TODD:
Now that you're here with us (Welcome, aboard!) I can ask my stupid silly
fanboy-type questions.
First of all, congratulations on the Eisner Award! (As big a fan of Tom
Orzechowski as I am, I don't get the feeling his lettering would transfer
well into the Duck books.)
Second, will you be lettering more of Don Rosa's stories for Gladstone?
I hope so, because I've seen more than one Don Rosa story which I enjoyed
greatly but had the potential for being ruined by ugly-looking
lettering. (Guardians of the Lost Library immediately comes to mind.)
And although Gladstone's coloring is top-notch (Susan Daigle-Leach is
brilliant.), their lettering often leaves something to be desired.
And as I just mentioned in my last letter to the list, I don't much enjoy
the computerized lettering in the Duck books. I didn't mind it too much
when it popped up in a story a few weeks ago, but it really turned me off
in U$A #35. (This is ironic because I like the way Jeff Smith, John
Byrne, and Richard Starkings letter with the computer. But maybe that's
because they letter with their own hand-writing scanned in, rather than
using a standard computer font which Gladstone seems to be using.)
-Augie
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Augie De Blieck Jr.
Lettering Comics
Message 106 -
1995-10-11 at 00:48:23
Augie De Blieck Jr.
U$A #35 Part 2
Message 107 -
1995-10-11 at 00:53:31
Oh, almost forgot to mention the art and translated script here:
I loved the reference to Kheno Ben Rhosa. Sounds vaguely familiar. ;)
Didn't like the idea that the nephews are wearing sweaters in Egypt. I
realize it gets cold at night, but they were always shown in the story in
the middle of the day. And how hot must it have been with a t-shirt on
underneath the sweater?!? Sheesh
I also liked greatly the art in this issue. Ben Verhagen really mixes
well the cartoon ducks with the realistic architectural details.
-Augie, thinks he's done with the review now...
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I loved the reference to Kheno Ben Rhosa. Sounds vaguely familiar. ;)
Didn't like the idea that the nephews are wearing sweaters in Egypt. I
realize it gets cold at night, but they were always shown in the story in
the middle of the day. And how hot must it have been with a t-shirt on
underneath the sweater?!? Sheesh
I also liked greatly the art in this issue. Ben Verhagen really mixes
well the cartoon ducks with the realistic architectural details.
-Augie, thinks he's done with the review now...
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David A Gerstein
Disney-comics digest #811.
Message 108 -
1995-10-11 at 02:58:19
JOHN:
I have a German edition of your DuckTales Movie adaptation,
which I think is the same version we're discussing. They turned the
64-page adaptation into 45 pages by turning many 6-panel pages into
8-panel pages and by deleting EVERY non-movie addition you made to the
plot. Virtually EVERY scene you described as marking "your" version
wasn't in this reformatted one, which was thus a much more direct
adaptation of the movie.
The 45-page version also alters the art so that hands, arms,
wings, etc. aren't constantly sticking out of the edges of panels and
overlapping with other panels. The Jaime Diaz Studio's layout was
really overbearing in the original, and these guys fixed it.
The story was also recolored, but whoever recolored it left
the Ducks with the dark-blue eyes they had in the American version, so
it may not at first look to some people as though it's been recolored.
DON:
Don't worry... I'd never expect that you'd put Webby and Bubba
Duck into a story by choice. I imagined that if they were there,
you'd have added them because you were told to.
The McDuck Mansion as shown in the DuckTales series is just
the same building shown in that one-page "sheep lawnmower" gag of US
9, with a overhanging roof slapped on top, but I think we've had this
debate before... Barks sometimes showed Scrooge living in a mansion,
but at other times, he appeared to live in a normal house.
I've worked on several Danish rewrites, some pre-DuckTales,
which include the mansion. All of them draw it without the hanging
roof, as in US 9.
There's Barks evidence both for and against the mansion...
On the other hand, I've seen Egmont and S-coded stories where
Magica lives in a castle, which I KNOW is wrong.
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
I have a German edition of your DuckTales Movie adaptation,
which I think is the same version we're discussing. They turned the
64-page adaptation into 45 pages by turning many 6-panel pages into
8-panel pages and by deleting EVERY non-movie addition you made to the
plot. Virtually EVERY scene you described as marking "your" version
wasn't in this reformatted one, which was thus a much more direct
adaptation of the movie.
The 45-page version also alters the art so that hands, arms,
wings, etc. aren't constantly sticking out of the edges of panels and
overlapping with other panels. The Jaime Diaz Studio's layout was
really overbearing in the original, and these guys fixed it.
The story was also recolored, but whoever recolored it left
the Ducks with the dark-blue eyes they had in the American version, so
it may not at first look to some people as though it's been recolored.
DON:
Don't worry... I'd never expect that you'd put Webby and Bubba
Duck into a story by choice. I imagined that if they were there,
you'd have added them because you were told to.
The McDuck Mansion as shown in the DuckTales series is just
the same building shown in that one-page "sheep lawnmower" gag of US
9, with a overhanging roof slapped on top, but I think we've had this
debate before... Barks sometimes showed Scrooge living in a mansion,
but at other times, he appeared to live in a normal house.
I've worked on several Danish rewrites, some pre-DuckTales,
which include the mansion. All of them draw it without the hanging
roof, as in US 9.
There's Barks evidence both for and against the mansion...
On the other hand, I've seen Egmont and S-coded stories where
Magica lives in a castle, which I KNOW is wrong.
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
Augie De Blieck Jr.
Disney-comics digest #811.
Message 109 -
1995-10-11 at 04:05:14
Re: Back In Time for a Dime
As has been previously discussed here, I first came to $crooge comics
from the DuckTales cartoon. (This, probably, makes me the bastard child
of the list...) And I collected these DuckTales magazines Welsh
published at the time. I've made my first pass through the mountains of
comics and old magazines looking for it, but haven't found Don's issue
yet, just one other, in which "Scabbard's the key" was a key element. I
can still remember Don's story, since I was SUCH a HUGE fan at the time.
I can remember McDuck Mansion and the time machine and Bubba running all
around. Didn't McDuck Mansion end up in the middle of a jungle or forest
or something...
Anyway, if I do happen upon the issue anytime soon, I'll let you all
know. (And if you beg, I'll make photocopies... ;)
JOHN:
Don't joke about Herbie the Love Bug. Just read in the paper where they
are making a new Herbie movie starring Herbie against his evil twin
car!!! I kid you not.
-Augie
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As has been previously discussed here, I first came to $crooge comics
from the DuckTales cartoon. (This, probably, makes me the bastard child
of the list...) And I collected these DuckTales magazines Welsh
published at the time. I've made my first pass through the mountains of
comics and old magazines looking for it, but haven't found Don's issue
yet, just one other, in which "Scabbard's the key" was a key element. I
can still remember Don's story, since I was SUCH a HUGE fan at the time.
I can remember McDuck Mansion and the time machine and Bubba running all
around. Didn't McDuck Mansion end up in the middle of a jungle or forest
or something...
Anyway, if I do happen upon the issue anytime soon, I'll let you all
know. (And if you beg, I'll make photocopies... ;)
JOHN:
Don't joke about Herbie the Love Bug. Just read in the paper where they
are making a new Herbie movie starring Herbie against his evil twin
car!!! I kid you not.
-Augie
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Don Rosa
Disney-comics digest #811.
Message 110 -
1995-10-11 at 06:51:00
VIDAR:
There's lots of questions you could probably hang me up on when it
comes to a story like "The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad" where I play fast
and loose with science and physics. But I would have thought the answer to
this particular question would be obvious. The Ducks regained their normal
size before the Bin did because the Bin was shrunken much, MUCH more than
they were. It was so tiny it had long become invisible to even tiny-them.
Right? I would have thought you meant to ask me why the Bin was *shrinking*
faster than they were -- that would be a fair question, as it passed them up
in "shrinkage". If the translator omitted that explanation (which I made
even though it was clearly shown in the story), it was because the Ducks
only got a one-second burst of the shrink-ray, while the Beagles gave the
Bin a looooonnnngg blast of it, giving it lots more shrink-momentum. But
they were both, Duck-duo and Bin, enlarging at the same speed -- it's just
that the Ducks had a huge head-start in size-osity.
See?...
There's lots of questions you could probably hang me up on when it
comes to a story like "The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad" where I play fast
and loose with science and physics. But I would have thought the answer to
this particular question would be obvious. The Ducks regained their normal
size before the Bin did because the Bin was shrunken much, MUCH more than
they were. It was so tiny it had long become invisible to even tiny-them.
Right? I would have thought you meant to ask me why the Bin was *shrinking*
faster than they were -- that would be a fair question, as it passed them up
in "shrinkage". If the translator omitted that explanation (which I made
even though it was clearly shown in the story), it was because the Ducks
only got a one-second burst of the shrink-ray, while the Beagles gave the
Bin a looooonnnngg blast of it, giving it lots more shrink-momentum. But
they were both, Duck-duo and Bin, enlarging at the same speed -- it's just
that the Ducks had a huge head-start in size-osity.
See?...
Fredrik Ekman
U$A #35 Part 2
Message 111 -
1995-10-11 at 12:39:15
On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Augie De Blieck Jr. wrote:
> Didn't like the idea that the nephews are wearing sweaters in Egypt. I
> realize it gets cold at night, but they were always shown in the story in
> the middle of the day. And how hot must it have been with a t-shirt on
> underneath the sweater?!? Sheesh
Quite frankly, you are wrong. I have not read the story and so cannot
comment on it specificallyl, but I can tell you about the time I visited
Egypt in February (I think it was). In the middle of the day it was about
7 degrees Celsius (someone convert this to Farenheit, it should be
somewhere about 40) by the Ghize (sp?) pyramids.
/F
> Didn't like the idea that the nephews are wearing sweaters in Egypt. I
> realize it gets cold at night, but they were always shown in the story in
> the middle of the day. And how hot must it have been with a t-shirt on
> underneath the sweater?!? Sheesh
Quite frankly, you are wrong. I have not read the story and so cannot
comment on it specificallyl, but I can tell you about the time I visited
Egypt in February (I think it was). In the middle of the day it was about
7 degrees Celsius (someone convert this to Farenheit, it should be
somewhere about 40) by the Ghize (sp?) pyramids.
/F
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
Reviews
Message 112 -
1995-10-11 at 18:21:08
| rd to your reviews--by all means continue on just as you're doing.
| What's the point of having a review if you don't have any opinions in them?
Something missing here?
Sure, I'll go on writing like I've done so far. What I was wondering
about was if anybody had any opinions of how they should be if they
were to be put on the WWW-pages. Just the same? Guess so.
| One small point of interest, though. That yarn was largely inspired
| by a real parking garage
That certainly is of interest :-) I like to know what inspired stories.
A local newspaper tested the parking garages here in Oslo some time
ago, BTW (no, there aren't so many of them). They illustrated it with
photographs of paint spots on the walls. Real expensive car paint.
They almost scratched the test car a few times to, and this was a
European car...
Jorgen
| What's the point of having a review if you don't have any opinions in them?
Something missing here?
Sure, I'll go on writing like I've done so far. What I was wondering
about was if anybody had any opinions of how they should be if they
were to be put on the WWW-pages. Just the same? Guess so.
| One small point of interest, though. That yarn was largely inspired
| by a real parking garage
That certainly is of interest :-) I like to know what inspired stories.
A local newspaper tested the parking garages here in Oslo some time
ago, BTW (no, there aren't so many of them). They illustrated it with
photographs of paint spots on the walls. Real expensive car paint.
They almost scratched the test car a few times to, and this was a
European car...
Jorgen
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
DuckTales Movie Adaption
Message 113 -
1995-10-11 at 18:29:39
John:
It must be the same as the one David is describing. I haven't had
time to read it now, but I glanced throgh it, and I did note the
scorpion (it's pink) grabbing the stalactite.
Jorgen
It must be the same as the one David is describing. I haven't had
time to read it now, but I glanced throgh it, and I did note the
scorpion (it's pink) grabbing the stalactite.
Jorgen
Per Starback
ADM: No list mail for at least 11 hours
Message 114 -
1995-10-11 at 18:55:43
The whole building where the computer that maintains this mailing list
(with a little help from yours truly :-) will be without electricity
between Wednesday 7 pm GMT and Thursday 6 am GMT, so you won't get any
Disney comics mail then. And maybe not for some time after that
either. I don't know if the operators here will be here and get
everything running immediately after we get our power back.)
So there's nothing wrong with your computer because of it. Don't send
any questions to me (or to the list!) about it! See you later!
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
(with a little help from yours truly :-) will be without electricity
between Wednesday 7 pm GMT and Thursday 6 am GMT, so you won't get any
Disney comics mail then. And maybe not for some time after that
either. I don't know if the operators here will be here and get
everything running immediately after we get our power back.)
So there's nothing wrong with your computer because of it. Don't send
any questions to me (or to the list!) about it! See you later!
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Mike Pohjola
Disney-comics digest #810.
Message 115 -
1995-10-11 at 21:26:24
DANIEL:
I was told (am not sure) that celebrating April 1st with fooling other
people is an old Christian tradition. It started when some Christian crusaders
or missionaries fooled natives of a far-away country and called them "April
fools".
DON:
After all these digests you finally remembered to mail the list of the
closet holdings! Great!
(Pink) oil-tanker: A pink oil-tanker would've been a gag, but in the
translated version it sounded simply as a statement: "That felt like..."
The final part of TIST was published in Finnish. Donald's line after
the sneeze was very funny. So were the money-dust thing and that penisilline
gag. And the editors didn't notice you had a 1954 newspaper hidden in Scrooge's
office! And the BB really "robbed the money-bin" this time for real!-) Has
176-167 always worn boxer shorts like that?-) Poor Mickey... And the ending was
great too. Only coloring was not great, but you can't help that.
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
I was told (am not sure) that celebrating April 1st with fooling other
people is an old Christian tradition. It started when some Christian crusaders
or missionaries fooled natives of a far-away country and called them "April
fools".
DON:
After all these digests you finally remembered to mail the list of the
closet holdings! Great!
(Pink) oil-tanker: A pink oil-tanker would've been a gag, but in the
translated version it sounded simply as a statement: "That felt like..."
The final part of TIST was published in Finnish. Donald's line after
the sneeze was very funny. So were the money-dust thing and that penisilline
gag. And the editors didn't notice you had a 1954 newspaper hidden in Scrooge's
office! And the BB really "robbed the money-bin" this time for real!-) Has
176-167 always worn boxer shorts like that?-) Poor Mickey... And the ending was
great too. Only coloring was not great, but you can't help that.
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
Don Rosa
Disney-comics digest #812.
Message 116 -
1995-10-12 at 05:50:00
DAVID:
I can't recall any Barks stories after the very earliest ones (when
$crooge was shown to be very rich, but was not yet shown as being stingy)
where $crooge is shown living in a mansion -- except that one-page goat-gag.
What were the others? And I really doubt that the Ducktales writers or
artists had any knowledge of that one-page-gag; any resemblance between the
two buildings was surely a coincidence. Otherwise, they would have made the
Money Bin look more like the Money Bin, instead of a mosque or something
(with that domed roof and spire).
A few fellow anal-retentives have, over the years, sent me
blueprints of the interior of the Money Bin (quite GOOD ones, too!). And
they always show $crooge's living quarters to be in there, above the
offices. That's where I think they would obviously be, both in character
with his stinginess and protectiveness. That's where I'll put his bedroom if
I ever write a story that requires it.
I can't recall any Barks stories after the very earliest ones (when
$crooge was shown to be very rich, but was not yet shown as being stingy)
where $crooge is shown living in a mansion -- except that one-page goat-gag.
What were the others? And I really doubt that the Ducktales writers or
artists had any knowledge of that one-page-gag; any resemblance between the
two buildings was surely a coincidence. Otherwise, they would have made the
Money Bin look more like the Money Bin, instead of a mosque or something
(with that domed roof and spire).
A few fellow anal-retentives have, over the years, sent me
blueprints of the interior of the Money Bin (quite GOOD ones, too!). And
they always show $crooge's living quarters to be in there, above the
offices. That's where I think they would obviously be, both in character
with his stinginess and protectiveness. That's where I'll put his bedroom if
I ever write a story that requires it.
Tommy Tran
Epic Hero 1
Message 117 -
1995-10-12 at 06:12:04
(Well, it seems that this message to the list was stuck in a server
somewhere, so here it is again. If you did get this, then I have no idea
what is
going on.)
This the first paragraph of a paper that I had written last year that I
though you all would find interesting. The idea for the paper came out
just after a conversation about epics, and who was the American epic
hero. After just finished reading the LO$:King of the Klondike and
of course Scrooge popped into my mind. Subsequent paragraphs will be
mailed later, I don't want to take too much of your time. Hey, this
may be going too far, but that's what I do.
On another note, I'd like to congradulate you Mr Rosa on LO$ 11.
There is something new to back me up if I hear one more time that
Uncle Scrooge is a "kiddie" comic. It is, but kid are much
more mature that many tend to think. I'd say that the few compete
comics maturity wise (and maturity not meaning the inclusion of
excessive sex and violence) were Batman, the X-files, and sometime
the X-men.
Now that I've got my shpiel(?) out of the way, on with the paper.
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Tommy Tran
Mrs. Fanett
Independent Study English
24 May 1995
Uncle Scrooge McDuck
An American Epic Hero
In 1987, the animated Disney television series Duck Tales was launched,
marking the passing of a torch to another generation. It introduced thousands
of young children and reminded many old of the adventures of one Scrooge
McDuck,
a tightwad Scottish millionaire, the Richest Duck in the World. The show's
roots date back to 1947, when an anonymous comic book writer / artist named
Carl
Barks created Scrooge McDuck as a bit character in a Donald Duck Christmas
story. The character's popularity grew, and around the world Uncle Scrooge
is a
familiar name to any sophisticated comic book fan ("Barks, Carl" 39-40).
Carl's
character had a profound influence in America as well. "In its day, 'Uncle
Scrooge' was in fact America's best selling comic book -- an early shared
influence on a generation that would later, in the '60s, revolt against the
uptight tedium of everyday affluence " (Miller 76). Uncle Scrooge McDuck, ". .
. the embodiment of home-grown pluck and made-in-U.S.A. materialism" (Cocks 78)
deserves the status of an American Epic Hero, as his life story fits the
characteristics of traditional national epics, ". . . Scrooge and his creator
Carl Barks belong in the great mainstream of American folklore" (78). Scrooge
McDuck's life story, as chronicled in Don Rosa's serial, "The Life and Times of
Scrooge McDuck", and Carl Barks' tale "Only a Poor Old Duck" contain the
characteristics of a literary epic, including the epic hero: Scrooge McDuck.
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-TOMMY TRAN
ttt_42 at mail.utexas.edu
P.S. Another conspiracy society would be the Illuminati. Just thought
I'd say so.
P.P.S. I recieved a 90 out of 100 on this paper (for the numerous grammer
errors, but what do you expect at 2:00 in the morning).
somewhere, so here it is again. If you did get this, then I have no idea
what is
going on.)
This the first paragraph of a paper that I had written last year that I
though you all would find interesting. The idea for the paper came out
just after a conversation about epics, and who was the American epic
hero. After just finished reading the LO$:King of the Klondike and
of course Scrooge popped into my mind. Subsequent paragraphs will be
mailed later, I don't want to take too much of your time. Hey, this
may be going too far, but that's what I do.
On another note, I'd like to congradulate you Mr Rosa on LO$ 11.
There is something new to back me up if I hear one more time that
Uncle Scrooge is a "kiddie" comic. It is, but kid are much
more mature that many tend to think. I'd say that the few compete
comics maturity wise (and maturity not meaning the inclusion of
excessive sex and violence) were Batman, the X-files, and sometime
the X-men.
Now that I've got my shpiel(?) out of the way, on with the paper.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Tommy Tran
Mrs. Fanett
Independent Study English
24 May 1995
Uncle Scrooge McDuck
An American Epic Hero
In 1987, the animated Disney television series Duck Tales was launched,
marking the passing of a torch to another generation. It introduced thousands
of young children and reminded many old of the adventures of one Scrooge
McDuck,
a tightwad Scottish millionaire, the Richest Duck in the World. The show's
roots date back to 1947, when an anonymous comic book writer / artist named
Carl
Barks created Scrooge McDuck as a bit character in a Donald Duck Christmas
story. The character's popularity grew, and around the world Uncle Scrooge
is a
familiar name to any sophisticated comic book fan ("Barks, Carl" 39-40).
Carl's
character had a profound influence in America as well. "In its day, 'Uncle
Scrooge' was in fact America's best selling comic book -- an early shared
influence on a generation that would later, in the '60s, revolt against the
uptight tedium of everyday affluence " (Miller 76). Uncle Scrooge McDuck, ". .
. the embodiment of home-grown pluck and made-in-U.S.A. materialism" (Cocks 78)
deserves the status of an American Epic Hero, as his life story fits the
characteristics of traditional national epics, ". . . Scrooge and his creator
Carl Barks belong in the great mainstream of American folklore" (78). Scrooge
McDuck's life story, as chronicled in Don Rosa's serial, "The Life and Times of
Scrooge McDuck", and Carl Barks' tale "Only a Poor Old Duck" contain the
characteristics of a literary epic, including the epic hero: Scrooge McDuck.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-TOMMY TRAN
ttt_42 at mail.utexas.edu
P.S. Another conspiracy society would be the Illuminati. Just thought
I'd say so.
P.P.S. I recieved a 90 out of 100 on this paper (for the numerous grammer
errors, but what do you expect at 2:00 in the morning).
Cdoberman
Ducks and Fundraising
Message 118 -
1995-10-12 at 07:52:43
I've enjoyed reading WDC&S #600. All but one of the stories were new to me
so I feel like I'm catching up on what I've missed. I'd read the Jippes
story ("The Do-Gooders League") before, and I like it a lot. One of the main
reasons I enjoy it is because it is a story about raising money for charity,
and that's what I do for a living. I laugh in this story when the entire
town gathers to watch the needy people dig through the pile of used clothes,
first come first serve. I can't imagine! And all the town folks are so
patronizing -- and even the cops make fun of the poor people. Unfortunately,
it's more true than we probably realize.
Van Horn's story is also about fund raising for charity: "Heavy Duty." I
guess it's common for Daisy to be involved in some sort of fund raising
activity.
Of course, my favorite all time fund raising story (not that I've seen them
all) is Barks' "Christmas for Shacktown" My favorite scene is when Donald
confronts Scrooge for $50 (I think that's the amount). He ends up with a
challenge grant -- where the rich person says I'll give you the money if you
raise the same amount from other sources. This is a very common tactic in
fund raising, and I love that scene!
Can any one else think of other fund raising stories? I'd love to hear your
recommendations.
-- Wes
"Attention! All Needy People! Line up now for the Great Clothes Rush!" --
Master of Ceremonies, Festival of the Poor, Duckburg
so I feel like I'm catching up on what I've missed. I'd read the Jippes
story ("The Do-Gooders League") before, and I like it a lot. One of the main
reasons I enjoy it is because it is a story about raising money for charity,
and that's what I do for a living. I laugh in this story when the entire
town gathers to watch the needy people dig through the pile of used clothes,
first come first serve. I can't imagine! And all the town folks are so
patronizing -- and even the cops make fun of the poor people. Unfortunately,
it's more true than we probably realize.
Van Horn's story is also about fund raising for charity: "Heavy Duty." I
guess it's common for Daisy to be involved in some sort of fund raising
activity.
Of course, my favorite all time fund raising story (not that I've seen them
all) is Barks' "Christmas for Shacktown" My favorite scene is when Donald
confronts Scrooge for $50 (I think that's the amount). He ends up with a
challenge grant -- where the rich person says I'll give you the money if you
raise the same amount from other sources. This is a very common tactic in
fund raising, and I love that scene!
Can any one else think of other fund raising stories? I'd love to hear your
recommendations.
-- Wes
"Attention! All Needy People! Line up now for the Great Clothes Rush!" --
Master of Ceremonies, Festival of the Poor, Duckburg
Fredrik Ekman
Reviews
Message 119 -
1995-10-12 at 11:29:14
On Wed, 11 Oct 1995, Jorgen wrote:
> Sure, I'll go on writing like I've done so far. What I was wondering
> about was if anybody had any opinions of how they should be if they
> were to be put on the WWW-pages. Just the same? Guess so.
Would it be much trouble for you to make each review in two parts? One
could be a brief summary of the story and the other your personal
opinions. The reviews you send to the mailing list would still look
roughly the same, but then you could also send the summaries separately
to Harry for inclusion in the database. How about that?
/F
> Sure, I'll go on writing like I've done so far. What I was wondering
> about was if anybody had any opinions of how they should be if they
> were to be put on the WWW-pages. Just the same? Guess so.
Would it be much trouble for you to make each review in two parts? One
could be a brief summary of the story and the other your personal
opinions. The reviews you send to the mailing list would still look
roughly the same, but then you could also send the summaries separately
to Harry for inclusion in the database. How about that?
/F
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
Reviews
Message 120 -
1995-10-12 at 17:42:07
Fredrik:
| Would it be much trouble for you to make each review in two parts? One
| could be a brief summary of the story and the other your personal
| opinions. The reviews you send to the mailing list would still look
| roughly the same, but then you could also send the summaries separately
| to Harry for inclusion in the database. How about that?
Good idea! The way I've usually done it in the last reviews, with
the summary first, and then most of my opinion, it won't be difficult
to change it into one summary part, and one opinion part.
Jorgen
| Would it be much trouble for you to make each review in two parts? One
| could be a brief summary of the story and the other your personal
| opinions. The reviews you send to the mailing list would still look
| roughly the same, but then you could also send the summaries separately
| to Harry for inclusion in the database. How about that?
Good idea! The way I've usually done it in the last reviews, with
the summary first, and then most of my opinion, it won't be difficult
to change it into one summary part, and one opinion part.
Jorgen