It's been quite a while since Gladstone has published any Don Rosa
duck stories here in the states. Additionally, all of the forthcoming
releases listed in Previews seem to be Barks or Van Horn stories.
Mr. Barks and Mr. Van Horn are, of course, extremely talented
individuals in their own right and I don't intend to slight their
accomplishements; however, *why* aren't any of Mr. Rosa's stories
being published?!? It's extremely disapointing whenever a new
Gladstone book comes in and I anxiously check for a Don Rosa story
only to discover that no, there isn't one this time, either.
Does anyone know the reason for this obvious lack on Gladstone's
part? Do they have some anti-Rosa policy or something?
I had been under the impression that there is a virtual back-log of
his stories that have been published over-seas that are just waiting
to see print here. And I'm getting very blue in the face holding my
breath wanting to read them...
Author
Topic: 199309
(132 messages)
Mark Semich
What happened to Gladstone?
Message 1 -
1993-09-01 at 07:27:22
Harry Fluks
Barks in Ducktales
Message 2 -
1993-09-01 at 10:05:22
Fredrik:
> That makes me think about a letter from Barks to Disney's Duck Tales book
> soon after Disney's take-over (could have been #6 or something like that).
> In the letter, Barks commented on the fact that they had used a character
> looking very much like himself in one of the previous issues (#2 or 3?).
> He also had some comments of the new Disney stories (which in the case of
> Duck Tales would have had art by Jamie Diaz' studios and story by Marv
> Wolfman (or am I mixing up things?))
I think you and he are referring to the first DuckTales sequel. Barks was
portrayed there as a book keeper of Flintheart Glomgold. The story is by
Marv Wolfman, art by Cosme Quartieri and Robert Bat.
And Don: keep your work dedicated to U.C., the U.C. from the 50s that is,
not today's U.C. who is heaviliy influenced by the wrong agents and doesn't
know anymore what he's talking about...
--Harry.
> That makes me think about a letter from Barks to Disney's Duck Tales book
> soon after Disney's take-over (could have been #6 or something like that).
> In the letter, Barks commented on the fact that they had used a character
> looking very much like himself in one of the previous issues (#2 or 3?).
> He also had some comments of the new Disney stories (which in the case of
> Duck Tales would have had art by Jamie Diaz' studios and story by Marv
> Wolfman (or am I mixing up things?))
I think you and he are referring to the first DuckTales sequel. Barks was
portrayed there as a book keeper of Flintheart Glomgold. The story is by
Marv Wolfman, art by Cosme Quartieri and Robert Bat.
And Don: keep your work dedicated to U.C., the U.C. from the 50s that is,
not today's U.C. who is heaviliy influenced by the wrong agents and doesn't
know anymore what he's talking about...
--Harry.
Harry Fluks
What happened to Gladstone?
Message 3 -
1993-09-01 at 10:11:50
Mark Semich:
> Does anyone know the reason for this obvious lack on Gladstone's
> part? Do they have some anti-Rosa policy or something?
One possibility is that they're saving the Rosa stories for the winter
season, when they can sell more comics. In 1991 (if I remember well),
Disney Comics published no Rosa at all in the summer, and then a Rosa story
in almost every issue in November, December, January.
On the other hand, apart from the now famous "War of the Wendigo", all Rosa
stories that are not published yet in the USA, are "Life Of Scrooge" stories.
Maybe they have special plans with that series and are waiting for Don to
finish the last part.
(Just some guesses..)
--Harry.
> Does anyone know the reason for this obvious lack on Gladstone's
> part? Do they have some anti-Rosa policy or something?
One possibility is that they're saving the Rosa stories for the winter
season, when they can sell more comics. In 1991 (if I remember well),
Disney Comics published no Rosa at all in the summer, and then a Rosa story
in almost every issue in November, December, January.
On the other hand, apart from the now famous "War of the Wendigo", all Rosa
stories that are not published yet in the USA, are "Life Of Scrooge" stories.
Maybe they have special plans with that series and are waiting for Don to
finish the last part.
(Just some guesses..)
--Harry.
Gilbert Milburn
Comments on Fredrik's commnets on Wilmer's comments on Don's!
Message 4 -
1993-09-01 at 19:00:09
Oh, boy!..
This list/digest is really starting to heating-up! In
response to: Don, Wilmer and Fredrik...
(Last time) Don Rosa said:
> In the meantime, folks can help me not be paranoid.
Wilmer Rivers <rivers at seismo.CSS.GOV>:
> Well, I can **try**, but probably at least some paranoia on your
> part is justifiable. Maybe the balance is misinterpretation (to
> give Barks the benefit of the doubt).
I suppose that all ANY of us can do!... well, I'll **try** as
well and maybe WE should also wait and see what happens!! (UNLESS,
Geir Hasnes knows anything the rest of *us* MIGHT NOT!)
Don> You recall how Barks snubbed me in Atlanta.
Wilmer> Boorish behavior on his part, even if he doesn't like your
Wilmer> work. Still, maybe he's just a crank in general, so
Wilmer> perhaps you shouldn't take his rudeness as being directed
Wilmer> exclusively at you. If it seems to be directed
Wilmer> **primarily** at you, this is probably because he does see
Wilmer> you as something of a rival. If this is true, and if he
Wilmer> does snub his perceived "rivals" in this manner, then it is
Wilmer> Barks who is paranoid.
I AGREE with Wilmer!.. and might I add there is a great deal
of logic to what you've said here!
Wilmer> Maybe he doesn't have it in for you in particular, but just
Wilmer> for anyone who might siphon off some of the glory and/or
Wilmer> cash which would otherwise come his way.
Fredrik Ekman <d91fe at ide.ide.hk-r.se>
> Firstly, I'm quite sure that Barks is, and has been for a long
> time, aware of his great popularity "over here". He is, after
> all, an honorary member of the Swedish donaldist association
> NAFS(k) and has received their club-fanzine and birthday
> greetings for several years.
Yes, this TRUE -- nevertheless I have asked Don (years ago on
the phone) and MANY other more knowledgeable collectors then
myself, about this same subject! And the general consensus/believe
was that Barks had grown tired of $crooge and all the `fuss'
created by this character. Because he was SO BURNT-OUT, he had
become something of a recluse and didn't really care about his
GREAT popularity!!
Don> You saw how he's decided to write a new story and have Van
Don> Horn draw it. Now, a few weeks after a large article appeared
Don> in CBG which told, in part, of my popularity in Scandinavia,
Don> his agent has contacted Egmont and told them that Barks wants
Don> to visit Scandinavia for a tour (and wants to be paid, etc.).
Don> This on top of the things he's said about me to foreign
Don> magazines.
Hey Don, if you wish to fight-fire-with-fire start writing
stories for other artists (say: Dan Jippes) to draw while you are
STILL writing/drawing your own stories... in this way, you would
have TWICE as many stories as anyone else out there!!!
Fredrik> [...] and although he [Barks] didn't say anything straight
Fredrik> out, it was quite clear that he wasn't very fond of the
Fredrik> "Disney" style. So far as I can remember that is the only
Fredrik> time that I have read about Barks commenting on someone
Fredrik> else's work (except for second-hand references from Don).
Fredrik> Unfortunately, I have given away the comics in question,
Fredrik> so I can't look up the details. For whatever it's worth
That's too bad!.. maybe some other member of disney-comics
<@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE> has it or could find it (How about it Per?)!
Don> I guess it's time to remove the "D.U.C.K." dedication from my
Don> stories and covers, eh?
Wilmer> Probably not, since the fact that these are duck stories,
Wilmer> rather than stories featuring your original characters, is
Wilmer> in fact a dedication to Barks' work. Of course, there's
Wilmer> always a fine line between homage and rip-off, and maybe
Wilmer> Barks sees your work as being on the wrong side of that
Wilmer> line. (Again, this would be paranoia on his part rather
Wilmer> than yours.) The "D.U.C.K." dedication shows what your
Wilmer> intentions are, and I think it's proper to make them clear
Wilmer> in that manner.
You have some good suggestion (for Don) gentlemen, I was also
like to say that I too am confused by ALL this *recent* Barks
activity after sooo many decades of INactivity!! All can offer you
Don, is my *support* and my HOPE for the BEST!!! Good Luck...
Your Friend,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
This list/digest is really starting to heating-up! In
response to: Don, Wilmer and Fredrik...
(Last time) Don Rosa said:
> In the meantime, folks can help me not be paranoid.
Wilmer Rivers <rivers at seismo.CSS.GOV>:
> Well, I can **try**, but probably at least some paranoia on your
> part is justifiable. Maybe the balance is misinterpretation (to
> give Barks the benefit of the doubt).
I suppose that all ANY of us can do!... well, I'll **try** as
well and maybe WE should also wait and see what happens!! (UNLESS,
Geir Hasnes knows anything the rest of *us* MIGHT NOT!)
Don> You recall how Barks snubbed me in Atlanta.
Wilmer> Boorish behavior on his part, even if he doesn't like your
Wilmer> work. Still, maybe he's just a crank in general, so
Wilmer> perhaps you shouldn't take his rudeness as being directed
Wilmer> exclusively at you. If it seems to be directed
Wilmer> **primarily** at you, this is probably because he does see
Wilmer> you as something of a rival. If this is true, and if he
Wilmer> does snub his perceived "rivals" in this manner, then it is
Wilmer> Barks who is paranoid.
I AGREE with Wilmer!.. and might I add there is a great deal
of logic to what you've said here!
Wilmer> Maybe he doesn't have it in for you in particular, but just
Wilmer> for anyone who might siphon off some of the glory and/or
Wilmer> cash which would otherwise come his way.
Fredrik Ekman <d91fe at ide.ide.hk-r.se>
> Firstly, I'm quite sure that Barks is, and has been for a long
> time, aware of his great popularity "over here". He is, after
> all, an honorary member of the Swedish donaldist association
> NAFS(k) and has received their club-fanzine and birthday
> greetings for several years.
Yes, this TRUE -- nevertheless I have asked Don (years ago on
the phone) and MANY other more knowledgeable collectors then
myself, about this same subject! And the general consensus/believe
was that Barks had grown tired of $crooge and all the `fuss'
created by this character. Because he was SO BURNT-OUT, he had
become something of a recluse and didn't really care about his
GREAT popularity!!
Don> You saw how he's decided to write a new story and have Van
Don> Horn draw it. Now, a few weeks after a large article appeared
Don> in CBG which told, in part, of my popularity in Scandinavia,
Don> his agent has contacted Egmont and told them that Barks wants
Don> to visit Scandinavia for a tour (and wants to be paid, etc.).
Don> This on top of the things he's said about me to foreign
Don> magazines.
Hey Don, if you wish to fight-fire-with-fire start writing
stories for other artists (say: Dan Jippes) to draw while you are
STILL writing/drawing your own stories... in this way, you would
have TWICE as many stories as anyone else out there!!!
Fredrik> [...] and although he [Barks] didn't say anything straight
Fredrik> out, it was quite clear that he wasn't very fond of the
Fredrik> "Disney" style. So far as I can remember that is the only
Fredrik> time that I have read about Barks commenting on someone
Fredrik> else's work (except for second-hand references from Don).
Fredrik> Unfortunately, I have given away the comics in question,
Fredrik> so I can't look up the details. For whatever it's worth
That's too bad!.. maybe some other member of disney-comics
<@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE> has it or could find it (How about it Per?)!
Don> I guess it's time to remove the "D.U.C.K." dedication from my
Don> stories and covers, eh?
Wilmer> Probably not, since the fact that these are duck stories,
Wilmer> rather than stories featuring your original characters, is
Wilmer> in fact a dedication to Barks' work. Of course, there's
Wilmer> always a fine line between homage and rip-off, and maybe
Wilmer> Barks sees your work as being on the wrong side of that
Wilmer> line. (Again, this would be paranoia on his part rather
Wilmer> than yours.) The "D.U.C.K." dedication shows what your
Wilmer> intentions are, and I think it's proper to make them clear
Wilmer> in that manner.
You have some good suggestion (for Don) gentlemen, I was also
like to say that I too am confused by ALL this *recent* Barks
activity after sooo many decades of INactivity!! All can offer you
Don, is my *support* and my HOPE for the BEST!!! Good Luck...
Your Friend,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
Larry Gerstein
Disney-comics digest #80.
Message 5 -
1993-09-02 at 03:31:21
Per:
>The two issues of "The Uncensored Mouse" that Eternity published with
>Mickey Mouse comics strips that were in the public domain are
>currently being discussed in rec.arts.comics.misc. (Well, all of it
>were *not* in the public domain, as Disney was able to stop them, but
>most it was.)
>
>Exactly what stories were in those issues? The Mystery Island (the
>very first one), I've gathered, but what more?
Greetings, folks!
I'm back at my Dad's office for the ONLY time before I leave for
Williams College (on Monday). The bit quoted above is from the most recent
letter I've read. Uncensored Mouse #1 had most of "Lost on a Desert
Island", which is the official American name for this story, and #2
finished it. #2 also had about the first 3 weeks of "Mickey Mouse in Death
Valley," just enough to prove that Abbeville butchered this one more than
any other, completely rewriting the dialogue in many entire strips.
Actually, the original seems like a pretty good story, although as it
stands now John Clark says it's too long for WDC&S. Ah, well...
Per, please begin sending these Digests to
David.A.Gerstein at Williams.edu which is once again my address as of NOW.
(Sorry to be so abrupt, but I know I won't get back here again.) Thanks!
When I get through reading all the digests, I'll have a more
detailed response. (I'll *also* offer a large update for wdc.index,
including to WDC&S #9 (which I got at the San Diego Con, where I also had
the pleasure of meeting Don Rosa!!!)
Your friend,
David Gerstein
>The two issues of "The Uncensored Mouse" that Eternity published with
>Mickey Mouse comics strips that were in the public domain are
>currently being discussed in rec.arts.comics.misc. (Well, all of it
>were *not* in the public domain, as Disney was able to stop them, but
>most it was.)
>
>Exactly what stories were in those issues? The Mystery Island (the
>very first one), I've gathered, but what more?
Greetings, folks!
I'm back at my Dad's office for the ONLY time before I leave for
Williams College (on Monday). The bit quoted above is from the most recent
letter I've read. Uncensored Mouse #1 had most of "Lost on a Desert
Island", which is the official American name for this story, and #2
finished it. #2 also had about the first 3 weeks of "Mickey Mouse in Death
Valley," just enough to prove that Abbeville butchered this one more than
any other, completely rewriting the dialogue in many entire strips.
Actually, the original seems like a pretty good story, although as it
stands now John Clark says it's too long for WDC&S. Ah, well...
Per, please begin sending these Digests to
David.A.Gerstein at Williams.edu which is once again my address as of NOW.
(Sorry to be so abrupt, but I know I won't get back here again.) Thanks!
When I get through reading all the digests, I'll have a more
detailed response. (I'll *also* offer a large update for wdc.index,
including to WDC&S #9 (which I got at the San Diego Con, where I also had
the pleasure of meeting Don Rosa!!!)
Your friend,
David Gerstein
Larry Gerstein
Recent digests
Message 6 -
1993-09-02 at 04:10:20
Dear Folks,
I've been places since I last talked to you! Most notably, the San
Diego Comic Convention, where I got some fine Dells, and more importantly
met with my managers from Gladstone and Egmont (not to mention Don Rosa,
who I was very glad to meet at last!).
I don't think we need to worry that Carl Barks will try to one-up
any of the Rosa sequels. His story is apparently about Scrooge searching
for the original Trojan Horse (I found out same from his agents, or at
least I *think* they were his agents).
I now have issue dates for a few of my foreign dialogs, these being
my own choices for translation:
WDC&S 589 [*not* 590 as stated before] Ben Verhagen's "Bugged by
Humbug" (Donald being swindled by a phony exterminator in a
plot-that-builds)
WDC&S 591 [tentative] Vicar's "For School the Bell Tolls" (a
Donald-as-truant-officer story which I manipulated into a sequel to Barks'
1949 one; originally, the story seemed to have been written without
knowledge of the earlier one, but I felt it was one of the best Vicars I'd
seen, so went to work!)
US 285 [tentative] 2 Daniel Branca stories: "His Master's Voice"
(Scrooge tries to avoid a huge debt by posing as "rich" Donald's
impoverished butler, my personal favorite of all foreign stories!) and "In
and Out" (the Beagle Boys use a "money-counting" machine to swindle
Scrooge).
After buying those initial four dialogues from me, Gladstone has
since accepted seven more, although they haven't been scheduled yet. They
also have arranged to use the three that Disney Comics bought from me in
1992 and didn't use. I'll tell you about these when I know more about
their impending publication. I can *also* give issue numbers for a few,
although I don't know if German will correspond to Danish in all cases.
(For some Rosa stories it didn't.)
Last week's German MM had the first chapter of the Life of Scrooge,
so they have definitely gone ahead with it. A fine translation, I might
add.
At the Egmont dinner I discovered that Fleetway was doing the Life
of Scrooge (Don, was this the first time you'd seen a British version
yourself?). They are printing the long chapters in serial form, so might
they have indeed printed "War of the Wendigo" after all? Note: Fleetway
is on the clumsy side, they credited the Life of Scrooge as being "A Carl
Barks Classic"!!!
I think some of Barks' current soreness with Rosa, completely
unwarranted of course, is simply due to how Rosa's success proves him
wrong. For years Barks forgot how exploited he obviously felt when he made
the duck stories, saying that of course he got taken advantage of, but big
business is like that and he's perfectly glad to accept the anonymity he
had for so long, etc. etc. Don, you're a shining example of someone who's
done what he had to to receive proper credit for his work, at least in this
country, and Barks has no doubt seen what success that brought you. That's
why we see him getting an agent now and going all-out to promote the name
Carl Barks (as opposed to "the good artist", for example). After all, he's
still not in WHO'S WHO, is he?
But that's no reason to be sore with Don, just with *himself* for
his own arch-conservative attitude that he deceived himself with for so
long! Of course, he's missing the point by being unkind to Don, which is
completely unwarranted and very unfortunate.
I talked to Barks once, in 1987. I naively asked him what he
thought of Don's stories, and he said then that he thought they were okay,
but that the artwork in a few places was "too busy" (detailed?). I like
the details, and Barks had 'em too in his late-'40s golden period!
Let's see what you think, folks. I'll be back on-line at Williams
in a few days, and you can reach me (and send all digests to)
David.A.Gerstein at Williams.edu
Your friend,
David Gerstein.
"Why a duck?"
--- Groucho Marx
I've been places since I last talked to you! Most notably, the San
Diego Comic Convention, where I got some fine Dells, and more importantly
met with my managers from Gladstone and Egmont (not to mention Don Rosa,
who I was very glad to meet at last!).
I don't think we need to worry that Carl Barks will try to one-up
any of the Rosa sequels. His story is apparently about Scrooge searching
for the original Trojan Horse (I found out same from his agents, or at
least I *think* they were his agents).
I now have issue dates for a few of my foreign dialogs, these being
my own choices for translation:
WDC&S 589 [*not* 590 as stated before] Ben Verhagen's "Bugged by
Humbug" (Donald being swindled by a phony exterminator in a
plot-that-builds)
WDC&S 591 [tentative] Vicar's "For School the Bell Tolls" (a
Donald-as-truant-officer story which I manipulated into a sequel to Barks'
1949 one; originally, the story seemed to have been written without
knowledge of the earlier one, but I felt it was one of the best Vicars I'd
seen, so went to work!)
US 285 [tentative] 2 Daniel Branca stories: "His Master's Voice"
(Scrooge tries to avoid a huge debt by posing as "rich" Donald's
impoverished butler, my personal favorite of all foreign stories!) and "In
and Out" (the Beagle Boys use a "money-counting" machine to swindle
Scrooge).
After buying those initial four dialogues from me, Gladstone has
since accepted seven more, although they haven't been scheduled yet. They
also have arranged to use the three that Disney Comics bought from me in
1992 and didn't use. I'll tell you about these when I know more about
their impending publication. I can *also* give issue numbers for a few,
although I don't know if German will correspond to Danish in all cases.
(For some Rosa stories it didn't.)
Last week's German MM had the first chapter of the Life of Scrooge,
so they have definitely gone ahead with it. A fine translation, I might
add.
At the Egmont dinner I discovered that Fleetway was doing the Life
of Scrooge (Don, was this the first time you'd seen a British version
yourself?). They are printing the long chapters in serial form, so might
they have indeed printed "War of the Wendigo" after all? Note: Fleetway
is on the clumsy side, they credited the Life of Scrooge as being "A Carl
Barks Classic"!!!
I think some of Barks' current soreness with Rosa, completely
unwarranted of course, is simply due to how Rosa's success proves him
wrong. For years Barks forgot how exploited he obviously felt when he made
the duck stories, saying that of course he got taken advantage of, but big
business is like that and he's perfectly glad to accept the anonymity he
had for so long, etc. etc. Don, you're a shining example of someone who's
done what he had to to receive proper credit for his work, at least in this
country, and Barks has no doubt seen what success that brought you. That's
why we see him getting an agent now and going all-out to promote the name
Carl Barks (as opposed to "the good artist", for example). After all, he's
still not in WHO'S WHO, is he?
But that's no reason to be sore with Don, just with *himself* for
his own arch-conservative attitude that he deceived himself with for so
long! Of course, he's missing the point by being unkind to Don, which is
completely unwarranted and very unfortunate.
I talked to Barks once, in 1987. I naively asked him what he
thought of Don's stories, and he said then that he thought they were okay,
but that the artwork in a few places was "too busy" (detailed?). I like
the details, and Barks had 'em too in his late-'40s golden period!
Let's see what you think, folks. I'll be back on-line at Williams
in a few days, and you can reach me (and send all digests to)
David.A.Gerstein at Williams.edu
Your friend,
David Gerstein.
"Why a duck?"
--- Groucho Marx
Don Rosa
+Postage Due+Disney-comics digest #90.
Message 7 -
1993-09-02 at 07:05:24
MARK SEMICH is asking why Gladstone is not using my stories.
Harry had it right -- ALL my unreprinted Euro stories are in my "Life
and Times of $crooge McDuck" series; Gladstone wants to print them
straight through, one in each issue of UNCLE $CROOGE, and they wanted to
make sure the stories would have been used in Europe (which must happen
before anyone else can get them) so that Gladstone wouldn't have to skip
an issue down the line. But part one is scheduled for the $CROOGE issue
out in December, now that I am now working on the final chapter.
During these two, long years of this "Life" series, there will
be 4 other stories available for reprinting. In other words, right now
there are fifteen fully-completed 15-30 page stories (by me) waiting for
reprinting, not including the part 12 I'm working on right now. Exactly
what they are is sorta covered in my note below.
I finally looked through the "Rosa Index" that's in the Library
on this service. I can make only teeny-tiny comments, but I'll go ahead
and do so since such has been requested:
"The Pied Piper of Duckburg" pages 1-3 were also PENCILLED by
Barks, not just written.
Somebody was pretty sharp to notice that there were some panels
"mirrored" in Disney's use of "Super Snooper Strikes Again". I almost
didn't notice it myself. I still don't know why they did it.
Part 3 of the "Life" series, "The King of the Copper Hill", will
be titled differently when Gladstone uses it; perhaps "The Flash in the
Copper Pan" or "The Raider of the Copper Hill".
How did someone know the original title of part 6? (I probably
mentioned it, eh?) We might use that for Gladstone. Which sounds better?
The stories waiting to be used (even in Europe) are "The
Guardians of the Lost Library", 28 pages, which will be used in Europe
this very month. Last I heard, I'm to make another tour through
Scandanavia to help promote it as it ties in with a national "Year of
the Book" in Norway (and Finland?). Also there is the 15 page "Of Ducks
and Dimes and Destinies" which I did over 2 years ago, but which is
being delayed since it covers much the same ground as the first chapter
of the "Life" series; they should be able to use that soon, I'd think.
Those two stories are two of my favorites (and I usually don't like my
stories). Also there is "From Duckburg to Lillehammer", a 12 page "gag"
story to coincide with the Norway winter Olympics; no big deal... some
good slapstick, s'all. And then there's that "The War of the Wendigo",
unused in America due to Disney's fear of using stories involving Native
Americans; Gladstone has recently told me that there is not really an
"official ban" on the use of that story... they just want to wait a
while before they run it by the Disney folks again, and maybe the
pea-brained bureaucrat who nixed it before won't be paying attention or
will be working for Hanna Barbera or dead or who noze.
In the COVER section: I see two listings for covers for "The
Money Pit". Does someone think there were two different versions? No,
the first time Disney used it they mucked about with it a bit, but when
it was used in that $9 album they printed it the way I drew it.
Now, there WERE two different covers for "The Son of the Sun",
but the FIRST one I drew was the one they used on the reprint album and
in overseas reprints. The one on UNCLE $CROOGE #219 was the SECOND one I
drew -- we'd decided to omit the background figures. So, I don't know
which cover you'll want to label I or II.
The covers for the WALT DISNEY'S COMICS IN COLOR series? #2 was
Donald drawing Mickey drawing $crooge drawing Donald, etc.
#3 were the nephews "dressed" as DD & U$ & MM -- a really sick
cover that was Disney's idea, say no more.
#4 was DD and U$ and a Beagle Boy eyeing each other.
#5 was DD, U$ and MM as "the Spirit of '76". Don't ask why.
#6 was just a stupid looking pose with DD & MM.
#7 was a dandy one showing all the Ducks marching off on some
adventure and all sorts of trains and boats and planes in the
background against a world map.
The unpublished cover to #8 may still be used on a DONALD AND
MICKEY issue someday.
A question: my money-bin cover for the recent U$ #281 is listed
as "the rainbow factor". What's that mean???
Stuff for foreign fanzines: I did the poster for the 1992
"Donaldist Kongress" in Germany -- they also used it in DER DONALDIST.
It's very embarrassing in that I drew Gladstone Gander's EYES wrong,
something I can't explain!!!
I've done other illustrations of the Ducks for fanzines over the
past 20+ years... it would take me a long time to try to figure out
where and when. But they were all done before I was "legit".
That's all I noticed. If there was something omitted completely
from the list, I wouldn't have noticed since I don't have all my work
memorized -- I always need to refer to nice people's "Rosa Indexes" to
see what I've been doing,
Harry had it right -- ALL my unreprinted Euro stories are in my "Life
and Times of $crooge McDuck" series; Gladstone wants to print them
straight through, one in each issue of UNCLE $CROOGE, and they wanted to
make sure the stories would have been used in Europe (which must happen
before anyone else can get them) so that Gladstone wouldn't have to skip
an issue down the line. But part one is scheduled for the $CROOGE issue
out in December, now that I am now working on the final chapter.
During these two, long years of this "Life" series, there will
be 4 other stories available for reprinting. In other words, right now
there are fifteen fully-completed 15-30 page stories (by me) waiting for
reprinting, not including the part 12 I'm working on right now. Exactly
what they are is sorta covered in my note below.
I finally looked through the "Rosa Index" that's in the Library
on this service. I can make only teeny-tiny comments, but I'll go ahead
and do so since such has been requested:
"The Pied Piper of Duckburg" pages 1-3 were also PENCILLED by
Barks, not just written.
Somebody was pretty sharp to notice that there were some panels
"mirrored" in Disney's use of "Super Snooper Strikes Again". I almost
didn't notice it myself. I still don't know why they did it.
Part 3 of the "Life" series, "The King of the Copper Hill", will
be titled differently when Gladstone uses it; perhaps "The Flash in the
Copper Pan" or "The Raider of the Copper Hill".
How did someone know the original title of part 6? (I probably
mentioned it, eh?) We might use that for Gladstone. Which sounds better?
The stories waiting to be used (even in Europe) are "The
Guardians of the Lost Library", 28 pages, which will be used in Europe
this very month. Last I heard, I'm to make another tour through
Scandanavia to help promote it as it ties in with a national "Year of
the Book" in Norway (and Finland?). Also there is the 15 page "Of Ducks
and Dimes and Destinies" which I did over 2 years ago, but which is
being delayed since it covers much the same ground as the first chapter
of the "Life" series; they should be able to use that soon, I'd think.
Those two stories are two of my favorites (and I usually don't like my
stories). Also there is "From Duckburg to Lillehammer", a 12 page "gag"
story to coincide with the Norway winter Olympics; no big deal... some
good slapstick, s'all. And then there's that "The War of the Wendigo",
unused in America due to Disney's fear of using stories involving Native
Americans; Gladstone has recently told me that there is not really an
"official ban" on the use of that story... they just want to wait a
while before they run it by the Disney folks again, and maybe the
pea-brained bureaucrat who nixed it before won't be paying attention or
will be working for Hanna Barbera or dead or who noze.
In the COVER section: I see two listings for covers for "The
Money Pit". Does someone think there were two different versions? No,
the first time Disney used it they mucked about with it a bit, but when
it was used in that $9 album they printed it the way I drew it.
Now, there WERE two different covers for "The Son of the Sun",
but the FIRST one I drew was the one they used on the reprint album and
in overseas reprints. The one on UNCLE $CROOGE #219 was the SECOND one I
drew -- we'd decided to omit the background figures. So, I don't know
which cover you'll want to label I or II.
The covers for the WALT DISNEY'S COMICS IN COLOR series? #2 was
Donald drawing Mickey drawing $crooge drawing Donald, etc.
#3 were the nephews "dressed" as DD & U$ & MM -- a really sick
cover that was Disney's idea, say no more.
#4 was DD and U$ and a Beagle Boy eyeing each other.
#5 was DD, U$ and MM as "the Spirit of '76". Don't ask why.
#6 was just a stupid looking pose with DD & MM.
#7 was a dandy one showing all the Ducks marching off on some
adventure and all sorts of trains and boats and planes in the
background against a world map.
The unpublished cover to #8 may still be used on a DONALD AND
MICKEY issue someday.
A question: my money-bin cover for the recent U$ #281 is listed
as "the rainbow factor". What's that mean???
Stuff for foreign fanzines: I did the poster for the 1992
"Donaldist Kongress" in Germany -- they also used it in DER DONALDIST.
It's very embarrassing in that I drew Gladstone Gander's EYES wrong,
something I can't explain!!!
I've done other illustrations of the Ducks for fanzines over the
past 20+ years... it would take me a long time to try to figure out
where and when. But they were all done before I was "legit".
That's all I noticed. If there was something omitted completely
from the list, I wouldn't have noticed since I don't have all my work
memorized -- I always need to refer to nice people's "Rosa Indexes" to
see what I've been doing,
Gilbert Milburn
Even more question (for Don) about Lance!..
Message 8 -
1993-09-02 at 07:20:55
Torsten Adair said:
> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 22:19:29 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Torsten Wesley Adair <torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu>
> Subject: Re: More questions (for Don) about Lance
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1993, Gilbert Milburn wrote:
>>
> Yes, that's all that I received. Blank space. A tabula Rosa, if
> you will.
Thanks Torsten,
That's the second time that has happen... I don't know what's
going on but here we go again!..
__
Hello again,
On August 31 1993 in the Disney-comics digest #89 Don Rosa said:
> Gil and whoever else:
> I can't explain that remark that there were enough Pertwillaby
> Papers left AFTER issue #1 of DRC&S to fill "three more volumes".
> There was clearly only enough to fill ONE more volume. Perhaps I
> wanted them to reprint the daily strips at that time. Yeah --
> maybe I vaguely recall that they balked at that because they had
> been reprinted in COLLECTOR'S DREAM and RBCC already? Who knows
> after 10 years (and that's just since the REPRINTS). But I did
> attempt to finish "Knighttime", doing one more 10 page episode
> back in '83, which no human eyes have ever seen except maybe
> mine.
Dear Don,
Here a `wee' little thought for you about RE-reprinting those
issues of: DON ROSA COMICS AND STORIES! Put them into a GIANT
size comic album episodes #1-138 (and MAYBE even include "Captain
Kentucky" episodes #1-150). As well as the never before published
"P.P." #139 and #140 (are these the "Knighttime" episodes?) and if
the "C.K." stuff is incorporated, then episode #290 (I guess it
would be) of "P.P." would have to be included and they also have
never been seen by any other human, besides YOU!.. maybe TWO
albums would be more appropriate! Oh, yeah while we are on the
subject of "Lancey" an `associate' of mine said he had once spoke
to you and had asked if your lovely wife was the model for "Ms.
Feather Fluff" (specifically, the secretary who burned Lance's arm
in one of the C.K. episodes--which was why she was listed as one of
the `people insulted in the back of the first 50 episodes')
according to him you said that she was!.. is this *true* at all??
Don this said:
> [...] I retired from cartooning for 4 years until Gladstone
> appeared. Then I found that the same plots featuring Lance that
> people cared nothing for became VERY popular when I put the Ducks
> in them. That's the sort of knowledge that will always help me
> remember "my place". It's the DUCKS that make me popular.
> Anyway, I have no advice for you to help find old RBCCs or
> COLLECTOR'S DREAMs. I plan on turning ALL those stories into Duck
> stories eventually at which time they'll be improved with
> slightly (but not much) better art and NO ROSA LETTERING. So I
> suggest you just wait.
Using this NEW found popularly of yours, this could be a
chance for your Disney-fans to own a piece of pre-Disney Rosa
nostalgia. If you would consider THIS proposal, then do you think
that the ole "C.K." publisher (the same company that published
"Captain Marvel/SHAZAM"!) -- Gladstone or maybe even Egmont would
facilitate this endeavor? Although, I will be eagerly awaiting the
translation of ALL those stories into Duck epics!.. I STILL would
LOVE to see your ol' boy Lance back in action again, if only in
reprints!
Your Friend and Fan,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 22:19:29 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Torsten Wesley Adair <torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu>
> Subject: Re: More questions (for Don) about Lance
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1993, Gilbert Milburn wrote:
>>
> Yes, that's all that I received. Blank space. A tabula Rosa, if
> you will.
Thanks Torsten,
That's the second time that has happen... I don't know what's
going on but here we go again!..
__
Hello again,
On August 31 1993 in the Disney-comics digest #89 Don Rosa said:
> Gil and whoever else:
> I can't explain that remark that there were enough Pertwillaby
> Papers left AFTER issue #1 of DRC&S to fill "three more volumes".
> There was clearly only enough to fill ONE more volume. Perhaps I
> wanted them to reprint the daily strips at that time. Yeah --
> maybe I vaguely recall that they balked at that because they had
> been reprinted in COLLECTOR'S DREAM and RBCC already? Who knows
> after 10 years (and that's just since the REPRINTS). But I did
> attempt to finish "Knighttime", doing one more 10 page episode
> back in '83, which no human eyes have ever seen except maybe
> mine.
Dear Don,
Here a `wee' little thought for you about RE-reprinting those
issues of: DON ROSA COMICS AND STORIES! Put them into a GIANT
size comic album episodes #1-138 (and MAYBE even include "Captain
Kentucky" episodes #1-150). As well as the never before published
"P.P." #139 and #140 (are these the "Knighttime" episodes?) and if
the "C.K." stuff is incorporated, then episode #290 (I guess it
would be) of "P.P." would have to be included and they also have
never been seen by any other human, besides YOU!.. maybe TWO
albums would be more appropriate! Oh, yeah while we are on the
subject of "Lancey" an `associate' of mine said he had once spoke
to you and had asked if your lovely wife was the model for "Ms.
Feather Fluff" (specifically, the secretary who burned Lance's arm
in one of the C.K. episodes--which was why she was listed as one of
the `people insulted in the back of the first 50 episodes')
according to him you said that she was!.. is this *true* at all??
Don this said:
> [...] I retired from cartooning for 4 years until Gladstone
> appeared. Then I found that the same plots featuring Lance that
> people cared nothing for became VERY popular when I put the Ducks
> in them. That's the sort of knowledge that will always help me
> remember "my place". It's the DUCKS that make me popular.
> Anyway, I have no advice for you to help find old RBCCs or
> COLLECTOR'S DREAMs. I plan on turning ALL those stories into Duck
> stories eventually at which time they'll be improved with
> slightly (but not much) better art and NO ROSA LETTERING. So I
> suggest you just wait.
Using this NEW found popularly of yours, this could be a
chance for your Disney-fans to own a piece of pre-Disney Rosa
nostalgia. If you would consider THIS proposal, then do you think
that the ole "C.K." publisher (the same company that published
"Captain Marvel/SHAZAM"!) -- Gladstone or maybe even Egmont would
facilitate this endeavor? Although, I will be eagerly awaiting the
translation of ALL those stories into Duck epics!.. I STILL would
LOVE to see your ol' boy Lance back in action again, if only in
reprints!
Your Friend and Fan,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
Gilbert Milburn
What's happened to Gladstone?
Message 9 -
1993-09-02 at 07:39:49
Greetings,
Here's another one near and dear to me as well...
> Subject: What happened to Gladstone?
Mark Semich <mas at cs.bu.edu> said:
> It's been quite a while since Gladstone has published any Don
> Rosa duck stories here in the states. Additionally, all of the
> forthcoming releases listed in Previews seem to be Barks or Van
> Horn stories.
Tell me about it, WE (Don's fellow countrymen) would like to
see his stuff just as MUCH as the Egmont countries do!!
Mark:
> Mr. Barks and Mr. Van Horn are, of course, extremely talented
> individuals in their own right and I don't intend to slight their
> accomplishements; however, *why* aren't any of Mr. Rosa's stories
> being published?!? It's extremely disapointing whenever a new
> Gladstone book comes in and I anxiously check for a Don Rosa
> story only to discover that no, there isn't one this time,
> either.
I know this feeling *well* and because I have been following
Don's work for a number of years the *DISAPPOINTMANT/FRUSTRATION*
is unquestionably biting and strongly resented!!! Granted his
covers pop-up from time-to-time... but that is NOT enough!
Mark:
> Does anyone know the reason for this obvious lack on Gladstone's
> part? Do they have some anti-Rosa policy or something?
It would certainly seem so, (I *HOPE NOT*) I even remember Per
once had this to say, when I asked a question about the Life of
$crooge...
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 21:43:50 +0200
> From: Per Starback <starback at Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE>
> Subject: This and that
> I think you can be pretty sure that Gladstone will print all of
> Rosa's Egmont stories. He's good and, perhaps more to the point,
> a fan-favourite (not totally unrelated! :-)
> But if your or anyone else really has to own comic books in
> Swedish with Rosa's stories please mail me about it and I'll see
> if I can find any.
Mark:
> I had been under the impression that there is a virtual back-log
> of his stories that have been published over-seas that are just
> waiting to see print here. And I'm getting very blue in the face
> holding my breath wanting to read them...
Yes, there's definitely IS and it sure would be NICE to see
the @#*&^+~%}{=! things (WOULDN'T IT!)!!!
Harry Fluks <H.W.Fluks at research.ptt.nl> then said:
> One possibility is that they're saving the Rosa stories for the
> winter season, when they can sell more comics. In 1991 (if I
> remember well), Disney Comics published no Rosa at all in the
> summer, and then a Rosa story in almost every issue in November,
> December, January.
Let's hope you're RIGHT about that Harry!
Harry:
> On the other hand, apart from the now famous "War of the
> Wendigo", all Rosa stories that are not published yet in the
> USA, are "Life Of Scrooge" stories. Maybe they have special plans
> with that series and are waiting for Don to finish the last part.
Yep, we in the states will never get to read this one (unless
Gladstone has a change of heart) and it will be ages before the
"Life Of Scrooge" stories ever surface HERE! As for the much
celebrated "War of the Wendigo" could I add that to the list of
books that you (Harry) and I where going to exchange?
That all about this one,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
P.S. Harry I have e-mailed you three different pieces of mail, did
you receive them or NOT? I realize you could be very busy... but
it has been over a week ago! Just let me know something so I can
decided what I need to do NEXT!!
Here's another one near and dear to me as well...
> Subject: What happened to Gladstone?
Mark Semich <mas at cs.bu.edu> said:
> It's been quite a while since Gladstone has published any Don
> Rosa duck stories here in the states. Additionally, all of the
> forthcoming releases listed in Previews seem to be Barks or Van
> Horn stories.
Tell me about it, WE (Don's fellow countrymen) would like to
see his stuff just as MUCH as the Egmont countries do!!
Mark:
> Mr. Barks and Mr. Van Horn are, of course, extremely talented
> individuals in their own right and I don't intend to slight their
> accomplishements; however, *why* aren't any of Mr. Rosa's stories
> being published?!? It's extremely disapointing whenever a new
> Gladstone book comes in and I anxiously check for a Don Rosa
> story only to discover that no, there isn't one this time,
> either.
I know this feeling *well* and because I have been following
Don's work for a number of years the *DISAPPOINTMANT/FRUSTRATION*
is unquestionably biting and strongly resented!!! Granted his
covers pop-up from time-to-time... but that is NOT enough!
Mark:
> Does anyone know the reason for this obvious lack on Gladstone's
> part? Do they have some anti-Rosa policy or something?
It would certainly seem so, (I *HOPE NOT*) I even remember Per
once had this to say, when I asked a question about the Life of
$crooge...
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 21:43:50 +0200
> From: Per Starback <starback at Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE>
> Subject: This and that
> I think you can be pretty sure that Gladstone will print all of
> Rosa's Egmont stories. He's good and, perhaps more to the point,
> a fan-favourite (not totally unrelated! :-)
> But if your or anyone else really has to own comic books in
> Swedish with Rosa's stories please mail me about it and I'll see
> if I can find any.
Mark:
> I had been under the impression that there is a virtual back-log
> of his stories that have been published over-seas that are just
> waiting to see print here. And I'm getting very blue in the face
> holding my breath wanting to read them...
Yes, there's definitely IS and it sure would be NICE to see
the @#*&^+~%}{=! things (WOULDN'T IT!)!!!
Harry Fluks <H.W.Fluks at research.ptt.nl> then said:
> One possibility is that they're saving the Rosa stories for the
> winter season, when they can sell more comics. In 1991 (if I
> remember well), Disney Comics published no Rosa at all in the
> summer, and then a Rosa story in almost every issue in November,
> December, January.
Let's hope you're RIGHT about that Harry!
Harry:
> On the other hand, apart from the now famous "War of the
> Wendigo", all Rosa stories that are not published yet in the
> USA, are "Life Of Scrooge" stories. Maybe they have special plans
> with that series and are waiting for Don to finish the last part.
Yep, we in the states will never get to read this one (unless
Gladstone has a change of heart) and it will be ages before the
"Life Of Scrooge" stories ever surface HERE! As for the much
celebrated "War of the Wendigo" could I add that to the list of
books that you (Harry) and I where going to exchange?
That all about this one,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
P.S. Harry I have e-mailed you three different pieces of mail, did
you receive them or NOT? I realize you could be very busy... but
it has been over a week ago! Just let me know something so I can
decided what I need to do NEXT!!
Gilbert Milburn
Want ole Rosa issues?.. talk to Harry.
Message 10 -
1993-09-02 at 23:48:42
Hello everyone,
I received this personal post from Harry and thought I would
send a excerpt to the list. For some of the rest of you (like me)
who are looking for Rosa issues...
> From root Thu Sep 2 05:17 EDT 1993
> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1993 10:59:16 +0200
> From: Harry Fluks <H.W.Fluks at research.ptt.nl>
> Subject: What's happened to Harry?
> To: gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu
> X-Envelope-To: gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
> [...] I certainly will buy several copies of War of the
> Wendigo when I see them! Also, all other Rosa comic stories that
> are not reprinted in the USA. Don says they'll start with Life of
> Scrooge in December, so we'll just see about that.
Now REMEMBER, poor Harry is ONLY one man and can't find back
issues for you and everyone you know!! However, for toughs TRUE
Rosa fans out there, across America -- who want there very own copy
of the "War of the Wendigo" (in Dutch) then, Harry is the man to
see!
Hartelijke groeten,
Gil and Harry
BTW: For those of you don't have there handy-dandy "Junior
Woodchuck decoder-ring" on them... don't ask me what this mean?
Gil Milburn <unix.campbellsvil.edu>
P.S. I've been working on away to remove they ridiculous control
Z's from the end of my posts... let me know if it has been working
or not.
I received this personal post from Harry and thought I would
send a excerpt to the list. For some of the rest of you (like me)
who are looking for Rosa issues...
> From root Thu Sep 2 05:17 EDT 1993
> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1993 10:59:16 +0200
> From: Harry Fluks <H.W.Fluks at research.ptt.nl>
> Subject: What's happened to Harry?
> To: gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu
> X-Envelope-To: gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
> [...] I certainly will buy several copies of War of the
> Wendigo when I see them! Also, all other Rosa comic stories that
> are not reprinted in the USA. Don says they'll start with Life of
> Scrooge in December, so we'll just see about that.
Now REMEMBER, poor Harry is ONLY one man and can't find back
issues for you and everyone you know!! However, for toughs TRUE
Rosa fans out there, across America -- who want there very own copy
of the "War of the Wendigo" (in Dutch) then, Harry is the man to
see!
Hartelijke groeten,
Gil and Harry
BTW: For those of you don't have there handy-dandy "Junior
Woodchuck decoder-ring" on them... don't ask me what this mean?
Gil Milburn <unix.campbellsvil.edu>
P.S. I've been working on away to remove they ridiculous control
Z's from the end of my posts... let me know if it has been working
or not.
Mark Semich
Want ole Rosa issues?.. talk to Harry.
Message 11 -
1993-09-03 at 05:23:12
>From: Gilbert Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
>> From: Harry Fluks <H.W.Fluks at research.ptt.nl>
>> [...] I certainly will buy several copies of War of the
>> Wendigo when I see them! Also, all other Rosa comic stories that
>> are not reprinted in the USA. Don says they'll start with Life of
>> Scrooge in December, so we'll just see about that.
>
> Now REMEMBER, poor Harry is ONLY one man and can't find back
>issues for you and everyone you know!! However, for toughs TRUE
>Rosa fans out there, across America -- who want there very own copy
>of the "War of the Wendigo" (in Dutch) then, Harry is the man to
>see!
Any chance of anyone picking up the Fleetway "Life of Scrooge" when it
comes out? I'd gladly pay much money for it (or the issues, whichever
way it's being printed). I may be going to England in January, but I
hear that by that time, the series will have started in the U.S. Is
the Fleetway thing going to be one big volume, or individual issues?
>> From: Harry Fluks <H.W.Fluks at research.ptt.nl>
>> [...] I certainly will buy several copies of War of the
>> Wendigo when I see them! Also, all other Rosa comic stories that
>> are not reprinted in the USA. Don says they'll start with Life of
>> Scrooge in December, so we'll just see about that.
>
> Now REMEMBER, poor Harry is ONLY one man and can't find back
>issues for you and everyone you know!! However, for toughs TRUE
>Rosa fans out there, across America -- who want there very own copy
>of the "War of the Wendigo" (in Dutch) then, Harry is the man to
>see!
Any chance of anyone picking up the Fleetway "Life of Scrooge" when it
comes out? I'd gladly pay much money for it (or the issues, whichever
way it's being printed). I may be going to England in January, but I
hear that by that time, the series will have started in the U.S. Is
the Fleetway thing going to be one big volume, or individual issues?
Harry Fluks
Want "ole" Rosa issues?.. talk to Harry.
Message 12 -
1993-09-03 at 10:08:28
Gilbert:
> I received this personal post from Harry and thought I would
> send a excerpt to the list. For some of the rest of you (like me)
> who are looking for Rosa issues...
>
> > [...] I certainly will buy several copies of War of the
> > Wendigo when I see them! Also, all other Rosa comic stories that
> > are not reprinted in the USA. Don says they'll start with Life of
> > Scrooge in December, so we'll just see about that.
What is this? Sending PRIVATE mail to people it wasn't meant for?
> Now REMEMBER, poor Harry is ONLY one man and can't find back
> issues for you and everyone you know!! However, for toughs TRUE
> Rosa fans out there, across America -- who want there very own copy
> of the "War of the Wendigo" (in Dutch) then, Harry is the man to
> see!
Well, actually, this is what I had in mind:
- When (or IF) I find Dutch copies for War of the Wendigo, I will buy as
many as possible, and THEN offer them to whoever wants them. I'm not
saying that I DO find those copies, though...
- The "other Rosa comic stories" will see print in the USA, so I think
it's wasting time to get the Dutch issues only a few months earlier.
Gilbert explicitly asked for them though, so I'll buy some for him
IN TRADE for some Rosa stuff I don't have.
Hartelijke groeten (this time they're REALLY from me),
--Harry.
> I received this personal post from Harry and thought I would
> send a excerpt to the list. For some of the rest of you (like me)
> who are looking for Rosa issues...
>
> > [...] I certainly will buy several copies of War of the
> > Wendigo when I see them! Also, all other Rosa comic stories that
> > are not reprinted in the USA. Don says they'll start with Life of
> > Scrooge in December, so we'll just see about that.
What is this? Sending PRIVATE mail to people it wasn't meant for?
> Now REMEMBER, poor Harry is ONLY one man and can't find back
> issues for you and everyone you know!! However, for toughs TRUE
> Rosa fans out there, across America -- who want there very own copy
> of the "War of the Wendigo" (in Dutch) then, Harry is the man to
> see!
Well, actually, this is what I had in mind:
- When (or IF) I find Dutch copies for War of the Wendigo, I will buy as
many as possible, and THEN offer them to whoever wants them. I'm not
saying that I DO find those copies, though...
- The "other Rosa comic stories" will see print in the USA, so I think
it's wasting time to get the Dutch issues only a few months earlier.
Gilbert explicitly asked for them though, so I'll buy some for him
IN TRADE for some Rosa stuff I don't have.
Hartelijke groeten (this time they're REALLY from me),
--Harry.
Harry Fluks
Don's comments on the 'don-rosa' index
Message 13 -
1993-09-03 at 10:49:44
Don:
> MARK SEMICH is asking why Gladstone is not using my stories.
> Harry had it right -- ALL my unreprinted Euro stories are in my "Life
> and Times of $crooge McDuck" series; Gladstone wants to print them
> straight through, one in each issue of UNCLE $CROOGE
Will this mean only six stories a year? So we'll have to wait more than two
years to get the Life of Scrooge complete (in English)?
> I finally looked through the "Rosa Index" that's in the Library
> on this service. I can make only teeny-tiny comments, but I'll go ahead
> and do so since such has been requested:
Thank you very much Don!
> "The Pied Piper of Duckburg" pages 1-3 were also PENCILLED by
> Barks, not just written.
Yeah... Per and I discussed this once, and I proposed to consider the
pencils as part of the script (just like Barks' Junior Woodchuck stories),
so mea culpa.
> Somebody was pretty sharp to notice that there were some panels
> "mirrored" in Disney's use of "Super Snooper Strikes Again". I almost
> didn't notice it myself. I still don't know why they did it.
The index said that the *Danish* version had mirrored panels. But that's
the original, then?
> How did someone know the original title of part 6? (I probably
> mentioned it, eh?) We might use that for Gladstone. Which sounds better?
For me as a non-American the title "The prey of the Transvaal viper" sounds
much more interesting than "The terror of the Transvaal"...
> In the COVER section: I see two listings for covers for "The
> Money Pit". Does someone think there were two different versions?
I just named the cover of the Scrooge&Donald album after the story it was
inspired on (so I didn't have to think about how to describe the cover...)
> No,
> the first time Disney used it they mucked about with it a bit, but when
> it was used in that $9 album they printed it the way I drew it.
I didn't know there was a difference!
> The covers for the WALT DISNEY'S COMICS IN COLOR series?
BTW: I still think these are the worst artwork you have ever done. I saw the
Beagle Boy cover once, and it made the comic album very unattractive.
(Hope you can stand the criticism 8-)
> A question: my money-bin cover for the recent U$ #281 is listed
> as "the rainbow factor". What's that mean???
I think that's the name of the lead story of the comic (?) It should be
corrected.
> I've done other illustrations of the Ducks for fanzines over the
> past 20+ years... it would take me a long time to try to figure out
> where and when.
Well, it's the artist's task to draw them, it's the fan's task to trace
them and put them in a list 8-).
Somewhere in the near future, all your remarks will be incorporated in
a new, better version of the 'don-rosa' file! (Right, Per? 8-)
--Harry.
> MARK SEMICH is asking why Gladstone is not using my stories.
> Harry had it right -- ALL my unreprinted Euro stories are in my "Life
> and Times of $crooge McDuck" series; Gladstone wants to print them
> straight through, one in each issue of UNCLE $CROOGE
Will this mean only six stories a year? So we'll have to wait more than two
years to get the Life of Scrooge complete (in English)?
> I finally looked through the "Rosa Index" that's in the Library
> on this service. I can make only teeny-tiny comments, but I'll go ahead
> and do so since such has been requested:
Thank you very much Don!
> "The Pied Piper of Duckburg" pages 1-3 were also PENCILLED by
> Barks, not just written.
Yeah... Per and I discussed this once, and I proposed to consider the
pencils as part of the script (just like Barks' Junior Woodchuck stories),
so mea culpa.
> Somebody was pretty sharp to notice that there were some panels
> "mirrored" in Disney's use of "Super Snooper Strikes Again". I almost
> didn't notice it myself. I still don't know why they did it.
The index said that the *Danish* version had mirrored panels. But that's
the original, then?
> How did someone know the original title of part 6? (I probably
> mentioned it, eh?) We might use that for Gladstone. Which sounds better?
For me as a non-American the title "The prey of the Transvaal viper" sounds
much more interesting than "The terror of the Transvaal"...
> In the COVER section: I see two listings for covers for "The
> Money Pit". Does someone think there were two different versions?
I just named the cover of the Scrooge&Donald album after the story it was
inspired on (so I didn't have to think about how to describe the cover...)
> No,
> the first time Disney used it they mucked about with it a bit, but when
> it was used in that $9 album they printed it the way I drew it.
I didn't know there was a difference!
> The covers for the WALT DISNEY'S COMICS IN COLOR series?
BTW: I still think these are the worst artwork you have ever done. I saw the
Beagle Boy cover once, and it made the comic album very unattractive.
(Hope you can stand the criticism 8-)
> A question: my money-bin cover for the recent U$ #281 is listed
> as "the rainbow factor". What's that mean???
I think that's the name of the lead story of the comic (?) It should be
corrected.
> I've done other illustrations of the Ducks for fanzines over the
> past 20+ years... it would take me a long time to try to figure out
> where and when.
Well, it's the artist's task to draw them, it's the fan's task to trace
them and put them in a list 8-).
Somewhere in the near future, all your remarks will be incorporated in
a new, better version of the 'don-rosa' file! (Right, Per? 8-)
--Harry.
Harry Fluks
David's dialogues
Message 14 -
1993-09-03 at 10:55:52
> I now have issue dates for a few of my foreign dialogs, these being
> my own choices for translation:
But still: do you have the story CODES? When we Europeans know the code,
we can look it up more easily, and see what the story is like even before
it is reprinted in the USA.
--Harry.
> my own choices for translation:
But still: do you have the story CODES? When we Europeans know the code,
we can look it up more easily, and see what the story is like even before
it is reprinted in the USA.
--Harry.
Per Starback
The 'don-rosa' index
Message 15 -
1993-09-03 at 10:58:26
Thanks for the comments on the index, Don!
Harry:
> Somewhere in the near future, all your [Don's] remarks will be
> incorporated in a new, better version of the 'don-rosa' file!
> (Right, Per? 8-)
Please go ahead! If noone else does it I eventually will, but not in
the near future as I'm busy busy busy right now.
-- "
Per
Harry:
> Somewhere in the near future, all your [Don's] remarks will be
> incorporated in a new, better version of the 'don-rosa' file!
> (Right, Per? 8-)
Please go ahead! If noone else does it I eventually will, but not in
the near future as I'm busy busy busy right now.
-- "
Per