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Arne Anka is a Swedish comic strip drawn by Charlie Christensen under the pseudonym Alexander Barks from 1983 to 1995. The title character closely resembles Donald Duck (who is called Kalle Anka in Swedish). The likeness with Donald Duck is only feather deep, however; the comics often take place at a bar, Zeke's, where Arne gets drunk while he cynically thinks about and discusses life. This usually happens in the company of his friend, Krille Krokodil ("Krille Crocodile"). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (459x604, 58 KB) Summary Arne Anka says: Cheers, cosmonauts!. Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (459x604, 58 KB) Summary Arne Anka says: Cheers, cosmonauts!. Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book...
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Charlie Christensen uses his friends as inpiration for the characters and story in Arne Anka. One of his friends has said that he sometimes notice that Charlie Christensen gets a particular look and then a few weeks later you read what you just said in an Arne Anka strip.
In 1995, Arne Anka was produced as a play at Stockholms stadsteater. The play was written by Christensen himself, and it was called "Arne Anka - en afton på Zekes" ("Arne Anka - a night at Zeke's"). Robert Gustafsson starred as Arne. Nickname: Location of Stockholm in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden Municipality Stockholm Municipality County Stockholm Province Södermanland and Uppland Charter 13th Century Population (April 2007) - City 782,885 - Density 4,160/km² (10,774. ...
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In 1997, a few pages were translated to English in connection with an exhibition of Nordic comics in France, and the publication of an English-language anthology. In this translation, the character was given the name "Arnie the Duck".[1] Political map of the Nordic countries and associated territories. ...
The Disney threat
In the beginning of the 1990s, The Walt Disney Company threatened to sue the author, Charlie Christensen, due to Arne Anka's similarity with Donald Duck. As a response, Charlie Christensen drew a comic strip about Arne faking his own death, so that he could have plastic surgery done to his beak in secrecy. Arne then returned with a new, pointed beak, and the pseudonym Alexander Barks was changed to Alexander X. After a while though, Arne went to a novelty store to buy a fake beak, which looked exactly like his old one. This new beak was drawn showing a small rubber band holding it in place until the threat of being sued was withdrawn. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...
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Albums A total of four Arne Anka comic albums have been published. In chronological order, they are: - Arne Anka, Tago 1989
- Arne Anka, part II, Tago 1991
- Arne Anka, part III, Tago 1993
- Jag, Arne, Kartago, 2001
Comeback In December 2004, Arne made a comeback in Christensen's new comic series, Konrad K (now Arne Anka & Konrad K), and he has been the main character ever since. The series is published in the Swedish monthly newspaper Dagens Arbete. In his newest form, Arne is divorced, and has three children, but he's just as cynical and depressed as before, and his personal economy is even worse than in the original series.
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