Danish Donald Strip Reprints
Niels Houlberg Hansen
NHH at ra.sa.dk
Wed Nov 5 14:40:53 CET 2003
>> Unfortunately - as far as I know - "MetroXpress" in Copenhagen is the
only
>> Danish newspaper that does so.
>Are you talking about good old Taliaferro strips, or Donald Duck strips in
>general?
>The Norwegian newspaper "Verdens Gang" does publish Donald Duck strips six
days
>a week (alongside "Calvin & Hobbes" and "Dilbert"). They've done that for
as
>far as I can remember (meaning, AT LEAST 10-15 years). And I know for sure
that
>is Bulls Press.
>And that's not the only one. According to a news article I read about six
>months ago, Donald Duck strips are now published in *eleven* Norwegian
>newspapers. (In comparision: The most-published strip in Norwegian
newspapers
>is "Hagar the Horrible" in 40 newspapers, followed by "Pondus" in 39
>newspapers, "The Phantom" in 31, "Calvin & Hobbes" in 24 and "Beetle
Bailey" in
>17.) Of all the strips from Bulls Press, Donald Duck is the fifth most
>published, only beaten by "Hagar the Horrible", "The Phantom", "Beetle
Bailey"
>and "Jens von Bustenskjold", and sharing the fifth place with "Ernie".
>So unless we're talking about two different kinds of Donald Duck strips,
Bulls'
>Donald Duck strips have for sure been published in Scandinavia for several
>years.
>Best,
>Olaf
What I meant was: To my knowledge "MetroXpress" is the only newspaper in
DENMARK that reprints the old Taliaferro strips.
I don't know how many Norwegian, Swedish and Finish papers that publish
them. But I hope it's a great number because they deserve it.
Regards
Niels
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