Barks's Magica on a broom

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

Yesterday, I wrote:

> I would find it strange to see (Barks's) *Magica* on a real broom, 
> though. So strange, that I'm almost getting curious to see her that 
> way. :-)

Barks's 1976 painting "July Fourth in Duckburg" (76-03) shows Magica 
on a broom, without any hint of how it is driven. The painting also 
contains the Ratface raven, by the way.

I think it would be nice to see the broom being motorized, as I like 
the idea.

Was Barks the inventor of motorized brooms? Or are there precedors?

--- Daniël