Glittering Goldie (was DCML Digest, Vol 6, Issue 46)

[Lars Jensen]

Katie Sullivan wrote:

>> So what? Glittering Goldie also is a one-time Barks fenomenon.
>
> In the comics, true.  But she popped up in an awful lot of his oil
> paintings.
> http://www.sullivanet.com/duckburg/barksoils/
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think any other character
> who appeared in only one of his stories has appeared in so many
> oil paintings.  This would indicate to me that he thought her to
> be an important character--or at least an important symbol of
> his characterization of Scrooge (rough and grouchy on the
> outside, kind-hearted deep down.)
> But then I'm extremely biased in favor of her character, so
> don't mind me.  ;)

I don't know much about Barks' oil paintings, but... Did he paint the
Goldie-oriented ones because he had a desire to use that character? Or
because the customers who ordered the paintings had asked for Goldie to
be included in them?

Lars