DON:
I've always felt that it was missing the mark somewhat to offer congrat-
ulations to someone upon their receiving an award such as this; it makes
more sense to congratulate them on their having done the accomplishment
in the first place, for which the award was bestowed. That seems
proper in this case, since LOS is such a fine piece of comic art that
all its readers must offer you their congratulations (and their thanks)
for your not being daunted at the prospects of undertaking such an
ambitious project, and then for your bringing it to fruition with such
success. All of us on the list, however, do share your sense of satis-
faction at the prospects of LOS's receiving more widespread recognition
as a result of this award than it otherwise would, and we share your
hope that this official acknowledgment (as it were) that Uncle Scrooge
is as "valid" a comic book hero as are those super-powered guys in the
capes will encourage more readers to check out the wonderful body of
literature comprising the Duckburg canon. Maybe that's too much to
expect, but perhaps some enterprising dealer will think to stick up a
sign advertising the "award-winning" series, and this will inspire the
dreaded collectors/speculators to buy several copies, thereby helping
keep Gladstone in business. All of us Disney comics fans in the USA
would be grateful for even that, so that we won't have to brush up on
our Norwegian to keep up with the latest Rosa stories. So you have our
sincere thanks for producing the wonderful series [just when did one of
those caped guys have a "secret origin" story spanning more than 10
issues!!!], and the Eisner judges have our sincere thanks for bringing
the series to the attention of the fan-boys of the world.
I hope you can find a suitable niche amongst your Duck collectory for
the plaque, and I hope you found some nice funnybooks in the back-issue
bins at San Diego!
Wilmer Rivers
Author
Topic: 199508
(229 messages)
Wilmer Rivers
Eisner awards
Message 1 -
1995-08-01 at 00:06:32
Deckerd
San Diego
Message 2 -
1995-08-01 at 00:35:26
So there I was at the San Diego Comics Convention, when David Gerstein
finds me. "I've just been offered Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #26
for $20!" he exclaims breathlessly. "Is it a good deal?"
"You bet!" sez me. And off David scampers to buy it.
Er...did I do the right thing? I didn't give the poor guy bad
advice, I hope...?
Other San Diego tidbits:
*Pat Block's wife Shelley spent much of the time at the con
dressed as Catwoman (Batman TV show version), complete with cat-suit,
tail, mask, cat-ears, and...er, a whip. As I understand it, Adam West
and Julie Newmar (Batman and Catwoman from the TV series) were at the
con signing autographs, and Shelley had her picture taken with them
by a photographer from People magazine.
*David's Disney panel went off as scheduled. I sat between David
and Don Rosa. Don was mellow, David was stressing out as the audience
diminished. I think some people came expecting to hear about recent
Disney movies and were disappointed to hear us talk about Disney
comic books. I hope David had a better time than it looked like he
was having. I'd estimate at least half of the Gladstone letter column
regulars were in the audience.
*And of course Don copped an Eisner Award. A more deserving
winner there never was.
*Thursday night found me hanging out with a gang of Disney fans,
including Dana Gabbard, Joe Torcivia, Kim McFarland, and others. We had
dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory, then retired to somebody's hotel
room where a projector was set up to show 16mm films. One of the films
was a sequence deleted from Fantasia: Clair de Lune. The footage was
later used in Melody Time (I think) but with Blue Bayou on the soundtrack
(an amazing fit, considering it apparently wasn't planned that way: it
was set in a swamp and the dominant color was blue). Don't ask me how,
but our movie-showing friend had obtained a reel of the sequence with
the original Clair de Lune soundtrack.
*One of the fans collects overseas Disney comics. He had picked up
Icelandic, Egyptian, Hungarian, Latvian, Estonian, Czech, and even Thai
editions of Duck books. The Thai edition was more than a little strange
(Thai word balloons with English text below the panels). One of the Baltic
editions (the Latvian, I think) was actually in Russian, but nobody knew
whether it was intended for the general Russian market or for ethnic
Russians living in Latvia (of which there are a great many).
*Saturday night saw the Egmont dinner, where a bunch of us working
for or otherwise associated with Egmont congregated for a repast of
European Spanish cuisine. (Somebody must like sampling exotic food. The
last Egmont dinner at the San Diego con I went to, two or three years
ago, was at a Greek restaurant.) David Gerstein brought Fabio G. of this
very ML as his guest. It was a little frustrating. I was sitting across
from the human Junior Woodchuck handbook of knowledge about Italian
Disney comics and I couldn't think of any of the hundreds of questions
to ask that came so easily during the six-hour drive home the next day!
--Dwight Decker
finds me. "I've just been offered Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #26
for $20!" he exclaims breathlessly. "Is it a good deal?"
"You bet!" sez me. And off David scampers to buy it.
Er...did I do the right thing? I didn't give the poor guy bad
advice, I hope...?
Other San Diego tidbits:
*Pat Block's wife Shelley spent much of the time at the con
dressed as Catwoman (Batman TV show version), complete with cat-suit,
tail, mask, cat-ears, and...er, a whip. As I understand it, Adam West
and Julie Newmar (Batman and Catwoman from the TV series) were at the
con signing autographs, and Shelley had her picture taken with them
by a photographer from People magazine.
*David's Disney panel went off as scheduled. I sat between David
and Don Rosa. Don was mellow, David was stressing out as the audience
diminished. I think some people came expecting to hear about recent
Disney movies and were disappointed to hear us talk about Disney
comic books. I hope David had a better time than it looked like he
was having. I'd estimate at least half of the Gladstone letter column
regulars were in the audience.
*And of course Don copped an Eisner Award. A more deserving
winner there never was.
*Thursday night found me hanging out with a gang of Disney fans,
including Dana Gabbard, Joe Torcivia, Kim McFarland, and others. We had
dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory, then retired to somebody's hotel
room where a projector was set up to show 16mm films. One of the films
was a sequence deleted from Fantasia: Clair de Lune. The footage was
later used in Melody Time (I think) but with Blue Bayou on the soundtrack
(an amazing fit, considering it apparently wasn't planned that way: it
was set in a swamp and the dominant color was blue). Don't ask me how,
but our movie-showing friend had obtained a reel of the sequence with
the original Clair de Lune soundtrack.
*One of the fans collects overseas Disney comics. He had picked up
Icelandic, Egyptian, Hungarian, Latvian, Estonian, Czech, and even Thai
editions of Duck books. The Thai edition was more than a little strange
(Thai word balloons with English text below the panels). One of the Baltic
editions (the Latvian, I think) was actually in Russian, but nobody knew
whether it was intended for the general Russian market or for ethnic
Russians living in Latvia (of which there are a great many).
*Saturday night saw the Egmont dinner, where a bunch of us working
for or otherwise associated with Egmont congregated for a repast of
European Spanish cuisine. (Somebody must like sampling exotic food. The
last Egmont dinner at the San Diego con I went to, two or three years
ago, was at a Greek restaurant.) David Gerstein brought Fabio G. of this
very ML as his guest. It was a little frustrating. I was sitting across
from the human Junior Woodchuck handbook of knowledge about Italian
Disney comics and I couldn't think of any of the hundreds of questions
to ask that came so easily during the six-hour drive home the next day!
--Dwight Decker
Torsten Wesley Adair
Eisner Awards (Disney-comics digest #740.)
Message 3 -
1995-08-01 at 07:11:51
On Tuesday, 1 Aug 1995 Don Rosa wrote:
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 95 08:41 EDT
> From: donrosa at iglou.com (Don Rosa)
> Subject: Re: Disney-comics digest #739.
> Todd Klein won (as always) the Best Letterer award, and since he
> stated in his brief acceptance speech that it was his work lettering "The L
> & T of U$" that he was proudest of, I think we can claim that as an award
> for $crooge.
Considering that Todd Klein also letters DC's Sandman, this is no small
quote.
> And speaking of "The Life and Times of Uncle $crooge", it won the
> award for "Best Serialized Story" of the year, the most important category
> of the 6 awards it was nominated for. In fact, "Best Serialized Story" is
> the penultimate award of the evening -- only the award for "Best Single
> Issue" is considered a higher award for the year(1994). I was stuck right
> beside Will Eisner in the group photo for the winners -- if you see that
> photo somewhere, see if I don't look mildly thunderstruck by the surprise of
> actually winning!
...
> Anyway, I STILL find it hard to believe that a Disney comic won such
> an important award in the Eisners. As poorly as these Disney comics sell and
> as little attention as they get in America, I'm just so tickled to see
> $crooge getting this sort of an honor! What a moment!
> Happy day. Happy day.
>
Congratulations, Don! (And everyone else involved with Lo$.)
This award is not surprising, considering that the Eisner Awards are voted
on by members of the industry, and not by fans (although it appears that
U$ has a lot of fans in the industry).
Also, off topic a bit, but for those of you unfamiliar with Will Eisner:
He is the elder statesman of comics. Mr. Eisner started producing comics
back when comics were nothing more than comic strip reprints. In the
1940s, he published a comic book which was distributed in Sunday editions
of newspapers. The Spirit, his creation, revolutionized comics design.
Will Eisner continues to draw and write, producing graphic novels (a term
he created) of a more literate nature than standard comics.
In 1994, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award (Max und Moritz Preis)
at the International Comics Salon in Erlangen, Germany.
I recommend anything of his, even the training manuals he drew for the
U.S. Army
Simply put: what Jack Kirby is to superhero comics, what Carl Barks is to
funny animal comics, Will Eisner is to comics.
And if you really want to know more, his biography is on the Disney Comics
Web (click on Eisner Awards, and search from there).
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 95 08:41 EDT
> From: donrosa at iglou.com (Don Rosa)
> Subject: Re: Disney-comics digest #739.
> Todd Klein won (as always) the Best Letterer award, and since he
> stated in his brief acceptance speech that it was his work lettering "The L
> & T of U$" that he was proudest of, I think we can claim that as an award
> for $crooge.
Considering that Todd Klein also letters DC's Sandman, this is no small
quote.
> And speaking of "The Life and Times of Uncle $crooge", it won the
> award for "Best Serialized Story" of the year, the most important category
> of the 6 awards it was nominated for. In fact, "Best Serialized Story" is
> the penultimate award of the evening -- only the award for "Best Single
> Issue" is considered a higher award for the year(1994). I was stuck right
> beside Will Eisner in the group photo for the winners -- if you see that
> photo somewhere, see if I don't look mildly thunderstruck by the surprise of
> actually winning!
...
> Anyway, I STILL find it hard to believe that a Disney comic won such
> an important award in the Eisners. As poorly as these Disney comics sell and
> as little attention as they get in America, I'm just so tickled to see
> $crooge getting this sort of an honor! What a moment!
> Happy day. Happy day.
>
Congratulations, Don! (And everyone else involved with Lo$.)
This award is not surprising, considering that the Eisner Awards are voted
on by members of the industry, and not by fans (although it appears that
U$ has a lot of fans in the industry).
Also, off topic a bit, but for those of you unfamiliar with Will Eisner:
He is the elder statesman of comics. Mr. Eisner started producing comics
back when comics were nothing more than comic strip reprints. In the
1940s, he published a comic book which was distributed in Sunday editions
of newspapers. The Spirit, his creation, revolutionized comics design.
Will Eisner continues to draw and write, producing graphic novels (a term
he created) of a more literate nature than standard comics.
In 1994, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award (Max und Moritz Preis)
at the International Comics Salon in Erlangen, Germany.
I recommend anything of his, even the training manuals he drew for the
U.S. Army
Simply put: what Jack Kirby is to superhero comics, what Carl Barks is to
funny animal comics, Will Eisner is to comics.
And if you really want to know more, his biography is on the Disney Comics
Web (click on Eisner Awards, and search from there).
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
Torsten Wesley Adair
More index questions
Message 4 -
1995-08-01 at 07:29:22
Today, I lost all self-control, and bought a large pile of old Disney
comics for fifty cents each. (Mostly post-Barks.)
Question #1: Are the text stories indexed? These were usually one page
long, with a small illustration at the top of the page.
Question #2: Are there any holes in the index from the late Whitman era
which I could possibly fill? Does Super Goof need help? Beagle Boys? HDL?
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
comics for fifty cents each. (Mostly post-Barks.)
Question #1: Are the text stories indexed? These were usually one page
long, with a small illustration at the top of the page.
Question #2: Are there any holes in the index from the late Whitman era
which I could possibly fill? Does Super Goof need help? Beagle Boys? HDL?
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
Torsten Wesley Adair
M-I-C... See you real soon...
Message 5 -
1995-08-01 at 07:34:36
Having caught up on my e-mail, I am now logging off.
Tomorrow, I catch a plane to Chicago, and Wednesday, a plane to Baltimore,
and a train to Washington, DC.
I will return to this list, but I do not know when.
As always, if anyone is near Washington, DC, (anywhere between New York
and Charlotte) let me know, and I'll show you some of the secrets of the
Nation's Capital (and Capitol).
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA (202) 737-2333
Tomorrow, I catch a plane to Chicago, and Wednesday, a plane to Baltimore,
and a train to Washington, DC.
I will return to this list, but I do not know when.
As always, if anyone is near Washington, DC, (anywhere between New York
and Charlotte) let me know, and I'll show you some of the secrets of the
Nation's Capital (and Capitol).
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA (202) 737-2333
Torsten Wesley Adair
USA 34
Message 6 -
1995-08-01 at 07:42:27
On Friday, 7 July 1995, Larry Gerstein wrote:
> UNCLE SCROOGE ADVENTURES 34 is in the shops now and contains a
> story, "The Money-Counting Machine," that I translated (from German, even
...
> Backing up "The Money-Counting Machine" is a Vic Lockman 17-page
> story, "Beagle Bug-Off." It includes the Beagle Brats, hundreds of
First of all, Larry, I'm sure you did an excellent job on the translation,
but this issue is the closest Gladstone has come to recreating the
gawd-awful comics Whitman published towards the end of its existence.
I was surprised to find that the cover was actually drawn by a respected
Disney artist. Surprised, because it looked terrible. Perhaps it was
cut-and-pasted by the editorial staff?
It's been awhile since I read the first story, so I can't comment on the
plot, but at the time it struck me as being so-so. No, wait, I remember.
Beagles pose as accountants. The story could have been shorter. The
ending was good, but (and this is my only criticism of you, Larry) I would
have translated the coin to a dime or penny, making the error even more
miniscule. Dimes make excellent screwdrivers, they are smaller than
quarters (easier to lose track of in a pocket), and are worth less than a
quarter. Enjoyable, but a median story.
As for the second Beagle Boys story, the gimmicktry of the various Beagles,
the sheer number of Beagles, and the mediocre story, reminded me of Whitman's
Beagle Boys comic.
What is a good BB story? Well, I remember one where the Beagles go to a
night school to learn magic, so that they can rob Scrooge. Of course,
their teacher, Witch Hazel, has the same idea. Great fun.
And then there's the one where the Beagles try to steal a load of gold
bricks with a helicopter (hubsch Rauber?), and Gyro has to stop them.
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
> UNCLE SCROOGE ADVENTURES 34 is in the shops now and contains a
> story, "The Money-Counting Machine," that I translated (from German, even
...
> Backing up "The Money-Counting Machine" is a Vic Lockman 17-page
> story, "Beagle Bug-Off." It includes the Beagle Brats, hundreds of
First of all, Larry, I'm sure you did an excellent job on the translation,
but this issue is the closest Gladstone has come to recreating the
gawd-awful comics Whitman published towards the end of its existence.
I was surprised to find that the cover was actually drawn by a respected
Disney artist. Surprised, because it looked terrible. Perhaps it was
cut-and-pasted by the editorial staff?
It's been awhile since I read the first story, so I can't comment on the
plot, but at the time it struck me as being so-so. No, wait, I remember.
Beagles pose as accountants. The story could have been shorter. The
ending was good, but (and this is my only criticism of you, Larry) I would
have translated the coin to a dime or penny, making the error even more
miniscule. Dimes make excellent screwdrivers, they are smaller than
quarters (easier to lose track of in a pocket), and are worth less than a
quarter. Enjoyable, but a median story.
As for the second Beagle Boys story, the gimmicktry of the various Beagles,
the sheer number of Beagles, and the mediocre story, reminded me of Whitman's
Beagle Boys comic.
What is a good BB story? Well, I remember one where the Beagles go to a
night school to learn magic, so that they can rob Scrooge. Of course,
their teacher, Witch Hazel, has the same idea. Great fun.
And then there's the one where the Beagles try to steal a load of gold
bricks with a helicopter (hubsch Rauber?), and Gyro has to stop them.
Torsten Adair torsten at cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE, USA
Mike Pohjola
Disney-comics digest #740.
Message 7 -
1995-08-01 at 21:58:22
DON:
> And speaking of "The Life and Times of Uncle $crooge", it won the
>award for "Best Serialized Story" of the year, the most important category
CONgratulations, Don! I always knew you were the best! :)
Here, I'll put my hand on the screen and you slap it..;)
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
> And speaking of "The Life and Times of Uncle $crooge", it won the
>award for "Best Serialized Story" of the year, the most important category
CONgratulations, Don! I always knew you were the best! :)
Here, I'll put my hand on the screen and you slap it..;)
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Don and Harry / Unsubscribtion
Message 8 -
1995-08-02 at 00:23:26
DON:
Congratulations with your award! Very kind of you to show it with
holding it against the screen, but I have to admit I couldn't quite
clearly see it because the screen was also full of your writing.
Maybe it's a good idea to show it to us in the background of your
next story (for example in Scrooge's office) as a little background
detail? Or wouldn't Gladstone/ Egmont allow that?
HARRY:
> You're way too polite to people who call this an "idiot mailing list".
Well, maybe. It's just that I can understand the problem with getting
desperate after sending several unsubscription-messages and still
getting the mail or digests every day.
But on the other side, and that's more important: If you want to
unsubscribe to this club, it means that you once got *subscribed*.
And subscribing to this club means that Per sends you message to
*read* (and *not* the rhyming word *delete*!). In that message is
explained (maybe repeately) how to unsubscribe, it just makes me
wonder how people can get that *idiot* not doing that! (Impolite
enough?).
I have a kind of standard message here that I send to people who send
their unsubscription-message to the club. It's just for the reason
that I hate it that when I think there's something posted, the message
just says "please, unsubscribe me".
But maybe Per can be more clear about this problem in his message?
I don't know, I can't remember now how that message looked like
(although *I've kept it* in my mailbox-archive!).
> People like that deserve to receive the entire archives, database, and
> other ftp files, and the obligation to READ it all.
Maybe *everyone in the world* must be obliged to read the contents
of this club and the Disney comics? We could at least do that in
America, we just have to search that long-lost *golden helmet*! ;-)
> After all, we are NOT idiots, are we?
No, at least I'm not an idiot, I'm an *automobile*! <ROAR!> ;-)
> Although... I had a hard time explaining to my colleague last week
> why I wanted to receive e-mail messages about Disney comics. "What
> on earth is there to discuss about DISNEY comics? Disney COMICS?
> That children's stuff?"
Well, let's say your collegue is now obliged to read the entire work
of "our" Don Rosa! (Hmmm, not quite a punishment!) ;-)
Greetings,
--- Daniel
Congratulations with your award! Very kind of you to show it with
holding it against the screen, but I have to admit I couldn't quite
clearly see it because the screen was also full of your writing.
Maybe it's a good idea to show it to us in the background of your
next story (for example in Scrooge's office) as a little background
detail? Or wouldn't Gladstone/ Egmont allow that?
HARRY:
> You're way too polite to people who call this an "idiot mailing list".
Well, maybe. It's just that I can understand the problem with getting
desperate after sending several unsubscription-messages and still
getting the mail or digests every day.
But on the other side, and that's more important: If you want to
unsubscribe to this club, it means that you once got *subscribed*.
And subscribing to this club means that Per sends you message to
*read* (and *not* the rhyming word *delete*!). In that message is
explained (maybe repeately) how to unsubscribe, it just makes me
wonder how people can get that *idiot* not doing that! (Impolite
enough?).
I have a kind of standard message here that I send to people who send
their unsubscription-message to the club. It's just for the reason
that I hate it that when I think there's something posted, the message
just says "please, unsubscribe me".
But maybe Per can be more clear about this problem in his message?
I don't know, I can't remember now how that message looked like
(although *I've kept it* in my mailbox-archive!).
> People like that deserve to receive the entire archives, database, and
> other ftp files, and the obligation to READ it all.
Maybe *everyone in the world* must be obliged to read the contents
of this club and the Disney comics? We could at least do that in
America, we just have to search that long-lost *golden helmet*! ;-)
> After all, we are NOT idiots, are we?
No, at least I'm not an idiot, I'm an *automobile*! <ROAR!> ;-)
> Although... I had a hard time explaining to my colleague last week
> why I wanted to receive e-mail messages about Disney comics. "What
> on earth is there to discuss about DISNEY comics? Disney COMICS?
> That children's stuff?"
Well, let's say your collegue is now obliged to read the entire work
of "our" Don Rosa! (Hmmm, not quite a punishment!) ;-)
Greetings,
--- Daniel
Sharon L Branvold
San Diego
Message 9 -
1995-08-02 at 07:17:07
It has taken me a little longer to get back to this list after my return
from San Diego. It was great fun seeing my "old" buddy Don Rosa. We
walked the convention floor seeking out some interesting comics and
memorabilia. I really enjoyed the Disney panel hosted by our own David
Gerstein. He kept things rolling and even got to relate what he is
working on,and on and on. We had good fun with David at meals where he
was often asked to show his I.D. as he is youger looking than his 21 years.
He does not have a drivers license, so he would show the scripts he had
done to try convince people he was older. Sometimes it worked, sometimes
it did not. I still find it amazing that David submitted a script to
Gladstone when he was 14 years old. The Egmont dinner on Saturday evening
was especially fun with Byron Erickson,Don Rosa,Pat Block & wife,David,
Fabio,Dwight Decker,Dave Rawson,Bob Foster & wife, and a few others
sitting away from me that I have forgotten their names.
On another note, I need to clear up a mistake I made on a recent
letter to this group concerning the "fax" that Bill Grandey sent to
Europe that started the lawsuit fiasco. The fax was sent not to a "fan"
as I thought but to Don Rosa's boss Eckhardt Bulterman. It got to me
through a "fan". The only other question I now raise is: How did Bill
Grandey and his lawyer have everything written about Don Rosa and Carl Barks
that ever appeared in this group. Bill Grandey is not on-line. Did Mr.
Lustig supply them with all that? One last thing, "evil genius" was a
term used by someone other than Dob Rosa, and Don repeated it in "qoutes"
when he mentioned it at a later time.
we'll be in touch.---Barry Branvold---
from San Diego. It was great fun seeing my "old" buddy Don Rosa. We
walked the convention floor seeking out some interesting comics and
memorabilia. I really enjoyed the Disney panel hosted by our own David
Gerstein. He kept things rolling and even got to relate what he is
working on,and on and on. We had good fun with David at meals where he
was often asked to show his I.D. as he is youger looking than his 21 years.
He does not have a drivers license, so he would show the scripts he had
done to try convince people he was older. Sometimes it worked, sometimes
it did not. I still find it amazing that David submitted a script to
Gladstone when he was 14 years old. The Egmont dinner on Saturday evening
was especially fun with Byron Erickson,Don Rosa,Pat Block & wife,David,
Fabio,Dwight Decker,Dave Rawson,Bob Foster & wife, and a few others
sitting away from me that I have forgotten their names.
On another note, I need to clear up a mistake I made on a recent
letter to this group concerning the "fax" that Bill Grandey sent to
Europe that started the lawsuit fiasco. The fax was sent not to a "fan"
as I thought but to Don Rosa's boss Eckhardt Bulterman. It got to me
through a "fan". The only other question I now raise is: How did Bill
Grandey and his lawyer have everything written about Don Rosa and Carl Barks
that ever appeared in this group. Bill Grandey is not on-line. Did Mr.
Lustig supply them with all that? One last thing, "evil genius" was a
term used by someone other than Dob Rosa, and Don repeated it in "qoutes"
when he mentioned it at a later time.
we'll be in touch.---Barry Branvold---
Don Rosa
Disney-comics digest #734.
Message 10 -
1995-08-02 at 09:48:00
>HERE'S an important request to my readers in Europe who have already seen
the complete "Life and Times of $crooge McDuck", particularly chapter 12.
Gladstone is preparing to print this final chapter. But I always
thought that episode 12 suffered from my being limited to 16 pages to tell
it. I'd like to do several new, additional pages to be inserted into the
chapter. And you can help.
Where do you think chapter 12 needs fleshing out? Is the Beagle Boy
chase too short? Is $crooge's inspiration to come out of retirement too
abrupt or too shallow? Just where should I add pages, and how many?
I'd appreciate advice before I start work. Thanks!
the complete "Life and Times of $crooge McDuck", particularly chapter 12.
Gladstone is preparing to print this final chapter. But I always
thought that episode 12 suffered from my being limited to 16 pages to tell
it. I'd like to do several new, additional pages to be inserted into the
chapter. And you can help.
Where do you think chapter 12 needs fleshing out? Is the Beagle Boy
chase too short? Is $crooge's inspiration to come out of retirement too
abrupt or too shallow? Just where should I add pages, and how many?
I'd appreciate advice before I start work. Thanks!
Augie De Blieck Jr.
Uncle $crooge #294
Message 11 -
1995-08-02 at 16:11:58
Whew, it's been a while since I posted here. Well, having found a more
reliable and faster (!) Internet Service Provider, I've decided to try to
get back into the swing of things. And what a place to start!
I've enjoyed all the Life and Times stories so far, but the latest one to
come out here in America, Chapter Ten, was impressive in many ways.
First, this is the one I've laughed out longest and hardest at. The
instant classic in this story is the sequence of panels when Hortense and
Quackmore meet and fall immediately in love. That was too funny.
Character-wise, $crooge's face after looking out at a sea full of vessels
and a land filled with irate soldiers and Dwarf Voles (--er, Woodchucks)
was perfection. There was almost a brief moment of "I an't believe they
think they're tough enough for me" followed by a quick rise into action
which suited $crooge perfectly.
The comparisons between Roosevelt and $crooge were handled beautifully.
They are so similar it is almost scary. You think maybe Roosevelt may
have been part inspiration for $crooge for Carl Barks? Or is this something,
Don, which you managed to so seamlessly weave into existance?
Of course, this story wasn't a hard sell- I love money bin stories and am
particularly fascinated by its history in Don Rosa's universe.
Gladstone's production qualities? Well, there were three or four of
those annoying coloring problems, where the colors aren't in the lines
perfectly, and this cover looked dull on the regular paper.
Speaking of covers: I know there was some controversy. Honestly, I didn't
mind the WD Giant's cover that much. It still worked for me. Sometimes,
the bright colors can be too bright for my tastes. In this case, though,
U$ #294 just didn't shine like it could have.
Back-up story: I admit I haven't read your translation of "E.A.T." yet,
David, but the art looks great, and the lettering bring up a particular
point. This was lettered by a computer, wasn't it? At first, I thought
the lettering looked very uniform, and then I saw who was credited with
lettering: "A. Machine" Is this something Gladstone does in-house now,
or is this a specific letterer who uses a computer for all his lettering?
Maybe next time I'll get around to some comments about the Wlat Disney
Giant (nee Collectery) and the previous Lo$ story I had a couple of
thoughts of. Well, here's hoping!
-Augie
"Watch out for the west turret, sir!" - nameless Rough Rider
"Why? Is there a sniper in--" -TR
reliable and faster (!) Internet Service Provider, I've decided to try to
get back into the swing of things. And what a place to start!
I've enjoyed all the Life and Times stories so far, but the latest one to
come out here in America, Chapter Ten, was impressive in many ways.
First, this is the one I've laughed out longest and hardest at. The
instant classic in this story is the sequence of panels when Hortense and
Quackmore meet and fall immediately in love. That was too funny.
Character-wise, $crooge's face after looking out at a sea full of vessels
and a land filled with irate soldiers and Dwarf Voles (--er, Woodchucks)
was perfection. There was almost a brief moment of "I an't believe they
think they're tough enough for me" followed by a quick rise into action
which suited $crooge perfectly.
The comparisons between Roosevelt and $crooge were handled beautifully.
They are so similar it is almost scary. You think maybe Roosevelt may
have been part inspiration for $crooge for Carl Barks? Or is this something,
Don, which you managed to so seamlessly weave into existance?
Of course, this story wasn't a hard sell- I love money bin stories and am
particularly fascinated by its history in Don Rosa's universe.
Gladstone's production qualities? Well, there were three or four of
those annoying coloring problems, where the colors aren't in the lines
perfectly, and this cover looked dull on the regular paper.
Speaking of covers: I know there was some controversy. Honestly, I didn't
mind the WD Giant's cover that much. It still worked for me. Sometimes,
the bright colors can be too bright for my tastes. In this case, though,
U$ #294 just didn't shine like it could have.
Back-up story: I admit I haven't read your translation of "E.A.T." yet,
David, but the art looks great, and the lettering bring up a particular
point. This was lettered by a computer, wasn't it? At first, I thought
the lettering looked very uniform, and then I saw who was credited with
lettering: "A. Machine" Is this something Gladstone does in-house now,
or is this a specific letterer who uses a computer for all his lettering?
Maybe next time I'll get around to some comments about the Wlat Disney
Giant (nee Collectery) and the previous Lo$ story I had a couple of
thoughts of. Well, here's hoping!
-Augie
"Watch out for the west turret, sir!" - nameless Rough Rider
"Why? Is there a sniper in--" -TR
Fredrik Ekman
Rosa Index
Message 12 -
1995-08-02 at 18:22:20
Torsten wrote:
> Also, is there an index for non-Disney stories done by Rosa?
As a part of the Grand Comics Database project, of which I am a member, I
have made an index of Rosa's Captain Kentucky. Should I mail that stuff
to Per for inclusion in the FTP/WWW directories, even though it is not
actually Disney? If not, those who are interested could just contact me
and I will send it to you in a few weeks.
/F
> Also, is there an index for non-Disney stories done by Rosa?
As a part of the Grand Comics Database project, of which I am a member, I
have made an index of Rosa's Captain Kentucky. Should I mail that stuff
to Per for inclusion in the FTP/WWW directories, even though it is not
actually Disney? If not, those who are interested could just contact me
and I will send it to you in a few weeks.
/F
Fredrik Ekman
Disney-comics digest #740.
Message 13 -
1995-08-02 at 18:23:42
By the way, congratulations, Don, on the nice award!
/F
/F
Xiomara Leon
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1995-08-02 at 18:42:37
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Gammel, Ing. A.M. GST
Comic management programs?
Message 15 -
1995-08-02 at 20:59:09
Summer greetings,
anybody have access to PC-programs to organize comic collections ?
I'm specifically looking for programs that can print nice reports (to take to fairs and shops). E.g a table showing horizontally the years and vertically the issues in this year, and some code for the quality.
Is there an FTP-site for such programs ?
cheers,
Andreas
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anybody have access to PC-programs to organize comic collections ?
I'm specifically looking for programs that can print nice reports (to take to fairs and shops). E.g a table showing horizontally the years and vertically the issues in this year, and some code for the quality.
Is there an FTP-site for such programs ?
cheers,
Andreas
/------------------------------------------------\
| "May be source be with you" Luke Webwalker |
|------------------------------------------------|
| Andreas Gammel Philips Research Laboratories |
| Building: WB 3.32 Prof. Holstlaan 4 |
| Phone: +31 40 742774 5656 AA Eindhoven |
| Fax: +31 40 744315 The Netherlands |
| Mail: gammel at prl.philips.nl |
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