“Certamente, nelle mani di un altro Barks, Topolino diventerebbe un personaggio meraviglioso. Guardate le cose che [Barks] ha fatto con Paperino… tutto quello che ha ricevuto da Disney era un irascibile buffone che tirava le noci a Cip e Ciop. Quello che la Dell e Barks hanno fatto con quel personaggio è un miracolo.”
Sure, in the hands of another Barks, Mickey would become a wonderful character. Look what he did with Donald... all he got from Disney was a slapstick hothead who threw walnuts at Chip n' Dale. What Dell/Barks did with the character is a miracle.
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I enjoyed working with the duck because I could knick [sic, probabilmente era "knock"] him around, have him get hurt – I could let him fall off cliffs. It was lots of fun with Donald. With Mickey it would have been kind of dangerous, because Mickey always had to be right. With the duck I had a comedian that I could treat badly and who I could make fun of.

As for me ever doing a Mickey Mouse story, there's no chance of that. [...] I am totally apathetic toward the character as being simply a cute configuration of lines. There's no personality. .

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