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<DIV><SPAN class=510412715-13072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Cord wrote:</FONT></SPAN><BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=510412715-13072003>>> </SPAN>Just
speaking for Germany, I suppose that roughly 0,05% (40.000 of 80<BR><SPAN
class=510412715-13072003>>> </SPAN>million inhabitants) do know who Walt
Kelly was.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=510412715-13072003>Steven
Rowe wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=510412715-13072003>> </SPAN>no offense, but any of us can make up
satistics<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510412715-13072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
agree. So instead of pinning a number to it I will just say:
Nearly nobody here in Germany does know who Walt Kelly was. This is
not to say anything about the quality or importance of his work but
just an observation.</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=510412715-13072003>> </SPAN>almost nobody in the usa knows who Herge is
eithe<SPAN class=510412715-13072003>r</SPAN> this doesnt lessen his importance
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=510412715-13072003>Popularity has never been a reliable
measure for quality. And vice versa.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=510412715-13072003>Speaking of comics creators known to the general
public: Recently I saw a game show on TV where they asked "Who
was the father of the "Marsupilami"?". The answer was worth 250.000 EUR -
so they must have considered it difficult. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=510412715-13072003>Cord</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>