Hi,
I just got the new Dutch Donald Duck Weekly (22) and I think there's
a rather strange story in it. It's a Heijmans-story (H9557, 10 pages)
and it's about computers. The story begins with telling that
everything in Duckburg is controlled by a big computer. Magica tries
to get Scrooge's dime by disguising herself, but Scrooge discovers
that and then he locks her up in his office. Here it comes: Being
locked up, Magica transforms herself into a *diskette* and she
escapes by going into Scrooge's computer!!! Inside Scrooge's computer
she goes to the main computer of Duckburg and sabotages everything in
Duckburg (like a virus), and she won't stop before Scrooge gives her
his beloved dime.
Magica as diskette... What do you think about that? I'm not telling
that this is a bad story, but I think it's at least rather strange.
There is also a second story by Heymans in it, also about computers
(H9516, 4 pages). Donald tries to play the nephews' computer-game and
he ends up playing the hole night through. He has to shoot a monster
with fishes. The morning after that sleepness night he has to work in
a factory where he has to tin/can fishes...
(There is a contest in this Weekly with computers as subject, so
that's the reason why there are two stories about computers in it.)
Daniel
Author
Topic: 199505
(234 messages)
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Magica the virus
Message 151 -
1995-05-26 at 13:21:13
Knut Hunstad
Classic Mickey
Message 152 -
1995-05-26 at 13:36:25
>interested. In this way, we can speed the revival of the classic
>Mickey right away!
I just want to say that I really look forward to enjoying Mickey Mouse
again! Keep up the good work!
P.S.: David: Of course, I just forgot to change the Reply-adress! Thank you!
Knut Hunstad
Trondheim, Norway
>Mickey right away!
I just want to say that I really look forward to enjoying Mickey Mouse
again! Keep up the good work!
P.S.: David: Of course, I just forgot to change the Reply-adress! Thank you!
Knut Hunstad
Trondheim, Norway
DAVID.A.GERSTEIN
Gladstone's economy moves begin
Message 153 -
1995-05-26 at 17:22:54
The title says it all. DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES #33 is out
today, not as the planned 68-pager but (as we were told by John
Lustig) as a 36-pager. The price: $1.95 (well, stlg1.40 for me). The
number of pages of comics inside: 32. Gladstone's logic was smart:
they decided to print Carl Barks' "The Golden Helmet" in this issue
anyway, even though it meant there'd be no ads except on the covers,
to give readers a little more than usual in a normal-size comic and
thus ease us into the price change.
Unfortunately, there are other things about this issue that
give me the feeling it's not going to sell all that well. First,
the decision to leave "The Golden Helmet" in the issue DID wipe out
the letter column, but that's probably a minor quibble. On the other
hand, although I usually like Van Horn's covers, he drew what I
consider his worst one ever (a very undetailed scene of wild-eyed,
helmeted DD waving the deed to North America -- which isn't labelled
as such -- in the air). Gladstone REALLY should have used Barks'
original cover here, which was great.
Don mentioned that the paper quality was going to get a bit
poorer now. It has (it's now the quality of the paper in Hamilton's
Power Rangers comic), but really, it's not a big problem. The paper
is a bit rougher in its feel, but it's not newsprint, and the pages,
when printed correctly, look just fine. The slightly poorer paper
quality is only noticeable when you compare the comic to, say, one of
last month's Gladstones.
The copy of this issue that I bought was special-ordered for me
by the shop because laws prevent the comic being sold normally on the
racks in Britain. The quality of the printing was TERRIBLE, with
misaligned colors, overly light black inks here and there, and slight
ink "blurs" muddying Sue Daigle's very nice coloring job on about
half of the pages (pgs. 6, 9, 13-15, 17-20, 22-24, 26, and 27). Since
I've only seen one copy of this issue... are they all this bad?
Gladstone had this problem months ago, but I thought they had fixed
it for good. I sure hope every DDA 33 doesn't look like this.
And I REALLY hope WDC&S 598 doesn't look like this next week!
I've been awaiting Ub Iwerks' "Plane Crazy" storyboards for months!
David Gerstein
<9475609 at arran.sms.ed.ac.uk>
today, not as the planned 68-pager but (as we were told by John
Lustig) as a 36-pager. The price: $1.95 (well, stlg1.40 for me). The
number of pages of comics inside: 32. Gladstone's logic was smart:
they decided to print Carl Barks' "The Golden Helmet" in this issue
anyway, even though it meant there'd be no ads except on the covers,
to give readers a little more than usual in a normal-size comic and
thus ease us into the price change.
Unfortunately, there are other things about this issue that
give me the feeling it's not going to sell all that well. First,
the decision to leave "The Golden Helmet" in the issue DID wipe out
the letter column, but that's probably a minor quibble. On the other
hand, although I usually like Van Horn's covers, he drew what I
consider his worst one ever (a very undetailed scene of wild-eyed,
helmeted DD waving the deed to North America -- which isn't labelled
as such -- in the air). Gladstone REALLY should have used Barks'
original cover here, which was great.
Don mentioned that the paper quality was going to get a bit
poorer now. It has (it's now the quality of the paper in Hamilton's
Power Rangers comic), but really, it's not a big problem. The paper
is a bit rougher in its feel, but it's not newsprint, and the pages,
when printed correctly, look just fine. The slightly poorer paper
quality is only noticeable when you compare the comic to, say, one of
last month's Gladstones.
The copy of this issue that I bought was special-ordered for me
by the shop because laws prevent the comic being sold normally on the
racks in Britain. The quality of the printing was TERRIBLE, with
misaligned colors, overly light black inks here and there, and slight
ink "blurs" muddying Sue Daigle's very nice coloring job on about
half of the pages (pgs. 6, 9, 13-15, 17-20, 22-24, 26, and 27). Since
I've only seen one copy of this issue... are they all this bad?
Gladstone had this problem months ago, but I thought they had fixed
it for good. I sure hope every DDA 33 doesn't look like this.
And I REALLY hope WDC&S 598 doesn't look like this next week!
I've been awaiting Ub Iwerks' "Plane Crazy" storyboards for months!
David Gerstein
<9475609 at arran.sms.ed.ac.uk>
Gianfranco Goria - Anonima Fumetti - Italian Cartoonists Society
Looking for re-published Italian Disney stories, from an Italia author.
Message 154 -
1995-05-26 at 18:39:20
Sorry friends, this message returned to me "unsent". I don't know what does
it really mean, so I resend it.
Dear Friends,
I'm Gianfranco Goria (president of Anonima Fumetti, the Italian Cartoonists
Society cultural partner of the European Cartoon Arts network).
I am an Italian cartoonist, and also a text-writer for the Walt Disney co.
Italia (Topolino etc.).
I would like to know if any of my last stories have been re-published
outside Italy (I know of my story about Mickey Mouse and the Egiptian Museum
of Turin "Topolino e il furto archeologico" been published in France, but
it's all I know).
WD Italy does not make us know anything about our stories... So I ask the
help of the collegues.
My last stories were:
Topolino e il furto archelogico (Mickey Mouse and the archeological robbery
???, with MM, Goofy and some my new charatcters in the Egiptian Museum of
Turin, looking for a Shiva Nataraja statue);
Minni e la radiosa primavera (Minnie Mouse and the shining Spring ???, with
Minnie Mouse and the little nephews, in a story about the origin of the
martial arts style named Wing Chun);
Indiana Pipps e il sigillo Vallindo (Arizona Goofy and the Indus seal ???,
with Arizona Goofy, Mickey Mouse and some my new characters, looking for the
origins of the ancient civilization of the Hindu Valley, walking through
Pakistan and Kashmir.
Now I'm working at a story with Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Minnie Mouse and
others, in the middle age Japan.
Thank you for your attention!
If I (or our association) can help you in some way, please contact me.
Bye.
Gianfranco Goria.
it really mean, so I resend it.
Dear Friends,
I'm Gianfranco Goria (president of Anonima Fumetti, the Italian Cartoonists
Society cultural partner of the European Cartoon Arts network).
I am an Italian cartoonist, and also a text-writer for the Walt Disney co.
Italia (Topolino etc.).
I would like to know if any of my last stories have been re-published
outside Italy (I know of my story about Mickey Mouse and the Egiptian Museum
of Turin "Topolino e il furto archeologico" been published in France, but
it's all I know).
WD Italy does not make us know anything about our stories... So I ask the
help of the collegues.
My last stories were:
Topolino e il furto archelogico (Mickey Mouse and the archeological robbery
???, with MM, Goofy and some my new charatcters in the Egiptian Museum of
Turin, looking for a Shiva Nataraja statue);
Minni e la radiosa primavera (Minnie Mouse and the shining Spring ???, with
Minnie Mouse and the little nephews, in a story about the origin of the
martial arts style named Wing Chun);
Indiana Pipps e il sigillo Vallindo (Arizona Goofy and the Indus seal ???,
with Arizona Goofy, Mickey Mouse and some my new characters, looking for the
origins of the ancient civilization of the Hindu Valley, walking through
Pakistan and Kashmir.
Now I'm working at a story with Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Minnie Mouse and
others, in the middle age Japan.
Thank you for your attention!
If I (or our association) can help you in some way, please contact me.
Bye.
Gianfranco Goria.
Daniel Van Eijmeren
A little question
Message 155 -
1995-05-26 at 21:25:59
Hi,
Is it possible for someone to send me the digests from this week? Or
just the latest digest? I asked Per for subscription (at disney-comics-
request), but I think he isn't at his computer these days. I can send
messages to the list, but I can't recieve it. I only can recieve mail
which is sent directly to my adress. If you send me the digest(s),
will you tell the others that you did so? Otherwise I'll might get
*hundreds* of digests ;-)
*It's not that I'm impatience.* So please don't misunderstand me. And
I also don't want to bother you. I'm just curious if it's possible.;-)
Daniel
<daniel at maisie.ow.nl>
"Woppy Maroppy! I become a flying floppy!" (Magica the Spell)
(I forgot that quote in my previous message.)
Is it possible for someone to send me the digests from this week? Or
just the latest digest? I asked Per for subscription (at disney-comics-
request), but I think he isn't at his computer these days. I can send
messages to the list, but I can't recieve it. I only can recieve mail
which is sent directly to my adress. If you send me the digest(s),
will you tell the others that you did so? Otherwise I'll might get
*hundreds* of digests ;-)
*It's not that I'm impatience.* So please don't misunderstand me. And
I also don't want to bother you. I'm just curious if it's possible.;-)
Daniel
<daniel at maisie.ow.nl>
"Woppy Maroppy! I become a flying floppy!" (Magica the Spell)
(I forgot that quote in my previous message.)
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Thanks
Message 156 -
1995-05-27 at 01:01:08
JORGEN:
> Since I'm sitting here by the terminal anyway, I'll send Daniel the
> latest letters (100 or so).
It's very late now, so I'll keep this mail short: Thanks a lot for
mailing the messages!
Daniel
> Since I'm sitting here by the terminal anyway, I'll send Daniel the
> latest letters (100 or so).
It's very late now, so I'll keep this mail short: Thanks a lot for
mailing the messages!
Daniel
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
A little question
Message 157 -
1995-05-27 at 02:03:25
DANIEL:
| Is it possible for someone to send me the digests from this week?
Since I'm sitting here by the terminal anyway, I'll send Daniel the
latest letters (100 or so). I'm not recieving the digests, but since
all the meesages are kept on the news-spooler here, it's very easy to
put them together and send them. I don't send them all in one mail,
though. That might be too much for some of the machines involved.
Jorgen
| Is it possible for someone to send me the digests from this week?
Since I'm sitting here by the terminal anyway, I'll send Daniel the
latest letters (100 or so). I'm not recieving the digests, but since
all the meesages are kept on the news-spooler here, it's very easy to
put them together and send them. I don't send them all in one mail,
though. That might be too much for some of the machines involved.
Jorgen
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
A few more comments, and comments to comments...
Message 158 -
1995-05-27 at 02:04:33
MARVEL DISNEY
-------------
DAVID:
| Do you honestly think Marvel would print many letters that
| implied readers didn't like their comics?
No, at least not any more. At first I thought that since these are
stories about "new" characters, there wouldn't be any old fans with
opinions about how this should be done, like old (Dell) Disney fans who
of course want Gladstone to treat their old favourites as good as
possible.
Then I thought that since there are people who care to watch TLM
more that 500 times, then they would also have a clear opinion on how
Marvel should treat the character. Then again, anyone who does that
must be brain dead or something, so maybe not.
But anyway, I still don't understand that it can be interesting
at all having about 20 letters in each issue telling how much they love
the magazine, and every answer telling how happy they (Marvel) are
to have fans like that (and you might want to subscribe so you don't
miss any future issues).
THE MYSTERIOUS CRYSTAL BALL
---------------------------
DAVID:
I agree with you about the story, it's nothing special, quite simple,
but I'm not so sure I agree with you on the art. The pie-eyes are good,
but that's almost the only thing I like about it. I like Murry's later
style better. Maybe not as late as 1970, but something in between.
| Quite a shame that Egmont didn't run "The Lost Legion"
Ah, that reminded me about something. We were talking about this story
earlier this year. Last time I was at home, I checked the story, and
found out that, yes, I had mixed two stories. There are this Lost Legion
story, and there are another story where Goofy tells Morty and Ferdy
about the time when he and Mickey was in the Foreign Legion. A quite
good story, I think. It starts when Goofy dresses up as a soldier, and
M & F wants to know what it is. Then comes the exiting story. It ends
with Goofy walking in front of a cinema advertising for a movie about
the Foreign Legion.
I-1993
-------
FABIO:
| For Jorgen and Harry. Are you still intereted in more information about
| the story coded I_1993? Let me know!
Ah, yes. The 177 pages story. I tried to find out who did it. The closest
I could get was Giulio Chierchini, but I'm not sure. Information is very
welcome :-)
CHIAROSCURO
-----------
DAVE R:
| While not a Disney title, I hope that you'll keep a lookout for
| CHIAROSCURO: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci from Vertigo.
DAVE: I have been looking, but so far no luck. What am I looking for?
A magazine or an album (or sevaral of them)? Any place I can order it
from?
PAPER
-----
Strange thing this about the lower quality of the paper in Gladstones
magazines. I understand this is because of higher paper prizes. A lot
of the "Norwegian" paper industry has been moved out of the country in
the last few years, because the prices are too low. Some of the production
was moved to France. The industry got a major drawback when the Soviet
Union broke down.
Jorgen
-------------
DAVID:
| Do you honestly think Marvel would print many letters that
| implied readers didn't like their comics?
No, at least not any more. At first I thought that since these are
stories about "new" characters, there wouldn't be any old fans with
opinions about how this should be done, like old (Dell) Disney fans who
of course want Gladstone to treat their old favourites as good as
possible.
Then I thought that since there are people who care to watch TLM
more that 500 times, then they would also have a clear opinion on how
Marvel should treat the character. Then again, anyone who does that
must be brain dead or something, so maybe not.
But anyway, I still don't understand that it can be interesting
at all having about 20 letters in each issue telling how much they love
the magazine, and every answer telling how happy they (Marvel) are
to have fans like that (and you might want to subscribe so you don't
miss any future issues).
THE MYSTERIOUS CRYSTAL BALL
---------------------------
DAVID:
I agree with you about the story, it's nothing special, quite simple,
but I'm not so sure I agree with you on the art. The pie-eyes are good,
but that's almost the only thing I like about it. I like Murry's later
style better. Maybe not as late as 1970, but something in between.
| Quite a shame that Egmont didn't run "The Lost Legion"
Ah, that reminded me about something. We were talking about this story
earlier this year. Last time I was at home, I checked the story, and
found out that, yes, I had mixed two stories. There are this Lost Legion
story, and there are another story where Goofy tells Morty and Ferdy
about the time when he and Mickey was in the Foreign Legion. A quite
good story, I think. It starts when Goofy dresses up as a soldier, and
M & F wants to know what it is. Then comes the exiting story. It ends
with Goofy walking in front of a cinema advertising for a movie about
the Foreign Legion.
I-1993
-------
FABIO:
| For Jorgen and Harry. Are you still intereted in more information about
| the story coded I_1993? Let me know!
Ah, yes. The 177 pages story. I tried to find out who did it. The closest
I could get was Giulio Chierchini, but I'm not sure. Information is very
welcome :-)
CHIAROSCURO
-----------
DAVE R:
| While not a Disney title, I hope that you'll keep a lookout for
| CHIAROSCURO: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci from Vertigo.
DAVE: I have been looking, but so far no luck. What am I looking for?
A magazine or an album (or sevaral of them)? Any place I can order it
from?
PAPER
-----
Strange thing this about the lower quality of the paper in Gladstones
magazines. I understand this is because of higher paper prizes. A lot
of the "Norwegian" paper industry has been moved out of the country in
the last few years, because the prices are too low. Some of the production
was moved to France. The industry got a major drawback when the Soviet
Union broke down.
Jorgen
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Some comments
Message 159 -
1995-05-27 at 04:38:34
Hi,
Here are some comments on what was on the list last month.
DON:
> I think the place you read about my "Lo$" being turned into a
> feature-length DUCKTALES cartoon was in that HERO article -- and I
> don't think there's a shred of truth in it.
A *Ducktales*-movie of Lo$? That means Launchpad will also be in it.
Aargh! But I think I would go and see the movie, I'm curious how they
will work out Lo$. I don't hope they will treat it in the same bad way
as they did with Barks' stories in the Ducktales-series (but I
should know better...) But if they *don't*, we'll get a Don Rosa
story in *Dolby Surround Pro-logic!!!* Wow!
But I know, it's only a rumour...
Santa Claus
===========
> The REAL Santa Claus is of course Sinterklaas, who lives in Spain!
> > That's absurd!
In Dutch Barks-comics the name Santa Claus is sometimes changed in
Sinterklaas. There was a Barks story in which the art was changed
(WDC 220, super-fuel) for Donald Duck Weekly. They changed the turkey
into (a kind of) gingerbread, in Holland called "taai-taai". "Our"
children eat "taai-taai" when Sinterklaas is in Holland.
More here-after...
Daniel
Here are some comments on what was on the list last month.
DON:
> I think the place you read about my "Lo$" being turned into a
> feature-length DUCKTALES cartoon was in that HERO article -- and I
> don't think there's a shred of truth in it.
A *Ducktales*-movie of Lo$? That means Launchpad will also be in it.
Aargh! But I think I would go and see the movie, I'm curious how they
will work out Lo$. I don't hope they will treat it in the same bad way
as they did with Barks' stories in the Ducktales-series (but I
should know better...) But if they *don't*, we'll get a Don Rosa
story in *Dolby Surround Pro-logic!!!* Wow!
But I know, it's only a rumour...
Santa Claus
===========
> The REAL Santa Claus is of course Sinterklaas, who lives in Spain!
> > That's absurd!
In Dutch Barks-comics the name Santa Claus is sometimes changed in
Sinterklaas. There was a Barks story in which the art was changed
(WDC 220, super-fuel) for Donald Duck Weekly. They changed the turkey
into (a kind of) gingerbread, in Holland called "taai-taai". "Our"
children eat "taai-taai" when Sinterklaas is in Holland.
More here-after...
Daniel
Don Rosa
Disney-comics digest #675.
Message 160 -
1995-05-27 at 10:43:00
EMERGENCY MESSAGE TO DAVID G.:
I just wrote my text pieces today to accompany both chapter X of the
"Lo$" and the printing of my Duck Family Tree. And now I realize that I
piddled around too long to verify this "Humperdink" bizniz. I can get that
change into those stories and Trees, but only under the condition you can
tell me right NOW what issue to look in to see that name. I must see the
usage with my own eyes. Since I have all the Disney comics, all you need to
do is tell me the issue, I'll go look at it, then FAX a quick note to
Gladstone. But I need to do this before next Thursday when I leave for my
German tour.
Hm?>
I just wrote my text pieces today to accompany both chapter X of the
"Lo$" and the printing of my Duck Family Tree. And now I realize that I
piddled around too long to verify this "Humperdink" bizniz. I can get that
change into those stories and Trees, but only under the condition you can
tell me right NOW what issue to look in to see that name. I must see the
usage with my own eyes. Since I have all the Disney comics, all you need to
do is tell me the issue, I'll go look at it, then FAX a quick note to
Gladstone. But I need to do this before next Thursday when I leave for my
German tour.
Hm?>
Mike Pohjola
Disney-comics digest #675.
Message 161 -
1995-05-27 at 13:49:11
DON:
So the ODaDaD is something like a counterpart to Lo$1? Hmm... Since
the two first episodes of Lo$ have never been published here in Finland, that
would sound somewhat strange unless they are going to get them out too. Hmm,
I thought this story was supposed to be the first one you ever made. And I
also thought you begun makin Lo$ only when you had 'stabilized' your position
as a Disney artist. Am I wrong in either?
And the Finnish issues with something about you in them.. The Finnish
editor as I recall said something about sending you a whole lot of old issues
the same time he sent you the letters. I'd like to know what were those so
you won't get doubles on some. If it would be ok, I could give you the Aku
Ankkas when we will meet in person. If Daniel Shane lives somewhere near you,
I could give you his Scrooge piggy bank too. Do you have any idea when was the
request for fan mail published? I don't have the magazine with me but it'll be
no problem getting it when I know little what I'm looking for.
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
So the ODaDaD is something like a counterpart to Lo$1? Hmm... Since
the two first episodes of Lo$ have never been published here in Finland, that
would sound somewhat strange unless they are going to get them out too. Hmm,
I thought this story was supposed to be the first one you ever made. And I
also thought you begun makin Lo$ only when you had 'stabilized' your position
as a Disney artist. Am I wrong in either?
And the Finnish issues with something about you in them.. The Finnish
editor as I recall said something about sending you a whole lot of old issues
the same time he sent you the letters. I'd like to know what were those so
you won't get doubles on some. If it would be ok, I could give you the Aku
Ankkas when we will meet in person. If Daniel Shane lives somewhere near you,
I could give you his Scrooge piggy bank too. Do you have any idea when was the
request for fan mail published? I don't have the magazine with me but it'll be
no problem getting it when I know little what I'm looking for.
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
DAVID.A.GERSTEIN
The Lost Legion
Message 162 -
1995-05-27 at 13:54:51
JORGEN:
[Regarding "The Lost Legion," WDC 167-169] "I found out that,
yes, I had mixed two stories. There is this Lost Legion story, and
there are another story where Goofy tells Morty and Ferdy about the
time when he and Mickey were in the Foreign Legion... [ending] with
Goofy walking in front of a cinema advertising for a movie about the
Foreign Legion."
Actually, "The Lost Legion" IS the one which ends with Goofy
walking in front of the cinema. So what is the other story actually
called?
David Gerstein (who STILL maintains that Paul Murry's best art
was made from 1948-1956!)
<9475609 at arran.sms.ed.ac.uk>
[Regarding "The Lost Legion," WDC 167-169] "I found out that,
yes, I had mixed two stories. There is this Lost Legion story, and
there are another story where Goofy tells Morty and Ferdy about the
time when he and Mickey were in the Foreign Legion... [ending] with
Goofy walking in front of a cinema advertising for a movie about the
Foreign Legion."
Actually, "The Lost Legion" IS the one which ends with Goofy
walking in front of the cinema. So what is the other story actually
called?
David Gerstein (who STILL maintains that Paul Murry's best art
was made from 1948-1956!)
<9475609 at arran.sms.ed.ac.uk>
DAVID.A.GERSTEIN
Gladstone's economy moves begin
Message 163 -
1995-05-27 at 14:06:07
This is from Mark Mayerson, guys. He wrote it to the list, it
appears, but sent it only to me, since there was no cc on his letter.
So here it is:
* * * * *
I wish I could see what David is talking about. The situation in Toronto
remains a mess. In the last month, the only two Gladstones to make it into
town were the two Barks library issues. We haven't yet received Donald
and Mickey 30, Uncle Scrooge Adventures 33 and Donald Duck Adventures 33.
Does anybody know if Gladstone has plans to go exclusive with a particular
distributor like Marvel and DC? Right now, Multibook is servicing the
Toronto area, and lots of things are going missing. There's a problem
with Dark Horse books as well as Gladstones.
If anyone on this list is talking to Gladstone in the near future, tell
them that their books are not getting to Toronto. They may not be
getting to other places in Canada as well.
___________________________________________________________________
Mark Mayerson Catapult Productions
Internet: mayerson at sidefx.com Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 504-9876
appears, but sent it only to me, since there was no cc on his letter.
So here it is:
* * * * *
I wish I could see what David is talking about. The situation in Toronto
remains a mess. In the last month, the only two Gladstones to make it into
town were the two Barks library issues. We haven't yet received Donald
and Mickey 30, Uncle Scrooge Adventures 33 and Donald Duck Adventures 33.
Does anybody know if Gladstone has plans to go exclusive with a particular
distributor like Marvel and DC? Right now, Multibook is servicing the
Toronto area, and lots of things are going missing. There's a problem
with Dark Horse books as well as Gladstones.
If anyone on this list is talking to Gladstone in the near future, tell
them that their books are not getting to Toronto. They may not be
getting to other places in Canada as well.
___________________________________________________________________
Mark Mayerson Catapult Productions
Internet: mayerson at sidefx.com Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 504-9876
DAVID.A.GERSTEIN
Many happy "returns"
Message 164 -
1995-05-27 at 14:46:31
GIANFRANCO:
"Sorry friends, this message returned to me "unsent". I don't
know what [the message's return] really means, so I resend it...."
When you send a single message to the disney-comics mailing
address, a computer program causes your message to then be sent out
to the mailing list's other subscribers (over fifty? I'm not sure!).
If someone's E-Mail system is having problems, the message will be
returned to you from their computer. That's what happened with your
message; ONE person's E-Mail system sent the letter back to you.
But all the rest of us, I think, got your letter. So when you have
one of your messages returned "unsent," you don't need to send it
again.
I'm sending this message to the whole Digest, just in case
others are wondering about this same problem.
"Sorry friends, this message returned to me "unsent". I don't
know what [the message's return] really means, so I resend it...."
When you send a single message to the disney-comics mailing
address, a computer program causes your message to then be sent out
to the mailing list's other subscribers (over fifty? I'm not sure!).
If someone's E-Mail system is having problems, the message will be
returned to you from their computer. That's what happened with your
message; ONE person's E-Mail system sent the letter back to you.
But all the rest of us, I think, got your letter. So when you have
one of your messages returned "unsent," you don't need to send it
again.
I'm sending this message to the whole Digest, just in case
others are wondering about this same problem.
Daniel Shane
Disney-comics digest #675.
Message 165 -
1995-05-27 at 14:56:00
> If Daniel Shane lives somewhere near you, I could give you his Scrooge
piggy bank too.
>
I cannot believe you remembered that kind offer, Mike! So many folks make
grand gestures of kindness, then immediately forget that any such offer was
ever made; or worse, they act like their original promise was the same as
the deed itself, so no more need actually be done!
I really must say that, though I tend to lurk in the background, reading the
messages on this service with silent delight, I am occasionally forced out
of my shell to remark how kind and mannerly everyone on this list seems to
be. Per never becomes ogreish when dealing with the confused folks who keep
telling the list they wish to unsubscribe, and none of the artists, writers,
or fans who frequent the list seem to show the least inclination toward
competitiveness or a "my comics are better than yours" attitude. The common
trait of helpfulness and willingness to share constantly is made evident.
What fine company I keep on this here Internet thingie!
piggy bank too.
>
I cannot believe you remembered that kind offer, Mike! So many folks make
grand gestures of kindness, then immediately forget that any such offer was
ever made; or worse, they act like their original promise was the same as
the deed itself, so no more need actually be done!
I really must say that, though I tend to lurk in the background, reading the
messages on this service with silent delight, I am occasionally forced out
of my shell to remark how kind and mannerly everyone on this list seems to
be. Per never becomes ogreish when dealing with the confused folks who keep
telling the list they wish to unsubscribe, and none of the artists, writers,
or fans who frequent the list seem to show the least inclination toward
competitiveness or a "my comics are better than yours" attitude. The common
trait of helpfulness and willingness to share constantly is made evident.
What fine company I keep on this here Internet thingie!