John Lustig asks where his birthday presents are, now that he has been
officially greeted, and I answer:
Dag-nabbit, but I can't come up with a decent punch-line to that one right
now... Some writer I turn out to be, eh?
And Dwight Decker asks who would do a Duck Daze comic, and I answer:
Disney Adventures magazine, surely.
-Augie
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Augie De Blieck Jr. - "An army of ninjas versus a Mortal Kombat player
(Email removed) - who think Emperor Shakhan is an orangutan."
(Email removed) - "Bet on the boy." -Impulse #11 [Mark Waid]
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Topic: 199601
(219 messages)
Augie De Blieck Jr
Disney comics Digest V96 #23
Message 211 -
1996-01-31 at 17:26:58
Henri Sivonen
Disney comics Digest V96 #25
Message 212 -
1996-01-31 at 18:46:38
Dwight,
>I don't think the kid audience much cares _who_
>writes and draws them
My father started to buy me Carl Barks albums when I was may be 5 or 6
years old. That time the albums had only an 11-line mentioning inside that
they were by Carl Barks. There was no mentioning in the cover. Instead the
cover said: "The Best of Donald Duck". (The series are still going on very
slowly. Now there's also text: "The Best of Carl Barks".) The stories were
better than the others that were in the very few other DD publications that
were read to me. High quality is always high quality not depending on the
age of the audience.
BTW all Finns,
There are two albums missing from my collection (Aku Ankan parhaat 24 and
26). If someone is willing to sell me those albums (who would? ;-) or can
tell me some good second hand store to buy them, I would be very
interested.
--
Henri Sivonen
(Email removed) WWW:
Fax: +358-0-479387 http://www.clinet.fi/~henris
>I don't think the kid audience much cares _who_
>writes and draws them
My father started to buy me Carl Barks albums when I was may be 5 or 6
years old. That time the albums had only an 11-line mentioning inside that
they were by Carl Barks. There was no mentioning in the cover. Instead the
cover said: "The Best of Donald Duck". (The series are still going on very
slowly. Now there's also text: "The Best of Carl Barks".) The stories were
better than the others that were in the very few other DD publications that
were read to me. High quality is always high quality not depending on the
age of the audience.
BTW all Finns,
There are two albums missing from my collection (Aku Ankan parhaat 24 and
26). If someone is willing to sell me those albums (who would? ;-) or can
tell me some good second hand store to buy them, I would be very
interested.
--
Henri Sivonen
(Email removed) WWW:
Fax: +358-0-479387 http://www.clinet.fi/~henris
Harry Fluks
THC in USA #36
Message 213 -
1996-01-31 at 19:42:58
Last november, Ken and Tryg discussed the use of "THC" in a Gyro
Gearloose story in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #36. THC being the
active ingredient in marijuana. Tryg said the story was written in 1962,
but he misread the creadits (the Gyro gag after this story was from 1962).
The Gyro story, H 91134, appeared in Holland in 1992. The original Dutch
version also had "THC" (and also "TNT"). So this could be a private joke
from artist Mau Heymans, that passed all editors!
When I read the letters THC, I thought it was another chemical like TNT,
which is shown next to the THC box. Maybe Heymans relied on everyone
thinking the same...
--Harry.
(Better late than never...)
Gearloose story in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #36. THC being the
active ingredient in marijuana. Tryg said the story was written in 1962,
but he misread the creadits (the Gyro gag after this story was from 1962).
The Gyro story, H 91134, appeared in Holland in 1992. The original Dutch
version also had "THC" (and also "TNT"). So this could be a private joke
from artist Mau Heymans, that passed all editors!
When I read the letters THC, I thought it was another chemical like TNT,
which is shown next to the THC box. Maybe Heymans relied on everyone
thinking the same...
--Harry.
(Better late than never...)
Fabio Gadducci
Sad news
Message 214 -
1996-01-31 at 19:59:09
Hello, my dear friends.
I have some duck related news, but let me open the letter with some
information about Hogarth. I met him in Angouleme, interviewed him on
friday, and I was simply shocked after I heard of his sudden death in Paris
on sunday. He seemed to be in a great shape, we talked about his possible
coming in Lucca this fall, and... well, let simply say that it is a great
loss for the whole comics field.
It is also terrible to hear of the death of Siegel. Strangely enough, the
death of Hogarth was well covered by the news, while instead Siegel's was
not announced. In my opinion, this is due to the fact that Hogart died in
France: the news correspondents covered it, and it then started to be
spread all around Europe. Besides Superman, I recall Siegel especially for
many Duck stories he wrote in the Seventies for the weekly Topolino. They
were quite strange (very surrealistic, at least) and left me a vivid
memory.
Also the death of Bailey is a sad news: a really bad start, for the comics
anniversary year.
Now, to happier news.
David: I have not yet seen the English version of `Colossus', but I'm sure
everything worked ok. Let me juat remind that also Mirko Tavosanis (a
lurker of this list, a Disney comics fan and a good friend of mine) took
part in the translation.
Augie (and many others): I talked in Angouleme with Rustemagic, an agent
with very good links with the comic scene in America (he is the world
agent, for example, of Joe Kubert). He told me that, currently, all the
Gladstone comic books are selling around 40-50.000 copies per issue. He
seemed very confident about these figures. In fact, he also gave me some
news about Marvel that I knew from my friends at Marvel Italy, but that
were supposed not to be spread around, so that he seems a quite reliable
source of information.
That's all for now,
Fabio
PS: Don (I mean, the Italian Don ;-): I hope to send you more information
about the future conventions in a couple of days.
I have some duck related news, but let me open the letter with some
information about Hogarth. I met him in Angouleme, interviewed him on
friday, and I was simply shocked after I heard of his sudden death in Paris
on sunday. He seemed to be in a great shape, we talked about his possible
coming in Lucca this fall, and... well, let simply say that it is a great
loss for the whole comics field.
It is also terrible to hear of the death of Siegel. Strangely enough, the
death of Hogarth was well covered by the news, while instead Siegel's was
not announced. In my opinion, this is due to the fact that Hogart died in
France: the news correspondents covered it, and it then started to be
spread all around Europe. Besides Superman, I recall Siegel especially for
many Duck stories he wrote in the Seventies for the weekly Topolino. They
were quite strange (very surrealistic, at least) and left me a vivid
memory.
Also the death of Bailey is a sad news: a really bad start, for the comics
anniversary year.
Now, to happier news.
David: I have not yet seen the English version of `Colossus', but I'm sure
everything worked ok. Let me juat remind that also Mirko Tavosanis (a
lurker of this list, a Disney comics fan and a good friend of mine) took
part in the translation.
Augie (and many others): I talked in Angouleme with Rustemagic, an agent
with very good links with the comic scene in America (he is the world
agent, for example, of Joe Kubert). He told me that, currently, all the
Gladstone comic books are selling around 40-50.000 copies per issue. He
seemed very confident about these figures. In fact, he also gave me some
news about Marvel that I knew from my friends at Marvel Italy, but that
were supposed not to be spread around, so that he seems a quite reliable
source of information.
That's all for now,
Fabio
PS: Don (I mean, the Italian Don ;-): I hope to send you more information
about the future conventions in a couple of days.
Deckerd
THC in USA #36
Message 215 -
1996-01-31 at 22:26:42
On Jan 31, 7:42pm, Harry Fluks wrote:
> Subject: THC in USA #36
> Last november, Ken and Tryg discussed the use of "THC" in a Gyro
> Gearloose story in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #36. THC being the
> active ingredient in marijuana. ... So this could be a private joke
> from artist Mau Heymans, that passed all editors!
Gleep. I was the one who translated that story into English.
I don't recall even noticing "THC." If I had, I wouldn't
have known what was meant. Oops.
--Dwight Decker
> Subject: THC in USA #36
> Last november, Ken and Tryg discussed the use of "THC" in a Gyro
> Gearloose story in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #36. THC being the
> active ingredient in marijuana. ... So this could be a private joke
> from artist Mau Heymans, that passed all editors!
Gleep. I was the one who translated that story into English.
I don't recall even noticing "THC." If I had, I wouldn't
have known what was meant. Oops.
--Dwight Decker
Michael_Pring
First U$ cover?
Message 216 -
1996-01-31 at 22:27:44
Hi,
My name is Mike Pring and I've just recently discovered the joys of
the vintage Disney duck comics. I've collected superhero comics since
I was a kid, but now that I'm a "grown-up" I'm learning to appreciate
the clear story-telling and art of Carl Barks and company. I have a
few questions about disney comics:
1) Do the Donald Duck albums contain the Four Color U$ issues, or
just the DD? I'm looking forward to the U$ albums starting this month
and know they contain the Four Color U$ issues.
2) Which Four Color DD issues have U$ appearances?
3) What is the first comic with U$ on the cover? From what I can
tell from the Gerber guide, it looks like it's Vacation Parade #2, but
they don't picture all the WDC&S issues.
Thanx, and I look forward to participating in this mailing list!
Mike
My name is Mike Pring and I've just recently discovered the joys of
the vintage Disney duck comics. I've collected superhero comics since
I was a kid, but now that I'm a "grown-up" I'm learning to appreciate
the clear story-telling and art of Carl Barks and company. I have a
few questions about disney comics:
1) Do the Donald Duck albums contain the Four Color U$ issues, or
just the DD? I'm looking forward to the U$ albums starting this month
and know they contain the Four Color U$ issues.
2) Which Four Color DD issues have U$ appearances?
3) What is the first comic with U$ on the cover? From what I can
tell from the Gerber guide, it looks like it's Vacation Parade #2, but
they don't picture all the WDC&S issues.
Thanx, and I look forward to participating in this mailing list!
Mike
Donald D. Markstein
Junkville Journal
Message 217 -
1996-01-31 at 22:55:16
DWIGHT --
After decades of interest in comics, professional writing, and even
writing ABOUT comics, I actually got into writing comics themselves at age 43. I
feel very, very comfortable doing so, like it's my true career that I've
embarked on at last (just when the market is drying up...). My wife once asked
why I hadn't started doing it years ago, and my immediate reply was "because I
wasn't ready."
I could go into all sorts of reasons why I wasn't ready, but the bottom
line is that before my early 40s, I couldn't have gotten into comics writing
effectively; and since then, I can. There is, indeed, no particular age a comics
writer, or any other type of writer, or any other type of creative person,
should be.
As for the bit about how people over 30 become interested in health
insurance, buying houses, investing money, etc. -- well, whatever I've done,
I've always been a freelancer...
"I can do without Webby, the housekeeper, and whatever the dweeb-duck was
called, but I always did like Launchpad."
Same here. I was trying to put together an Uncle Scrooge plot a few years
ago, where Donald simply could not be crammed in -- but there was a very
effective way to use Launchpad. I wound up making it a DuckTales plot -- right
when interest in DuckTales comic books was fading away...
"who might publish a Duck Daze comic?"
Beats me. Looks like Disney is without a U.S. publisher for the recent
toons. Maybe they shouldn't have separated the license from the "classic"
characters...
GEIR J. NETLAND --
The ones that never fail to get me to roll my eyes are the teenagers who
are into stuff like X-Men and Spider-Man, and think MY taste in comics is
childish!
DON R. --
Oh, my hazy memory! Did Scrooge actually spend his childhood shining
miners' shoes (when he wasn't scouring the woods of his native Scotland for
firewood, and in the winter when the rich dudes were cold selling it to them at
monstrous prices, of course), or did he just shine the shoes of at least one
miner that we know of?
I may be playing fast and loose with the Disney Standards myself. In my
"H.M.S. Pinfeather" story, I went to considerable effort to find a rhyme for
"sexual harassment". We Shall See if it gets past them.
DAVID --
"Mayor McAllister Beelzebubb Bugg (note spelling of that last name) has
his entire name stated in WDC&S 23"
That explains why I haven't seen it. I have no issues between 11 and 24
-- it's my biggest gap. But that reprinted the newspaper strip, right? I think
of the WDC&S run as being the original stories that ran in #s 39-120.
(By the way, years ago, I read those stories aloud to a 5-year-old (now
practically an adult) -- Bucky is GREAT to read aloud to kids. When I told her
we were going to run out soon, her response was succinct: I should buy more.)
"Who's drawing your Gilbert and Sullivan satire?"
At this point, I couldn't even swear it'll be finished. I doubt there's a
publisher in the world besides Gladstone that would be interested in publishing
it. However things turn out, you'll be assured of seeing whatever is done on it.
I guess my Mickey Mouse dialog imprint came from the 1950s Dell comic
books. Oh well. Even with the authentic '30s style, tho, I like Scrooge's speech
patterns better. Nobody did dialog like Barks.
Sounds like you've had kind of the same experience with Scarpa as me. I
like the guys's stories a lot, tho -- they're really worth the effort that has
to go into them.
TODD --
"What parts did you place the Ducks in?"
"And we are his nephews, his companions and his heirs..."
Uh, isn't the "corroborative detail" line from THE MIKADO? ("Three little
nephews, dah dah dah...")
DANIEL VAN EIJMEREN --
I thought "Horsing Around" was a nice looking story. My only quibble is
that SOMEBODY had all the Beagles liking prunes, instead of only one. (But at
least that should confound the continuity freaks.)
JOHN LUSTIG --
"So, you're a Bucky Bug fan, huh? So is Noel Van Horn."
"Admittedly, the chances of Gladstone commissioning a new Bucky Bug --and
then getting Disney to approve it--seems pretty remote."
Thanx for mentioning that (and for the welcome, too). I'll be sure to
pass it on to the Gladstone guys. My Bucky scripts -- which have already been
commissioned, bought, paid for, and approved by Disney -- are still undrawn.
Quack, Don Markstein
(Email removed)
After decades of interest in comics, professional writing, and even
writing ABOUT comics, I actually got into writing comics themselves at age 43. I
feel very, very comfortable doing so, like it's my true career that I've
embarked on at last (just when the market is drying up...). My wife once asked
why I hadn't started doing it years ago, and my immediate reply was "because I
wasn't ready."
I could go into all sorts of reasons why I wasn't ready, but the bottom
line is that before my early 40s, I couldn't have gotten into comics writing
effectively; and since then, I can. There is, indeed, no particular age a comics
writer, or any other type of writer, or any other type of creative person,
should be.
As for the bit about how people over 30 become interested in health
insurance, buying houses, investing money, etc. -- well, whatever I've done,
I've always been a freelancer...
"I can do without Webby, the housekeeper, and whatever the dweeb-duck was
called, but I always did like Launchpad."
Same here. I was trying to put together an Uncle Scrooge plot a few years
ago, where Donald simply could not be crammed in -- but there was a very
effective way to use Launchpad. I wound up making it a DuckTales plot -- right
when interest in DuckTales comic books was fading away...
"who might publish a Duck Daze comic?"
Beats me. Looks like Disney is without a U.S. publisher for the recent
toons. Maybe they shouldn't have separated the license from the "classic"
characters...
GEIR J. NETLAND --
The ones that never fail to get me to roll my eyes are the teenagers who
are into stuff like X-Men and Spider-Man, and think MY taste in comics is
childish!
DON R. --
Oh, my hazy memory! Did Scrooge actually spend his childhood shining
miners' shoes (when he wasn't scouring the woods of his native Scotland for
firewood, and in the winter when the rich dudes were cold selling it to them at
monstrous prices, of course), or did he just shine the shoes of at least one
miner that we know of?
I may be playing fast and loose with the Disney Standards myself. In my
"H.M.S. Pinfeather" story, I went to considerable effort to find a rhyme for
"sexual harassment". We Shall See if it gets past them.
DAVID --
"Mayor McAllister Beelzebubb Bugg (note spelling of that last name) has
his entire name stated in WDC&S 23"
That explains why I haven't seen it. I have no issues between 11 and 24
-- it's my biggest gap. But that reprinted the newspaper strip, right? I think
of the WDC&S run as being the original stories that ran in #s 39-120.
(By the way, years ago, I read those stories aloud to a 5-year-old (now
practically an adult) -- Bucky is GREAT to read aloud to kids. When I told her
we were going to run out soon, her response was succinct: I should buy more.)
"Who's drawing your Gilbert and Sullivan satire?"
At this point, I couldn't even swear it'll be finished. I doubt there's a
publisher in the world besides Gladstone that would be interested in publishing
it. However things turn out, you'll be assured of seeing whatever is done on it.
I guess my Mickey Mouse dialog imprint came from the 1950s Dell comic
books. Oh well. Even with the authentic '30s style, tho, I like Scrooge's speech
patterns better. Nobody did dialog like Barks.
Sounds like you've had kind of the same experience with Scarpa as me. I
like the guys's stories a lot, tho -- they're really worth the effort that has
to go into them.
TODD --
"What parts did you place the Ducks in?"
"And we are his nephews, his companions and his heirs..."
Uh, isn't the "corroborative detail" line from THE MIKADO? ("Three little
nephews, dah dah dah...")
DANIEL VAN EIJMEREN --
I thought "Horsing Around" was a nice looking story. My only quibble is
that SOMEBODY had all the Beagles liking prunes, instead of only one. (But at
least that should confound the continuity freaks.)
JOHN LUSTIG --
"So, you're a Bucky Bug fan, huh? So is Noel Van Horn."
"Admittedly, the chances of Gladstone commissioning a new Bucky Bug --and
then getting Disney to approve it--seems pretty remote."
Thanx for mentioning that (and for the welcome, too). I'll be sure to
pass it on to the Gladstone guys. My Bucky scripts -- which have already been
commissioned, bought, paid for, and approved by Disney -- are still undrawn.
Quack, Don Markstein
(Email removed)
Cdoberman
Bin locations
Message 218 -
1996-01-31 at 23:06:26
Don R. and Dwight:
I remember a few years ago when I first started reading Uncle $crooge
stories, I had the distinct impression that $crooge had two bins in Duckburg
-- one downtown and one on a hill. Is it possible?
-- Wes
I remember a few years ago when I first started reading Uncle $crooge
stories, I had the distinct impression that $crooge had two bins in Duckburg
-- one downtown and one on a hill. Is it possible?
-- Wes
Deckerd
Bin locations
Message 219 -
1996-01-31 at 23:19:10
On Jan 31, 4:06pm, (Email removed) wrote:
> I remember a few years ago when I first started reading
> Uncle $crooge stories, I had the distinct impression that
> $crooge had two bins in Duckburg -- one downtown and one
> on a hill. Is it possible?
>
I think you could get that impression by reading reprints
out of chronological order. That is, I'm pretty sure Barks
started with the downtown bin (as seen in "Only a Poor Old
Man," and also in at least one ten-pager I can call to mind),
and as the concept grew, moved to the great cube standing
in all its lonely splendor atop Killmotor Hill. I don't
believe the Barks Scrooge ever had more than one bin,
either. Naturally, these are my impressions based on a
fuzzy memory, and are subject to change if I'm backed into
a corner and confronted with contrary facts. My question to
Don was about how he had postulated the bin always being
on top of the hill, even though "Only a Poor Old Man" shows
it otherwise. In fact, the downtown location of the bin is
a key detail in "Only a Poor Old Man" and that's the seminal
Scrooge story. If you say the bin was always on a hill, "Only
a Poor Old Man" couldn't have happened, or at least not the
way Barks showed it happening, and -- uh oh. Maybe two bins is
the most economical explanation, without threatening the whole
canon. I kind of wish Don had explained the business by perhaps
having Scrooge start small, with the downtown bin in a specially
remodeled office building, and move to the Killmotor Hill bin
later (perhaps realizing as a result of the events in "Only a
Poor Old Man" that the downtown location was too vulnerable
and he needed a defendable fortress). Oh well...too late now.
--Dwight Decker
> I remember a few years ago when I first started reading
> Uncle $crooge stories, I had the distinct impression that
> $crooge had two bins in Duckburg -- one downtown and one
> on a hill. Is it possible?
>
I think you could get that impression by reading reprints
out of chronological order. That is, I'm pretty sure Barks
started with the downtown bin (as seen in "Only a Poor Old
Man," and also in at least one ten-pager I can call to mind),
and as the concept grew, moved to the great cube standing
in all its lonely splendor atop Killmotor Hill. I don't
believe the Barks Scrooge ever had more than one bin,
either. Naturally, these are my impressions based on a
fuzzy memory, and are subject to change if I'm backed into
a corner and confronted with contrary facts. My question to
Don was about how he had postulated the bin always being
on top of the hill, even though "Only a Poor Old Man" shows
it otherwise. In fact, the downtown location of the bin is
a key detail in "Only a Poor Old Man" and that's the seminal
Scrooge story. If you say the bin was always on a hill, "Only
a Poor Old Man" couldn't have happened, or at least not the
way Barks showed it happening, and -- uh oh. Maybe two bins is
the most economical explanation, without threatening the whole
canon. I kind of wish Don had explained the business by perhaps
having Scrooge start small, with the downtown bin in a specially
remodeled office building, and move to the Killmotor Hill bin
later (perhaps realizing as a result of the events in "Only a
Poor Old Man" that the downtown location was too vulnerable
and he needed a defendable fortress). Oh well...too late now.
--Dwight Decker