Donald Duck in comics appeared in a portrait on August 11, 1940, and in person on September 28, 1943. Taliaferro also reintroduced Donna Duck as a separate character from Daisy. This old flame of Donald rivaled Daisy for his affections between August 7, 1951 and August 18, 1951, before leaving him for another. Donald had already been familiar to the American reading public through his newspaper comic strip by 1942. Then Disney licensed Western Publishing to create original comic book stories, with Disney characters as their stars. But the first American Donald Duck story originally created for a comic book was created by Studio-employed
The Night of the Living Duck The Night of the Living Duck The Night of the Living Duck is a six-minute 1988 "Merrie Melodies" cartoon starring Daffy Duck, directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. It was released to theatres as a part of "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" on September 24, 1988. The title is a pun on "Night of the Living Dead", although the cartoon has nothing to do with that film's theme of a zombie apocalypse. Daffy Duck, here a horror fanatic, is reading a scary comic book called "Hideous Tales" (issue #176). The comic's "Noseman" story ends in a cliffhanger, and Daffy rifles his