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שתיקת הברווז
Nir Becher wrote this article about Geva and the Duck in Ha'aretz:
"The Duck," a profound cartoon figure that looks at life with cynicism tempered by anxiety, was the best-known symbol of Dudu Geva, the cartoonist who died in February 2005. The Duck, which Geva first drew in 1977, appeared initially in the Jerusalem weekly Kol Ha'ir and afterward in a book he published in 1983. "I don't know when I am a duck and when I use him," Geva said in an interview. "What interests me about ducks is that on the one hand they are a kind of ridiculous animal and a nice toy for kids, but on the other hand they are eaten." The duck, he added, "relates to my feeling as a person who lives with fears and dissolves them with the help of humor."
In 1984 The Duck realized its full hysterical potential when it appeared as a regular daily comment on the news in the (now defunct) daily Hadashot (on page 2, adjacent to the editorial). In the Independence Day issue of Hadashot in 1986, a festive poster of The Duck was appended to the paper instead of the traditional poster of the state president. In 1992, after the demise of Hadashot, Geva published "The Duck," which included comic strips, in order, as he said, to round off the Duck Period in his life. The book triggered a law suit by the Disney Corporation, which sought to prevent publication of the story "Moby Duck," which showed Donald Dach, king of the ducks, fornicating with two chickens. In 1993 the Supreme Court ruled that Geva had infringed Disney's copyright, barred the publication of the story, and ordered Geva to pay costs of NIS 60,000.
In 2002, The Duck returned in "The Silence of The Duck," which appeared in the Tel Aviv weekly Ha'ir. The Duck evolved into the figure of a pathetic old thing who dreams of blondes that will acknowledge his hidden masculinity, when in fact his life is characterized by the betrayal of the body and gradually approaching death. Not long before his sudden death, at the age of 55, Geva was fired by the paper and parted with his readers in the form of a gloomy piece in which The Duck predicted the imminent death of his creator.
This book is a collection of those pieces from Ha'ir.
http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/שתיקת_הב...
"The Duck," a profound cartoon figure that looks at life with cynicism tempered by anxiety, was the best-known symbol of Dudu Geva, the cartoonist who died in February 2005. The Duck, which Geva first drew in 1977, appeared initially in the Jerusalem weekly Kol Ha'ir and afterward in a book he published in 1983. "I don't know when I am a duck and when I use him," Geva said in an interview. "What interests me about ducks is that on the one hand they are a kind of ridiculous animal and a nice toy for kids, but on the other hand they are eaten." The duck, he added, "relates to my feeling as a person who lives with fears and dissolves them with the help of humor."
In 1984 The Duck realized its full hysterical potential when it appeared as a regular daily comment on the news in the (now defunct) daily Hadashot (on page 2, adjacent to the editorial). In the Independence Day issue of Hadashot in 1986, a festive poster of The Duck was appended to the paper instead of the traditional poster of the state president. In 1992, after the demise of Hadashot, Geva published "The Duck," which included comic strips, in order, as he said, to round off the Duck Period in his life. The book triggered a law suit by the Disney Corporation, which sought to prevent publication of the story "Moby Duck," which showed Donald Dach, king of the ducks, fornicating with two chickens. In 1993 the Supreme Court ruled that Geva had infringed Disney's copyright, barred the publication of the story, and ordered Geva to pay costs of NIS 60,000.
In 2002, The Duck returned in "The Silence of The Duck," which appeared in the Tel Aviv weekly Ha'ir. The Duck evolved into the figure of a pathetic old thing who dreams of blondes that will acknowledge his hidden masculinity, when in fact his life is characterized by the betrayal of the body and gradually approaching death. Not long before his sudden death, at the age of 55, Geva was fired by the paper and parted with his readers in the form of a gloomy piece in which The Duck predicted the imminent death of his creator.
This book is a collection of those pieces from Ha'ir.
http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/שתיקת_הב...
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First published January 1, 2005
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