Duckburg

[Matthew Williams]

I sympathize with Mr. Rosa's comments.  As an American, I want to claim the
Ducks and insist that they're speaking English! (I'm picturing Donald
saluting the Statue of Liberty at the end of Der Fuehrer's Face").  I must
admit that the Life and Times of Scrooge is extra special to me because it
presents Scrooge's life as being tightly bound with the history of my
nation.

BUT: most of my fellow countrymen have cast aside my beloved ducks and mice!
I think I've said on the list before that I am VERY jealous of the fact that
Disney comics are more mainstream and appreciated in Europe.  Why shouldn't
the ducks be expatriates like the great American writers of the early
twentieth century?  Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, Stein, and many others felt out
of sync with the rest of the US and left for Europe.  Why shouldn't Scrooge
and Donald flee to nations that realize their greatness and embrace them?

Seriously, it doesn't bother me one bit that readers imagine the ducks as
living in their country, speaking their language.  It's a tribute to the
broad appeal of the comics.  I really like Olaf's ideas on the subject!

Anyway, this all leads into a question I wanted to ask.  I went though my
old comics yesterday and read Disney Comics' Autumn Adventures #1.  In the
comic is a Chip N Dale story where the chipmunks decide that they want to go
south.to AFRICA!  They even look at a map of Europe and Africa.  It is clear
in the story that the chipmunks are living in Europe.  What I was anxious to
discuss is this: are there many stories out there that clearly present the
Disney characters as living in a specific (actual-not Duckburg, Callisota)
geographical location?  And I mean BESIDES the many, many Barks and Rosa
stories that present the Ducks as living on the west coast of the United
States.  On a slightly different note, are there stories out there that are
so rooted in regional customs and politics that they are virtually
unprintable in nations outside of their nation of origin?

Just curious,

Matthew A. Williams