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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
background:white'>Derek Smith wrote:</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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How/why are certain characters declared dead/offlimits?<br>
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My personal opinion, if the story is good and if the characters are true to
their spirit, then who cares what characters are used in the story? A
writer/artist should be able to use whoever they wish if the above is
fulfilled.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would agree with this
wholeheartedly. I personally have a soft spot for Ludwig von Drake and
Emil Eagle, both of whom seem to be in disfavour. I don’t think of
these characters as dead, just absent from Duckburg for a while. In Emil’s
case, the artwork of his past stories has made him seem a little wooden;
perhaps it would take the zany writing and artistic talents of someone like
William van Horn to bring him back to print.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Shaun Craill</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(in a supposedly summery </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Auckland</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, I’m off to the
beach for Christmas for sun, sand and surf if this unseasonable rain ever stops)</span></font></p>
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