Why Donald Duck Is the Jerry Lewis of Germany

Whoa! We are big Donald Duck fans, but oh boy. I don't think we hold a candle to the obsession the Germans have for Donald Duck!

Comics featuring Donald are available at most German newsstands and the national weekly “Micky Maus”—which features the titular mouse, Goofy and, most prominently, Donald Duck—sells an average of 250,000 copies each week, outselling even “Superman.” A lavish 8,000-page German Donald Duck collector’s edition has just come out, and despite the nearly $1,900 price tag, the publisher, Egmont Horizont, says the edition of 3,333 copies is almost completely sold out. Last month the fan group D.O.N.A.L.D (the German acronym stands for “German Organization for Non-commercial Followers of Pure Donaldism”), hosted its 32nd annual congress at the Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, with trivia and trinkets galore, along with lectures devoted to “nephew studies” and Duckburg’s solar system.

That is utterly hysterical! I wonder if they'll be doing anything for Donald's 75 birthday?

Now where can I get my hands on these comic books? :)

Zz.