DCML Digest, Vol 26, Issue 16

[Gerd Syllwasschy]

Lars:

>>>I have no clue as to which [Donald Duck newspaper strips Carl Barks]
>>>actually wrote. Apart from 39-09-11, which was spotted by Michael
>>>Naiman and published in Comic Book Marketplace # 40.
>>
>>But how did Michael Naiman know that this strip was written by Barks?
> 
> 
> Nobody knows the answer to this?


I believe this has never really been proven. What we know is:
a) Barks sold some gag ideas to the comic-strip dept. during his stay at the Disney Studio;
b) he was paid for writing the one-pager in DD FC 189.

Now the FC 189 one-pager is so similar to the 1939 strip that it is unlikely that this happened by pure chance. Barks did not usually copy other writers' work; however, he repeatedly returned to subjects written by *himself*. So the assumption that it was his original gag idea does not seem too far-fetched.

Gerd

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