Mickey VS Donald: Which of these characters has...

[nectaria]

...better stories? Well, I was thinking to create this thread because I wanted to know what your opinions on these stories from their universes. I know that some of the Duck fans will answer Donald but not  sure if there are fans who will answer Mickey because there are not many Mouse fans around here. I have seen some comments from some Duck fans who don't like Mickey because they think that he is bland or have little to no personality. I'm going to say that Mickey has better Italian stories and that Donald has better American stories (including the ones by Carl Barks and Don Rosa). I enjoyed the american Duck stories more than the american Mouse stories because of having much better plots and are less boring. I enjoyed some of the american Mouse stories (like some ones by Floyd Gottfredson) but most of them are stories that have Pluto as a hero. I have read some comments from some fans that Romano Scarpa was better at writing or drawing Mouse stories than Duck stories and I agreed with them. Most of Scarpa stories that I enjoyed the most were the ones from the Mice universe. His Duck stories were great too (like some ones with Brigitta) but not as great as his Mouse stories. I also have read many Egmont stories (both Mouse and Duck) and Dutch Duck stories but I don't have much of an opinion on them. I liked some of the Duck stories by Vicar and some Mouse stories by varuous artists but still can't answer on which of two has better Egmont stories. I have not read so much Dutch Mouse stories because most of them were not published in any magazines from my country but I have read more Dutch Duck stories and I enjoyed some of them like the Daan Jippes ones.

[That Duckfan]

The Duck. In just about every country. There are some cracking Mouse stories out there, but they are a minority. I feel like there are many more Duck stories in general BTW.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

I don't care much about Egmont stories. As for the rest… I'd say the Ducks have more good stories, but then again, the Ducks have indeed more stories than Mickey in general, which increases the probability of getting good stories. Although to be really honest, in your title "Mickey VS Donald", I'd take a third option and say the best stories are Uncle Scrooge stories.

[That Duckfan]

I thought we were counting all Duck stories together.

[Deleted]

I think both characters have lots of good stories, but I think out of sheer amount of material produced, Donald Duck has not just more good stories, but more stories overall (although David Gerstein would know the answer to that one better than I would!). As much as I like Mickey, Donald is my favorite, partially because he works in so many different types of stories, from domestic comedies, adventure stories, superhero tales and sci-fi (though to be fair, Mickey has been in most of these genres as well, just not as memorably for some of them).

[The KKM]

Yeah, I think forcefully by mathematics (all the time spent on Carl Barks and Rosa, while wasting time on Paul Murry [sorry Mr. Torcivia :V] ) the WAKs just have the advantage here.

[nectaria]

Thanks for your answers. As for Ducks having more stories than Mice, I'm going to say "yes". It's true that they have more stories in every countries but there are some of them that are poorly written or badly drawn. It's just not Mice and Ducks but also other universes can have both good stories and bad stories.

Jun 3, 2016 2:22:43 GMT The KKM said:

Yeah, I think forcefully by mathematics (all the time spent on Carl Barks and Rosa, while wasting time on Paul Murry [sorry Mr. Torcivia :V] ) the WAKs just have the advantage here.

So is Joe Torciva a Paul Murry fan? Murry has drawn more Mouse stories than Duck stories. I thought he was a Duck fan. I noticed that you put a swear word  in your post before it was censored with "WAK!". I wonder how does this filter works? Maybe I should try it.
Torciva is a fan of Mouse stories? Oh WAK, I was wrong! .

Edit: Cool, it works! .

[jumbojr]

Historically, the Duck wins because of Barks and Rosa.
Currently, Mickey Mouse easily has the advantage, mainly because of Casty. Very few recent Donald stories can challenge Casty's Mickey Mouse stories.
Here's a ranking of every story since 2006 to prove my point coa.inducks.org/comp2.php?code=&keyw=&keywt=i&exactpg=&pg1=&pg2=&bro2=&bro3=&kind=0&rowsperpage=0&columnsperpage=0&hero=&xapp=&univ=&xa2=&creat=&creat2=dr%2C+carl+barks&plot=&plot2=&writ=&writ2=&art=&art2=&ink=&ink2=&pub1=2005&pub2=&ser=&xref=&mref=&xrefd=&repabb=&repabbc=eg&imgmode=1&vdesc2=on&vdesc=en&vgr=on&sort1=votes

[RobbK1]

Both characters have a lot of good stories. I love the Gottfredson, Gonzalez, Scarpa, Jippes, Moores, Ken Hultgren, some Casty and Barks Mouse stories, and the '50s Murry Mouse stories. I love the Barks, Jippes/Milton, Jippes, Milton, Branca, Gulbransson, Mau Heymans, Verhagen, Older Marco Rota Duck stories.