A house is not a home, unless it's a houseboat....
Shad Z.
shadz at email.com
Fri Jan 30 06:38:03 CET 2004
From: Rich Bellacera <xephyr at cwnet.com>
>
> Cartoons vs. Comics...
>
> In more recent years, at least in contemporary cartoons, Mickey and the Gang have
> pretty much all been given very distinctive residences.
>
> This has been reflected primarily in the MouseWorks & House of Mouse cartoons.
>
> Mickey & Minnie both have their own cartoony homes, Minnie's being a little more
> on the feminine side, showing heart-shaped archways, etc.
>
> Pluto, of course, has his doghouse.
>
> Donald has his houseboat, the "Miss Daisy."
>
> Daisy has her beachhouse.
>
> Goofy has his Trailer home.
>
> In comics, primarily everyone lives in a regular "house" house. Some better than
> others, such as Goofy's being somewhat dilapidated. Then there's Grandma's farm
> and Scrooge's Moneybin (or Mansion, depending on your opinion).
>
> In your opinion, do you think these distinctive dwellings portrayed in cartoons
> would be well-suited to comics as also? Do you prefer the cartoon homes each
> character has over their basic "house" house depicted in comics?
>
> I like the cartoon dwellings and the distinction they give each character and
> would love to see comics emulate them, too.
>
> How about you?
I'd be fine with the cartoon dwellings showing up in the
comics, except maybe Donald's houseboat. I think the
"regular" house serves Donald's role as a someone
struggling hard to be a parent to the nephews. Plus,
it can lead to Neighbor Jones stories. If you are
doing a story where the nephews are obviously not
around (set before they come to live with Donald?),
the houseboat would work fine...
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