Non Duck, Mouse, or Disney Animated Universe stories in WDCS

[drleevezan]

In the 60's, Zorro stories were published in WDC&S. Zorro the show probably exists in the Duck universe because H.D.& L. have been shown dressing up as him, but Zorro the character probably doesn't. My question would be, have their ever bee any other non Duck, Mouse, or Disney Animated Universe stories in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories?

[thadwell]

There were Annette and Merlin Jones stories run in the '60s C&S issues, too.

[rasterax]

In the early 40's there were a few stories with the Gremlins, characters from a Roald Dahl children's book. It was actually meant to be made into an animated feature, but it was never made. Most of the stories were drawn by Walt Kelly.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Sept 8, 2017 10:17:55 GMT rasterax said:

In the early 40's there were a few stories with the Gremlins, characters from a Roald Dahl children's book. It was actually meant to be made into an animated feature, but it was never made. Most of the stories were drawn by Walt Kelly.

Ah… good point, but I'd say they fit into a loose definition of the 'Disney Animated Universe'. That's how they were thought of at the time (tie-in for an upcoming movie, just like sticking clones of  Jacq and Gus into Mousepotamia and relocating the 'real' versions to Grandma's farm). Besides, if they weren't part of the "extended Disney Comics universe" (the one that includes Little Hiawatha, Queen Grimhilde, Captain Hook and all the other 'movie transplants') then, they certainly are now, what with appearing next to Mickey and Oswald in the Epic Mickey comics and video games.

[Hyaroo]

What about the Bucky Bug stories? I don't think the characters there ever showed up in animation; nor were they tied to the regular Mouse/Duck universe.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Sept 29, 2017 19:44:58 GMT Hyaroo said:

What about the Bucky Bug stories? I don't think the characters there ever showed up in animation; nor were they tied to the regular Mouse/Duck universe.

Actually, Bucky Bug did start out as a character in a Silly Symphony cartoon, Bugs in Love; moreover, he was tied to the regular Mouse/Duck universe, in the same loose way as the Seven Dwarfs were, I suppose you could say. He often interacted with Bootle Beetle, who started out in the Donald Duck cartoons; moreover, Bucky occasionally appears in Donald Dutch stories to this day, such as this 2015 one-pager, and is considered part of the extended roster to a sufficient extent that he appears in the anniversary stories' traditional ending banquet.

[Hyaroo]

Oh... That was him? I must have missed that part. I thought Bucky started out in the Silly Symphony newspaper comic.

[Horace]

Sept 30, 2017 0:16:46 GMT Hyaroo said:

Oh... That was him? I must have missed that part. I thought Bucky started out in the Silly Symphony newspaper comic.

He did: According to J.B. Kaufmans introduction to book 1 of the collected Silly Symphonies newspaper strips, work on the "Bugs in Love" cartoon began after the start of the comic strip. The strip started in January 1932, the cartoon was released in October of the same year.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Sept 30, 2017 8:29:19 GMT Horace said:

Sept 30, 2017 0:16:46 GMT Hyaroo said:

Oh... That was him? I must have missed that part. I thought Bucky started out in the Silly Symphony newspaper comic.

He did: According to J.B. Kaufmans introduction to book 1 of the collected Silly Symphonies newspaper strips, work on the "Bugs in Love" cartoon began after the start of the comic strip. The strip started in January 1932, the cartoon was released in October of the same year.

Uh. Be that as it may, I think appearing in the Silly Symphonies is enough to classify him as a Disney Animated Universe character, regardless of whether he debuted there or not.

[RobbK1]

Sept 29, 2017 19:44:58 GMT Hyaroo said:

What about the Bucky Bug stories? I don't think the characters there ever showed up in animation; nor were they tied to the regular Mouse/Duck universe.

I thought I've read many times that The "Bugs In Love" Silly Symphony short cartoon was never made, despite The "Bucky Bug" story being printed in "The Silly Symphonies" newspaper strip.  Maybe its debut was just delayed?  But, usually Features and cartoon shorts had their debuts in the newspaper comics, first, before the films appeared in the cinema.

Other Walt Disney's Comics & Stories "filler" stories were: "The Little Bad Wolf" (from Silly Symphonies' "The Three Little Pigs"), Little Hiawatha (from Silly Symphonies), "Scamp" (from "Lady and The Tramp"), "Chip and Dale" (from their shorts with Donald Duck), "Pluto" (from The Mickey Mouse shorts and his own "Silly Symphony"), "Grandma Duck" (spinoff from Al Taliaferro's "Donald Duck" newspaper strip).  Throughout the early 1940s, "Silly Symphonies" was a regular feature in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories"Many of the newspaper strips were reprinted.  After Gold Key started, "Gyro Gearloose replaced "Scamp".  "Madam Mim" (from Disney Feature (The Sword in The Stone"?) also was used later.  "Uncle Scrooge", "The Beagle Boys" and "April, May & June" were also added later.

[drleevezan]

Oct 1, 2017 23:50:29 GMT RobbK1 said:

Other Walt Disney's Comics & Stories "filler" stories were: "The Little Bad Wolf" (from Silly Symphonies' "The Three Little Pigs"), Little Hiawatha (from Silly Symphonies), "Scamp" (from "Lady and The Tramp"), "Chip and Dale" (from their shorts with Donald Duck), "Pluto" (from The Mickey Mouse shorts and his own "Silly Symphony"), "Grandma Duck" (spinoff from Al Taliaferro's "Donald Duck" newspaper strip).  Throughout the early 1940s, "Silly Symphonies" was a regular feature in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories"Many of the newspaper strips were reprinted.  After Gold Key started, "Gyro Gearloose replaced "Scamp".  "Madam Mim" (from Disney Feature (The Sword in The Stone"?) also was used later.  "Uncle Scrooge", "The Beagle Boys" and "April, May & June" were also added later.

Yes, but I think those all count as part of the Duck, Mouse, or Disney Animated universes.

[RobbK1]

Oct 2, 2017 0:23:18 GMT drleevezan said:

Oct 1, 2017 23:50:29 GMT RobbK1 said:

Other Walt Disney's Comics & Stories "filler" stories were: "The Little Bad Wolf" (from Silly Symphonies' "The Three Little Pigs"), Little Hiawatha (from Silly Symphonies), "Scamp" (from "Lady and The Tramp"), "Chip and Dale" (from their shorts with Donald Duck), "Pluto" (from The Mickey Mouse shorts and his own "Silly Symphony"), "Grandma Duck" (spinoff from Al Taliaferro's "Donald Duck" newspaper strip).  Throughout the early 1940s, "Silly Symphonies" was a regular feature in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories"Many of the newspaper strips were reprinted.  After Gold Key started, "Gyro Gearloose replaced "Scamp".  "Madam Mim" (from Disney Feature (The Sword in The Stone"?) also was used later.  "Uncle Scrooge", "The Beagle Boys" and "April, May & June" were also added later.

Yes, but I think those all count as part of the Duck, Mouse, or Disney Animated universes.

Yes, you are correct.  I didn't read the original post carefully enough.  So, only Disney live action TV series and films, including "Zorro" and "Spin and Marty (IF that appeared?) and the like, and also "True Life Adventures" (nature features and Disney TV show episodes) are the only possibilities (and I don't remember anything other than "Zorro" fitting that category.  I'm familiar with all the WDC & S issues from #1-285 or so, but after that, I only bought the comic books which contained new (never before published) Barks stories and comic book covers.  And, I didn't really pay attention to the non-Barks material in those books.  So, perhaps there were more than "Zorro".

[drleevezan]

Oct 2, 2017 3:12:37 GMT RobbK1 said:

Oct 2, 2017 0:23:18 GMT drleevezan said:

Yes, but I think those all count as part of the Duck, Mouse, or Disney Animated universes.

Yes, you are correct.  I didn't read the original post carefully enough.  So, only Disney live action TV series and films, including "Zorro" and "Spin and Marty (IF that appeared?) and the like, and also "True Life Adventures" (nature features and Disney TV show episodes) are the only possibilities

Yes, or things like Pixar movies or Disney animated TV shows (by animated universe I meant the main series of Disney movies, that includes things Snow White, Cinderella, Frozen, Moana, etc., because characters from these appear in the comic a lot)