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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hello!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Following a discussion on a French forum, I re-read
Barks' "The Phantom of Notre Duck".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I remember the gag about the dragon (9.4), but not the text:
"[...] Leonardo Da Vinci sure has you *framed*!" A fellow member of
that forum posted a scan of the two panels (9.3-4): <A
href="http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4314/save019yb9.jpg">http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4314/save019yb9.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Searching for Da Vinci dragons, I have only found
sketches.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I found it odd that Barks might have made a mistake, since he
was so well documented, but it is not impossible that he misremebered the
artist's name; I don't think he would have dropped "Da Vinci" without a reason
when he could have made up a funny name (Leonarduck Da Vinci) if it were a
pure invention.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I have searched the web for pictures of dragons, and
have found many versions of Saint George's fight with the dragon, which
all depicted him on his horse (except for Burne-Jones' version), but I have not
found a single thing bearing a resemblance to Barks' drawing (knight, standing,
ready to strike a serpent-like dragon, with a castle on the hill in the
background).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Does anyone have any information on this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Olivier</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>