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Hi all!

In the most recent Donald Duck pocket book published
in Norway there is a story about Duckburg sending a
team to the 2002 Soccer World Cup in South
Korea/Japan. And in the past there have been a lot of
such stories about Duckburg participating in the
Olympics, Soccer World Cups, etc. Even Carl Barks and
Don Rosa have done such stories. However I find many
reasons to be very critical to see more in these
stories than just fiction.

First how can a single city participate with it?s own
team in a Soccer World Cup or in the Olympics?
Specially when it?s definitely not an independent
nation as Duckburg is definitely a part of Calisota
which we have learned is a 51st state in the USA. So
as I see it, any Duckburgians in a Soccer World Cup or
in the Olympics would have to be a part of the
American squad or change their citizenship.

What are your opinions about this matter?

Best regards from
Sigvald :-)

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F?lg VM i fotball 2002 p? http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

> First how can a single city participate with it's own
> team in a Soccer World Cup or in the Olympics?
> Specially when it's definitely not an independent
> nation as Duckburg is definitely a part of Calisota
> which we have learned is a 51st state in the USA.

In my understanding you can compare the status of Duckburg in Calisota and
the USA with the Holy State (Vatican City) in Rome and Italy: It is a
separate state with all the according rights (government, taxes, army) but
shares various connections (currency, jurisdiction,...) with the country
around it. Here in Germany we have some cities (Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin)
which are their own states - just like NY in the U.S.. So Duckburg's status
may be something in beween "Vatican State" an "New York" - they are
independent enough to have their own embassys and olympic teams but still
belong to the country around it.

Cord

Kriton:

> > on road signs: 10 kilometers from
> > Amsterdam, you find a sign telling the distance to "London"
>
> *Road* signs? To *London*? From *Amsterdam*?!?!?

Yep. London is only 550 km away from Amsterdam. (Or was it 650?)
Copenhagen is 750 km away, and this is also mentioned on a sign outside
Amsterdam. Very handy, because for me the distance to Copenhagen (Egmont
City) is an interesting fact. 8-)

Klaus:

> > Germans, Deutsch, Allemand, Tedeschi.
>
> latinized word "theodiscus"

Ah, I forgot about that.

> Niemzij, Saksalaiset

Probably the Germans have the highest number of *totally* different names
used by other peoples...

Alle / Barry:

> "In Dutch"
> This phrase basically means "I am in trouble" with Uncle Amos.
> There are many such phrases in the English language and they
> are common to Americans, but always confusing to Second
> language learners.

I think the origin is in the 16th and 17th century, when England was in war
with the Netherlands all the time. Obviously, the English had a lot of
negative associations with the Dutch people.

--Harry.

Steven:

> lost some of my website addresses, including INDucks...
> can somebody post them?

Our new address is: inducks.org
This links to our new COA search machine: coa.duckburg.dk (which in turn
links to the English version of that site).

> in particular I am looking to see where "Silver Don" a story by
> Mark Shaw = which he based on the writings of Manly Wade
> Wellman= appeared

This is D 98146, published in Denmark (Jumbobog 231), Germany (LTB 273),
Finland (Aku Ankan Taskukirja 245), and probably in other countries that
publish the Egmont pocket books.

--Harry.

>From: H.W.Fluks at kpn.com
>You can get information about these stories by typing their story codes
>(without '-' characters) in:
>http://coa.duckburg.dk/coa/c1/search.php

I just tested it with 'I-1055-A' (as Vic and I suppose the publisher
wrote it). It's also understood, and the correct story is returned.

>Our new address is: inducks.org
> This links to our new COA search machine: coa.duckburg.dk (which in turn
> links to the English version of that site).

The main page should redirect to the English one,
and it does now.

I understand. It's a bit tricky.
The page you refer to is:
(1) http://coa.duckburg.dk/coa/c1/character.php/0/Spin+&+Marty

The index for "Spin & Marty"
(2) http://coa.duckburg.dk/coa/c1/character.php/0/Spin+&+Marty,
linked from 1,
is empty because S&M do not appear as character (anywhere) but in the
title-hero field.

It's a bit difficult to go to (1). The search won't link to it, nor
the index of characters. Only a story or issue with "Spin & Marty"
will. (Is that what you did?).

I'll change the link (2) on (1) to:
http://coa.duckburg.dk/coa/c1/comp2.php?default_o=1&hero=Spin+&+Marty
which hopefully works.

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No, my problem was that I *did* manage to get to a page for "Spin &
Marty",
but when I try to follow a link to a real index page, that page is
empty.

I can't give URLs now, because duckburg.dk seems to be down.

--Harry.
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"Bugs in Love" was not a strip title as far as I know. That was the
title of the Silly Symphony which contained a Bucky-like bug character.
The Silly Symphony comic strip actually appeared months BEFORE the
cartoon. See http://www.toonopedia.com/bucky.htm

Quack, Don

At Saturday, 1 June 2002, you wrote:

>Could anyone find a sample newspaper comic strip from the
>Disney Comics "Bugs in Love" from the early 1930's. I understand
that the
>cartoon was created in 1932 and the character first appeared in
the story "Bucky
>Makes His Name".? Please help.
>
>

http://www.toonopedia.com/today.htm
Today in Toons: Every day's an anniversary

Last week I visited Rome (Italy), and in the weekend there was the Dutch
comic convention in Haarlem.
Here is a short report of some (maybe) interesting things.

In Italy, I bought the newest Topolino, because of the funny cover (Donald
and Fethry watching a football match sitting between Japanese or Koreans).
Not very politically correct maybe, but very funny.
The opening story is about the world championship too. It's drawn by
Cavazzano. Looks quite good, but I can't read Italian...

I also bought the newest Zio Paperone, and the book "Barks Friends" (yes,
that's its Italian title). The latter contains all "Barks tribute" stories,
made by Egmont for Barks' 100th birthday. In Italy, the book celebrates
Barks' "100+1th" birthday...
The book has a nice cover by Marco Rota. And text pieces by Luca and
Alberto.

BTW, Dan Shane: in this Italian reprint of your money bin blueprints, they
are black on blue (or dark blue on light blue).

The Haarlem convention was 2 days: Saturday and Sunday. I went there on
Saturday, but I came back on Sunday because I missed half of the stands...
(They were hidden in a back street.)

Some Dutch news (i.e. news from the Netherlands 8-) :

Pocket book #89 will be a reprint of Pocket book #1 (1st series). Finally
we'll get a full-colour version of these nice Italian stories (Carpi,
Bottaro).

Next month's Donald Duck Extra will contain Jack Bradbury's "The Flying
Horse". They will print more Bradbury stories in DD Extra. And Strobl. And
Super Goof. And... Scarpa (whee!)

Hans Kresse drew 38 Zorro stories in the 1960s. Next year these stories will
be reprinted in luxurious albums. I'm trying to get an index of the stories,
for Inducks.
BTW, Kresse also made two Spin & Marty stories.

In a few weeks, there will be an official opening of the Donald Duck
(weekly) exhibition in the "TV Toys" museum in Dieren. I'll try to make a
poster for that exhibition, advertising the DCML and Inducks.

That's it for now,
--Harry.