Wow, nice drawing! You can make a very expressive Fethry!
But what is the reason for the non acceptance of Fethry by the editor? Did they ever tell you writers why?
I can understand the motivation for the ban of Ludwig, even if I do not agree on that at all: not only you are right when you say that he represents a different kind of genius/savants than Gyro, but moreover their personalities are very different -- so you can make Ludwig behave in many (more or less crazy) ways that would be out-of-character on Gyro!
But what the reason for Fethry? He is not interchangeable with Donald (even the Italian Fethry, less annoying and more naive than the original characterization by Kinney, cannot play the same role as Donald!). And of course he is not interchangeable with Gladstone. So what is the matter?
My guess would be that Dutch and Egmont comics did not "catch on" to the characters quickly enough, and, by the time people started to want to use them, felt the readers would be unfamiliar with these "outsiders" and would feel kind of like Americans feel towards, say, Dickie Duck. So they stalled and stalled and stalled until it became something of a proud tradition to uphold.
Wow, nice drawing! You can make a very expressive Fethry!
But what is the reason for the non acceptance of Fethry by the editor? Did they ever tell you writers why?
I can understand the motivation for the ban of Ludwig, even if I do not agree on that at all: not only you are right when you say that he represents a different kind of genius/savants than Gyro, but moreover their personalities are very different -- so you can make Ludwig behave in many (more or less crazy) ways that would be out-of-character on Gyro!
But what the reason for Fethry? He is not interchangeable with Donald (even the Italian Fethry, less annoying and more naive than the original characterization by Kinney, cannot play the same role as Donald!). And of course he is not interchangeable with Gladstone. So what is the matter?
My guess would be that Dutch and Egmont comics did not "catch on" to the characters quickly enough, and, by the time people started to want to use them, felt the readers would be unfamiliar with these "outsiders" and would feel kind of like Americans feel towards, say, Dickie Duck. So they stalled and stalled and stalled until it became something of a proud tradition to uphold.
As I stated above, Fethry appeared in a lot of stories in the mid and late 1960s (mostly American stories drawn by Hubbard, and other S(Disney Studio) stories. Ludwig appeared some (his stories drawn by Strobl). But, at that time, there was no regular Dutch production of stories (only covers). I called that "The Dark Ages" of Oberon, when there was very little Barks printed (only his late Gold Key stories), and The Fan Editorial group of Cees de Groot, Eddy van Schuylenburg and Daan Jippes had not yet started (mid 1973). The general quality of stories was terrible. In late 1973 - 1976, when The Dutch production was building up, none of the writers and artists even tried to use Fethry or Ludwig, perhaps from their memories of "The Terrible '60s", which also included a lot of poor art in Moby Duck, late Knabble & Babbel (Chip 'N Dale, and other weaker strips. That's why a lot of us readers thought of the mid and late 1970s and early 1980s, as "The Golden Age of Oberon", or "The Revival" if They considered The '50s (introduction of Barks) as "The Golden Age".
Wow, nice drawing! You can make a very expressive Fethry!
But what is the reason for the non acceptance of Fethry by the editor? Did they ever tell you writers why?
I can understand the motivation for the ban of Ludwig, even if I do not agree on that at all: not only you are right when you say that he represents a different kind of genius/savants than Gyro, but moreover their personalities are very different -- so you can make Ludwig behave in many (more or less crazy) ways that would be out-of-character on Gyro!
But what the reason for Fethry? He is not interchangeable with Donald (even the Italian Fethry, less annoying and more naive than the original characterization by Kinney, cannot play the same role as Donald!). And of course he is not interchangeable with Gladstone. So what is the matter?
I don't think they ever made an official statement. They just told us orally that no Fethry stories are being accepted at "this time" (which has stayed true for a long while now). I think they believe that the Dutch readers aren't interested in him. He WAS popular in The Netherlands in the mid and late '60s, but, maybe the readers got burnt out on him?
"So you can make Ludwig behave in many (more or less crazy) ways that would be out-of-character on Gyro!"
- YES. Ludwig was an absent-minded, self aggrandising, egotistical, "know-it-all blowhard, in love with the sound of his own voice, who fancies himself an expert on EVERYTHING (including fisticuffs and "how to handle women"). He makes a great candidate for all kinds of shenanigans in a variety of story types and different types of roles. Much wider possibilities than Gyro. It's really a shame to waste such a versatile character.
Here's my conception of him as Barks might have drawn him:
Barks DID draw him, though, didn't he? In a one-pager with either Scrooge or Grandma Duck, don't recall?
I always feel a bit odd to make Ludwig an inventor. In my headcanon, Ludwig is a scientist, a professor who explains things to others but not invent anything. I am aware that in many TV shows, stories and movies the scientist is the inventor, but that's just not what happens in real life. Being as a researcher myself, I feel people who choose to do science are driven by curiosity, people who are curious about what happen and why that happens. That's more like digging out the secret hidden by mother nature.
Whilst I personally consider Gyro as a design engineer. Gyro is more interested in how to use his knowledge to solve problems. That would be a creative process.
So I would like to think these two people have different focuses. One wants to know WHY, another one enjoys to know HOW.
PS: I never feel quite comfortable with Ludwig wearing a lab coat outside a lab, that's against the rule and can be dangerous.
he... already had a girlfriend. we sure this isn't just the name they're giving in dutch stories to rosinha?
The last time she appeared, she was called Rosita, Parquita, according to the descriptions in the stories, is a teacher, her father has a restaurant (and apparently, it is inspired by the one in Rocha Vaz) and she has a mother.
I did more research, I looked at screenwriter Alex van Koten's profiles on social media and it seems that they recreated the characters with other names and in Inducks they are considered new characters: Zé's rival is called Paco Pedanto and is Luís Carlos, his father is Senhor Valores and mother doesn't have a name.
"Parquita" as drawn in the recent image is quite obviously intended to resemble the character called Maria Vaz in English and Rosinha in Brazil—at least as she looked in the 1940s. (But that makes sense, because the Dutch draw a 1940s-style Nestor as well.)
The earlier "Rosita" could, I guess, pass for Maria (who has had a lot of different designs over the years), but the recent "Parquita" looks much more like what I'd expect.
"Parquita" as drawn in the recent image is quite obviously intended to resemble the character called Maria Vaz in English and Rosinha in Brazil—at least as she looked in the 1940s. (But that makes sense, because the Dutch draw a 1940s-style Nestor as well.)
The earlier "Rosita" could, I guess, pass for Maria (who has had a lot of different designs over the years), but the recent "Parquita" looks much more like what I'd expect.
Yes, so much so that Rosita was illustrated by a Brazilian artist: Eli Marcos Leon they even put ANACOZECA (looks alike), Afonsinho and Pedrão also appear in this period inducks.org/story.php?c=H+27178 From Lambiek:
By request of editor Bas Schuddeboom, he created a new feature based on the younger years of the Big Bad Wolf, called 'Kleine Midas' ("Little Zeke", 2022- ). Situating the stories during the character's childhood years growing up with his equally "big bad" brother Zeb in a household that also consists of Mother Wolf and their inventive Grandpa, Van Koten has remained the feature's regular writer. In collaboration with editor Frans Hasselaar, he has been writing stories with a revamped version of 'Jose Carioca', in which the Brazilian parrot has a steady relationship with self-willed Parquita (2023- ).
The other characters also look like the characters from the strips: Paco Pedanto looks like Luís Carlos, Rosinha's fiancé.
Her father, "Senhor Valores", looks like Rocha Vaz
The synopses
nl Joe Carioca doet zich weer eens voor als rijkaard. Maar dan komt hij Parquita tegen, die geld helemaal niet belangrijk vindt!
en Joe falls in love with a school teacher and tries to pretend he’s rich, but that’s not what she wants at all. inducks.org/story.php?c=H+2022-480
nl Joe heeft eindelijk een goede baan, maar nu ziet hij zijn liefje Parquita nooit meer...
en Joe gets a new job working for Mr Valores taking lonely clients out for lunch or dinner and keep them company. But that means he never has time to take Parquita out again. inducks.org/story.php?c=H+2023-014
nl Joe wordt weer aan het werk gezet door zijn toekomstige schoonvader; hij moet zorgen dat restaurant La Comida beter loopt dan de concurrent aan de overkant.
en Señor Vateros offers José a job as restaurant manager. If he manages to make the place successful, he will earn a villa. inducks.org/story.php?c=H+2022-661
I think they tried to make them the original characters, but they were prevented from doing so for some reason.