With regard to the altering of the art in the story described in the opening post; is the man who is seen doing so the original artist?
No; the artist seen changing the artwork in the video is Michel Nadorp, who usually only draws covers and illustrations, while the story itself is drawn by Carmen Perez. Nadorp is one of the few artists who work at Sanoma's office (rather than as a freelancer working from home, as most Disney comic artists do), so letting him change the artwork was probably the least complicated way to do it, especially this late into production of the issue.
No; the artist seen changing the artwork in the video is Michel Nadorp, who usually only draws covers and illustrations, while the story itself is drawn by Carmen Perez. Nadorp is one of the few artists who work at Sanoma's office (rather than as a freelancer working from home, as most Disney comic artists do), so letting him change the artwork was probably the least complicated way to do it, especially this late into production of the issue.
Which is where one could raise objections, I suppose; if I were the artist, I would probably be a bit miffed that my art was being altered by someone else, at least for reasons not having to do with objectionable content/censorship, without my input. True, the writers and artists are all freelancers who cede all ownership of their intellectual material to the publisher, but I can see this being considered somewhat disrespectful from a creators' point of view. You can imagine how Rosa would have reacted. Again, I think LGBTQ representation in Disney comics is great and long overdue, but should be a goal to strive for going forward rather than something to retroactively edit into previously published work, even if it's recent material.
Has this story already been published? If not, do we know for sure that the altered art will be used, or is it something done just for this news story or for future printings?
In this case, we're not even talking about the author's intention, for gosh sakes, unless the author was also the artist.
There I kinda have to disagree. I think the term "author" applies both to the artist and to the writer of a story — certainly, you'd certainly say Barks was one of the "authors" of things like The Flying Farm Hand.
In this case, we're not even talking about the author's intention, for gosh sakes, unless the author was also the artist.
There I kinda have to disagree. I think the term "author" applies both to the artist and to the writer of a story — certainly, you'd certainly say Barks was one of the "authors" of things like The Flying Farm Hand.
"Creator" yes, to use INDUCKS terminology. I wouldn't say Barks was "one of the authors" of stories he drew and did not write but I would say he was one of the creators. But your definition of "author" is a legitimate alternative.
It's intriguing that the depiction of LGBTQ folks would be one of the main things apart from the depiction of technology that would tie comics stories to a particular era. There's the internet and cell phones...and then there's a lesbian or gay couple who are both involved in the PTA activities on behalf of their child. Either of these says "WE ARE NOT IN THE 1950's!"
In terms of introducing LBGTQ folks into Disney comics: it would probably be easiest to start with background "extras," to proceed to one-shot characters (e.g. parents of a classmate of HDL, random neighbor of Daisy/Donald or employee of Scrooge), and then possibly to reveal some previously unknown orientation/gender identity of a continuing character. Wouldn't be too much of an earthquake, for instance, if Gyro or Clerkly or Miss Quackfaster or Stella Curfew were shown to have a same-sex love interest. (I know, Gyro has been given a girlfriend or two, but I've personally never seen any of those stories.)
Post by Scrooge MacDuck on Feb 26, 2019 20:46:24 GMT
Clerkly I firmly believe to be asexual, going off his characterization in that funny Christmas Carol spoof whose name I can't ever seem to remember. And though I know you don't give a hoot about it in your headcanon, DuckTales obliges me to acknowledge that Miss Quackfaster has once been married. But in general, you're not wrong.
Post by Baar Baar Jinx on Feb 26, 2019 20:58:02 GMT
How about Jake McDuck? Although he lived in an era when it could not be spoken aloud. I also like the suggestion that Matilda McDuck might be homosexual, although in that case either she was faking her lust for cowboys, or she's bisexual. The latter explanation doesn't prevent her from being married to Ludwig, although I personally don't like that idea.
Neither of these characters are active in "present day" stories (Matilda easily could be by Rosa continuity, but somehow has never been used), so it would be a tentative start.
Neither of these characters are active in "present day" stories (Matilda easily could be by Rosa continuity, but somehow has never been used)
…did you forget about The Old Castle's Other Secret, or what?
Anyway, while we're playing that game, it's common on the Tumblr Side of the Fandom to see Gladstone as bi- or pansexual, which I think is entirely plausible. But I don't know if the real comics would go ahead and make it official about a main character like that.
(There's also some following, notably on DeviantArt, for a gay Glomgold who is crazy for Scrooge, but won't admit it. I honestly don't know how to feel about that one.)
Neither of these characters are active in "present day" stories (Matilda easily could be by Rosa continuity, but somehow has never been used)
…did you forget about The Old Castle's Other Secret, or what?
Yes, I meant outside of that story (since Rosa is no longer producing any material, any future "present day" stories would have to be by other creators), hence my reference to "by Rosa continuity", but I realize I wasn't clear.
I would definitely leave Gyro out of the potential gay Duckburgians, as giving Gyro a love interest of either gender really wouldn’t add much to a Gyro Gearloose story. To me, it seems that Gyro is married to his work. His mind is always busy inventing things. If anything, I would imagine Gyro to be almost asexual, not interested in being in a relationship.
Gyro's a straight as a razor loser pining for Janye Mansfield.
Yes, he did have a (I believe regular) girlfriend in some of the comics, and was attracted to a woman in an episode of DuckTales '87.
DuckTales doesn't count for me, as MacDuck acknowledges. I did note that Gyro's been given a girlfriend in some comics; one is Janet Gilbert's Dana Data, but I haven't seen either of the two stories in which she appears. I've probably read the Lockman "Real Good Canoe" story which introduced the girlfriend Matilda (!), but it made no impression on me whatsoever. That character was picked up by the Brazilian writers, called Ermengarda in Portuguese, and used in ten stories, none of which I have seen. All I'm saying is that from my POV, I could easily see Gyro as interested in women or in men, although I semi-agree with Deb, to the extent that he wouldn't get serious with anyone because he's too focused on inventing.
Yes, he did have a (I believe regular) girlfriend in some of the comics, and was attracted to a woman in an episode of DuckTales '87.
DuckTales doesn't count for me, as MacDuck acknowledges. I did note that Gyro's been given a girlfriend in some comics; one is Janet Gilbert's Dana Data, but I haven't seen either of the two stories in which she appears. I've probably read the Lockman "Real Good Canoe" story which introduced the girlfriend Matilda (!), but it made no impression on me whatsoever. That character was picked up by the Brazilian writers, called Ermengarda in Portuguese, and used in ten stories, none of which I have seen. All I'm saying is that from my POV, I could easily see Gyro as interested in women or in men, although I semi-agree with Deb, to the extent that he wouldn't get serious with anyone because he's too focused on inventing.
I also have a Gyro story in the works, in which he falls for a lady (a fellow inventor).