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One possible answer to both those questions: Donald in comics isn't Donald from the cartoons (just like various Links inΒ Legend of Zelda games are different people)
At some point in the past I read somewhere the "black shirt" is a part of Imperial German Navy uniform - thus, Donald in the comics is german immigrant. (I don't sure how accurate it may be)
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How come Donald, his nephews, Daisy, Scrooge, and other anthropomorphic ducks in the Duck comics that have no more anthropomorphic a body shape than Donald are treated more anthropomorphically than the Looney Tunes duck Daffy? Like Daffy has a somewhat more anthropomorphic and more upright body shape than Donald, but Daffy sometimes flies and Donald doesn't fly except in a Disney Acid Sequence in The Three Caballeros. Finally, Donald flies, albeit like a hummingbird. Daffy looks sort of like an Indian Runner Duck (a breed of domestic duck with brown feathers and an upright stance), but with longer legs and nearly all-black plumage. Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie also have squawky duck voices, whereas Daffy has a lisping, but human-sounding voice.
Daffy gets hunted by Elmer Fudd (a human) and Porky Pig (anthropomorphic, pants less half-dressed, but often human-stand-in pig) like a regular duck would get hunted. There is a cartoon where very anthropomorphic, fully-dressed, human-stand-in dog Goofy hunts ducks. There is not one aknowledgement or reference to his friend, Donald Duck in this cartoon.Β
(Anthropomorphic) Disney Ducks (Donald, Scrooge, e.t.c.) Furry Reminders and Furry Denials
Denial 1) The ducks are treated like human-stand-ins even with "regular" ducks around.
Denial 2) Mickey's Christmas Carol: Scrooge is referred to as an Englishman when he is a Scottish drake (a male duck).
Reminder 1) Don's Fountain of Youth: Donald uses his avian nature to fool his nephews into thinking that he has reverted to a pre-hatched state.
Daffy Duck's Furry Denial is in Daffy the Commando where he is wearing a shirt that says, "Human Cannonball" when he flies into Berlin, Germany. But there are fewer Furry Denials and Furry Confusions and more Furry Reminders with Daffy than with Donald.
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Possibly because it'd be hard to write out Donald's squawks in such a manner that would still have his dialogue at least nominally understandable for the context of of the comics?
...Nah. That's too tl;dr. XD
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Interesting idea.... though all three nephews do understand Donald's squawky voice, as does Uncle Scrooge. But everyone else can't. At least from what I saw of the earlier Ducktales episodes.
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Ha ha! His nephew has a good point.
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That's so 100% true, the Donald Duck comics are the best with Adventures, action and more but I always wondered this question as ''Why Donald's shirt is wearing black in the comic instead his blue shirt? XDΒ and I remembered Huey's, Dewey's and Louie shirt were black as well and another duck theory is that in the comic Scrooge McDuck wears his red shirt instead his blue shirt so
Coincidence
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Nope.
Its about ink.
More black means less color.
And comics need black parts for artistic means as well such as to keep the balance of the whole page etc.
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I always thought the shirts were coloured black because it was simpler and easier for the colourist lolol, but I read the comment below and I imagine what it says is more true xD But I've still wondered about all the change of colour too...
And the "not being able to understand what he says"- joke would kind of skip past anyone when it's written text for the most part, no? xD As long as it's written in clear language for the reader, as it usually is x3 But that's what I think anyway xD
Either way! Aaah, I absolutely love how well you drew Donald and the nephew! They look so perfect!
Aaand... Β I guess it's Dewey? xD Since he's the one who's usually green in the comics, but then blue in animation pfff- now what is up with that?? |DDD
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In Quack Pack, they perfectly understand him. And his french voice is much more intelligible since he tends to articulate more.
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Nice drawing, but if it's the comic, then shouldn't Louie also be wearing a black shirt? ^_^Β
Actually. the black shirt isn't a mystery at all.
The main reason that Donald and the nephews wear black in the comics is because of the newspaper strip.Β The black shirt was introduced when Donald became the star of his own newspaper strip back in 1938 (drawn by Al Taliafferro, who also introduced Huey, Dewey and Louie a few months before their debut in animation), and since the daily strip was in black and white, Donald's shirt was turned black because that made for better contrast and clarity in the black and white drawings. (Likewise, Mickey Mouse is mainly black with a white face, because he debuted in black-and-white cartoons and the black made him stand out from the mostly white backgrounds.)Β When the Sunday strip began later the same year, it was in color, and there Donald's shirt was colored blue because with color it was a lot easier to make the character stand out without the use of heavy blacks.
So if the black shirt was designed for black-and-white comics, why does Donald wear black even in color comics now? Simple! Donald's comic book career started in the anthology comics "Mickey Mouse Magazine" and from 1940 the publication "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories." The Donald Duck comics here were simply reprints of the newspaper strip, the panels enlarged and colorized for comic book publishing. It wasn't until around 1948 when the comic started regularly publishing Donald Duck comics specifically made for the comic page, the main contributor here of course being Carl Barks, the man who more than anyone was responsible for shaping the comics incarnation of Donald -- he invented Duckburg, he was the creator of Scrooge McDuck and most of the relatives, villains and supporting characters we know today.
And Barks drew Donald with the black shirt, because Donald had worn black in the comics for ten years at that point. It was simply a thing; Donald wore black in the comics. And given that all Donald Duck comics today are derived from or at least build further on foundations laid down by Barks, the black shirt has stayed.Β
As for why people can understand him -- The nephews clearly can in the cartoons too.
Any more questions? ^_^
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Awesome explanation! Now I finally get it.
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Didn't comic Huey/Dewey/Louie also wear black shirts? That was extra confusing.
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1) Black looks good on a comics page, and the "weight" of the dark color makes the other colors brighter.
2) In the comics he's voiced by Russi Taylor.
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Donald Duck doesn't wear pants, but when he comes out of the shower he puts a towel around his waist...
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As far as I remember, in the pocket sized Donald Duck comic books some of the pages were black and white instead of full color due to budget. Black would look better than just leaving the shirt white for those pages, and create nicer contrast.Β
How others understand Donald in comics, that IS a mystery.
Very nice portrayal of Donald!
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Wait, wasn't there supposed to be some new Yenny you were posting?
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And why the hell does he wear a towel that cover only his belly, when he gets out of the shower?
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Because Donald doesn't want the water to drip on the floor.
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It's hard to capture the sound of throat cancer phonetically.
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I suppose the speech impediment doesn't carry well in print.
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LOL!!! That's awesome. Donald looks good in black 
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