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December 18

Blue alien character from Italian Disney comics

Please see this illustration:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=865084090578804&set=a.191217124632174&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Who is the blue alien (?) character behind Minnie Mouse? Thanks in advance. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 20:19, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's Atomino Bip Bip, in English apparently "Volta". It's a character created by Romano Scarpa, in fact an atom magnified to human size in the story "Topolino e la dimensione Delta". Scarpa created a number of fantastic stories with Atomino, who is — if you care to know — one of my favourite characters. --Wrongfilter (talk) 20:38, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

According to our article on Mickey Mouse universe, he is called "Atomo Bleep-Bleep" in English (according to the inducks.org site you linked, "Volta" is one of his Danish names). He'll always be Atömchen to me, and I wonder if there is a story where he and Eega Beeva (aka Eta Beta, aka Gamma) meet. ---Sluzzelin talk 20:52, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes, indeed, I misread the table ("Volta" seemed a bit bland). There are several stories that list both Atömchen and Gamma, but those seem to be mostly Christmas or anniversary stories. This one looked promising, but I checked and while they both appear they don't actually meet. --Wrongfilter (talk) 21:09, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Wrongfilter! Last but not least, let's mention Atomo Bleep-Bleep's evil twin brother, Atomo Bloop-Bloop (aka Atomino Bep Bep, aka Betömchen) ... they've met without annihilating each other. ---Sluzzelin talk 21:24, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, and this is an entirely self-serving private poll of mine and doesn't help the question at all: Did you, Wrongfilter, have any preferences regarding the Lustige Taschenbücher set in the Donald Duck world vs those set in the Mickey Mouse world? ---Sluzzelin talk 21:35, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As a child I preferred the Ducks, but as I got older I found that the Mouse LTBs generally aged better along with me. That statement refers to the second-tier stories from LTB numbers < 100 — there are classic stories from both worlds, in particular those by the early Scarpa, Bottaro and a few other artists. Nowadays, the only books from the various LTB series that I still buy are those from the Mausedition. --Wrongfilter (talk) 21:52, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for indulging me, that's the most differentiated answer I've received. I guess I'm still stuck where you were in childhood, and imagine I still prefer the duck world (Mickey is such a goody-two shoes, though so are Tick, Trick und Track I guess). I think the last one I read completely was somewhere around LTB 70 though. ---Sluzzelin talk 22:09, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]