<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/18/2003 7:49:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, spe@inducks.org writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Ah, but this *does* show that he accepts Barks' universe! Barks himself <BR>
created lots of characters, so Van Horn simply does what Barks used to do.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Ha! Very clever, and even if this was intended as a sarcastic joke entirely, I agree with it. Like I said in a previous post, artists shouldn't be restricted by Barks' "set" concepts, no matter how excellent and well-accepted they may be. New characters are interesting, new concepts are interesting, and if all is fun in the long run, why does it really matter if everything doesn't fit the original Barks continuity?<BR>
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It doesn't make any sense to me...<BR>
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Thanks for reading this nonsense,<BR>
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Dane Martin</FONT></HTML>