Gyro's Helper's head

[Michael Schartau]

God point. No vacum tubes are fitted with screwsocket. A lamp it is.
/ Michael

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Från: "Rob Klein" <bi442 at lafn.org>
Till: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Skickat: den 26 maj 2002 17:33
Ämne: Gyro's Helper's head


> Congratulations to the man who built the full-scale operating REAL Donald car!
> he is one serious fan! It looks perfect!  And he drives it on the streets!  
> Amazing! I wonder if Al Taliaferro ever knew about it?
> 
> For Francesco and Theresa:  For reasons I stated in yesterday's digest, I 
> believe that it is clear that in Carl Barks' versions, Helper had an common, 
> ordinary light globe (bulb) for his head.  Vacuum tubes all had a solid 
> cylindrical cover around the bottom fitting of the tube, with prongs sticking 
> out. ALL of Barks' illustrations of the "heads" and "replacement heads" when 
> not screwed in to Helper's body, included a THREADED base connection ((for 
> spiral groove tightening into the lamp fitting)(old North American system).
> I cannot remember if Bradbury, or any other US artist drew Helper with his head 
> off, or drew any stored replacement heads.  Perhaps another member with a 
> better memory, or better access to his or her comics than I can inform us 
> whether or not Bradbury or another US artist used a vacuum tube as a model?
> At the same time, they could also check stories of European, and South American 
> artists' stories.  I seem to remember a few stories by Branca and Vicar? in 
> which Helper had to replace a "head".  My guess is that it is quite likely that 
> these artists would have used a model from the European or South American 
> electronics systems, whose bases will differ from the style that Barks used. I 
> am sure I remember several that resembled vacuum tubes.
> 
> Rob
> Klein
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