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GEIR:
> Is there anybody from Holland who knows if Daan Jippes
> indends to re-draw all the Junior-Woodchucks stories
> written by Barks?

I don't know if HE intends to, but the Dutch editor (Thom Roep) certainly
does. Jippes seems to have stopped one or more times, but Roep convinced
him to do more stories. He does the re-inkings in his spare time.

Jakob So/derbaum read in a Swedish magazine that Jippes _was_ going to
do them all. But with Jippes, you never know. The number of finished
Jippes projects is almost as high as the number of unfinished projects...

--Harry.

Harry Fluks ()_() Dutch Disney comics freak
PTT Telecom (_) fluks at pcssdc.pttnwb.nl
Netherlands "Yeah.. I've _heard_ of coral barques"

Today I had some spare time after school so I went to my local
book-store to see if the "Guardians of the Lost Library and Other Don Rosa's
Best" had arrived yet. And it had! First there was an article about Don Rosa.
And the list was mentioned (with the REQUEST in the address!), thanks to Mikko
Aittola. The article also said that William Van Horn was on the list. Is this
true?!-o
Anyways, The Guardians of the Lost Library was great! One of Rosa's
best, but not _the_ best however. Great adventure and an ending to make you
FOTFLetc. Each story followed a short article written by Don Rosa himself. I
would translate the articles here, but it would make little sence since he can
do that by himself when he gets back. Also The War of the Wendigo was published
here, but sadly it had the splash panels as if it were a continuing story. Or
maybe Rosa never did do the extra art since they won't print it in USA. Dunno.
The second Rosa story I hadn't read was Return to Xanadu. A truely marvellous
story as well. But Lost Charts of Columbus which was published in the Finnish
Aku Ankka (=Donald Duck weekly) was a bit of a disappointment. Perhaps, because
it was so much like TGotLL, but I liked it not. It was almost like Rosa had made
only half a story for this one. Well, perhaps I just had too much Rosa for one
day and totally lost my ability to judge his stories.

--

Mike - The Finnish Trekkie

TODD regarding "The Rabbit's Foot," WDC&S 32:
"The plot is a bit nastier than we think of as Barks, as well,
with [DD] planning to whip the boys at the end..."
Actually, I think that what makes this moment particularly
harsh is that (A) Donald is using a metal-plated strap rather than the
usual tree branch, (B) Donald refers to "the licking of your lives,"
and (C) THE BOYS HAVEN'T DONE A THING TO DESERVE IT! Every other time
we see DD chasing the boys with intent to spank them, they've at least
accidentally done something to pique his rage. In WDC&S 32, DD simply
realizes they were right when he was wrong, and because he's mad, that
gives him the license to spank them for that.
Van Horn has managed to get comments about DD spanking the
kids past Disney's editors in recent months, but for those of us who
aren't "name" creators yet, it's harder. DD threatening to "whale the
blazes" out of the boys made it when I dialogued "The Hoard at the
Rainbow's End" (DDA 25); DD stating that he'll "peel you kids like
onions," which was in my script for "A Car-Gone Conclusion" (DDA 31),
did not. Why not?
Do more parents spank their kids now than in years past?
Maybe it's that the question of what constitutes child abuse is more
important these days? I always enjoyed DD's exaggerated threats to
the kids, but then my parents never peeled me like an onion, either.

PER:
I put our E-mail address in some letters to Disney letter
columns, but then those comics lost their letter columns. They're
apparently going to get them back eventually, and I'll try again at
that point.

David Gerstein
<96dag at williams.edu>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"

On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 disney-comics at Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE wrote:

> ======================================================================
> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 07:56:04 -0500
> From: TKlein28 at aol.com
> Subject: WDC&S 600
>
> I've just had a chance to read this issue, and I have some thoughts. First,
> it surprises me a little that I don't recall reading any of these stories
> before, as I'm sure I have the Rosa, Jippes and Van Horn stories in their
> original appearances. I guess that's good in a way -- got to enjoy them
> again!

I just picked up this issue and it is indeed marvelous! What a showcase
of great Duck talent!

> The Barks story from WDC&S 32 is an interesting look at EARLY Barks,
> before he had quite solidified his style, I think. Donald seems a little more
> elastic and stretched out, as in his earlies cartoon appearances, and the
> gorilla is pretty scary. The lettering is less polished and larger than many
> of his later stories, but has a nice bounce -- I would bet he did it himself.
> The plot is a bit nastier than we think of as Barks, as well, with him
> planning to whip the boys at the end.

Early Barks does have a curiously "rubbery" quality, and the slapstick
humor matches it. It is clearly the inspiration for Van Horn's Duck
interpretations.

(snips)

> Don's Family Tree is a delight. I think he did a terrific job visually,
> as well as in research and planning. I particularly like all the relevant
> objects lying on or hanging from the tree, and look forward with delight to
> the story revealing the nephews' father.

I loved the family tree. If I read it correctly, then Gus Goose is
Donald's second cousin. Many thanks to Don Rosa for "filling in the
blanks." I do hope we see more of these "obscure" relatives in future
Duck stories!

> My favorite part of the Rosa story from WDC&S 523 is on the top of the
> last page, when the nephews have finally seen something their guidebook can't
> explain. These three silent panels of classic comic timing had me laughing
> out loud, and show the film influences of Don Rosa -- this is a perfect
> Oliver Hardy "take". Well done!

Don Rosa, IMHO, is the greatest talent working in comics today. I hadn't
seen this story before, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. DR also shows some
underground comics influence, as his detail and crosshatching are strongly
reminiscent of R. Crumb.

> The Van Horn story from WDC&S 537 was a pleasure to read. I love his
> loose flowing style, and really like his lettering, too. This is less
> frenetic than a lot of his stories, but a funny idea.

I liked the story better than most of the Van Horn efforts I've seen. VH
is strongly derivative of Early Barks, both in slapstick humor and
"Manneristic" looking Ducks.

Regards,

Melanie

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