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One of my favorite Disney characters is Humphery the Bear. Of the
characters who had their own cartoons, he is probably the least
remembered. I know I'm not his only fan since he appeared in an episode
of Goof Troop (You Camp Take It With You). My question is this, has
Humphery the Bear ever appeared in a Disney comic? If so, I'd love to
know which issues.

Thanks

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COMMENTS ON #40:

First comment -- what happened to #37-39? Or did I see those long ago? A "digest" has not appeared on my feed for about a week
or more. Did I miss any?

Harry:
Did you get ahold of Tom Roep or ANYBODY at Oberon and tell them that they're messing up my series????

Don Rosa:
DR> First comment -- what happened to #37-39? Or did I see those long
DR> ago? A "digest" has not appeared on my feed for about a week or
DR> more. Did I miss any?

Probably not. The list has been very slow lately and there were
almost five days between the last two digest. In the earlier one of
those Wilmer Rivers mentioned some comics dealers' show with a display
of Carl Barks oil paintings.

I also saw what someone else wrote on this in another forum (Michael
Purcell in Comics-L):

> The main guests were Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Peter David, and
> Carl Barks. There were another 50 or so comic writers and artists
> that were there representing their titles/companies. There was a Carl
> Barks' exhibit of his Disney oil paintings that was just AWESOME!

Was Barks actually there??? I didn't think he'd ever attend anything
like that. (I know that he attended one con, but that was way back in
'76 or '77, wasn't it?)

As for Humphrey Bear:
Harry> WD's Comics & Stories 162 (English title unknown; about 14 pg.)

Harry> Donald Duck Beach Party 6 (Title: HB and the ranger - The
Harry> Bashful Brute; 8 pg.)

The later one of those is not reprinted in the USA, according to
Becattini's index. According to that index there is also a Humphrey
story in Silly Symphonies #9.
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at student.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"

Dear Folks,

It occurred to me just the other day that I could be a real help in
the compilation of the WDC.Index that you have going. Since that startling
revelation I've compiled complete lists of what's in WDC 5, 12, 14, 51 and
60.

I have indicated the subject of each of the Taliaferro dailies, and
given a title if there was one. Note: The earlier WDC&S issues to run
Taliaferro daily gags have a title on the top of each page. That title is
for the THIRD of the three strips printed on the page. Of COURSE it doesn't
make any sense.

I don't have any FTP access here at Dartmouth, since I've got my
Dad's old E-Mail address.

As soon as I get back to my REAL home in Santa Barbara, CA I can do
indexes to ALL the Gladstones you need for gladstone.index and all the
Disneys you need for disney.index. I'll send them to you from my Dad's
E-Mail address THERE (which I don't know yet, but will be able to give once I
get home). I also will be able to give a more complete dossier on WDC&S 1
for wdc.index as well as indexes for WDC&S 28, 40, 44, 52, 54 and others that
you guys need.

You see, my major hobby in high school was not buying fancy clothes
(as was the trendy thing to do in California) but getting all the Gladstones
and Disneys. Now that I'm in college this is harder financially. Times are
tough, huh, bud?

Can someone send me copies of the new gladstone.index and
disney.index? I can't figure out for the life of me whether the weird system
we have at Dartmouth (Blitzmail) can do FTP.

Well, gotta head for the tall timber.

Your friend,

David Gerstein

P. S. Gottfredson fans... I looked at "Disney Adventures", which is
usually beneath my perusal, at a grocery store today (didn't buy it though...
I have some integrity), and they're up in arms about a new Mickey Mouse
story, "Return to Blaggard Castle," appearing next month, which they've had
done. According to Dave Seidman this is by Stephen DeStefano. I can't say
much for anything Disney Adventures has had in the past, BUT... this story
uses the 1930s pie-eyed Mickey!

P. P. S. And we all thought Blaggard Mansion got blown up, didn't
we? :-)

On Tue, 15 Jun 1993, Per Starback wrote:
> Don Rosa:
> DR> First comment -- what happened to #37-39? Or did I see those long
> DR> ago? A "digest" has not appeared on my feed for about a week or
> DR> more. Did I miss any?
> Probably not. The list has been very slow lately and there were
> almost five days between the last two digest. In the earlier one of
> those Wilmer Rivers mentioned some comics dealers' show with a display
> of Carl Barks oil paintings.
> I also saw what someone else wrote on this in another forum (Michael
> Purcell in Comics-L):
> > The main guests were Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Peter David, and
> > Carl Barks. There were another 50 or so comic writers and artists
> > that were there representing their titles/companies. There was a Carl
> > Barks' exhibit of his Disney oil paintings that was just AWESOME!
> Was Barks actually there??? I didn't think he'd ever attend anything
> like that. (I know that he attended one con, but that was way back in
> '76 or '77, wasn't it?)

Yes he was! To be precise, it was a seminar sponsored by Diamond (?)
Distribution for comic book retailers. Don, you were scheduled to appear.
(That's right! Carl Barks and Don Rosa!) Did you manage to make it
there, and what were your reactions to the whole show? What did
Gladstone/Disney announce?

Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA

COMMENTS TO #41:
Well, looks like I do need to answer some questions this time.
First off, do I see mention here of a need for an index to WDC&S? I indexed the ENTIRE contents of each issue of WDC&S from #1-400,
all the way down to the text features, years ago in RBCC when I was comic fandom's answer guy. DON'T ask me to upload it!!!!!
I guess I only mention it to aggravate everyone? But I'm constantly hearing of people launching in-depth indexes to Disney comics
even though they were all thoroughly indexed in the late 60s and early 70s (albeit in magazines that many current collectors are
not familiar with).
Sotheby's. Of course, if Disney wasn't the bully it is, I could have HUNDREDS of pages of art in the Sotheby and Christie auctions.
And I WILL someday. But right Sotheby had TWO pieces of my art that I heard about -- one was a large color portrait of $crooge and
Goldie that I did for a fan about 5 years ago; when I heard they had it, I called and told them to withdraw it from sale as it was
not an authorized piece but was done for a fan who was supposed to KEEP IT, the lil' %#@$&... and they did pull it. The other piece
is the first drawings I ever did of $crooge and Donald which I sent to Gladstone in 1986 to show them I could (barely) draw. That
IS sortuva historic piece, eh? However, I don't recall ever giving it away (and I don't think I'd have ever sold it)... I suspect
it was stolen from me, but since I can't recall for certain there's not much I can do. I just hope somebody buys it who will appreciate
it.
I WILL be in Chicago. However, I might be hard to spot since Gladstone won't have a table, and I don't spend much time at my "artist's
table". Not having any ART, there isn't much point, eh?
Atlanta. Are you people sure you want to hear about that? I was NOT a guest. I went incognito just to meet Barks for the first and
probably only time. I never talked to Bruce Hamilton, but word came through John Clark that Hamilton would introduce me to Barks.
I was rather shocked to see Hamilton touting me as a super-special guest as I had NEVER agreed to that or even talked to Hamilton.
My whole incognito idea is based on the fact that Barks does NOT like
f~?~?~?~?~?~?~?~?~?o me. For whatever his reason, he has always treated me VERY coldly in our correspondence, and (I've discovered)
told everyone that he is very angry with what I do to his characters, how I don't treat them even remotely accurately, and many other
remarks which it would be very easy to characterize as malicious lies. I can't figure him out, but I've gotten used to it after 6
years and I accept it. That's why I was very leary of imposing myself on him in Atlanta.
I needn't have worried. Though EVERYONE knew I was there, and there ONLY to meet Barks, I waited all weekend and still received NO
invitation. I was royally snubbed in favor of all the millionaires and news people. I was quite hurt, but I had too much pride to go
begging to be introduced. At least I shook his hand in a crowd, but no words were passed between us in those 5 seconds.
I'll stop short of telling you what sort of person Barks really is, according to the people that have dealt closely with him. It's
all hearsay for one thing.... and besides, you're all better off admiring his WORK -- you may not be able to admire the MAN.

I gave this some thought before posting, given that Don Rosa is on this
mailing list. I finally came to the conclusion that since I'd post it
if he wasn't on it, I should go ahead and do so. Let me emphasize that
this is not meant as a cut at Don in any way; I love his ducks work myself.
However, my dealer, who was at the Atlanta conference, told me that Carl
Barks apparently did not want to meet Don as he doesn't like Don's duck
work. No real idea why the dislike though.

tyg tyg at hq.ileaf.com