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Briefly:

Paperinika:
>>>>>I simply never thought about that. I mean, they have a life, they have a work and so on... but I never asked myself on if they were ducks or people. They are themselves.

Okay, I guess that's how I thought/think of them. But I regard them exactly as I regard the characters when reading other comics like, oh, Superman or whatever. And just as I am regarding the characters in a movie. I'm not constantly thinking "these are humans. These are humans". I'm just thinking, as you say, "They are themselves". However, since I equate them with how I regard those other characters, it is the equivalent to me of "They are humans", so I'm sure that's my subconcious sees them. Anyway, I *definitely* am not thinking of $crooge and Donald as I do of Daffy Duck.

And finally:

My friend NuttyIsa:
>>>>>the italian name is Paperetta Ye Ye...that's more girly!

Yes, I like that name. But.... Paperetta is the Italian name? Then what's "Dickie"? How could there be an English name for a character that has never appeared in America/English?
But now I must be rude to NuttyIsa -- she asked about my drawing techniques. I really have no business telling you what sorts of art supplies to use because I don't know. All of the tools I use are wrong (most of them are mechanical drawing tools left over from my engineering days). I've never been instructed on how actual cartoonists work (I never have thought of myself as a "real cartoonist"). I don't know any of the methods or procedures that would help me get the work done faster and with better results that an art director would like. For example, to get the line weight and thickness I think I need, I'll use up to *7* different types of pens on a single panel! That's crazy! A real cartoonist can do the whole job with a single brush, and it would look far more professional than my stuff. My method of work was far too slow due to my lack of proper education (and decent eyes). You need to ask such a question to a qualified art instructor. Sorry!!!

According to Rich Bellacera's "Disney's HooZoo" website:

<< Her English name "Dickie Duck" is from Romano Scarpa's own model sheets for her, but it finally appeared in the USA in the editorial text page of the Gladstone comic "Mickey and Donald" #6, where she is said to be Glittering Goldie's niece (Italian uses the same word for granddaughter and niece, but in her debut story it's clear that granddaughter is meant). >>

 

Is Glomgold used *at all* in the Italian stories? (Remember, almost all that you ever saw in ZIO PAPERONE was the American/Northern European "Duck Universe".)

>>>>>And speaking of Mr Rockerduck... I seem to remember that he is not a very popular character in America

He is a virtually UNKNOWN character in America. He has been seen TWO times in the entire history of American comics, the first time around 1960 when he was created by Carl Barks as a one-time character in a $crooge story. Flintheart Glomgold has always been $crooge's only rival in the American comics (and therefore also in the Northern European comics). How did Rockerduck come to fill that role in Italia?

"Dippy Dawg":
>>>>>So, you think that Matilda and Ludwig are married? Well, I don't agree: this would mean that Ludwig is the Donald's uncle! It seems too strange to me!

"Strange"?! But... that's what Ludwig has always been said to be, ever since he was created in 1961 as the weekly host of "The Wonderful World of Color" TV series. He's Donald's uncle. He only appeared briefly in American comic books in 1961-62, and at the time was even used once by Carl Barks. He then appeared for decades in the American DD newspaper strip, always as "Donald's Uncle Ludwig".
Not so in Italia? Somebody goofed.

Brigetta:
>>>>>>Which story? (curious curious)

Ooooh... I don't want to be too exact since this story will never be told. But I already told you where they are stranded. Which of my stories involved such a valley?

>>>>>And speaking of Mr Rockerduck... I seem to remember that he is not a very popular character in America

He is a virtually UNKNOWN character in America. He has been seen TWO times in the entire history of American comics, the first time around 1960 when he was created by Carl Barks as a one-time character in a $crooge story. Flintheart Glomgold has always been $crooge's only rival in the American comics (and therefore also in the Northern European comics). How did Rockerduck come to fill that role in Italia?

>>>>>>Italy (where, on the contrary, he is used much more often than Flinthearth Glomgold).

Is Glomgold used *at all* in the Italian stories? (Remember, almost all that you ever saw in ZIO PAPERONE was the American/Northern European "Duck Universe".)

>>>>>How come you used him in your Life of $crooge?

Because he *was* created by Barks, and because by then I knew he was a major character in Italian comics, so I did it as a tip-of-the-hat to the Duckfans in my (father's) homeland. I did it just to please all of you, as I knew the story would eventually be published there. That "Life of $crooge" appearance was the second and last time Rockerduck has ever been seen in America.

Paperinika:
>>>>>Ok I understand the problems a story with Hortense, Della or her husband may cause, but... what about Ludwig? Why should he be dead?

Don't ask me! Ask Egmont. All they told me was they didn't want him used and he was "officially dead".  I wanted to use him! (And I still did, sneaking him into a few stories, such as "A Little Something Special".)