Taliaferro strips

[Gerstein, David DK - ECN]

	Hey Thierry,

>There are some sunday pages that are seldom reprinted, by 
>the way, eg Gladstone "forgot" several Silly Symphonies 
>Donald pages in the "Donald Duck" comics. But in this case, 
>I think that once again this was only a material problem.

	Sometimes, sometimes not.
	Gladstone couldn't get ZS 37/06/13, 37/07/18, or 37/08/08 because
Disney in Burbank no longer has the materials, as you guessed.
	On the other hand, Disney did have the proofs to ZS 37/07/04, but
they wouldn't allow it to be reprinted (making fun of the blind).

>One that (apparently?) *is* a problem is the Donald daily 
>strip of March 3 1938.
>I think that in the few recent reprints available, the text 
>was changed. I have never seen the original strip myself, 
>so I can only make guesses.
>Apparently Donald is throwing a stone (?) to a person who 
>is not shown. I'm not sure if that person is supposed to be 
>of African origin in the original strip.

	Correct. The original sign says "African Dodger."
	But the guy isn't shown, so why can't the sign just be changed?
Because in the USA, Disney thought the strip itself would encourage kids to
throw rocks at people. They objected to the gag as well as the text on the
sign.
	However, you can still see the strip's image of Donald pitching an
object (which is changed to a baseball) - Gladstone uses it many times as
the logo for their daily strip reprints in various 1994 issues of DONALD
DUCK.

	David Gerstein
	<dge at ecn.egmont.com>