Hearts of the Yukon / Australian comics

[Arthur & Daniel]

Hi!

Today, I (Arthur) am visiting Daniel, here in Maassluis. I finally got 
to see his Carl Barks Library. 

We decided to write a letter together:


DON:

Hearts of the Yukon <SPOILER!!!>
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We just read your  new story in  WDG#1 "Heart of the Yukon". We liked
it a lot. The  ending  was  kind of surprising though. It sure was an
'open ending'! What did you mean with it? We think that you intended 
that Scrooge rather wants to keep the delusion of Goldie being his 
only 'could-be lover', instead of knowing the truth (the contents of 
Goldie's letter could also be very negative). 

Anyway, it was very strange to see such an ending in a *Disney comic*.
We're not saying that we didn't like the story, but after reading the
last page of the story, we turned the next page over, to see if it
REALLY was the ending of the story! 

Maybe that's the 'artistic' thing about the story? It reminded us a 
bit with a surprise-ending of a movie. It always gives a very 
disappointed feeling to see the movie suddenly stop, but a little 
time later you understand the meaning of it. 

BTW. We really liked the gag on page 4 with that huge man 
on the bear, it really gives you the feeling that HE is Steele. It's 
also very strange (but good "IOHO") to see such a gag in a Disney-
Comic, it's almost like watching "Monty Python" (if you know what we 
mean). 

Are you planning to do more Yukon-stories? On one side we're thinking 
that this subject is getting worn out. But on the other side... the 
more we're talking here about this one, the more we're going to like 
it! Compliments!  <END OF SPOILER!!!>


Australian comics
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Last time, you said that Gladstone's licence covered all of Northern
America, Australia and New Zealand. Why are the English Disney comics
also distributed in Australia then? 


--- Daniel & Arthur.