  Plus,
it can lead to Neighbor Jones stories.  If you are 
doing a story where the nephews are obviously not 
around (set before they come to live with Donald?),
the houseboat would work fine...

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