Wait, so Mickey Mouse WAS called "Michel Souris" in France at some point? It wasn't just a silly name given to this obnoxious 2000s French-made character?
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One may argue that there is a tendency, at least in early Barks stories, that humans are associated to evil characters whereas non-humans are not evil.
It's also a classic cartoon convention that was described by Scott McCloud. In many cartoons (especially anime), characters and creatures drawn to be realistic tend to be less sympathetic (it reminds us of the gritty sad reality we are trying to escape from), while the simplified, stylized ones tend to be more appealing (it enables us fantasizing about a more fun, simple world).
Though I am guessing you consider some of those people "humans" if they are sufficiently anthropomorphized, right? I remember the Egyptian sect were anthro dogs but the Aborigens were realistic humans.
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No, it’s not. Nicknames for James are Jim (most common) or Jamie.
Wow, for years, I thought "Jack" was just a nickname for "James"... and then learned about the "John" connection...
This is also because in French, the equivalent of "James" is "Jacques", which sounds a lot like "Jack". And I feel that quite a few English-to-French translations localized "Jack" as "Jacques" because of this.
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In the current Fantagraphics comics, we call him the Prince of Mists.
To a native English speaker (unlike those who translated the stories for the Digicomics), "Prince of Fogs" sounds incredibly awkward... I'd like to respectfully suggest that "Prince of Mists" be his default English name.
Which is ironic because when I did a fancomic years ago, I called him "Mist Prince" in the English version I did... I didn't know of the official comic localization in English that called him "Prince of Fogs" then. So, in retrospective, I was kinda right all along!
I'm not sure this would count because these illustrations refer to the story published in the same issue... But it does not matter, as I previously wrote I have indexed the character anyway!
Next to the Prince of Fogs in the upper left, you can spot the Sleeping Beauty in the Stars! She has odd unusual coloring with blonde hair, red boots and a yellow scepter, but it's her!!
She can be indexed! (as well as the Prince of Fogs himself... he is blue, which is an alternate coloring of him that happens in some printings)
Also, I am surprised that the Prince of Fogs doesn't have an entry on Inducks! He is definitely a character of importance who appears in multiple stories.
He is also known as "Principe delle Nebbie", "Prince des Nuées", "Seigneur des Ténèbres" and "Prince des Ténèbres".
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It wasn't a comic, but an illustration for a reedition of the comic.
Because of the "painty" style, I doubt it was colored by someone else.
Or maybe I am wrong.
Then again, maybe these are the colors he had in mind for her all along and the older printings had colorings independent from his vision?
Ah, okay. Well, I still have no idea if he colored it himself. But I guess it's possible. Maybe the internet says something about whether De Vita usually colors painterly covers like this personally.
It's ironic how her color palette here looks more like what the Prince of Fogs is supposed to be... who is here almost all blue, like he was in the third "Sword of Ice" episode. (he even has the flail he temporarily wields against Goofy in this story) Though even without the colors, she looks a bit different, design-wise. She is now distinctly wearing gloves, lacks eyelashes and her scepter has a different tip. I don't hate it, per se... it could grow on me...
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I'm not sure this would count because these illustrations refer to the story published in the same issue... But it does not matter, as I previously wrote I have indexed the character anyway!
Next to the Prince of Fogs in the upper left, you can spot the Sleeping Beauty in the Stars! She has odd unusual coloring with blonde hair, red boots and a yellow scepter, but it's her!!
She can be indexed! (as well as the Prince of Fogs himself... he is blue, which is an alternate coloring of him that happens in some printings)
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In the beginning (from 1979 to 1985) Patrice Valli and Pierre Nicolas were in charge of creating new stories. Nicolas had ceased to work for Hachette but was recalled, because he was the only one who had an experience in creating new stories. Marin was the model they asked other authors to follow. I think Cavazzano also was a model for duck stories. In 1986, Jean-Luc Cochet took over as art director. He wrote F JM 85142 (an excellent story) and asked other writers to write stories in the same spirit.
I remember the "Bwerk" story very well! It felt typical of other Gen-Clo/ French mouse comics I've read, but I wouldn't imagine it served as the basis!!
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By the way, the cover specifies the stench was supposed to be "Garlic and Goat".
Maaan...
Anyway, I am surprised they are already calling 1998 "retro"... time flies by so fast... (you've seen those memes about how many people feel that 20 years ago was the early 90s, when games were still 16-bit...)
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In the 1980s, Hachette asked artists to draw Mickey in the same style as in Marin stories.
The Journal de Mickey editors certainly knew Pierre le Goff copied Marin. That being said, Le Goff didn't do outright cut-and-paste of Marin drawings; in most cases he would redraw or combine different Marin poses, and could pretend he used these as a kind of model sheet.
But clearly they would not have accepted this kind of "work" in regular stories.
Interesting! Was Gen-Clo told to draw Mickey "Marin-style" for his own stories?
I could feel some influence... then again, Gen-Clo did draw Mickey alongside realistic humans (which was very not Marin-like) which was an interesting contrast.
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I am not sure Henri Dufranne did copy Marin that much. The artist you may be referring to is Pierre le Goff who did many Mickey Énigme pages. A lot (or most) of his work is traced from Marin. I was told he was quite open about this and used to joke about his copying Marin's art, asking him for stories he could cut and paste. It seems that his wife also participated in this "collage" work.
Ah yes, I think I have been confusing him with Le Goff. And yes, he certainly traced Marin's comics A LOT. The same character designs in the same poses, many times. Even as a kid, I was shocked.
So... Marin was aware of this? He gave his approval?
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