Any others? To broaden the question: How many Disney comics are explicitly set (or explicitly partially set) during WW2?
A lot of Taliaferro's WW2-era gags involve contemporary subjects like rationing, air raid sirens, paper drives etc. Barks' "The Victory Garden" is another such example of WW2-specific themes being a part of the setting.
How many Disney comics does the n*zi swastika appear in?
A swastika appears in the Gottfredson story "Mickey Mouse and the Ransom Plot" on a strip dated August 6, 1931. The date is interesting because it before the WAKs came to power in Germany. In the story the swastika is associated with gypsies, but Gottfredson was clearly just thinking of it as a decorative device that would give an Eastern European touch to the character depicted. Still, it's jarring to encounter a swastika in a Mickey Mouse cartoon.
Warning: Please refrain from extended discussions on how "well" any stories we might find dealt with the issue it focused on. I think this might end up causing needless, off-topic arguments. So, I was wondering… do you know of any stories that dealt with unusual, "serious" topics that might be considered inappopriate by some censors? Things like mere, "normal" death don't count. Here are a few possible tracks:
Cancer or other deadly diseases?
Abortion? (Unlikely, but you never know.)
Abusive parents or other such child abuse? (Very possible in older Italian stories, but nothing comes to mind.)
More "realistic" World War II? (This one interests me most. During the war there were all sorts of strips and cartoons dealing with the war, like the Gottfredson Secret of Moook serial and the famous Fuehrer's Face cartoon, and they did so in a relatively light-hearted fashion, but I don't know of any stories that were created after the war, when the true horror of what the WAKs had done was discovered. Were concentration and extermination camps mentioned in any Disney comics or cartoon? If they were not, would you assume they existed anyway, or that the Disneyverse WAKs were — relatively speaking, of course — "nicer" than their real-life counterparts? What would racism in the Disney universe even look like, anyway? Would Jews be depicted a single anthropomorphic species?)
"Topolino e il segreto di un bambino" has parental violence (or from parental figures) against children and the question of work vs. family for women (presented in a way that it will be very "problematic" today, btw). I think the story was a promotion for a real-world phone number for Italian kids can call when they have problems.
Last Edit: Jul 31, 2022 4:36:24 GMT by crazycatlord
Warning: Please refrain from extended discussions on how "well" any stories we might find dealt with the issue it focused on. I think this might end up causing needless, off-topic arguments. So, I was wondering… do you know of any stories that dealt with unusual, "serious" topics that might be considered inappopriate by some censors? Things like mere, "normal" death don't count. Here are a few possible tracks:
Cancer or other deadly diseases?
Abortion? (Unlikely, but you never know.)
Abusive parents or other such child abuse? (Very possible in older Italian stories, but nothing comes to mind.)
More "realistic" World War II? (This one interests me most. During the war there were all sorts of strips and cartoons dealing with the war, like the Gottfredson Secret of Moook serial and the famous Fuehrer's Face cartoon, and they did so in a relatively light-hearted fashion, but I don't know of any stories that were created after the war, when the true horror of what the WAKs had done was discovered. Were concentration and extermination camps mentioned in any Disney comics or cartoon? If they were not, would you assume they existed anyway, or that the Disneyverse WAKs were — relatively speaking, of course — "nicer" than their real-life counterparts? What would racism in the Disney universe even look like, anyway? Would Jews be depicted a single anthropomorphic species?)
"Topolino e il segreto di un bambino" has parental violence (or from parental figures) against children and the question of work vs. family for women (presented in a way that it will be very "problematic" today, btw). I think the story was a promotion for a real-world phone number for Italian kids can call when they have problems.
Warning: Please refrain from extended discussions on how "well" any stories we might find dealt with the issue it focused on. I think this might end up causing needless, off-topic arguments. So, I was wondering… do you know of any stories that dealt with unusual, "serious" topics that might be considered inappopriate by some censors? Things like mere, "normal" death don't count. Here are a few possible tracks:
Cancer or other deadly diseases?
Abortion? (Unlikely, but you never know.)
Abusive parents or other such child abuse? (Very possible in older Italian stories, but nothing comes to mind.)
More "realistic" World War II? (This one interests me most. During the war there were all sorts of strips and cartoons dealing with the war, like the Gottfredson Secret of Moook serial and the famous Fuehrer's Face cartoon, and they did so in a relatively light-hearted fashion, but I don't know of any stories that were created after the war, when the true horror of what the WAKs had done was discovered. Were concentration and extermination camps mentioned in any Disney comics or cartoon? If they were not, would you assume they existed anyway, or that the Disneyverse WAKs were — relatively speaking, of course — "nicer" than their real-life counterparts? What would racism in the Disney universe even look like, anyway? Would Jews be depicted a single anthropomorphic species?)
"Abusive parents or other such child abuse? (Very possible in older Italian stories, but nothing comes to mind.)"
At least in older Disney comics, there has been children abuse in the form of physical violence and punishment. Abusive uncle/caretaker is one of the early day elements used by Car Barks and Tony Strobl, for example, Donald Duck chases the boys with a stick in his hand and threatens to whip them. Sometimes Donald also treats the boys violently because his short temper and you can see him fighting with his nephews so that you can read the fist sounds and see the dust cloud that "censors" the violence (however, in two Barks story, Donald also slaps boys on the back because he thinks they have been naughty and you can see this punishment or its result). But nowadays this is less common in newer comics by other artists, because physical punishment or violence against children is no longer acceptable and ethical, especially because it damages the child and the child's mental health.
Donald also slaps boys on the back because he thinks they have been naughty and you can see this punishment or its result). But nowadays this is less common in newer comics by other artists, because physical punishment or violence against children is no longer acceptable and ethical, especially because it damages the child and the child's mental health.
Yeah, I just read a similar scene in the story inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL++754-C. The triplets actually build a dragon with a flamethrower (!) and want to scare Donald. Instead they inadvertently burn Scrooge's tail and he responds by whacking all three of them on their respective bums... but the actual scene of that happening is just a panel saying "SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT".
Funny thing is, back in 2009, Egmont Denmark published a special issue of Anders And containing ONLY controversial Disney comics: inducks.org/issue.php?c=dk/AE2009-13
This is only borderline controversial, but let's talk about KISSING in Disney comics.
Unless I am mistaken these are the only occasions when two characters were kissing in the comics of Barks and Rosa:
BARKS: - Lifeguard Daze: Donald and a young lady
ROSA: - A Little Something Special: Donald and a Beagle Boy disguised as Daisy, Scrooge and Goldie - The Prisoner of White Agony Creek: Scrooge and Goldie (twice!)
A montage of the ones listed above: imgur.com/kGeHneE In what other Disney comics are two characters kissing?
Post by napoleondecheese on Jan 18, 2024 1:35:06 GMT
A topic that would have been controversial once but slipped past with nobody caring short ago is that of cohabitation (spousal) without marriage. The recent Darkwing Duck run by Dynamite had Morgana moving in with Drake to function as a couple with no marriage taking place, same house and shared parentage of Gosalyn included, something that once would have been unthinkable to show in a Disney story.
The adaptations of any animated Disney film where kissing took place (Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, etc) would have kissing as well.
Kissing: the McGreals/Rota “Missing the Mistletoe” ends with a splash panel showing Daisy and Donald kissing. It’s arguable that you couldn’t have done a story about Daisy trying to maneuver Donald under mistletoe if you weren’t allowed to show them kissing at the end! Especially since it’s a holiday story, and we generally want those to end happily.
In "The April Foolers" a copy of Mein Kampf can be seen.
In the Phantom Blot's first story the topic of suicide is mentioned. In The Blot's Double Mystery Mickey is framed and it is mentioned he'll be executed in the electric chair.