"Truant Officer Donald" is a 10-page
Disney comics story written, drawn, and lettered by
Carl Barks. Characters in the story include
Donald Duck, his nephews
Huey, Dewey and Louie, and the boys' schoolmates Butch and Finnegan. The story was first published in ''
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories'' #100 (January 1949). The story has been reprinted several times since.
Truant Officer Donald tries to catch his school-skipping nephews using
radar
Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, we ...
, a
periscope
A periscope is an instrument for observation over, around or through an object, obstacle or condition that prevents direct line-of-sight observation from an observer's current position.
In its simplest form, it consists of an outer case with ...
, and other surveillance devices. The story was based on an
animated short of the same name released in August 1941. Barks worked on the short with others. In the animated short, the boys elude their uncle and win. In the comic book story, the moral right is asserted: Donald catches the boys and takes them to school to write 'Crime does not pay' on the
classroom blackboard.
See also
*
List of Disney comics by Carl Barks
References
External links
Truant Officer Donald
Disney comics stories
Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks
1949 in comics
{{Disney-comics-stub