The writer is listed as "unknown". You'd think Paul Murry would speak up when he saw an outrage of this magnitude, maybe diplomatically point out to the editors that it should be "Duckburg", not "Duckville", maybe even step up to the plate and quietly correct it when he was lettering the darn thing. But no, he took the path of least resistance; went along to get along.
Well, given that this story is from 1958 (only six years after the first non-Barks use of Duckburg), that Duckville was used in many stories from the 1950's and 1960's, and that Murry himself didn't start drawing duck stories until 1950, I guess it didn't sound like an outrage back then.
Update: "Malayalaya" (written by Del Connell and drawn by Jack Bradbury, May 1952) may be the first non-Barks mention of Duckburg if what was said so far in this thread is correct, but I just found an image from an earlier story (Grandma Duck, Homespun Detective, written by an unknown author and drawn by Riley Thomson, published in an unknown month of 1950) which mentions "Ducksburg" [sic]:
So, in 1947 and 1949 he was alternating between Burbank and Duckburg, despite the latter having been estabilished since 1944.
Anyway, this is a list (not sure if complete) of all of Barks' mentions of Duckburg prior to May 1952 (that is, prior to "Malayalaya" which has the earliest non-Barks mention of it):
Race to the South Seas (Boys' and Girls' March of Comics Giveaways #41, 1949, month unknown but possibly is June) Letter To Santa (Christmas Parade #1, November 1949)
As for Duckville I don't know if it was used that often, I only came across it twice, in "The Crocodile Collector" (1951) and another story from roughly the same time and written by the same author (Don Christensen).
I think that "Duckville" was also used by Bob Gregory a handful of times in the late '50s ('58 and '59) and the early '60s ('60-'63). I can't remember it being used other than that and those couple of times in the early '50s.
So, Duckville was used in the early 1950's, in the late 1950's and even in the early 1960's? That's more often than I thought. Plus, if the name was used in the first Fethry stories as David mentioned here, then the name didn't stop being used until 1964 or even later. I almost understand now why Forbes wrongfully says Scrooge lives in "Duckville, Calisota". I think it would be interesting to have a list of stories mentioning Duckville (also, there is the fact that according to this Italian map from 2002, Duckville is a different city from Paperopoli/Duckburg).
It would be even more interesting to have a list of stories where Donald's city is called something other than Duckburg. For example, in Donald Duck Captures the Range Rustlers (Vacation Parade #2, July 1951, written by an unknown author and drawn by Paul Murry) the city and its state are referred to as "Sanifornia, Califrisco". Barks himself, in addition to the three mentions of Burbank listed above, mentioned a "Quackville" in a newspaper titled "Daily Quack" in Kite Weather (WDC #42, March 1944); this is just a few months before he created Duckburg (though the story doesn't make it 100% clear that "Quackville" is supposed to be Donald's city).
And how about the newspaper comics? Since they eventually used characters created in comic books (like Scrooge himself) I wonder when did they settled into using the name Duckburg. I have read only a few of Donald's newspaper comics, but I know "Hollywood, Calif" is mentioned at least twice (17 October 1937, 21 August 1944). There are also other occasional names (Hickville on 8 March 1938, Homeville on 3 September 1938, Centerville on 17 March 1939), but it's not clear if they are meant to be Donald's city or a random city.
"The Magic Hourglass" not only mentions Duckburg, but shows a cityscape from it's Downtown area.
"The Magic Hourglass" not only mentions Duckburg, but shows a cityscape from it's Downtown area.
Are you sure? In the first panel HDL say "What a swell view of the city!", but the city is not called Duckburg (or any other name) in that scene:
Unless the name is used in a later panel that I missed, this story does not belong to the list of pre-May 1952 stories that used the name Duckburg.
And since yesterday I mentioned the spelling variant "Ducksburg" from a 1950 giveaway story, I will now mention another spelling variant: apparently, in DuckTales the city is called "Duck Burg". At least, it is called "Duck Burg" in the first episode, from which these two pictures are from:
Now I understand why the opening theme has a pause between "Duck" and "Burg".
I don't know if they ever changed the name back Duckburg in later episodes. In episode 95, we see Scrooge reading "Duckburg Times" or "Duck Burg Times". There is a space between "K" and "B", but the space is smaller than in the two examples above so I am not 100% sure they meant the city to be spelled "Duck Burg" here too, even though it seems so:
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"The Magic Hourglass" not only mentions Duckburg, but shows a cityscape from it's Downtown area.
Are you sure? In the first panel HDL say "What a swell view of the city!", but the city is not called Duckburg (or any other name) in that scene:
Unless the name is used in a later panel that I missed, this story does not belong to the list of pre-May 1952 stories that used the name Duckburg.
And since yesterday I mentioned the spelling variant "Ducksburg" from a 1950 giveaway story, I will now mention another spelling variant: apparently, in DuckTales the city is called "Duck Burg". At least, it is called "Duck Burg" in the first episode, from which these two pictures are from:
Now I understand why the opening theme has a pause between "Duck" and "Burg".
I don't know if they ever changed the name back Duckburg in later episodes. In episode 95, we see Scrooge reading "Duckburg Times" or "Duck Burg Times". There is a space between "K" and "B", but the space is smaller than in the two examples above so I am not 100% sure they meant the city to be spelled "Duck Burg" here too, even though it seems so:
I guess because I always knew Barks meant Duckburg, I just assumed Donald mentioned it there. In what early giveaway comic was Duckville, or was it Duckburg, named?
In what early giveaway comic was Duckville, or was it Duckburg, named?
I guess you are referring to the message I wrote two days ago, in which I mentioned a 1950 giveaway story drawn by Riley Thomson which mentions "Ducksburg" (note the "s"):
Update: "Malayalaya" (written by Del Connell and drawn by Jack Bradbury, May 1952) may be the first non-Barks mention of Duckburg if what was said so far in this thread is correct, but I just found an image from an earlier story (Grandma Duck, Homespun Detective, written by an unknown author and drawn by Riley Thomson, published in an unknown month of 1950) which mentions "Ducksburg" [sic]:
As I said, if we don't count the alternate spelling "Ducksburg" the earliest known non-Barks use of Duckburg is Malayalaya (written by Del Connell and drawn by Jack Bradbury, published in One Shots #394, May 1952). You already quoted the list of Barks stories published prior to May 1952 which use the name Duckburg (though I can't guarantee that this list is complete):
Race to the South Seas (Boys' and Girls' March of Comics Giveaways #41, 1949, month unknown but possibly is June) Letter To Santa (Christmas Parade #1, November 1949)
As for Duckville I don't know if it was used that often, I only came across it twice, in "The Crocodile Collector" (1951) and another story from roughly the same time and written by the same author (Don Christensen).
I think that "Duckville" was also used by Bob Gregory a handful of times in the late '50s ('58 and '59) and the early '60s ('60-'63). I can't remember it being used other than that and those couple of times in the early '50s.
So, Duckville was used in the early 1950's, in the late 1950's and even in the early 1960's? That's more often than I thought. Plus, if the name was used in the first Fethry stories as David mentioned here, then the name didn't stop being used until 1964 or even later. I almost understand now why Forbes wrongfully says Scrooge lives in "Duckville, Calisota". I think it would be interesting to have a list of stories mentioning Duckville (also, there is the fact that according to this Italian map from 2002, Duckville is a different city from Paperopoli/Duckburg).
It would be even more interesting to have a list of stories where Donald's city is called something other than Duckburg. For example, in Donald Duck Captures the Range Rustlers (Vacation Parade #2, July 1951, written by an unknown author and drawn by Paul Murry) the city and its state are referred to as "Sanifornia, Califrisco". Barks himself, in addition to the three mentions of Burbank listed above, mentioned a "Quackville" in a newspaper titled "Daily Quack" in Kite Weather (WDC #42, March 1944); this is just a few months before he created Duckburg (though the story doesn't make it 100% clear that "Quackville" is supposed to be Donald's city).
And how about the newspaper comics? Since they eventually used characters created in comic books (like Scrooge himself) I wonder when did they settled into using the name Duckburg. I have read only a few of Donald's newspaper comics, but I know "Hollywood, Calif" is mentioned at least twice (17 October 1937, 21 August 1944). There are also other occasional names (Hickville on 8 March 1938, Homeville on 3 September 1938, Centerville on 17 March 1939), but it's not clear if they are meant to be Donald's city or a random city.