Direct references to Barks-stories

[Lars Jensen]

Jonathan H. Gray wrote:

> Can anyone think of non Barks artists/writers who [made
> references in their stories] either to thier own stories or even
> to Barks'?

The US Bucky Bug comic book stories have quite a bit of continuity.
In one story, for instance, Bucky and Bo tell Bucky's wife June how
they met Bootle Beetle, as seen in a previous story.

> what was Barks's collaboration like with other duck and mouse
> writers and artists during his time? Has he ever spoken of Strobl
> or Murry or Fallberg or Taliaferro?

The only thing I remember right now is that he read Al Taliaferro's
Donald Duck newspaper strip, contributed a few ideas to it and
used many characters from it.

And I think he also read Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse strip.

Oh, and I believe he liked the material Vic Lockman wrote for him.
And there was another writer (identity unknown) who he described
as an old hack.

Lars