Don't stop to ask "Witches" the best way to your local comic book shop! Just get there the fastest way you can - be it by car, train, bus... or broom, and pick up a copy of UNCLE SCROOGE # 31 (Legacy Numbering # 435) from IDW!
In it, you'll find a trio of tales focused on five ladies quite adept at weaving their own types of "magic"!
On the side of mischief, we have...
Magica De Spell...
Witch Hazel...
The Marvelous Mad Madam Mim, or just "Mim" for short...
And, representing good, are...
Belle Duck...
Also, present and ably accounted for, are your regular complement of Translators and Dialog-itioners Jonathan Gray, Thad Komorowski, and your humble Blog-host - all aided, abetted, and "Archivally-Edited" by the incomparable David Gerstein!
All of us are nicely represented by stories suited to our individual styles and quirks, as you will see, as we begin with "Sins of the Sorcery Summit!", a 15-page, 2014 Dutch tale of sorcery and witchcraft written by Jan Kruse, drawn by Sander Gulien, with translation and dialogue by the great Jonathan Gray!
Magica decides that four magic heads are better than one, in overcoming Scrooge...
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| "Easy-Bake Coven"?! Oh, great one, Jon! |
...And enlists the help of three witches...
...Hazel and Mim, and one who never gets the message!
Witch Winifred? Oh, yeah... The one from "The Golden Christmas Tree" (1948)! ...Thanks for the reminder in your thought balloon, Ratface!
You know, it's just as well she didn't show up... She's just TOO MEAN!
Elsewhere, we have this wonderful reference to long time classic writer of Dell, Gold Key, and Whitman comics - Vic Lockman!
Coincidentally, Lockman was the writer of the last story published in the USA to feature Scrooge and Mim together (UNCLE SCROOGE # 83, 1969, with art by Tony Strobl)...
...And Scrooge vs. the wayward Witch Winifred (WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES # 320, 1967, with art by Pete Alvarado)!
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| Yeah, I'm glad she didn't show up! |
And Jon delivers in a very nice way that clearly surpasses my more disguised attempt to do so in 2016's IDW's UNCLE SCROOGE # 11.
And considering that so much of the coming action moves to "Fort Lockman" - and in consideration of this 1969 Vic Lockman-written story...
...Could an alternate title for this story not have been "The Siege of Fort Lockman"?
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| From DONALD DUCK # 127 (1969) W-Vic Lockman, A-Tony Strobl. |
However, Jon does evoke another obscure Vic Lockman-penned story title from 1971 - "Why All the Crabby Ducks"? (Love it!)
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| DONALD DUCK # 136 (1971) Another story by the prolific Vic Lockman! |
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| I got it, even if no one else did! Can't fool me, Mister Gray! |
Though, in 50 years, if some future Disney comics creative person elects to similarly tribute me, I hope they name something in my honor that is less evocative of Alcatraz!
Oh, yeah... We still have a story to report on... Donald, the boys and Gladstone Gander get involved just at the point we must break, before we begin to indulge in spoilers! (...We'd never do that!)
Though I'll highlight one more nice character bit, where Witch Hazel still retains her fondness for Huey, Dewey, and Louie, from these classic appearances...
...Yet, still gleefully wants to stick it to Donald!
Finally, we, in our focus on story, art, and script, rather unfairly neglect to give due credit to our wonderful letterers and colorists Travis and Nicole Seitler - and let me take a moment to attempt to atone for these oft-committed sins of omission.
Their lettering is always first-rate! You can see this in just about every panel of the IDW Disney comics. Look at any illustration in this very post for proof.
It is comfortable on the eyes, and always easy to read. I say that, if you NOTICE lettering, it's not a good job! And, by not calling undue attention to their great lettering skills, they prove time and again just how great they really are!
And, in the coloring department... just look at this page, and tell me it's not WONDERFUL!
Click to enlarge!
Everyone, please take a moment to appreciate the work of these two great professionals, who add so much to our reading experience!
After a one-page gag, dialogued by David Gerstein, we move on to our second feature.
"Belle, Book, and Bungle" (10-pages, Denmark, 2014) is written by the great Lars Jensen, drawn by the great Noel Van Horn, and dialogued by Yours Truly.
The Halloween season must really energize Magica De Spell because, after that one-page break, she's back-and-badder-than-ever, in her quest for Uncle Scrooge's Number One Dime.
Ever loyal Miss Quackfaster gives her all, but it's the timely appearance of Belle Duck (and a spirited door-opening) that saves the day!
Notice how much the dragon (actually transformed Magica) look's like Noel's father, William Van Horn's creations in "Nervous Rex" (1987)?
Or William Van Horn's character from UNCLE SCROOGE # 320 (2003)?
Scrooge gives Belle a shiny new penny for her troubles, and hustles her out. Belle takes her copper fortune to the local diner, where she meets Magica De Spell...
...And becomes "The Sorceress' Apprentice"!
What would Mickey Mouse think of this?
Hexing-hilarity ensues...
...Oh, does it ever!
Can Belle save Scrooge's Money Bin from magical forces that she, herself, unleashed? And, after only receiving a penny for stopping "Ruff the Magic Dragon", would she even WANT to?
I'd tell you... IF I did SPOILERS! But I DON'T, so there!
Oh, and Scrooge also frequents "Bertram's Burgers", the same place visited by Donald and Oona in IDW's DONALD DUCK # 21 (2017). ...We keep track o' li'l things like that 'round here!
Honestly, wouldn't ya just wanna throw back a sack of Bertram's Best? ...Well, wouldn't ya? (Da-rool! Da-rool!)
Lastly, we turn our "all-magicked-out" attentions to a welcome "ordinary, slice-of-life" vignette starring our refugee-from-the-sixties, uber-teen - and possibly Scrooge's grand-kid - Dickie Duck!
...But, how "ordinary" can any "slice-of-life vignette" be when it's Dickie who's doing the slicing?
...And that she did!
Dickie-dizzy yet? Scrooge sure was!
Though created in 1966 as noted, Dickie Duck would have to wait until 2016, and IDW's UNCLE SCROOGE # 18, to finally... er, "splash-down" in the United States!
Both "The Miner's Granddaughter" and our story here in IDW's UNCLE SCROOGE # 31 were translated and dialogued by Thad Komorowski - who, to this point has the "honor" of being Dickie's first and only American voice to date!
"Celebrity Crushed" (4 pages, originally from the Italian "Topolino"3045, 2014) is written by Vito Stabile and drawn by Enrico Faccini.
When Daisy Duck has a problem with her pre-teen nieces, who-ya-gonna-call? Why Dickie Duck, of course!
"Facebeak"? Why, thank you for continuing that Duckworld social media platform, Thad! ...You owe me a nickel for its use!
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| From IDW's UNCLE SCROOGE # 11 (2016) Dialogue by Yours Truly. |
But, why didn't you call the other group "The Quack-Street Boys"?
But, who cares about that when you can visit... The Waldork Hotel - and act like a... well, you know!
Watch Dickie bring all of her psychological hipsterness to bear on celebrity-lovesick April, May, and June!
How does she do? (All together now...) No Spoilers! It's only four pages! Go read it for yourself!
Incidentally, Thad does a really fine job with Dickie! I would probably write her as "too sixties" or "too Judy Jetson", but he deftly avoids this to his credit, making this a really good read for a 4-pager!
So, get your copy of IDW's UNCLE SCROOGE # 31, and let it work its "magic" on you!
Then, let's have a little "magic" of our own variety (...actually a LOT of it), as we always do, in our Comments Section!
April, May, and June may need "Facebeak" to communicate - be WE DON'T! Let's go!
30 comments:
I thought this was a solid issue all-around too, although I admittedly like Noel Van Horn's art more than the script or story...
As we discussed via e-mail, it does seem like Witch Winifred in "Golden Christmas Tree" is the same character as the Snow White witch/queen. Not just because INDUCKS says so, but since "Golden Christmas Tree" was the most heavily editor-flavored Barks story of the '40s (and arguably worst), I have no doubt he was told to throw the Snow White witch into the story.
I tend to agree on that “witch thing”, Thad!
I don't know if both witches (Carl Barks’ “Golden Christmas Tree” and Disney’s “Snow White” – and, by extension, the 1967 illustration by Pete Alvarado used in this post) are the same... but, they are old, ugly, evil, and dressed in all black. So, it's *my* leap, if not.
Was there a separate "Witch Winifred" character? Separate, that is, from both "Golden Christmas Tree" and "Snow White"?
Reading "Golden Christmas Tree" as a kid, reprinted in a Gold Key Christmas Parade, I just assumed it was the witch from Snow White - after that "bad accident" that didn't really kill her, but left her in permanent Ugly Witch Mode all poetic-justice-like!
On the first page of TGCT, in Donald's newspaper, it reads: "Many people claim to have seen strange hag somewhat like witch who poisoned Snow White! Hag disappears in puff of smoke when annoyed by curious stares!" So there's a reference right in the story.
Even at the tender age of six or so when I first read this story, I knew that the Ducks generally operated in a different part of the Disney Universe than Snow White, so I was a little bit surprised or startled by the reference--but of course the story endlessly delighted me so I didn't mind. I always thought she was someone who only looked like the Snow White witch, but now on looking again I think Barks may very well have intended her to be one and the same character.
I notice that the number of this US Hallowe'en-themed issue is 31! That's perfect timing! (Like the Mickey Mouse tribute issue of Walt Disney Comics Digest--#40 was very appropo because only a few short years earlier Mickey had celebrated his 40th birthday!)
Also I have been waiting for Mad Madam Mim to show up in these new Disney comics--now all we need is to re-team her with the Beagle Boys! (There was a Snow White-themed Madam Mim-and-Beagle-Boys story in the same issue of WDC&S that concluded the four-part epic "Return of the Phantom Blot"--how about that?) Mim and the Boys were a dynamic combo!
Terrific post, Joe--makes me want to rush to the nearest available comic book store!
"Golden Christmas Tree" does explicitly reference its witch as resembling the Snow White witch—and in at least one interview, Barks referred to her as "the Disney witch," mentioning the connection and the difficult time he had in using her.
That said, as used in the Duckverse, I think she's sort of evolved into a different character; the Snow White witch is technically still Grimhilde, while the original sequel to "Golden Christmas Tree" called Barks' witch Winifred and made her decidedly more Christmas-centric.
Jon and I were a little amazed to see that "Sorcery Summit" went to the trouble of referencing her. As a separate character from the Snow White incarnation, she hasn't been in many stories at all.
It is pretty good, finally seeing a story written by Vito Stabile in English! Though this was one of his (in comparison) bad stories. Really charming for example, is his Detective Donald (https://inducks.org/subseries.php?c=Detective+Donald) series, set in the 40's in the American Duckburg and with Dickie as his sidekick.
What I really like about artists like Vito Stabile is that artists in his age are the future of Disney Comics. Most of the popular artists are pretty old and even Casty is in his 50's. Stabile though was born in 1989. And if this is the future of Disney Comics - I'm happy with that.
I always did assume the witch in Golden Christmas Tree was the same recurring Wicked Witch who debuted in Snow White and somehow ended up a recurring antagonist in 50's to 70's American comics. I was, however, unaware that the cpmics' witch was once known as Witch Winifred — the classic name for the SW badun is Grimhilde, ever since the Snow White strip and firmly reastablished in Italian comics.
Did I see a cover for "Nervus Rex"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVTxTDZ7zg
Wow! Take a day off, and find so many great comments on… (sorry, gotta say it) which witch is which! We’ll take ‘em in order, starting with…
Scarecrow:
You write: “I notice that the number of this US Hallowe'en-themed issue is 31! That's perfect timing! (Like the Mickey Mouse tribute issue of Walt Disney Comics Digest--#40 was very appropo because only a few short years earlier Mickey had celebrated his 40th birthday!)”
Now WDCD # 40 *could* have been an editorial-contrivance, to coincide with that specific event in Mouse-history… but a Halloween-themed “issue # 31” – appearing IN October, no less – is pure serendipity!
I loved those Mim / Beagle Boys stories too. And, as we can see by the 1967 illustration by Pete Alvarado used in this post, and other stories of various vintages where they interact with Magica DeSpell, those rascally Beagles are not above supernatural socializing!
Finally, speaking of Mim, I’d like to see THIS ONE reprinted someday, somehow, somewhere.
David:
You write: “That said, as used in the Duckverse, I think she's sort of evolved into a different character; the Snow White witch is technically still Grimhilde, while the original sequel to ‘Golden Christmas Tree’ called Barks' witch Winifred and made her decidedly more Christmas-centric.
Jon and I were a little amazed to see that 'Sorcery Summit' went to the trouble of referencing her. As a separate character from the Snow White incarnation, she hasn't been in many stories at all.”
That’s a great piece of information for those of us who found themselves “bewitched, bothered (to a lesser extent), and (completely) bewildered” over this spell-caster curiosity!
Thinking it over, I’m not fully certain that I even recall “Winifred's Revenge” (the 1997-USA-published Dutch story you link to), if, indeed, I ever read it at all during those VERY BUSY TIMES of what was quite literally a completely “different life” in every respect than the one I lead today!
That’s the difference between recollections of 1960s stories that I read over and over and over (…and did I say “over”?) again – and 1990s stories that I read once, if at all. It’s in my boxes, and I’ll have to look it up!
For curious readers in the USA, it’s in UNCLE SCROOGE # 308 (1997) published by Gladstone Series II – perhaps the run of those comics I actually read the least of.
Huwey:
You write: “What I really like about artists like Vito Stabile is that artists in his age are the future of Disney Comics. Most of the popular artists are pretty old and even Casty is in his 50's. Stabile though was born in 1989. And if this is the future of Disney Comics - I'm happy with that.”
Thanks for the info on Vito Stabile! While Scarpa, Cavazzano, Casty, and certain others have (finally) become more-or-less “mainstream” in the USA (…at least as “mainstream” as any Disney comic-book creator is ever likely to become here), there are so many that we know so little about – and whose work is largely unknown to us. Vito Stabile would certainly be one of those! Hopefully, that will change.
HERE is Huwey’s link for your visiting pleasure.
And, HEY… What’s wrong with us creators being in our ‘50s… or (VERY EARLY) ‘60s! (Harumph!) :-)
Achille:
You write: “I always did assume the witch in Golden Christmas Tree was the same recurring Wicked Witch who debuted in Snow White and somehow ended up a recurring antagonist in 50's to 70's American comics. I was, however, unaware that the comics’' witch was once known as Witch Winifred — the classic name for the SW badun is Grimhilde, ever since the Snow White strip and firmly reestablished in Italian comics.”
It seems you and I would be on the same page, Achille. Thank goodness we have David to straighten these messes out for us – in his own inimitable “Archival-Editor-ish” way!
Marc:
Oh, that link is SO great! I wonder what William Van Horn would think of this!
Everyone, go there… but BE WARNED! This is a LINK WITH SOUND! So, don’t play it at work!
Hey, maybe ”This is a LINK WITH SOUND! So, don’t play it at work!” should become the next great SPOILER-TYPE-WARNING!
Browsing Unwarned-Links with sound has, unfortunately, caught me by surprise in various work situations. So, why not… er, “link responsibly”? Whaddya think?
Ramapith said:
That said, as used in the Duckverse, I think she's sort of evolved into a different character; the Snow White witch is technically still Grimhilde, while the original sequel to "Golden Christmas Tree" called Barks' witch Winifred and made her decidedly more Christmas-centric.
Hmm… seems like we have a Witch Child situation upon us, where two characters who were originally meant to be one and the same end up diverging. Because the weird thing here is, there's also plenty of instances of a not-all-that-Christmassy version of the Wicked Witch appearing in Duckverse stories. Take the 1961 Bradbury story A Matter of Luck (http://scrooge-mcduck.wikia.com/wiki/A_Matter_of_Luck) that pits her against Gladstone, or Lockman's own 13 Blackcat Road (http://scrooge-mcduck.wikia.com/wiki/13_Blackcat_Road) where she acts in the same "petty evil" way as the Christmas Tree witch but in a way that is wholly unrelated to Christmas.
For the record, these two links to the Scrooge McDuck Wiki DO NOT INCLUDE SOUND! It is thus safe to click them at work! (Within reason.)
Achille:
Great observations that serve to further muddy the witchy waters! …And, somehow, I think the old gal would LIKE her waters muddy! …Or perhaps they BOTH would! …You decide!
Shame, especially, on ME for not remembering “13 Blackcat Road” as it was a story I read as a kid brand-new off the newsstand in 1968 – and many times since, though I’ve never read “A Matter of Luck” and will, thus, give myself a pass on that!
And thank you so much for issuing the warning: “For the record, these two links to the Scrooge McDuck Wiki DO NOT INCLUDE SOUND! It is thus safe to click them at work! (Within reason.)”
…Perhaps we’ve STARTED SOMETHING HERE that will (…and SHOULD) catch on!
Here are Achille’s sound-free links for greater ease of viewing:
“13 Blackcat Road”
“A Matter of Luck”
Finally, while we’re recalling Witch vs. Duck stories from my sainted ‘60s, there’s also 1967’s “The Haunted House Caper” from WDC&S # 326, where ONE of these witches (…Can’t tell ya WHO anymore!) turns Donald’s house into a living-type of horror-home in response to Donald’s disbelief in black magic. Like “13 Blackcat Road”, it was also by Vic Lockman and Tony Strobl.
Ya know… maybe they made it EASIER on all of us in UNCLE SCROOGE # 31 (IDW), by not having that witch (whomever she is) show up!
Indeed! (Note that while it doesn't have a page on the Wiki yet — say, could you possibly consider lending a hand there? —, The Haunted House Caper was mentioned on 13 Blackcat Road's page because of the plot similarities between those two tales.)
I enjoyed the return of Mim to American comics. She was important to me in my childhood as a female character who wasn't primarily defined by her relationship to male characters (girlfriend, grandma). I enjoyed Jonathan's alliteration, which includes Mim's "magnificent, marvelous!"
My favorite story, though, was the Belle Duck story. Very cute stratagem she uses to defeat Magica. And I'm glad Jensen mentions her friendship with Captain Annie, female friendship being so rare in the Duckiverse.
Overall, it was a great Halloween present for a lifelong female Duckfan to have three female-centric stories. Ratio of named characters, female to male: first story 3:6, second story (one-pager) 1:2, third story 2:1, fourth story 5:0. I leave it to someone more gifted in math to figure out the overall ratio weighted by each story's page count! But it's gotta set a record for an issue of Uncle Scrooge.
I really liked this issue. The first story really seemed a lot like something that Vic Lockman would have written, so much so that at times my mind's eye could imagine it with Tony Strobl's late 60's artwork. I love how crazy it gets, especially when the "invulnerable flying boat" loaded with witches crashes through Scrooge's office window. Yet despite all the silliness, the threat to Gladstone and Scrooge is taken seriously enough that the story still works, although it could have been a little longer to give the witches more to do, and to give the story a bit more breathing room, as it has to move from scene to scene a bit too quickly sometimes.
Magica and Belle's story was a lot of fun, and felt like it was just the right length. Belle could get together with Fethry and really drive Scrooge crazy.
The story with Dickie Duck really felt like filler, but it was enjoyable filler. Dickie is another character who seems very energetic, and it would be interesting to see the generation gap between her and Scrooge drive a story.
A bit off-topic, but a book worth checking out is The Return of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with four of Romano Scarpa's Snow White Stories.
While I was doing chores, following the New York Yankees, and watching a most amazing 2017 Blu-ray restoration of 1937’s “Lost Horizon”, I’ve allowed more great comments to become stacked-up! Sorry! …But, keep ‘em coming, ‘cause I love receiving ‘em! In order…
Achile:
Nice job on the Wiki page! Don’t know how much of “a hand I could lend”, beyond answering occasional questions. Do let me know!
Elaine:
As soon as I noted the composition of this issue, I thought of you! Glad you enjoyed it as much as I thought you would!
Speaking of records for a single issue of UNCLE SCROOGE, just imagine a three-story issue of this venerable title where ALL THREE stories pass The Bechdel Test! That HAS to be a first! And yes, we’ve actually discussed that particular rating in our Thursday Night Horror and Sci-Fi Film Appreciation Society!
Even the Dickie story passes, because of Dickie’s opening exchange with Daisy.
Deb:
Oh, YES! For sure I could see that lead story, or something very much like it, as a Vic Lockman and Tony Strobl production of the mid-late 1960s! Especially so for the unusual team-up aspect, and that Mim was much more of a prime character at that time.
I *do* want to see more of Dickie, and particularly would like to see more of her confounding Scrooge! She seems to be what the “Annie” character was to THE FLINTSTONES comic strip at about the same time of Dickie’s Italian debut. I hope to get an opportunity to write her someday, even if I very likely WILL make her sound like Judy Jetson!
As for the Snow White book, check out what our friend and colleague Thad Komorowski has written about it! Gonna have to get that one!
When I said "help", I meant that you could consider creating some pages there about stories you enjoyed reading… this blog being evidence enough that you're terrific at summaries and a heck of a Disney scholar! Of course, if you're too HORRIFICALLY BUSY to worry about it, there's no obligation or anything.
While we're on the topic of the wiki, I have now created a (sound-free!) page for Sorcery Summit, visible here:
http://scrooge-mcduck.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sins_of_the_Sorcery_Summit
I assumed in the Behind the Scenes part that the mentions of Witch Grimhilde-Winifred-Whomever were additions of Jonathan Gray, as was the allusion to Lockman. Can you confirm or deny this?
…umm, I dropped another comment there, has it been swallowed by the Planet-Eater from Plan Dine, or something? Or are you so enraptured by your Lost Horizons that you lost track of the comments over here?
Achille:
You’re very close!
I was indeed “so enraptured by the (all together now) most amazing 2017 Blu-ray restoration of 1937’s ‘Lost Horizon’”that I journeyed to the secluded land of Shangri-La, with a bunch old comics and some DVDs to entertain me during the journey.
Well, those comics and DVDs started such a possessive furor among the populace that it broke down their entire tranquil, pastoral socioeconomic structure, and… OH, WAITAMINNIT… that was Uncle Scrooge and his BOTTLE CAPS! Not to mention it was also one valley over!
No, I was just my usual busy!
You write: “When I said ‘help’, I meant that you could consider creating some pages there about stories you enjoyed reading… this blog being evidence enough that you're terrific at summaries and a heck of a Disney scholar!”
Thank you very much for the complement. I have spent WAAAY too much time immersed in this stuff over the course of my life – and I’m pleased to know that some of that counts for something. And the most amazing thing is there is SO MUCH MORE that I don’t know, and am only beginning to assimilate thanks to my association with David, IDW, and Fantagraphics!
There are VERY MANY stories I’ve enjoyed reading, and I keep hoping to do more back issue reviews at this Blog. But, if I were to take you up on your invitation, how would I go about it. I’d have to join *something* wouldn’t I? It might be interesting and fun to do so, at that! So, thanks for the consideration.
Another amazing thing about life is just how busy it tends to get! I’m not the now-classic HORRIFICALLY BUSY that I was during the Blog’s suspension – but, still it’s much more so than I would have thought. Fear not, though, because the vast majority of it is GOOD! I couldn’t honestly say that over the last few years, but now all is essentially well.
There are some major life-events (again all good) coming really soon, let alone my work with IDW and Fantagraphics, the usual “life’s obligations”, and even maintaining the Blog to the degree I do – in that I don’t just post something, sit back and let the comments pile on. But, rather, I enjoy interacting with everyone who has taken the time to express something here. But, busy (though not “horrifically” so) times are ahead. So much so that I have another IDW post ready to be time-released sometime next week, in order to keep things fresh.
I’m going to extend an invitation that I sometimes do, and should do more often… and it applies to everyone! If you wish to engage in an off-topic, off the blog exchange with me, I am happy to do so, time permitting. Send a comment with YOUR e-mail address, which I will NOT print, and I will respond. I’m sure there are things for us to discuss.
To your question: “I assumed in the Behind the Scenes part that the mentions of Witch Grimhilde-Winifred-Whomever were additions of Jonathan Gray, as was the allusion to Lockman. Can you confirm or deny this?”
It’s a funny thing… David, Jonathan, Thad, and I all live rather close to one another and we often get together for entire days of fun and work-related conversation but, beyond that, we don’t necessarily work directly with each other – David being the conduit for all of our prepared texts.
So, I do not definitively know the answer to your question – and would not have a truly definitive answer, unless the question was about my own work. Having not seen the original version that Jonathan and David would have worked off of, I can only assume that the witch references were already there, and “Fort Lockman” was added by Jonathan! I know that *I* really enjoyed it!
HERE is Achille’s link for your viewing pleasure.
@Achille Talon: I believe that David's comment above indicates that the references to Witch Winifred who messes with Christmas trees were in the original script. "Jon and I were a little amazed to see that "Sorcery Summit" went to the trouble of referencing her"--and "her" there has to be the Grimhilde-lookalike witch as she evolved from "Golden Christmas Tree" (there unnamed) to "De wraak van Anneke Tanneke/Winifred's Revenge" (where she got named, in English Winifred).
Elaine:
I completely agree. I just hesitate to absolutely confirm any discussion I was not an actual party to.
Good catch, Elaine. I made the appropriate edits to the wiki page.
Dickie Duck's ice cream related phrase reminds me of a similar (except for flavor) phrase that Marge Simpson and Malibu Stacy said in the Simpsons episode "Lisa Simpson vs. Malibu Stacy".
I can't decide if I see Dickie as being a "Malibu Stacy" kind of gal. Sometimes no, and sometimes definitely yes...
Yeah, the similarity was intentional. Good catch!
And for what it's worth, I see Dickie more as a Lisa Simpson than a Malibu Stacy. The nod to the vapid line, given the vapid dilemma of the story, seemed a natural fit.
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