Donald Duck, Banksy And The Tree Graffiti, Separated At Birth

Posted in: Comics, Current News, Swipe File | Tagged: banksy, donald duck Donald Duck of Holland, and Banksy’s tree graffiti of London in a very special Bleeding Cool “Separated At Birth” article. Article Summary Banksy’s latest mural in Holloway stuns with tree illusion using local green paint. A similar concept appeared in a January ‘Donald Duck’ Dutch comic book issue. The comic’s artist “Ducksy” eerily presages Banksy’s tree-themed street art. Exploring art’s creative process and coincidental parallels in “Separated at Birth”. Sometimes life imitates art. And sometimes art imitates art imitates art imitates art. Earlier this month, Banksy painted a wall in Holloway in North London, in front of the stumps of a hideously cutback tree. It made headlines the world over. BBC YouTube screencap The green paint used matches Islington’s own municipal green colour used on the council estate street signs and gives the impression of a tree full of foliage, but sprayed on by a council worker. But back in January, the popular Dutch comic book Donald Duck published “The Myseterious Kladdo” storyline by Ger Apeldoorn and Daniel Pérez, in which a mysterious graffiti artist makes fun of uncle Scrooge. Uncle Scrooge rewards whomever finds out who the...