
It would have been easy for Carl
Barks to just use real or otherwise 'easy' and uninventive names
for the multitude of locations the primary characters saw in his
Disney duck stories. But Barks never took the easy way out as did
most of his contemporary colleagues. He took the trouble to
invent strangely suitable and plausible names for a great number
of locations, and the sub-pages will treat you to some of these.
If you are used to reading Barks' stories in the original
language you are, of course, familiar with most of the names, but
you may not have pondered long about them. In that case you
should take a moment to pause at the names presented, and you
will very often discover how cleverly Barks chose them. Some
pinpoint exactly where you are, others describe the locations,
some are pure fun, and some require you to think twice. One
example that covers all of the above is Laguna
Mountains. Not spectacular in any way when
you see it, but think about it. Geographically the two words are
diametrical contrasts, but in some strange way Barks makes the
name work and have it sound both attractive and correct!
If you are not used to reading Barks' stories in the original
language you are in for a treat. You may be looking at the
original location names for the first time, so take your time.
The names are not explained (who would attempt to explain a
painting by Picasso?), but you are sure to open a door to an
exciting new chapter in the stories - Barks' cleverly invented
location names.
Notice: As you can deduct from the above, the sub-pages do not by far cover all of the names Barks used in his stories; only the most ingenious. They have been divided into a few main groups and they are all presented in alphabetical order within each group.
| http://www.cbarks.dk/THELOCATIONNAMES.htm | Date 2009-09-24 |