ATTENTION!
The Finnish comic store Good Fellows is making an interview video
of Carl Barks. The video is planned to be released in the second
week of March, just in time before Barks's 95th anniversary.
There's going to be two editions of the video: a regular edition
of few thousand copies, which costs somewhere around 300 FIM ($
71) and a signed edition of 150 copies, which is about 750 FIM
($ 180). The video is app. 60 minutes long, the signed edition
has half-an-hour worth of extra material (which tells about the
non-Disney work of Barks - very rare). Barks himself is said to
have been vary satisfied with the result he bought them himself
for $ 500.
The owner said that if someone's after the signed edition, he
should act REALLY fast. Almost all of them have gone already (
some 50 copies have been sold to Germany). If you're only after
a valuable collector's item (shame on you!) there's a
disappointment for you: The videos go out in no specific order
what-so-ever so the chances of getting a low numbering depend
only on your luck...
If you're interested, contact the Good Fellows, telephone:
+358-0-6949864. You should be able to do your business in
English.
--- Jyrki Vainio ---
Author
Topic: 199601
(219 messages)
Jyrki Vainio
Signed Barks video
Message 121 -
1996-01-20 at 14:57:16
LAFFALOT
Barks Portfolio
Message 122 -
1996-01-20 at 20:43:57
Hey, all.
I was recently rummaging through my Barks collection and found something I
had forgotten about. A portfolio called "A Lithoghraphic Suite of
Preliminary Paintings by Carl Barks."
This is #363 out of a limited edition of 500. Ten paintings are represented,
ergo ten lithos.
1.) An Embarrassment of Riches
(a Money Bin painting)
2.) Among His Souvenirs
(Scrooge examinig his mementos)
3.) Till Death Do Us Part
(Scrooge and a huge bag of gold dust)
4.) Prosperity Posed for Posterity
(A Scrooge portrait)
5.) A 1934 Belchfire Runabout
(The commemorative painting for Donald's 50th birthday)
6.) Which Disney Theme Park Is This?
(The Duck family in Terrie-Fermie land, Terrie and Fermies are
hawking Disney memorabilia)
7.) Return To Morgan's Island
(A variation of the cover for Donald Duck Find's Pirate Gold)
8.) Afoul of the Flying Dutchman
(Based on the Barks story. The Duck Family caught in a storm at
sea with the Flying Dutchman in the background)
9.) Dam Disaster at Money Lake
(A Painting of the splash panel from Uncle Scrooge Four Color
#386 of the money dam bursting.)
10.) Dubious Doings at Dismal Downs
(The Duck Family in the cemetary of Castle McDuck from the story
The Old Castle's Secret.)
Each litho is numbered and initialed by Barks, and a signed and numbered
certificate of authenticity is also included, as well as a sheet explaining
the paintings.
It really is a nice portfolio. I paid $150 for it new in 1987, and have no
idea what it's worth today. I've asked at several local comic shops, but
they've been no help. If anyone can give me an idea of its worth, I would be
grateful.
(Email removed)
(Ken Gordon)
I was recently rummaging through my Barks collection and found something I
had forgotten about. A portfolio called "A Lithoghraphic Suite of
Preliminary Paintings by Carl Barks."
This is #363 out of a limited edition of 500. Ten paintings are represented,
ergo ten lithos.
1.) An Embarrassment of Riches
(a Money Bin painting)
2.) Among His Souvenirs
(Scrooge examinig his mementos)
3.) Till Death Do Us Part
(Scrooge and a huge bag of gold dust)
4.) Prosperity Posed for Posterity
(A Scrooge portrait)
5.) A 1934 Belchfire Runabout
(The commemorative painting for Donald's 50th birthday)
6.) Which Disney Theme Park Is This?
(The Duck family in Terrie-Fermie land, Terrie and Fermies are
hawking Disney memorabilia)
7.) Return To Morgan's Island
(A variation of the cover for Donald Duck Find's Pirate Gold)
8.) Afoul of the Flying Dutchman
(Based on the Barks story. The Duck Family caught in a storm at
sea with the Flying Dutchman in the background)
9.) Dam Disaster at Money Lake
(A Painting of the splash panel from Uncle Scrooge Four Color
#386 of the money dam bursting.)
10.) Dubious Doings at Dismal Downs
(The Duck Family in the cemetary of Castle McDuck from the story
The Old Castle's Secret.)
Each litho is numbered and initialed by Barks, and a signed and numbered
certificate of authenticity is also included, as well as a sheet explaining
the paintings.
It really is a nice portfolio. I paid $150 for it new in 1987, and have no
idea what it's worth today. I've asked at several local comic shops, but
they've been no help. If anyone can give me an idea of its worth, I would be
grateful.
(Email removed)
(Ken Gordon)
Cdoberman
Italian pocketbook stories.
Message 123 -
1996-01-21 at 04:05:36
Sigurdur:
<It seems that the more famous citizens of
Duckburg have enrolled in the local theater and are constantly putting
up a new show every month.>
This is a great way to look at those "adaptations." Loving the theatre
myself, this will help me enjoy those Goofy stories much more. As well as
other "out of character" stories. Thanks for the concept.
-- Wes
<It seems that the more famous citizens of
Duckburg have enrolled in the local theater and are constantly putting
up a new show every month.>
This is a great way to look at those "adaptations." Loving the theatre
myself, this will help me enjoy those Goofy stories much more. As well as
other "out of character" stories. Thanks for the concept.
-- Wes
Henri Sivonen
Disney comics Digest V96 #17
Message 124 -
1996-01-21 at 14:58:54
David,
WARNING Don't read this if you want to wait until The Treasury of Croesus
is printed by Gladstone.
>When Scarpa wrote that story, Scrooge DIDN'T own it, at
>least no story had yet been done explaining that he'd found it.
...
>and Americans would know Scrooge owned Croesus' hoard.
>So I added Scrooge's excuse for his excuse: "Well, I DO [own the
>treasury]! But that's beside the point!"
Actually The Treasury of Croesus tells that Scrooge found the treasure. It
also tells that Scrooge doesn't OWN it. He left the big treasure Greece and
Magica melted Croesus' first coin. (Well the story doesn't show if Scrooge
managed to keep that...)
--
Henri Sivonen
(Email removed) WWW:
Fax: +358-0-479387 http://www.clinet.fi/~henris
WARNING Don't read this if you want to wait until The Treasury of Croesus
is printed by Gladstone.
>When Scarpa wrote that story, Scrooge DIDN'T own it, at
>least no story had yet been done explaining that he'd found it.
...
>and Americans would know Scrooge owned Croesus' hoard.
>So I added Scrooge's excuse for his excuse: "Well, I DO [own the
>treasury]! But that's beside the point!"
Actually The Treasury of Croesus tells that Scrooge found the treasure. It
also tells that Scrooge doesn't OWN it. He left the big treasure Greece and
Magica melted Croesus' first coin. (Well the story doesn't show if Scrooge
managed to keep that...)
--
Henri Sivonen
(Email removed) WWW:
Fax: +358-0-479387 http://www.clinet.fi/~henris
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V96 #17
Message 125 -
1996-01-21 at 16:07:00
DAVID:
You have assumed too much, I'm afraid, if you had $crooge claiming
that he owns the Treasury of Croesus. How do you know how my story comes
out? One thing you should have remembered is that I NEVER let $crooge keep
the treasures he finds. As I've said, I feel it's far more interesting when
such goals are lost, as in every great treasure-hunt movie from THE MALTESE
FALCON through TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
(all three, strangely enough<?> directed by John Huston) to all three
Indiana Jones movies. So you've had $crooge tell a big fib -- though it's
been established that he does that now and then, so it's okay.
MIKE R.:
The current Gladstone "statement of ownership" circulation figures
are based on those issues during the period when Marvel Comics was obliged
to buy a portion of the print-run, nonreturnable. And yes, between that deal
and the nonreturnable direct-sales issues that Gladstone handled themselves,
Gladstone has the world's first comics S.o.O. which can claim 100% sell-out
of every issue printed. And yes, THOSE were salad days for Gladstone! That
was then, this is now. It was when that contract with Marvel ended and when,
simultaneously, paper prices skyrocketed and American comic sales began
plummeting, that Gladstone started desparately seeking ways to cut costs.
MIKE P.:
Yes, my address is the same. And you're too nice to cannibalize a
$crooge bank for the glasses for me. You being right there in Finland, I
trust that another damaged bank will pop up some day so you can put the
first bank back in order.
By the way, I saw one of those banks in a toy-collector ad listed
for $100. And you say they're still free in Finland? By the way, no one has
ever said just HOW one obtains these banks in Finland. Are they free for the
asking, or do you need to open an account, or kiss the bank teller, or what?
PER:
I was killing time in a book store yesterday, and I started browzing
through some INTERNET DIRECTORIES to see how this List was listed. I found
the group mentioned in almost all the directories, though the "Disney
Afternoon" ML was listed in one more then we were -- must be more aggressive
"marketers"? And naturally all the directories gave the wrong address for
us, since you recently switched computers. And all the directories gave good
descriptions of us except ONE directory which had a uniquely stupid
description of the group that went something like this: "Have you ever
wanted to be a comic book character? Have anvils drop on your head or get
run over by freight trains and bounce back to life! Well NOW you can do just
that by joining the Disney Comics Newsgroup!" I suspect that this entry was
written by that Danish reporter we were discussing last week.
You have assumed too much, I'm afraid, if you had $crooge claiming
that he owns the Treasury of Croesus. How do you know how my story comes
out? One thing you should have remembered is that I NEVER let $crooge keep
the treasures he finds. As I've said, I feel it's far more interesting when
such goals are lost, as in every great treasure-hunt movie from THE MALTESE
FALCON through TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
(all three, strangely enough<?> directed by John Huston) to all three
Indiana Jones movies. So you've had $crooge tell a big fib -- though it's
been established that he does that now and then, so it's okay.
MIKE R.:
The current Gladstone "statement of ownership" circulation figures
are based on those issues during the period when Marvel Comics was obliged
to buy a portion of the print-run, nonreturnable. And yes, between that deal
and the nonreturnable direct-sales issues that Gladstone handled themselves,
Gladstone has the world's first comics S.o.O. which can claim 100% sell-out
of every issue printed. And yes, THOSE were salad days for Gladstone! That
was then, this is now. It was when that contract with Marvel ended and when,
simultaneously, paper prices skyrocketed and American comic sales began
plummeting, that Gladstone started desparately seeking ways to cut costs.
MIKE P.:
Yes, my address is the same. And you're too nice to cannibalize a
$crooge bank for the glasses for me. You being right there in Finland, I
trust that another damaged bank will pop up some day so you can put the
first bank back in order.
By the way, I saw one of those banks in a toy-collector ad listed
for $100. And you say they're still free in Finland? By the way, no one has
ever said just HOW one obtains these banks in Finland. Are they free for the
asking, or do you need to open an account, or kiss the bank teller, or what?
PER:
I was killing time in a book store yesterday, and I started browzing
through some INTERNET DIRECTORIES to see how this List was listed. I found
the group mentioned in almost all the directories, though the "Disney
Afternoon" ML was listed in one more then we were -- must be more aggressive
"marketers"? And naturally all the directories gave the wrong address for
us, since you recently switched computers. And all the directories gave good
descriptions of us except ONE directory which had a uniquely stupid
description of the group that went something like this: "Have you ever
wanted to be a comic book character? Have anvils drop on your head or get
run over by freight trains and bounce back to life! Well NOW you can do just
that by joining the Disney Comics Newsgroup!" I suspect that this entry was
written by that Danish reporter we were discussing last week.
Deckerd
Fonts and such
Message 126 -
1996-01-21 at 18:25:36
On Jan 19, 7:02pm, (Email removed) wrote:
> Subject: Fonts and such
> DWIGHT:
>
> Thanks for sending me copies of some fonts from
> European comics...
> The Russian font used in Mukku Mayc from Egmont Russia
> doesn't work at all for me -- it is regular type, similar
> to Helvetica, and clashes with the hand-drawn art.
Actually, "Mukku Mayc" is something close to "Mickey Mouse"
when you transliterate it from Cyrillic -- Cyrillic "c"
is equivalent to Roman "s," for example. About the only
concession to the artwork the Russian edition makes with
that typeset lettering is to tilt the lettering somewhat
if absolutely necessary (as on a sign seen in perspective).
Otherwise, it seems to be a case of utter economy: make
the least possible effort because any additional work will
drive up costs. In the Russian market, that may be an
unavoidable requirement.
On the other hand...I'm on the comp list for Anders And,
the Danish Donald Duck weekly comic. It also uses typeset
lettering. Always has, too. Anders And occasionally
includes facsimile reprints of old issues from the '50s
and even the late '40s, and if anything, the typeface
used back then was even uglier. I really wish they'd go
to a hand-lettered-look typeface like the one used in Holland.
Even Whizbang would look better than the mechanical font
they use now. The drawback might be the necessity for
kerning: instead of just typing in something and leaving
it, Whizbang has to be tweaked for the spaces between
letters. The gap in the "WA" combination is especially
noticeable if it isn't corrected. Sometimes nobody bothers;
that Swedish Archie comic page I sent you may have some
examples. Maybe the casual reader never notices...
Anyway, Egmont's stories are designed for computer lettering.
I have to set up scripts in a format that automatically
feeds blocks of text into the right places in the artwork.
Don't ask me _how_ the system works: all I know is what they
tell me to do on my end, and I haven't seen how it comes out
at the other end. My understanding is that the system is
designed for maximum efficiency, the reason being that they're
dealing with stories that will be published in two dozen or
more different countries in about as many languages. I still
think there's no substitute for a good hand-letterer who knows
what he's doing, but the advent of computer fonts like Whizbang,
indistinguishable from hand lettering to the casual eye, simply
makes the drudge work of lettering word ballons unnecessary if
a writer's script on a floppy disc can be poured into the artwork
and shaped to fit the balloons. Sound effects, signs, etc. still
need the letterer's skill and creativity, of course.
--Dwight Decker
> Subject: Fonts and such
> DWIGHT:
>
> Thanks for sending me copies of some fonts from
> European comics...
> The Russian font used in Mukku Mayc from Egmont Russia
> doesn't work at all for me -- it is regular type, similar
> to Helvetica, and clashes with the hand-drawn art.
Actually, "Mukku Mayc" is something close to "Mickey Mouse"
when you transliterate it from Cyrillic -- Cyrillic "c"
is equivalent to Roman "s," for example. About the only
concession to the artwork the Russian edition makes with
that typeset lettering is to tilt the lettering somewhat
if absolutely necessary (as on a sign seen in perspective).
Otherwise, it seems to be a case of utter economy: make
the least possible effort because any additional work will
drive up costs. In the Russian market, that may be an
unavoidable requirement.
On the other hand...I'm on the comp list for Anders And,
the Danish Donald Duck weekly comic. It also uses typeset
lettering. Always has, too. Anders And occasionally
includes facsimile reprints of old issues from the '50s
and even the late '40s, and if anything, the typeface
used back then was even uglier. I really wish they'd go
to a hand-lettered-look typeface like the one used in Holland.
Even Whizbang would look better than the mechanical font
they use now. The drawback might be the necessity for
kerning: instead of just typing in something and leaving
it, Whizbang has to be tweaked for the spaces between
letters. The gap in the "WA" combination is especially
noticeable if it isn't corrected. Sometimes nobody bothers;
that Swedish Archie comic page I sent you may have some
examples. Maybe the casual reader never notices...
Anyway, Egmont's stories are designed for computer lettering.
I have to set up scripts in a format that automatically
feeds blocks of text into the right places in the artwork.
Don't ask me _how_ the system works: all I know is what they
tell me to do on my end, and I haven't seen how it comes out
at the other end. My understanding is that the system is
designed for maximum efficiency, the reason being that they're
dealing with stories that will be published in two dozen or
more different countries in about as many languages. I still
think there's no substitute for a good hand-letterer who knows
what he's doing, but the advent of computer fonts like Whizbang,
indistinguishable from hand lettering to the casual eye, simply
makes the drudge work of lettering word ballons unnecessary if
a writer's script on a floppy disc can be poured into the artwork
and shaped to fit the balloons. Sound effects, signs, etc. still
need the letterer's skill and creativity, of course.
--Dwight Decker
Fluks
More blah (Bla bla bla)
Message 127 -
1996-01-21 at 18:30:38
Arthur:
> Why doesn't Gladstone 'make' their own stories anymore, as they
> did in the first period before Disney Comics? They now only reprint
> stories. (Another one of my dumb questions!)
I won't comment on the intelligence of your questions 8-),
but Gladstone IS producing their own comic stories. Written
and drawn by William Van Horn, Ron Fernandez,
Pat Block, Vic Lockman, and some new people.
The new version of the Database (expected within 7 days) will
contain all the details.
--Harry.
((Email removed))
> Why doesn't Gladstone 'make' their own stories anymore, as they
> did in the first period before Disney Comics? They now only reprint
> stories. (Another one of my dumb questions!)
I won't comment on the intelligence of your questions 8-),
but Gladstone IS producing their own comic stories. Written
and drawn by William Van Horn, Ron Fernandez,
Pat Block, Vic Lockman, and some new people.
The new version of the Database (expected within 7 days) will
contain all the details.
--Harry.
((Email removed))
Per Starback
Disney comics Digest V96 #17
Message 128 -
1996-01-21 at 22:30:34
Don wrote:
> I found the group mentioned in almost all the directories, though
> the "Disney Afternoon" ML was listed in one more then we were --
> must be more aggressive "marketers"?
I don't think so. I don't think Stephanie particularly likes her
lists being mentioned in those books. Just as I don't particularly
like it, or most list maintainers that I know of. Maybe that book
originally simply made their list before this list was created?
That they give the wrong address isn't their fault of course, but it
points out one drawback on having information like that on paper,
where it remains as it were, even when the facts have changed.
It would be better if people new to the Net learned how to find
information like that on the Net instead, but that wouldn't make as
thick a book to sell of course...
Even though I'm not interested in that sort of publicity, I'm still
interested in getting the list publicized in places where it's
particularly likely that Disney comics fans would read it. (And I
have even mentioned it like that myself in NAFS(k)'s newsletter.)
Well, now let's go back to having anvils drop on our heads!
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: (Email removed)
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
> I found the group mentioned in almost all the directories, though
> the "Disney Afternoon" ML was listed in one more then we were --
> must be more aggressive "marketers"?
I don't think so. I don't think Stephanie particularly likes her
lists being mentioned in those books. Just as I don't particularly
like it, or most list maintainers that I know of. Maybe that book
originally simply made their list before this list was created?
That they give the wrong address isn't their fault of course, but it
points out one drawback on having information like that on paper,
where it remains as it were, even when the facts have changed.
It would be better if people new to the Net learned how to find
information like that on the Net instead, but that wouldn't make as
thick a book to sell of course...
Even though I'm not interested in that sort of publicity, I'm still
interested in getting the list publicized in places where it's
particularly likely that Disney comics fans would read it. (And I
have even mentioned it like that myself in NAFS(k)'s newsletter.)
Well, now let's go back to having anvils drop on our heads!
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: (Email removed)
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Per Starback
The other answers
Message 129 -
1996-01-21 at 22:34:44
Jakob asked:
> Are you saying that when one [write] a message to the request-address
> with the subject "archive help", and with the message "egrep
> From:.*name latest/*" you get the address to the person you wrote
> where I wrote "name"? Then how does it work with those guys here
> who's unlucky enough to have the same name as others? We have Mike
> P., and Mike R. for example...
No, there's nothing advanced like that going on. It will simply
search through the last texts for a particular text. In this case
hoping that the name would be mentioned after "From:" in the header of
the mail.
If you haven't used grep or egrep in other contexts this may look like
a lot of trickery. Hopefully I will extend the archive help message
some day to tell you more about this.
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: (Email removed)
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
> Are you saying that when one [write] a message to the request-address
> with the subject "archive help", and with the message "egrep
> From:.*name latest/*" you get the address to the person you wrote
> where I wrote "name"? Then how does it work with those guys here
> who's unlucky enough to have the same name as others? We have Mike
> P., and Mike R. for example...
No, there's nothing advanced like that going on. It will simply
search through the last texts for a particular text. In this case
hoping that the name would be mentioned after "From:" in the header of
the mail.
If you haven't used grep or egrep in other contexts this may look like
a lot of trickery. Hopefully I will extend the archive help message
some day to tell you more about this.
-- "
Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden. email: (Email removed)
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Jakob Soederbaum
Answer to Harry in Dcd #10 -96
Message 130 -
1996-01-21 at 23:04:00
HARRY:
=20
>> Well, *my* opinion about this is that Fethry isn't a very important c=
haracter
>> anywhere (correct me if I'm wrong!), and he is *never* as far as I kn=
ow
>> pictured as he was *related* to the Ducks.
>=20
> In various stories, the character is being referred to as "Cousin Feth=
ry"
> ("Kusin Knase"), suggesting he's Donald's cousin.
He is?! I must've missed that! I'll go check out the latest issue I got of
Kalle Anka & C:o, hold on a second.
(...)
Yes, you're right!! In the first pannel it says "Walt Disney's Kusin Knase"
(Walt Disney=B4s cousin Fethry)!!! I've *never* noticed that before!! And I=
have no
idea why I never did! Maybe because he isn't my favourite character... ;-)
And, Harry! Why don't you answer the private mail I've sent you before Chri=
stmas?
---
Greetings from Jakob
=20
>> Well, *my* opinion about this is that Fethry isn't a very important c=
haracter
>> anywhere (correct me if I'm wrong!), and he is *never* as far as I kn=
ow
>> pictured as he was *related* to the Ducks.
>=20
> In various stories, the character is being referred to as "Cousin Feth=
ry"
> ("Kusin Knase"), suggesting he's Donald's cousin.
He is?! I must've missed that! I'll go check out the latest issue I got of
Kalle Anka & C:o, hold on a second.
(...)
Yes, you're right!! In the first pannel it says "Walt Disney's Kusin Knase"
(Walt Disney=B4s cousin Fethry)!!! I've *never* noticed that before!! And I=
have no
idea why I never did! Maybe because he isn't my favourite character... ;-)
And, Harry! Why don't you answer the private mail I've sent you before Chri=
stmas?
---
Greetings from Jakob
Jakob Soederbaum
Answer to Don in Dcd #12 -96
Message 131 -
1996-01-21 at 23:09:35
DON (*and* DWIGHT):
> No, I don't call them "Fleece Markets" because of finding something
> as valuable as the Golden Fleece -- quite the opposite.
That was actually meant as a joke. I know what's meant when somebody says he'll
fleece someone.
> So, you go there to be Fleeced, unless you know your stuff.
Yes, I got that. But if you can't find the issue you're looking for elsewhere,
you'll have to live with that. ;-)
---
Greetings from Jakob
> No, I don't call them "Fleece Markets" because of finding something
> as valuable as the Golden Fleece -- quite the opposite.
That was actually meant as a joke. I know what's meant when somebody says he'll
fleece someone.
> So, you go there to be Fleeced, unless you know your stuff.
Yes, I got that. But if you can't find the issue you're looking for elsewhere,
you'll have to live with that. ;-)
---
Greetings from Jakob
Jakob Soederbaum
The other answers
Message 132 -
1996-01-22 at 00:04:21
MIKE P.:
> What's your e-mail address?
My E-mail address is (Email removed)
but I guess you already figured that out since you sent me this same
message in private mail.
> When are you gonna send me the money for the book?
See private mail about the matter.
> If Jakob ain't here, then could somebody who knows him, tell him
> I'm waiting for the money. Thanks.
I'll let him know. ;-)
PER:
> This is your generally preachy and pesky list administrator here.
Fyndigt! ;-)
> (A more advanced way of finding it out would be to ask the archive
> server to do a grep on the latest messages for his address. I just
> sent "egrep From:.*Jakob latest/*" to the archive server (that is the
> normal request address but with "Subject: archive"), and got that
> information back.)
Are you saying that when one right a message to the request-address with
the subject "archive help", and with the message "egrep From:.*name latest/*"
you get the address to the person you wrote where I wrote "name"? Then how
does it work with those guys here who's unlucky enough to have the same name
as others? We have Mike P., and Mike R. for example...
And about the "icon for the web-page", or whatever it was; I think that using
a red mailbox with the name D.Duck on it. That can't be very copyrighted,
can it?
TODD:
> It is
> obviously made from a hand-lettered upper/lower case alphabet by someone who
> knows what he's doing. It reminds me of a style Ben Oda used to use on comics
> for young children. I'll have to do one like that someday myself.
I don't think that's a very good idea, Todd! You know you're one of the best hand-
letters (not to say *the* best) there is, and you're talking about making a
computer-font of your alphabet??!
> Anyway, I enjoyed looking at them. If I ever get back to Europe, I will
> have to do some font shopping there.
Just promise not to use those instead of your excellent hand-writing, OK?
Aargh! I can't remember who asked this! And I'm afraid some of us will
think this is rather impersonal, and they'll get mad at me and so on.
But I want to comment on this although, so I'll call you Mr X.
Mr X:
> Do any of you folks from Europe think that could be it? Do you see
> a lot of Gladstone books for sale in your countries?
I get my Gladstone's from Nafs(k). But there's a shop in Goteborg called
Press Butiken that have one ex. of each new Gladstone title on their
shelves. And Dolores Records and Comics 35 yards away from there had a
great lot of all the new issues as well as a few boxes filled with back-
issues. All the issues I couldn't get from NAFS(k) I could find there.
But one day when I came there they had moved out all the comics and left
the place. I have no idea where they are now. The back-issues, I mean. ;-)
---
Greetings from Jakob
> What's your e-mail address?
My E-mail address is (Email removed)
but I guess you already figured that out since you sent me this same
message in private mail.
> When are you gonna send me the money for the book?
See private mail about the matter.
> If Jakob ain't here, then could somebody who knows him, tell him
> I'm waiting for the money. Thanks.
I'll let him know. ;-)
PER:
> This is your generally preachy and pesky list administrator here.
Fyndigt! ;-)
> (A more advanced way of finding it out would be to ask the archive
> server to do a grep on the latest messages for his address. I just
> sent "egrep From:.*Jakob latest/*" to the archive server (that is the
> normal request address but with "Subject: archive"), and got that
> information back.)
Are you saying that when one right a message to the request-address with
the subject "archive help", and with the message "egrep From:.*name latest/*"
you get the address to the person you wrote where I wrote "name"? Then how
does it work with those guys here who's unlucky enough to have the same name
as others? We have Mike P., and Mike R. for example...
And about the "icon for the web-page", or whatever it was; I think that using
a red mailbox with the name D.Duck on it. That can't be very copyrighted,
can it?
TODD:
> It is
> obviously made from a hand-lettered upper/lower case alphabet by someone who
> knows what he's doing. It reminds me of a style Ben Oda used to use on comics
> for young children. I'll have to do one like that someday myself.
I don't think that's a very good idea, Todd! You know you're one of the best hand-
letters (not to say *the* best) there is, and you're talking about making a
computer-font of your alphabet??!
> Anyway, I enjoyed looking at them. If I ever get back to Europe, I will
> have to do some font shopping there.
Just promise not to use those instead of your excellent hand-writing, OK?
Aargh! I can't remember who asked this! And I'm afraid some of us will
think this is rather impersonal, and they'll get mad at me and so on.
But I want to comment on this although, so I'll call you Mr X.
Mr X:
> Do any of you folks from Europe think that could be it? Do you see
> a lot of Gladstone books for sale in your countries?
I get my Gladstone's from Nafs(k). But there's a shop in Goteborg called
Press Butiken that have one ex. of each new Gladstone title on their
shelves. And Dolores Records and Comics 35 yards away from there had a
great lot of all the new issues as well as a few boxes filled with back-
issues. All the issues I couldn't get from NAFS(k) I could find there.
But one day when I came there they had moved out all the comics and left
the place. I have no idea where they are now. The back-issues, I mean. ;-)
---
Greetings from Jakob
Donald D. Markstein
Junkville Journal
Message 133 -
1996-01-22 at 01:44:53
Hello. I'm Don Markstein. I haven't contributed to this thing before, but some
of you know me. I've been involved with Disney comics at one level or another
for about 40-45 years now, since I started reading them in the early 1950s. I've
been writing professionally since 1969, and lately have been doing so in comics.
My first Disney sales were of Bucky Bug, written in the traditional style of
U.S. Bucky Bug stories, i.e., in meter and rhyme. Loads of fun, but apparently
not very publishable -- those stories were bought and paid for by Disney Comics
in 1990-91, but have never been illustrated.
MIKE RHODE:
We were just talking about those circulation figures on CompuServe, with
one or two guys taking your point of view. I asked John Clark at Gladstone about
it last Friday, and he confirms what I'd suspected -- those figures are from
back when Marvel was buying a huge chunk of their printrun, for newsstand
distribution. Marvel bought direct and sold returnable, the best possible
scenario for their supplier. But they're not doing that anymore. The current
figures aren't available yet, but they aren't anywhere near as rosy.
That'll do it for now. More next time I'm inspired to contribute.
Quack, Don
(Email removed)
of you know me. I've been involved with Disney comics at one level or another
for about 40-45 years now, since I started reading them in the early 1950s. I've
been writing professionally since 1969, and lately have been doing so in comics.
My first Disney sales were of Bucky Bug, written in the traditional style of
U.S. Bucky Bug stories, i.e., in meter and rhyme. Loads of fun, but apparently
not very publishable -- those stories were bought and paid for by Disney Comics
in 1990-91, but have never been illustrated.
MIKE RHODE:
We were just talking about those circulation figures on CompuServe, with
one or two guys taking your point of view. I asked John Clark at Gladstone about
it last Friday, and he confirms what I'd suspected -- those figures are from
back when Marvel was buying a huge chunk of their printrun, for newsstand
distribution. Marvel bought direct and sold returnable, the best possible
scenario for their supplier. But they're not doing that anymore. The current
figures aren't available yet, but they aren't anywhere near as rosy.
That'll do it for now. More next time I'm inspired to contribute.
Quack, Don
(Email removed)
David A Gerstein
Of Ducks and Squid
Message 134 -
1996-01-22 at 03:23:12
The following medium-length document is a ballot for everyone
on this list from the "Squiddies," an Oscar-like ceremony conducted
annually by the newsgroup rec.arts.comics. Our casting votes on this
ballot (the results of which are read by MANY internet comics fans)
will be a fine way to drum up enthusiasm for ducks, mice, and favorite
writers, artists, colorists, etc.
(The Squiddies are named after a satirical cartoon character
called Suicide Squid, who isn't really relevant to the awards
themselves in any way.)
There are several categories which may need a bit of
explanation for some European readers who aren't acquainted with
rec.arts.comics or American comics terminology:
What's called a "Graphic Novel" here equals what we usually
call a "comic album" or "graphic album". The term Graphic Novel comes
about because, like a novel, many comic albums in the U. S. feature
only one extra-long story. Of course, we can vote for graphic albums
like Gladstone's CBLDDs even if they include more than one story.
Categories M3 (Comic Character Team) and M4 (Comic Character
Cast) differ slightly: for example, "Disney Ducks" (inclusive of DD,
US, HDL, and Grandma) or "Beagle Boys" (all Beagles and Grandpa
Blackheart Beagle) would qualify as separate entries for M3. "Barks
Duck Universe" would go in category M4 and include both M3s "Disney
Ducks" AND "Beagle Boys". Get it?
Two years ago, we could have made the Ducks the top-voted
group in category M3, except that some of us put "Disney Ducks" as our
vote, while others put "Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck." I'm going to
suggest that we put "Disney Ducks" as the vote. That tells people who
we mean. A lot of Americans (sadly) might not immediately recognize
"Barks Ducks," and besides, as great as Barks is, he didn't actually
create DD, HDL, Grandma, or Daisy, so let's say "Disney Ducks." If we
all put "Disney Ducks" as our M3 choice, good possibility that they'll
win!
* * * * *
1995 REC.ARTS.COMICS.* SQUIDDY AWARDS
for comics / comix / sequential art
INSTRUCTIONS
Voting will run from Monday, January 15 to Sunday, February 11.
When voting, email only the BALLOT portion of this message
(see end) to (Email removed) Posted votes will not be counted.
If you send me a vote that contains any portion of this post
other than the ballot, or a vote that does not contain the
complete ballot, your vote may be invalidated.
If you have questions about the vote, send them in a separate
message from any vote, with the subject line "Question".
If you have difficulties mailing to (Email removed), contact
Mike Chary ((Email removed)).
You may vote for up to one item in each category. If you skip
any categories, send the complete ballot, with blank fields.
Each weekend I will tabulate the votes that have arrived so far,
and post a list of every item receiving at least one vote (the
COUNT of votes will not be released until the end, however).
This will serve two purposes:
1) Early votes will act as a nominee list for people who vote later.
Don't know who to vote for yet? Wait a week or two, and see if the
list jogs your memory. Want to help out your favorite stuff? Vote
at the beginning and set a trend.
2) Ineligible items will be more easily noticed and disqualified.
COMIC = a set of juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate
sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an
aesthetic response in the viewer. Distribution method is irrelevant
(magazine, strip, jpeg, etc.)
ONGOING = a series not planned to end before its 12th issue.
- --
CREATOR CATEGORIES
C1. Comics Writer of 1995
Someone who wrote a comic published in 1995.
C2. Comics Penciller of 1995
Someone who did art layouts for a comic published in 1995.
C3. Comics Inker of 1995
Someone who finished the art for a comic published in 1995.
C4. Comics Painter of 1995
Someone who did painted, computer-generated, or other
non-pen&pencil art for a comic published in 1995.
C5. Comics Letterer of 1995
Someone who drew the words for a comic published in 1995.
Lettering studios are eligible.
C6. Comics Colorist of 1995
Someone who colored a comic published in 1995. Coloring
studios are eligible.
C7. Comics Creative Team of 1995
A subset of {writer, penciller, inker, painter, letterer, colorist}
who worked together on a comic published in 1995. You may vote
a complete ensemble, just a writer/artist or pencil/ink team, etc.
C8. Comics Cover Artist of 1995
Someone who did the cover art for a comic published in 1995.
C9. Comics Editor of 1995
Someone who edited a comic published in 1995.
SERIES / BOOK CATEGORIES
B1. Comics Story of 1995
A complete story or story arc in a comic, at least part of which was
published in 1995. e.g. a graphic novel, a story in an anthology, a
50-part mega-crossover, a single issue, a single day of a strip, etc.
B2. Established Comic Series of 1995
An ongoing comic serial that began before 1995, and had at least
one new issue published in 1995.
B3. New Continuing Comic Series of 1995
An ongoing comic serial that began publication in 1995.
B4. Limited Comic Series of 1995
A comic serial planned to run only 2 to 12 issues that had at least
one new issue published in 1995.
B5. Most Improved Comic Series of 1995
A comic serial that became subjectively better than it was at the
start of 1995.
B6. Single Comic Issue of 1995
A comic one-shot or issue of a comic series, of 63 or fewer pages,
published in 1995.
B7. Original Graphic Novel of 1995
A new comic of 64 or more pages published in 1995.
B8. Comic Reprint Collection of 1995
A collected book or TPB first published in 1995, which may contain
material published in previous years.
NEWSPAPER STRIPS
S1. Daily Comic Strip of 1995
A multi-panel comic strip published on a daily (or week-daily)
basis for at least one week of 1995.
S2. Weekly Comic Strip of 1995
A multi-panel comic strip published on a weekly or monthly basis
for at least part of 1995.
S3. Single Panel Cartoon of 1995
A single-panel serial published for at least part of 1995, not
including political cartoons.
S4. Political Cartoonist of 1995
Someone who made editorial cartoons published in 1995. If the
cartoon is a titled series, you may include the title.
S5. Comic Strip Collection of 1995
A collected book or anthology magazine published in 1995, which may
contain material published in previous years.
MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS
M1. Comic Company or Imprint of 1995
A publishing company, subdivision thereof, or self-publisher that
published a comic in 1995.
M2. Comic Character of 1995
A character who appeared in a comic published in 1995.
M3. Comic Character Team of 1995
A team of affiliated characters who appeared in a comic published
in 1995.
M4. Comic Character Cast of 1995
A collection of non-team characters who appeared in a comic published
in 1995.
M5. Other-Media Comic Adaptation of 1995
A non-comics project produced in 1995 that was based on a comic
character or story -- e.g. TV show, movie, print book, toy, game,
MUD, screen saver, sculpture, etc.
M6. Comic Letter Column of 1995
A letter column from a comic serial published in 1995.
WRITING ABOUT COMICS
W1. Comics Publication of 1995
A magazine, newspaper, book, etc. about comics that was published
in 1995.
W2. Comics Journalist of 1995
Someone whose writing about comics was published in 1995.
W3. Online Comics Forum of 1995
A public online discussion area about comics available in 1995 --
e.g. newsgroup, mailing list, round table, IRC channel, etc.
W4. Comics Web Site of 1995
A web site about comics available in 1995.
W5. RAC'er of 1995
(NOTE: vote for up to three people in this category ONLY). People
who participated in, assisted, and/or improved the online discussion
of comics in 1995.
*------- Erase Everything Before This Line -------*
*----- Do Not Erase Anything After This Line -----*
1995 RAC* COMIC AWARDS BALLOT <RCAB95>
#A1 Example Category : write your vote after each colon, like this
#C1 Writer :
#C2 Penciller :
#C3 Inker :
#C4 Painter :
#C5 Letterer :
#C6 Colorist :
#C7 Creative Team :
#C8 Cover Artist :
#C9 Editor :
#B1 Complete Story :
#B2 Ongoing Series :
#B3 New Series :
#B4 Limited Series :
#B5 Most Improved :
#B6 Single Issue :
#B7 Graphic Novel :
#B8 Collection/TPB :
#S1 Daily Strip :
#S2 Weekly Strip :
#S3 Single Panel :
#S4 Pol. Cartoonist :
#S5 Collection :
#M1 Company/Imprint :
#M2 Character :
#M3 Character Team :
#M4 Character Cast :
#M5 Adaptation :
#M6 Letter Column :
#W1 Publication :
#W2 Journalist :
#W3 Online Forum :
#W4 Web Site :
#W5 RAC'er (1) :
#W6 RAC'er (2) :
#W7 RAC'er (3) :
#Z1 <FAUY95>
- -F
* * * * *
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
--------------------------------
End of dcomics Digest V96 Issue #18
***********************************
on this list from the "Squiddies," an Oscar-like ceremony conducted
annually by the newsgroup rec.arts.comics. Our casting votes on this
ballot (the results of which are read by MANY internet comics fans)
will be a fine way to drum up enthusiasm for ducks, mice, and favorite
writers, artists, colorists, etc.
(The Squiddies are named after a satirical cartoon character
called Suicide Squid, who isn't really relevant to the awards
themselves in any way.)
There are several categories which may need a bit of
explanation for some European readers who aren't acquainted with
rec.arts.comics or American comics terminology:
What's called a "Graphic Novel" here equals what we usually
call a "comic album" or "graphic album". The term Graphic Novel comes
about because, like a novel, many comic albums in the U. S. feature
only one extra-long story. Of course, we can vote for graphic albums
like Gladstone's CBLDDs even if they include more than one story.
Categories M3 (Comic Character Team) and M4 (Comic Character
Cast) differ slightly: for example, "Disney Ducks" (inclusive of DD,
US, HDL, and Grandma) or "Beagle Boys" (all Beagles and Grandpa
Blackheart Beagle) would qualify as separate entries for M3. "Barks
Duck Universe" would go in category M4 and include both M3s "Disney
Ducks" AND "Beagle Boys". Get it?
Two years ago, we could have made the Ducks the top-voted
group in category M3, except that some of us put "Disney Ducks" as our
vote, while others put "Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck." I'm going to
suggest that we put "Disney Ducks" as the vote. That tells people who
we mean. A lot of Americans (sadly) might not immediately recognize
"Barks Ducks," and besides, as great as Barks is, he didn't actually
create DD, HDL, Grandma, or Daisy, so let's say "Disney Ducks." If we
all put "Disney Ducks" as our M3 choice, good possibility that they'll
win!
* * * * *
1995 REC.ARTS.COMICS.* SQUIDDY AWARDS
for comics / comix / sequential art
INSTRUCTIONS
Voting will run from Monday, January 15 to Sunday, February 11.
When voting, email only the BALLOT portion of this message
(see end) to (Email removed) Posted votes will not be counted.
If you send me a vote that contains any portion of this post
other than the ballot, or a vote that does not contain the
complete ballot, your vote may be invalidated.
If you have questions about the vote, send them in a separate
message from any vote, with the subject line "Question".
If you have difficulties mailing to (Email removed), contact
Mike Chary ((Email removed)).
You may vote for up to one item in each category. If you skip
any categories, send the complete ballot, with blank fields.
Each weekend I will tabulate the votes that have arrived so far,
and post a list of every item receiving at least one vote (the
COUNT of votes will not be released until the end, however).
This will serve two purposes:
1) Early votes will act as a nominee list for people who vote later.
Don't know who to vote for yet? Wait a week or two, and see if the
list jogs your memory. Want to help out your favorite stuff? Vote
at the beginning and set a trend.
2) Ineligible items will be more easily noticed and disqualified.
COMIC = a set of juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate
sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an
aesthetic response in the viewer. Distribution method is irrelevant
(magazine, strip, jpeg, etc.)
ONGOING = a series not planned to end before its 12th issue.
- --
CREATOR CATEGORIES
C1. Comics Writer of 1995
Someone who wrote a comic published in 1995.
C2. Comics Penciller of 1995
Someone who did art layouts for a comic published in 1995.
C3. Comics Inker of 1995
Someone who finished the art for a comic published in 1995.
C4. Comics Painter of 1995
Someone who did painted, computer-generated, or other
non-pen&pencil art for a comic published in 1995.
C5. Comics Letterer of 1995
Someone who drew the words for a comic published in 1995.
Lettering studios are eligible.
C6. Comics Colorist of 1995
Someone who colored a comic published in 1995. Coloring
studios are eligible.
C7. Comics Creative Team of 1995
A subset of {writer, penciller, inker, painter, letterer, colorist}
who worked together on a comic published in 1995. You may vote
a complete ensemble, just a writer/artist or pencil/ink team, etc.
C8. Comics Cover Artist of 1995
Someone who did the cover art for a comic published in 1995.
C9. Comics Editor of 1995
Someone who edited a comic published in 1995.
SERIES / BOOK CATEGORIES
B1. Comics Story of 1995
A complete story or story arc in a comic, at least part of which was
published in 1995. e.g. a graphic novel, a story in an anthology, a
50-part mega-crossover, a single issue, a single day of a strip, etc.
B2. Established Comic Series of 1995
An ongoing comic serial that began before 1995, and had at least
one new issue published in 1995.
B3. New Continuing Comic Series of 1995
An ongoing comic serial that began publication in 1995.
B4. Limited Comic Series of 1995
A comic serial planned to run only 2 to 12 issues that had at least
one new issue published in 1995.
B5. Most Improved Comic Series of 1995
A comic serial that became subjectively better than it was at the
start of 1995.
B6. Single Comic Issue of 1995
A comic one-shot or issue of a comic series, of 63 or fewer pages,
published in 1995.
B7. Original Graphic Novel of 1995
A new comic of 64 or more pages published in 1995.
B8. Comic Reprint Collection of 1995
A collected book or TPB first published in 1995, which may contain
material published in previous years.
NEWSPAPER STRIPS
S1. Daily Comic Strip of 1995
A multi-panel comic strip published on a daily (or week-daily)
basis for at least one week of 1995.
S2. Weekly Comic Strip of 1995
A multi-panel comic strip published on a weekly or monthly basis
for at least part of 1995.
S3. Single Panel Cartoon of 1995
A single-panel serial published for at least part of 1995, not
including political cartoons.
S4. Political Cartoonist of 1995
Someone who made editorial cartoons published in 1995. If the
cartoon is a titled series, you may include the title.
S5. Comic Strip Collection of 1995
A collected book or anthology magazine published in 1995, which may
contain material published in previous years.
MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS
M1. Comic Company or Imprint of 1995
A publishing company, subdivision thereof, or self-publisher that
published a comic in 1995.
M2. Comic Character of 1995
A character who appeared in a comic published in 1995.
M3. Comic Character Team of 1995
A team of affiliated characters who appeared in a comic published
in 1995.
M4. Comic Character Cast of 1995
A collection of non-team characters who appeared in a comic published
in 1995.
M5. Other-Media Comic Adaptation of 1995
A non-comics project produced in 1995 that was based on a comic
character or story -- e.g. TV show, movie, print book, toy, game,
MUD, screen saver, sculpture, etc.
M6. Comic Letter Column of 1995
A letter column from a comic serial published in 1995.
WRITING ABOUT COMICS
W1. Comics Publication of 1995
A magazine, newspaper, book, etc. about comics that was published
in 1995.
W2. Comics Journalist of 1995
Someone whose writing about comics was published in 1995.
W3. Online Comics Forum of 1995
A public online discussion area about comics available in 1995 --
e.g. newsgroup, mailing list, round table, IRC channel, etc.
W4. Comics Web Site of 1995
A web site about comics available in 1995.
W5. RAC'er of 1995
(NOTE: vote for up to three people in this category ONLY). People
who participated in, assisted, and/or improved the online discussion
of comics in 1995.
*------- Erase Everything Before This Line -------*
*----- Do Not Erase Anything After This Line -----*
1995 RAC* COMIC AWARDS BALLOT <RCAB95>
#A1 Example Category : write your vote after each colon, like this
#C1 Writer :
#C2 Penciller :
#C3 Inker :
#C4 Painter :
#C5 Letterer :
#C6 Colorist :
#C7 Creative Team :
#C8 Cover Artist :
#C9 Editor :
#B1 Complete Story :
#B2 Ongoing Series :
#B3 New Series :
#B4 Limited Series :
#B5 Most Improved :
#B6 Single Issue :
#B7 Graphic Novel :
#B8 Collection/TPB :
#S1 Daily Strip :
#S2 Weekly Strip :
#S3 Single Panel :
#S4 Pol. Cartoonist :
#S5 Collection :
#M1 Company/Imprint :
#M2 Character :
#M3 Character Team :
#M4 Character Cast :
#M5 Adaptation :
#M6 Letter Column :
#W1 Publication :
#W2 Journalist :
#W3 Online Forum :
#W4 Web Site :
#W5 RAC'er (1) :
#W6 RAC'er (2) :
#W7 RAC'er (3) :
#Z1 <FAUY95>
- -F
* * * * *
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
--------------------------------
End of dcomics Digest V96 Issue #18
***********************************
David A Gerstein
Croes errors
Message 135 -
1996-01-22 at 04:07:05
DON:
"How do you know how my story ["The Treasury of Croesus"] comes
out?" Actually, I was going by your statement that "Son of the Sun"
showed some of Croesus' hoard among Scrooge's holdings, and your
constant reminders to us (before you did the WDC&S 601 story) that one
day you'd show how Scrooge found the treasure. I also looked at (but
could not actually translate) the Croesus story in Danish long before
"Colossus of the Nile" went to print...
...Anyway, >SIGH< what a blemish to have on the dialogue job
I'm otherwise proudest of! Didn't John catch my mistake? (Not
that I'm not responsible!)
Ah, well, if/when Gladstone publishes some Scarpa albums as
they'll be doing with Van Horn stories next year, I'll have them make
the changes as necessary.
And I correctly referenced your LO$ part 3 in the scene where
the carved blocks were being moved by steamshovel, I hope.
"One thing you should have remembered is that I NEVER let
$crooge keep the treasures he finds. As I've said, I feel it's far more
interesting when such goals are lost..."
Interesting idea, but you had Scrooge keep the Queen Elizabeth
plaque ("His Majesty McDuck") and a photo of the sunken-ship map
("Treasure Under Glass") and the Ducks kept the hoard from their
crocodile-collecting, too. I only gathered that your Duck stories
showed treasure lost as often as found.
You also said
"The current Gladstone "statement of ownership" circulation
figures are based on those issues during the period when Marvel Comics
was obliged to buy a portion of the print-run, nonreturnable."
The annual average of sales shows a slight Marvel influence
(the first four months of the sales in question were distributed by
Marvel... that's not a majority). But the "sales of single issue
published nearest to filing date," in general, are very consistent
with the annual average, and those single issues are
Gladstone-distributed.
There is, however, an error on one of the sales charts (one of
the three we've seen thus far -- USA? -- has it that the title saw no
returns from newsagents, which is an error presumably garnered from
cut-and-pasting last year's data on a word processor to put together
this year's). I guess that we'll probably see a rerun of this series'
circulation data next issue, unless no one catches the error. (I'll
check the issues back in my flat and see if it is, indeed, USA that
had the error in it.)
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"
"How do you know how my story ["The Treasury of Croesus"] comes
out?" Actually, I was going by your statement that "Son of the Sun"
showed some of Croesus' hoard among Scrooge's holdings, and your
constant reminders to us (before you did the WDC&S 601 story) that one
day you'd show how Scrooge found the treasure. I also looked at (but
could not actually translate) the Croesus story in Danish long before
"Colossus of the Nile" went to print...
...Anyway, >SIGH< what a blemish to have on the dialogue job
I'm otherwise proudest of! Didn't John catch my mistake? (Not
that I'm not responsible!)
Ah, well, if/when Gladstone publishes some Scarpa albums as
they'll be doing with Van Horn stories next year, I'll have them make
the changes as necessary.
And I correctly referenced your LO$ part 3 in the scene where
the carved blocks were being moved by steamshovel, I hope.
"One thing you should have remembered is that I NEVER let
$crooge keep the treasures he finds. As I've said, I feel it's far more
interesting when such goals are lost..."
Interesting idea, but you had Scrooge keep the Queen Elizabeth
plaque ("His Majesty McDuck") and a photo of the sunken-ship map
("Treasure Under Glass") and the Ducks kept the hoard from their
crocodile-collecting, too. I only gathered that your Duck stories
showed treasure lost as often as found.
You also said
"The current Gladstone "statement of ownership" circulation
figures are based on those issues during the period when Marvel Comics
was obliged to buy a portion of the print-run, nonreturnable."
The annual average of sales shows a slight Marvel influence
(the first four months of the sales in question were distributed by
Marvel... that's not a majority). But the "sales of single issue
published nearest to filing date," in general, are very consistent
with the annual average, and those single issues are
Gladstone-distributed.
There is, however, an error on one of the sales charts (one of
the three we've seen thus far -- USA? -- has it that the title saw no
returns from newsagents, which is an error presumably garnered from
cut-and-pasting last year's data on a word processor to put together
this year's). I guess that we'll probably see a rerun of this series'
circulation data next issue, unless no one catches the error. (I'll
check the issues back in my flat and see if it is, indeed, USA that
had the error in it.)
David Gerstein
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"Have a chestnut, boys! ... OW!"