Much more about Ault's "Carl Barks Conversations" (links)

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

On July 27, I sent you a link to an extensive review of Donald Ault's 
book "Carl Barks Conversations", written by Kevin McGowin: 
http://www.eclectica.org/v7n3/mcgowin_barks.html

Here are some more links. They are from Gottfried Helnwein's 
international site, including a link to a Barks interview(!!!).

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An abstract of the Kevin McGowin review, with an extract from the 
interview about Helnwein:
http://www.helnwein.de/texte/international_texts/abstracts_1.html

Helnwein's  July 11, 1992 Barks interview in its totality, along 
with a bio of Kevin McGowin and Donald Ault:
http://www.helnwein.de/texte/international_texts/artikel_1358.html

There's also a teaser for other relevant sites, like:
http://www.helnweincomic.homestead.com/
It's about "The Darker Side of Playland", which shows Helnwein's work 
on reconstituting what could be called a "noir duck" (as well as a 
"noir mouse").

http://www.helnwein.com/texte/international_texts/artikel_398.html
An reminiscence ("Memories of Duckburg") about Helnwein's post-WW II
reaction to the duck comics. Helnwein originally translated it for 
Donald Ault in its entirety because Donald thought Mississippi might 
want to use it as a foreword to the book or something, but they 
weren't interested, or so it seemed. Now it's available online.

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Donald Ault's "Carl Barks Conversations" is published by University 
Press of Mississippi (2003). It contains more than 238 pages. There's 
a hardback and a paperback edition. It's also for sale via internet.


--- Daniël