De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Achter tralies

De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak "Achter tralies"
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Written by	Herman van Veen
Artwork by	Hans Bacher Harald Siepermann
Cover design by	Teo van Gerwen
Typesetting and layout	M & P Tekst bv. Weert
Publisher	Uitgeverij van Reemst M & P bv
Language	Dutch
Release date	1989
Number of pages	30
Binding method	Hardcover
ISBN	9789035906105, 9035906101

"Achter tralies" (lit. 'Behind bars') is the first book released in a series of children's books called De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak (lit. The wonderful adventures of Alfred J. Kwak) released in 3 series from 1989 to 1991. The first quarter of text of the "Achter tralies" is taken from De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen, which was released in the same year. "Goedemorgen" was in turn a retelling of the story of the first episode and partially of the second episode of the Alfrd J. Kwak animated series. This book covers the second episode of the animated series and is accompanied with cels from that production.

This book is accompanied with cels from the production. This is book 2 of series 1.

Story

Summary

Johan Kwak and Anna van de Polder, along with their children—including Alfred Jodocus Kwak—have been forced to emigrate from their birthplace in Breed Rietland due to the construction of the theme park on their land. Guiding them is Henk de Mol, who offers the family shelter in his grandfather's mine house. As they depart, a heavy storm rains down on the theme park's grand opening behind them. The group takes a break as the rainclouds have past on, leaving a rainbow directly in their path to Groot Waterland.

They sleep in a hollow tree, wake up, and all-apart from Henk-take a plunge into the water. As the border to Groot Waterland comes into sight, they see the final hurdle to pass over; a car road. However, Alfred is distracted chasing a frog and runs back the way they came. Henk goes after the duckling while the rest starts moving up the slope to the car road.

Continuity

This book retells the story of Episode 2 of the animated series. Please check that page for more info.

• This book picks up where the previous story ended.
• While the book doesn't mention it, the car involved in the traffic accident killing Johan Kwak and Anna van de Polder was driven by Alfons Rokodil and Olaf Nijlpaard.
• The previous book in this series skips the names of all Alfred's brothers and sisters, but this book gives all of them.

Cast

Character gallery

The characters in order of appearance.

• Henk de Mol
  Henk de Mol

Main staff list

© 1989 Harlekijn/Van Veen/Bacher & Siepermann
Exclusive license given by Benelux Licensing Group/Telecable
© 1989 text songs Harlekijn Holland bv
For this release © 1989 Uitgeverij M & P bv
Postbus 566, 6000 AL Weert

Cover design: Teo van Gerwen
Cover illustration: Hans Bacher, Harald Siepermann and Daan Jippes
Text: Herman van Veen with illustrations by Hans Bacher and Harald Siepermann
Typesetting and layout: M & P Tekst bv, Weert

ISBN: 90 359 0106 1
CIP
NUGI 223
Printed in Italy by Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri S.pA., Milan

Production notes

The cover picture for this book was based on Alfred Jodocus Kwak's character sheet from the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak book, 13/1 - 7

The 13 cels used for the artwork on the inside of the book are all cropped to fit the frame of the book. On some of them the end of the artwork, especially for the background, can be seen. In 1989, during the production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Hans Bacher called in Daan Jippes to help him ink several covers for the De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwakbook series based on blue-pencil sketches by Harald Siepermann. These illustrations were about 20 x 20 cm in size.

Changes from the original

The following lists all the changes between the original episode from the animated series and this book.

• There's no rainbow in the original episode.
• In the book the group sleeps in a hollow tree on their way to Groot Waterland. This original episode however presents only one day of the migration.
• All scenes involving Alfons Rokodil, Olaf Nijlpaard and Bart 'Beton' Bever have been omitted or have their involvment go unmentioned in the book.