Characters who should appear more in Disney Comics

[nectaria]

Which characters from animated shorts, movies and TV Series should have appeared more? I noticed there are some characters who didn't appear that much like Max Hare and Toby Tortoise from The Tortoise and the Hare shorts. Toby have made more appearances in other stories than does Max. It's too bad that Max was used in less stories compared to Toby but I wish that both of them should appear in more stories together not just having Toby himself appearing in other stories alone. They're both Silly Symphony characters like The Three Little Pigs, Big Bad Wolf, Bucky Bug and Little Hiawatha. Another Silly Symphony character that I would like to see appearing in more stories is the Ugly Duckling (the 1939 version because the 1931 one has never got any comic adaptations). Most of his appearances were comic adaptations of the animated short. He was also seen in the comic adaptation of the first Lilo & Stitch movie but his appearance only in a book. Sadly, the only appearances that featured him with other Disney characters were in only two covers by Western and another cover that was probably made in Finland. Here are the scans of those covers:



It's interesting to see how Big Bad Wolf was trying to eat Ugly Duckling before Grandma Duck felt sorry for the poor duckling and stops him with her umbrella in the Vacation Parade cover. Those covers made me thinking what if some stories featuring Ugly Duckling with other Disney characters were made? I would love to see some stories where he meet with other characters like Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Seven Dwarfs, Wicked Witch, Chip 'n' Dale, Three Little Pigs, Big Bad Wolf, Li'l Bad Wolf, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, Brer Terrapin, Molly, Dumbo, Timothy, Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Bucky Bug, Little Hiawatha, Scamp etc. Having him appearing in Mice stories or Ducks stories is a good idea too. As for the movies, I noticed that some of movies didn't got so many normal stories after the comic adaptations like 101 Dalmatians, The Rescuers and The Fox and The Hound. Not many of the 101 Dalmatians stories were made compared to Scamp who have appeared in more stories than the dalmatians. The Rescuers haven't gotten so many stories either but I noticed that The Great Mouse Detective (another Disney movie with mice as main characters in it) have gotten more stories in the Netherlands than The Rescuers. I wonder why the dutch writers likes to write more stories featuring TGMD characters than The Rescuers? I always thought that TGMD was more of a less-known movie than The Rescuers. The Fox and The Hound is another movie that got some normal stories after comic adaptations but I would like to see more stories with those characters like crossover stories where Tod, Copper and other TFaTH characters meet with other movie characters or other characters from other universes. I think that a TFaTH and Bambi crossover story will works the best but of course that just my opinion.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

About the Ugly Duckling, I definitely prefer the 1931 version to the 1939 one; it's much more original. At any rate, I'm starving for more Hazel and Madam Mim these days. Also, Ludwig von Drake.

[nectaria]

May 31, 2016 9:58:14 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

About the Ugly Duckling, I definitely prefer the 1931 version to the 1939 one; it's much more original. At any rate, I'm starving for more Hazel and Madam Mim these days. Also, Ludwig von Drake.

OK, I don't mind if you like the 1931 version of Ugly Duckling more than the 1939 version, but what do you think if the 1939 version of Ugly Duckling made more appearances in other stories that are not comic adaptations of the short? Well, according to Ludwig's page on Inducks, he have made enough appearances in Disney Comics. Maybe you haven't read so much stories that featured him, have you? As for Hazel and Madam Mim, I agree that it would be great to see more stories featured them. 

[Scrooge MacDuck]

A lot of Ludwig's stories are inconsequential one-pagers and/or 60's American stories which have seldom been reprinted, either in the U.S. or in other countries.

[nectaria]

May 31, 2016 18:07:07 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

A lot of Ludwig's stories are inconsequential one-pagers and/or 60's American stories which have seldom been reprinted, either in the U.S. or in other countries.

OK, I'm so  confused. I have no idea what exactly are you talking about. Are you talking about stories that featured him as a hero or are you talking about stories that featured him but not as a hero? He was featured in a lot of stories not just american stories. There are a lot of italian and brazilian stories that featured him. Please note that this thread is only about Disney characters who have made less than 100+ or 500+ appearances in Disney comics and they should have appeared in more stories.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

You had not mentioned the 100+/500+ rule before, I believe. I felt Ludwig was underused compared to, I don't know, Gyro Gearloose.

[nectaria]

As for the "Ludwig was underused compared to Gyro", yes, this one is true but he is not much of an underused character compared to some of Silly Symphony characters like Peter Pig and Wise Little Hen who both debuted in the same animated short as Donald on 1934. Both of those characters were more underused in Disney Comics than Ludwig was.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

True, but in my opinion they also had less potential. They were created for a single cartoon, after all; once you get them out of the "Wise Little Hen" narrative they don't have much to do, because they're so unidimensional. Ludwig, on the other hand, could very well hold the part of Gyro in a great many stories, and/or star in totally original new ones, because the character is SUPPOSED to be recurring.

[nectaria]

Jun 1, 2016 11:06:37 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

True, but in my opinion they also had less potential. They were created for a single cartoon, after all; once you get them out of the "Wise Little Hen" narrative they don't have much to do, because they're so unidimensional. Ludwig, on the other hand, could very well hold the part of Gyro in a great many stories, and/or star in totally original new ones, because the character is SUPPOSED to be recurring.

OK, you can say whatever things that came from your mind, but in my opinion, Ludwig does NOT belong to this thread. I guess you have not read  many stories that featured him in them. Now we need to stop talking about Ludwig and we should start talking about more underused Disney characters in Disney Comics. When I created this thread, I was expecting to get some  more answers from other users but you were the one who answered on this thread. When I first read your answers, I was disappointed because I was expecting to get better answers from you. I can understand that not many fans here are interested in my threads anymore because they're not all Mice/Ducks related. I meant that most fans here are more interested in Mice/Ducks stories than any other Disney stories but I think that those kind of "Mice/Ducks only" discussions started to getting boring to me. Disney Comics are not only about Mice and Ducks but also about other Disney characters. If the comics were only about Mice and Ducks, then I will probably read less Ducks and Mice stories or I will probably stop reading or buying any newer issues because of not featuring any of other Disney characters. I don't think the comics will become any better without any characters from other universes and we will probably never get the crossover stories that featured them. Sorry for my rant, but I posted it because I was very upset. Well, what about other characters from other animated shorts like Bongo, Lumpjaw, Elmer Elephant, Tillie Tiger, Cubby and Tubby? All those characters have made less appearances in comics compared to the Forest characters. I would like to see more stories with Bongo because I wanted to see more of him and I will probably be one of his fans.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Alright, I have a couple of such characters then. Oh, and I agree about Bongo and Lumpjaw, their universe is interesting enough to develop on. However, Elmer and Tillie, I think, fall into the same category as Peter Pig for me.

As for my new characters, Elliot the Dragon from Pete's Dragon has appeared in ONE, SINGLE TWO-PANELS NEVER REPRINTED GERMAN COMIC STRIP. And it's really a shame, because it's a character whose gimmick could lead to many interesting stories. Similarly, the "Sword in the Stone" cast (not just Madam Mim, but also Arthur and Sir Kay and Merlin and Archimedes) and the Reluctant Dragon. I'd also say Figaro and Cleo, but then again they might not render all that well in comics. The Aristokittens had a lot of comics at one point, but aside from that weird AUish non-Disney but licensed manga, they have not been used for decades.

[nectaria]

Jun 1, 2016 13:07:38 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

Alright, I have a couple of such characters then. Oh, and I agree about Bongo and Lumpjaw, their universe is interesting enough to develop on. However, Elmer and Tillie, I think, fall into the same category as Peter Pig for me.

As for my new characters, Elliot the Dragon from Pete's Dragon has appeared in ONE, SINGLE TWO-PANELS NEVER REPRINTED GERMAN COMIC STRIP. And it's really a shame, because it's a character whose gimmick could lead to many interesting stories. Similarly, the "Sword in the Stone" cast (not just Madam Mim, but also Arthur and Sir Kay and Merlin and Archimedes) and the Reluctant Dragon. I'd also say Figaro and Cleo, but then again they might not render all that well in comics. The Aristokittens had a lot of comics at one point, but aside from that weird AUish non-Disney but licensed manga, they have not been used for decades.

OK, it's good to see that you finally started to understand what I was talking about!   . I also agree what you said about the Bongo universe and that it would be very interesting to devevop this universe on. It's interesting to hear about this Pete's Dragon german comic strip. Do you have any scans of it or not at all? Was it mentioned on a german article? If yes, then from which magazine? It's really a shame that Elliott never have made official appearances in Disney Comics because I would love  to see him appearing in more different comic stories from every different countries like USA, Italy, The Netherlands, Scandivanian countries, Brazil and maybe France too. This is very true about Sword of the Stone characters because I always thought that those characters were very underused compared to Madam Mim who appeared in many stories that are not Sword of the Stone related. I have read many stories of the Aristokittens and yes, those characters didn't get as much stories as Scamp. He appeared in a lot of american stories and also in Egmont stories too. Where do you hear about this Marie manga being non-Disney? It does have a Disney logo on it. Do you consider Kilala Princess as non-Disney too? It's another manga that featured Disney characters along with original manga characters.

Edit: Nevermind because I noticed that this Pete's Dragon german comic strip has a page on Inducks and also has a scan of it. I think that I have seen it before but I haven't checked Elliott's page after so many years and that why I forgotten about it. I also noticed that two comic adaptations of Pete's Dragon exists.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Jun 1, 2016 14:02:48 GMT nectaria said:

Edit: Nevermind because I noticed that this Pete's Dragon german comic strip has a page on Inducks and also has a scan of it. I think that I have seen it before but I haven't checked Elliott's page after so many years and that why I forgotten about it. I also noticed that two comic adaptations of Pete's Dragon exists.

The Marie manga was produced by an independent manga company that had been licensed by Disney to use Marie specifically. Kilala Princess I'm not sure.

[nectaria]

Jun 1, 2016 14:51:07 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

Jun 1, 2016 14:02:48 GMT nectaria said:

Edit: Nevermind because I noticed that this Pete's Dragon german comic strip has a page on Inducks and also has a scan of it. I think that I have seen it before but I haven't checked Elliott's page after so many years and that why I forgotten about it. I also noticed that two comic adaptations of Pete's Dragon exists.

The Marie manga was produced by an independent manga company that had been licensed by Disney to use Marie specifically. Kilala Princess I'm not sure.

It seems that you removed some of the text when you quoted me . Well, if this was true about the Marie manga being made by some independent manga company and that have been licensed by Disney, then I'm going to say that this information sounds so confusing. If the manga was indeed licended by Disney then it should be still considered as a Disney manga, in my opinion. This same manga company that are you talking about also have produced the manga adaptation of The Nightmare Before Christmas and one of the Disney Fairies manga. Well, I think it's better to start talking about more appearances of underused Disney characters because I'm afraid that we're getting off-topic. This isn't the right place to discuss about Disney manga.

[RobbK1]

I agree that Ludwig Von Drake should be used more (I've had a 1-page gag on him rejected, claiming "We don't use him anymore!"). And I'd also like to see Donald's Cousin Fethry used more. But, I'd like to see them both used as Barks would have. Here are my own conceptions of them as Barks might have drawn them:

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[nectaria]

Jun 6, 2016 13:50:46 GMT RobbK1 said:

I agree that Ludwig Von Drake should be used more (I've had a 1-page gag on him rejected, claiming "We don't use him anymore!"). And I'd also like to see Donald's Cousin Fethry used more. But, I'd like to see them both used as Barks would have. Here are my own conceptions of them as Barks might have drawn them:

OK, I agree that they  both should  be used in more stories that are not Italian stories. I have seen your artwork of Barks-styled Ludwig and Fethry before on DCF and I liked your artwork. You said that you had a 1-page gag with Ludwig in it and that it was rejected by Sanoma with this message "We don't use him anymore!". Do you still have a copy of this rejected story or you lost it? I think you should print your Ludwig stories at Egmont instead of at Sanoma if they still have this "Ludwig ban".