David said:
> Garvey Gull is the American English name for the character 
> Egmont calls Sonny Seagull.

I am probably wrong, but I *thought* Sonny Seagull had debuted some time back in 
the USA and his name was given as "Sonny Seagull" at the time.  I get 
confused 'cause I have a lot of NON-American Disney comics in my collection that I 
can't recall where I saw the character previously (even though I know my first 
exposure to him was while I was living in Shang Hai and bought Chinese Disney 
comics)... LOL! ;-)

Curious.  Why would Gemstone rename such a character when it already had a 
clearly "English" name?  Americans are well acquainted with the name "Sonny" and 
the word "Seagull."  Why the change to Garvey Gull?  It would seem logical to just 
retain a name that is already in use if it is already a commonly understood name.

I'm just curious what sort of process is involved in such cases?  

Is there already an American fictional character called "Sonny Seagull" which 
would cause copyright infringement or something of that nature, as I recall was 
something surrounding the original name for Barks' Neighbor Jones ("Jughead" Jones 
as in the Archie Comics character of the same name)?  

Or is it just a preference NOT to use an already established name when importing 
the character into "American market" Disney publications?

Or is it, as in the case with Miss Emily/Florence Typefast/Quackfaster (not to 
mention her name change in DuckTales to "Mrs. Featherby") which probably centers 
on editting consistancy? [http://nafsk.se/pipermail/dcml/2003-August/018254.html]

Thanks,

Rich 
xephyr@cwnet.com

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