Trick Or Treat

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

FRANK BUBACZ to me, 31-08-2003:

>> [Trick Or Treat, DD 26, 32-page version] BTW. Is Donald also sceptical 
>> towards witches in the animated "Trick or Treat"? Or is it something 
>> that Barks put into his comic boom version?

> Apart from the first encounter between Donald and Hazel, when Donald 
> thinks she is a child in disguise, there's no hint in the animated 
> short that he doesn't believe she's a witch. He just acts rebellious, 
> because Hazel hurt his pride.

On page 7, Donald shortly believes that Hazel is a fake witch with a 
rubber nose. Page 8 to 10 show the making of the witch brew. From page 11 
to 12, Donald is wondering what is going on outside. ("A paint brush 
without a painter?" Etc.) At the end of page 13, he concludes: "WITCHCRAFT! 
That's what it is!" Donald gets frightened, but page 15 he's offended by 
being called a "pushover" and becomes rebellious. I guess this all follows 
the same path as in the cartoon?

It takes 13 pages before Donald is convinced that he faces a real witch, 
though there's only one encounter where he really clearly expresses that.
(Counting from this first encounter on page 7, it "only" takes 7 pages of 
preparation and action to convince Donald. Phew!)

> For those who are interested, here is a list of Barks' own ideas he 
> added to the storyboard he got (I'm referring to the original 
> 32-pages-version of the comic): [...]

Thanks for this thorough comparison! It's very useful!

--- Daniël

"Witch, goblin, pretty girl - I wonder what's out there now?"