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[Klartekst]

I have a very tough question that I hope some list members can help me with.

I am currently re-reading "Sophie's World", a very clever book about 
philosophy that was an international best seller a few years ago. The 
author Jostein Gaarder uses a very efficient plot device. He lets his 
protagonist make the devastating discovery that she is a fictional 
character.  "I don't exist!" she cries. "I'm just a person in a book that 
somebody is writing." Her mentor, the philosopher, replies: "And how does 
the guy who writes the book know that HE's not a character in another book 
that somebody else is writing?"

Now to my question:

Has there ever been a story where the ducks were aware that they were 
cartoon characters?

Non-Disney creators do this a lot. In Bloom County, the great comic strip 
of the 80s, the characters would sometimes muff their lines, try to rewrite 
the script and even go on strike! But in a duck story?

I know one instance that does'nt really count: In the beginning of Floyd 
Gottfrdssons adaption of "The Brave Little Tailor" we see Mickey coming to 
the film studio to start shooting the story. But I feel that this was 
simply a justification for placing the mouse in an historical setting (time 
machines were not so common in those days).

Does anyone know of any other cases?

Nils from Norway