Editing Ludwig Von Drake (section)

==Print appearances==
The Disney studio encouraged the writers of Duck comics to introduce this new character in print, and already in September 1961, Von Drake started appearing in [[Al Taliaferro]] and [[Bob Karp]]'s featured daily strips. However, aside from a solitary cameo appearance in a one-page story in ''[[Uncle Scrooge]]'' #54 (December 1964), the character was not used by leading Disney duck artist [[Carl Barks]].

In 1961, [[Dell Comics]] launched a [[comic book]] series starring Von Drake and illustrated by [[Tony Strobl]],<ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/comic/ludwig-von-drake/2037/&i=21522&v=g 'Ludwig Von Drake' comic book #1-#4 featuring Tony Strobl List<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181013/http://www.comicvine.com/comic/ludwig-von-drake/2037/%26i%3D21522%26v%3Dg |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> but it only lasted for four issues before being discontinued. The character made subsequent appearances in other comic titles such as ''[[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories]]'' and in the ''Donald Duck'' newspaper strip.

Ludwig also appeared in a 1962 sequence of the annual ''[[Disney Christmas Story]]'' comic strip. In "Sleeping Beauty's Christmas Story", the professor helps [[Aurora (Disney)|Princess Aurora]] break [[Maleficent|Maleficent's]] spell.

Professor Ludwig has often been used by [[Disney comics#Italy|Italian cartoonists]], including in some of the long sagas inspired by famous books that they usually produce with the Duck Family, such as "La storia di Marco Polo detta Il Milione"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+1409-AP |title=La storia di Marco Polo detta Il Milione |publisher=Coa.inducks.org |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> (free translation "The Million – A Story of Marco Polo") and "Paperino in: Il mondo perduto"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+2041-1P |title=Paperino in: Il mondo perduto |publisher=Coa.inducks.org |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> (free translation "Donald in: The Lost World"). As a result, he has achieved significant popularity in [[Italy]] (where he is known as '''Pico De Paperis'''). He is portrayed in Italian comics as a scholar with multiple degrees in different subjects (even the more improbable ones) rather than a scientist.