Disney-comics digest #482

[DAVID.A.GERSTEIN]

      Dear Folks,

      A few weeks ago (in the above-listed digest) I mentioned the 
DD/Goofy story by Pat Block appearing in DDA 30 (which may have come 
out TODAY in the States).  Apparently I gave the impression to Mark 
Semich that Gladstone "insist[ed] that Goofy be redrawn from a 1937 
Goofy (as he  was originally drawn in the story) to a 1951 Goofy (a la 
Murry)".  In fact, I was saying this about DISNEY!  It was the DISNEY 
STUDIO that insisted this be done.  John Clark would have rather left 
the story as it was!  >Phew<  Cleared that up, I hope.
      Fans of Bolivar who appreciate tried and true will notice that 
this story gives HDL a new dog, named Humphrey.  Block explained to 
me that he was stuck -- Bolivar wasn't right in the role this dog 
needed to play.  My own guess is that a dog with BRAINS was needed... 
Bolivar only thinks when it's time to find a meal!  Pat Block has 
assured me that Bolivar will appear in future stories.

      David Gerstein
      "Oh, a horse is like candy, as everyone knows -- the more that 
you lick it, the faster it goes!"
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