MIKKO:
I'd be proud to say that any Mickey story featuring Horace and
Clarabelle was mine, but "Hiccup" is not my work. Can't wait 'til I
get home and read the story though... my Egmont subscription,
unfortunately, is in Danish, so I may not read this story the way it
should be until the new-format DD+MM gets to it (eventually).
The only two Mickey stories I've done which have been drawn
are "Digging up Trouble" (D93497) and "The Egg Collector" (D94108).
(Many more exist, but have yet to be drawn...) Why Egmont hasn't
printed them yet is anyone's guess.
JACOB:
Tony Strobl may have been the first to draw LVD for comic
books, but he wasn't created by Strobl. He was created for the Disney
TV series "Wonderful World of Color" (now called "The Magical World of
Disney," as it has been for some years) in, I believe, 1960 or 1961.
Strobl didn't work for Disney-TV then (or ever?) so I don't believe he
could have created the character.
Maybe Jack Hannah created LVD? He directed many of the
duck-related episodes of that TV series. But this is just
speculation, I don't know for sure.
Got your package, Jacob, by the way! Mail coming on it,
probably tomorrow!
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
Author
Topic: 199511
(224 messages)
David A Gerstein
Disney-comics digest #861.
Message 196 -
1995-11-29 at 02:35:09
David A Gerstein
Disney-comics digest #861.
Message 197 -
1995-11-29 at 02:42:29
TODD:
Gladstone hasn't sent me a paycheck lately, but that's because
the only new material I've sent them has been "on spec" -- it'll be
bought if and when the license is renewed, but they (of course) don't
want to buy it when Disney hasn't given the go-ahead to keep
publishing after this license period ends.
If other people's submissions haven't been paid for, it's not
a sign that Gladstone's going to pot -- the above is the real reason.
But I think I'm the only guy who DOES work "on spec" for Gladstone;
others just wait for Gladstone to assign THEM to do things. (The
stuff I'm submitting, naturally, can be resubmitted to someone else
should someone else get the license... but I hope not.)
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
Gladstone hasn't sent me a paycheck lately, but that's because
the only new material I've sent them has been "on spec" -- it'll be
bought if and when the license is renewed, but they (of course) don't
want to buy it when Disney hasn't given the go-ahead to keep
publishing after this license period ends.
If other people's submissions haven't been paid for, it's not
a sign that Gladstone's going to pot -- the above is the real reason.
But I think I'm the only guy who DOES work "on spec" for Gladstone;
others just wait for Gladstone to assign THEM to do things. (The
stuff I'm submitting, naturally, can be resubmitted to someone else
should someone else get the license... but I hope not.)
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
Kathy Fitzpatrick
Lotsa answers!
Message 198 -
1995-11-29 at 02:49:48
OK, but how do you make it or do you buy nutmeg bags? Still curious.
Kathy
>nutmeg tea you can actually buy it hear in the uk, and its sort of sweet
especially with lots of sugar. Although it is quite addictive, once you've
had it you definitely want more.
>
>It also keeps you awake for hours hence if I take about half a litre before
I dj then I'm awake all night.
>
>
>
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Kathy
>nutmeg tea you can actually buy it hear in the uk, and its sort of sweet
especially with lots of sugar. Although it is quite addictive, once you've
had it you definitely want more.
>
>It also keeps you awake for hours hence if I take about half a litre before
I dj then I'm awake all night.
>
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Augie De Blieck Jr.
Super Snooper Coloring
Message 199 -
1995-11-29 at 03:55:50
DON:
Just thought of one other interesting difference between the original
Disney printing of your Super Snooper story and the recent Susan
Daigle-Leach recolored version:
The ship Donald cracks over his head, sandwiching him in. In the Disney
version, it is red and white. In the Gladstone version it is back to
dull metallic grey.
This also strikes me as funny because I remembered your complaints about
the chapter of Lo$ where the boats were supposed to be colored red and
white but were instead colored grey, much to your dismay. Did you have a
note in the margin on this one, too, that Susan might have missed when
she received the copy of the story from which she colored?
-Augie, color me curious
-----------------------
Augie De Blieck Jr. - Clinton caved. The supposed compromise deal
adebliec at internexus.net- included nothing that wasn't already in the
adebliec at drew.edu - Republican's budget.
Just thought of one other interesting difference between the original
Disney printing of your Super Snooper story and the recent Susan
Daigle-Leach recolored version:
The ship Donald cracks over his head, sandwiching him in. In the Disney
version, it is red and white. In the Gladstone version it is back to
dull metallic grey.
This also strikes me as funny because I remembered your complaints about
the chapter of Lo$ where the boats were supposed to be colored red and
white but were instead colored grey, much to your dismay. Did you have a
note in the margin on this one, too, that Susan might have missed when
she received the copy of the story from which she colored?
-Augie, color me curious
-----------------------
Augie De Blieck Jr. - Clinton caved. The supposed compromise deal
adebliec at internexus.net- included nothing that wasn't already in the
adebliec at drew.edu - Republican's budget.
Wilmer Rivers
Ohio convention; L. von Drake
Message 200 -
1995-11-29 at 03:59:25
ALL EUROPEANS:
You really missed out on a treat by Don's not being able to draw
for you the full-color sketches that he drew at the comics show in
Columbus. I was fortunate enough to get one of those, and it's a
great sketch indeed. I asked for a picture of Donald getting really
angry, and Don colored it with just the right amount of red in Donald's
face. It's a shame that the European duck fans who would have so much
enjoyed even seeing one of those sketches be created didn't get the
chance to do so. Incidentally, a very popular item picked up by the
fans was Don's stack of Scandinavian Disney comics. He was giving
away copies of those comics (none containing any of his stories, though)
for free. Since almost nothing else at a convention is free, you
can imagine their appeal, even to non-Disney fans. So now a bunch of
American comics fans own copies of Anders & Co., Mikke Mus, and Aku
Ankka, even if they don't understand Danish, Norwegian, or Finnish!
As for the doom and gloom in the American comic book market, that's
very real. Most of the people buying comic books in the last several
years did so for investment purposes, not for reading pleasure, and
now that they're beginning to realize that they won't be able to send
their kids to college on the basis of selling a 5 year-old stack of
Spiderman comics, they've stopped collecting them. Then this year
the market has really undergone turmoil with Marvel, and then D.C.,
limiting themselves to a single distributor. The effect of that is
that lots of comic store owners can't get the quantity-purchasing
discounts that they used to, since now they must split their orders
between Marvel's distributor and DC's. Without that quantity-purchasing
discount, their profit margins shrink, and coupled with the drop in
the number of comics sold (now that the investors have dropped out),
the drop in the profit per comic is enough to force a lot of stores
out of business. Where will that leave Gladstone? Well, there will be
fewer stores selling comics, and those that are still left will try
to survive by concentrating on the biggest selling titles, which will
certainly make things difficult for Gladstone. I suspect that they
will get by mainly on the strength of subscription sales to the CBL
in Color albums, especially now that they're getting to the Scrooge
series.
DAVID:
> He [Ludwig von Drake] was created for the Disney
> TV series "Wonderful World of Color" (now called "The Magical World of
> Disney," as it has been for some years) in, I believe, 1960 or 1961.
> Maybe Jack Hannah created LVD? He directed many of the
> duck-related episodes of that TV series. But this is just
> speculation, I don't know for sure.
>
I don't have a clue, either, who was the first person to put LVD into
a Disney cartoon, but I think that in a very real sense you can say
that comedian Sid Caesar "created" him. LVD is nothing more than a
look-alike, sound-alike, and act-alike animated version of Sid Caesar's
popular "Old Professor" character, which he played on television
throughout the 1950s. Even the hat is exactly the same.
Wilmer Rivers
You really missed out on a treat by Don's not being able to draw
for you the full-color sketches that he drew at the comics show in
Columbus. I was fortunate enough to get one of those, and it's a
great sketch indeed. I asked for a picture of Donald getting really
angry, and Don colored it with just the right amount of red in Donald's
face. It's a shame that the European duck fans who would have so much
enjoyed even seeing one of those sketches be created didn't get the
chance to do so. Incidentally, a very popular item picked up by the
fans was Don's stack of Scandinavian Disney comics. He was giving
away copies of those comics (none containing any of his stories, though)
for free. Since almost nothing else at a convention is free, you
can imagine their appeal, even to non-Disney fans. So now a bunch of
American comics fans own copies of Anders & Co., Mikke Mus, and Aku
Ankka, even if they don't understand Danish, Norwegian, or Finnish!
As for the doom and gloom in the American comic book market, that's
very real. Most of the people buying comic books in the last several
years did so for investment purposes, not for reading pleasure, and
now that they're beginning to realize that they won't be able to send
their kids to college on the basis of selling a 5 year-old stack of
Spiderman comics, they've stopped collecting them. Then this year
the market has really undergone turmoil with Marvel, and then D.C.,
limiting themselves to a single distributor. The effect of that is
that lots of comic store owners can't get the quantity-purchasing
discounts that they used to, since now they must split their orders
between Marvel's distributor and DC's. Without that quantity-purchasing
discount, their profit margins shrink, and coupled with the drop in
the number of comics sold (now that the investors have dropped out),
the drop in the profit per comic is enough to force a lot of stores
out of business. Where will that leave Gladstone? Well, there will be
fewer stores selling comics, and those that are still left will try
to survive by concentrating on the biggest selling titles, which will
certainly make things difficult for Gladstone. I suspect that they
will get by mainly on the strength of subscription sales to the CBL
in Color albums, especially now that they're getting to the Scrooge
series.
DAVID:
> He [Ludwig von Drake] was created for the Disney
> TV series "Wonderful World of Color" (now called "The Magical World of
> Disney," as it has been for some years) in, I believe, 1960 or 1961.
> Maybe Jack Hannah created LVD? He directed many of the
> duck-related episodes of that TV series. But this is just
> speculation, I don't know for sure.
>
I don't have a clue, either, who was the first person to put LVD into
a Disney cartoon, but I think that in a very real sense you can say
that comedian Sid Caesar "created" him. LVD is nothing more than a
look-alike, sound-alike, and act-alike animated version of Sid Caesar's
popular "Old Professor" character, which he played on television
throughout the 1950s. Even the hat is exactly the same.
Wilmer Rivers
Moverman
Your mail
Message 201 -
1995-11-29 at 05:32:12
On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Mary Secules wrote:
> Hi my name is Kim. I am fourteen. I am writing to you to tell you
> how great I think your company is.
> When I was growing up I always used to watch the Disney chanel and I
> loved it. Some of your cartoons are even very educational and great for
> kids to watch.
> Another thing is alot of the cartoons that are being shown now days
> have vilance in them. I never saw any vilance in Disney cartoons they were
> always clean and entertaining.
> I also enjoy your movies and cartoons that are put out on tape. I
> especially loved Man of the House and The Lion King (with Jonathan Taylor
> Thomas). They were very funny.
> Thank you for your time and keep up the good work.
> Sincerely,
> Kim
>
You're right Kim... the Disney channel is a very good station for young
people and also older people to enjoy fun filled cartoons and shows...
But like you said a lot of the shows are now intergrating a lot of
violence.. That's why the governmnet is working now to stop it.. I don't
think that it will ever stop, in fact I do think that it will worsen
through the upcomming years. I watched the Lion King too and yeah it was
very funny and cool... Well c-u later
> Hi my name is Kim. I am fourteen. I am writing to you to tell you
> how great I think your company is.
> When I was growing up I always used to watch the Disney chanel and I
> loved it. Some of your cartoons are even very educational and great for
> kids to watch.
> Another thing is alot of the cartoons that are being shown now days
> have vilance in them. I never saw any vilance in Disney cartoons they were
> always clean and entertaining.
> I also enjoy your movies and cartoons that are put out on tape. I
> especially loved Man of the House and The Lion King (with Jonathan Taylor
> Thomas). They were very funny.
> Thank you for your time and keep up the good work.
> Sincerely,
> Kim
>
You're right Kim... the Disney channel is a very good station for young
people and also older people to enjoy fun filled cartoons and shows...
But like you said a lot of the shows are now intergrating a lot of
violence.. That's why the governmnet is working now to stop it.. I don't
think that it will ever stop, in fact I do think that it will worsen
through the upcomming years. I watched the Lion King too and yeah it was
very funny and cool... Well c-u later
MASSENGALE MELANIE O
Disney-comics digest #861.
Message 202 -
1995-11-29 at 07:00:00
> ======================================================================
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:03:01 +0100
> From: Arild Eik <eikari at nipnett.no>
> Subject: New family members in the Duck family???
>
> Hi Disney people!!
>
> I heard some rumours, on the radio here i Norway, about new family members
> in the Duck family. Somthing about a fourth brother of HD&L???
>
> Has anybody heard something about this??? :-)
No, but I would personally vote for an expanded role for such characters
as Hortense and Matilda, Uncle Scrooge's sisters. Don Rosa has certainly
made them memorable figures, and frankly, the Duck families could benefit
from a stronger distaff presence. Anybody else have opinions on this?
Regards,
Melanie
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:03:01 +0100
> From: Arild Eik <eikari at nipnett.no>
> Subject: New family members in the Duck family???
>
> Hi Disney people!!
>
> I heard some rumours, on the radio here i Norway, about new family members
> in the Duck family. Somthing about a fourth brother of HD&L???
>
> Has anybody heard something about this??? :-)
No, but I would personally vote for an expanded role for such characters
as Hortense and Matilda, Uncle Scrooge's sisters. Don Rosa has certainly
made them memorable figures, and frankly, the Duck families could benefit
from a stronger distaff presence. Anybody else have opinions on this?
Regards,
Melanie
David A Gerstein
Some upcoming William Van Horn-stories
Message 203 -
1995-11-29 at 10:27:38
Cord Wiljes from Germany posted a list of
as-yet-unpublished Van Horn stories on rec.arts.comics.misc, along
with a complete index of what WH's done that HAS been published. Mr.
Wiljes, I imagine, must be involved with production of the upcoming
Van Horn album series for Ehapa? He credited Van Horn and Dana
Gabbard as having given him the information.
Anyway, these are the stories he listed as unpublished. I
thought I'd list them here as a public service.
* * * * *
Uncle Scrooge
The Pauper's Glass (22, WVH)
[Note from DG: This has of course been published by Egmont
now, and will probably appear in USA 38 in this country, according to
John Clark. Info I added below is also from John.]
Donald Duck
The Woes Garden (10, WVH)
[DG: This is appearing in WDC&S 502 here.]
From Wince We Came (10, WVH)
Say Uncle! (11, WVH)
[DG: This is appearing in WDC&S 503 here.]
Pachyderm up Your Troubles (10, WVH)
The Hauntland Treasure (19, WVH)
Number 401 (10, WVH)
Sleepless in Duckburg (10, WVH)
Treasures Untold (10, WVH)
Launchpad & Gyro
A Dolt from the Blue (2, WVH)
All Quacked Up (2, WVH)
Just Another Hang-Up (2, WVH)
[DG: These three were drawn in 1992, and David Seidman told me
about plans to run them ASAP "whenever Egmont prints them". Well, one
publishing regime later over here, and Egmont still hasn't printed
these stories....]
* * * * *
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
as-yet-unpublished Van Horn stories on rec.arts.comics.misc, along
with a complete index of what WH's done that HAS been published. Mr.
Wiljes, I imagine, must be involved with production of the upcoming
Van Horn album series for Ehapa? He credited Van Horn and Dana
Gabbard as having given him the information.
Anyway, these are the stories he listed as unpublished. I
thought I'd list them here as a public service.
* * * * *
Uncle Scrooge
The Pauper's Glass (22, WVH)
[Note from DG: This has of course been published by Egmont
now, and will probably appear in USA 38 in this country, according to
John Clark. Info I added below is also from John.]
Donald Duck
The Woes Garden (10, WVH)
[DG: This is appearing in WDC&S 502 here.]
From Wince We Came (10, WVH)
Say Uncle! (11, WVH)
[DG: This is appearing in WDC&S 503 here.]
Pachyderm up Your Troubles (10, WVH)
The Hauntland Treasure (19, WVH)
Number 401 (10, WVH)
Sleepless in Duckburg (10, WVH)
Treasures Untold (10, WVH)
Launchpad & Gyro
A Dolt from the Blue (2, WVH)
All Quacked Up (2, WVH)
Just Another Hang-Up (2, WVH)
[DG: These three were drawn in 1992, and David Seidman told me
about plans to run them ASAP "whenever Egmont prints them". Well, one
publishing regime later over here, and Egmont still hasn't printed
these stories....]
* * * * *
David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
Harry Fluks
David & Frank in digest #860.
Message 204 -
1995-11-29 at 10:39:54
DAVID:
> Barks did use Ludwig once in a one-page U$ gag, which
> validates his existence in the Barks universe.
I don't agree. The editor probably asked Barks to put LvD in there.
Barks also used Brer Fox, Zeke Wolf, Dumbo, Morty & Ferdie, Gus & Jaq, and
Mickey and Goofy. But these characters are certainly not existent
in what I consider the Barks universe.
FRANK:
> I've bought a few "Mickey and Friends" [..]
> I tried to look up the story
> codes in the database through Per's WWW search form but didn't find
> any.
This can be for two reasons:
- the stories are very new, so not yet in the database;
- the codes should be typed in in a strict format (e.g. capital D, space,
5 digits). If a space is added or missing, the code will not be found.
(We are working on improving this.)
> If I may forward a suggestion, I'd like the database to be also
> available as a big single-file archive (tar, zip or whatever you
> like).
If Per put the files on ftp like he did last time, there should be a
subdirectory 'zip' (pub/comics/disney/index/zip) with the entire database
in zipped files (not one, but 13 files). This would at least save you
the trouble of browsing through various directories.
And Thanks, Frank, for your elaborate notes on Italian Disney comics. I hope
to be able to use WWW soon, so I can have a look at your 'footnotes'...
--Harry.
> Barks did use Ludwig once in a one-page U$ gag, which
> validates his existence in the Barks universe.
I don't agree. The editor probably asked Barks to put LvD in there.
Barks also used Brer Fox, Zeke Wolf, Dumbo, Morty & Ferdie, Gus & Jaq, and
Mickey and Goofy. But these characters are certainly not existent
in what I consider the Barks universe.
FRANK:
> I've bought a few "Mickey and Friends" [..]
> I tried to look up the story
> codes in the database through Per's WWW search form but didn't find
> any.
This can be for two reasons:
- the stories are very new, so not yet in the database;
- the codes should be typed in in a strict format (e.g. capital D, space,
5 digits). If a space is added or missing, the code will not be found.
(We are working on improving this.)
> If I may forward a suggestion, I'd like the database to be also
> available as a big single-file archive (tar, zip or whatever you
> like).
If Per put the files on ftp like he did last time, there should be a
subdirectory 'zip' (pub/comics/disney/index/zip) with the entire database
in zipped files (not one, but 13 files). This would at least save you
the trouble of browsing through various directories.
And Thanks, Frank, for your elaborate notes on Italian Disney comics. I hope
to be able to use WWW soon, so I can have a look at your 'footnotes'...
--Harry.
Harry Fluks
Arild & Jakob in digest #861.
Message 205 -
1995-11-29 at 11:14:20
Arild Eik (could you decrease your signature, please?):
> I heard some rumours, on the radio here i Norway, about new family members
> in the Duck family. Somthing about a fourth brother of HD&L???
Read the messages on this list from just a few days ago. We discussed
a panel in a story where an artist drew 4 nephews, by accident. This is
what Norwegian radio must have had in mind.
Jakob (the one with a K):
> Fethry was *never* used by Barks (or was he?).
No, he wasn't. Fortunately. I like Fethry stories, though, but they're not
Barks.
> I know Strobl created the Duck *Ludwig von Drake*
I think you mean Strobl created the *comic* version of LvD. He drew the first
comic stories with LvD (remember the story where the entire
Duck family welcomes their "distant relative" *uncle* Ludwig? 8-).
> I tried to answer Erik Pettersson's question
This is getting confusing. We have an Egil Pettersen, which is actually
Erik Horthe. And we also have a member Erik Pettersson. Whose mail address
is Bjorn Pettersson. Then there is a Jacob and a Jakob, David and Dave,
Daniel and Dan, .... (I hope I can still keep you apart 8-)
--Harry.
> I heard some rumours, on the radio here i Norway, about new family members
> in the Duck family. Somthing about a fourth brother of HD&L???
Read the messages on this list from just a few days ago. We discussed
a panel in a story where an artist drew 4 nephews, by accident. This is
what Norwegian radio must have had in mind.
Jakob (the one with a K):
> Fethry was *never* used by Barks (or was he?).
No, he wasn't. Fortunately. I like Fethry stories, though, but they're not
Barks.
> I know Strobl created the Duck *Ludwig von Drake*
I think you mean Strobl created the *comic* version of LvD. He drew the first
comic stories with LvD (remember the story where the entire
Duck family welcomes their "distant relative" *uncle* Ludwig? 8-).
> I tried to answer Erik Pettersson's question
This is getting confusing. We have an Egil Pettersen, which is actually
Erik Horthe. And we also have a member Erik Pettersson. Whose mail address
is Bjorn Pettersson. Then there is a Jacob and a Jakob, David and Dave,
Daniel and Dan, .... (I hope I can still keep you apart 8-)
--Harry.
Arild Eik
A fourth brother of HD&L - FOUND!!
Message 206 -
1995-11-29 at 12:37:25
Hi Disney lovers!!
Yes!! I fond it!! :-)))) The fourth brother of HD&L - in the story published
here in Norway in Donald Duck & Co no. 43/1995. Storycode: 95010 - 12 pages.
I don't know the original title, but the story starts with a man who is
trying to sell a pyramid to Donald. This pyramid, which is made of plastic,
can do "lots" of things.... And as usual, Donald bought one... You know
the rest!
Are there anybody who knows the orginal title and who the artist is?
)-----------------( See You!!
( Isn't It??? )
) Yes... It Is!! ( Arild :-))
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Yes!! I fond it!! :-)))) The fourth brother of HD&L - in the story published
here in Norway in Donald Duck & Co no. 43/1995. Storycode: 95010 - 12 pages.
I don't know the original title, but the story starts with a man who is
trying to sell a pyramid to Donald. This pyramid, which is made of plastic,
can do "lots" of things.... And as usual, Donald bought one... You know
the rest!
Are there anybody who knows the orginal title and who the artist is?
)-----------------( See You!!
( Isn't It??? )
) Yes... It Is!! ( Arild :-))
( A mail! ) System Developer
)---------|-------(
| _¥|/_
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My address is: Arild Eik
c/o Mandatum as
Postbox 45, Bogerud
N-0621 OSLO
Norway
Mike Pohjola
Disney Armageddon in Europe?
Message 207 -
1995-11-29 at 15:11:00
DON (anybody may reply, I don't mind):
A thought came to me when I read your message yesterday. You always
complain about how American kids don't read books anymore, but spend all their
time with tv instead. This hasn't been the case with Europe, but now cable and
satellite have become popular in Finland too. Also you say that American
kids don't read Duck comics any longer, but waste all their time on super-
heros. Could those too have something to do with each other? Do I see the
downfall of disney comics in Europe coming?
FRANK:
(me to somebody last month:)
>> Those are Italian?! Yack! I hate them! The science fiction with
>>little fiction and even less science. The idiot time-travel stories
>>where they go to the past after a pizza receipt. All those yucky
>>stories with a plot worse than world should ever know!-( If I don't
>>get any stories published by Egmont, I know where to send them...:)
>rubbish. Do you think it's fair? I certainly don't! That's why I try
>as hard as I can to stop any attempt at quick generalisation. Instead,
I'm sorry... Maybe it would be better not to sort stories by the
genrem, but rather to have a list with the genre name of the stories that
belong to that particular genre?
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
A thought came to me when I read your message yesterday. You always
complain about how American kids don't read books anymore, but spend all their
time with tv instead. This hasn't been the case with Europe, but now cable and
satellite have become popular in Finland too. Also you say that American
kids don't read Duck comics any longer, but waste all their time on super-
heros. Could those too have something to do with each other? Do I see the
downfall of disney comics in Europe coming?
FRANK:
(me to somebody last month:)
>> Those are Italian?! Yack! I hate them! The science fiction with
>>little fiction and even less science. The idiot time-travel stories
>>where they go to the past after a pizza receipt. All those yucky
>>stories with a plot worse than world should ever know!-( If I don't
>>get any stories published by Egmont, I know where to send them...:)
>rubbish. Do you think it's fair? I certainly don't! That's why I try
>as hard as I can to stop any attempt at quick generalisation. Instead,
I'm sorry... Maybe it would be better not to sort stories by the
genrem, but rather to have a list with the genre name of the stories that
belong to that particular genre?
--
Mike - The Finnish Trekkie
Martin Nilsson
Italian story
Message 208 -
1995-11-29 at 15:13:36
I asked this on the swedish disney mailing list
and didn't get any replies so I guess I'll try here...
Since I'm a huge fan of italian disney comics I wonder
who has drawn the story with the code "i-1937"? I don't
know it's english title but in swedish it's called
"Familjen Addanks".
It's a story where the Beagleboys meets the Adams family,
kind of...
Very funny and extremly well drawn, IMHO.
??
If someone also can tell me who started drawing superduck
I would be very greateful! I've read an old Bark's story
were DD is "the super snooper", but I don't know if that
has any relevance.
rgds martin
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and didn't get any replies so I guess I'll try here...
Since I'm a huge fan of italian disney comics I wonder
who has drawn the story with the code "i-1937"? I don't
know it's english title but in swedish it's called
"Familjen Addanks".
It's a story where the Beagleboys meets the Adams family,
kind of...
Very funny and extremly well drawn, IMHO.
??
If someone also can tell me who started drawing superduck
I would be very greateful! I've read an old Bark's story
were DD is "the super snooper", but I don't know if that
has any relevance.
rgds martin
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| and thus spoke martin nilsson. Behold mortals! | e-mail : d93mn at efd.lth.se |
| Computer Science and Technology, | fidonet: 2:200/221.7 |
| Lund Institute of Technology, SWEDEN | Ph. Nbr: +46-46-394698 |
==============================================================================
-Wake up, time to die! /Axl Rose, 16th of June 1991, Stockholm, Sweden
Don Rosa
Disney-comics digest #861.
Message 209 -
1995-11-29 at 15:45:00
TRYG:
I did double-check the unabridged about "Odds bodkins" and I was
sorta surprised that my memory was perfect. It means "God's body" as in
"Christ's body" after the bit on the cross. Also, it referred me to
"Gadzooks", which means "God's (or Christ's) wounds"... both expressions
used as a mild oath as in "By the Body of Christ!"
STEVE:
I think the next show I've agreed to do is in Niagara Falls, NY, on
March 9-10 or thereabouts. After that, I might be back in Italy and later
definitely in Germany and Norway in June. I always go to San Diego, but only
to shop for old comics, never to miss the entire show by sitting behind a
table. But Gladstone might have a table in San Diego to sell that "Lo$"
album series and other stuff, of course, and if so, I'm sure to be there at
times, if only to have a place to sit down beyond the crowd.
JAKOB:
I still don't think you're clear on this Ludwig Von Drake stuff. He
was created by the Disney TV people for THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR TV
series in 1961. Tony Strobl was doing comic books for Dell, so he wouldn't
have had anything to do with creating LVD, unless there's stuff goin' on
that I've never known about. And LVD is NOT in that "Donald's Diary" cartoon
-- that's just a coincidental look-alike. The same way that there's a
whiskered, Scottish version of Donald in an old WWII cartoon -- it might
LOOK like $crooge but it's merely a coincidence.
Also, I didn't say I "goofed" when I put Fethry Duck on my tree. I
said that the Egmont editors asked me to, since Fethry is a popular
character in Europe. I said that he is NOT on my private version of the
"real" Tree (as far as I'm concerned)... but LVD *is* in my version, married
to Matilda McDuck. But those same editors didn't want LVD on the published
Tree, though for reasons I can't recall 4 years later.
I did double-check the unabridged about "Odds bodkins" and I was
sorta surprised that my memory was perfect. It means "God's body" as in
"Christ's body" after the bit on the cross. Also, it referred me to
"Gadzooks", which means "God's (or Christ's) wounds"... both expressions
used as a mild oath as in "By the Body of Christ!"
STEVE:
I think the next show I've agreed to do is in Niagara Falls, NY, on
March 9-10 or thereabouts. After that, I might be back in Italy and later
definitely in Germany and Norway in June. I always go to San Diego, but only
to shop for old comics, never to miss the entire show by sitting behind a
table. But Gladstone might have a table in San Diego to sell that "Lo$"
album series and other stuff, of course, and if so, I'm sure to be there at
times, if only to have a place to sit down beyond the crowd.
JAKOB:
I still don't think you're clear on this Ludwig Von Drake stuff. He
was created by the Disney TV people for THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR TV
series in 1961. Tony Strobl was doing comic books for Dell, so he wouldn't
have had anything to do with creating LVD, unless there's stuff goin' on
that I've never known about. And LVD is NOT in that "Donald's Diary" cartoon
-- that's just a coincidental look-alike. The same way that there's a
whiskered, Scottish version of Donald in an old WWII cartoon -- it might
LOOK like $crooge but it's merely a coincidence.
Also, I didn't say I "goofed" when I put Fethry Duck on my tree. I
said that the Egmont editors asked me to, since Fethry is a popular
character in Europe. I said that he is NOT on my private version of the
"real" Tree (as far as I'm concerned)... but LVD *is* in my version, married
to Matilda McDuck. But those same editors didn't want LVD on the published
Tree, though for reasons I can't recall 4 years later.
Henri Sivonen
Stories by Massimo De Vita
Message 210 -
1995-11-29 at 17:40:07
JACOB,
I have to admit that those D-coded MM stories are generally good. Does
anyone know since when has Egmont produced those stories?
--
Henri Sivonen
henris at clinet.fi
Fax: +358-0-479387
very
> book...) I remember somebody asked me (1 or 2 years ago)
> about William Van Horn. He had always thought that stories
> actually drawn by Marco Rota were William's.
I agree with you. I think they should list translators too ;-). I've seen
them publishing names on request (read for example the mail pages after Don
Rosa and William Van Horn had their premieres in Finland).
--
Henri Sivonen
henris at clinet.fi
Fax: +358-0-479387
I have to admit that those D-coded MM stories are generally good. Does
anyone know since when has Egmont produced those stories?
--
Henri Sivonen
henris at clinet.fi
Fax: +358-0-479387
very
> book...) I remember somebody asked me (1 or 2 years ago)
> about William Van Horn. He had always thought that stories
> actually drawn by Marco Rota were William's.
I agree with you. I think they should list translators too ;-). I've seen
them publishing names on request (read for example the mail pages after Don
Rosa and William Van Horn had their premieres in Finland).
--
Henri Sivonen
henris at clinet.fi
Fax: +358-0-479387