Magica De Spell sorceress/witch

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

DON ROSA to me, 31-08-2003:

>> Barks discusses Magica as a witch, on page 113.
>> "I thought at the time: Disney's always had witches who were ugly and
>> repulsive--why shouldn't I draw one that's not ugly, but outright sexy?"

> As you can see, the point Barks is making here concerns the reason for
> Magica's beauty, not  her magical capabilities. Use of the word "witch" 
> is the only context in which the point can be made.

Agreed. And I think I see such a pattern in Barks's stories.
Magica calls herself the sorceress.
Others call her both a sorceress *and* a witch. 

If "witch" would mean a person who has supernatural capacities by default, 
as they're regularly pictured in comics and cartoons, then (AFAIK) Barks's 
Magica is indeed no witch. 

Still, and I think there's a running gag in there, Barks's Magica regularly  
acts as if she *does* has have supernatural capacities. She uses a flying 
broom, but a motorized one. She can stun and pump people by the waving of 
her hand, unless the batteries of her stunner have not gone dead. I like 
the gags resulting from this side of Magica's behaviour, so that's why I'm 
so insistant about this subject.

--- Daniël

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