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As reported to this list a month or so ago, my very esteemed colleague,
Professor Oeystein Soerensen, gave a public lecture with the topic of
"history falsification of Donald Duck stories". It turns out, to
some people's relief, that this is not about "falsification of History",
but rather about falsification of Duck (and mostly Barks) stories;
how certain classic Barks stories are being changed, altered,
softened up, tuned in to new versions of political correctness,
and so on. Example abound, and many of his examples would be known
to experts on this list: how the sharp teeth of the dangerous negroes
in MOC #20 (1948) have been made less dangerous and more dentally
correct in later editions, and so on.

Well: his public lecture at the University was a success, being attended
by a hundred (?) students & associates (were any list members present,
who could more accurately report on this?). And it was certainly noted
by other news people. Since then he has been cross-interviewed in
various contexts and media about nine times -- articles in newspapers,
interviews in radio channels. The most significant ones of these might
be (a) radio interview in "Dagsnytt 18"(?), jointly with Duck editor
Svein Erik Soeland (last week), and (b) two-page interview in
"Dagsavisen Arbeiderbladet" (last Friday; "When Donald is censored").
Seen in a photo in the latter are old + new editions of some Barks
classics (proudly displayed by Soerensen), complete with 1948-sharp teeth.

Very brief excerpt: "Soerensen is mostly known as historian specialising
in war history and nationalism... and is author of many books about
nationalism... Less known are his source-critical studies of Donald Duck.
Soerensen has been an avid Duck reader since the 50ies [he is born in 1954;
my note!], and his studies have made clear that there are significant
differences between original and reprinted versions... "

Nils Lid Hjort

Hi!

PAUL JONGMA:
> What's the english name for Loebas (Donald's dog)?

It's Bolivar.

> How do you spell Huey, Louie & Duwey?? exactly?

The way you say it, it's "Kwik, Kwak en Kwek". You
can better say "Huey, Dewey and Louie". At least that
sounds better ...

> It's for a question for a gameshow (Denktank!!!)

Are you from the show itself? That's cool! I watch
it almost every day! :o) I remember that some time
ago they also had a question about all the names
of Donald Duck in different languages!

Bye!

Arthur de Wolf

Danny:

> I am very much intrerested in the forgotten Disney movie "The Black
> Cauldron" [..] if there ever was a comic adaption of
> this movie.

There has been at least one, made in France (F JM 85140, published in
Holland in 1985). Apart from that, I know of several other French
stories with the same characters.

Katie:

> [..] Per Starback's webpages [..]
> After Goldie's name in the characters section, it says " (strange) ".

This can be considered a "bug" in Per's web software. We know of this
for several months already, but Per hasn't had the time yet to fix it.
It looks "strange" indeed...

Don:

> I grew up in southern Louisiana [..] the only way I ever
> heard "turquoise" pronounced was "TUR-kwahz".

Probably because of the Cajun influence, your area pronounces the word
closest to the French way...

--Harry.

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So, can we expect a Disneycomic-related question in Denktank soon?

Misha

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Danny:

The movie "The Black Cauldron" was released on video in the UK in PAL-format.

F 85140 is a 38 pages comic-adaptation of this film:

published (information of the DcD):
in Germany in :
SDG 15b F 85140 38 -> Taran und der Zauberkessel
| [hero:Taran]

in the Netherlands in:
WB.90i F 85140 38 -- Taran en de toverketel
| nl : 85-41+

-- Gilbert

Hi,

I have started planning my next trip to Expocartoon in Rome next may and
once again I am looking for a someone to share the costs of the hotel wit=
h
during the 4 nights.

Would anyone be interested ?

Best.

Didier

Well, my subject line is "nostalgia", which will sound weird to some of
you when you see what I'm talking about. But since I'm only 18 years
old, things from even 5 years ago seem like nostaglic. Anyway, on to my
point...

I've been feeling a bit ill the last two days, so what better excue to
dig through my Disney comics collection and lounge on the couch all day
reading duck adventures? :-) It's been a real treat, since I
re-discovered old favorites I hadn't read since their original
publication. Among the newly uncovered treasures were a number of Don
Rosa stories I wasn't aware I even owned, and wasn't even sure if they
had been published in the US yet. Among them: "Return to Xanadu",
"Treasure Under Glass", "Metaphorically Spanking" and "Incident at
McDuck Tower". All were definitely treats, especially Return to
Xanadu. Not three weeks ago in my literature class we read "Kubla
Khan", and our main assignment was to draw what we thought Xanadu looked
like. I was astonished when, lo and behold, I picked up this comic and
saw that Don Rosa had done just that! (Well, sure, he had a Barkensian
precedent, but I won't risk any spoilers for those who haven't read it
yet.) Needless to say, all the stories were a real treat to read!

Also among the comics I uncovered was a copy of Brigitta's first
appearance, Scarpa's "The Last Balaboo." I don't remember ever reading
this story, although I must have sometime, but it was published over 5
years ago, if I remember the date on the comic correctly. Of course,
Brigitta will never replace Goldie in my heart (or my vision of
Scrooge's) but it was extremely interesting and nice to see her debut.
I also ran across some other Scarpa translations, and I really enjoyed
them. Just makes me wish I spoke Italian! (Although 5 years of Spanish
study does clue me in on a few cognates.)

I was amazed at how many Van Horn stories popped up in the WDC&S
published when Disney, not Gladstone, was in charge. I like Van Horn,
but in every issue?

I also noticed that Magica DeSpell shows up in a LOT of stories! After
Flinty, she's my favorite duck villain, so that was a good thing.

Overall, it made for a wonderful two days of reading. I got to read
everything from Barks classics and Rosa epics to stories by little-known
(in this country, at least) European artists. What a lot of fun!

One last note...remember my List of Scrooge's Love Interests I was
making? Add Tilly Billbrook. In U$ 269, a story called "The Flowers"
by an unknown writer with art by Vicar featured a duckess of that name.
She looked (to me) a lot like Goldie, especially in old age (the story
featured a long flashback.) In youth, she had white hair like Daisy,
but in a style reminscent of Goldie's (at least in this issue's
coloring.). And the story was even set in Canada during the gold rush,
although it was British Colombia and not the Yukon. Tiny spoiler: she
eventually ends up residing in Duckburg.
Does anyone know if she appeared anywhere else?

Quackcerely,

Katie Sullivan