DCML digest #897

[Don Rosa]

> From: Heike und Sven <taeger-troschke at 01019freenet.de>
> Subject: The Pied Piper of Duckburgh
> I would like to know about the story behind this story: How did this
> project come into being?

Bruce Hamilton at Gladstone Comics had those original first three penciled
pages from Barks. He thought it would be interesting if I completed the
story, so he gave me copies of those pages to trace and ink. I had no idea
how Mr. Barks planned to end the story, but I think they told me that it was
originally left uncompleted because Barks decided he "didn't feel like
drawing all those pages of mice and children" -- so whatever the original
ending was, it also involved lots of children doing something.

> Was there a personal contact between Carl Barks and Don Rosa?

Nope.

> By the way, is this the only time Carl and Don worked on the same story?

> From: Apostolis Trikourakis <komixgreekpage at yahoo.com>
> Don also draw some panels for Carl's "How Green was my
> Lettuce" story, if that's what you mean.

That's the same, only different. It was the same in that there was some
missing (rather than never done) panels which Gladstone wanted me to fill
in... it was the same in that no one had any idea what the panels originally
depicted. It was different in that I did not actually ink any traced Barks
pencils.
I also once inked at least one Barks penciled-cover (copy) that was rejected
by Gold Key for the story, um, what was it?... "Lost Beneath the Sea" I
think.