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[Rob Klein]

First of all, when Paul Murray said "I did everything else (than write the 
stories)(sic), he meant everything else that the artists do - not colouring 
(which was always done at Western publishing (not by the work-at-home pencilers 
and inkers).

Actually Ehapa IS an Egmont publisher (a subsidiary company). I've been told 
that Egmont owns 50 or 51% of Ehapa. Ehapa has to follow the rules for 
Egmont "franchise" publishers.  It IS true that they have SOME discretion as to 
what they print, but must follow several general Egmont rules.  I'm sure David 
G. can tell us more about that. 

Barks drew Huey Dewey and Louie wearing their caps sideways, and pulled down 
over their eyes.  Those ways might be considered "silly", if backwards is 
considered "silly".  Perhaps backwards is not silly, but actually functional. 
Wearing the brim over the back of one's neck, may help protect it from becoming 
sunburnt.  perhaps the skin on the back of the neck is more prone to skin 
cancer and especially the deadly melanoma.  So, perhaps they are extremely 
serious geniouses?!  The greatness of Barks' universe is that Donald's nephews 
didn't always act the same way (serious). If they HAD always been serious 
little boyscouts, I would have thrown such comics to the floor and jumped up 
and down on them and used them for kindling!  Barks had Huey, Dewey, and 
Louie's characters acting like little boys (albeit, often wise above their 
years): sometimes spoiled, naughty, selfish, silly and very childlike, and at 
other times wise, responsible, knowledgeable, and yes, - even SERIOUS! They are 
well rounded-like REAL PEOPLE!  THAT is why we love them! You are INCORRECT, if 
you say that Ehapa's portraying the Nephews as modern and childlike refutes 
Barks' image of them.

By the way, I have severly slowed down my Disney story production to write a 
children's book series which includes a character who is a "goody-two-
shoes" "boyscout" type. He is serious to a fault, always right, and always 
telling people when they are incorrect, or doing wrong.  He is COMPLETELY 
INSUFFERABLE!  He is the character you "love to hate" - even more than an evil 
villain.  We wouldn't want to think of Huey, Dewey and Louie in THAT way????-
would we????

About new characters. I love seeing new characters added to fill out Duckburg 
and the Duck and Mouse universes.  I want to bring in several new characters 
myself. I think with all the production of the various publishers, there is a 
lot of room for that -EVEN if they might not match the Barks and/or Rosa 
Universes-or EVEN conflict with them.  I myself would try hard to make sure not 
to specifically CONFLICT with Barks-but that should not be a criterion for all 
stories.  Lots of current young readers are open to anything that occurs in 
well-written, logical stories. If I read a great story that is well drawn, and 
it shows something that conflicts with Rosa's "History of Scrooge", I can still 
enjoy it.  I'm sure there are a lot of other Disney Comics fans who feel the 
same way.  There is a lot of room for all sorts of creative production that 
follows only the most basic definitions of The Duck Universe.



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