Foreign Disney Comics: Are the stories original?

[Fluks, H.W.]

Will:

> From reading the messages posted since I subscribed to 
> this list a few
> days ago, I'm getting the impression that foreign editions of Disney
> comics are created by production teams in the countries where 
> the comics
> will be distributed, rather than just translating stories from U.S.
> editions of the comics.  Did I get that right?

Yes and no. Disney comics stories are produced in a dozen places in the
world. All countries can (and do) use these stories: both home-made and
foreign ones.

Most stories have a "story code", which usually is written in the first
panel of the story. This story code tells you which producer made the story.

On my webpage:
http://home.wxs.nl/~fluks4/bolderbast/xproduct.html
you'll find an overview of the places where stories are made, and lots of
information about story codes.
For instance, information about Brazilian producktion is on
http://home.wxs.nl/~fluks4/bolderbast/xpb.html

--Harry.