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DEREK:
You were looking for a ftp-server with Disney-related pictures
for your children and you. Well, I recommend to set your www-
browser to Josh`s Disney Links: Pictures (www.rpi.edu/~wilmesj/
disney/disney-links-pictures.html). There you`ll find a lot of
links to ftp-servers, www-pages and (of course) pictures. For
example I found the pictures of the Buena Vista Web (You`ll find
the address on that page, too) to be very nice. I hope this
information is a bit interesting for you.

Danny Coenen
f.coenen at kfa-juelich.de

"You should`t have poured it on so thick, Louie! Something tells
me we`d have been better off been washing the dishes!"

Danny:
> I sometimes read about post 1973 Barks stories, after he retired
> from doing the scripts for the JW comics. If someone of you
> should know more about that, please give me a short index of the
> story codes, the title and the drawers. Thank you very much.

Well, that index is so short I can send it to the whole list as well.
Barks did only 3 stories for Gutenberghus/Egmont (Denmark) after 1973:

D 6856 (10 pg) US T:Go Slowly Sands of Time
[rp-us:GCA 21,US 216]
D 6886 (10 pg) DD T:Hang Gliders Be Hanged
[rp-us:DD 259] [rp-nl:88-20] [rp-se:94-23]

These two were plotted by Barks, scripted by an unknown, drawn by Vicar.

D 94003 (24 pg) US T:Horsing Around with History

This one was written by Barks and drawn by Van Horn.

(rp-us means: reprints in the USA. rp-nl, rp-se: same in Holland and Sweden)

Furthermore, Barks drew a lot of oils and a few new covers for the Carl Barks
Library.

Besides that, Don Rosa extended an incomplete Gyro script from 1959:

H 89174 (8 pg) GY T:The pied piper of Duckburg
[rp-us:USA 21,LICGY 2] [rp-nl:90-15,OD.50]

And Daan Jippes redrew some of the Junior Woodchucks scripts from 1970-1973
(I know you didn't ask for this, but I'll list them anyway):

H 92001 / JW 14 (12 pg) US T:Duckmade Disaster
[rp-us:US 287] [rp-nl:92-01]
H 92002 / JW 8 ( 6 pg) HDL T:Bad Day for Troop 'A'
[rp-nl:92-07] [rp-dk:A199321]
H 92012 / JW 12 (12 pg) HDL T:Storm Dancers
[rp-us:DDA 32] [rp-nl:92-13]
H 92051 / JW 13 (13 pg) HDL T:The Day the Mountain Shook
[rp-nl:92-29]
H 92085 / JW 11 (13 pg) DD T:Traitor in the Ranks
[rp-us:DDA 31] [rp-nl:92-43]
H 92107 / JW 13 (12 pg) HDL T:Gold of the '49ers
[rp-nl:93-25]
H 94001 / JW 10 (13 pg) HDL T:Maple Sugar Time (How Sweet It Is!)
[rp-nl:94-47]

(All data from the Disney comics Database)
--Harry.

Gianfranco:

> The Italian stories are normally worldwide republished... And the story you
> mean was just ONE of a few sponsorized stories (art by Giorgio Cavazzano)
> about all the kind of problems children may have with adults (not only
> child-abuse). The sponsor was "il Telefono Azzurro", a well known humanitary
> organization that helps children in Italy, giving them the opportunity to
> use a special telephone number to contact specialized people who can help
> them.

I think this story was named "Bornetelefonen" in Denmark. At least Borne-
telefonen, a Danish organization similar to il Telefono Azzurro, was mentioned
by name, but I don't remember any comment outside the story itself..

> So, you see, this is not the case of "alcohol, cigarettes, wolf-eating pigs,
> sex" and so on. These were stories made for a noble cause. Probably, when
> re-printed, there were not the explanation pages on "il Telefono Azzurro"
> that were on Topolino (the Italian weekly magazine).
> In Italy we make, from time to time, stories dedicated to (or sponsorized
> by) humanitary organizations: for the handicapped people, the World Wildlife
> Fund and so on. And the publishers who reprint them, evidently, are not so
> much interested to the humanitary organizations which originated the
> stories...

I remember the WWF story about illegal trade with animals. It's a nice story.
Also in this case there wasn't any comments outside the story.

> :-(

No need for that as I see it!
Does the other publishers, like Egmont, get the text about the sponsoring
organisations together with the story? If there isn't a similar organisation
in the country where the story is reprinted, it can be difficult to give a
usefull explanation alongside the story.

Greetings,
Jacob Sparre Andersen.
--
A Faroese student, far far away from home
--
URL's: "mailto:(Email removed)", "http://fys.ku.dk/~sparre".
--
"We need a plan to diverge from", Fesser

Hi Folks,

I'm a reactivated Disney comics fan residing in Plymouth England. As
I say, I recently reactivated my interest in Disney (particularly Duck)
comics when, on a trip to the US, I picked up some of the excellent
Don Rosa stories in reprint and enjoyed them very much. My
question is, as a child I had some UK softcover 'treasury' reprints of
some Duck stories. These stories involved the usual characters,
$crooge, H,D&L, Gyro and Donald Duck as a superhero called
'Superduck.' If anyone tell me anything about these, now long lost,
editions; artist, writer, year, original editions etc. I would be most
grateful.

Also, my local comics shop doesn't stock US edition Disney comics,
but as I frequently make the trip to London, can anyone tell me the
best London comics shop for Disney comics' back issues?

Many Thanks,

Martin Lampen (Enjoying reading your list)

"Private" or otherwise controversial stories?
When I was at Disney Comics, Inc., in 1991, I noticed a very
polished one-panel gag up on Bob Foster's wall. It read "Dumbo Meets
Bucky Bug" and showed Bucky getting smooshed by a huge elephant foot.
I wish I had asked for a copy of it.
Harry showed me a Br'er Rabbit story of the same breed as that
wolf one. Molly is muttering that Br'er Rabbit, being a rabbit,
wants a certain something all the time, and he's always asking her
for it, and it's gotten to the point of no return... but what he's
really after are carrots, thousands of them.
I also once heard an (unsubstantiated) rumor that Disney
animators, after-hours, produced a brief film in which MM fights with
Pegleg Pete but loses... he gets killed. I have a hunch my friend
was just putting me on, but you never know.
One coverless Dutch comic I have (it's those Dutch again!) has
a Playboy-style centerfold of Clarabelle Cow. She isn't naked or
anything, and is (as usual) skinny as a rail, but is holding two
enormous watermelons to her chest to look like breasts.
There's always the famous MM suicide sequence from 1930 ("Mr.
Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), but that IS banned in the United
States, and besides, it's a completely harmless sequence (if you take
for granted that suicide was not common among young children in
1930, so at that time Disney wasn't seen as poking fun at an
unfortunate crisis). Of course, the reason Disney doesn't want it
reprinted now is more that it's Mickey than that it shows attempted
suicide. The sequence ends with MM renouncing suicide and referring
to himself as having been a "nut" for considering it.

David Gerstein
<9475609 at arran.sms.ed.ac.uk>

AUGIE:

> Nope, you aren't the youngest. So far as I know, I hold that
> distinction at 19 years of age, though I've been an ardent
> $crooge fan since I can remember.

No, you're *also* not the youngest. The youngest member here, as far
as I know, is Danny. He's 16 years old.

I'm also a fan of Donald/Scrooge, etc. since 1978 when my father
bought some Donald Duck Weeklies for me. But I couldn't read by then,
so I didn't understand very much of the stories. (The first Barks
story I can rembember is the Gyro Gearloose story US 37, "The Great
Pop Up")

Since 1982 I'm subscribed to DD Weekly and in 1987 I started to
collect them.

In 1988 I saw a book in my local library about someone called Carl
Barks. Like many others, I realized I was a fan of him for years, but
I just didn't know his name.

In 1990 I met Harry Fluks in a comic-book shop and we started
correspondence about Barks and later Rosa. Do you think I should call
him and tell him about "disney-comics"? I'm *sure* he also wants to
subscribe when he hears about it :-).

In 1995 (last Thursday) I subscribed to this forum...

--- Daniel

DANNY:

> I am currently re-reading all of my about 600 Disney-Comics now,
> and yesterday I read "Micro Ducks From O.S.". I`m wondering
> if you [Don] will make a story basing on this, as the Micros
> planned to return to earth after 4 years or so.

In Holland they've published a story with the Micro Ducks coming back
to earth, back in the early 1980's. I don't know exactly which issue
it was, but I can look for it if you want. Maybe you want the code or
a copy of the story... Als Duitser zal het niet al the moeilijk zijn
om Nederlands te begrijpen. (Translated: Being a German it won't be
too difficult to understand Dutch.)

> As you perhaps know there is a kind of a "Don Rosa Library"
> published in Germany.

Yep.

> I`m sure that they will publish this or a similar edition in other
> countries in a while, too.

Maybe, but in Holland the editors were/are not very content about
Don's art. Thom Roep, the main editor, told me that he likes the
stories, but not the art. (But that was five years ago!) Here the
Rosa-stories are published almost every month in Donald Duck
Extra.

But, when I talk about a "Rosa Library", I'm talking about a
library with his original dialogue. If *that* would happen...

> You wrote that you are looking for "Der Fuehrer`s Face". If you
> should get it, could you please inform me where you got it, and if
> the copyright laws allow, send me a copy?

David said he has a copy, and *if* he sends one, I'll sure inform
you. Did you ever see the cartoon? It was broadcasted in Holland in
the early eighties, but I don't have it on tape. I really liked that
cartoon. Great jokes, although it's a dark period in history.

Copyright laws??? Which copyright laws??? First, I don't *sell* it,
when I have a copy myself. Second, how can Disney complain about
illegal copies when they haven't released a *legal* copy themselves?
I think the only way to trouble bootleggers is to release the
original version yourself. Diehard fans don't buy recordings (of
cartoons, popgroups, etc.) because they're *illegal*, they just want
to have it. Illegal or not.

> And you`re not the youngest on the list, I think that`s me
> with 16 years.

I was about 16 when I first heard about Barks, you're sure a *wise*
guy! :-)

> I sometimes read about post 1973 Barks stories, after he retired
> from doing the scripts for the JW comics.

I saw that Harry informed you about it already. Maybe he told you
also that "Barks-forger" Jippes re-inked some stories recently. So
there's a big change you'll see them published in Germany in a while.

I think Harry didn't mention the script-only stories "King
Scrooge the First", "Pawns of the Loup Garou", "A Day in a Duck's
Life" and "Officer for a Day". But they're from the late 60's, so
maybe you know them already. Or do you want more information?

---Daniel