DCML Digest, Vol 26, Issue 29

[Donald D. Markstein]

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>Sorry if you took my comment personally. I don't say that the story writers are idiots or that they are untalented or
>whatever. I'm just saying that the *plots* of those Egmont stories (especially if written by Pat & Carol McGreal) often
>seem to be idiotic and - in comparison to majority of the Italian stories - quite strange.
>Especially when it comes to Mickey. I don't remember exactly which story it was or who the author was, but some time ago
>in a story (probably drawn by Joaquin or Xavi) Mickey jumps out of a flying plane and in the next panel you see him
>falling towards the ground with a very, very idiotic grin and screaming "Hurray! Finally I'm save!".
>As a fan of good Mickey stories you have to say "What the heck?" when you read something like this.
>Or another example. In a story, someone sends Mickey an elephant. So, what to do with it? No doubt that the "normal"
>Mickey would say "How can I get rid of it?". But no way - Mickey is excited and screams joyfully "Oh, that's soooo cool!
>I'm gonna take an elephantback-ride through the city and play a trick on Goofy with my new friend!".
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>Now, see what I mean with idiotic plots?
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So, we Egmont Mickey writers aren't necessarily idiots or untalented, we 
just do idiotic things which are characteristic of untalented people.

Excuuuuuse me!

(By way, in my not-very-humble opinion, many Italian stories, including 
some by the extremely talented and non-idiotic Romano Scarpa, don't ring 
true to the characters. That's not the same as being idiotic or the 
product of untalented people;  it's just that their perceptions of the 
characters seem wrong to at least one person who has been reading 
American Disney comics for more than half a century.)

Quack, Don