I think that the fact that Donald was essentially a single parent helped me connect with him more than I could connect with free-spirit Mickey. Donald had family responsibilities, he was a primary caregiver. The women I knew all had such responsibilities.
Uh… what about Morty and Ferdie?… Since Amelia/Felicity's reintroduction, of course, we've come to accept that they just spend holidays at Mickey's or something, but in the vintage comics and strips, his relationship with them didn't seem any different from Donald's with HDL.
Ditto what drakeborough says above. Morty and Ferdie only occasionally were with Mickey; I assumed they visited him sometimes, maybe spent some vacations with him. The same situation as with April, May and June (where I was explicitly told in a Barks-drawn one-pager that they just visited Daisy). HDL lived with Donald.
Why is workplace out? Donald at work is a common enough setting, and in Egmont stories, he even has this recurring job at the margarine factory.
I haven't read the Egmont stories where Donald has a recurring job at the margarine factory. At least, I haven't read enough of them to realize it was a thing. Yes, if that's the case, he could conceivably make a friend there. I said "workplace is out" because, as I said in the post just above, my sense is that Donald doesn't have a steady job. He's constantly trying out different things, and none of the them lasts for long.
What you say explains why a margarine factory is one of the 16 places highlighted (by a story and by indication on the map of Duckburg) in Die Ducks in Entenhausen, a copy of which I just obtained this very week!
Why is workplace out? Donald at work is a common enough setting, and in Egmont stories, he even has this recurring job at the margarine factory.
I haven't read the Egmont stories where Donald has a recurring job at the margarine factory. At least, I haven't read enough of them to realize it was a thing. Yes, if that's the case, he could conceivably make a friend there. I said "workplace is out" because, as I said in the post just above, my sense is that Donald doesn't have a steady job. He's constantly trying out different things, and none of the them lasts for long.
What you say explains why a margarine factory is one of the 16 places highlighted (by a story and by indication on the map of Duckburg) in Die Ducks in Entenhausen, a copy of which I just obtained this very week!
Ah, glad I helped. And my line of thinking was that, precisely because he has so many jobs from one story to another, he has good chances to once wind up with a coworker with whom he'll get along instantly, and they might remain friends even after Donald is inevitably sacked.
In terms of Donald's friends, in Italy there's Bum Bum Ghigno, created by Corrado Mastantuono in 1997, and appearing in 39 stories so far. In stories with him, Gyro is also a close friend to Donald.
I generally don't think of Donald and Gyro as being close friends who would hang out together, but such a connection could be developed--and apparently has been, in stories I haven't seen. The only time I've felt like such a connection was there in a story I've read is in Korhonen's birthday story "Another One for the Album", where Gyro clearly cared about Donald on a personal level and tried to cheer him up. They don't seem to me like characters who would naturally strike up a close friendship, though. Too different in personality and aims.
How/where did Donald and Bum Bum Ghigno become friends, and what is Bum Bum like as a character? And has he attained reality in the headcanon of any of you on this forum?
Uh… what about Morty and Ferdie?… Since Amelia/Felicity's reintroduction, of course, we've come to accept that they just spend holidays at Mickey's or something, but in the vintage comics and strips, his relationship with them didn't seem any different from Donald's with HDL.
Ditto what drakeborough says above. Morty and Ferdie only occasionally were with Mickey; I assumed they visited him sometimes, maybe spent some vacations with him. The same situation as with April, May and June (where I was explicitly told in a Barks-drawn one-pager that they just visited Daisy). HDL lived with Donald.
For April, May and June, another piece of evidence is the Flipism story in which they make their debut... but we already discussed this in another thread.
Why is workplace out? Donald at work is a common enough setting, and in Egmont stories, he even has this recurring job at the margarine factory.
I haven't read the Egmont stories where Donald has a recurring job at the margarine factory. At least, I haven't read enough of them to realize it was a thing.
I think I've read only one story with the margarine factory, and it was in an issue of Mega 2000, a comic book title dedicated to printing foreign stories. I kind of remember being surprised as to how it was referred to as his steady job.
I haven't read the Egmont stories where Donald has a recurring job at the margarine factory. At least, I haven't read enough of them to realize it was a thing. Yes, if that's the case, he could conceivably make a friend there. I said "workplace is out" because, as I said in the post just above, my sense is that Donald doesn't have a steady job. He's constantly trying out different things, and none of the them lasts for long.
What you say explains why a margarine factory is one of the 16 places highlighted (by a story and by indication on the map of Duckburg) in Die Ducks in Entenhausen, a copy of which I just obtained this very week!
Ah, glad I helped. And my line of thinking was that, precisely because he has so many jobs from one story to another, he has good chances to once wind up with a coworker with whom he'll get along instantly, and they might remain friends even after Donald is inevitably sacked.
True, that's also a possibility. Statistically less likely than befriending someone you work with for a long time, but it still could happen. They'd probably have to set up some common activity to continue meeting, though, if they don't live in very close proximity to each other. At least in the USA, while women friends will stay in touch just to stay in touch and will get together just to talk, men are more likely to bond over a common activity. Maybe Donald and the former co-worker could decide to be fishing partners or the like.
Ditto what drakeborough says above. Morty and Ferdie only occasionally were with Mickey; I assumed they visited him sometimes, maybe spent some vacations with him. The same situation as with April, May and June (where I was explicitly told in a Barks-drawn one-pager that they just visited Daisy). HDL lived with Donald.
For April, May and June, another piece of evidence is the Flipism story in which they make their debut... but we already discussed this in another thread.
I haven't read the Egmont stories where Donald has a recurring job at the margarine factory. At least, I haven't read enough of them to realize it was a thing.
I think I've read only one story with the margarine factory, and it was in an issue of Mega 2000, a comic book title dedicated to printing foreign stories. I kind of remember being surprised as to how it was referred to as his steady job.
Yes, I know the Flipism story makes that clear; here as earlier, I'm simply talking about what I assumed in childhood and how I "knew" it. I didn't see the Flipism story until I was an adult.
It's interesting that you haven't seen any more stories with Donald at the margarine factory than I have. A sign of the Egmont/Italian divide, I guess.
Yes, I know the Flipism story makes that clear; here as earlier, I'm simply talking about what I assumed in childhood and how I "knew" it. I didn't see the Flipism story until I was an adult.
I get it, you were just pointing out that even before discovering the Flipism story as an adult, you already knew from another story that AMJ don't live with Daisy.
It's interesting that you haven't seen any more stories with Donald at the margarine factory than I have. A sign of the Egmont/Italian divide, I guess.
Mega was the main comic to publish Egmont stories in Italy, though we also saw some of them on Zio Paperone (especially Rosa stories) and on Topolino. Excluding my digital archive, I only have two Mega issues: #512 and #542. That's why my knowledge about the margarine factory and other Egmont concepts is limited.
Mega has been recently rebooted, though it doesn't have original stories anymore, just reprints of stories from the previous Mega.
In terms of Donald's friends, in Italy there's Bum Bum Ghigno, created by Corrado Mastantuono in 1997, and appearing in 39 stories so far. In stories with him, Gyro is also a close friend to Donald.
I generally don't think of Donald and Gyro as being close friends who would hang out together, but such a connection could be developed--and apparently has been, in stories I haven't seen. The only time I've felt like such a connection was there in a story I've read is in Korhonen's birthday story "Another One for the Album", where Gyro clearly cared about Donald on a personal level and tried to cheer him up. They don't seem to me like characters who would naturally strike up a close friendship, though. Too different in personality and aims.
How/where did Donald and Bum Bum Ghigno become friends, and what is Bum Bum like as a character? And has he attained reality in the headcanon of any of you on this forum?
I think I have only read two stories with Bum Bum Ghigno: his debut story, in which he was a neighbor of Gyro and a rival of Donald (at the end he even tried to murder them, though he then repented), and a story set in the past which was about Donald Duckling meeting him for the first time when he moved to Donald's school for a while (Donald was annoyed at him because he expected his beautiful female cousin instead). I got all other info about him from websites.
Like you, I don't see Donald and Gyro as close friends, though I can't judge how their friendship is portrayed in stories that I haven't read.
Oh, and I just noticed that today is the 20th anniversary of Bum Bum Ghigno's first appearance.
I generally don't think of Donald and Gyro as being close friends who would hang out together, but such a connection could be developed--and apparently has been, in stories I haven't seen. The only time I've felt like such a connection was there in a story I've read is in Korhonen's birthday story "Another One for the Album", where Gyro clearly cared about Donald on a personal level and tried to cheer him up. They don't seem to me like characters who would naturally strike up a close friendship, though. Too different in personality and aims.
How/where did Donald and Bum Bum Ghigno become friends, and what is Bum Bum like as a character? And has he attained reality in the headcanon of any of you on this forum?
I think I have only read two stories with Bum Bum Ghigno: his debut story, in which he was a neighbor of Gyro and a rival of Donald (at the end he even tried to murder them, though he then repented), and a story set in the past which was about Donald Duckling meeting him for the first time when he moved to Donald's school for a while (Donald was annoyed at him because he expected his beautiful female cousin instead). I got all other info about him from websites.
Like you, I don't see Donald and Gyro as close friends, though I can't judge how their friendship is portrayed in stories that I haven't read.
Oh, and I just noticed that today is the 20th anniversary of Bum Bum Ghigno's first appearance.
Ah, the mysterious ways of Fate. Any way, Boom-Boom (that's how his Italian name would pronounced, and "bum" in English has unfortunate implications, so let's call him Boom-Boom) is a somewhat dim house-painter with a temper. Also, he appears in the Tintin crossover, as luck would have it.
BTW, does anyone know why Rosa stopped posting on that Italian forum? His last post was on June 19, 2014. I believe he once said that would be the only forum he would ever participate in, and now he seems to have disappeared from there, as well.
I'm just curious. Does Don Rosa write in Italian language on the Italian forum?
BTW, does anyone know why Rosa stopped posting on that Italian forum? His last post was on June 19, 2014. I believe he once said that would be the only forum he would ever participate in, and now he seems to have disappeared from there, as well.
I'm just curious. Does Don Rosa write in Italian language on the Italian forum?
I'm just curious. Does Don Rosa write in Italian language on the Italian forum?
Why doesn't Rosa come here?
Because he's retired is why. We know him for his Barks-fan-ness, but he's got a life outside of that, too, and now that it's not his job anymore, the chap wants to enjoy his garden more than to chat with obsessive fans umpteen times a day. Especially since, as he's not just a fan anymore, he'd probably feel kind of awkward among us. At first we'd pester him for questions, and then he'd not know what to do when we're discussing his stories in not-always-kind-terms, etc.
BTW, does anyone know why Rosa stopped posting on that Italian forum? His last post was on June 19, 2014. I believe he once said that would be the only forum he would ever participate in, and now he seems to have disappeared from there, as well.
I'm just curious. Does Don Rosa write in Italian language on the Italian forum?
Nope. He wrote in English, some users carried to translate everything (most readers could not speak English). You can go there and search for the thread named "Don Rosa". You will find pages and pages of him answering questions, especially when he first appeared in 2009.
I think he can only speak English. By the way, when I briefly met him one year and half ago in France, he did not even get that I was Italian, despite my accent and my evident Italian name written in front of him (to make me an autograph).
I'm just curious. Does Don Rosa write in Italian language on the Italian forum?
Nope. He wrote in English, some users carried to translate everything (most readers could not speak English). You can go there and search for the thread named "Don Rosa". You will find pages and pages of him answering questions, especially when he first appeared in 2009.
I think he can only speak English. By the way, when I briefly met him one year and half ago in France, he did not even get that I was Italian, despite my accent and my evident Italian name written in front of him (to make me an autograph).
The accent thing still stands, but there are many people in France with Italian- or otherwise foreign-sounding names.