On Jul 31, 11:01pm, Arthur de Wolf wrote:
> DWIGHT DECKER:
> Aaahhh .. NOW I see what you meant by "leave it to the
experts".
> I'm sorry that I understood it the wrong way! I could have known that
> you're not a person to speak that way! Harry has told me how nice a
person
> you were, when you visited him in Den Haag! ;-)
I'm not _that_ nice. Harry was merely dazzled by my charming
lady companion.
Anyway, I can see it now...I'm leaving the theater with Dutch
filmmmaker Paul Verhoeven after seeing "Jurassic Park."
ME: Wow! Leave it to Steven Spielberg to make a great movie!
HIM: Wat?! Are you saying I cannot make a great movie? I, the
maker of Robocop? Are you saying I should leave making great
movies to Steven Spielberg?
ME: No, I was saying you can _depend_ on Steven Spielberg to make
great movies, and -- oh, never mind!
English is funny that way...
--Dwight Decker
Author
Topic: 199608
(341 messages)
Deckerd
Several comments
Message 1 -
1996-08-01 at 02:12:25
Deckerd
Disney comics Digest V96 #160
Message 2 -
1996-08-01 at 02:20:12
On Jul 31, 5:48pm, Frank Stajano wrote:
> Subject: Re: Disney comics Digest V96 #160
>
> I just scanned the latest digest and wanted to say thank you to
Arthur
> and Dwight for being so nice about each other.
Well, I'm not _that_ nice. There was this Italian guy I
snapped at a while back...
As for the thing with Arthur, it was all based on a
linguistic misunderstanding that was easily corrected.
Next week, no doubt, we'll be arguing over the name
of Goofy's nephew in the Lithuanian Disney comics
(and that's what this ML is for, right?).
--Dwight Decker
> Subject: Re: Disney comics Digest V96 #160
>
> I just scanned the latest digest and wanted to say thank you to
Arthur
> and Dwight for being so nice about each other.
Well, I'm not _that_ nice. There was this Italian guy I
snapped at a while back...
As for the thing with Arthur, it was all based on a
linguistic misunderstanding that was easily corrected.
Next week, no doubt, we'll be arguing over the name
of Goofy's nephew in the Lithuanian Disney comics
(and that's what this ML is for, right?).
--Dwight Decker
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V96 #160
Message 3 -
1996-08-01 at 09:17:00
I'm back.
I made it through my trip into the backcountry of Yellowstone without being
eaten by grizzlies. They talk like there's a ferocious bear hiding behind
every tree and about all the precautions you must take, all the way from
obvious stuff like hanging your food and cooking equipment high over a
special pole, to stuff like not sleeping in the same clothes you cook in so
that a bear won't eat you while you're asleep. I hiked in Glacier Park in
Montana once where they didn't make quite such a fuss about the grizzlies --
and they didn't worry me. There we once even walked over a rise and met
THREE grizzlies about 30 feet away, who all turned and ran like bats outta
heck. But Yellowstone must get more tourists so they hafta be explain the
dangers to the point of distraction. I especially like the part in the
brochures that say if you surprise a grizzly and he chases you that you
can't outrun him and you certainly can't fight him, so your only hope is to
play dead. Then in the next paragraph they say that if you're in your tent
and a grizzly starts circling you and attacks the tent, that this grizzly
has decided to EAT you, dead or alive, and your only hope is to fight back.
Put that together with the instructions of the previous paragraph, and one
starts to worry a bit. Fortunately no grizzlies started circling our tent.
Yet we saw virtually NO wildlife even when we'd hiked 20 miles into the
backcountry. And that poor Yellowstone -- it's done burnt up REAL good. We
were hiking through "forests" but it was just like when we hiked across the
Grand Canyon two years ago. No shade. Actually LESS shade. Whew.
But even though I made it back from Wyoming without being mauled by wild
animals, I was mauled by my bassett hound today, the very day I returned.
She had caught a squirrel which she was torturing... so I ran with a bucket
of water like a fireman and took the suffering rodent away from her to drown
it in the bucket, there was nothing else I could do for it. But the cuddly
bassett must have thought I was just tenderizing it for her and started
growling at the other cuddly bassett to stay away, while I had one hand on
the bucket and one around her neck. I thought she'd calmed down and released
her to check on the squirrel's demise, and she tore into the other bassett
with intent to kill. Even sweet dogs get their "blood up" during a squirrel
killing, I guess. I had to save the other dog and as with anyone who decides
to break up a dogfight, I got bit. The dog mangled my right index finger
when she grabbed me and tried to tear it off (thinking it was part of the
other dog), so I guess my unpaid vacation will be extended yet further. The
dog immediately calmed back down to its cuddly self, but my finger stayed
shredded and I bled all over everybody (except the squirrel, who was staying
safely underwater by then).
But gad, my right hand has had its problems! Several years ago it was
crushed and permanently twisted when I tried to save a guy from a falling
beam. And a few months back my right thumb was bit through by a cat that I
was trying to save from my dogs -- the cat deserved to die for being in my
yard hunting wildlife, but I can't stand by and watch the dogs kill
anything, not even a @#$% cat, so I saved the cat and got bit for my
trouble. All three injuries came from my trying to selflessly save another
creature from injury, and I'm beginning to think that next time I'll let the
other creature get injured for a change. I need this hand!
Anyway, none of that has anything to do with this Forum. Go back and don't
read any of it. Now to matters I see in the Digests of the past 11 days...
DWIGHT:
Yes, and thank you for noticing, I DID do a lot of research into the "real
King Arthur" for that Duck story. Of course, as with all archaeolology, all
versions of history (other than recent) are just some historian's theories,
and I chose the theories that I'd found that were most useful to my needs.
But as to my Cadbury Hill "Camelot", that was one of my most accurate bits.
The structure I showed in my story is copied straight off the diagrams made
by the excavators who have dug up that hill. The hill is certainly steep,
but not the entry section which they would fortify in other ways. That main
entry gate I drew was exactly as the archaeologists decided it looked...
well, in their theory, based on their diggings, anyway. But let me hear more
when you read the whole thing. And you'll need to read it in English to get
it all, since there was lots of untranslatable British history and names and
stuff. But I'm happy someone recognized the authenticity -- I put so much
effort into that research, mostly for my own amusement, and I know readers
will all assume it's all made up.
RoC:
"A Matter of Some Gravity" is already in print? Do they mention the contest
that they are having in association with that story in Norway, Sweden and
Denmark? I don't know what the contest is, but the first prize in each
country is a piece of original art, about 9 X 12 inches, being a scene from
the story -- not from the actual story itself (that would be a tiny panel),
but a special large drawing(s) I did for the contest(s).
But anyway, yeah, the scene where DD is not as far into the water as U$, he
would have fallen faster and passed him up. I worried about that for a
while, but finally decided that it was a gag good enough to sorta ignore
that lil' problem. But, sure, DD would have fallen out of the water and
passed U$. (If none of this makes sense, wait until you read the story.)
It's okay with ME if they use my drawing in their store magazine, but it's
not up to me to give such permission, as you know. However, I'm told that
under Scandanavian laws, Disney can't prevent such innocent use of their
character-images the way they can here. Still, tell them they use the
drawing "at their own risk".
If I seem to be at ease walking through a large foreign city, I can only
thank someone like you for that, at least partially. To start with, I'm a
walkin' fool -- I always walk fast and far and I seem to have a superb sense
of direction, that's why my preferred vacations are doing things like
walking across the Grand Canyon or into the Yellowstone backcountry trying
not to be circled by grizzlies. But also, even though it would normally be
sorta unnerving for an American to be in a foreign country (we're so used to
an entire continent that speaks the same language that visiting Europe is
like going to Mars for us), I have been visiting European cities for about 6
years now, always being hosted or accompanied by extremely friendly Duckfans
or other nice folks, all of whom speak excellent English (better than my
Kentucky neighbors!) and who always take excellent care of me; so, as a
result, I feel VERY MUCH at home when I'm in Europe, as if I was born in
Norway or Italy or Denmark or wherever I might be. So, if I seem so at ease,
it's because such nice folks as you are always there to make me feel so much
at home. Thanks.
JAN:
No problem -- I never mind when people don't like my stories, in whole or in
part. In fact, you seem to like my art FAR more than even *I* do.
And I always say that I can understand how my constant references to old
Barks stories might irritate old readers who aren't used to that sort of
"limited continuity" to various degrees, but I make those references for the
sheer fanboy fun of it. In the "Lo$" I incorporated all those Barks stories
into an overall series -- I didn't see it as my effort to "explain" those
Barksian facts, just use them. They didn't need explaining, of course, so
it's too bad some people interpret it that way.
Dwight Decker explained that burning of the native village scene, though I
would think you must have already been aware of the fact that incident
wasn't of my creation. But as to the bit in "The Universal Solvent" where
the Ducks accidentally bring the magma to Terry/Firmy, you're seeing too
much there. First of all, that 3 panel sequence was just a "throw-away gag"
for all the Barks fans reading my "journey to the center of the earth" story
who must have been expecting the Terries and Firmies to pop up at some point
in the story, so I thought I should toss off that bit. But still,
Terry-Firmy covers most, if not ALL, of the sub-layer of the earth. It's
BIG. And that magma only flooded a miniscule corner of it before the Terries
& Firmies easilly contained it, as shown. I should think they hafta deal
with magma incursions constantly, wouldn't you? What made you think that
magma was destroying any noticable part of their land?
Well, I got back on line much faster this trip. But I only type with one
finger, and now I'm using my middle finger instead of my mangled index
finger, and my whole hand hurts ... so that's all for now!
I made it through my trip into the backcountry of Yellowstone without being
eaten by grizzlies. They talk like there's a ferocious bear hiding behind
every tree and about all the precautions you must take, all the way from
obvious stuff like hanging your food and cooking equipment high over a
special pole, to stuff like not sleeping in the same clothes you cook in so
that a bear won't eat you while you're asleep. I hiked in Glacier Park in
Montana once where they didn't make quite such a fuss about the grizzlies --
and they didn't worry me. There we once even walked over a rise and met
THREE grizzlies about 30 feet away, who all turned and ran like bats outta
heck. But Yellowstone must get more tourists so they hafta be explain the
dangers to the point of distraction. I especially like the part in the
brochures that say if you surprise a grizzly and he chases you that you
can't outrun him and you certainly can't fight him, so your only hope is to
play dead. Then in the next paragraph they say that if you're in your tent
and a grizzly starts circling you and attacks the tent, that this grizzly
has decided to EAT you, dead or alive, and your only hope is to fight back.
Put that together with the instructions of the previous paragraph, and one
starts to worry a bit. Fortunately no grizzlies started circling our tent.
Yet we saw virtually NO wildlife even when we'd hiked 20 miles into the
backcountry. And that poor Yellowstone -- it's done burnt up REAL good. We
were hiking through "forests" but it was just like when we hiked across the
Grand Canyon two years ago. No shade. Actually LESS shade. Whew.
But even though I made it back from Wyoming without being mauled by wild
animals, I was mauled by my bassett hound today, the very day I returned.
She had caught a squirrel which she was torturing... so I ran with a bucket
of water like a fireman and took the suffering rodent away from her to drown
it in the bucket, there was nothing else I could do for it. But the cuddly
bassett must have thought I was just tenderizing it for her and started
growling at the other cuddly bassett to stay away, while I had one hand on
the bucket and one around her neck. I thought she'd calmed down and released
her to check on the squirrel's demise, and she tore into the other bassett
with intent to kill. Even sweet dogs get their "blood up" during a squirrel
killing, I guess. I had to save the other dog and as with anyone who decides
to break up a dogfight, I got bit. The dog mangled my right index finger
when she grabbed me and tried to tear it off (thinking it was part of the
other dog), so I guess my unpaid vacation will be extended yet further. The
dog immediately calmed back down to its cuddly self, but my finger stayed
shredded and I bled all over everybody (except the squirrel, who was staying
safely underwater by then).
But gad, my right hand has had its problems! Several years ago it was
crushed and permanently twisted when I tried to save a guy from a falling
beam. And a few months back my right thumb was bit through by a cat that I
was trying to save from my dogs -- the cat deserved to die for being in my
yard hunting wildlife, but I can't stand by and watch the dogs kill
anything, not even a @#$% cat, so I saved the cat and got bit for my
trouble. All three injuries came from my trying to selflessly save another
creature from injury, and I'm beginning to think that next time I'll let the
other creature get injured for a change. I need this hand!
Anyway, none of that has anything to do with this Forum. Go back and don't
read any of it. Now to matters I see in the Digests of the past 11 days...
DWIGHT:
Yes, and thank you for noticing, I DID do a lot of research into the "real
King Arthur" for that Duck story. Of course, as with all archaeolology, all
versions of history (other than recent) are just some historian's theories,
and I chose the theories that I'd found that were most useful to my needs.
But as to my Cadbury Hill "Camelot", that was one of my most accurate bits.
The structure I showed in my story is copied straight off the diagrams made
by the excavators who have dug up that hill. The hill is certainly steep,
but not the entry section which they would fortify in other ways. That main
entry gate I drew was exactly as the archaeologists decided it looked...
well, in their theory, based on their diggings, anyway. But let me hear more
when you read the whole thing. And you'll need to read it in English to get
it all, since there was lots of untranslatable British history and names and
stuff. But I'm happy someone recognized the authenticity -- I put so much
effort into that research, mostly for my own amusement, and I know readers
will all assume it's all made up.
RoC:
"A Matter of Some Gravity" is already in print? Do they mention the contest
that they are having in association with that story in Norway, Sweden and
Denmark? I don't know what the contest is, but the first prize in each
country is a piece of original art, about 9 X 12 inches, being a scene from
the story -- not from the actual story itself (that would be a tiny panel),
but a special large drawing(s) I did for the contest(s).
But anyway, yeah, the scene where DD is not as far into the water as U$, he
would have fallen faster and passed him up. I worried about that for a
while, but finally decided that it was a gag good enough to sorta ignore
that lil' problem. But, sure, DD would have fallen out of the water and
passed U$. (If none of this makes sense, wait until you read the story.)
It's okay with ME if they use my drawing in their store magazine, but it's
not up to me to give such permission, as you know. However, I'm told that
under Scandanavian laws, Disney can't prevent such innocent use of their
character-images the way they can here. Still, tell them they use the
drawing "at their own risk".
If I seem to be at ease walking through a large foreign city, I can only
thank someone like you for that, at least partially. To start with, I'm a
walkin' fool -- I always walk fast and far and I seem to have a superb sense
of direction, that's why my preferred vacations are doing things like
walking across the Grand Canyon or into the Yellowstone backcountry trying
not to be circled by grizzlies. But also, even though it would normally be
sorta unnerving for an American to be in a foreign country (we're so used to
an entire continent that speaks the same language that visiting Europe is
like going to Mars for us), I have been visiting European cities for about 6
years now, always being hosted or accompanied by extremely friendly Duckfans
or other nice folks, all of whom speak excellent English (better than my
Kentucky neighbors!) and who always take excellent care of me; so, as a
result, I feel VERY MUCH at home when I'm in Europe, as if I was born in
Norway or Italy or Denmark or wherever I might be. So, if I seem so at ease,
it's because such nice folks as you are always there to make me feel so much
at home. Thanks.
JAN:
No problem -- I never mind when people don't like my stories, in whole or in
part. In fact, you seem to like my art FAR more than even *I* do.
And I always say that I can understand how my constant references to old
Barks stories might irritate old readers who aren't used to that sort of
"limited continuity" to various degrees, but I make those references for the
sheer fanboy fun of it. In the "Lo$" I incorporated all those Barks stories
into an overall series -- I didn't see it as my effort to "explain" those
Barksian facts, just use them. They didn't need explaining, of course, so
it's too bad some people interpret it that way.
Dwight Decker explained that burning of the native village scene, though I
would think you must have already been aware of the fact that incident
wasn't of my creation. But as to the bit in "The Universal Solvent" where
the Ducks accidentally bring the magma to Terry/Firmy, you're seeing too
much there. First of all, that 3 panel sequence was just a "throw-away gag"
for all the Barks fans reading my "journey to the center of the earth" story
who must have been expecting the Terries and Firmies to pop up at some point
in the story, so I thought I should toss off that bit. But still,
Terry-Firmy covers most, if not ALL, of the sub-layer of the earth. It's
BIG. And that magma only flooded a miniscule corner of it before the Terries
& Firmies easilly contained it, as shown. I should think they hafta deal
with magma incursions constantly, wouldn't you? What made you think that
magma was destroying any noticable part of their land?
Well, I got back on line much faster this trip. But I only type with one
finger, and now I'm using my middle finger instead of my mangled index
finger, and my whole hand hurts ... so that's all for now!
Vsaari
Fourth nephew by Barks (Was: "On the Ball")
Message 4 -
1996-08-01 at 10:07:20
Per Starback wrote:
> Speaking about Fooey, Ville Saari told me in private mail that there
> is actually a panel in a Barks story with four nephews!
...
> Was that common knowledge? Surely Ville was not the
> first one in Duckdom to notice this?
I didn't notice it on my own - I got it form a trivia question in
the Finnish "Aku Ankka" weekly. I had read the story dozens of
times without noticing it :-)
Someone wanted to know what was the story. It's "Mastering the
Matterhorn". Fooey can be seen in panel 5 of page 6.
--
Ville Saari EMail: (Email removed)
Tallbergin puistotie 7 B 21 Phone: +358 0 682 2226
00200 Helsinki
FINLAND /dev/null: write failed, file system is full
> Speaking about Fooey, Ville Saari told me in private mail that there
> is actually a panel in a Barks story with four nephews!
...
> Was that common knowledge? Surely Ville was not the
> first one in Duckdom to notice this?
I didn't notice it on my own - I got it form a trivia question in
the Finnish "Aku Ankka" weekly. I had read the story dozens of
times without noticing it :-)
Someone wanted to know what was the story. It's "Mastering the
Matterhorn". Fooey can be seen in panel 5 of page 6.
--
Ville Saari EMail: (Email removed)
Tallbergin puistotie 7 B 21 Phone: +358 0 682 2226
00200 Helsinki
FINLAND /dev/null: write failed, file system is full
Per Starback
Several comments
Message 5 -
1996-08-01 at 10:27:31
Dwight disclosed that he's "not _that_ nice". That reminds me of what
a friend who visited the USA and in particular San Diego recently
said. He was asked *three times* during his trip whether he knew me.
Wow, I'm famous! "Do you know Per Starback? Is he a nice guy?"
I don't know who he talked to, but I presume they were members of this
list. Surely you know by now that I'm not that nice either. :-)
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
a friend who visited the USA and in particular San Diego recently
said. He was asked *three times* during his trip whether he knew me.
Wow, I'm famous! "Do you know Per Starback? Is he a nice guy?"
I don't know who he talked to, but I presume they were members of this
list. Surely you know by now that I'm not that nice either. :-)
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Danny Coenen
Do you remember me???
Message 6 -
1996-08-01 at 16:28:17
What`s going on, everybody?
After 10 months in Springfield, MO, and another offline
month here in Germany I am back!!! And I am really happy,
`cause I got really frustrated by the way all Americans I
talked to thought about Disney comics: "That`s children`s
stuff!" Well, even children don`t care for them, they all
read things like X-men... I really don`t understand why,
since many of them enjoy Disney movies and the parks a lot,
and movies that are based upon Carl Barks` comic books
(Indiana Jones, for example) are very popular, too.
I really like the USA, but now I can at least live being
a Donaldist and Barks/Rosa fan again. (More concerning this
later).
For those who don`t know me yet: You`ll probably get to know
pretty fast, since I usually write a lot of E-mails, which
always take an extra day to get to you, since I write my
mails at home on an Amiga 500+, and my dad has to mail them
the next day from work. We`ve had a lot of confusion because
of that, but it should be clear by NOW!!!
For those who just don`t remember me, I am the formerly youngest
member of this list, but I am almost 18 now. I translated lots
of stuff about Don Rosa from German books, newspapers and so on,
I "discovered" Don`s tour to Europe in the summer of 1995 and
had long discussions about the date that the money bin was
built, and lots more. Remember???
ALL:
For all those who asked me for a copy of that "Tempo" magazine
w/ Don`s story: Haven`t seen it, I am sorry. I don`t know if
it has already been published or not... I`ll keep my eyes open.
By the way, I am still looking for a copy of the cartoon "Der
Fuehrer`s Face". Anyone who can help me?
DON:
They wrote a lot of stuff about you in "Der Donaldist" lately,
mainly very positive things. I don`t really understand Johnny
Grote though, who, when I asked for the address of the comic
store you visited on your tour in Cologne last summer said:
"What??? DON ROSA???" And some not mean, but negative
things.
YES, I AM A DONALDIST!!! DID I NEVER MENTION THAT??? In case
you have any more questions about us, just ask me.
STEVEN CROOKS:
Sorry that I didn`t stop by while I was over there.
DANIEL:
You don`t need to send me a copy of the Micro Duck story any-
more, thanks a lot.
Great to be back!
Have a great day, all you out there!
Danny Coenen
-"Only a poor young man"
Peter Coenen
Forschungszentrum Juelich IGV Tel. : 02461/613403
D-52425 Juelich Fax. :
02461/613907
Germany EU e-mail :
(Email removed)
After 10 months in Springfield, MO, and another offline
month here in Germany I am back!!! And I am really happy,
`cause I got really frustrated by the way all Americans I
talked to thought about Disney comics: "That`s children`s
stuff!" Well, even children don`t care for them, they all
read things like X-men... I really don`t understand why,
since many of them enjoy Disney movies and the parks a lot,
and movies that are based upon Carl Barks` comic books
(Indiana Jones, for example) are very popular, too.
I really like the USA, but now I can at least live being
a Donaldist and Barks/Rosa fan again. (More concerning this
later).
For those who don`t know me yet: You`ll probably get to know
pretty fast, since I usually write a lot of E-mails, which
always take an extra day to get to you, since I write my
mails at home on an Amiga 500+, and my dad has to mail them
the next day from work. We`ve had a lot of confusion because
of that, but it should be clear by NOW!!!
For those who just don`t remember me, I am the formerly youngest
member of this list, but I am almost 18 now. I translated lots
of stuff about Don Rosa from German books, newspapers and so on,
I "discovered" Don`s tour to Europe in the summer of 1995 and
had long discussions about the date that the money bin was
built, and lots more. Remember???
ALL:
For all those who asked me for a copy of that "Tempo" magazine
w/ Don`s story: Haven`t seen it, I am sorry. I don`t know if
it has already been published or not... I`ll keep my eyes open.
By the way, I am still looking for a copy of the cartoon "Der
Fuehrer`s Face". Anyone who can help me?
DON:
They wrote a lot of stuff about you in "Der Donaldist" lately,
mainly very positive things. I don`t really understand Johnny
Grote though, who, when I asked for the address of the comic
store you visited on your tour in Cologne last summer said:
"What??? DON ROSA???" And some not mean, but negative
things.
YES, I AM A DONALDIST!!! DID I NEVER MENTION THAT??? In case
you have any more questions about us, just ask me.
STEVEN CROOKS:
Sorry that I didn`t stop by while I was over there.
DANIEL:
You don`t need to send me a copy of the Micro Duck story any-
more, thanks a lot.
Great to be back!
Have a great day, all you out there!
Danny Coenen
-"Only a poor young man"
Peter Coenen
Forschungszentrum Juelich IGV Tel. : 02461/613403
D-52425 Juelich Fax. :
02461/613907
Germany EU e-mail :
(Email removed)
Deckerd
Filcher and Ratbreath, Beagles
Message 7 -
1996-08-01 at 19:05:21
On Aug 1, 12:18pm, Egil Pettersen wrote:
>
> William Van Horn had made a story that will be published in
> Norway and Denmark in late Autumn. It is called Tube Stakes, and has
> code D 96011. In this story Donald meets a TV-reporter that looks
Gosh, the international translators are going to have fun with
that title! "Tube steak" is old American slang for a hot dog,
and "the Tube" is slang for a TV set.
--Dwight Decker
>
> William Van Horn had made a story that will be published in
> Norway and Denmark in late Autumn. It is called Tube Stakes, and has
> code D 96011. In this story Donald meets a TV-reporter that looks
Gosh, the international translators are going to have fun with
that title! "Tube steak" is old American slang for a hot dog,
and "the Tube" is slang for a TV set.
--Dwight Decker
Arthur De Wolf
To Don Rosa and Dwight Decker
Message 8 -
1996-08-01 at 19:14:08
Hi!
DON ROSA:
So after all the things you've gone through, we can expect
to see a story in the backcountry of Yellowstone, where the Junior
Woodchucks learn how to drown squirrels for medals and Donald's
finger is bitten off by General Snozzie while he's playing dead when
Scrooge is fighting a grizzly-bear? ;-)
The story that I asked everyone about yesterday, that Trygve
told me about ... is that "A matter of some gravity"? Can you tell us
some more about it? What kind of a story is it?
And what can we expect to see from you in the future? Have you
been thinking about new stories yet? Or won't you be able to draw for
a while, now that your dog 'bit off' your finger?
DWIGHT DECKER:
You actually went to the cinema with THE Paul Verhoeven? That's SO
cool! And you had EXACTLY the same incident with HIM as you had with
ME the other day? What a COINCIDENCE!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
"Tomorrow is only today with attitude"
DON ROSA:
So after all the things you've gone through, we can expect
to see a story in the backcountry of Yellowstone, where the Junior
Woodchucks learn how to drown squirrels for medals and Donald's
finger is bitten off by General Snozzie while he's playing dead when
Scrooge is fighting a grizzly-bear? ;-)
The story that I asked everyone about yesterday, that Trygve
told me about ... is that "A matter of some gravity"? Can you tell us
some more about it? What kind of a story is it?
And what can we expect to see from you in the future? Have you
been thinking about new stories yet? Or won't you be able to draw for
a while, now that your dog 'bit off' your finger?
DWIGHT DECKER:
You actually went to the cinema with THE Paul Verhoeven? That's SO
cool! And you had EXACTLY the same incident with HIM as you had with
ME the other day? What a COINCIDENCE!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
"Tomorrow is only today with attitude"
Deckerd
to Don Rosa and Dwight Decker
Message 9 -
1996-08-01 at 20:34:07
On Aug 1, 7:14pm, Arthur de Wolf wrote:
> Subject: to Don Rosa and Dwight Decker
> DWIGHT DECKER:
> You actually went to the cinema with THE Paul Verhoeven? That's SO
> cool! And you had EXACTLY the same incident with HIM as you had with
> ME the other day? What a COINCIDENCE!
>
Well, no -- that was all lies and fabrications and made-up
stuff I used to illustrate the American idiom that caused
our confusion. Believe me, if I really had gone to the movies
with Paul Verhoeven and that had happened, I would have
learned my lesson and I wouldn't have said what I did to
you!
--Dwight Decker
> Subject: to Don Rosa and Dwight Decker
> DWIGHT DECKER:
> You actually went to the cinema with THE Paul Verhoeven? That's SO
> cool! And you had EXACTLY the same incident with HIM as you had with
> ME the other day? What a COINCIDENCE!
>
Well, no -- that was all lies and fabrications and made-up
stuff I used to illustrate the American idiom that caused
our confusion. Believe me, if I really had gone to the movies
with Paul Verhoeven and that had happened, I would have
learned my lesson and I wouldn't have said what I did to
you!
--Dwight Decker
Per Starback
Grandma Duck
Message 10 -
1996-08-01 at 21:11:39
I asked again about the reference to Grandma Duck as Elvira/Elviry as
Jonathan Markoff reported slightly different facts than I had on the
Grandma Duck character page. Jonathan said that he got it from Don
Rosa's text page in US 294 that her name is Elvira in WDC 121. When I
had tried to dig up the facts about this the last word I found was
David Gerstein (and this is from October, 1993 -- an elephant never
forgets!):
> Yesterday you told me that Grandma Duck's name was Elvira, and
> I responded that I didn't think it was so. I had my Mom look in WDC&S
> 122 (in which her feature begins as a part of WDC&S) and her name is
> given as Elviry, with a "Y" at the end. Are you taking that as a
> nickname for Elvira? Would you say that the villains "Ezry" and
> "Sairy" in "Old California" are really Ezra and Sarah?
Is she mentioned by name both in WDC 121 *and* WDC 122? As David had
the last word and Don never commented upon this I formerly assumed
that David was right and the "WDC 121" datum was in error, but if Don
keeps mentioning this WDC 121 in print I start to wonder. Especially
as it seems like there *was* a Grandma Duck feature in WDC 121.
Our database lists:
> W WDC 121-04 8 RT ? GD O:adopts Gus and Jaq
> W WDC 122-04 8 RT JB GD O:didn't drown Gus and Jaq
Don? David? Or anyone with one or two of these books. Please untangle
this!
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Jonathan Markoff reported slightly different facts than I had on the
Grandma Duck character page. Jonathan said that he got it from Don
Rosa's text page in US 294 that her name is Elvira in WDC 121. When I
had tried to dig up the facts about this the last word I found was
David Gerstein (and this is from October, 1993 -- an elephant never
forgets!):
> Yesterday you told me that Grandma Duck's name was Elvira, and
> I responded that I didn't think it was so. I had my Mom look in WDC&S
> 122 (in which her feature begins as a part of WDC&S) and her name is
> given as Elviry, with a "Y" at the end. Are you taking that as a
> nickname for Elvira? Would you say that the villains "Ezry" and
> "Sairy" in "Old California" are really Ezra and Sarah?
Is she mentioned by name both in WDC 121 *and* WDC 122? As David had
the last word and Don never commented upon this I formerly assumed
that David was right and the "WDC 121" datum was in error, but if Don
keeps mentioning this WDC 121 in print I start to wonder. Especially
as it seems like there *was* a Grandma Duck feature in WDC 121.
Our database lists:
> W WDC 121-04 8 RT ? GD O:adopts Gus and Jaq
> W WDC 122-04 8 RT JB GD O:didn't drown Gus and Jaq
Don? David? Or anyone with one or two of these books. Please untangle
this!
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Wilmer Rivers
Blub, blub, blub
Message 11 -
1996-08-01 at 21:35:40
Arthur asks Don Rosa:
> So after all the things you've gone through, we can expect
> to see a story in the backcountry of Yellowstone, where the Junior
> Woodchucks learn how to drown squirrels for medals
and now Per points out two stories featuring Grandma Duck:
> W WDC 121-04 8 RT ? GD O:adopts Gus and Jaq
> W WDC 122-04 8 RT JB GD O:didn't drown Gus and Jaq
Hmmmm... Sounds as if Chip and Dale had better watch out!
Wilmer Rivers
> So after all the things you've gone through, we can expect
> to see a story in the backcountry of Yellowstone, where the Junior
> Woodchucks learn how to drown squirrels for medals
and now Per points out two stories featuring Grandma Duck:
> W WDC 121-04 8 RT ? GD O:adopts Gus and Jaq
> W WDC 122-04 8 RT JB GD O:didn't drown Gus and Jaq
Hmmmm... Sounds as if Chip and Dale had better watch out!
Wilmer Rivers
Egil Pettersen
Filcher and Ratbreath, Beagles
Message 12 -
1996-08-01 at 22:18:21
William Van Horn had made a story that will be published in
Norway and Denmark in late Autumn. It is called Tube Stakes, and has
code D 96011. In this story Donald meets a TV-reporter that looks
like Black Pete and is called Filcher. Filchers cameraman, Ratbreath,
looks like a rat, and seems familiar. My question: Does anyone
remember if these guys has been around before? Information is
needed for our translation of the story.
Several weeks ago I asked if you remembered a story were the
Beagle Boys stole a bulldozer and used it breaking into a bank. No
answers, however, so I try again. This story, plus a story where they
stole a "minibank", are also on my search-list. Thanks for help!!
Erik Horthe
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Norway and Denmark in late Autumn. It is called Tube Stakes, and has
code D 96011. In this story Donald meets a TV-reporter that looks
like Black Pete and is called Filcher. Filchers cameraman, Ratbreath,
looks like a rat, and seems familiar. My question: Does anyone
remember if these guys has been around before? Information is
needed for our translation of the story.
Several weeks ago I asked if you remembered a story were the
Beagle Boys stole a bulldozer and used it breaking into a bank. No
answers, however, so I try again. This story, plus a story where they
stole a "minibank", are also on my search-list. Thanks for help!!
Erik Horthe
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #161
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Per Starback
Carl Barks
Message 13 -
1996-08-01 at 22:57:52
I'm commenting on old messages here.
Gerhard Tank wrote:
> In response to userpro and in agreement with Dwight Decker, I don't
> think that anyone will give out Carl Barks address. At 95 he has
> earned a modicum of privacy and even within our community he is
> reticent to have any references to his whereabouts. [...]
Exactly. When I joined organized duckdom in the early eighties it was
already a common wisdom since several years that Thou Shalt Not Send
Fan Mail To Barks, as he had more than he ever could find time to read
of that. So I was surprised when the early Gladstones said something
to the effect of "if you want to send mail to Barks, send it to us and
we will forward it to him".
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
Gerhard Tank wrote:
> In response to userpro and in agreement with Dwight Decker, I don't
> think that anyone will give out Carl Barks address. At 95 he has
> earned a modicum of privacy and even within our community he is
> reticent to have any references to his whereabouts. [...]
Exactly. When I joined organized duckdom in the early eighties it was
already a common wisdom since several years that Thou Shalt Not Send
Fan Mail To Barks, as he had more than he ever could find time to read
of that. So I was surprised when the early Gladstones said something
to the effect of "if you want to send mail to Barks, send it to us and
we will forward it to him".
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
M. Mitchell Marmel
Tube Steak (Was: Filcher and Ratbreath, Beagles)
Message 14 -
1996-08-02 at 00:14:52
At 9:05 AM 8/1/96 -0700, (Email removed) wrote:
>Gosh, the international translators are going to have fun with
>that title! "Tube steak" is old American slang for a hot dog,
As well as another, less savory definition, ill-suited for any Disney
comic. I'm rather surprised the title made it through Standards and
Practices... :)
-MMM-
>Gosh, the international translators are going to have fun with
>that title! "Tube steak" is old American slang for a hot dog,
As well as another, less savory definition, ill-suited for any Disney
comic. I'm rather surprised the title made it through Standards and
Practices... :)
-MMM-
Deckerd
Tube Steak (Was: Filcher and Ratbreath, Beagles)
Message 15 -
1996-08-02 at 00:36:08
On Aug 1, 5:14pm, M. Mitchell Marmel wrote:
> Subject: Tube Steak (Was: Re: Filcher and Ratbreath, Beagles)
> At 9:05 AM 8/1/96 -0700, (Email removed) wrote:
>
> >Gosh, the international translators are going to have fun with
> >that title! "Tube steak" is old American slang for a hot dog,
>
> As well as another, less savory definition, ill-suited for any Disney
> comic. I'm rather surprised the title made it through Standards and
> Practices... :)
>
But it wasn't submitted to Standards & Practices! Van Horn
works directly for Egmont. As far as I know, Disney doesn't
supervise day-to-day operations, and pretty much leaves
these things to Egmont's judgment. Disney would see the
story for review only when and if Gladstone decided to
publish it in the US. Story titles are kind of theoretical,
really: Egmont has to call the story _something_, but
individual translators/scripters/editors change it anyway
for their own languages. An English-language pun based on
an American slang expression won't work in, say, Swedish,
so something else would have to be thought of for the title.
If the story was picked up for publication in an English-
speaking country, the editor there would have to decide
whether the original title was suitable for local market.
--Dwight Decker
> Subject: Tube Steak (Was: Re: Filcher and Ratbreath, Beagles)
> At 9:05 AM 8/1/96 -0700, (Email removed) wrote:
>
> >Gosh, the international translators are going to have fun with
> >that title! "Tube steak" is old American slang for a hot dog,
>
> As well as another, less savory definition, ill-suited for any Disney
> comic. I'm rather surprised the title made it through Standards and
> Practices... :)
>
But it wasn't submitted to Standards & Practices! Van Horn
works directly for Egmont. As far as I know, Disney doesn't
supervise day-to-day operations, and pretty much leaves
these things to Egmont's judgment. Disney would see the
story for review only when and if Gladstone decided to
publish it in the US. Story titles are kind of theoretical,
really: Egmont has to call the story _something_, but
individual translators/scripters/editors change it anyway
for their own languages. An English-language pun based on
an American slang expression won't work in, say, Swedish,
so something else would have to be thought of for the title.
If the story was picked up for publication in an English-
speaking country, the editor there would have to decide
whether the original title was suitable for local market.
--Dwight Decker