JORGEN: Let me know what you think of "The Stamp Act" when Mickey
Mystery #3 does come out.
Anyone else who sees the story is welcome to chime in, too, of
course.
... CHIAROSCURO: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci
* Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 123
--- via Silver Xpress V4.01 [NR]
Author
Topic: 199503
(137 messages)
Dave Rawson
Disney-comics digest #603.
Message 31 -
1995-03-09 at 02:29:27
Sherline
Question
Message 32 -
1995-03-09 at 09:05:09
It seems we have an international group on here...but
I wonder if anyone has ever mentioned Disney comics (as
published by Marvel) in the United States.
Is this a no-no for this list? Or would
these be relevant to the discussion?
--
Sherline Lee
(Email removed) ()_()
Northwestern University (_)
ResCon/Disney Nut Jasmine
I wonder if anyone has ever mentioned Disney comics (as
published by Marvel) in the United States.
Is this a no-no for this list? Or would
these be relevant to the discussion?
--
Sherline Lee
(Email removed) ()_()
Northwestern University (_)
ResCon/Disney Nut Jasmine
Tavis Perkins
Help me find an adress!
Message 33 -
1995-03-09 at 20:08:12
This group, Although interesting if you are only into Disney comics,
is not all that I had expected. I am looking for a group that talks about
all aspects of Disney. If anyone out there knows of such a group, please
send me their adress. I would greatly appreciate it!
thanks,
Tavis- The Disney Nut!
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is not all that I had expected. I am looking for a group that talks about
all aspects of Disney. If anyone out there knows of such a group, please
send me their adress. I would greatly appreciate it!
thanks,
Tavis- The Disney Nut!
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RHODE
Disney-comics digest #598.
Message 34 -
1995-03-09 at 20:28:42
Hey, I've got a newbie-type question. I picked up a Kalle Ankas
Pocket #102 for $3 (American). Is this Swedish? Is it new material?
- it looks like it is to me. What does the title translate as?
Thanks,
Mike
Pocket #102 for $3 (American). Is this Swedish? Is it new material?
- it looks like it is to me. What does the title translate as?
Thanks,
Mike
Cdoberman
Answer
Message 35 -
1995-03-09 at 23:03:57
Sherline Lee: <I wonder if anyone has ever mentioned Disney comics (as
published by Marvel) in the United States. Is this a no-no for this list?>
The Disney Comics you mention are actually published by Gladstone in Arizona,
and distributed to 7-11s by Marvel. The reason you read so much about
European comics in this newsgroup is because the European Disney comics fans
are MANIACS ;) They've been reading Disney comics everyday of their lives.
So they know a LOT!! They'll notice things like a heavy-handed black
outline around Scrooge's billfold and identify the art as being by Vicar or
some other idol of theirs. They LOVE Disney Comics so much in Europe that
they'd rather read them than do most anything, including going to
EuroDisneyland.
American readers are different. First of all, there are fewer of us: latest
count has us at about seven readers altogether -- 4 of us are online. Adding
you to the national total makes 8 readers. Welcome aboard! Secondly, you're
the only one with a college education. The rest of us move our lips when we
read Disney Comics by Gladstone (Marvel), and that slows us down. We move
our lips with a Scottish brogue when we read Uncle Scrooge. Excuse me -- I
mean Uncle _$_crooge. Fourth, we're not good counters. So, Gladstone only
publishes 3 covers a month (any more, and we might forget to by them because
it would be too many titles to keep track of). And C) we spend most of our
time trying to read through the lengthy comics, most as long as 32 pages --
at a page a day, it takes over a MONTH to read just one comic book, let alone
three. And when an epic 62 pager arrives, well, forget it. We're so busy
reading, we never have time to post messages. Don Rosa posts a lot, but
then, he's a writer, so he knows how. (Incidentally, Rosa lives in the U.S.
but because he writes more than Americans can read, he has to work for Egmont
in Europe in order to make a living). By the way, Rosa will be interviewed
in Hero Magazine. We're all counting down the days. Hopefully the interview
won't be more than a page or'se I'll get way behind on my Gladstone reading.
Well, it's taken me two days to write this message, so I better quit. Just
to say, anything you'd like to share about the comics you read in America
will be welcome. Most welcome. Most, most welcome.
LOL,
Wes
"But, Mickey, it's SUICIDE! We'll be KILLED! How'll we ever land without
wheels?" Captain Doberman
published by Marvel) in the United States. Is this a no-no for this list?>
The Disney Comics you mention are actually published by Gladstone in Arizona,
and distributed to 7-11s by Marvel. The reason you read so much about
European comics in this newsgroup is because the European Disney comics fans
are MANIACS ;) They've been reading Disney comics everyday of their lives.
So they know a LOT!! They'll notice things like a heavy-handed black
outline around Scrooge's billfold and identify the art as being by Vicar or
some other idol of theirs. They LOVE Disney Comics so much in Europe that
they'd rather read them than do most anything, including going to
EuroDisneyland.
American readers are different. First of all, there are fewer of us: latest
count has us at about seven readers altogether -- 4 of us are online. Adding
you to the national total makes 8 readers. Welcome aboard! Secondly, you're
the only one with a college education. The rest of us move our lips when we
read Disney Comics by Gladstone (Marvel), and that slows us down. We move
our lips with a Scottish brogue when we read Uncle Scrooge. Excuse me -- I
mean Uncle _$_crooge. Fourth, we're not good counters. So, Gladstone only
publishes 3 covers a month (any more, and we might forget to by them because
it would be too many titles to keep track of). And C) we spend most of our
time trying to read through the lengthy comics, most as long as 32 pages --
at a page a day, it takes over a MONTH to read just one comic book, let alone
three. And when an epic 62 pager arrives, well, forget it. We're so busy
reading, we never have time to post messages. Don Rosa posts a lot, but
then, he's a writer, so he knows how. (Incidentally, Rosa lives in the U.S.
but because he writes more than Americans can read, he has to work for Egmont
in Europe in order to make a living). By the way, Rosa will be interviewed
in Hero Magazine. We're all counting down the days. Hopefully the interview
won't be more than a page or'se I'll get way behind on my Gladstone reading.
Well, it's taken me two days to write this message, so I better quit. Just
to say, anything you'd like to share about the comics you read in America
will be welcome. Most welcome. Most, most welcome.
LOL,
Wes
"But, Mickey, it's SUICIDE! We'll be KILLED! How'll we ever land without
wheels?" Captain Doberman
Per Starback
The scope of the list
Message 36 -
1995-03-10 at 01:18:45
Tavis Perkins asked about a group that talks about all aspects of
Disney, and "JMAN" posed a similar question earlier. Disney in
general is a *big* subject, generating *lots* of traffic on the Net,
so there's no mailing list about it, but rather a Usenet News group
about it -- rec.arts.disney. If you don't know what Usenet News is
or how to get access to it, please ask some local computer guru who
will know how things are set up at your site. There is a mailing list
on the Disney Afternoon on television though. Send a request to
ranger-list-request at taronga.com if you want to join that list.
I mention both these sources in the welcome message of the group as
several subscribers to the list seem to have really been looking for
something else. Maybe I ought to see to that all descriptions of the
list don't just say that's it's about "Disney comics" but that they
explicitly say that it's *not* about any other Disney stuff.
On the other hand, Sherline Lee, of course all Disney comics are
relevant to the list, no matter if they say Marvel on their covers. I
think that the focus of the list always will be the duck comics, but
for example TV animation spinoff comics isn't any less relevant to
this list as Li'l Bad Wolf or Little Hiawatha comics. At least that's
what I think, and I'm the list administrator after all. :-)
But what do I know. I'm a European, so I'm a maniac. Right, Captain D?
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Disney, and "JMAN" posed a similar question earlier. Disney in
general is a *big* subject, generating *lots* of traffic on the Net,
so there's no mailing list about it, but rather a Usenet News group
about it -- rec.arts.disney. If you don't know what Usenet News is
or how to get access to it, please ask some local computer guru who
will know how things are set up at your site. There is a mailing list
on the Disney Afternoon on television though. Send a request to
ranger-list-request at taronga.com if you want to join that list.
I mention both these sources in the welcome message of the group as
several subscribers to the list seem to have really been looking for
something else. Maybe I ought to see to that all descriptions of the
list don't just say that's it's about "Disney comics" but that they
explicitly say that it's *not* about any other Disney stuff.
On the other hand, Sherline Lee, of course all Disney comics are
relevant to the list, no matter if they say Marvel on their covers. I
think that the focus of the list always will be the duck comics, but
for example TV animation spinoff comics isn't any less relevant to
this list as Li'l Bad Wolf or Little Hiawatha comics. At least that's
what I think, and I'm the list administrator after all. :-)
But what do I know. I'm a European, so I'm a maniac. Right, Captain D?
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Per Starback
Kalle Ankas Pocket #102
Message 37 -
1995-03-10 at 01:28:30
Yes, Mike, it's Swedish. "Kalle Anka" is Donald Duck in Swedish, and
"pocket" is an old Swedish word (borrowed from English in the 60's :-)
for pocketbook.
Those Kalle Anka Pocket's are found in several European countries with
different titles. Their origin is Italian and if you look at the
codes in the first panels of the stories you will find something like
I-1234-A which means the first (A) new story in Italian Topolino
#1234, so then you'll know how old the stories are if you happen to
know when different issues of Topolino appeared... Which I guess you
don't. :-) But they are pretty recent stories anyway. (I don't have
KAP #102 so I can't check which stories are in it.)
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
"pocket" is an old Swedish word (borrowed from English in the 60's :-)
for pocketbook.
Those Kalle Anka Pocket's are found in several European countries with
different titles. Their origin is Italian and if you look at the
codes in the first panels of the stories you will find something like
I-1234-A which means the first (A) new story in Italian Topolino
#1234, so then you'll know how old the stories are if you happen to
know when different issues of Topolino appeared... Which I guess you
don't. :-) But they are pretty recent stories anyway. (I don't have
KAP #102 so I can't check which stories are in it.)
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Neal Kinney
Answer
Message 38 -
1995-03-10 at 02:57:17
First, sherline at casbah.acns.nwu.edu wrote:
>Sherline Lee: <I wonder if anyone has ever mentioned Disney comics (as
>published by Marvel) in the United States. Is this a no-no for this list?>
And then Cdoberman at aol.com wrote:
>The Disney Comics you mention are actually published by Gladstone in Arizona,
>and distributed to 7-11s by Marvel. The reason you read so much about
>European comics in this newsgroup is because the European Disney comics fans
>are MANIACS ;) They've been reading Disney comics everyday of their lives.
[snip]
I've taken the liberty of cutting Cdoberman at aol.com's response at this
point, not because I didn't find it delightfully humorous and the perfect
answer to the very question I myself was about to put forth, but because we
American readers (that brings the total to 9) have difficulty digesting such
lengthy dissertations without picture panels. Since Cdoberman at aol.com
concludes with:
>Well, it's taken me two days to write this message, so I better quit. Just
>to say, anything you'd like to share about the comics you read in America
>will be welcome. Most welcome. Most, most welcome.
... I will assume that this IS the place to ask a question that has
perplexed me for some time. I have been a fan of Uncle Scrooge since that
day when I had the flu and missed school and dad brought me home a Donald
Duck comic book. The publisher at that time was DELL and the main story
within was titled "Christmas On Bear Mountain." Since I am now 52 years old
now, you can appreciate the general length of time I have been puzzling over
this question.
This question involves The Beagle Boys, Inc. (whom, I suspect, surfaced some
time in the early 1950's from the pen of Carl Barks). I could not have
helped but notice that in nearly every respectable rendition of those
villians, DuckTales not included, they are identified with some variant of
the number 176-176. I have concluded that there must be some special
significance to this numbering sequence, otherwise the Beagles would be
enjoying a much broader range of monikers: 928-416, 580-141, 364-829 (I
could go on...)! Attempts to "decode" the number by assuming 1=A, 7=G and
6=F produce a short series of three-letter words that fail to enhance these
ruffians in any way.
Please, please... so I can at put this puzzling mystery behind me, what is
the significance of The Beagle Boys' 671-176 numbering system?
Sincerely, Neal Kinney
>Sherline Lee: <I wonder if anyone has ever mentioned Disney comics (as
>published by Marvel) in the United States. Is this a no-no for this list?>
And then Cdoberman at aol.com wrote:
>The Disney Comics you mention are actually published by Gladstone in Arizona,
>and distributed to 7-11s by Marvel. The reason you read so much about
>European comics in this newsgroup is because the European Disney comics fans
>are MANIACS ;) They've been reading Disney comics everyday of their lives.
[snip]
I've taken the liberty of cutting Cdoberman at aol.com's response at this
point, not because I didn't find it delightfully humorous and the perfect
answer to the very question I myself was about to put forth, but because we
American readers (that brings the total to 9) have difficulty digesting such
lengthy dissertations without picture panels. Since Cdoberman at aol.com
concludes with:
>Well, it's taken me two days to write this message, so I better quit. Just
>to say, anything you'd like to share about the comics you read in America
>will be welcome. Most welcome. Most, most welcome.
... I will assume that this IS the place to ask a question that has
perplexed me for some time. I have been a fan of Uncle Scrooge since that
day when I had the flu and missed school and dad brought me home a Donald
Duck comic book. The publisher at that time was DELL and the main story
within was titled "Christmas On Bear Mountain." Since I am now 52 years old
now, you can appreciate the general length of time I have been puzzling over
this question.
This question involves The Beagle Boys, Inc. (whom, I suspect, surfaced some
time in the early 1950's from the pen of Carl Barks). I could not have
helped but notice that in nearly every respectable rendition of those
villians, DuckTales not included, they are identified with some variant of
the number 176-176. I have concluded that there must be some special
significance to this numbering sequence, otherwise the Beagles would be
enjoying a much broader range of monikers: 928-416, 580-141, 364-829 (I
could go on...)! Attempts to "decode" the number by assuming 1=A, 7=G and
6=F produce a short series of three-letter words that fail to enhance these
ruffians in any way.
Please, please... so I can at put this puzzling mystery behind me, what is
the significance of The Beagle Boys' 671-176 numbering system?
Sincerely, Neal Kinney
Dave Rawson
Disney-comics digest #604.
Message 39 -
1995-03-10 at 04:07:09
DAVID GERSTEIN: Don't worry about not noticing the other stuff I do.
I certainly don't expect anyone but blood relations to scour
hundreds of pages of monthly solicitations to find out if I'm in
there. <G>
However, now that I've alerted you, I hope you'll try
CHIAROSCURO when it comes out. I think any storyteller will be
entertained, but I'm obviously biased!
I look forward to receiving the British version of "Toot Suite".
Thanks again!
... CHIAROSCURO: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci
* Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 124
--- via Silver Xpress V4.01 [NR]
I certainly don't expect anyone but blood relations to scour
hundreds of pages of monthly solicitations to find out if I'm in
there. <G>
However, now that I've alerted you, I hope you'll try
CHIAROSCURO when it comes out. I think any storyteller will be
entertained, but I'm obviously biased!
I look forward to receiving the British version of "Toot Suite".
Thanks again!
... CHIAROSCURO: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci
* Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 124
--- via Silver Xpress V4.01 [NR]
Mark Semich
Answer
Message 40 -
1995-03-10 at 05:20:13
> Sherline Lee: <I wonder if anyone has ever mentioned Disney comics (as
> published by Marvel) in the United States. Is this a no-no for this
> list?>
>
> The Disney Comics you mention are actually published by Gladstone in
> Arizona, and distributed to 7-11s by Marvel.
Of course, it's entirely possible that Sherline meant Marvel Disney's -
ie, Little Mermaid, etc. I guess Captain Doberman pretty much indirectly
answered this question - No one talks about them because there doesn't
seem to be much interest. :-)
I hope that I would be the case that if people talk about these books, it
would be allowed. After all, they *are* technically "Disney" comics.
> published by Marvel) in the United States. Is this a no-no for this
> list?>
>
> The Disney Comics you mention are actually published by Gladstone in
> Arizona, and distributed to 7-11s by Marvel.
Of course, it's entirely possible that Sherline meant Marvel Disney's -
ie, Little Mermaid, etc. I guess Captain Doberman pretty much indirectly
answered this question - No one talks about them because there doesn't
seem to be much interest. :-)
I hope that I would be the case that if people talk about these books, it
would be allowed. After all, they *are* technically "Disney" comics.
H.W. Fluks
Various remarks on digests #602 - #606
Message 41 -
1995-03-10 at 11:03:22
DON:
Have you ever heard of a treasure on Oak Island that can't be reached?
Maybe an idea for a Scrooge story?
DARREN ELLIS:
> America isn't a land where the strong take advantage of the weak. It
> is a land where anyone can be anything they want to be, if they are willing
> to pay the price.
I'm amazed that there are still people who _believe_ that stuff. Maybe a
lack of education? (followup in private mail)
JORGEN/DAVID:
The Dutch DD Weekly also has one Taliaferro strip every week. They seem
to colour them themselves, so I don't think they're the Egmont versions.
SHERLINE LEE:
I think one reason that we're not so much talking about Disney comics
published by Marvel is that we European maniacs don't SEE them that much.
At least the comic shops that sell USA comics in Holland only have
Gladstone's Disney comics, and the Dutch editors don't reprint Marvel
stories very often.
WES:
Talking about maniacs: there is at least one American maniac on the list:
David Gerstein. When he visited me two months ago, he amazed me by saying
a story or panel has been redrawn, when he only had a short look at it!
PER:
The Dutch must have gotten the word "pocket" from the Swedish, then. Like
we got kna"ckebro"d...
NEAL:
The Beagle Boys were introduced in a Barks story in WDC 134. He made that
story in 1951. I have no idea why the numbering is that way. But on
several occasions, Barks showed more than 6 Beagles, so there must have
been other numbers than permutations of 176.
--Harry.
Harry Fluks ()_() Dutch Disney comics freak
PTT Telecom (_) fluks at pcssdc.pttnwb.nl
Netherlands
(where have I seen that Mickey before? 8-)
Have you ever heard of a treasure on Oak Island that can't be reached?
Maybe an idea for a Scrooge story?
DARREN ELLIS:
> America isn't a land where the strong take advantage of the weak. It
> is a land where anyone can be anything they want to be, if they are willing
> to pay the price.
I'm amazed that there are still people who _believe_ that stuff. Maybe a
lack of education? (followup in private mail)
JORGEN/DAVID:
The Dutch DD Weekly also has one Taliaferro strip every week. They seem
to colour them themselves, so I don't think they're the Egmont versions.
SHERLINE LEE:
I think one reason that we're not so much talking about Disney comics
published by Marvel is that we European maniacs don't SEE them that much.
At least the comic shops that sell USA comics in Holland only have
Gladstone's Disney comics, and the Dutch editors don't reprint Marvel
stories very often.
WES:
Talking about maniacs: there is at least one American maniac on the list:
David Gerstein. When he visited me two months ago, he amazed me by saying
a story or panel has been redrawn, when he only had a short look at it!
PER:
The Dutch must have gotten the word "pocket" from the Swedish, then. Like
we got kna"ckebro"d...
NEAL:
The Beagle Boys were introduced in a Barks story in WDC 134. He made that
story in 1951. I have no idea why the numbering is that way. But on
several occasions, Barks showed more than 6 Beagles, so there must have
been other numbers than permutations of 176.
--Harry.
Harry Fluks ()_() Dutch Disney comics freak
PTT Telecom (_) fluks at pcssdc.pttnwb.nl
Netherlands
(where have I seen that Mickey before? 8-)
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
DD&Co #10
Message 42 -
1995-03-10 at 21:50:49
Donald Duck & Co #10 1995
-------------------------
- Donald Duck (93552, 12 pages). Art by Vicar.
Donald is trying to become an astronaut. Just another boring story
were Donald is trying to prove something to the nephews (and the rest
of the world), I thought, but I'm glad to say I was wrong. This story
is really good. The Duckburg Space Center is looking for a new astronaut
to mann their new rocket. This is to get the rocket in the air before
Goosetown get their launched. There is a spy from Goosetown among the
appliers. Donald makes friends with him without knowing this. The
spy thinks he is sabotaging the rocket by making Donald win the test
which was supposed to find out who was best suited for the job.
Ah, you'll have to read it. The art is good to.
- Gyro Gearloose (D93276, 4 pages). Art by Scalabroni.
Gyro's inventing a thing that's supposed to tell him if there will be
any avalanches.
Boring.
- Goofy (D9334, 2 pages). Art by Noel van Horn.
Goofy is having some interesting experiences with a magician's hat.
The art is really good!
- Donald Duck (H8316, 10 pages). Art by Jan Guldbrandsen.
Donald doesn't want to go to the cinema with HDL, because there are
only bad movies. He suddenly changes his mind when he finds a ticket
on the ground. The nephews want to come with him, so he tries to
find three more tickets. The people standing in the line find this
very annoying. Then Gladstone is coming. He finds money to buy a
ticket at once. It's developing into a classic fight between Donald
and Gladstone. Donald is then trying to make it into an art to find
money in the street, but people find it disgusting. Then Uncle
Scrooge comes into the story. He's fooling Donald to give him a
valuable coin he just found. Then they're fighting about it, and the
coin disappears. It is at last fonud by Gladstone, but then disappears
again -- in the money bin.
This story is just great, and the art is fantastic! If I had anything
to do with Gladstone (the publisher) I would have suggested this story
to them.
- Mickey Mouse (D94073, 8+ pages, total 16 pages). Pat McGreal, Ferioli.
Second and last part of the dino sequel. I shows up that the sheriff is
just angry because the farmer earns so much money on the dinosaurs. He
therefore acts like a criminal to scare people away, so he can take over
the farm. The horse, which doesn't like the dinosaurs very much either,
is saving Mickey and the farmer from the sheriff.
The art is good, but the story isn't much to brag about.
- Donald Duck (KF11.25.51, one page).
Jorgen, Norwegian maniac
-------------------------
- Donald Duck (93552, 12 pages). Art by Vicar.
Donald is trying to become an astronaut. Just another boring story
were Donald is trying to prove something to the nephews (and the rest
of the world), I thought, but I'm glad to say I was wrong. This story
is really good. The Duckburg Space Center is looking for a new astronaut
to mann their new rocket. This is to get the rocket in the air before
Goosetown get their launched. There is a spy from Goosetown among the
appliers. Donald makes friends with him without knowing this. The
spy thinks he is sabotaging the rocket by making Donald win the test
which was supposed to find out who was best suited for the job.
Ah, you'll have to read it. The art is good to.
- Gyro Gearloose (D93276, 4 pages). Art by Scalabroni.
Gyro's inventing a thing that's supposed to tell him if there will be
any avalanches.
Boring.
- Goofy (D9334, 2 pages). Art by Noel van Horn.
Goofy is having some interesting experiences with a magician's hat.
The art is really good!
- Donald Duck (H8316, 10 pages). Art by Jan Guldbrandsen.
Donald doesn't want to go to the cinema with HDL, because there are
only bad movies. He suddenly changes his mind when he finds a ticket
on the ground. The nephews want to come with him, so he tries to
find three more tickets. The people standing in the line find this
very annoying. Then Gladstone is coming. He finds money to buy a
ticket at once. It's developing into a classic fight between Donald
and Gladstone. Donald is then trying to make it into an art to find
money in the street, but people find it disgusting. Then Uncle
Scrooge comes into the story. He's fooling Donald to give him a
valuable coin he just found. Then they're fighting about it, and the
coin disappears. It is at last fonud by Gladstone, but then disappears
again -- in the money bin.
This story is just great, and the art is fantastic! If I had anything
to do with Gladstone (the publisher) I would have suggested this story
to them.
- Mickey Mouse (D94073, 8+ pages, total 16 pages). Pat McGreal, Ferioli.
Second and last part of the dino sequel. I shows up that the sheriff is
just angry because the farmer earns so much money on the dinosaurs. He
therefore acts like a criminal to scare people away, so he can take over
the farm. The horse, which doesn't like the dinosaurs very much either,
is saving Mickey and the farmer from the sheriff.
The art is good, but the story isn't much to brag about.
- Donald Duck (KF11.25.51, one page).
Jorgen, Norwegian maniac
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
Various remarks on recent letters
Message 43 -
1995-03-10 at 22:42:31
WES:
>And when an epic 62 pager arrives, well, forget it.
Hmmm, I just read an Italian story with 177 pages :)
The story is I-1993, and is a sequel to another long story,
which code I don't remember. The story is really good. The art is
good to (Scarpa?).
It's taking place sometime in the middle age, and a lot of Disney
characters are playng different roles. After my memory, the characters
involved in the story are: Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Grandma Duck,
Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Louie, Dewie, Gladstone Gander, Fethry Duck,
Gyro Gearloose, Brigitte, The Beagle Boys, Mickey Mouse, Goofy,
Minni Mouse, Clarabelle, Ellsworth, Black Pete, The Phantom Blot and
Professor Einmug. There's also a young duck girl who's only appearing
in those two stories.
WES:
>They LOVE Disney Comics so much in Europe that they'd rather read them
>than do most anything, including going to EuroDisneyland.
Bah! That's for Americans who go to Europe.
Anyway -- I liked the humor in your letter, Wes :)
DAVE R:
>Let me know what you think of "The Stamp Act" when Mickey Mystery #3
>does come out.
Of course. They have started to paint (or whatever it is) the covers,
BTW. They look real nice.
MARK (about Marvel Disneys):
>I hope that it would be the case that if people talk about these books,
>it would be allowed. After all, they *are* technically "Disney" comics.
I don't think anyone would complain. Noone has done earlier on the few
occasions that it has happened. The only time I can remember a comic was
mentioned that people didn't want to discuss here, it was some Archie
stuff. After all, even Belgian and French (non-Disney) comics are quite
often mentioned. _BUT_ if anyone asks me how many times I've seen The
Little Mermaid...
Having said that much about Marvel, I could as well go on and say
that I have all of them, except for three issues (grumble, grumble).
The Little Mermaid -- boring. Aladdin -- boring. Beauty and the Beast
-- quite good, actually. Disney-whatever-it's-called -- junk.
Marvel also quite recently published the old adaption of Snowwhite
and the Seven Dwarfs (the official adaption they called it...). They
also put into the magazine a ten-pager with the Dwarfs fighting against
The Witch. No credits, except for editors and colourists.
At last I can tell that even if Geir isn't "popping in" here very often,
he's still "working" with Ducks. He just held an excellent lecture about
Gyro Gearloose here at the University of Oslo. As you probably would
guess, Geir is only concerned about Barks' Gyro.
Jorgen, Norwegian maniac
>And when an epic 62 pager arrives, well, forget it.
Hmmm, I just read an Italian story with 177 pages :)
The story is I-1993, and is a sequel to another long story,
which code I don't remember. The story is really good. The art is
good to (Scarpa?).
It's taking place sometime in the middle age, and a lot of Disney
characters are playng different roles. After my memory, the characters
involved in the story are: Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Grandma Duck,
Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Louie, Dewie, Gladstone Gander, Fethry Duck,
Gyro Gearloose, Brigitte, The Beagle Boys, Mickey Mouse, Goofy,
Minni Mouse, Clarabelle, Ellsworth, Black Pete, The Phantom Blot and
Professor Einmug. There's also a young duck girl who's only appearing
in those two stories.
WES:
>They LOVE Disney Comics so much in Europe that they'd rather read them
>than do most anything, including going to EuroDisneyland.
Bah! That's for Americans who go to Europe.
Anyway -- I liked the humor in your letter, Wes :)
DAVE R:
>Let me know what you think of "The Stamp Act" when Mickey Mystery #3
>does come out.
Of course. They have started to paint (or whatever it is) the covers,
BTW. They look real nice.
MARK (about Marvel Disneys):
>I hope that it would be the case that if people talk about these books,
>it would be allowed. After all, they *are* technically "Disney" comics.
I don't think anyone would complain. Noone has done earlier on the few
occasions that it has happened. The only time I can remember a comic was
mentioned that people didn't want to discuss here, it was some Archie
stuff. After all, even Belgian and French (non-Disney) comics are quite
often mentioned. _BUT_ if anyone asks me how many times I've seen The
Little Mermaid...
Having said that much about Marvel, I could as well go on and say
that I have all of them, except for three issues (grumble, grumble).
The Little Mermaid -- boring. Aladdin -- boring. Beauty and the Beast
-- quite good, actually. Disney-whatever-it's-called -- junk.
Marvel also quite recently published the old adaption of Snowwhite
and the Seven Dwarfs (the official adaption they called it...). They
also put into the magazine a ten-pager with the Dwarfs fighting against
The Witch. No credits, except for editors and colourists.
At last I can tell that even if Geir isn't "popping in" here very often,
he's still "working" with Ducks. He just held an excellent lecture about
Gyro Gearloose here at the University of Oslo. As you probably would
guess, Geir is only concerned about Barks' Gyro.
Jorgen, Norwegian maniac
Per Starback
World Wide Web page on Disney comics back
Message 44 -
1995-03-10 at 22:55:39
The WWW page on Disney comics is now back from its hiatus when I
didn't have access to the computer where it was.
When restoring it I slightly changed its address just to try to
confuse you and keep you alert. The address is now just
http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/disney-comics
because I moved all the Disney comic stuff to a common subdirectory.
If you're lazy you may abbreviate "disney-comics" with "dc" in the
name.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, I recommend you to learn
about it, because I think the World Wide Web is one of the better
things with the Net. It consists of lots of documents of various
types (text, pictures, sounds, whatever) around the world connected
together with "links" in a "web". If you're on Internet you should be
able to check it out. Ask someone at your site who seems to be
knowledgeable about computer geek stuff how to do. Even if you're not
that excited about these Disney comics pages I'm sure there's
something of interest to you on the WWW.
I haven't done much on those pages for a long time, so they don't
contain that much. In particular they still miss the short
introductory general stuff about the history of Disney comics that I
thought I would write before. Volunteers are welcome!
(By the way. Would it be inconvenient for any of you if I removed the
ftp archive for the list and made everything there available on the
WWW server instead?)
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
didn't have access to the computer where it was.
When restoring it I slightly changed its address just to try to
confuse you and keep you alert. The address is now just
http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/disney-comics
because I moved all the Disney comic stuff to a common subdirectory.
If you're lazy you may abbreviate "disney-comics" with "dc" in the
name.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, I recommend you to learn
about it, because I think the World Wide Web is one of the better
things with the Net. It consists of lots of documents of various
types (text, pictures, sounds, whatever) around the world connected
together with "links" in a "web". If you're on Internet you should be
able to check it out. Ask someone at your site who seems to be
knowledgeable about computer geek stuff how to do. Even if you're not
that excited about these Disney comics pages I'm sure there's
something of interest to you on the WWW.
I haven't done much on those pages for a long time, so they don't
contain that much. In particular they still miss the short
introductory general stuff about the history of Disney comics that I
thought I would write before. Volunteers are welcome!
(By the way. Would it be inconvenient for any of you if I removed the
ftp archive for the list and made everything there available on the
WWW server instead?)
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Deckerd
Marvel Disneys
Message 45 -
1995-03-10 at 23:04:52
On the subject of Marvel's Disney titles...didn't the following just happen?
(a) Marvel buys Welsh Publishing, a small outfit that publishes a slick Little
Mermaid magazine for regular newsstand and grocery store distribution
(b) Marvel cuts back a whole bunch of titles, including its Disneys, and lets
the editors go
(c) Marvel turns the Disney titles over to Welsh Publishing
(d) Marvel cuts Gladstone loose from its distribution, leaving Bruce Hamilton to
find a new arrangement elsewhere
At least that's the way I heard it, but then, nobody tells me anything. Anyway,
this development would seem to put a definite end to the fears I've heard some
people express: that one day Disney would suddenly wonder why it's comic-book
rights are spread between two companies, and give Marvel the whole works the
next time the contract comes up for renewal. Doesn't look like Marvel wants any
of it now.
--Dwight Decker
(a) Marvel buys Welsh Publishing, a small outfit that publishes a slick Little
Mermaid magazine for regular newsstand and grocery store distribution
(b) Marvel cuts back a whole bunch of titles, including its Disneys, and lets
the editors go
(c) Marvel turns the Disney titles over to Welsh Publishing
(d) Marvel cuts Gladstone loose from its distribution, leaving Bruce Hamilton to
find a new arrangement elsewhere
At least that's the way I heard it, but then, nobody tells me anything. Anyway,
this development would seem to put a definite end to the fears I've heard some
people express: that one day Disney would suddenly wonder why it's comic-book
rights are spread between two companies, and give Marvel the whole works the
next time the contract comes up for renewal. Doesn't look like Marvel wants any
of it now.
--Dwight Decker