Grandma's car and Duckburg landmarks

[Frank Bubacz]

>From: g-hasne

>However, Barks wrote to me in response to the Duckmobiles booklet and said
>that there was an old lady in his hometown who drove an electric car, and 
>this
>gave him the impression that electric cars were for old women (...)
>As far as I understood from Barks, his depiction of Grandma Duck's car was
>based on his own experience and not other comic book artists'.

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. So it seems Barks was the first to 
draw the car in "You can't guess". (Unless he didn't use it in "Donald's 
Grandma Duck", a story published earlier that I've never seen.)

>I wonder whether the Demontooth mountain exists in the vicinity of
>Duckburg, as it appeared in Donald's dream? I don't think it shoudl be 
>viewed
>as one of the landmarks of Duckburg.

I'd argue the same now. I had totally forgotten that it was just a dream.

>As for Gyro's inventor's shack, it is not a landmark in the "tourist"
>understanding of the word.

You say it.

>Further, have you mentioned the city playground with the rotating 
>restaurant?

This was built up especially for the world fair that once took place in 
Duckburg ("The Candy Kid", WDC 263). The restaurant was destroyed by Donald 
and I'm sure all the rest has also been removed after the world fair was 
over.

>Does Duckburg have a university? As it
>is the capital of Calisota and it has more than 100 000 inhabitants it sure
>has.

It has. It is mentioned for example in "Stranger than fiction", a Barks 
story that was recently being talked about here. AFAIK the building has 
never been depicted by Barks.

>Duckburg must necessarily have a sports stadium too, where the olympic
>qualification was held on many occasions.

This idea has already been suggested, but for inexplicable reasons Don 
didn't like it.

Frank




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