Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Tonight was the final in Eurovision Song Contest 2016. I didn’t watch it, and I haven’t for years – but when I was a kid my family would always watch it together. Then it was a one-evening event with a lot of fun rooting for my own country. But with semi-finals and lots of media talk I've grown tired of it and lost interest in the contest all together.

Well, this is supposed to be a Disney comics blog. I just wanted to show two Eurovision covers we had in Sweden and Norway.
 

Kalle Anka & Co #18-19/2016 and Donald Duck & Co #19/2016

The Swedish one is a parody of the two hosts Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede, while the Norwegian one is a more generic looking cover with Huey, Dewey and Louie.

Inside we have a story taking place in Stockholm and the Ericsson Globe, where Huey, Dewey and Louie are going to represent Duckburg in the contest.

In the opening panel we can see Stockholm in the background. I had my doubts about Miguel drawing every single detail in that panel, and did a quick image search for Stockholm aerial photos. And guess what I found on the Nordic Visitor Blog:
 

Stockholm aerial photo from the Nordic Visitor Blog

Looks like that is the image that was used, and it probably went through some Photoshop filters.

Rehearsal before the contest

Names in IDW's Uncle Scrooge #14

IDW's Uncle Scrooge #14

While reading the last issue of Uncle Scrooge and the second part of Scrooge’s Last Adventure, I noticed a few interesting names.

First we get the given name of Albert Quackmore and Emily Quackfaster (here in the Italian yellow hair look). I don’t think we’ve seen the given names used in any American prints before, or have we? ["Emily" has been used before, check the comments below]

Albert Quackmore

Emily Quackfaster and Albert Quackmore

Then Grandma Duck is called Elvira by Scrooge. That name is most commonly known from Don Rosa’s family tree and The Invader of Fort Duckburg. But I think the origin of the name is from a Grandma story in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #121, although in a slightly different form.

Elvira

From Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #121