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Hey Timo,

>In his Donald Duck universe guide,
>( http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/egmont-ddu.html)
>David Gerstein tells that the Black Ducks from Barks' wdc 34 and the
dogfaced
>Tuku
>tribe from Barks' wdc 211 are cannibals.
>
>But in my version, these two tribes are not cannibals, they don't eat
>people.

I wrote the "Universe Guide" in 1993. Looking back from ten years
later, I can't imagine what was going through my head- except, perhaps,
looking at stereotypically cliched jungle natives, I instinctively referred
to them as cannibals without thinking twice.
As you correctly point out, they're really innocent of cannibal
cannibals they're not. Donald isn't on the menu. Maybe Per can fix this for
me?

Apologetically, David
(mmm... roast duck...)

Hi!
I recently (no, not on the April 1st :)) heard a rumour of a picture/painting depicting Scrooge McDuck on his dying bed. I would assume it was "modeled" after the Dickens' Scrooge's death, but as a rumour, everything stands unconfirmed. I would like to know - does this picture exist or is it just an urban legend?
Thank you in advance for any light you can shed on the subject!

That would be in the files section of this group. don't?

> Hi!
>
> I recently (no, not on the April 1st :)) heard a rumour of a
picture/painting depicting Scrooge McDuck on his dying bed. I would assume
it was "modeled" after the Dickens' Scrooge's death, but as a rumour,
everything stands unconfirmed. I would like to know - does this picture
exist or is it just an urban legend?
>
> Thank you in advance for any light you can shed on the subject!
>

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>I have a couple questions about two Scientists who
>appear in Disney comics.

>One I recall has appeared a few times with Mickey.
>He is a friendly dognose with a beard and a cowboy
>hat. I think he is most noted for having genetically
>engineered dinosaurs which now live on his ranch.
>Can anyone tell me the name of this scientist and
>has he appeared more than the couple of times I recall?

Is he a recent character (from the last 20 years or so)?
Because he sounds line he may be based on real-life
paleontologist Robert Bakker:
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/B/Bakker/1.html

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RICH:
>I have a couple questions about two Scientists who appear in Disney comics.
>One I recall has appeared a few times with Mickey. He is a friendly
>dognose with a beard and a cowboy hat. I think he is most noted for having
>genetically engineered dinosaurs which now live on his ranch.
You're combining two characters here.
Professor Wagstaff, a rival of Mickey's pal Professor Dustibones, is
the scientist who first genetically engineered the dinosaurs.
Buck Calhoun is the friendly rancher who now has the dinosaurs at
his ranch, but Buck had nothing to do with their initial breeding.
These characters appeared in several stories by Pat McGreal and
Cesar Ferioli (stories which we Yanks first saw in WDC&S 621-24 and 626-27).
Pat and his wife, Carol, have recently done some new stories with Wagstaff,
too, but they haven't been published yet.
>The second scientist is a bad guy. He is apparently a Duck villain and is
>known "Dr. Krantz" in German. Does he have another name in English or
>Italian? What is his story (background)?
Dr. Kranz (the Italian spelling- I can't access the American comics
at present) is really a Mouse villain: the enemy of Goofy's archaeologist
cousin Arizona Goof. Arizona only ever made one appearance in the USA, in
GOOFY ADVENTURES 12-13.

TIMO and GILLES:
I musta been half asleep when I posted that letter about
non-cannibalistic cannibals yesterday. Not only did I address it to the
wrong guy (you'd posted about something else, Timo!), but I stated:
"As you correctly point out, they're really innocent of cannibal
cannibals they're not."
What the...?! This really should have been
"As you correctly point out, they're really innocent of cannibal
behavior, so cannibals they're not."
I somehow deleted a couple of words and didn't notice before I sent
it off.

David

Shad Z. said:
RE: "Buck Calhoun"
> Is he a recent character (from the last 20 years or so)?
> Because he sounds line he may be based on real-life
> paleontologist Robert Bakker:
>
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/B/Bakker/1.h
tml

Buck is a fairly recent addition to the Disney cast of recurring characters
(within the last 20 years). Interesting comparison you have there Shad. I
read most of that page you linked and I can't help but wonder, too, if
Bakker was in the forefront of the minds of Pat McGreal and Cesar Ferioli
when they created "Buck Calhoun." Buck is a bit "heavier" than Bakker, but
in some ways I'd say he could be a caricature of him. I personally found
Buck to be a very charismatic character and would love to see more of him
in stories with Mickey and the gang. His odd contrast of the cowboy
frontier and Jurassic Park is a pleasant feature in a Disney comic, and
Disney could really use this aspect as a catch for kids with fascination
for dinosaurs.

Thanks for that information!

-Rich Bellacera

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Gerstein, David DK - ECN wrote:

> These characters appeared in several stories by Pat McGreal and
>Cesar Ferioli (stories which we Yanks first saw in WDC&S 621-24 and 626-27).
>Pat and his wife, Carol, have recently done some new stories with Wagstaff,
>too, but they haven't been published yet.
>
Are these the people in e.g. D 95112?

Stefan