Chris Barat said:
> re: Don Markstein comment about the Beagle Boys:
> ...They even had different names. Booo! 
>
> The "identifying" of Beagles on DT didn't strike me as an 
> "inferior" idea in the least -- merely different.  Vic Lockman 
> created plenty of "specialty" Beagle Boys in his stories.  The
> only difference between that convention and the one used on DT
> was that the "specialty" B-Boys still looked like the "regulars"
> (though Intellectual-176 did wear glasses, as I recall).

Intellectual-176 also wore a graduation mortar-board hat (like Goofy's nephew, 
Gilbert).  To add to your mention about the BBs, you can just look through the COA 
Index and there are lots and lots of specialty BBs, some even recurred on several 
ocassions.  The idea of distinctively NAMED/Identified or even dressed Beagle Boys 
didn't originate in DUCKTALES, nor did the idea of individual BBs having specific 
or excentric characteristics (like loving prunes or specializing in explosives).

Back to the issue of HDL, I notice there seems to be no room in some peoples' mind 
for even the minimalist hint of distinction between the triplets.  That's too 
bad.  For me, I don't really mind the idea of them having or not having distinct 
traits.  My point has always been (ever since 1992) that there is precidence in 
the comics for a COLOR-CODE attached to them... whether HDL have distinctive 
personality traits isn't MY issue... ONLY that before DUCKTALES there were some 
depictions in comics that assigned a specific COLOR to a specific NAME, and that 
when they DID that, they were, from what I noticed, consistent.  H = Red, D = Blue 
and L = Green (sometimes even having their first initial labeled on the front of 
their shirts).  That ALL... nothing else was meant to be implied by that.  Whether 
ALL creators followed or approved of that convention wasn't MY issue... only that 
the precidence existed before DuckTales.  DuckTales, and later Quack Pack DID, 
however, build on that foundation and tried to assign distinctive personality 
traits... much, much more obvious in Quack Pack.  There was some subtle 
distinction only in appearance though, granted HDL in HOUSE OF MOUSE as can bee 
seen by their clothing and hairstyles, but it wasn't easy to tell who was who that 
way.  

I don't see why the color code couldn't apply, when desirable, while allowing for 
their personalities to be indistinct.  Why is that such a contentious issue???

I've noticed that it's much more difficult to tell Morty and Ferdie appart, even 
when they are colored differently, there's rarely a distinction.  I can only 
recall once seeing an "M" and an "F" on their shirts, but I don't believe it was 
in comics (maybe in a Little Golden Book or some other merchandise?).

Thanks,

Rich 
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