Donald as newpaper reporter in Lost Beneath the Sea and Dime and Dime Again

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

Here's some more information about Donald as newspaper reporter in 
Barks's 'Lost Beneath the Sea' and Blum/Mota's 'From Dime to Dime' 
(a.k.a. 'Dime and Dime Again').

About 'Lost Beneath the Sea', Barks wrote in an April 22, more or less, 
1991 letter to Don Rosa: 

"I agree with you that the Number One Dime should not be treated as a 
*good luck charm*. It contradicts the way Uncle Scrooge *really* made 
his fortune, but woe is me! I blatantly violated that rule in at least 
one story, U.S. #46, "Lost Beneath the Sea." I not only had Scrooge 
calling the old dime a "boodle-bringer," I demonstrated such powers at 
points in the story."

Barks tried to explain the "boodle-bringer" good luck charm concept 
away in a new story synopsis, included as part of the letter. 

Most of this synopsis has been converted into a story titled 'From 
Dime to Dime', retitled 'Dime and Dime Again' (D D 2001-004). Written 
by Geoffrey Blum, drawn by Carlos Mota. Published in Gemstone's 'Uncle 
$crooge 321' and 'Uncle $crooge 322'.

Maybe this explains the connection between Donald's job as newspaper 
reporter in 'Lost Beneath the Sea' and Blum's story adaptation of 
Barks's dime synopsis.

BTW. A difference is that in Blum's story, Donald has a photo camera
and tries to make some photo's.

My email of 21 June 2003 contains more information on Barks's synopsis.
http://stp.ling.uu.se/pipermail/dcml/2003-June/023412.html

--- Daniël

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