Direct references to Barks-stories

[Jonathan H. Gray]

Suddenly I'm curious. Did anyone *besides* Barks do this in thier stories 
during the older days such as Murry or Strobl? Can anyone think of non Barks 
artists/writers who did this either to thier own stories or even to Barks'?


I know Gottfredson did it many times during the course of ealier Mickey 
Mouse strips but this was usually at the very beginning of the next story 
being serialized. The best example being the immediate segue between "Mickey 
Mouse on Sky Island" - Doctor Einmug shooting down Pegleg Pete's plane - and 
"In Search of Jungle Treasure" where Pete winds up crashing comically 
through Eli Squinch's roof. :)

This also leads me to another question - what was Barks's collaboration like 
with other duck and mouse writers and artists during his time? Has he ever 
spoken of Strobl or Murry or Fallberg or Taliaferro? His interaction with 
other peers/editors is something that is not often spoke of. Especially when 
characters he'd created began being used by others (Gladstone, Magica, 
Scrooge)

Jonathan H. Gray