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Quote from user: Lars JensenQuote from user: cacouIn many of those strips Daisy really is depicted as stupid, which I find somehow quite more annoying than depicting Scrooge as stingy.

Take for instance the Brazilian comics of the 80s, where Daisy really is an interesting and funny character.
But those are comic book stories, not strips.
Do you think I don't know that Brazilian comics are not strips?

Quote from user: Lars JensenNo, my point was that it is easier to create subtle characterizations in comic book stories (where you have the space to do it) than in newspaper strips (where you usually don't).
It must be strange that a character like Ellsworth was ever created then!

Quote from user: Lars JensenQuote from user: cacouQuote from user: Lars JensenNo, my point was that it is easier to create subtle characterizations in comic book stories (where you have the space to do it) than in newspaper strips (where you usually don't).
It must be strange that a character like Ellsworth was ever created then!
You think Goofy's pet Ellsworth is subtly characterized?!?
It seems that's what I wrote above.

Quote from user: CacouQuote from user: Lars JensenYou think Goofy's pet Ellsworth is subtly characterized?!?
It seems that's what I wrote above.
I suspect our definitions of "subtly" differ.

Quote from user: CacouQuote from user: Lars JensenA daily gag strip has to produce one gag every day (of course). The more extreme a character is, the more gag potential he/she has.
Said otherwise, poor gags are easier to write. I think that applies to comic-books as well.
No, not "said otherwise". Let me quote myself: "The more extreme a character is, the more gag potential he/she has." That's why Harpo Marx came off as funnier in the movies than Zeppo Marx.

OK, François. I don't really understand your point or see how it pertains to my point... but I think I'm gonna drop this subject now.