How did he get a completely new character to have this privilege?
Well, by being Romano Scarpa, to begin with.
Also, possibly, because he asked. No telling how sympathetic the editors might be to such an idea — it's just that it never occurred to anyone.
And finally, it's possible that the editors ordered a new character from the start, rather than for Scarpa to come and ask.
I guess what's more surprising here is that Scarpa decided to simply cede all rights to this character he created to Disney from the get-go. If the character had turned out to be popular, he would have had essentially no legal claim over it. Did Walt Kelly do something similar with his Gremlins comics?
Did Walt Kelly do something similar with his Gremlins comics?
You… are aware that Walt Kelly didn't create the Gremlins? At all? Uh, apparently not. Well, they were meant to be a tie-in for the Disney liveaction/animated hybrid The Gremlins, with a screenplay by Roald Dahl (mark that the Gremlins as such belong to no one, having been collectively created as a bit of folklore by actual R.A.F. pilot, loosely adapting preexisting legends like Klabautermen). The movie eventually didn't happen, because development had taken too much time and it was too expensive for war-time era Disney, and then the war ended and they shelved the project, assuming it wouldn't get much interest. In the meantime, Dahl had turned the screenplay into his first children's novels, printed in 1943 with illustrations taken straight from the Disney concept art.
The female mechanic from that recent Faraci/Ziche Duck Avenger story! She's completely hilarious. Hopefully they'll bring her back.
And the villain from the "Robbery of the Crown Jewels" (https://inducks.org/s.php?c=I+TL+1507-AP ) - he's really well characterized and drawn, and deserved to be re-used.
Post by Baar Baar Jinx on Sept 22, 2018 14:02:13 GMT
I'd like to see the return of Van Horn's unscrupulous litigation-happy lawyer, Wanda Sue Buckgrab, who only ever appeared in one story, and who ... doesn't have an INDUCKs entry?
I'd like to see more of the "franchisee" Beagle Boys from the Lucio Leoni story: "Escape To The Future". Especially the short one with the floppy ears and fuzz-stache. Not only was his design very distinctive, he very much evoked Bigtime Beagle from DuckTales with his hair trigger temper and implicit leadership over the other "new guys".
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who only ever appeared in one story, and who ... doesn't have an INDUCKs entry?
Well… with a few exceptions, INDUCKS doesn't index one-shot characters, even if they are major and memorable in their one outing.
Though it has strange exceptions, like this Brazilian comic set in the "Scrooge as magazine editor" series. inducks.org/story.php?c=B+840076 Coincidentally, those one-shot characters were interesting, including a woman who only appears for two panels... a secretary who is also a judo and karate champion, and who immediately catches the eye of Donald and Fethry!
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I think Old Yellow Beak from the first Barks-(and Hannah-)-comic "Donald Duck finds Pirate Gold" left quite an impression.
In the process of researching this book with me, JB Kaufman learned that—during development of the aborted film version of the story—Walt Disney named Yellow Beak himself!
Post by Dr Ivo G Bombastus on Nov 20, 2018 0:29:23 GMT
There are a lot of little seen characters from Gottfredson stories that it would be nice to see fleshed out, like Mickey's cousin Melody, or Percy and Patricia Pigg, or Mr. Shoebuckle.
A character with great potential who sadly didn't appear beyond two stories was Byron Erickson's Katarina Kodorofsky.
Did Walt Kelly do something similar with his Gremlins comics?
You… are aware that Walt Kelly didn't create the Gremlins? At all? Uh, apparently not. Well, they were meant to be a tie-in for the Disney liveaction/animated hybrid The Gremlins, with a screenplay by Roald Dahl (mark that the Gremlins as such belong to no one, having been collectively created as a bit of folklore by actual R.A.F. pilot, loosely adapting preexisting legends like Klabautermen). The movie eventually didn't happen, because development had taken too much time and it was too expensive for war-time era Disney, and then the war ended and they shelved the project, assuming it wouldn't get much interest. In the meantime, Dahl had turned the screenplay into his first children's novels, printed in 1943 with illustrations taken straight from the Disney concept art.
That should read: "kabouter", (not "klabouter") the Dutch word for mischevious gnome or gremlin.
That should read: "kabouter", (not "klabauter") the Dutch word for mischevious gnome or gremlin.
It is "Klabautermann", and quite possibly unrelated to the Dutch word (though who knows). Read the linked page, it provides two possible etymologies, neither of which brings up the Dutch word. Regardless, it's evidence enough that the common English spelling is Klabauterman/Klabautermann.
I think Old Yellow Beak from the first Barks-(and Hannah-)-comic "Donald Duck finds Pirate Gold" left quite an impression.
In the process of researching this book with me, JB Kaufman learned that—during development of the aborted film version of the story—Walt Disney named Yellow Beak himself!
That should read: "kabouter", (not "klabauter") the Dutch word for mischevious gnome or gremlin.
It is "Klabautermann", and quite possibly unrelated to the Dutch word (though who knows). Read the linked page, it provides two possible etymologies, neither of which brings up the Dutch word. Regardless, it's evidence enough that the common English spelling is Klabauterman/Klabautermann.
Thanks. Klabautermann is the Lower Saxon (Plattdeutsch) analogous word (synonym from the same source) for the Dutch and Frisian Kabouter (kabouterman). This word is more specific in nature, to mean an ocean water sprite who bedevils seamen (originally, mainly on The North Sea), as opposed to the more general meaning of the Dutch and Frisian kabouter, which could be a gnome, gremlin OR water sprite.
As we were discussing this in English, I assumed that the Old Frisian word would have been the version that would survive in English, because Old Frisian was the largest contributor to the Germanic component of English, moreso than Old Angelsc or Old Lower Saxon. My assumption was wrong. I guess we can learn something new every day.