Ludwig von Drake vs. Egmont (and MOBY)

[Stefan Persson]

>From: Rich Bellacera <xephyr at cwnet.com>
>Reply-To: xephyr at cwnet.com
>To: dcml at stp.ling.uu.se
>Subject: Ludwig von Drake vs. Egmont (and MOBY)
>Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 10:34:58 -0700

>Well, even though Egmont may consider Ludwig von Drake to be "officially 
>dead" and there might be a bias against such
>characters as Moby Duck, their is still the seeming "fact" that Disney, as 
>an entity, does not currently express the
>same sentimentality!  A recent Pin Collectors version of the "Duck Family 
>Tree" firmly includes BOTH characters, and as
>recently as the animated TV series, Ludwig was very MUCH alive and well in 
>MODERN cartoons.  The BAY CHRONICLES
>comicbook series has recently utilized Moby in a continuous fashion as the 
>lead character. Egmont may dictate who can
>and cannot be used in THEIR publications, but that does not mean no one can 
>use a character if published through some
>other source.

Aren't the Italians still using LvD in some occasional stories?  I know that 
he appeared in some of the new Giovani Marmotte stories, at least.

Stefan

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