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HARRY:
I never told Germany about the extra pages being done for chapter 12
for Gladstone. First, I don't think they would have been ready in time -- I
just finished them last week and surely that sixth album was ready to go by
then. Besides, the German editions use computerized pages already laid-out
and colored, so these add-in panels would have meant new coloring, perhaps
new lay-out and coloring on ALL of each page involved, and that would have
put the budget for the German edition in a tizzy. I don't think they'd have
been interested. Part of the attraction for those Disney albums for Ehapa is
that the coloring and production work has already been done by Gladstone
(for the CBL reprints) or by the Egmont home office (for my stories), and
you can't blame them for that.
Also, I was told that it might anger some Egmont publisher to know
that I was doing "improved" versions that they were not offered. Of course,
I would gladly have done them this version if I'd been offered the space, so
my "hands were tied" until Gladstone's edition. I now do ALL my stories with
an eye to where the story needs added panels or pages when Gladstone prints
it. Anyway, I don't wanna make trouble, so I didn't tell any individual
Egmont publishers.
Lastly, knowing that I was doing this voluntarilly, and was
accepting Gladstone's unavoidably low pay rates, I was not anxious to let
giant, wealthy Egmont know that there was this material that I did for
peanuts that was now available to them for unlimited use for free. I don't
begrudge them this... it's part of the unfair system that I willingly allow
myself to be part of... but it just didn't inspire me to shout the news of
the added panels to them. They can find out about it soon enough on their
own if they're paying attention. But surely, when they start publishing the
collected volumes of the "Lo$", I'll be sure they know about the new pages
then. That edition, by the way, will probably not be in '95. It would've
been in '96... but I think the BEST idea, obviously, is to wait until 1997
-- that's $crooge's 50th anniversary, and the 100th anniversary since he hit
gold in the Yukon.
Yes, "Hearts of the Yukon" was a joint Egmont/Gladstone project, so
it has a D-code. And yes, that means there already is a 3-part version.
Splash panels take the place of the gag where a steam jet blasts Ins. Scarth
and where Col.Steele is telling the burning buildings to "carry on" and
$crooge tells him he doesn't have time to thrash him.
And I think you've listed all the stories of mine that have yet to
be published. It's been a SLOW year with all the trips to Europe and
conventions and special projects like doing drawings for the Finnish
collectors' edition and all these other things. Plus, I'm very SLOW to start
with! It's a strange system, as I've said. where the more popular my stories
seem to be, the less time I have to work on them owing to these publicity
tours, etc., so the less money I make instead of more. Somehow I suspect
it's not supposed to work this way. Am I wrong?
Right now I'm trying to write a story where $crooge hunts for a lost
city in the Punjab, hidden by the Gupta rulers of India of 100-400 AD, and
protected by the hindu gods. Lotsa research, as always. Looks like I'll be
needing to draw a typical hindu temple with 3,000,000 statues carved into
its walls. Just what I love?

ARTHUR:
If you're going to continue searching for how many editions of
Disney comics there are worldwide, you will find great confusion in South
America. I think there is only ONE edition published (in Columbia, I
believe) that is sold throughout South America, Central America and in
Mexico. I would suspect there's a Portuguese language edition in Brazil, but
that may be the same as the edition that somebody said was done in Portugal
(first I'd heard of that). You'll be having this same trouble between MANY
of the countries on your list. You may never be able to figure out how many
different editions are circulated among those different countries. And it
would be hard to accept any reports of such editions until you actually have
a copy in your hands for proof.

Also:
PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE ME TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE TELLING US THEY WANT TO
BE UNSUBSCRIBED TO THIS LIST DESPITE THE PLEA AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LIST
ASKING THEM *NOT* TO SEND THOSE MESSAGES TO THE LIST! DOO-DAH!

GILBERT:

>The Volumes IV and V are on the shelf by now. Volume VI is anounced for
>September 1995. But until now every part of the LoS series was first
>published in Micky Maus and the last parts are still to publish. Therfore
>I don't know if Ehapa will hold on to this releasing date.

I have been wondering about this, too. But considering that chapters 1 through
10 were published in Micky Maus _months_ before their album release, Ehapa would
have to push the publication of Volume VI well into next year if they wanted to
maintain this pattern. I can't imagine they'd do that. I don't remember them
ever postponing an album before. I sure hope they won't start with this one...

HARRY (to Don):

>Will the extra pages also be reprinted in Germany, in September?

If Ehapa is going to publish this album in September, then it must have been
printed weeks (months?) ago, before Don even started on these extra pages.

EVERYBODY:

Just wanted to let you know that the August '95 edition of "Electronic
Entertainment" magazine (German edition) contains a CD-ROM on which you'll find
- among many other things - an AVI video clip (MS Video for Windows) showing Don
Rosa at the Comic Salon Hamburg, doing a $crooge drawing for a fan. The video
runs for about 10 seconds and takes up about 8 MB (no big deal on CD-ROM, but
otherwise...). Oh well, it ain't much, but I thought it was kinda nice.

--Lutz

ARTHUR:
>- Finland (???)

In Finland there are several album-size Disney comics published
irregularly, but the AKU ANKKA comes out once a week and is the _main_
Disney comic in Finland. Other two are pocket-books containing stories
with less good a quality: ROOPE-SET[ and AKU ANKAN TASKUKIRJA, which both
come out once a month.

--

Mike - The Finnish Trekkie

At 10:15 PM 25/08/95, Arthur_de_Wolf wrote:
>Yes, I also thought that! But the comic I have, is from Left-to-right!
>It's a very small comic though. (Maybe 10 by 10 cm). It's all in
>Black and White, and every page contains only one (and sometimes two)
>panels. Giafranco is trying to translate the name of this Chinese
>comic!

I read Chinese. I'd have no problem translating it for you.

Gregory

Gregory Charles Rivers
G&B Computers Limited, Hong Kong
email <gregoryr at hk.super.net>
Ph: (852) 26658199 * Fax: (852) 26614679

Hi!

DON:
> If you're going to continue searching for how many editions of
> Disney comics there are worldwide, you will find great confusion in South
> America.

In fact, I do have a couple of issues from South America. They're called
'Pato Donald' and 'Daisy'. It's printed by De Edila S.A. in Columbia.
But on the cover, are the prices for the following countries:
Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos,
Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Honduras, R. Dominicana.
As you said, it's practically all of South America. But Brazil isn't
on the list.

> I would suspect there's a Portuguese language edition in Brazil, but
> that may be the same as the edition that somebody said was done in
> Portugal (first I'd heard of that).

I didn't know that. That's interesting! After I read this, I took
a closer look at my Portugese Disney comics. I found two adresses. One
in Lisboa (Portugal) and one in Porto. I looked up Porto in my
interactive Global Explorer on CDROM, and I saw that Porto
is a small town in Brazil. So that's it!

> You'll be having this same trouble between MANY of the countries on
> your list.

Today, I got Greg's package, with the Australian Disney Comics, published
in the 70s. (Before Gladstone's license for the Disney stuff covererd
all of North America, Australia, New Zealand and other areas of the
South Pacific). I've already sent Greg a thanx-message, and a couple
of messages in which I ask him questions about the comics. But, what
I wanted to say is, that these Australian comics, were also sold
in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Just like you said, it's all
very complicated. But, maybe the people on this Mailing List can
help me! :-)

FREDRIK:
> Now, I don't remember this clearly, but what way do the Chinese read?
> Right-to-left?

Yes, I also thought that! But the comic I have, is from Left-to-right!
It's a very small comic though. (Maybe 10 by 10 cm). It's all in
Black and White, and every page contains only one (and sometimes two)
panels. Giafranco is trying to translate the name of this Chinese
comic! He already told me that the comic from India was called 'Disney
Today'. (I sent him a GIF-file with the titles yesterday).

SHERLINE:
> The first issue highlights Pocahontas and picks up AFTER
> the ending of the animated feature.

Yes, I have the first issue of 'Disney's comic hits'. The cover
looks great, the art in the story looks okay, but I didn't like
the story itself.

> Storywise - they are definitely geared towards the children segment
> of the population.

That's for sure. What about the letters-page? All the letters go like this.

Dear Mrs X,

I like your comics very much. I've
bought ALL the issues so far. Last
issue (#3), was VERY good. I liked
the art also. Keep on the good work.

Betty
Age: 7

Dear Betty,

I'm glad you like our issues. But
did you also see the other comics
in our series? Check out Aladdin,
Beauty and the Beast and The
Little Mermaid! Why don't you
subscribe, so you are sure,
you don't miss ONE issue? Ofcourse
you'll have to ask your parents
first. Thank you, for buying our
comics, Betty!

Mrs X.

That's just ONE letter. But all the letters on the letter-pages go
like this. And Mrs X ALWAYS mentions the other comics Marvel publishes.
If you're used to Gladstone-like comics (like me), you really hate
these childish letters. Well, I do!

--Arthur.

On 24 Aug 1995, Dave Rawson wrote:
> Thanks to Arthur de Wolf for his ammendments to the following list. Does
> anyone else have any additions or corrections?

I just remembered one: The Czech Republic. A friend of mine bought me an
Egmont-style DD from there a couple of years ago.

/F

ARTHUR:

}- Brazil (Ze Carioca/Pato Donald/...)
}- Portugal (Pato Donald/Margarita/...)

Can you check out those Portuguese editions? Are they really
made in Portugal or imported from Brazil?

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