<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 7:01:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, JALustig@aol.com writes:<BR>
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Agreed!<BR>
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While I appreciate and respect Barks' "set continuity," I think that other artists are well-obligated to introduce their own ideas and concepts. Nothing is set into stone, and--when it all comes down to it--the stories are all about pure fun, anyway, are they not?<BR>
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I'm not saying that new concepts should be introduced every story, or even on a semi-regular basis, but only every once and a while. They shouldn't take over the Duck "universe," but I think they have just as much right to be there as the Barks concepts, which seem to have been "set in stone" over the years.<BR>
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I respect the Barks stories, of course, don't get me wrong--I just think that he didn't mean for everything to be set into a particular pattern, trapping future Duck artists into "following the leader," so to speak. The artists should show their own style, rather than imitating Barks'--even though a brilliant style it was.<BR>
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Of course, I'm rambling now, and I've probably offended most of you with my bizarre ideas as to how far the Duck stories should go outside of Barks' original concept. I apologize in advance, but I'm hoping you won't take my comments too seriously.<BR>
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I guess this is the part where I hide under the nearest boulder and cry...<BR>
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Thanks for reading this nonsense,<BR>
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Dane Martin</FONT></HTML>