DAVID:
>I have a German, Egmont-produced album which includes
>the real, Barks version of "Santa's Stormy Visit" (album series DISNEY
>SONDERALBUM Nr. 3, "Weinachtsgeschichte mit Donald Duck")
Just one minor correction: That's DISNEY SONDERALBUM Nr. 4. Nr. 3 was called
"Weihnachtsgeschichten mit Onkel Dagobert". I checked two different sources and
"Santa's Stormy Visit" is in #4.
DANIEL:
>Are there still German members???
>Is there someone in Germany who can help me getting the
>"DISNEY SONDERALBUM Nr. 3, Weinachtgeschichte mit Donald Duck"?
I'm still here! :) As I told David, the Barks version of "Santa's Stormy Visit"
is in Nr. 4, not Nr. 3. I guess that's why you are looking for the album? I
haven't got it myself, but I'll be looking for it. This album was published in
December of 1986, btw. I'll let you know if I have any luck.
--Lutz
Author
Topic: 199509
(268 messages)
Lutz Koch
Barks version of Santa's Stormy Visit
Message 181 -
1995-09-20 at 11:46:53
Dave Rawson
PICSOU
Message 182 -
1995-09-20 at 17:12:25
DON: Thanks very much for the offer to send me the copy of the French "Tour
de Jour" story!
My mailing address is --
Dave Rawson
25812 Reed Street
Lomita, CA 90717-3201
... DCR -- http://www.wp.com/DCRawson/home.html
* Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 47
--- via Silver Xpress V4.01 [NR]
de Jour" story!
My mailing address is --
Dave Rawson
25812 Reed Street
Lomita, CA 90717-3201
... DCR -- http://www.wp.com/DCRawson/home.html
* Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 47
--- via Silver Xpress V4.01 [NR]
Gammel, Ing. A.M. GST
Scanned Comics ?
Message 183 -
1995-09-20 at 19:18:41
Has there ever been, is there, will there ever be an FTP-archive that contains SCANNED-in comic books ?
This could possibly be an interesing way of collecting and exchanging comics.
A.
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This could possibly be an interesing way of collecting and exchanging comics.
A.
/-----------------------------------------------\
| "What good is someone who can walk over water,|
| if you can't follow in his footsteps ?" |
|-----------------------------------------------|
| Andreas Gammel Philips Research Laboratories |
| Building: WB 3.34 Prof. Holstlaan 4 |
| Phone: +31 40 742774 5656 AA Eindhoven |
| Fax: +31 40 744315 The Netherlands |
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\-----------------------------------------------/
H.W. Fluks
Replies to my countrymen
Message 184 -
1995-09-20 at 19:25:18
ARTHUR:
> UNCLE SCROOGE in "The Treasure Temple of Khaos," written by Jan Kruse,
> translated and rescripted by Dwight Decker, penciled by Ben Verhagen,
> inked by Daan Jippes, colored by Scott Rockwell.
I looked at the (Dutch version of the) story again, and it is MOST unlikely
that Jippes inked this. It's all Verhagen style. Besides, Jippes was in
the USA at the time (1989), and would not have accepted an inking
job for such a long story. Verhagen has inked Jippes stories in the past,
but never the other way around.
DANIEL:
> you said you were adding the cover-dates to the lists of comics in the
> database. Does this mean that these dates are also put next to every
> story *in* such a comic?
At the moment: no. The date of a comic goes in the header of that comic,
not repeated for every story in it. But when making a Barks extract
(or any other extract), I maybe can put the date from the header on every
line.
I'll add this to my "I have to think about this" list.
--Harry.
> UNCLE SCROOGE in "The Treasure Temple of Khaos," written by Jan Kruse,
> translated and rescripted by Dwight Decker, penciled by Ben Verhagen,
> inked by Daan Jippes, colored by Scott Rockwell.
I looked at the (Dutch version of the) story again, and it is MOST unlikely
that Jippes inked this. It's all Verhagen style. Besides, Jippes was in
the USA at the time (1989), and would not have accepted an inking
job for such a long story. Verhagen has inked Jippes stories in the past,
but never the other way around.
DANIEL:
> you said you were adding the cover-dates to the lists of comics in the
> database. Does this mean that these dates are also put next to every
> story *in* such a comic?
At the moment: no. The date of a comic goes in the header of that comic,
not repeated for every story in it. But when making a Barks extract
(or any other extract), I maybe can put the date from the header on every
line.
I'll add this to my "I have to think about this" list.
--Harry.
HOWELLDA
Subscribe
Message 185 -
1995-09-21 at 02:44:58
subscribe
David A Gerstein
Disney-comics digest #791.
Message 186 -
1995-09-21 at 04:39:56
GEORGES:
The long-nosed villain named Schnauz in German is named
Catfoot (or, in more recent stories, Weasel) in English, so the
multi-part stories you remember were probably the Paul Murry serials
featured, originally, in WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES in the 1950s
and 1960s (written, most of the time, by Carl Fallberg).
Many Egmont stories have continued to use Catfoot, as have the
French "James Goof" stories (and maybe some others). Originally
Pete's completely generic assistant, the character was played in
France as Pete's long-suffering foil. I actually consider these
stories to be the best use of this character!
Some of the better Murry serials were reprinted by Gladstone
in WDC&S 511-547 and by Disney in WDC&S 564-566. I'm not sure which
ones had Catfoot in them, though... there's also a French James Goof
story (the first one) in American GOOFY ADVS. 9, with a very good
translation and a good part for Catfoot.
Hope this helps!
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
The long-nosed villain named Schnauz in German is named
Catfoot (or, in more recent stories, Weasel) in English, so the
multi-part stories you remember were probably the Paul Murry serials
featured, originally, in WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES in the 1950s
and 1960s (written, most of the time, by Carl Fallberg).
Many Egmont stories have continued to use Catfoot, as have the
French "James Goof" stories (and maybe some others). Originally
Pete's completely generic assistant, the character was played in
France as Pete's long-suffering foil. I actually consider these
stories to be the best use of this character!
Some of the better Murry serials were reprinted by Gladstone
in WDC&S 511-547 and by Disney in WDC&S 564-566. I'm not sure which
ones had Catfoot in them, though... there's also a French James Goof
story (the first one) in American GOOFY ADVS. 9, with a very good
translation and a good part for Catfoot.
Hope this helps!
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
Arthur De Wolf
Georges from Luxembourg
Message 187 -
1995-09-21 at 05:26:32
Hi!
GEORGES:
> ARTHUR: In Luxembourg, ALL German and French Disney comics are available
> in the whole country. Some Italian (Topolino f.i.) and during summer
> holidays the Dutch DD are available in Luxembourg city. Luxembourgish is
> a language of its own.
Do you have special Luxembourgish Disney comics? I've been to Luxembourg
a couple of times, but I've never seen them. I could only find German
and French comics!
BTW: I knew that they speak Luxembourgish in Luxembourg. It was Daniel
who asked it to you. ;-)
-- Arthur.
GEORGES:
> ARTHUR: In Luxembourg, ALL German and French Disney comics are available
> in the whole country. Some Italian (Topolino f.i.) and during summer
> holidays the Dutch DD are available in Luxembourg city. Luxembourgish is
> a language of its own.
Do you have special Luxembourgish Disney comics? I've been to Luxembourg
a couple of times, but I've never seen them. I could only find German
and French comics!
BTW: I knew that they speak Luxembourgish in Luxembourg. It was Daniel
who asked it to you. ;-)
-- Arthur.
JALustig
Jorgen's Reviews, Barks Covers & More!
Message 188 -
1995-09-21 at 07:31:17
Jorgen:
I'm glad you're continuing your reviews. I try to at least casually
glance at all the Egmont stories I see and since I don't read Danish I have
to rely on the art to figure out what the stories are about. Your reviews
often provide enough of a synopsis so that I can find out what the plots are
if I can't figure it out from the art alone. Actually, I wish your reviews
were collected in the archives for reference. Or are they already and I've
missed them?
As far as hurting the feelings of someone whose story you don't
like--well, don't worry about it. It's bound to happen, but we are supposed
to be pros and we ought to be able to handle it. No one--including Carl
Barks--could write stories that everyone likes every time. I don't have a
problem with criticism as long as the comments are about the quality of the
story instead of personal attacks.
Of course, that's easy for me to say--particularly in this case since
you liked the lead story (D94111 "The Swell of Success") in DD & Co #37.
Yup, I wrote it. I'm glad it seemed to work for you. It was the first story I
wrote after taking almost a year off to deal with some family matters.
Frankly, I was struggling a bit to get back in the flow of things and it's
really nice to hear that someone liked it. Of course, I don't know how well
it read in other languages. To some extent we're all at the mercy of our
translators. If I put in a gag or a bit of word play then it's up to them to
come up with something equivalent. I don't envy them a bit. It would drive me
nuts--which would be a very short drive indeed.
List of Credits?
I've been thinking for some time that there might be some interest in
having the work of all the pros on this list indexed. I don't mean anything
heavy duty like the Rosa or Van Horn indexes. But it seems to me that most of
the pros on this list are writers and that if we noted the codes of the
various stories we've done then it would go a long way to filling in some of
the gaps in knowledge about these stories.
I really don't know if there's much interest in this and how it should
be organized if there is. I suspect that most pros don't have time to do much
more than list the story codes and the titles of their stories--if even that.
I'll admit that at the moment I only have a partial list of my own story
codes. I know that there is some sort of data base at our Web-site that tries
to organize story info. (Come to think of it, it might even have some brief
plot descriptions. I'm not sure.) It's been awhile since I've taken a look.
As I remember, though, there's a lot more info on who drew stories rather
than who wrote them--which is perfectly understandable since it's easier to
recognize an artist's style than a writer's style.
Anyway, I'd be interested to know everyone's reactions to this idea.
Van Horn's Nervous Rex:
BTW, as long as we're talking about credits, I thought I'd mention
something that I've never seen mentioned here. Before doing the ducks for
Disney, William Van Horn did several short-lived black & white comic book
series in the United States. The longest and the best known was "Nervous Rex"
about a shrimp-sized T. Rex and his overbearing wife, Dearie. The folks at
Disney Adventures liked it enough that they asked Bill to draw a few new
adventures for their magazine. The last of those stories is running in the
October 1995 issue which is due out shortly. I don't know if the magazine is
available anywhere besides the U.S. and Canada.
Barks Covers:
Someone recently asked about the covers that Van Horn drew in the last
year or so that were based on Barks sketches. No, the sketches are not new.
The original drawings were originally submitted as cover ideas by Barks back
when he was still doing comics. The sketches were apparently rejected and
when they resurfaced years later Gladstone asked Van Horn to do some new
covers based on them.
I guess that's about it for now. Take care.
---John Lustig
I'm glad you're continuing your reviews. I try to at least casually
glance at all the Egmont stories I see and since I don't read Danish I have
to rely on the art to figure out what the stories are about. Your reviews
often provide enough of a synopsis so that I can find out what the plots are
if I can't figure it out from the art alone. Actually, I wish your reviews
were collected in the archives for reference. Or are they already and I've
missed them?
As far as hurting the feelings of someone whose story you don't
like--well, don't worry about it. It's bound to happen, but we are supposed
to be pros and we ought to be able to handle it. No one--including Carl
Barks--could write stories that everyone likes every time. I don't have a
problem with criticism as long as the comments are about the quality of the
story instead of personal attacks.
Of course, that's easy for me to say--particularly in this case since
you liked the lead story (D94111 "The Swell of Success") in DD & Co #37.
Yup, I wrote it. I'm glad it seemed to work for you. It was the first story I
wrote after taking almost a year off to deal with some family matters.
Frankly, I was struggling a bit to get back in the flow of things and it's
really nice to hear that someone liked it. Of course, I don't know how well
it read in other languages. To some extent we're all at the mercy of our
translators. If I put in a gag or a bit of word play then it's up to them to
come up with something equivalent. I don't envy them a bit. It would drive me
nuts--which would be a very short drive indeed.
List of Credits?
I've been thinking for some time that there might be some interest in
having the work of all the pros on this list indexed. I don't mean anything
heavy duty like the Rosa or Van Horn indexes. But it seems to me that most of
the pros on this list are writers and that if we noted the codes of the
various stories we've done then it would go a long way to filling in some of
the gaps in knowledge about these stories.
I really don't know if there's much interest in this and how it should
be organized if there is. I suspect that most pros don't have time to do much
more than list the story codes and the titles of their stories--if even that.
I'll admit that at the moment I only have a partial list of my own story
codes. I know that there is some sort of data base at our Web-site that tries
to organize story info. (Come to think of it, it might even have some brief
plot descriptions. I'm not sure.) It's been awhile since I've taken a look.
As I remember, though, there's a lot more info on who drew stories rather
than who wrote them--which is perfectly understandable since it's easier to
recognize an artist's style than a writer's style.
Anyway, I'd be interested to know everyone's reactions to this idea.
Van Horn's Nervous Rex:
BTW, as long as we're talking about credits, I thought I'd mention
something that I've never seen mentioned here. Before doing the ducks for
Disney, William Van Horn did several short-lived black & white comic book
series in the United States. The longest and the best known was "Nervous Rex"
about a shrimp-sized T. Rex and his overbearing wife, Dearie. The folks at
Disney Adventures liked it enough that they asked Bill to draw a few new
adventures for their magazine. The last of those stories is running in the
October 1995 issue which is due out shortly. I don't know if the magazine is
available anywhere besides the U.S. and Canada.
Barks Covers:
Someone recently asked about the covers that Van Horn drew in the last
year or so that were based on Barks sketches. No, the sketches are not new.
The original drawings were originally submitted as cover ideas by Barks back
when he was still doing comics. The sketches were apparently rejected and
when they resurfaced years later Gladstone asked Van Horn to do some new
covers based on them.
I guess that's about it for now. Take care.
---John Lustig
RHODE
New Donald Duck Adventures
Message 189 -
1995-09-21 at 17:05:12
Hello all,
The new Donald Duck Adventures is out in the States. I don't have it hear
at work, but it's drawn by Pat Block. The story is that Scrooge doesn't
want to pay for Halloween candy. (That may need a reference point for the
rest of the world - on Oct 31, children in America dress in costumes and go
door-to-door in neighborhoods asking for a trick or treat - usually candy).
Scrooge has just built a new moneybin (?) and feels that he'll get lots of
visitors. He hires Sharkey the lawyer to buy up all the candy in town
while he's vacationing with Grandma Duck. Sharkey proceeds to bankrupt him
and it's up to Witch Hazel to save him. An OK story - notwithstanding our
talented translators on the list, it's nice to see some American artists
following Don's lead and making some American Duck stories again.
Mike Rhode
The new Donald Duck Adventures is out in the States. I don't have it hear
at work, but it's drawn by Pat Block. The story is that Scrooge doesn't
want to pay for Halloween candy. (That may need a reference point for the
rest of the world - on Oct 31, children in America dress in costumes and go
door-to-door in neighborhoods asking for a trick or treat - usually candy).
Scrooge has just built a new moneybin (?) and feels that he'll get lots of
visitors. He hires Sharkey the lawyer to buy up all the candy in town
while he's vacationing with Grandma Duck. Sharkey proceeds to bankrupt him
and it's up to Witch Hazel to save him. An OK story - notwithstanding our
talented translators on the list, it's nice to see some American artists
following Don's lead and making some American Duck stories again.
Mike Rhode
David A Gerstein
Calling Jakob Soderbaum
Message 190 -
1995-09-21 at 17:41:05
JAKOB:
I haven't heard from you since I got to Massachusetts, and
since my other E-Mails from you are back in California, I don't have
your E-Mail address available. Haven't you got mine from the Digests?
I'm wondering what's happened with our project...
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
I haven't heard from you since I got to Massachusetts, and
since my other E-Mails from you are back in California, I don't have
your E-Mail address available. Haven't you got mine from the Digests?
I'm wondering what's happened with our project...
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
H.W. Fluks
More!
Message 191 -
1995-09-21 at 19:17:08
JOHN:
> I've been thinking for some time that there might be some interest in
> having the work of all the pros on this list indexed.
Yes, that IS of interest! And we're already trying to put all information
we have in the Database. For example, there's a file called
"Gerstein.story-index", which lists all published and unpublished stories
written by David. I made the file simply because David gave us the
information. So if you (or Dave, or Gianfranco, or...) have story codes of
stories you wrote, I'd be happy to make a Lustig.story-index,
Rawson.story-index et cetera.
> I don't mean anything heavy duty like the Rosa or Van Horn indexes.
Most of the information in those indexes can be generated automatically
from the Database, if we continue indexing all Disney issues in the world.
> I really don't know if there's much interest in this and how it should
> be organized if there is.
At least one person is interested (me). And if you send your data to me,
I'll make it available as a part of the Disney comics Database (actually,
Per makes the files avaiable, but I produce the files and send them to him).
I plan to release a next version of the Database next week, right before
I go on a 3-week holiday.
BTW, currently, the "Lustig.story-index" would contain the following
(reprint information omitted):
AR = Another Rainbow (Gladstone)
AR 127 1 DD D:Poisoned Palate [writ:JLu,WH] [art:WH]
AR 129 1 US D:Shaping Up [writ:JLu,WH] [art:WH]
AR 137 2 DD T:Seafood blues [art:WH]
AR 142 10 DT T:Windfall on Mt. G'zoontight [art:WH]
AR 150 2 DD T:Call of the wild [art:WH]
AR 151 12 DT T:Sky-High Hi-Jinks [art:WH]
AR 152 13 DT T:The Billion-Bean Stampede [art:WH]
AR 154 24 DD D:The Amazon queen [art:WH]
D = Denmark (Gutenberghus / Egmont)
D 92211 12 DD T:Stampede and Deliver! [art:WH]
D 93393 1 MM Ruk:Something Fishy [art:Noel Van Horn]
D 93394 2 GO Ruk:Peek-A-Boo Bunny [art:Noel Van Horn]
K = Disney Comics
KD 0290 12 DD T:Rootin' Tootin' Duck [art:WH]
KD 0990 14 DD T:It's Bats, Man! [art:WH]
KD 2190 12 3 DD T:Run-Down Runner [art:WH]
KU 3090b 26 3 US T:No Room for Human Error [art:WH]
Abbreviations of creators used:
JLu = John Lustig
WH = William Van Horn
---x---
The "Rawson.story-index" is not that big either:
D = Denmark (Gutenberghus / Egmont)
D 92193 14 DD D:Tour de Jour [writ:DRa,Pat McGreal] [art:VR]
Abbreviations of creators used:
DRa = Dave Rawson
VR = Victor A. Rios (Vicar)
--Harry.
> I've been thinking for some time that there might be some interest in
> having the work of all the pros on this list indexed.
Yes, that IS of interest! And we're already trying to put all information
we have in the Database. For example, there's a file called
"Gerstein.story-index", which lists all published and unpublished stories
written by David. I made the file simply because David gave us the
information. So if you (or Dave, or Gianfranco, or...) have story codes of
stories you wrote, I'd be happy to make a Lustig.story-index,
Rawson.story-index et cetera.
> I don't mean anything heavy duty like the Rosa or Van Horn indexes.
Most of the information in those indexes can be generated automatically
from the Database, if we continue indexing all Disney issues in the world.
> I really don't know if there's much interest in this and how it should
> be organized if there is.
At least one person is interested (me). And if you send your data to me,
I'll make it available as a part of the Disney comics Database (actually,
Per makes the files avaiable, but I produce the files and send them to him).
I plan to release a next version of the Database next week, right before
I go on a 3-week holiday.
BTW, currently, the "Lustig.story-index" would contain the following
(reprint information omitted):
AR = Another Rainbow (Gladstone)
AR 127 1 DD D:Poisoned Palate [writ:JLu,WH] [art:WH]
AR 129 1 US D:Shaping Up [writ:JLu,WH] [art:WH]
AR 137 2 DD T:Seafood blues [art:WH]
AR 142 10 DT T:Windfall on Mt. G'zoontight [art:WH]
AR 150 2 DD T:Call of the wild [art:WH]
AR 151 12 DT T:Sky-High Hi-Jinks [art:WH]
AR 152 13 DT T:The Billion-Bean Stampede [art:WH]
AR 154 24 DD D:The Amazon queen [art:WH]
D = Denmark (Gutenberghus / Egmont)
D 92211 12 DD T:Stampede and Deliver! [art:WH]
D 93393 1 MM Ruk:Something Fishy [art:Noel Van Horn]
D 93394 2 GO Ruk:Peek-A-Boo Bunny [art:Noel Van Horn]
K = Disney Comics
KD 0290 12 DD T:Rootin' Tootin' Duck [art:WH]
KD 0990 14 DD T:It's Bats, Man! [art:WH]
KD 2190 12 3 DD T:Run-Down Runner [art:WH]
KU 3090b 26 3 US T:No Room for Human Error [art:WH]
Abbreviations of creators used:
JLu = John Lustig
WH = William Van Horn
---x---
The "Rawson.story-index" is not that big either:
D = Denmark (Gutenberghus / Egmont)
D 92193 14 DD D:Tour de Jour [writ:DRa,Pat McGreal] [art:VR]
Abbreviations of creators used:
DRa = Dave Rawson
VR = Victor A. Rios (Vicar)
--Harry.
H.W. Fluks
American Duck stories
Message 192 -
1995-09-21 at 20:05:11
MIKE:
> notwithstanding our
> talented translators on the list, it's nice to see some American artists
> following Don's lead and making some American Duck stories again.
I don't understand this. Why is it important that Americans make the new
stories? Is that better for the quality of a story? If so, why?
--Harry.
> notwithstanding our
> talented translators on the list, it's nice to see some American artists
> following Don's lead and making some American Duck stories again.
I don't understand this. Why is it important that Americans make the new
stories? Is that better for the quality of a story? If so, why?
--Harry.
Behr.De.Ruiter
I'm away
Message 193 -
1995-09-22 at 02:15:10
Hi,
I am away until October 1th. This is an automatic reply.
Your message has been saved in my mailbox; I'll read it when
I'm back.
-- Behr de Ruiter
I am away until October 1th. This is an automatic reply.
Your message has been saved in my mailbox; I'll read it when
I'm back.
-- Behr de Ruiter
Cdoberman
American Duck stories
Message 194 -
1995-09-22 at 08:01:59
Harry (to Mike): "Why is it important that Americans make the new
stories? Is that better for the quality of a story? If so, why?"
As an American, it's nice to me because America lacks currently the same
level of enthusiasm for Disney comics generally displayed by Europeans.
American writers give me hope that our enthusiasm might increase.
The quality is not necessarily any better, but when I read a gag or pun, I
know it is the original gag intended by the author. However, fine
translators can make a story just as entertaining as the original.
I enjoy good foreign stories as much as good American stories. But national
pride does kick in a little when I read an original American story.
-- Wes
"But, Mickey! It's SUICIDE! We'll be KILLED! How'll we ever land without
wheels?" -- Captain Doberman
stories? Is that better for the quality of a story? If so, why?"
As an American, it's nice to me because America lacks currently the same
level of enthusiasm for Disney comics generally displayed by Europeans.
American writers give me hope that our enthusiasm might increase.
The quality is not necessarily any better, but when I read a gag or pun, I
know it is the original gag intended by the author. However, fine
translators can make a story just as entertaining as the original.
I enjoy good foreign stories as much as good American stories. But national
pride does kick in a little when I read an original American story.
-- Wes
"But, Mickey! It's SUICIDE! We'll be KILLED! How'll we ever land without
wheels?" -- Captain Doberman
Don Rosa
Disney-comics digest #792.
Message 195 -
1995-09-22 at 15:53:00
DAVE R.:
Your French funnybook goes into the mail, first-class, Saturday morning.
HARRY:
Obviously the intended meaning was not that any American Disney
story would be "better" than a foreign one. Lawd knows that I'll NEVER be
able to match the artwork that comes out of all those talented Italians and
Dutch and Chilean and etc. cartoonists; my utter lack of training puts a cap
on how much I'll ever improve. But it's just nice to see that there are
still Americans willing to try to make a career in comic characters that are
so utterly ignored in the market in which we live. I always like to see it,
myself.
Your French funnybook goes into the mail, first-class, Saturday morning.
HARRY:
Obviously the intended meaning was not that any American Disney
story would be "better" than a foreign one. Lawd knows that I'll NEVER be
able to match the artwork that comes out of all those talented Italians and
Dutch and Chilean and etc. cartoonists; my utter lack of training puts a cap
on how much I'll ever improve. But it's just nice to see that there are
still Americans willing to try to make a career in comic characters that are
so utterly ignored in the market in which we live. I always like to see it,
myself.