In article <(Email removed)> (Email removed) (Nisse J. Krenchel) writes:
> >I have a question regarding the "fourth" nephew that appears in a Vicar
...
> Country: Denmark
> Comic: Anders And & Co. 1995 No. 43 page 11, in the story "Anders And - Plat
> og pyramider"
or
Finland, Aku Ankka 1995/43, page 9, story "Aku Ankka - Pyramidin taikaa".
--
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Vsaari
The fourth nephew
Message 166 -
1996-03-25 at 03:33:11
SRoweCanoe
Disney comics Digest V96 #64
Message 167 -
1996-03-25 at 13:38:21
Hi folks!
I'm another guy whose been sorta quietly sitting here for the past week
or two reading without contributing. I'm Steven rowe, I know some of you
folks from Apa-toons and Apa-I, and the GCD. I'm a senior editor of the
Who's Who of American Comic Books (with my speciality being 1940s funny
animial comics).
Of particular interest to some of you folks is that I contributed data
and artists ids to those Italian Disney Dell indexes.
Mike wrote:
>>A colleague of mine is trying to track down a Mickey Mouse gasmask! These
were apparently made during the Cold War for children that would be afraid
of a regular gas mask. At least one exists in America, at a military
museum. Anyone have any ideas where he might find one?<<
The story that I heard is that these were made in Great Britain
for use in Nazi bombing during WW2. So try either over there, or a WW2
collectors group.
Best, Steven Rowe
I'm another guy whose been sorta quietly sitting here for the past week
or two reading without contributing. I'm Steven rowe, I know some of you
folks from Apa-toons and Apa-I, and the GCD. I'm a senior editor of the
Who's Who of American Comic Books (with my speciality being 1940s funny
animial comics).
Of particular interest to some of you folks is that I contributed data
and artists ids to those Italian Disney Dell indexes.
Mike wrote:
>>A colleague of mine is trying to track down a Mickey Mouse gasmask! These
were apparently made during the Cold War for children that would be afraid
of a regular gas mask. At least one exists in America, at a military
museum. Anyone have any ideas where he might find one?<<
The story that I heard is that these were made in Great Britain
for use in Nazi bombing during WW2. So try either over there, or a WW2
collectors group.
Best, Steven Rowe
Heffalump
Soda pop
Message 168 -
1996-03-25 at 17:12:55
DON
Hmmm, I can se we have a serious disagreement about Donald's relation to soda.
I don't understand how you can say that soda is a trademark for Donald and
that it comes straight from Barks. I can only rememember a couple of stories
where CB uses it, and he certainly didn't use it in his prime period
1945-50. Or perhaps you or somebody else can enlighten me, wich stories have
sodas in them! That's one for the experts.
If you reread the first eighty or so ten pagers and all the one shots you
will see a quite different Donald than the one you portrays and perhaps you
would understand better what I'm talking about and why Donald has made such
an impact on people from Lebanon to Louisville!
My point is: Play him down if you can't capture his spirit, don't try and
make him into something he definitly isn't.
What about that ball of twine idea then? Heard it before?
Anyone else seen it? I spoke to the woman in charge of the local museum
where it is situated in Darwin MN and they were trying hard to promote it,
without much luck. I had trouble finding it.
Perhaps it actually is $crooges ball! It's really worth seeing, we could
have a Disney comics convention there, since Minnesota definitly is Donald
country.
My christian name is Gaute, Heffalump is just a nick that has crept into my
e-mail adress, I don't know how to remove it. If you wonder were I got it
from: clue Winnie-the-pooh.
Gaute
Mojo
Student at the University of Trondheim, Norway
E-mail:(Email removed)
Hmmm, I can se we have a serious disagreement about Donald's relation to soda.
I don't understand how you can say that soda is a trademark for Donald and
that it comes straight from Barks. I can only rememember a couple of stories
where CB uses it, and he certainly didn't use it in his prime period
1945-50. Or perhaps you or somebody else can enlighten me, wich stories have
sodas in them! That's one for the experts.
If you reread the first eighty or so ten pagers and all the one shots you
will see a quite different Donald than the one you portrays and perhaps you
would understand better what I'm talking about and why Donald has made such
an impact on people from Lebanon to Louisville!
My point is: Play him down if you can't capture his spirit, don't try and
make him into something he definitly isn't.
What about that ball of twine idea then? Heard it before?
Anyone else seen it? I spoke to the woman in charge of the local museum
where it is situated in Darwin MN and they were trying hard to promote it,
without much luck. I had trouble finding it.
Perhaps it actually is $crooges ball! It's really worth seeing, we could
have a Disney comics convention there, since Minnesota definitly is Donald
country.
My christian name is Gaute, Heffalump is just a nick that has crept into my
e-mail adress, I don't know how to remove it. If you wonder were I got it
from: clue Winnie-the-pooh.
Gaute
Mojo
Student at the University of Trondheim, Norway
E-mail:(Email removed)
Heffalump
Twine ball
Message 169 -
1996-03-25 at 20:53:02
My last mail, probably in the same digest as this one was meant for Digest
62, but the server has been down this weekend so it is a bit old.
TRYG:
I went to Minnesota to visit my wife who was doing fieldwork in anthropology
at UMN. I knew CB had lived in Minnesota and wondered if I could track down
connections.
Some time ago I read "the book of lists #2" and it listed the ball of twine
and even showed a small photo of it. I couldn't belive it, just like
$crooge's ball. Here was my chance. My wife wasn't impressed, I didn't come
for her but for twine balls!
The trip there was like a pilgrimage to me, just an hour west of MPLS,
hardly anyone had heard of it. Go today Tryg you won't be disapointed. What
I'd like to know is wether CB influenced this eccentric man or vice versa!
Furthermore in Eau Clair WI there was a Paul Bunyan park, remember the PB
machine. There PB and his blue ox babe stood outside. I didn't quite get the
myth, anyone care to tell me. Just another example of CB using local legends
In the "Lemming with a locket" story $ and D travels to Norway, you can see
the Norwegian words for cheese depicted on a shop and on cheese. CB told
some Norwegian fans that there was a "Larsen Cheese shop" in Mpls he had
this info from and that he was fond of Norwegian cheese. I think CB with his
reservedness and work ethics felt quite at home with the "squareheads" in
this protestant environment (anyone read Garrison Keeler). I think this is
visible throughout his output. Donald definitly has one of his feet in
Minnesota.
Gaute Kongsnes
"Look no head!"
62, but the server has been down this weekend so it is a bit old.
TRYG:
I went to Minnesota to visit my wife who was doing fieldwork in anthropology
at UMN. I knew CB had lived in Minnesota and wondered if I could track down
connections.
Some time ago I read "the book of lists #2" and it listed the ball of twine
and even showed a small photo of it. I couldn't belive it, just like
$crooge's ball. Here was my chance. My wife wasn't impressed, I didn't come
for her but for twine balls!
The trip there was like a pilgrimage to me, just an hour west of MPLS,
hardly anyone had heard of it. Go today Tryg you won't be disapointed. What
I'd like to know is wether CB influenced this eccentric man or vice versa!
Furthermore in Eau Clair WI there was a Paul Bunyan park, remember the PB
machine. There PB and his blue ox babe stood outside. I didn't quite get the
myth, anyone care to tell me. Just another example of CB using local legends
In the "Lemming with a locket" story $ and D travels to Norway, you can see
the Norwegian words for cheese depicted on a shop and on cheese. CB told
some Norwegian fans that there was a "Larsen Cheese shop" in Mpls he had
this info from and that he was fond of Norwegian cheese. I think CB with his
reservedness and work ethics felt quite at home with the "squareheads" in
this protestant environment (anyone read Garrison Keeler). I think this is
visible throughout his output. Donald definitly has one of his feet in
Minnesota.
Gaute Kongsnes
"Look no head!"
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V96 #64
Message 170 -
1996-03-26 at 00:54:43
ARTHUR:
Yes, the name of that story (MY name for that story, anyway) is "The
Incredible Shrinking Tightwad"... although... it feels like I might have
gotten confused recently and said "Tycoon". Maybe that's the title that it
went out from the main office with. Hm.
Yes, when I say "we", I refer to the only person I have contact with at
Egmont, the editor-in-chief (though that's an American term) Byron Erickson.
And he does, indeed, live in Copenhagen.
Gladstone's "Life and Times of $crooge McDuck" albums will be published
monthly from April through July, '96.
TORSTEN:
Oops! Yes, sorry, YOU were the fella in Germany, not Tryg! It gets confusing
for me around here, with so many unusual (to an American) names and few
faces to connect them with. And I got those two "T" names mixed up. Sorry!
RICH MORRISSEY!:
Wow! GREAT to have you here! I should probably move most of this over to
private mail, but it's good to hear from you again, and know that you're
another old collector, like me, who didn't give it all up in the face of how
it's all changed in the last 20 years, but stuck through it.
Yes, Rich was such a regular adviser on my old question & answer column
(which for some years was the main question-answer and information feature
of ALL of American comics fandom) that I believe I even included his name in
the masthead each issue, along with Jerry Bails and M.C.Goodwin (didn't I?).
And I'm so pleased to see him pop up here on the Disney Comics Digest! But
that shouldn't be unusual, really. In the old days, ALL Americans were
Disney comics fans, just like it still is with Europeans. It's only in
modern times that American Disney comics fans became rare breeds. That's why
I figure when I go to American conventions, most of the attention I get
seems to come from the DEALERS who are set up, rather than the ticket-buying
fans -- because the ranks of the comic dealers are made up of aging comics
fans of the 40s-60s when EVERYONE loved Disney comics and the Ducks, of
course, in particular.
Anyway, I hope you stick around and contribute your expertise! There are
comics experts here from Italy that I'll bet will absolutely amaze you with
how much they know about "our" comics... very possibley MORE than us!
Yes, the name of that story (MY name for that story, anyway) is "The
Incredible Shrinking Tightwad"... although... it feels like I might have
gotten confused recently and said "Tycoon". Maybe that's the title that it
went out from the main office with. Hm.
Yes, when I say "we", I refer to the only person I have contact with at
Egmont, the editor-in-chief (though that's an American term) Byron Erickson.
And he does, indeed, live in Copenhagen.
Gladstone's "Life and Times of $crooge McDuck" albums will be published
monthly from April through July, '96.
TORSTEN:
Oops! Yes, sorry, YOU were the fella in Germany, not Tryg! It gets confusing
for me around here, with so many unusual (to an American) names and few
faces to connect them with. And I got those two "T" names mixed up. Sorry!
RICH MORRISSEY!:
Wow! GREAT to have you here! I should probably move most of this over to
private mail, but it's good to hear from you again, and know that you're
another old collector, like me, who didn't give it all up in the face of how
it's all changed in the last 20 years, but stuck through it.
Yes, Rich was such a regular adviser on my old question & answer column
(which for some years was the main question-answer and information feature
of ALL of American comics fandom) that I believe I even included his name in
the masthead each issue, along with Jerry Bails and M.C.Goodwin (didn't I?).
And I'm so pleased to see him pop up here on the Disney Comics Digest! But
that shouldn't be unusual, really. In the old days, ALL Americans were
Disney comics fans, just like it still is with Europeans. It's only in
modern times that American Disney comics fans became rare breeds. That's why
I figure when I go to American conventions, most of the attention I get
seems to come from the DEALERS who are set up, rather than the ticket-buying
fans -- because the ranks of the comic dealers are made up of aging comics
fans of the 40s-60s when EVERYONE loved Disney comics and the Ducks, of
course, in particular.
Anyway, I hope you stick around and contribute your expertise! There are
comics experts here from Italy that I'll bet will absolutely amaze you with
how much they know about "our" comics... very possibley MORE than us!
Henri Sivonen
Disney tour & legalese
Message 171 -
1996-03-26 at 13:20:31
I'm planning to put a "Guided Tour to Web Sites on Disney comics" (for
newbies that is) online. Is there some Disney or other legal stuff to
prevent this or that just should be stated (trademarks etc.) on the page?
(I don't want to get sued for being a fan.)
It wouldn't include any pictures on its own, but it would show other sites
(by list members, normal links are already on my links page) in a Netcsape
frame. The authors wuold be credited in the commentary frame. What do you
think of the idea? It wouldn't offer anything new for people who already
have visited the sites.
Just a hypothetical question:
If I wanted to put online a site on Disney comics with *pictures*, what
permissions would I need then?
-- ___
Henri Sivonen / \
(Email removed) WWW (renewed): | h_|
Fax: +358-0-479387 http://www.clinet.fi/~henris \__
newbies that is) online. Is there some Disney or other legal stuff to
prevent this or that just should be stated (trademarks etc.) on the page?
(I don't want to get sued for being a fan.)
It wouldn't include any pictures on its own, but it would show other sites
(by list members, normal links are already on my links page) in a Netcsape
frame. The authors wuold be credited in the commentary frame. What do you
think of the idea? It wouldn't offer anything new for people who already
have visited the sites.
Just a hypothetical question:
If I wanted to put online a site on Disney comics with *pictures*, what
permissions would I need then?
-- ___
Henri Sivonen / \
(Email removed) WWW (renewed): | h_|
Fax: +358-0-479387 http://www.clinet.fi/~henris \__
Ole R. Nielsen
Big Beak Ben etc.
Message 172 -
1996-03-26 at 16:11:33
Don:
> "When Hearts of Ice Melt" was the title they gave my "Hearts of the Yukon"?
> Wow -- that's a better title!
I'm glad you like it, because I decided to make it up instead of the stupid
title "Showdown in Klondike". Danish titles are usually between bad and worse.
> But... I don't think Egmont is telling anyone that my "Lo$" is any sort of
> "official" version of anything, and I never expected or intended that they
> should.
But they ordered it because they wanted exactly that, I think. In a year or
so, when they'll re-release it in hard-cover collectors' edition for the 50
year anniversary, the lingering impression of authenticity will undoubtedly
be affirmed again and again. Remember how they stressed how big a part Carl
Barks had in it, and actually referred to you as his 'assistant'?
Why, I may be one of the few who can tell where Barks ends and you start in
the whole shebang, but it doesn't make sense to do so!
> I think this "Big Beak Ben" story could simply jive with my stuff by
> coincidence, don't you think?
Given the facts, no way. You may belittle your own influence, being a
decent and humble guy, but I don't have to. I'd say it's a cadeau from
your fans in the business; sort of another unofficial Eisner award.
Unless Egmont actually told their writers to stick with your story. As
the recent Mickey re-working and my cover example proves, Egmont is very
concerned with product consistency and recognition. It's called quality
control, but it really belongs in assembly line manufacturing, NOT in a
creative environment, if you ask me.
Though I not more stupid than to realize that it's a big part of the
Disney succes story.
BTW: how did you like the "Kritik" translation; are you game for more?
More fun from Denmark, or Sweden to be honest: issue 14 has a story by
Daniel Branca (D 93511, 10 pages) where Gyro makes a bio-copy of Scrooge
to deal with the tedium of celebrity appearances. "The copy is at your
service, Scrooge! You can sen him to all the boring meetings you want!"
But the copy says "Not on your life, butthead!" Oh-oh, an evil twin...
Sure enough, the copy quickly copies himself again... and again, and
spreads over Duckburg in a reign of random insults and spendthrift.
This could be another coincidence, but it reminds me of one of Bill
Watterson's most memorable Calvin and Hobbes disasters. Fine by me :)
"!": Ole 'RoC'
"Om jag simmar over Oresund och balanserar en grapefrukt pa
en spagetti pa min nebb... [5 km till Smorrebrod Kro]"
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #65
*****************************************
> "When Hearts of Ice Melt" was the title they gave my "Hearts of the Yukon"?
> Wow -- that's a better title!
I'm glad you like it, because I decided to make it up instead of the stupid
title "Showdown in Klondike". Danish titles are usually between bad and worse.
> But... I don't think Egmont is telling anyone that my "Lo$" is any sort of
> "official" version of anything, and I never expected or intended that they
> should.
But they ordered it because they wanted exactly that, I think. In a year or
so, when they'll re-release it in hard-cover collectors' edition for the 50
year anniversary, the lingering impression of authenticity will undoubtedly
be affirmed again and again. Remember how they stressed how big a part Carl
Barks had in it, and actually referred to you as his 'assistant'?
Why, I may be one of the few who can tell where Barks ends and you start in
the whole shebang, but it doesn't make sense to do so!
> I think this "Big Beak Ben" story could simply jive with my stuff by
> coincidence, don't you think?
Given the facts, no way. You may belittle your own influence, being a
decent and humble guy, but I don't have to. I'd say it's a cadeau from
your fans in the business; sort of another unofficial Eisner award.
Unless Egmont actually told their writers to stick with your story. As
the recent Mickey re-working and my cover example proves, Egmont is very
concerned with product consistency and recognition. It's called quality
control, but it really belongs in assembly line manufacturing, NOT in a
creative environment, if you ask me.
Though I not more stupid than to realize that it's a big part of the
Disney succes story.
BTW: how did you like the "Kritik" translation; are you game for more?
More fun from Denmark, or Sweden to be honest: issue 14 has a story by
Daniel Branca (D 93511, 10 pages) where Gyro makes a bio-copy of Scrooge
to deal with the tedium of celebrity appearances. "The copy is at your
service, Scrooge! You can sen him to all the boring meetings you want!"
But the copy says "Not on your life, butthead!" Oh-oh, an evil twin...
Sure enough, the copy quickly copies himself again... and again, and
spreads over Duckburg in a reign of random insults and spendthrift.
This could be another coincidence, but it reminds me of one of Bill
Watterson's most memorable Calvin and Hobbes disasters. Fine by me :)
"!": Ole 'RoC'
"Om jag simmar over Oresund och balanserar en grapefrukt pa
en spagetti pa min nebb... [5 km till Smorrebrod Kro]"
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #65
*****************************************
Augie De Blieck Jr
Schedules and stuff
Message 173 -
1996-03-26 at 18:28:22
WES:
You asked a few days ago about what was solicited in Previews. Yes, I did
pass that along here, but if you haven't seen it yet, let me know and
I'll forward you a copy of that message.
Also, Uncle $crooge Adventures in Color #2 is schedules to come out this
week! Along with the new Uncle $crooge issue with a Van Horn story in it.
DON:
Yes, I do believe you credited Rich Morrissey in your column. The recent
Comics Journal interview had a copy of one of your drawings for the
header of that column, and I'm pretty sure his name was on it.
ARTHUR:
Your copy of the TCJ interview went in the mail today! Let me know when
you get it.
HENRI:
As for putting Disney pictures on a Web Site: You are protected by fair
use copyright laws. If you use the pictures for review or scholarly
purposes, you are pretty much protected enough to put in some small samples.
ALL:
Scott Rockwell's coloring on Don's Treasury of Croesus really annoys me
as being too bright. His coloring on the new DDA with the William Van
Horn tale was really impressive, though. The colors were deep and rich.
I think we have here another example of a colorist who doesn't take the
paper quality into account before doing a job. (Either that, or he
didn't know which type of paper they'd be printing Don's story on.)
Also, does anyone have any sales figures on the new WDC&S format? Has
the increased price made up for any drop in readership? Or, more
doubtfully, has the readership increased?
-Augie
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Augie De Blieck Jr. - http://daniel.drew.edu/~adebliec/index.html
(Email removed) - "Their new campaign slogan: Clinton/Gore:
(Email removed) - Please raise your right hands..." -Don Imus
You asked a few days ago about what was solicited in Previews. Yes, I did
pass that along here, but if you haven't seen it yet, let me know and
I'll forward you a copy of that message.
Also, Uncle $crooge Adventures in Color #2 is schedules to come out this
week! Along with the new Uncle $crooge issue with a Van Horn story in it.
DON:
Yes, I do believe you credited Rich Morrissey in your column. The recent
Comics Journal interview had a copy of one of your drawings for the
header of that column, and I'm pretty sure his name was on it.
ARTHUR:
Your copy of the TCJ interview went in the mail today! Let me know when
you get it.
HENRI:
As for putting Disney pictures on a Web Site: You are protected by fair
use copyright laws. If you use the pictures for review or scholarly
purposes, you are pretty much protected enough to put in some small samples.
ALL:
Scott Rockwell's coloring on Don's Treasury of Croesus really annoys me
as being too bright. His coloring on the new DDA with the William Van
Horn tale was really impressive, though. The colors were deep and rich.
I think we have here another example of a colorist who doesn't take the
paper quality into account before doing a job. (Either that, or he
didn't know which type of paper they'd be printing Don's story on.)
Also, does anyone have any sales figures on the new WDC&S format? Has
the increased price made up for any drop in readership? Or, more
doubtfully, has the readership increased?
-Augie
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Augie De Blieck Jr. - http://daniel.drew.edu/~adebliec/index.html
(Email removed) - "Their new campaign slogan: Clinton/Gore:
(Email removed) - Please raise your right hands..." -Don Imus
Deckerd
Schedules and stuff
Message 174 -
1996-03-26 at 18:47:55
On Mar 26, 11:28am, Augie De Blieck Jr wrote:
> Subject: Schedules and stuff
> Also, does anyone have any sales figures on the new WDC&S format?
Has
> the increased price made up for any drop in readership? Or, more
> doubtfully, has the readership increased?
>
I think as a general rule, sales go down as prices go up. Comic
books today seem to be in a race between rising prices and
declining readership. You raise prices to make up for the loss
of readers, but the new higher prices drive more readers away,
so you have to raise prices again-- The ultimate absurdity would
be the Million Dollar Comic Book ("You only have to sell _one_!").
Unfortunately, the new WDC&S might be that Million Dollar Comic Book.
My guess is that it's an attempt to break out of the downward spiral
by creating a new format at a high-enough price that it doesn't need
mass circulation like other comics in the line. It might not sell
as many copies as the others -- and I can't see that it could at
that price -- but it probably isn't intended to. So comparing it
to the others isn't really fair, since it has a different format
and would need to sell substantially fewer copies to break even.
--Dwight
> Subject: Schedules and stuff
> Also, does anyone have any sales figures on the new WDC&S format?
Has
> the increased price made up for any drop in readership? Or, more
> doubtfully, has the readership increased?
>
I think as a general rule, sales go down as prices go up. Comic
books today seem to be in a race between rising prices and
declining readership. You raise prices to make up for the loss
of readers, but the new higher prices drive more readers away,
so you have to raise prices again-- The ultimate absurdity would
be the Million Dollar Comic Book ("You only have to sell _one_!").
Unfortunately, the new WDC&S might be that Million Dollar Comic Book.
My guess is that it's an attempt to break out of the downward spiral
by creating a new format at a high-enough price that it doesn't need
mass circulation like other comics in the line. It might not sell
as many copies as the others -- and I can't see that it could at
that price -- but it probably isn't intended to. So comparing it
to the others isn't really fair, since it has a different format
and would need to sell substantially fewer copies to break even.
--Dwight
Cdoberman
Schedules and stuff
Message 175 -
1996-03-26 at 19:25:07
Augie: (To Me)
>You asked a few days ago about what was solicited in Previews. Yes, I did
>pass that along here, but if you haven't seen it yet, let me know and
>I'll forward you a copy of that message.
Yes, please send it to me via private mail.
I was temporarily suspended from the list for bouncing back messages. The
great Server didn't like that and cut me off. My wife said, "But you like
that list. Now you'll have no friends." Per has got me back on for the
moment and I hope I stick around. So, if anyone sent me a message over the
last week, I missed it. I'll try to get to the archives and catch up, but no
guarantee about that. I'm just glad to be back.
-- Wes
>You asked a few days ago about what was solicited in Previews. Yes, I did
>pass that along here, but if you haven't seen it yet, let me know and
>I'll forward you a copy of that message.
Yes, please send it to me via private mail.
I was temporarily suspended from the list for bouncing back messages. The
great Server didn't like that and cut me off. My wife said, "But you like
that list. Now you'll have no friends." Per has got me back on for the
moment and I hope I stick around. So, if anyone sent me a message over the
last week, I missed it. I'll try to get to the archives and catch up, but no
guarantee about that. I'm just glad to be back.
-- Wes
Carey Furlong - Tdoc
Schedules and stuff
Message 176 -
1996-03-26 at 20:25:36
Augie wrote:
> Also, Uncle $crooge Adventures in Color #2 is schedules to come out this
> week! Along with the new Uncle $crooge issue with a Van Horn story in it.
Finally! So far, distribution to comic stores of this title
seems to be terrible. I frequent several shops that carry Disney's
by Gladstone and have seen only one copy of USA #1 (which I
immediately glommed up). I hope #2 really is available this
week, and I can find a copy.
I am looking forward to seeing how Gladstone does the coloring
for #3, the Horseradish story, a tale of deeply canonical import,
and one of my personal favorites. That particular issue has not
seen the light of day in a very long time (aside from certain
hardcovers).
> Scott Rockwell's coloring on Don's Treasury of Croesus really annoys me
> as being too bright.
I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. The colors are too
bright and unnatural. Is this because of the paper? Also, in
the Croesus story, for some reason it seemed to me that the
panels were smaller than usual - the art seemed tiny, not at all
how Don's stuff normally looks in non-premier issues.
Question for Don R.:
I read the Croesus story last night in one sitting, and was
wondering what the multi-colored, multi-patterned chickens on
page 2 of part 1 that one of the ducks is sweeping up means.
BTW, it was nice to read all 3 pieces at once - defintly helped
continuity of the story.
-
"This fabulous twenty-four carat moon, for
a handful of dirt!... Man! That's the biggest
bargain I ever heard of in all history!"
--------------- Scrooge McDuck (US 24) ------
---- Carey ----
Carey Furlong, Huntington Beach, CA; (Email removed)
Opinions expressed are mine and not those of EDS
> Also, Uncle $crooge Adventures in Color #2 is schedules to come out this
> week! Along with the new Uncle $crooge issue with a Van Horn story in it.
Finally! So far, distribution to comic stores of this title
seems to be terrible. I frequent several shops that carry Disney's
by Gladstone and have seen only one copy of USA #1 (which I
immediately glommed up). I hope #2 really is available this
week, and I can find a copy.
I am looking forward to seeing how Gladstone does the coloring
for #3, the Horseradish story, a tale of deeply canonical import,
and one of my personal favorites. That particular issue has not
seen the light of day in a very long time (aside from certain
hardcovers).
> Scott Rockwell's coloring on Don's Treasury of Croesus really annoys me
> as being too bright.
I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. The colors are too
bright and unnatural. Is this because of the paper? Also, in
the Croesus story, for some reason it seemed to me that the
panels were smaller than usual - the art seemed tiny, not at all
how Don's stuff normally looks in non-premier issues.
Question for Don R.:
I read the Croesus story last night in one sitting, and was
wondering what the multi-colored, multi-patterned chickens on
page 2 of part 1 that one of the ducks is sweeping up means.
BTW, it was nice to read all 3 pieces at once - defintly helped
continuity of the story.
-
"This fabulous twenty-four carat moon, for
a handful of dirt!... Man! That's the biggest
bargain I ever heard of in all history!"
--------------- Scrooge McDuck (US 24) ------
---- Carey ----
Carey Furlong, Huntington Beach, CA; (Email removed)
Opinions expressed are mine and not those of EDS
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V96 #65
Message 177 -
1996-03-27 at 00:40:13
STEVE ROWE:
My gosh -- another correspondent from the days of my RBCC INFORMATION CENTER
column! What's sending you all folks over to visit right at this moment?
'RoC':
Hah? The Danish publisher talked about what a large part Barks had in my
"Lo$" and called me his assistant? When and where did they do that? You mean
they said how it was all based on Barks' old stories or that he actually
participated in producing the new series? I can't read any of that stuff, so
there's no tellin' what they do that I never find out about.
Yes, thanks for the KRITIK translation! And I'm ready for more whenever you
wish to take the time to do it -- but no hurry! If you think you might poop
out before you can complete that tedious job, perhaps you can do the last
part next, and work backwards. (And send it privately, natch.)
My gosh -- another correspondent from the days of my RBCC INFORMATION CENTER
column! What's sending you all folks over to visit right at this moment?
'RoC':
Hah? The Danish publisher talked about what a large part Barks had in my
"Lo$" and called me his assistant? When and where did they do that? You mean
they said how it was all based on Barks' old stories or that he actually
participated in producing the new series? I can't read any of that stuff, so
there's no tellin' what they do that I never find out about.
Yes, thanks for the KRITIK translation! And I'm ready for more whenever you
wish to take the time to do it -- but no hurry! If you think you might poop
out before you can complete that tedious job, perhaps you can do the last
part next, and work backwards. (And send it privately, natch.)
Arthur De Wolf
Thanx
Message 178 -
1996-03-27 at 09:20:59
Hi!
AUGIE DE BLIECK:
Thanks a lot for sending me the TCJ interview!
DON ROSA:
You said: "Yes, when I say "we", I refer to the only person I have contact with at Egmont, the editor-in-chief, Byron Erickson."
Okay ... but how do you COMMUNICATE with him, when you're both
discussing a story? Do you both use letters, faxes, telephones, emails,
silver platters, IRC, satellites, private jets, modems, telegrams, two cans
at the end of a long rope, bottles that you throw in the ocean, pigeons,
smoke-signals? Just kidding! ;-)
Damnit ... I'm not happy at all! My dog died yesterday (because
the vet gave her a wrong medicine) and I'm incredibly sad. I just wanted to
let all you hundreds of people know that Kelly was the sweetest dog in the
world! Bye Kelly! :-(
Arthur
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End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #66
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AUGIE DE BLIECK:
Thanks a lot for sending me the TCJ interview!
DON ROSA:
You said: "Yes, when I say "we", I refer to the only person I have contact with at Egmont, the editor-in-chief, Byron Erickson."
Okay ... but how do you COMMUNICATE with him, when you're both
discussing a story? Do you both use letters, faxes, telephones, emails,
silver platters, IRC, satellites, private jets, modems, telegrams, two cans
at the end of a long rope, bottles that you throw in the ocean, pigeons,
smoke-signals? Just kidding! ;-)
Damnit ... I'm not happy at all! My dog died yesterday (because
the vet gave her a wrong medicine) and I'm incredibly sad. I just wanted to
let all you hundreds of people know that Kelly was the sweetest dog in the
world! Bye Kelly! :-(
Arthur
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #66
*****************************************
Augie De Blieck Jr
PREVIEWS and stuff
Message 179 -
1996-03-28 at 07:22:31
Dwight wrote:
> I think as a general rule, sales go down as prices go up. Comic
No argument here. I guess what I am realy wondering is "Has this
worked?" Is Gladstone making a profit now? Or a bigger one now than
when they had the old format.
Wes will get last month's PREVIEWS in private mail tomorrow, hopefully, but:
The new PREVIEWS has come out with books scheduled to ship in June.
Donald Duck #298: Carl Barks' "Knight in Shining Armor"
More Taliaferro comic strips
Cover by Russel Schroeder
Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse #7: "On the Ball" "a new 16-page adventure
featuring both Donald and Mickey, written by Dave Rawson and Pat McGreal,
and illustrated by popular European artist Daniel Branca." Also
"Donald's Bay Lot" by Barks from WDC&S #51
Uncle $crooge Adventures # 40
"The Rarest Dog in the World" by Vicar
"High Tech Low Down Blues" by John Lustig and Branca
Branca cover
Walt Disney Giant #7 [I am REALLY looking forward to this one.]
Reprinting (and using the original cover again) "Micro-Ducks from
Outer-Space", which was probably the first Uncle $crooge Adventures comic
I bought during Gladstone's first run. Also included is Vicar's
sequel, "Return of the Micro-Ducks"! This story was a subject of some
discussion on this list last year at one point.
Also: "Donald's Big Imagination" by Barks from WDC&S #199
All this for only $2.25 - life is good.
Uncle $cooge Adventures in Color: The Life and Times of $croge McDuck by
Don Rosa #3 (1896 - 1902) reprinting episodes 7, 8, and 9 for $10.95
Uncle $crooge Adventures in Color #5 reprinting "The Secret of Atlantis"
$8.95
Carey wrote:
> I frequent several shops that carry Disney's
> by Gladstone and have seen only one copy of USA #1 (which I
> immediately glommed up). I hope #2 really is available this
> week, and I can find a copy.
Guess what? Despite being on the list of New Comics scheduled to be
released this week, it wasn't. SIGH I have the local comics shop
reserve me a copy each month as part of their subscription service.
Re: Scott Rockwell's colors
> I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. The colors are too
> bright and unnatural. Is this because of the paper? Also, in
I think that is part of it, at least. The shiny paper doesn't absorb
anything, so the colors don't get dark unless they are purposefully
darkened at the outset. Recently, a superhero comic series, Strikeback!
was reprinted, using its original colors, except it went from shiny to
plain whiet paper. The coloring looks way too dark in the new printing.
> the Croesus story, for some reason it seemed to me that the
> panels were smaller than usual - the art seemed tiny, not at all
> how Don's stuff normally looks in non-premier issues.
I had that feeling, too, but I think much of that comes from the awful
HUGE computer lettering, too.
> BTW, it was nice to read all 3 pieces at once - defintly helped
> continuity of the story.
Same thing I did. Works out well, that way.
Arthur:
You are quite welcome - some day I'll get to reading War of the Wendigos
you sent me. (Really, I haven't yet. ::cringe::)
Sorry to hear about your dog. I know how pets can become like part of a
family.
-Augie
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Augie De Blieck Jr. - http://daniel.drew.edu/~adebliec/index.html
(Email removed) - "Their new campaign slogan: Clinton/Gore:
(Email removed) - Please raise your right hands..." -Don Imus
> I think as a general rule, sales go down as prices go up. Comic
No argument here. I guess what I am realy wondering is "Has this
worked?" Is Gladstone making a profit now? Or a bigger one now than
when they had the old format.
Wes will get last month's PREVIEWS in private mail tomorrow, hopefully, but:
The new PREVIEWS has come out with books scheduled to ship in June.
Donald Duck #298: Carl Barks' "Knight in Shining Armor"
More Taliaferro comic strips
Cover by Russel Schroeder
Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse #7: "On the Ball" "a new 16-page adventure
featuring both Donald and Mickey, written by Dave Rawson and Pat McGreal,
and illustrated by popular European artist Daniel Branca." Also
"Donald's Bay Lot" by Barks from WDC&S #51
Uncle $crooge Adventures # 40
"The Rarest Dog in the World" by Vicar
"High Tech Low Down Blues" by John Lustig and Branca
Branca cover
Walt Disney Giant #7 [I am REALLY looking forward to this one.]
Reprinting (and using the original cover again) "Micro-Ducks from
Outer-Space", which was probably the first Uncle $crooge Adventures comic
I bought during Gladstone's first run. Also included is Vicar's
sequel, "Return of the Micro-Ducks"! This story was a subject of some
discussion on this list last year at one point.
Also: "Donald's Big Imagination" by Barks from WDC&S #199
All this for only $2.25 - life is good.
Uncle $cooge Adventures in Color: The Life and Times of $croge McDuck by
Don Rosa #3 (1896 - 1902) reprinting episodes 7, 8, and 9 for $10.95
Uncle $crooge Adventures in Color #5 reprinting "The Secret of Atlantis"
$8.95
Carey wrote:
> I frequent several shops that carry Disney's
> by Gladstone and have seen only one copy of USA #1 (which I
> immediately glommed up). I hope #2 really is available this
> week, and I can find a copy.
Guess what? Despite being on the list of New Comics scheduled to be
released this week, it wasn't. SIGH I have the local comics shop
reserve me a copy each month as part of their subscription service.
Re: Scott Rockwell's colors
> I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. The colors are too
> bright and unnatural. Is this because of the paper? Also, in
I think that is part of it, at least. The shiny paper doesn't absorb
anything, so the colors don't get dark unless they are purposefully
darkened at the outset. Recently, a superhero comic series, Strikeback!
was reprinted, using its original colors, except it went from shiny to
plain whiet paper. The coloring looks way too dark in the new printing.
> the Croesus story, for some reason it seemed to me that the
> panels were smaller than usual - the art seemed tiny, not at all
> how Don's stuff normally looks in non-premier issues.
I had that feeling, too, but I think much of that comes from the awful
HUGE computer lettering, too.
> BTW, it was nice to read all 3 pieces at once - defintly helped
> continuity of the story.
Same thing I did. Works out well, that way.
Arthur:
You are quite welcome - some day I'll get to reading War of the Wendigos
you sent me. (Really, I haven't yet. ::cringe::)
Sorry to hear about your dog. I know how pets can become like part of a
family.
-Augie
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Augie De Blieck Jr. - http://daniel.drew.edu/~adebliec/index.html
(Email removed) - "Their new campaign slogan: Clinton/Gore:
(Email removed) - Please raise your right hands..." -Don Imus
GaryB98294
Duck stuff
Message 180 -
1996-03-28 at 08:53:35
ALL
Just glanced through Uncle Scrooge #298 this evening and noticed that the new
format does away with the letter pages, but we're getting four or five text
pages about other comics. I would think the letter pages would take less time
and effort to do.
Although I am a big Dan Spiegle fan and appreciate the Corky and White Shadow
cover repro.
SUPERMAN
Scrooge fans will want to get a copy of Superman: The Man of Steel 356 (out
this week). It has Mr. Mxyzptlk diving in a bin of money. Oddly enough,
there's no "homage" or "credit" to our favorite duck in the book.
RICH MORRISSEY AND STEVEN ROWE
Two more K-a links. Glad to have you both.
DON ROSA
I've been hoping at some point you'd sneak "Information Center" into one of
your stories. In the background or something.
Just glanced through Uncle Scrooge #298 this evening and noticed that the new
format does away with the letter pages, but we're getting four or five text
pages about other comics. I would think the letter pages would take less time
and effort to do.
Although I am a big Dan Spiegle fan and appreciate the Corky and White Shadow
cover repro.
SUPERMAN
Scrooge fans will want to get a copy of Superman: The Man of Steel 356 (out
this week). It has Mr. Mxyzptlk diving in a bin of money. Oddly enough,
there's no "homage" or "credit" to our favorite duck in the book.
RICH MORRISSEY AND STEVEN ROWE
Two more K-a links. Glad to have you both.
DON ROSA
I've been hoping at some point you'd sneak "Information Center" into one of
your stories. In the background or something.