Here another quiet lurker signing in. It looks like Don asked how many
GE people are on the comics list. Here's one, (well, I was when I first
signed up, and my mail is still addressed to ge.com but GE sold my site
to Martin Marietta, a few months ago.) Here is East Windsor, NJ.
Now how to make this message more disney-comics related....hmmm
I'll be at the disnyanna convention tomorrow, I know there are a
few rec.arts.disney people going, any disney-comics people going as
well?
sback at astro.ge.com
Steven Back
Author
Topic: 199309
(132 messages)
Steve Back Tel X 1783
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Message 46 -
1993-09-15 at 19:03:10
Andrew Krieg 5-5379
Disney <-> GE connection
Message 47 -
1993-09-15 at 19:24:14
>>Here another quiet lurker signing in. It looks like Don asked how many
>>GE people are on the comics list. Here's one, (well, I was when I first
>>signed up, and my mail is still addressed to ge.com but GE sold my site
>>to Martin Marietta, a few months ago.)
I guess I missed when Don asked about this. What is the reason for
doing so?
My address is a GE one, but I am just a consultant, not a regular
employee (although you could never tell as I have been here 5 years!).
On an unrelated topic, I thought I read somewhere that Mr. Barks may do
another full length Duck story. Did I read that on here or in one of the
trade magazines? Anyone know anything about it? Was I just dreaming?
Andy
>>GE people are on the comics list. Here's one, (well, I was when I first
>>signed up, and my mail is still addressed to ge.com but GE sold my site
>>to Martin Marietta, a few months ago.)
I guess I missed when Don asked about this. What is the reason for
doing so?
My address is a GE one, but I am just a consultant, not a regular
employee (although you could never tell as I have been here 5 years!).
On an unrelated topic, I thought I read somewhere that Mr. Barks may do
another full length Duck story. Did I read that on here or in one of the
trade magazines? Anyone know anything about it? Was I just dreaming?
Andy
Per Starback
Trojan Horse
Message 48 -
1993-09-15 at 19:40:31
Andy:
> On an unrelated topic, I thought I read somewhere that Mr. Barks may do
> another full length Duck story. Did I read that on here or in one of the
> trade magazines? Anyone know anything about it? Was I just dreaming?
I've only heard about it here, and word is that it will be drawn by
William Van Horn, and that it will be about Scrooge looking for the
original Trojan horse.
--
Per
> On an unrelated topic, I thought I read somewhere that Mr. Barks may do
> another full length Duck story. Did I read that on here or in one of the
> trade magazines? Anyone know anything about it? Was I just dreaming?
I've only heard about it here, and word is that it will be drawn by
William Van Horn, and that it will be about Scrooge looking for the
original Trojan horse.
--
Per
Gadducci
Magica De Spell
Message 49 -
1993-09-15 at 21:47:35
>James Williams:
>> Have their even been any stories where Magica was after something other
>> than Scrooge's Number One Dime? I've always tought that she was a
>> great character who never lived up to her potential.
>
> "
>Per Starback:
>> I was just going to answer that that's all she's after in Barks's
>> stories at least, when Torsten's answer where he mentioned
>> "Bottled Battlers" (...)
>
Harry Fluks:
>Remember "Rug Riders In The Sky?" (US fifty-something). In that Barks story,
>Magica is after a (flying) carpet, not after a dime.
>
>I always found this a bit strange. Just like the stories where the #1 dime
>features without Magica. Until recently, I always thought that Scrooge's
>interest in that dime was triggered by Magica, but Per pointed out that
>there were several dime stories before Magica was introduced.
>
Well, I remember a story where Magica made an agreement with Scrooge about
number eleven: that dime, combined with #1 dime of other very rich men,
could do the trick and make her rich... It is a story around issue 1800 of
the weekly Topolino: a nice story but a not-so-nice art...
Besides, there are a lot of stories about #1 dime w/o Magica, as well as
stories about Scrooge ability to remember EXACTLY every thing about his
money (and not only dime: he can recognize his money simply snuffing it!!)
>
>BTW: has anyone ever heard of Jim Fletcher?
>
Yes, sure, in Becattini's index, for example, as already Per pointed out
(and no, Per, I'm quite sure #2 is not out yet: I'll tell you more after
Lucca convention). If you are interested, I could give you more information
about him, or give you the references... BTW, what about starting an
archive list about all the books ON Disney comics? It would be very
interesting, I think...
Fabio
PS Yes, I'm talking to YOU, the only Italian Donaldist in this mailing list
(except me)! Come on, contact me!!
================================================================
Fabio Gadducci Dip. di Informatica
Universita` di Pisa
Tel. +39-50-510268 Corso Italia 40, 56100 PISA (ITALY)
FAX: +39-50-510226 E-mail:gadducci at di.unipi.it
================================================================
>> Have their even been any stories where Magica was after something other
>> than Scrooge's Number One Dime? I've always tought that she was a
>> great character who never lived up to her potential.
>
> "
>Per Starback:
>> I was just going to answer that that's all she's after in Barks's
>> stories at least, when Torsten's answer where he mentioned
>> "Bottled Battlers" (...)
>
Harry Fluks:
>Remember "Rug Riders In The Sky?" (US fifty-something). In that Barks story,
>Magica is after a (flying) carpet, not after a dime.
>
>I always found this a bit strange. Just like the stories where the #1 dime
>features without Magica. Until recently, I always thought that Scrooge's
>interest in that dime was triggered by Magica, but Per pointed out that
>there were several dime stories before Magica was introduced.
>
Well, I remember a story where Magica made an agreement with Scrooge about
number eleven: that dime, combined with #1 dime of other very rich men,
could do the trick and make her rich... It is a story around issue 1800 of
the weekly Topolino: a nice story but a not-so-nice art...
Besides, there are a lot of stories about #1 dime w/o Magica, as well as
stories about Scrooge ability to remember EXACTLY every thing about his
money (and not only dime: he can recognize his money simply snuffing it!!)
>
>BTW: has anyone ever heard of Jim Fletcher?
>
Yes, sure, in Becattini's index, for example, as already Per pointed out
(and no, Per, I'm quite sure #2 is not out yet: I'll tell you more after
Lucca convention). If you are interested, I could give you more information
about him, or give you the references... BTW, what about starting an
archive list about all the books ON Disney comics? It would be very
interesting, I think...
Fabio
PS Yes, I'm talking to YOU, the only Italian Donaldist in this mailing list
(except me)! Come on, contact me!!
================================================================
Fabio Gadducci Dip. di Informatica
Universita` di Pisa
Tel. +39-50-510268 Corso Italia 40, 56100 PISA (ITALY)
FAX: +39-50-510226 E-mail:gadducci at di.unipi.it
================================================================
Per Starback
Books and Jim Fletcher.
Message 50 -
1993-09-15 at 23:51:38
me> Probably there are several subscribers who just have a passing
me> interest in Disney comics and skim through the messages looking for
me> something that might be of interest to them.
Harry> How many people would be like me: reading all messages,
Harry> printing and filing them, and then re-read them several times?
That sounds abnormal to me. :-)
So you never got Becattini's Dell Index? When I ordered the daily
strip index from the same source nothing happened for a long time. I
wrote a letter about once every three months asking about it, and then
out of the blue when I'd almost lost my hope I suddenly got it. Maybe
you should write them and remind them? (Not that I know if that
helped, though.)
Well, I know nothing about Jim Fletcher except what is said in that
book so I can't say anything about his drawing style, but he did many
of the Mim & Magica stories, so he might be the one you're looking
for. Becattini writes:
" Jim FLETCHER (c. 1930s -)
"
" Nee James Fletcher
"
" (a) GOLDEN PRESS/WHITMAN Hardbacks: 101 Dalmatians (Tell-a-Tale,
" 1960); Huckleberry Hound (1963)
" (a) WHITMAN Coloring & Activity Books: The Flintstones Coloring
" Book (1960s)
" (p) Disney comics for overseas: Donald Duck, Uncle $crooge,
" Mickey Mouse & Goofy, Morty & Ferdie with Molly, Chip'n'Dale,
" The Li'l Bad Wolf, The Swamp Folk (Brer Rabbit), Mad Madam Mim &
" Magica De Spell (1963-68)
"
" Comic Book credits:
"
" GOLD KEY/WESTERN: Funny Animal & strips c. 1962-64 (p)
" (DISNEY) Donald Duck (#85, 1962)
" (HANNA-BARBERA) The Jetsons, Touch'e Turtle et al. (Early 1960s)
"
" Also (p/i) ETERNITY COMICS (Earthlore) 1986-87 ?
I think we mentioned his name here before when this very text was our
source for Molly's English name. The easiest thing to look up of
those things seems to be DD 85, but I don't have it. It's not in the
Dell Index, as that's the first non-Dell Donald Duck, and the DD#85
entry in Kjell Crone's index is incomplete, so I don't know where it's
published here in Sweden either, and there is nothing with code DD 85
in your Dutch index. Oh, well... Fabio seems to know more about him,
right?
Fabio> BTW, what about starting an archive list about all the books ON
Fabio> Disney comics? It would be very interesting, I think...
Sure. Here is an incomplete beginning, not very consistently set out:
Of course there are more, but it's still a pretty finite amount of
books. A bibliography that would include items from magazines would
be something else altogether...
Barrier, J. Michael:
Carl Barks and the art of the comic book. 1981.
ISBN 0-9607652-0-4 (Hardbound), 0-9607652-1-2 (Paperback)
Strongly recommended. *The* book on Barks. /PS
Calisota Handbook on the Works of Barks and Rosa.
Calisota 5601 20th Ave. N.W. Naples FL 33999.
Includes index to Barks reprints, Gladstone reprints of Barks,
a list of Don Rosa Disney comic book stories, detailed list of
Mickey Mouse serials from WDC and a chart listing by year and
month all issues of WDC.
Price: $3.50 plus 50c postage/handling.
Becattini, Alberto:
Disney Index : Comic Books -- Vol. 1
Italy 1992 (?), 1,000 numbered copies.
Index of Disney Dell comic books, A--M.
Can be bought from
Al Fumetto Club
Via G. Della Casa 12R
50142 FIRENZE
ITALY
Volume 2 planned to appear in the near future.
Donald Duck Comic Book Index.
Launch Pad Publications 835 Merillon Ave. Westbury NY 11590.
Price: $20 (postpaid). Make checks payable to Joe Torcivia.
Includes story titles, character appearances, and
artist/writer credits (if known) from Dell to Gladstone.
Becattini, Alberto & Luca Boschi
Disney Index: La produzione sindacata
Italy, 1984. Index of Disney comic strips and Sunday pages.
500 numbered copies?? (Is it? Mine says so, but it isn't
numbered.)
There is also a second edition of this book.
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at student.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
me> interest in Disney comics and skim through the messages looking for
me> something that might be of interest to them.
Harry> How many people would be like me: reading all messages,
Harry> printing and filing them, and then re-read them several times?
That sounds abnormal to me. :-)
So you never got Becattini's Dell Index? When I ordered the daily
strip index from the same source nothing happened for a long time. I
wrote a letter about once every three months asking about it, and then
out of the blue when I'd almost lost my hope I suddenly got it. Maybe
you should write them and remind them? (Not that I know if that
helped, though.)
Well, I know nothing about Jim Fletcher except what is said in that
book so I can't say anything about his drawing style, but he did many
of the Mim & Magica stories, so he might be the one you're looking
for. Becattini writes:
" Jim FLETCHER (c. 1930s -)
"
" Nee James Fletcher
"
" (a) GOLDEN PRESS/WHITMAN Hardbacks: 101 Dalmatians (Tell-a-Tale,
" 1960); Huckleberry Hound (1963)
" (a) WHITMAN Coloring & Activity Books: The Flintstones Coloring
" Book (1960s)
" (p) Disney comics for overseas: Donald Duck, Uncle $crooge,
" Mickey Mouse & Goofy, Morty & Ferdie with Molly, Chip'n'Dale,
" The Li'l Bad Wolf, The Swamp Folk (Brer Rabbit), Mad Madam Mim &
" Magica De Spell (1963-68)
"
" Comic Book credits:
"
" GOLD KEY/WESTERN: Funny Animal & strips c. 1962-64 (p)
" (DISNEY) Donald Duck (#85, 1962)
" (HANNA-BARBERA) The Jetsons, Touch'e Turtle et al. (Early 1960s)
"
" Also (p/i) ETERNITY COMICS (Earthlore) 1986-87 ?
I think we mentioned his name here before when this very text was our
source for Molly's English name. The easiest thing to look up of
those things seems to be DD 85, but I don't have it. It's not in the
Dell Index, as that's the first non-Dell Donald Duck, and the DD#85
entry in Kjell Crone's index is incomplete, so I don't know where it's
published here in Sweden either, and there is nothing with code DD 85
in your Dutch index. Oh, well... Fabio seems to know more about him,
right?
Fabio> BTW, what about starting an archive list about all the books ON
Fabio> Disney comics? It would be very interesting, I think...
Sure. Here is an incomplete beginning, not very consistently set out:
Of course there are more, but it's still a pretty finite amount of
books. A bibliography that would include items from magazines would
be something else altogether...
Barrier, J. Michael:
Carl Barks and the art of the comic book. 1981.
ISBN 0-9607652-0-4 (Hardbound), 0-9607652-1-2 (Paperback)
Strongly recommended. *The* book on Barks. /PS
Calisota Handbook on the Works of Barks and Rosa.
Calisota 5601 20th Ave. N.W. Naples FL 33999.
Includes index to Barks reprints, Gladstone reprints of Barks,
a list of Don Rosa Disney comic book stories, detailed list of
Mickey Mouse serials from WDC and a chart listing by year and
month all issues of WDC.
Price: $3.50 plus 50c postage/handling.
Becattini, Alberto:
Disney Index : Comic Books -- Vol. 1
Italy 1992 (?), 1,000 numbered copies.
Index of Disney Dell comic books, A--M.
Can be bought from
Al Fumetto Club
Via G. Della Casa 12R
50142 FIRENZE
ITALY
Volume 2 planned to appear in the near future.
Donald Duck Comic Book Index.
Launch Pad Publications 835 Merillon Ave. Westbury NY 11590.
Price: $20 (postpaid). Make checks payable to Joe Torcivia.
Includes story titles, character appearances, and
artist/writer credits (if known) from Dell to Gladstone.
Becattini, Alberto & Luca Boschi
Disney Index: La produzione sindacata
Italy, 1984. Index of Disney comic strips and Sunday pages.
500 numbered copies?? (Is it? Mine says so, but it isn't
numbered.)
There is also a second edition of this book.
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at student.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Hans.Koehling.Pedersen
Thanks!
Message 51 -
1993-09-16 at 06:10:18
Having been "a quiet lurker" on this list for a looong time, I thought that
the ***100th*** list would be a nice opportunity to thank Per for all the
work he has put into this. Also thanks to David, Torsten, Harry, Gilbert,
James, Wilmer, Andrew, and certainly not least to Don Rosa for having
made many lonely nights at school a little more enjoyable!
As most of you subscribers to this list probably know most of Barks'
work, I think it could be fun to hear more about which stories you
think are the best. I can't remember that we have had such a vote on
the list before; forgive me in case I missed it!
Anyway, here are my own favorites:
Story: Motivation:
============================================================================
1. Lost in the Andes What else? I still remember the day I read
this one for the first time. Without doubt
Barks' greatest and most original adventure.
2. Only a Poor Old Man Scrooge became a 3D character. Ingenious and
sensitive story. Barrier mentions that Barks
was having serious personal problems when he
wrote this, which makes it's quality even more
remarkable.
3. Race to the South Seas Gladstone got his personality in this
story (not counting the earlier "Golf Game"
story from WDCS ?, where he was just "lucky").
The story also added depth to Donald's
character, as he got a hitherto unseen amount
of sympathy from the reader.
4. Luck of the North The first ten pages are probably Barks' best
work ever. He demonstrates an incredible amount
of control over his protagonist character. The
page where Donald without saying one word shows
his growing regret is ...
5. Frozen Gold The first successful long story. A bit primitive,
and that's why I like it so much.
6. Old Castle's Secret Another masterpiece from the "adventure" period.
Has a lot of atmosphere (I read it for the first
time back in 1975, when I was 8, and I _really_
believed that the ghost was "real").
Well, didn't quite make the top 10 I was aiming for. Still, I think it would
be fun to hear more about why you guys like Barks (especially from the other
quiet lurkers!).
Back to work...
- Hans
the ***100th*** list would be a nice opportunity to thank Per for all the
work he has put into this. Also thanks to David, Torsten, Harry, Gilbert,
James, Wilmer, Andrew, and certainly not least to Don Rosa for having
made many lonely nights at school a little more enjoyable!
As most of you subscribers to this list probably know most of Barks'
work, I think it could be fun to hear more about which stories you
think are the best. I can't remember that we have had such a vote on
the list before; forgive me in case I missed it!
Anyway, here are my own favorites:
Story: Motivation:
============================================================================
1. Lost in the Andes What else? I still remember the day I read
this one for the first time. Without doubt
Barks' greatest and most original adventure.
2. Only a Poor Old Man Scrooge became a 3D character. Ingenious and
sensitive story. Barrier mentions that Barks
was having serious personal problems when he
wrote this, which makes it's quality even more
remarkable.
3. Race to the South Seas Gladstone got his personality in this
story (not counting the earlier "Golf Game"
story from WDCS ?, where he was just "lucky").
The story also added depth to Donald's
character, as he got a hitherto unseen amount
of sympathy from the reader.
4. Luck of the North The first ten pages are probably Barks' best
work ever. He demonstrates an incredible amount
of control over his protagonist character. The
page where Donald without saying one word shows
his growing regret is ...
5. Frozen Gold The first successful long story. A bit primitive,
and that's why I like it so much.
6. Old Castle's Secret Another masterpiece from the "adventure" period.
Has a lot of atmosphere (I read it for the first
time back in 1975, when I was 8, and I _really_
believed that the ghost was "real").
Well, didn't quite make the top 10 I was aiming for. Still, I think it would
be fun to hear more about why you guys like Barks (especially from the other
quiet lurkers!).
Back to work...
- Hans
Harry Fluks
Jim Fletcher and Books.
Message 52 -
1993-09-16 at 19:43:28
Per (to me):
> So you never got Becattini's Dell Index?
Nope. Maybe Fabio can ask the Al Fumetto Shop about it, whenever he is in
the neighbourhood of Firenze? 8-)
> Well, I know nothing about Jim Fletcher except what is said in that
> book so I can't say anything about his drawing style, but he did many
> of the Mim & Magica stories, so he might be the one you're looking
> for. Becattini writes (...)
This must be the person I had in mind. I coded his work 'v68' in my Dutch
comics index. And the fact that he did one story for Gold Key explains
why one of the Dutch reprints (63-17) has that weird Gold Key comic page
format...
> I think we mentioned his name here before when this very text was our
> source for Molly's English name.
Could this be in a private discussion? I don't remember the name Molly...
Fabio:
> BTW, what about starting an archive list about all the books ON
> Disney comics? It would be very interesting, I think...
Per:
> Sure. Here is an incomplete beginning, not very consistently set out:
> Of course there are more, but it's still a pretty finite amount of
> books. A bibliography that would include items from magazines would
> be something else altogether...
Anyone interested in Dutch books/magazines?
--Harry.
> So you never got Becattini's Dell Index?
Nope. Maybe Fabio can ask the Al Fumetto Shop about it, whenever he is in
the neighbourhood of Firenze? 8-)
> Well, I know nothing about Jim Fletcher except what is said in that
> book so I can't say anything about his drawing style, but he did many
> of the Mim & Magica stories, so he might be the one you're looking
> for. Becattini writes (...)
This must be the person I had in mind. I coded his work 'v68' in my Dutch
comics index. And the fact that he did one story for Gold Key explains
why one of the Dutch reprints (63-17) has that weird Gold Key comic page
format...
> I think we mentioned his name here before when this very text was our
> source for Molly's English name.
Could this be in a private discussion? I don't remember the name Molly...
Fabio:
> BTW, what about starting an archive list about all the books ON
> Disney comics? It would be very interesting, I think...
Per:
> Sure. Here is an incomplete beginning, not very consistently set out:
> Of course there are more, but it's still a pretty finite amount of
> books. A bibliography that would include items from magazines would
> be something else altogether...
Anyone interested in Dutch books/magazines?
--Harry.
Per Starback
Various replies
Message 53 -
1993-09-16 at 22:25:02
me> I think we mentioned [Jim Fletcher's] name here before when this
me> very text was our source for Molly's English name.
Harry> Could this be in a private discussion? I don't remember the
Harry> name Molly...
I think it was here, way back when Rich Bellacera (not on the list any
longer) was constructing his list of recurring characters. Molly is
probably the English name of Minnie's niece, known as Tuttan in Sweden
and Tone in Norway. (Hmm, she's not in Fredrik's name list...)
Harry> Anyone interested in Dutch books/magazines?
Sure. I'm interested in everything! :-)
Hans, thanks for thanks! Your list of six favourite stories only
contains two stories that are on my top five list as published here in
April: Lost in the Andes, Luck of the North, Christmas for Shacktown,
The Golden Helmet, Seven Cities of Cibola. Note, that list isn't
ordered!
Harry said that his favourite was Christmas for Shacktown. Anyone
else?
Steven Back:
> I'll be at the disnyanna convention tomorrow, I know there are a
> few rec.arts.disney people going, any disney-comics people going as
> well?
Not me. :-) Any comics there?
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at student.docs.uu.se
me> very text was our source for Molly's English name.
Harry> Could this be in a private discussion? I don't remember the
Harry> name Molly...
I think it was here, way back when Rich Bellacera (not on the list any
longer) was constructing his list of recurring characters. Molly is
probably the English name of Minnie's niece, known as Tuttan in Sweden
and Tone in Norway. (Hmm, she's not in Fredrik's name list...)
Harry> Anyone interested in Dutch books/magazines?
Sure. I'm interested in everything! :-)
Hans, thanks for thanks! Your list of six favourite stories only
contains two stories that are on my top five list as published here in
April: Lost in the Andes, Luck of the North, Christmas for Shacktown,
The Golden Helmet, Seven Cities of Cibola. Note, that list isn't
ordered!
Harry said that his favourite was Christmas for Shacktown. Anyone
else?
Steven Back:
> I'll be at the disnyanna convention tomorrow, I know there are a
> few rec.arts.disney people going, any disney-comics people going as
> well?
Not me. :-) Any comics there?
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at student.docs.uu.se
David A Gerstein
Minnie's Nieces and Barks Favorites
Message 54 -
1993-09-17 at 04:32:44
Dear Folks,
First of all, I saw a Paul Murry story in some 1970s issue of
MM -- the nadir of Mouse material -- in which Minnie's nieces appeared
with the names Pammy and Tammy. Is everyone confused now?
In the 1930s Gottfredson strip Minnie had no nieces, only a
nephew, named Manfred. I only have record of him in a single Sunday
strip, from 1937 I think.
As for my own favorite Barks stories:
Story: Motivation:
============================================================================
1. Voodoo Hoodoo No other story grabbed me quite like this
one, which I first read in Gladstone Comic
Album #16 at the age of 14. I liked it so
much that I read it *every* day for the
week after that, twice on some days. I
have yet to see Bop Bop in a new story...
one of these days, I'm gonna do one.
2. Lost in the Andes And why not? :-)
3. Back to the Klondike The first long Barks adventure I ever
read, way back in 1979. It matured and
grew as I did, gaining its previously
excised pages back to enthrall me anew as
I grew.
4. Thievery Afoot This ten-page story from 1945's WDC&S #52
led off the first wartime issue of WDC&S I
ever acquired. Simple, yet great.
5. The Trouble with Dimes Donald's glorious get-rich-quick scheme in
WDC&S #130's ten-pager was exactly the
kind of thing I always would have liked to
pull off.
6. The Old Castle's Secret This is Barks' first Scrooge treasure hunt
story, and uses -- interestingly, for its
early date -- a gentler Scrooge more like
that of post-1954 stories. Yet its art,
done in the prime of Barks' career, makes
all the difference. And what a *plot!*
Hoots, Mon!
7. The Mighty Trapper As a kid I always dug huge, obvious pit
traps in our backyard, covering them with
branches and leaves and hoping that one of
FANTASIA's live brooms -- no, really, I
was 5 years old -- would wander into them.
This very early story still hits me right
where I live.
That's all I can list for sure right now. But I also grew up
on Gottfredson, and have a long list of favorites among his stories,
too. I love Barks and the Ducks, but have a special affinity for
Mickey, and always identified with him. What's more, Mickey is very
hard to write stories for -- that *aren't* stodgy crook chases a la
Carl Fallberg, I mean -- and that gives me a very special appreciation
for Gottfredson's talent. A few of my favorites:
1. Monarch of Medioka Gottfredson outdid himself with this
rich, opulent story of the Mouse rescuing
a country from several forces at once...
a feat that's by no means easy, especially
when he's betrothed to be married!
2. Island in the Sky Dr. Einmug's floating island is the stage
for one of the most reknowned Mickey
tales. As well as being perhaps the
ultimate Mickey/Pete matchup, it also has
great philosophical weight to it.
3. In the Foreign Legion (See my recent posting.)
4. The Phantom Blot The most famous of all Mickey stories is
not, I feel, Gottfredson's best story, but
has so many fine moments that it's one of
my favorites nonetheless.
5. Boxing Champion I have only read this story in German, but
I find it one of the greatest early
stories -- kinda like Hans with "Frozen
Gold".
6. MM Vs. Katt Nipp Again, only in German. This early on in
1931, we find Gottfredson trying hard to
be Otto Messmer, and he *almost* succeeds
with a very crafty, cocky Mickey who's at
this point more like Bugs Bunny!
7. MM Sails for
Treasure Island This story with fine, emotional moments,
the debuts of Captain Churchmouse and
Spooks, and perhaps the best Sylvester
Shyster appearance, would head off my list
if it were not badly damaged by its racial
stereotypes. Nonetheless, it deserves
inclusion here.
Well, that's all for now. I'd like to hear what others'
favorite Barks and Gottfredson stories are!!!
Yours,
David
First of all, I saw a Paul Murry story in some 1970s issue of
MM -- the nadir of Mouse material -- in which Minnie's nieces appeared
with the names Pammy and Tammy. Is everyone confused now?
In the 1930s Gottfredson strip Minnie had no nieces, only a
nephew, named Manfred. I only have record of him in a single Sunday
strip, from 1937 I think.
As for my own favorite Barks stories:
Story: Motivation:
============================================================================
1. Voodoo Hoodoo No other story grabbed me quite like this
one, which I first read in Gladstone Comic
Album #16 at the age of 14. I liked it so
much that I read it *every* day for the
week after that, twice on some days. I
have yet to see Bop Bop in a new story...
one of these days, I'm gonna do one.
2. Lost in the Andes And why not? :-)
3. Back to the Klondike The first long Barks adventure I ever
read, way back in 1979. It matured and
grew as I did, gaining its previously
excised pages back to enthrall me anew as
I grew.
4. Thievery Afoot This ten-page story from 1945's WDC&S #52
led off the first wartime issue of WDC&S I
ever acquired. Simple, yet great.
5. The Trouble with Dimes Donald's glorious get-rich-quick scheme in
WDC&S #130's ten-pager was exactly the
kind of thing I always would have liked to
pull off.
6. The Old Castle's Secret This is Barks' first Scrooge treasure hunt
story, and uses -- interestingly, for its
early date -- a gentler Scrooge more like
that of post-1954 stories. Yet its art,
done in the prime of Barks' career, makes
all the difference. And what a *plot!*
Hoots, Mon!
7. The Mighty Trapper As a kid I always dug huge, obvious pit
traps in our backyard, covering them with
branches and leaves and hoping that one of
FANTASIA's live brooms -- no, really, I
was 5 years old -- would wander into them.
This very early story still hits me right
where I live.
That's all I can list for sure right now. But I also grew up
on Gottfredson, and have a long list of favorites among his stories,
too. I love Barks and the Ducks, but have a special affinity for
Mickey, and always identified with him. What's more, Mickey is very
hard to write stories for -- that *aren't* stodgy crook chases a la
Carl Fallberg, I mean -- and that gives me a very special appreciation
for Gottfredson's talent. A few of my favorites:
1. Monarch of Medioka Gottfredson outdid himself with this
rich, opulent story of the Mouse rescuing
a country from several forces at once...
a feat that's by no means easy, especially
when he's betrothed to be married!
2. Island in the Sky Dr. Einmug's floating island is the stage
for one of the most reknowned Mickey
tales. As well as being perhaps the
ultimate Mickey/Pete matchup, it also has
great philosophical weight to it.
3. In the Foreign Legion (See my recent posting.)
4. The Phantom Blot The most famous of all Mickey stories is
not, I feel, Gottfredson's best story, but
has so many fine moments that it's one of
my favorites nonetheless.
5. Boxing Champion I have only read this story in German, but
I find it one of the greatest early
stories -- kinda like Hans with "Frozen
Gold".
6. MM Vs. Katt Nipp Again, only in German. This early on in
1931, we find Gottfredson trying hard to
be Otto Messmer, and he *almost* succeeds
with a very crafty, cocky Mickey who's at
this point more like Bugs Bunny!
7. MM Sails for
Treasure Island This story with fine, emotional moments,
the debuts of Captain Churchmouse and
Spooks, and perhaps the best Sylvester
Shyster appearance, would head off my list
if it were not badly damaged by its racial
stereotypes. Nonetheless, it deserves
inclusion here.
Well, that's all for now. I'd like to hear what others'
favorite Barks and Gottfredson stories are!!!
Yours,
David
Don Rosa
+Postage Due+Disney-comics digest #101.
Message 55 -
1993-09-17 at 16:03:31
DISNEYANA CONVENTION
I see little reason to go to one of those conventions. The
people that attend are almost exclusively mindless speculators in those
stupid animation cels or they collect "pin-back buttons" (which, in the
world of idiotic "collectibles", is perhaps the most idiotic), or they
go simply because they think "Chip and Dale are the the CUTEST things"
or other such intellectual reasons. In other words, most of those
"collectibles" people pick Disney only because they see it as investment
potential or they think Mickey is just too sweet, though they know
nothing about his history or details about his artists and writers. From
my experience, they are only vaguely aware that there ever were any
Disney comic books, and they couldn't care less about them since they
weren't animated (they WOULD care less if they knew Disney never had
anything to do with their creation, but they couldn't understand that
system even after lengthy explanations). I've had fugitives from these
conventions come to me at shows and claim they are huge Donald Duck fans
and they LOVE everything about Donald Duck and they collect all the
Donald Duck stuff; this will intrigue me as a Donald Duck fan, and soon
I'll ask what their favorite comic story is -- they'll always say "Comic
books? Oh, I've never seen any comic books!" and I'll tell them that
they don't even know who Donald Duck is if they think he's just some
slapstick character who throws walnuts at Chip and Dale. "Oh, yes,
aren't they just the cutest things!"
Obviously, I have littel respect for most of those sort of
"Disney fans". If they don't have an intellectual basis for their
interests, I think they're wasting their time.
The only reason anyone at that show will be interested in Carl
Barks is because they will have read all the hype that the show
promotors will give him and they will all hope thay can get a signature
so they can sell it to somebody.
Feh on 'em.
I see little reason to go to one of those conventions. The
people that attend are almost exclusively mindless speculators in those
stupid animation cels or they collect "pin-back buttons" (which, in the
world of idiotic "collectibles", is perhaps the most idiotic), or they
go simply because they think "Chip and Dale are the the CUTEST things"
or other such intellectual reasons. In other words, most of those
"collectibles" people pick Disney only because they see it as investment
potential or they think Mickey is just too sweet, though they know
nothing about his history or details about his artists and writers. From
my experience, they are only vaguely aware that there ever were any
Disney comic books, and they couldn't care less about them since they
weren't animated (they WOULD care less if they knew Disney never had
anything to do with their creation, but they couldn't understand that
system even after lengthy explanations). I've had fugitives from these
conventions come to me at shows and claim they are huge Donald Duck fans
and they LOVE everything about Donald Duck and they collect all the
Donald Duck stuff; this will intrigue me as a Donald Duck fan, and soon
I'll ask what their favorite comic story is -- they'll always say "Comic
books? Oh, I've never seen any comic books!" and I'll tell them that
they don't even know who Donald Duck is if they think he's just some
slapstick character who throws walnuts at Chip and Dale. "Oh, yes,
aren't they just the cutest things!"
Obviously, I have littel respect for most of those sort of
"Disney fans". If they don't have an intellectual basis for their
interests, I think they're wasting their time.
The only reason anyone at that show will be interested in Carl
Barks is because they will have read all the hype that the show
promotors will give him and they will all hope thay can get a signature
so they can sell it to somebody.
Feh on 'em.
Torsten Wesley Adair
Back to School, + updates
Message 56 -
1993-09-17 at 17:23:55
On Thu, 9 Sep 1993, David A Gerstein wrote:
> Dear Folks,
> So if the person who used to type in CBG Gladstone ads could
> do that again if something interesting appears, I'd be *very*
> thankful.
Sure, Dave, but remember that a lot of the ads are either repeats, or are
selling something else, such as Disney cels, so don't worry if I don't
send anything for a while.
> My fellow Gottfredson fans might be interested by the CAV
> laser disc boxed set coming in November, "Mickey Mouse: The Original
> Black-and-White Cartoons." It includes about 1/2 the entries from
> that period (a second set will finish them off next year) including
> "Two-Gun Mickey" (which inspired "The Bat Bandit"), "The Mad Doctor"
> (which inspired "Blaggard Castle"), "Plane Crazy" (which inspired
> "Lost on a Desert Island"), "Camping Out" ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret
> Serum") and many others. These are my personal favorite animated
> cartoons, and I think anyone who hasn't seen them is missing a trove
> of treasure suitable for Scrooge McDuck's money bin.
HALLELUJAH!!!!
Disney has finally seen the light!
Can a boxed set of Disney academy award nominated shorts be in the works?
How about a chronological CAV boxed set series?
(I wonder if they will release The Golden Touch, the only short directed
by Disney (after Disney started making talkies). Never heard of it?
There's a very good reason. Disney, while a creative person and shrewd
businessman, was also a terrible animation director.
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
> Dear Folks,
> So if the person who used to type in CBG Gladstone ads could
> do that again if something interesting appears, I'd be *very*
> thankful.
Sure, Dave, but remember that a lot of the ads are either repeats, or are
selling something else, such as Disney cels, so don't worry if I don't
send anything for a while.
> My fellow Gottfredson fans might be interested by the CAV
> laser disc boxed set coming in November, "Mickey Mouse: The Original
> Black-and-White Cartoons." It includes about 1/2 the entries from
> that period (a second set will finish them off next year) including
> "Two-Gun Mickey" (which inspired "The Bat Bandit"), "The Mad Doctor"
> (which inspired "Blaggard Castle"), "Plane Crazy" (which inspired
> "Lost on a Desert Island"), "Camping Out" ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret
> Serum") and many others. These are my personal favorite animated
> cartoons, and I think anyone who hasn't seen them is missing a trove
> of treasure suitable for Scrooge McDuck's money bin.
HALLELUJAH!!!!
Disney has finally seen the light!
Can a boxed set of Disney academy award nominated shorts be in the works?
How about a chronological CAV boxed set series?
(I wonder if they will release The Golden Touch, the only short directed
by Disney (after Disney started making talkies). Never heard of it?
There's a very good reason. Disney, while a creative person and shrewd
businessman, was also a terrible animation director.
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
Fredrik Ekman
Various replies
Message 57 -
1993-09-17 at 18:04:28
Per wrote:
>Molly is probably the English name of Minnie's niece, known as
>Tuttan in Sweden and Tone in Norway. (Hmm, she's not in Fredrik's
>name list...)
So expect her in the next version. Do we have any other translations
for her?
/Fredrik
>Molly is probably the English name of Minnie's niece, known as
>Tuttan in Sweden and Tone in Norway. (Hmm, she's not in Fredrik's
>name list...)
So expect her in the next version. Do we have any other translations
for her?
/Fredrik
James Williams
Barks' Best
Message 58 -
1993-09-17 at 18:21:58
As much as I enjoy Barks' longer adventure stories, I don't think they
are amoung his best work. I have always prefered his shorter stories.
My four favorite Barks' stories are: (I don't remember the titles, so
I'm giving brief summaries).
* The story where Donald attends the costume party as a knight
in armor. It is probably Donald's finest moment. Plus the
story has great depth to it.
* 'A Financial Fable'. This was the 2nd Barks story I ever read.
I love the fact that Scrooge keeps his head after loosing
all of his fortune. Plus, it tought me more about economics
than 16 years of school
* The story where they spend Christmas on a submarine. This was the
very first Barks' story I ever read. I loved the story as a kid
and it wasn't until years later that I learned who had done it.
* The story where Donald forces HD&L to partice music until they
get one particular song right. Barks' is one of the few
people who used music in his comic books.
are amoung his best work. I have always prefered his shorter stories.
My four favorite Barks' stories are: (I don't remember the titles, so
I'm giving brief summaries).
* The story where Donald attends the costume party as a knight
in armor. It is probably Donald's finest moment. Plus the
story has great depth to it.
* 'A Financial Fable'. This was the 2nd Barks story I ever read.
I love the fact that Scrooge keeps his head after loosing
all of his fortune. Plus, it tought me more about economics
than 16 years of school
* The story where they spend Christmas on a submarine. This was the
very first Barks' story I ever read. I loved the story as a kid
and it wasn't until years later that I learned who had done it.
* The story where Donald forces HD&L to partice music until they
get one particular song right. Barks' is one of the few
people who used music in his comic books.
David A Gerstein
Here we go again...
Message 59 -
1993-09-17 at 18:25:53
Dear Folks,
Some of you apparently didn't get this, which I mailed last
week. So here it is again. A *long* list of D- and H-codes for
stories that I have dialogued for Gladstone, mostly. Some people
asked for this.
Regardez:
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From: David A Gerstein <David.A.Gerstein at edu.williams>
Dear Folks,
Here I am back in Williamstown again! Times are tough (huh,
bud?) and I don't have access to a comic shop, only a drug store which
gets comics about 3 weeks after the direct market, and hardly gets any
fanzines let alone something that would dare discuss *Disney*.
So if the person who used to type in CBG Gladstone ads could
do that again if something interesting appears, I'd be *very*
thankful.
Also, while I'm at it, if whoever supplied data on WDC&S #4 to
wdc.index was willing to send me Xeroxes of Mickey Mouse "In Search of
Jungle Treasure" Part 1 was willing to send me a Xerox, I can send
them something in return. What that something is can be decided by
whoever has the comic. I have extra copies of Uncensored Mouse #1, if
it's early Mickey that gives you a kick (like me!).
The recent discussion of why Carl Barks is the way he is was
very interesting to me... strangely, no one commented on my own
speculations a few days before. I remain somewhat puzzled, though:
is Barks really *worried* about his fame? In this country, he isn't
well-known simply because your average comic collector prefers some
ugly mutant (or *is* an ugly mutant :-). But to those who are in the
know, Barks is a legend, and will remain so, no matter how popular any
more recent duck artists may become.
Also... does he like his stories or hate them? He's obviously
tired of ducks and feels exploited by Disney, but his stories show (at
least through the late '50s) that he must have enjoyed what he was
doing. His pessimism, obvious especially in the 1948-51 period,
doesn't seem to be in conflict with the duck genre at all. He wants
fame -- and obviously has no idea how beloved he is, due to living in
a money culture that grows to exploit as opposed to Europe -- but
doesn't believe that he has it. I just can't figure it out...
My fellow Gottfredson fans might be interested by the CAV
laser disc boxed set coming in November, "Mickey Mouse: The Original
Black-and-White Cartoons." It includes about 1/2 the entries from
that period (a second set will finish them off next year) including
"Two-Gun Mickey" (which inspired "The Bat Bandit"), "The Mad Doctor"
(which inspired "Blaggard Castle"), "Plane Crazy" (which inspired
"Lost on a Desert Island"), "Camping Out" ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret
Serum") and many others. These are my personal favorite animated
cartoons, and I think anyone who hasn't seen them is missing a trove
of treasure suitable for Scrooge McDuck's money bin.
Some folks requested code numbers for the European stories
I've dialogued. I have a scattered few, but not all, available right
now. Some are for stories that have been scheduled; others haven't
been, yet. But all of the following have been BOUGHT, so we'll see
them all in time.
D7238: "E. A. T." The Beagle Boys steal a metal-eating
alien, called a Venut, from Gyro Gearloose and, in disguise, enter the
bin as tourists on a special "open house" day the Duckburg city
council has elected Scrooge to host. They leave the alien in the bin,
and the havoc can only be imagined! Art by Daniel Branca.
D8942: "In and Out." Scrooge accidentally hires the
disguised Beagle Boys to count his fortune using a massive machine
(reminiscent of the electronic brain in WDC&S 199) which they've
stolen, but eventually undoes these blackguards' scheme. Art by
Daniel Branca.
*** This has been tentatively scheduled for US 285. ***
D9904: "His Master's Voice." Donald's furiously trying to
get Scrooge to take advantage of his wealth just a little more, when
suddenly a fellow Scrooge once knew years before -- and owed money to
at compound interest -- comes to his door. Desperate to avoid a debt,
Scrooge professes that he's now poor and has taken a job as Donald's
BUTLER!! Donald takes advantage of this by treating Scrooge in just
this manner on a day's adventure (with creditor in tow) that includes
a tour of Duckburg, lunch at the Gilded Derby delicatessen
(including dishes of anchovy filets and pickled owls' eggs) and a
dinner cooked by Scrooge. This is my favorite European story, and is
fittingly drawn by Daniel Branca.
*** This has been scheduled tentatively for US 285. ***
D10140: "No Dime for Stardom" Uncle Scrooge is in the
Klondike after being promised a massive salary for helping to film a
documentary about his gold rush days. Magica de Spell disguises
herself as a double for Glittering Goldie, horning in on the
production and causing all manner of havoc as she tries to glom Ol'
Number One (which due to fine print on the contract, is being used as
a prop in the film). Art by Daniel Branca.
D88141: "Sea Struck." Donald takes a job as first mate on a
ship sailing to Cape Quack, and quickly works his way down to cook,
then deck-hand, and finally causes a massive disaster reminiscent of
Barks' 1949-50 work. Art by Daniel Branca.
D90029: "A Case of Too Much Money." Scrooge's bin is
bursting with excess cash, so he decides to remove an enormous
boatload of now-worthless Castrovian Rubleniks (as in US 36's "Money
Bag Goat"). No matter what he tries, Scrooge can't get rid of them,
so he finally tricks the Beagles into breaking into the bin to steal
them! It would work, *except*... Art by Vicar.
D90192: "Catman Vs. The Masked Marauder." "Modern comic
books are turning my nephews' minds into pasta salad," snorts watchful
parent Donald. After burning the nephews' collection of "Catman"
comics, Donald disguises himself as "Gridlock, the Masked Marauder" to
teach them how susceptible they've become. But Duckburg's pop-culture
scene is dominated by Catman to such an extent that both local police
and a Cockney burglar mistake Donald for the "real" Gridlock. Art by
Scalabroni.
D90218: "For School the Bell Tolls." Dr. Wagstaff, principal
of Cornelius Coot Elementary School, rehires Donald as truant officer
after a look at his old report cards proves him to have been a
reknowned truant himself. If Donald 'thinks like a truant', he can
not only regain his former prestige (see WDC&S 100), but revolutionize
schooling in general... or so thinks Dr. Wagstaff. Art by Vicar...
his best, if you ask me!
*** This is tentatively scheduled for WDC&S 591. ***
H83120: "A Car-Gone Conclusion." (With art by Ben Verhagen.)
When Donald gets fed up polishing Scrooge's coins and requests a new job,
his uncle "promotes" him to running his used-car business in Pizen
Bluff with the promise that if Donald sells a car in the next month,
the business will be his (Scrooge in fact hopes to get rid of it,
since it'll be a big tax write-off for him). After a series of
attempts to refurbish and sell the archaic cars fails, Donald gets an
unsuspected success when a collector of autos buys the lot from him.
H86201: "The Clock Watcher." (With art by Fred Milton.)
Donald gets a job guarding magician Emil von Ferkel's collection of
rare clocks, which is also a prime target of the Beagle Boys.
I hope you'll enjoy these stories when they appear in the
United States. I have also worked on many others which I didn't have
the code numbers for available just now. I wonder if you'll think
they're anything special in the foreign versions? Something about
them really made them seem above average.
Well, that's all for now. My future messages won't be near
this long, but there was a lot to say, and I hope it'll help you guys!
Also, I promise no more of my personal want-ads in the foreseeable
future!!
Your friend,
David Gerstein
"Hi-Lee, Hi-Lo, the north-winds blow, the waves are rising
high!" (Captain Churchmouse sang that in "Mickey Mouse Sails for
Treasure Island," and Taliaferro often had Donald sing it early on.
Is it the sailor suit?)
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From: David A Gerstein <David.A.Gerstein at edu.williams>
Dear Folks,
Here I am back in Williamstown again! Times are tough (huh,
bud?) and I don't have access to a comic shop, only a drug store which
gets comics about 3 weeks after the direct market, and hardly gets any
fanzines let alone something that would dare discuss *Disney*.
So if the person who used to type in CBG Gladstone ads could
do that again if something interesting appears, I'd be *very*
thankful.
Also, while I'm at it, if whoever supplied data on WDC&S #4 to
wdc.index was willing to send me Xeroxes of Mickey Mouse "In Search of
Jungle Treasure" Part 1 was willing to send me a Xerox, I can send
them something in return. What that something is can be decided by
whoever has the comic. I have extra copies of Uncensored Mouse #1, if
it's early Mickey that gives you a kick (like me!).
The recent discussion of why Carl Barks is the way he is was
very interesting to me... strangely, no one commented on my own
speculations a few days before. I remain somewhat puzzled, though:
is Barks really *worried* about his fame? In this country, he isn't
well-known simply because your average comic collector prefers some
ugly mutant (or *is* an ugly mutant :-). But to those who are in the
know, Barks is a legend, and will remain so, no matter how popular any
more recent duck artists may become.
Also... does he like his stories or hate them? He's obviously
tired of ducks and feels exploited by Disney, but his stories show (at
least through the late '50s) that he must have enjoyed what he was
doing. His pessimism, obvious especially in the 1948-51 period,
doesn't seem to be in conflict with the duck genre at all. He wants
fame -- and obviously has no idea how beloved he is, due to living in
a money culture that grows to exploit as opposed to Europe -- but
doesn't believe that he has it. I just can't figure it out...
My fellow Gottfredson fans might be interested by the CAV
laser disc boxed set coming in November, "Mickey Mouse: The Original
Black-and-White Cartoons." It includes about 1/2 the entries from
that period (a second set will finish them off next year) including
"Two-Gun Mickey" (which inspired "The Bat Bandit"), "The Mad Doctor"
(which inspired "Blaggard Castle"), "Plane Crazy" (which inspired
"Lost on a Desert Island"), "Camping Out" ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret
Serum") and many others. These are my personal favorite animated
cartoons, and I think anyone who hasn't seen them is missing a trove
of treasure suitable for Scrooge McDuck's money bin.
Some folks requested code numbers for the European stories
I've dialogued. I have a scattered few, but not all, available right
now. Some are for stories that have been scheduled; others haven't
been, yet. But all of the following have been BOUGHT, so we'll see
them all in time.
D7238: "E. A. T." The Beagle Boys steal a metal-eating
alien, called a Venut, from Gyro Gearloose and, in disguise, enter the
bin as tourists on a special "open house" day the Duckburg city
council has elected Scrooge to host. They leave the alien in the bin,
and the havoc can only be imagined! Art by Daniel Branca.
D8942: "In and Out." Scrooge accidentally hires the
disguised Beagle Boys to count his fortune using a massive machine
(reminiscent of the electronic brain in WDC&S 199) which they've
stolen, but eventually undoes these blackguards' scheme. Art by
Daniel Branca.
*** This has been tentatively scheduled for US 285. ***
D9904: "His Master's Voice." Donald's furiously trying to
get Scrooge to take advantage of his wealth just a little more, when
suddenly a fellow Scrooge once knew years before -- and owed money to
at compound interest -- comes to his door. Desperate to avoid a debt,
Scrooge professes that he's now poor and has taken a job as Donald's
BUTLER!! Donald takes advantage of this by treating Scrooge in just
this manner on a day's adventure (with creditor in tow) that includes
a tour of Duckburg, lunch at the Gilded Derby delicatessen
(including dishes of anchovy filets and pickled owls' eggs) and a
dinner cooked by Scrooge. This is my favorite European story, and is
fittingly drawn by Daniel Branca.
*** This has been scheduled tentatively for US 285. ***
D10140: "No Dime for Stardom" Uncle Scrooge is in the
Klondike after being promised a massive salary for helping to film a
documentary about his gold rush days. Magica de Spell disguises
herself as a double for Glittering Goldie, horning in on the
production and causing all manner of havoc as she tries to glom Ol'
Number One (which due to fine print on the contract, is being used as
a prop in the film). Art by Daniel Branca.
D88141: "Sea Struck." Donald takes a job as first mate on a
ship sailing to Cape Quack, and quickly works his way down to cook,
then deck-hand, and finally causes a massive disaster reminiscent of
Barks' 1949-50 work. Art by Daniel Branca.
D90029: "A Case of Too Much Money." Scrooge's bin is
bursting with excess cash, so he decides to remove an enormous
boatload of now-worthless Castrovian Rubleniks (as in US 36's "Money
Bag Goat"). No matter what he tries, Scrooge can't get rid of them,
so he finally tricks the Beagles into breaking into the bin to steal
them! It would work, *except*... Art by Vicar.
D90192: "Catman Vs. The Masked Marauder." "Modern comic
books are turning my nephews' minds into pasta salad," snorts watchful
parent Donald. After burning the nephews' collection of "Catman"
comics, Donald disguises himself as "Gridlock, the Masked Marauder" to
teach them how susceptible they've become. But Duckburg's pop-culture
scene is dominated by Catman to such an extent that both local police
and a Cockney burglar mistake Donald for the "real" Gridlock. Art by
Scalabroni.
D90218: "For School the Bell Tolls." Dr. Wagstaff, principal
of Cornelius Coot Elementary School, rehires Donald as truant officer
after a look at his old report cards proves him to have been a
reknowned truant himself. If Donald 'thinks like a truant', he can
not only regain his former prestige (see WDC&S 100), but revolutionize
schooling in general... or so thinks Dr. Wagstaff. Art by Vicar...
his best, if you ask me!
*** This is tentatively scheduled for WDC&S 591. ***
H83120: "A Car-Gone Conclusion." (With art by Ben Verhagen.)
When Donald gets fed up polishing Scrooge's coins and requests a new job,
his uncle "promotes" him to running his used-car business in Pizen
Bluff with the promise that if Donald sells a car in the next month,
the business will be his (Scrooge in fact hopes to get rid of it,
since it'll be a big tax write-off for him). After a series of
attempts to refurbish and sell the archaic cars fails, Donald gets an
unsuspected success when a collector of autos buys the lot from him.
H86201: "The Clock Watcher." (With art by Fred Milton.)
Donald gets a job guarding magician Emil von Ferkel's collection of
rare clocks, which is also a prime target of the Beagle Boys.
I hope you'll enjoy these stories when they appear in the
United States. I have also worked on many others which I didn't have
the code numbers for available just now. I wonder if you'll think
they're anything special in the foreign versions? Something about
them really made them seem above average.
Well, that's all for now. My future messages won't be near
this long, but there was a lot to say, and I hope it'll help you guys!
Also, I promise no more of my personal want-ads in the foreseeable
future!!
Your friend,
David Gerstein
"Hi-Lee, Hi-Lo, the north-winds blow, the waves are rising
high!" (Captain Churchmouse sang that in "Mickey Mouse Sails for
Treasure Island," and Taliaferro often had Donald sing it early on.
Is it the sailor suit?)
------- End of Forwarded Message
Gilbert Milburn
Stand up and be heard!!!.. Please!
Message 60 -
1993-09-17 at 19:44:43
Hello everyone (long time no nothing!),
Last time in... Disney-comics digest #101:
> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 93 23:10:18 EDT
> From: Hans.Koehling.Pedersen at HOSTESS.GRAPHICS.CS.CMU.EDU
> Subject: Thanks!
> Having been "a quiet lurker" on this list for a looong time, I
> thought that the ***100th*** list would be a nice opportunity to
> thank Per for all the work he has put into this. Also thanks to
> David, Torsten, Harry, Gilbert, James, Wilmer, Andrew, and
> certainly not least to Don Rosa for having made many lonely
> nights at school a little more enjoyable!
> As most of you subscribers to this list probably know most of
> Barks' work, I think it could be fun to hear more about which
> stories you think are the best. I can't remember that we have had
> such a vote on the list before; forgive me in case I missed it!
On behalf of: Per, Don, David, Torsten, Harry, Fredrik, James,
Wilmer, Andrew, and all the rest.. I'll like to say that you are most
`welcome'. And might I add, that I know how you feel, this
list/digest is a great help for the lonely college student (or
otherwise)! And also on behalf of those mention above, let me
thank you, for coming out from the ranks of the `lurkers'it good to
hear from you guys! =D So, way to go Hans (and keep it up =)!!..
this is something which I've meant to address many times! So, I'm
going to do exactly that!!
Way back in Disney-comics digest #18...
> Date: Tuesday, 11 May 1993 15:44 PT
> From: rich.bellacera at amail.amdahl.com
> Subject: o/~ Now it's time to say goodbye...o/~
> Hi everyone. I'm sorry to say that I will be loosing my account
> by the end of this month. My company is having *another* lay-off
> and I'm slated to be released this time around.
> I will really miss this group. I've learned quite a lot about
> the past of Disney Comics and their masters (Carl, Don, Floyd, et
> al). Oh well. I'll maintain the e-mail address and maybe one
> day you'll hear from me again. Until the end of the month I'd
> like to maintain my membership, tho.
>> My name is Chris Lawton. I have lived in Pleasanton, CA (about
>> 40 mile east San Francisco or about 10 miles west of Lawrence
>> Livermore Labratories) for past 17 years. I'm now 25.
> Hi Chris. I live just a few miles from you (in San Jose) and
> pass by Pleasonton everytime I drive to my brother's house (in
> Dixon). So, Howdy neighbor.
> To the rest: Take care. I'll try to post one final time (at
> least) before I'm completely gone.
..Don't be like poor Richard, to wait until your going to
logoff for the last time, before you say anything! Although, Rich
submitted quite a bit to the list, if my memory serves me
correctly!
Then a little later:
> Date: Tue, 11 May 1993 23:46:07 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Torsten Wesley Adair <torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu>
> Subject: Re: Various replies
> [...]
> Good move! Maybe that is something we all ought to do?
> Ahem. My name is Torsten Adair. I am a library science student
> who hopes to infiltrate libraries from the inside, and thus
> expose a greater number of the American populace to the wonders
> and excitement of reading comic books. I am 23 years old, and I
> once read the Dell/Western/Gold Key Disney as a child. I
> started collecting comic books in 1984, and bought the early
> Gladstones. While not a devout Disney Comics collector, I do
> enjoy the stories, and I find them a nice balance to the more
> heavier Cerebus and Sandman. My mother comes from Hanover,
> Germany, which explains how an American like myself got such a
> non-American name.
I agree with Torsten (although, it was long ago!) and believe
that it would be outstanding to know a little more about my fellow
allies of the net! So, here goes nothing...
Uh-hem, Hello, my full name is: Gilbert Brady Milburn
(although, most of my friends and family call me Gil!). I am an
Art Major and a CIS Minor who hopes to one day be a cartoonist
(that's half as good as Mr. Rosa!!). I am 25 years old and have
been reading and collecting many types of comics for a looooong
time now! I, like Torsten find the Disney comics a good balance to
the heavier books (which, I am finding to be at times, too *heavy*
and am getting kind of sick of!!).. yet, I am a Rosa fan, first and
foremost! I have some `old' Golden Keys books from when I way a
kid, but I have only, recently, started collecting Disney stuff
when: "Son of the Sun" first came out, and I still buy them when I
can afford them!
Also, I have, had lucker(s) contact me privately who've said,
that they are still a little nervous about blindly writing to any
list that Mr. Rosa is a member of.... my response has always been
something to this effect: "I can understand your feelings, but I
have known Don now, for about 10+ years (and I known OF him even
LONGER) -- he's one of the easiest persons that I know to talk to
and HIGHLY appreciative of his fans! However, I too still get a
little nervous at times!! So, I can't really blame you for
remaining a *lurker* (although, it would be NICE if you joined us
in the sunshine! =)." ..and you already know this, (you know who
you are out THERE) if you received my letter (but regardless of,
whether you have or haven't... write back as soon as you can!).
Don has even asked Per before, about how many members we have
on this list/digest. Don't keep him (or the rest of us) in the
dark, anymore. Don Rosa and David Gerstein (as well as some
others) have *both* told us a little about themselves in previous
posts, but I still don't know that much about Per (and we exchange
e-mail letters!!).. so come on Pal, get in this too. I am
condignly inviting/appealing to EVERYONE, to tell at least a little
something about themselves and to post something else, from time to
time! We have a diverse group of internationals here on this
list/digest and it would be good (and important) to have different
views and prospectives on various things discussed here (or
anywhere else, for that matter! =) There's no reason to be *shy*
step up and be heard... we'll be waiting!
Anxiously awaiting your replies,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>
Last time in... Disney-comics digest #101:
> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 93 23:10:18 EDT
> From: Hans.Koehling.Pedersen at HOSTESS.GRAPHICS.CS.CMU.EDU
> Subject: Thanks!
> Having been "a quiet lurker" on this list for a looong time, I
> thought that the ***100th*** list would be a nice opportunity to
> thank Per for all the work he has put into this. Also thanks to
> David, Torsten, Harry, Gilbert, James, Wilmer, Andrew, and
> certainly not least to Don Rosa for having made many lonely
> nights at school a little more enjoyable!
> As most of you subscribers to this list probably know most of
> Barks' work, I think it could be fun to hear more about which
> stories you think are the best. I can't remember that we have had
> such a vote on the list before; forgive me in case I missed it!
On behalf of: Per, Don, David, Torsten, Harry, Fredrik, James,
Wilmer, Andrew, and all the rest.. I'll like to say that you are most
`welcome'. And might I add, that I know how you feel, this
list/digest is a great help for the lonely college student (or
otherwise)! And also on behalf of those mention above, let me
thank you, for coming out from the ranks of the `lurkers'it good to
hear from you guys! =D So, way to go Hans (and keep it up =)!!..
this is something which I've meant to address many times! So, I'm
going to do exactly that!!
Way back in Disney-comics digest #18...
> Date: Tuesday, 11 May 1993 15:44 PT
> From: rich.bellacera at amail.amdahl.com
> Subject: o/~ Now it's time to say goodbye...o/~
> Hi everyone. I'm sorry to say that I will be loosing my account
> by the end of this month. My company is having *another* lay-off
> and I'm slated to be released this time around.
> I will really miss this group. I've learned quite a lot about
> the past of Disney Comics and their masters (Carl, Don, Floyd, et
> al). Oh well. I'll maintain the e-mail address and maybe one
> day you'll hear from me again. Until the end of the month I'd
> like to maintain my membership, tho.
>> My name is Chris Lawton. I have lived in Pleasanton, CA (about
>> 40 mile east San Francisco or about 10 miles west of Lawrence
>> Livermore Labratories) for past 17 years. I'm now 25.
> Hi Chris. I live just a few miles from you (in San Jose) and
> pass by Pleasonton everytime I drive to my brother's house (in
> Dixon). So, Howdy neighbor.
> To the rest: Take care. I'll try to post one final time (at
> least) before I'm completely gone.
..Don't be like poor Richard, to wait until your going to
logoff for the last time, before you say anything! Although, Rich
submitted quite a bit to the list, if my memory serves me
correctly!
Then a little later:
> Date: Tue, 11 May 1993 23:46:07 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Torsten Wesley Adair <torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu>
> Subject: Re: Various replies
> [...]
> Good move! Maybe that is something we all ought to do?
> Ahem. My name is Torsten Adair. I am a library science student
> who hopes to infiltrate libraries from the inside, and thus
> expose a greater number of the American populace to the wonders
> and excitement of reading comic books. I am 23 years old, and I
> once read the Dell/Western/Gold Key Disney as a child. I
> started collecting comic books in 1984, and bought the early
> Gladstones. While not a devout Disney Comics collector, I do
> enjoy the stories, and I find them a nice balance to the more
> heavier Cerebus and Sandman. My mother comes from Hanover,
> Germany, which explains how an American like myself got such a
> non-American name.
I agree with Torsten (although, it was long ago!) and believe
that it would be outstanding to know a little more about my fellow
allies of the net! So, here goes nothing...
Uh-hem, Hello, my full name is: Gilbert Brady Milburn
(although, most of my friends and family call me Gil!). I am an
Art Major and a CIS Minor who hopes to one day be a cartoonist
(that's half as good as Mr. Rosa!!). I am 25 years old and have
been reading and collecting many types of comics for a looooong
time now! I, like Torsten find the Disney comics a good balance to
the heavier books (which, I am finding to be at times, too *heavy*
and am getting kind of sick of!!).. yet, I am a Rosa fan, first and
foremost! I have some `old' Golden Keys books from when I way a
kid, but I have only, recently, started collecting Disney stuff
when: "Son of the Sun" first came out, and I still buy them when I
can afford them!
Also, I have, had lucker(s) contact me privately who've said,
that they are still a little nervous about blindly writing to any
list that Mr. Rosa is a member of.... my response has always been
something to this effect: "I can understand your feelings, but I
have known Don now, for about 10+ years (and I known OF him even
LONGER) -- he's one of the easiest persons that I know to talk to
and HIGHLY appreciative of his fans! However, I too still get a
little nervous at times!! So, I can't really blame you for
remaining a *lurker* (although, it would be NICE if you joined us
in the sunshine! =)." ..and you already know this, (you know who
you are out THERE) if you received my letter (but regardless of,
whether you have or haven't... write back as soon as you can!).
Don has even asked Per before, about how many members we have
on this list/digest. Don't keep him (or the rest of us) in the
dark, anymore. Don Rosa and David Gerstein (as well as some
others) have *both* told us a little about themselves in previous
posts, but I still don't know that much about Per (and we exchange
e-mail letters!!).. so come on Pal, get in this too. I am
condignly inviting/appealing to EVERYONE, to tell at least a little
something about themselves and to post something else, from time to
time! We have a diverse group of internationals here on this
list/digest and it would be good (and important) to have different
views and prospectives on various things discussed here (or
anywhere else, for that matter! =) There's no reason to be *shy*
step up and be heard... we'll be waiting!
Anxiously awaiting your replies,
Gil Milburn <gilbert at unix.campbellsvil.edu>