Post by Scrooge MacDuck on Jul 7, 2017 15:40:37 GMT
It's almost an accepted fact, since Taliaferro's strips, that Donna Duck was Donald's former girlfriend before he fell in love with Daisy. We can even stretch farther back with Millicent Webfoot as a college girlfriend according to this story that recently came up, and Donald was already wooing Daisy in high school before that according to this (I don't know what made them break up for college only to get back together later on).
However, probably owing to the closer eye censors keep on his private life, Mickey doesn't seem to have had any girlfriend before Minnie (and ditto for other boyfriends of Minnie's). The most I could find is this French story where we see a girl who was a childhood friend of Mickey's and seems to have developped a crush on him later on, but it's clear that crush was never requited. Do you know of any other possible pre-Minnie girlfriends? (Or other pre-Daisy girlfriends of Donald's, for that matter.)
I'm less interested in other characters, as Goofy and Clarabelle's love lives have always been pretty chaotic from one story or cartoon to another.
In the recent series of Dutch one-pagers (best-known for the multiple appearances of Della) there was one (from last February) in which kid Donald and a little girl were in love with each other, even talking about whether they would marry one day:
I'm pretty sure both Mickey and Donald have had their share of past love stories, like every normal 30+ year old. Of course, mentioning them wouldn't be a nice topic of discussion with their current love interests!
It's almost an accepted fact, since Taliaferro's strips, that Donna Duck was Donald's former girlfriend before he fell in love with Daisy. We can even stretch farther back with Millicent Webfoot as a college girlfriend according to this story that recently came up, and Donald was already wooing Daisy in high school before that according to this (I don't know what made them break up for college only to get back together later on).
However, probably owing to the closer eye censors keep on his private life, Mickey doesn't seem to have had any girlfriend before Minnie (and ditto for other boyfriends of Minnie's). The most I could find is this French story where we see a girl who was a childhood friend of Mickey's and seems to have developped a crush on him later on, but it's clear that crush was never requited. Do you know of any other possible pre-Minnie girlfriends? (Or other pre-Daisy girlfriends of Donald's, for that matter.)
I'm less interested in other characters, as Goofy and Clarabelle's love lives have always been pretty chaotic from one story or cartoon to another.
Donald was good enough in school to attend college? Was that university? - or just a community college (2-year school)? If he attended university, he must have been a schizophrenic dual personality. His knowledgeable "expert" identity studied and learned, while his lazy loutish other self languished in bed and his hammock.
It's almost an accepted fact, since Taliaferro's strips, that Donna Duck was Donald's former girlfriend before he fell in love with Daisy. We can even stretch farther back with Millicent Webfoot as a college girlfriend according to this story that recently came up, and Donald was already wooing Daisy in high school before that according to this (I don't know what made them break up for college only to get back together later on).
However, probably owing to the closer eye censors keep on his private life, Mickey doesn't seem to have had any girlfriend before Minnie (and ditto for other boyfriends of Minnie's). The most I could find is this French story where we see a girl who was a childhood friend of Mickey's and seems to have developped a crush on him later on, but it's clear that crush was never requited. Do you know of any other possible pre-Minnie girlfriends? (Or other pre-Daisy girlfriends of Donald's, for that matter.)
I'm less interested in other characters, as Goofy and Clarabelle's love lives have always been pretty chaotic from one story or cartoon to another.
Donald was good enough in school to attend college? Was that university? - or just a community college (2-year school)? If he attended university, he must have been a schizophrenic dual personality. His knowledgeable "expert" identity studied and learned, while his lazy loutish other self languished in bed and his hammock.
It's imaginable Donald could have had a "brittle mastery" of academics for a while. And generally, while lazy, Donald isn't entirely stupid, so I think he could get by in college if he tried.
I don't remember stories with Donald at the University or College. Frankly, he's not the type. (note: there isn't stygma in Italy for not frequenting University). IMHO he joined the navy, let's play it up to his wish to see the world.
But in MMMM there is a flashback of Mickey's college days, where he frequent Criminology and has apparently just got together with Minnie.
It's imaginable Donald could have had a "brittle mastery" of academics for a while. And generally, while lazy, Donald isn't entirely stupid, so I think he could get by in college if he tried.
I don't know if Donald went to college or not, but I agree with you that he is not stupid, and so I don't believe he had any major problem in his early years of school education. In other words, I dislike the claim (made in this story, which I recently read so I could mention it in another thread) that Donald attended the fifth grade (at least) three times, which would make him look like a very stupid kid.
Donald was good enough in school to attend college? Was that university? - or just a community college (2-year school)? If he attended university, he must have been a schizophrenic dual personality. His knowledgeable "expert" identity studied and learned, while his lazy loutish other self languished in bed and his hammock.
It's imaginable Donald could have had a "brittle mastery" of academics for a while. And generally, while lazy, Donald isn't entirely stupid, so I think he could get by in college if he tried.
There is one story that contradicts this though: in the Lars Jensen/Vicar story where Donald and Scrooge invite Flintheart's nephew, Slackjaw Snorehead for Flintheart's birthday, Donald says the following (then again, this is the only story where such a thing is mentioned, as far as I know):
It's imaginable Donald could have had a "brittle mastery" of academics for a while. And generally, while lazy, Donald isn't entirely stupid, so I think he could get by in college if he tried.
There is one story that contradicts this though: in the Lars Jensen/Vicar story where Donald and Scrooge invite Flintheart's nephew, Slackjaw Snorehead for Flintheart's birthday, Donald says the following (then again, this is the only story where such a thing is mentioned, as far as I know):
Huh. Maybe he went to college, got kicked out, and decided never to mention it again.
It's imaginable Donald could have had a "brittle mastery" of academics for a while. And generally, while lazy, Donald isn't entirely stupid, so I think he could get by in college if he tried.
There is one story that contradicts this though: in the Lars Jensen/Vicar story where Donald and Scrooge invite Flintheart's nephew, Slackjaw Snorehead for Flintheart's birthday, Donald says the following (then again, this is the only story where such a thing is mentioned, as far as I know):
I haven't read that story, but Donald and Scrooge meeting Fintheart for his birthday seems a really strange idea. Even the idea of giving Flintheart a nephew doesn't seem that great, since one of the key points in identifying the differences between Scrooge and Flintheart is that the former has a family who supports him, while the latter is alone.
But in MMMM there is a flashback of Mickey's college days, where he frequent Criminology and has apparently just got together with Minnie.
What the heck is MMMM?
It stands for "Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine", a bimonthly Italian comic book title that ran for 12 issues between May 1999 and March 2001 (Inducks link, Wikipedia link). The series was created by Ezio Sisto, Simone Stenti and Alessandro Sisti, the same people who had created PK, and the basic idea was doing to Mickey something similar to what they had just done with Paperinik: new setting, new characters, different tone, etc.
There is one story that contradicts this though: in the Lars Jensen/Vicar story where Donald and Scrooge invite Flintheart's nephew, Slackjaw Snorehead for Flintheart's birthday, Donald says the following (then again, this is the only story where such a thing is mentioned, as far as I know):
I haven't read that story, but Donald and Scrooge meeting Fintheart for his birthday seems a really strange idea. Even the idea of giving Flintheart a nephew doesn't seem that great, since one of the key points in identifying the differences between Scrooge and Flintheart is that the former has a family who supports him, while the latter is alone.
It stands for "Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine", a bimonthly Italian comic book title that ran for 12 issues between May 1999 and March 2001 (Inducks link, Wikipedia link). The series was created by Ezio Sisto, Simone Stenti and Alessandro Sisti, the same people who had created PK, and the basic idea was doing to Mickey something similar to what they had just done with Paperinik: new setting, new characters, different tone, etc.
Oh right! We Frenchmen known that series as Anderville. By the way, do you know to what extent it's related to Topolinia 20802? The two series seem extremely similar in tone.
I haven't read that story, but Donald and Scrooge meeting Fintheart for his birthday seems a really strange idea. Even the idea of giving Flintheart a nephew doesn't seem that great, since one of the key points in identifying the differences between Scrooge and Flintheart is that the former has a family who supports him, while the latter is alone.
It stands for "Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine", a bimonthly Italian comic book title that ran for 12 issues between May 1999 and March 2001 (Inducks link, Wikipedia link). The series was created by Ezio Sisto, Simone Stenti and Alessandro Sisti, the same people who had created PK, and the basic idea was doing to Mickey something similar to what they had just done with Paperinik: new setting, new characters, different tone, etc.
Oh right! We Frenchmen known that series as Anderville. By the way, do you know to what extent it's related to Topolinia 20802? The two series seem extremely similar in tone.
They are two different (and unrelated) series, even created by dfferent people, even though like you said the tones are similar in many ways. Also, "Topolinia 20802" never had its own comic book title, and its 11 episodes were all published in Topolino.