> I had to save the other dog and as with anyone who decides to break up
> a dogfight, I got bit.
DON:
Hope your hand gets better!
You might want to try using a water hose to spray the dog fight (or cat
fight) next time. Animals seem to hate being sprayed with water and will
run away. Plus it'll enable you to stay a good safe distance from them.
--
> At one point O'Neill laid the accusation that the votes were from
> identically xeroxed ballots which were merely signed off by coerced
> underlings.
RICH/DAVE:
Blank ballots were also included in the Comic Buyer's Guide, which has
a distribution of somewhere around 15,000 copies. Everyone who reads
the CBG could have voted for their favorite artists/writers/stories.
It seems that everyone (besides disney fans) didn't like their favorite
titles enough to send in their ballots.
Eric :D
Author
Topic: 199608
(341 messages)
Eric Chun
Disney comics Digest V96 #161
Message 16 -
1996-08-02 at 04:35:47
Markoff
M&D endorse products
Message 17 -
1996-08-02 at 05:42:04
DAVE RAWSON:
>Second, there is an arcane Disney rule, I was told, which says
>that no Disney character may be used to endorse any product.
But isn't that what they're ALWAYS doing? With EVERY Disney movie over the
past few years ("The Lion King," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," etc.) the whole
purpose of the movie's very EXISTENCE is to be an advertisement for
products--dinner plates, t-shirts, lunchboxes, anything you can shake a
stick at!
>Second, there is an arcane Disney rule, I was told, which says
>that no Disney character may be used to endorse any product.
But isn't that what they're ALWAYS doing? With EVERY Disney movie over the
past few years ("The Lion King," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," etc.) the whole
purpose of the movie's very EXISTENCE is to be an advertisement for
products--dinner plates, t-shirts, lunchboxes, anything you can shake a
stick at!
Marco Barlotti
Subscribing to Italian Disney comics
Message 18 -
1996-08-02 at 11:38:09
Hello everybody, I'm back from a short vacation and looking at my Digests it
seems on first sight that I was not the only one to be away.
In this message I'll say a few things on how to subscribe to "Topolino", a
question which I think nobody yet answered here. On a separate mesage there
will follow some comments on Don Rosa's Lo$ and DDD.
"Topolino", as already has been said here, is published by "The Walt Disney
Company Italia SpA" whose address is
via Sandro Sandri, 1
I 20121 Milano MI
but to subscribe you should rather write to
TOPOLINO
Servizio Abbonati
C. P. 340
I 20102 Milano MI
or send a fax to
+(39)(2)29085190
However, they like it best if you ring them up at
+(39)(39)2020350
(You need both "39": the first one to reach Italy, the second one from
inside Italy.)
If you phone or fax, you can pay by credit card by just sending the number
and expiry date. I recommend fax, because they don't speak anything but
Italian and, certainly, you can fax in English and get an answer (which will
come by snail-mail). By fax you can even ask for other means of payment, and
you can get to know in advance (by snail-mail reply) the amount.
"Topolino" is distributed abroad by
Johnson International News Italia SrL
via Borgonuovo 14/16
I 20121 Milano MI
fax +(39)(2)6552495
but I guess this has nothing to do with subscribing.
If this doesn't work to get a subscription (but it should work), let me know.
Marco
seems on first sight that I was not the only one to be away.
In this message I'll say a few things on how to subscribe to "Topolino", a
question which I think nobody yet answered here. On a separate mesage there
will follow some comments on Don Rosa's Lo$ and DDD.
"Topolino", as already has been said here, is published by "The Walt Disney
Company Italia SpA" whose address is
via Sandro Sandri, 1
I 20121 Milano MI
but to subscribe you should rather write to
TOPOLINO
Servizio Abbonati
C. P. 340
I 20102 Milano MI
or send a fax to
+(39)(2)29085190
However, they like it best if you ring them up at
+(39)(39)2020350
(You need both "39": the first one to reach Italy, the second one from
inside Italy.)
If you phone or fax, you can pay by credit card by just sending the number
and expiry date. I recommend fax, because they don't speak anything but
Italian and, certainly, you can fax in English and get an answer (which will
come by snail-mail). By fax you can even ask for other means of payment, and
you can get to know in advance (by snail-mail reply) the amount.
"Topolino" is distributed abroad by
Johnson International News Italia SrL
via Borgonuovo 14/16
I 20121 Milano MI
fax +(39)(2)6552495
but I guess this has nothing to do with subscribing.
If this doesn't work to get a subscription (but it should work), let me know.
Marco
Marco Barlotti
Lo$ and DDD
Message 19 -
1996-08-02 at 11:40:20
Issues #81 of "Zio Paperone" has published the 12th part of Don's Lo$, in
the expanded part prepared for the American market.
I must admit I was astonished! I think Don managed in a really unique way to
conciliate the $crooge of "night on Bear Mountain" whith the following
adventurous $crooge.
I absolutely loved the intuition of a tycoon living all alone and in hatred
to the world then suddenly finding again the flavour of life and adventure.
IMHO, this was the best part of (the however splendid) Lo$.
One question (for Don, or anyone who read the English version): in the last
picture of panel one, what does $crooge-Kane murmur? Is that "Glittering" as
in the Italian translation, or something else? (Should it be, e.g., sort of
"rosebud", I am sure the tranlator would have changed it...)
And then, on issue #82 of the very same "Zio Paperone" we had the fabulous
"Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies"
(the translation sounds like "Dimes and Destinies", which has nothing of the
epic flavour of the original; but that was really a hard one to translate!)
I liked it a lot. Then I re-read chapter one of "Lo$" to appreciate all the
cross-references!
BUT THE EVIL TRANSLATOR HIT AGAIN!!!!!
Don, on page one of DDD what do HDL present Uncle $crooge with? Don't tell
me it's HAZELNUT TEA as the evil translator translated!!! I'll bet anything
it was nutmeg tea, wasn't it?
And that's all for now.
Marco
the expanded part prepared for the American market.
I must admit I was astonished! I think Don managed in a really unique way to
conciliate the $crooge of "night on Bear Mountain" whith the following
adventurous $crooge.
I absolutely loved the intuition of a tycoon living all alone and in hatred
to the world then suddenly finding again the flavour of life and adventure.
IMHO, this was the best part of (the however splendid) Lo$.
One question (for Don, or anyone who read the English version): in the last
picture of panel one, what does $crooge-Kane murmur? Is that "Glittering" as
in the Italian translation, or something else? (Should it be, e.g., sort of
"rosebud", I am sure the tranlator would have changed it...)
And then, on issue #82 of the very same "Zio Paperone" we had the fabulous
"Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies"
(the translation sounds like "Dimes and Destinies", which has nothing of the
epic flavour of the original; but that was really a hard one to translate!)
I liked it a lot. Then I re-read chapter one of "Lo$" to appreciate all the
cross-references!
BUT THE EVIL TRANSLATOR HIT AGAIN!!!!!
Don, on page one of DDD what do HDL present Uncle $crooge with? Don't tell
me it's HAZELNUT TEA as the evil translator translated!!! I'll bet anything
it was nutmeg tea, wasn't it?
And that's all for now.
Marco
Marco Barlotti
Help!
Message 20 -
1996-08-02 at 11:57:15
This is my last message for today, and I promise that for at least a week
you won't hear from me!
My daughter is going to New York, USA, in about 10 days to stay there on
vacation for a week. I'd like to ask her to buy for me some Gladstone Disney
Comics (I'd like e. g. some of the Lo$ issues TO CHECK THE TRANSLATIONS HEH
HEH HEH, and also some of Scarpa's adventures).
But I know from direct experience how difficult it is to find a place where
they sell this stuff. Of course I want her to spend the week sight-seeing,
not searching the Big Apple for a Disney Comics vendor!
So:
Is there on this list a volunteer from NY who can give me a GOOD ADDRESS
in central Manhattan where she can go directly and find lots of comics for
sale? (Used ones maybe?)
I think this might be an information of quite general interest, so I am not
really very ashamed while writing this. And I'm curious to see whether it
works since it's a sort of test for McLuhan's "global village" theory (well,
no test really since the village people need not to be informed about
everything...)
Thank you, everybody!
Marco
you won't hear from me!
My daughter is going to New York, USA, in about 10 days to stay there on
vacation for a week. I'd like to ask her to buy for me some Gladstone Disney
Comics (I'd like e. g. some of the Lo$ issues TO CHECK THE TRANSLATIONS HEH
HEH HEH, and also some of Scarpa's adventures).
But I know from direct experience how difficult it is to find a place where
they sell this stuff. Of course I want her to spend the week sight-seeing,
not searching the Big Apple for a Disney Comics vendor!
So:
Is there on this list a volunteer from NY who can give me a GOOD ADDRESS
in central Manhattan where she can go directly and find lots of comics for
sale? (Used ones maybe?)
I think this might be an information of quite general interest, so I am not
really very ashamed while writing this. And I'm curious to see whether it
works since it's a sort of test for McLuhan's "global village" theory (well,
no test really since the village people need not to be informed about
everything...)
Thank you, everybody!
Marco
Arthur De Wolf
Latin story printed in Italian Zio Paperone
Message 21 -
1996-08-02 at 15:11:21
Hi!
Marco Barlotti already commented on the Zio Paperone #81 issue, featuring
part #12 of Don's "Life of Scrooge". Well, as Apilio told me, this issue ALSO
features a Latin story. That's right: a story in LATIN! Apilio also gave me the
names of Scrooge and Donald, which is in Latin, Scrugulus and Donaldus Anas.
If anyone is interested in more Latin names, they should ask someone with
ZT#81, like Marco or Apilio!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #162
******************************************
Marco Barlotti already commented on the Zio Paperone #81 issue, featuring
part #12 of Don's "Life of Scrooge". Well, as Apilio told me, this issue ALSO
features a Latin story. That's right: a story in LATIN! Apilio also gave me the
names of Scrooge and Donald, which is in Latin, Scrugulus and Donaldus Anas.
If anyone is interested in more Latin names, they should ask someone with
ZT#81, like Marco or Apilio!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #162
******************************************
Arthur De Wolf
Correspondence with Gidier Ghez
Message 22 -
1996-08-02 at 15:35:12
Hi again!
You may all remember the info Harry posted here on Gidier Ghez,
our ONLY French correspondence. I've asked Harry for his snail mail
address, cause I wanted to write him too. Harry gave me the address
but he said that it would be a shame if the information that he'd send
me wouldn't be made public. That's why I will mention some things here,
that he wrote me in his latest letter.
Gidier, who is currently working on a VERY big project about Don
Rosa said, that it's 99% sure, that by mid-August, he'll be Head Disney-
land Paris Web Site. That's right, he'll be working for the park! I guess
he'll be able to subscribe himself to this list by then, so that'd be
really great! Then we have a FRENCH member with lots of contacts with
Hachette, the French publisher AND he works for Disneyland Paris.
In the very first letter I sent him, I asked him LOTS of questions
on French Disney comics. He has already answered some of them, but others
will be answered by Pascal Pivory, the editor of Picsou Magazine, with
whom he had lunch yesterday. I don't think ALL of that'll be of any
interest for all of you, but here's a summary:
The publisher of the Disney comics magazines in France is in fact,
Disney Hachette Presse, which is a joint venture between Disney and
Hachette, 51% being owned by Disney and 49% by Hachette. An other company,
called Hachette Disney Presse (51% owned by Hachette, 49% by Disney)
publishes other comics titles, like Cousteau Junior. Hachette is the
publishing part of Groupe Lagardere and is one of the main French editors
(in fact, it is the second biggest French editor behind Group de la Cite).
It had a 6,3 billion French Francs (= 1,25 billion $) in 1993 and
8000 employees. It has activities in every market segment of the
publishing sector.
Hachette does NOT publish any Disney ALBUMS. But the specialized
in comic book albums editor Dargaud DOES. (it used to publish Asterix BTW).
Those albums, however have no real coherence and publish any type of
Disney comics (from Ducktales to Rescue Rangers or Danish Duck stories)
without interest for the quality of what they publish.
Gidier also gave me some info on new titles and titles that had been
cancelled, but all of that will be available on my website as soon as I've
found the time to update it!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
You may all remember the info Harry posted here on Gidier Ghez,
our ONLY French correspondence. I've asked Harry for his snail mail
address, cause I wanted to write him too. Harry gave me the address
but he said that it would be a shame if the information that he'd send
me wouldn't be made public. That's why I will mention some things here,
that he wrote me in his latest letter.
Gidier, who is currently working on a VERY big project about Don
Rosa said, that it's 99% sure, that by mid-August, he'll be Head Disney-
land Paris Web Site. That's right, he'll be working for the park! I guess
he'll be able to subscribe himself to this list by then, so that'd be
really great! Then we have a FRENCH member with lots of contacts with
Hachette, the French publisher AND he works for Disneyland Paris.
In the very first letter I sent him, I asked him LOTS of questions
on French Disney comics. He has already answered some of them, but others
will be answered by Pascal Pivory, the editor of Picsou Magazine, with
whom he had lunch yesterday. I don't think ALL of that'll be of any
interest for all of you, but here's a summary:
The publisher of the Disney comics magazines in France is in fact,
Disney Hachette Presse, which is a joint venture between Disney and
Hachette, 51% being owned by Disney and 49% by Hachette. An other company,
called Hachette Disney Presse (51% owned by Hachette, 49% by Disney)
publishes other comics titles, like Cousteau Junior. Hachette is the
publishing part of Groupe Lagardere and is one of the main French editors
(in fact, it is the second biggest French editor behind Group de la Cite).
It had a 6,3 billion French Francs (= 1,25 billion $) in 1993 and
8000 employees. It has activities in every market segment of the
publishing sector.
Hachette does NOT publish any Disney ALBUMS. But the specialized
in comic book albums editor Dargaud DOES. (it used to publish Asterix BTW).
Those albums, however have no real coherence and publish any type of
Disney comics (from Ducktales to Rescue Rangers or Danish Duck stories)
without interest for the quality of what they publish.
Gidier also gave me some info on new titles and titles that had been
cancelled, but all of that will be available on my website as soon as I've
found the time to update it!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
RHODE
Off topic: New York city comic stores
Message 23 -
1996-08-02 at 18:53:12
Marco,
Here's a list for you and anyone else visiting the Big Apple. The main
list is pretty amazing - I've edited it down to NY.
Mike Rhode
http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm/usa.html
USA Comic Book Stores
Compiled and copyright by Jeff Mason, editor of indy
magazine.
Version 6.2, Updated May 2, 1996
The reviews you will read in this list are all opinions, and should be
considered as such. By reviewing stores, individuals are trying to help
other comic book collectors more enjoy their hobby. Nothing should be
inferred from what you read here other than opinions, as nothing is
implied. I ask people what they think of their local stores, and I am
sharing the responses with you. If you see a negative opinion about a
store that you like, please respect the reviewer's opinion, and send me
your review.
Each store is listed under the city/state in which they
are located. If you happen to be heading to a certain area, and are
planning to check out a reviewed comic book store, by all means contact
the reviewer and let them know you are going to visit "their" store.
Please help me update this list! The list is only good as long as it
is cotinuously updated! Multiple reviews of a single store are great!
Keep those reviews coming. If you see any errors, know of any changes,
stores popping up or going out of business, by all means <a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">e-mail me and let me know! If you
haven't done so, please send me your list of local stores, including
name, address, phone, what they've got, your opinion of the stores, etc.
Take a look at these entries and model your own after them.
Some other store lists are: <A
HREF=3D"http://www.wwcd.com/com-dir.html">International Comic Book
Dealers.
New York City
Village Comics
163 Bleecker St. (212) 777-2770
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Incredible selection; oodles of independents, including back
issues. Accepts Visa, MC but with big minimum (I think $50).
Advance ordering available with 25% discount on prepayment.
However, the staff is very unfriendly.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
A huge, sprawling mostly-mess of a shop. They've got a lot of
good stuff, but the people who work there are, if you'll pardon
my use of the expression, by and large the biggest pack of
*ssholes ever assembled in one place. Used to be my main shop
in NYC; now I tend to go in once in a while and take notes, and
buy the books elsewhere. There is an affiliated shop uptown
called "Comic Art Gallery"--I used to go there a lot when I
visited NYC b/c my girlfriend lived uptown, but now it's a hike
for me so I don't bother. But I recall it being decent, and
you could often find some good stuff on the sale tables.
From: <A href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
This is a very big, very cluttered store with lots of really
great finds for those willing to look. There are a lot
of employees running around, and your luck at finding something
may hinge on which employee you ask to help you look. They seem
to range from clueless to moderately informed. Prepare to spend
a while here scrounging for some good stuff.
Comic Art Gallery
940 3rd Ave. (2nd floor, between 56th and 57th) (212) 759-6255
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Affiliated with Village Comics. Similar but smaller.
All Comics
44 Carmine St. (212) 924-4905
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Good selection. Accept Visa, MC. Advance ordering available
with 25% discount. Not as big a selection as Village, but they
have all the big indies (Valiant, Image, Ultraverse) as well as
some smaller ones like Cerebus. Cheaper back issue prices than
Village, but smaller selection (Still, I've found issues at
All Comics that I couldn't find at Village). Very friendly staff.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
This is a *very* small shop, but the two guys who run it are
nice (one used to work at Comic Art Gallery)--they have good
taste (the only shop in NYC that carried _Kane_ so far as I
can tell), but need to stock the shop mostly with crap that
will sell, so they can make a living. They've told me that
they would do a sub for me with a large (ca. 25-30%) discount
if I pre-ordered from Advance Comics. Worth checking out.
Roger's Comics
526 6th Ave. (2nd floor) 691-0380
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Poor selection of current issues; they even miss DC and Marvel
titles. Good place to go for DC and Marvel back issues,
especially stuff from the 80s. Good prices on back issues.
Owner is very friendly.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
A great place to dive in bins--you can often get reading copies
of '60's/'70's/'80's stuff for a song. A large inventory
in a tiny dusty space, and poorly organized--but a great place
for a rainy afternoon. Owner Roger is a trip, and will usually
knock a large discount off his already low prices at the
register. Occasionally have made some key Silver Age finds
here.
Jim Hanley's Universe -
(3 locations)
166 Chambers St. (212) 349-2930
126 W. 32nd St. (212) 268-7088
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Good selection, lots of independents. Staff is friendly.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
A small shop, very well-organized. I go occasionally, because
the organization of the place pleases me, and they have a box of
mini=3Dcomics, and the folks are pretty nice, but it could never
be my "premiere provider."
From: <A href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
Really great selection of independent comics. This was one of
my favorite stores when I tried to check out most of the stores
in New York City. Really friendly staff.
Forbidden Planet - (2 locations)
821 Broadway (at 12th St.) (212) 473-1576
227 E. 59th St. (212) 751-4386
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Good selection. Recent back issues are often at cover price.
Good back issue selection. The Broadway store has a bigger, and
much better, comics selection.
From: <a href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
This is a relatively large store, but doesn't really have that
huge of a selection of comics. This is a mixed media store with
tons of science fiction/fantasy books as well. When I went in
the store, I kept getting the feeling that all of the store
employees were more interested in watching to make sure that
people weren't stealing stuff rather than the employees trying
to help customers, a slightly off-putting environment.
St. Mark's Comics
11 St. Mark's Place (212) 598-9439
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Still have a good selection, including back issues, but not as
good as they used to be. Friendly staff.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
Probably my favorite, but as it's straight across town, I don't
get there much.
From: <a href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
A fun little shop with a nice selection of comics. There are a
number of great finds if you are willing to dig through the
comics toward the back of the store. Lots of really hard
to find graphic novels and magazine sized comics are there at
cover price. St. Mark's Place is a really cool place to visit
if you are a tourist to New York City.
Golden Age Express
2489 Broadway (212) 769-9570
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Fair back issue selection. Small store. Not many independents.
Here's a list for you and anyone else visiting the Big Apple. The main
list is pretty amazing - I've edited it down to NY.
Mike Rhode
http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm/usa.html
USA Comic Book Stores
Compiled and copyright by Jeff Mason, editor of indy
magazine.
Version 6.2, Updated May 2, 1996
The reviews you will read in this list are all opinions, and should be
considered as such. By reviewing stores, individuals are trying to help
other comic book collectors more enjoy their hobby. Nothing should be
inferred from what you read here other than opinions, as nothing is
implied. I ask people what they think of their local stores, and I am
sharing the responses with you. If you see a negative opinion about a
store that you like, please respect the reviewer's opinion, and send me
your review.
Each store is listed under the city/state in which they
are located. If you happen to be heading to a certain area, and are
planning to check out a reviewed comic book store, by all means contact
the reviewer and let them know you are going to visit "their" store.
Please help me update this list! The list is only good as long as it
is cotinuously updated! Multiple reviews of a single store are great!
Keep those reviews coming. If you see any errors, know of any changes,
stores popping up or going out of business, by all means <a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">e-mail me and let me know! If you
haven't done so, please send me your list of local stores, including
name, address, phone, what they've got, your opinion of the stores, etc.
Take a look at these entries and model your own after them.
Some other store lists are: <A
HREF=3D"http://www.wwcd.com/com-dir.html">International Comic Book
Dealers.
New York City
Village Comics
163 Bleecker St. (212) 777-2770
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Incredible selection; oodles of independents, including back
issues. Accepts Visa, MC but with big minimum (I think $50).
Advance ordering available with 25% discount on prepayment.
However, the staff is very unfriendly.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
A huge, sprawling mostly-mess of a shop. They've got a lot of
good stuff, but the people who work there are, if you'll pardon
my use of the expression, by and large the biggest pack of
*ssholes ever assembled in one place. Used to be my main shop
in NYC; now I tend to go in once in a while and take notes, and
buy the books elsewhere. There is an affiliated shop uptown
called "Comic Art Gallery"--I used to go there a lot when I
visited NYC b/c my girlfriend lived uptown, but now it's a hike
for me so I don't bother. But I recall it being decent, and
you could often find some good stuff on the sale tables.
From: <A href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
This is a very big, very cluttered store with lots of really
great finds for those willing to look. There are a lot
of employees running around, and your luck at finding something
may hinge on which employee you ask to help you look. They seem
to range from clueless to moderately informed. Prepare to spend
a while here scrounging for some good stuff.
Comic Art Gallery
940 3rd Ave. (2nd floor, between 56th and 57th) (212) 759-6255
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Affiliated with Village Comics. Similar but smaller.
All Comics
44 Carmine St. (212) 924-4905
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Good selection. Accept Visa, MC. Advance ordering available
with 25% discount. Not as big a selection as Village, but they
have all the big indies (Valiant, Image, Ultraverse) as well as
some smaller ones like Cerebus. Cheaper back issue prices than
Village, but smaller selection (Still, I've found issues at
All Comics that I couldn't find at Village). Very friendly staff.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
This is a *very* small shop, but the two guys who run it are
nice (one used to work at Comic Art Gallery)--they have good
taste (the only shop in NYC that carried _Kane_ so far as I
can tell), but need to stock the shop mostly with crap that
will sell, so they can make a living. They've told me that
they would do a sub for me with a large (ca. 25-30%) discount
if I pre-ordered from Advance Comics. Worth checking out.
Roger's Comics
526 6th Ave. (2nd floor) 691-0380
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Poor selection of current issues; they even miss DC and Marvel
titles. Good place to go for DC and Marvel back issues,
especially stuff from the 80s. Good prices on back issues.
Owner is very friendly.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
A great place to dive in bins--you can often get reading copies
of '60's/'70's/'80's stuff for a song. A large inventory
in a tiny dusty space, and poorly organized--but a great place
for a rainy afternoon. Owner Roger is a trip, and will usually
knock a large discount off his already low prices at the
register. Occasionally have made some key Silver Age finds
here.
Jim Hanley's Universe -
(3 locations)
166 Chambers St. (212) 349-2930
126 W. 32nd St. (212) 268-7088
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Good selection, lots of independents. Staff is friendly.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
A small shop, very well-organized. I go occasionally, because
the organization of the place pleases me, and they have a box of
mini=3Dcomics, and the folks are pretty nice, but it could never
be my "premiere provider."
From: <A href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
Really great selection of independent comics. This was one of
my favorite stores when I tried to check out most of the stores
in New York City. Really friendly staff.
Forbidden Planet - (2 locations)
821 Broadway (at 12th St.) (212) 473-1576
227 E. 59th St. (212) 751-4386
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Good selection. Recent back issues are often at cover price.
Good back issue selection. The Broadway store has a bigger, and
much better, comics selection.
From: <a href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
This is a relatively large store, but doesn't really have that
huge of a selection of comics. This is a mixed media store with
tons of science fiction/fantasy books as well. When I went in
the store, I kept getting the feeling that all of the store
employees were more interested in watching to make sure that
people weren't stealing stuff rather than the employees trying
to help customers, a slightly off-putting environment.
St. Mark's Comics
11 St. Mark's Place (212) 598-9439
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Still have a good selection, including back issues, but not as
good as they used to be. Friendly staff.
From: Mark Nevins ((Email removed))
Date: 3/1/95
Probably my favorite, but as it's straight across town, I don't
get there much.
From: <a href=3D"http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm">Jeff Mason (<a
href=3D"mailto:(Email removed)">(Email removed))
Date: 11/28/95
A fun little shop with a nice selection of comics. There are a
number of great finds if you are willing to dig through the
comics toward the back of the store. Lots of really hard
to find graphic novels and magazine sized comics are there at
cover price. St. Mark's Place is a really cool place to visit
if you are a tourist to New York City.
Golden Age Express
2489 Broadway (212) 769-9570
From: (Email removed)
Date: 5/18/94
Fair back issue selection. Small store. Not many independents.
Jyrki Vainio
Disney comics Digest V96 #162
Message 24 -
1996-08-02 at 20:35:43
ABOUT FAN MAIL TO BARKS:
I sent a fan letter to Barks in the fall of '92 - so I guess that
was before he had the Studio to handle this sort of stuff. Well,
I was thrilled to receive an answer, which to my slight
disappointment was only a photocopied sheet answering the most
common fan question. A paragraph answering to my question (that
of getting an autograph) was marked with pencil. The sheet said
that "as (Barks is) still working full-time for Disney licensees
signing limited editions of books and prints (he) can't give away
or sell (his) autograph without undercutting the above-mentioned
licensees"
As I said, I was disappointed first for this photocopied reply,
but later on I realized what a really devoted man this guy has to
be - he's sending his fans letters telling that he CAN'T answer
them! That shows real caring for fans. Still later, I was even
more surprised to notice that the man had REALLY done the job by
himself --- my name and address on the envelope were on his hand-
writing.
I think that nowadays the Barks Studio send back some sort of
replies for tha fan letter writers - for example by mailing
photos autographed by Barks.
When I phoned them few days ago, Kathy Morby said that Barks
still gets about four or five letters A DAY. Could it be that
there are so many ignorant members of the Duck comics fandom,
Per?
Kathy Morby also said that a couple of times a year she takes a
day out from her other duties and answers these letters. As she
pointed out, it's easier that way than answering them as they
come --- because at those times she's not making any money to
her employer!
P.S. Forgive me if I've said all this before.
--- Jyrki Vainio ---
- Do you ever get deja vu?
- Didn't you just ask that?
(from the movie "the Groundhog Day")
I sent a fan letter to Barks in the fall of '92 - so I guess that
was before he had the Studio to handle this sort of stuff. Well,
I was thrilled to receive an answer, which to my slight
disappointment was only a photocopied sheet answering the most
common fan question. A paragraph answering to my question (that
of getting an autograph) was marked with pencil. The sheet said
that "as (Barks is) still working full-time for Disney licensees
signing limited editions of books and prints (he) can't give away
or sell (his) autograph without undercutting the above-mentioned
licensees"
As I said, I was disappointed first for this photocopied reply,
but later on I realized what a really devoted man this guy has to
be - he's sending his fans letters telling that he CAN'T answer
them! That shows real caring for fans. Still later, I was even
more surprised to notice that the man had REALLY done the job by
himself --- my name and address on the envelope were on his hand-
writing.
I think that nowadays the Barks Studio send back some sort of
replies for tha fan letter writers - for example by mailing
photos autographed by Barks.
When I phoned them few days ago, Kathy Morby said that Barks
still gets about four or five letters A DAY. Could it be that
there are so many ignorant members of the Duck comics fandom,
Per?
Kathy Morby also said that a couple of times a year she takes a
day out from her other duties and answers these letters. As she
pointed out, it's easier that way than answering them as they
come --- because at those times she's not making any money to
her employer!
P.S. Forgive me if I've said all this before.
--- Jyrki Vainio ---
- Do you ever get deja vu?
- Didn't you just ask that?
(from the movie "the Groundhog Day")
Sschridde
Latin comics
Message 25 -
1996-08-02 at 21:03:00
As Marco Barlotti mentioned a latin story in an Italian comic,let me just add
that another latin story was published in Germany.
A long story in a hardcover called "Donaldus Anas atque nox Saraceni",
translated something like "DD and the Saracenian night"...Saraceni refers to
some latin history, I think...unfortunately I can't remember what
exactly...school's been a long time ago and th book is already stored due to
roof repairs at our house :(
Are there other stories published in Latin so far???
I'm interested in it as I learned Latin at school for 7 years!
Nice if someone else could add other stories...
Soeren Schridde <(Email removed)>
that another latin story was published in Germany.
A long story in a hardcover called "Donaldus Anas atque nox Saraceni",
translated something like "DD and the Saracenian night"...Saraceni refers to
some latin history, I think...unfortunately I can't remember what
exactly...school's been a long time ago and th book is already stored due to
roof repairs at our house :(
Are there other stories published in Latin so far???
I'm interested in it as I learned Latin at school for 7 years!
Nice if someone else could add other stories...
Soeren Schridde <(Email removed)>
Mikko Aittola
Beware - Very Light Disney Content
Message 26 -
1996-08-02 at 21:11:28
Denmark:
Congratulations to Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen of Denmark
for outstanding performance in Atlanta.
I love playing badminton as much as I love reading
comics.
Writers - ATTENTION: Anybody care to write a story about
Donald playing badminton?
Jyrki Vainio:
I read your "strips." (From:
http://org.utu.fi/harrastus/loisto-leiri/1707/sarjis.spml)
I enjoyed them. The gags were very dialogue-based, so the
foreign readers *might* have some problems understading
them... ;)
I'm not a cartoonist, but it seems to me that you COULD
have used more "zooming-in and -out" and different angles
on some of the following '1807' '1907' '2307' and '2507'.
Anyway, good looking art.
/Mikko
Congratulations to Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen of Denmark
for outstanding performance in Atlanta.
I love playing badminton as much as I love reading
comics.
Writers - ATTENTION: Anybody care to write a story about
Donald playing badminton?
Jyrki Vainio:
I read your "strips." (From:
http://org.utu.fi/harrastus/loisto-leiri/1707/sarjis.spml)
I enjoyed them. The gags were very dialogue-based, so the
foreign readers *might* have some problems understading
them... ;)
I'm not a cartoonist, but it seems to me that you COULD
have used more "zooming-in and -out" and different angles
on some of the following '1807' '1907' '2307' and '2507'.
Anyway, good looking art.
/Mikko
Fumetti
Latin Story
Message 27 -
1996-08-02 at 22:07:02
Please note that the Latin story in Zio Paperone #81 is by Marco Rota.
Really good! A short review is in the Anonima Fumetti's web site at the page:
http://www.alpcom.it/fumetti/review.htm then click on ZP81...
Gianfranco Goria, cartoonist and comics divulger: (Email removed)
president of Anonima Fumetti - Italian cartoonists society: (Email removed)
http://www.alpcom.it/fumetti/
Really good! A short review is in the Anonima Fumetti's web site at the page:
http://www.alpcom.it/fumetti/review.htm then click on ZP81...
Gianfranco Goria, cartoonist and comics divulger: (Email removed)
president of Anonima Fumetti - Italian cartoonists society: (Email removed)
http://www.alpcom.it/fumetti/
Dave Rawson
Disney comics Digest V96 #162
Message 28 -
1996-08-02 at 23:24:40
(Email removed) wrote:
PER:
While I'm no expert on Grandma Duck, Elviry could easily be a kind of
affectionate corruption of Elvira, though one wouldn't call it a
nickname. Likely there's a specific term for this, like a "diminutive
form" of the name (e.g. David, Davey), but it's mostly archaic. To my ear
it would come from folks who say things like "I'm a comin', Luke-boy. You
just hang on whilst I go fetch Elviry from the crik." It's what some
folks might call hillbilly patois, or others might more accurately
identify as akin to older styles of American English closer to our
colonial roots. At any rate, folks like Dwight can likely fill you in
better than I.
ERIC:
The latest accusation from Pat O'Neill (news co-ordinator for Wizard) is
that the Carl Barks Stuido and the Disney and Egmont affiliates conspired
to manipulate the CBG Awards for monetary gain; that the Carl Barks
Studio benefited by being able to inflate the asking price of Barks
paintings; and that the Disney and Egmont affiliates benefitted by
increasing their readership.
Please, I'm aware that this is the most assinine conspiracy theory ever,
but this guy has been holding forth on the Internet for weeks now,
refuses to provide any proof for public examination, and simply relies
upon the veracity of two unnamed sources who "suddenly appeared" a couple
of weeks ago. Can you say hatchet job and personal vendetta? This whole
thing stinks to high heaven. Unfortunately, some folks indicate they
believe every bit of what's being claimed. Go figure.
JONATHAN:
I don't claim to understand the dictum I described, but to my mind all's
well that ends well. I've very proud that Egmont allowed the opportunity
for a Mickey-and-Donald-together story. I think the two of them can play
very well off the other and demonstrate their repsective strengths as
characters.
That's the key to my mind: each character MUST retain their traditional
identity and always BE themselves, otherwise the whole thing doesn't
serve the characters that we know and love.
But then the wonderful questions for a creator are: How then do those two
personalities play out against each other? What personal foibles exist
between them, unique to that relationship? What history exists between
them that is consistent with the formation of that relationship? And so
on!
I do hope that the opportunity arises to do more of these kinds of
stories (I know I'd jump at the chance), but I reiterate, such stories
must first of all serve the established characters we've grown to love.
MARCO:
About your daughter's trip to central Manhattan, while I haven't any
experience with which to recommend particular shops, on my web page
(listed at the end of this message) is a link to a service which allows
one to discover the location of comic book stores anywhere in the United
States and even print out a map. This at least allows one a reasonable
place to start hunting.
If a web browser is unavilable to you, a copy of the central Manhattan
Yellow Pages (once arrived in the U.S.), the hotel phone and map of the
area should allow your daughter to "shop" the stores by phone inquiry in
a couple of hours to see if she can locate one that carries the goods you
seek.
Two tiny tips I CAN recommend: If one wants to eat well, savor a variety
of wonderful ethnic foods AND save money, find a local delicatessen which
sells cooked food by the pound from a buffet. That is, one set price for
anything and everything -- as in, everything one sees spread out is
U$3.98 per pound. Believe me, this is far better grub and far more
economical than spending U$10 for a hamburger like I did the first
evening I was there.
Secondly, if one enjoys getting the lay of the land and a sense of the
people of a place, nothing is better than boarding a bus in Manhattan and
riding the length of its route. This costs about U$2. I did this down to
the southern tip of the island, then took the Staten Island Ferry ride
(50 cents) which, when returning, provides the most stunning ground floor
view of the New York skyline imaginable! (The Trade Center is nearby if
one wants a view from above.)
Anyway, enough non-Disney travelogue. Hope some of this helps!
--
http://users.aol.com./dcrawson/home.htm
PER:
While I'm no expert on Grandma Duck, Elviry could easily be a kind of
affectionate corruption of Elvira, though one wouldn't call it a
nickname. Likely there's a specific term for this, like a "diminutive
form" of the name (e.g. David, Davey), but it's mostly archaic. To my ear
it would come from folks who say things like "I'm a comin', Luke-boy. You
just hang on whilst I go fetch Elviry from the crik." It's what some
folks might call hillbilly patois, or others might more accurately
identify as akin to older styles of American English closer to our
colonial roots. At any rate, folks like Dwight can likely fill you in
better than I.
ERIC:
The latest accusation from Pat O'Neill (news co-ordinator for Wizard) is
that the Carl Barks Stuido and the Disney and Egmont affiliates conspired
to manipulate the CBG Awards for monetary gain; that the Carl Barks
Studio benefited by being able to inflate the asking price of Barks
paintings; and that the Disney and Egmont affiliates benefitted by
increasing their readership.
Please, I'm aware that this is the most assinine conspiracy theory ever,
but this guy has been holding forth on the Internet for weeks now,
refuses to provide any proof for public examination, and simply relies
upon the veracity of two unnamed sources who "suddenly appeared" a couple
of weeks ago. Can you say hatchet job and personal vendetta? This whole
thing stinks to high heaven. Unfortunately, some folks indicate they
believe every bit of what's being claimed. Go figure.
JONATHAN:
I don't claim to understand the dictum I described, but to my mind all's
well that ends well. I've very proud that Egmont allowed the opportunity
for a Mickey-and-Donald-together story. I think the two of them can play
very well off the other and demonstrate their repsective strengths as
characters.
That's the key to my mind: each character MUST retain their traditional
identity and always BE themselves, otherwise the whole thing doesn't
serve the characters that we know and love.
But then the wonderful questions for a creator are: How then do those two
personalities play out against each other? What personal foibles exist
between them, unique to that relationship? What history exists between
them that is consistent with the formation of that relationship? And so
on!
I do hope that the opportunity arises to do more of these kinds of
stories (I know I'd jump at the chance), but I reiterate, such stories
must first of all serve the established characters we've grown to love.
MARCO:
About your daughter's trip to central Manhattan, while I haven't any
experience with which to recommend particular shops, on my web page
(listed at the end of this message) is a link to a service which allows
one to discover the location of comic book stores anywhere in the United
States and even print out a map. This at least allows one a reasonable
place to start hunting.
If a web browser is unavilable to you, a copy of the central Manhattan
Yellow Pages (once arrived in the U.S.), the hotel phone and map of the
area should allow your daughter to "shop" the stores by phone inquiry in
a couple of hours to see if she can locate one that carries the goods you
seek.
Two tiny tips I CAN recommend: If one wants to eat well, savor a variety
of wonderful ethnic foods AND save money, find a local delicatessen which
sells cooked food by the pound from a buffet. That is, one set price for
anything and everything -- as in, everything one sees spread out is
U$3.98 per pound. Believe me, this is far better grub and far more
economical than spending U$10 for a hamburger like I did the first
evening I was there.
Secondly, if one enjoys getting the lay of the land and a sense of the
people of a place, nothing is better than boarding a bus in Manhattan and
riding the length of its route. This costs about U$2. I did this down to
the southern tip of the island, then took the Staten Island Ferry ride
(50 cents) which, when returning, provides the most stunning ground floor
view of the New York skyline imaginable! (The Trade Center is nearby if
one wants a view from above.)
Anyway, enough non-Disney travelogue. Hope some of this helps!
--
http://users.aol.com./dcrawson/home.htm
TKlein28
Disney comics Digest V96 #162
Message 29 -
1996-08-03 at 02:41:20
DON:
Welcome back to the list, and sorry to hear about your hand. I'm always
getting cuts on my hands, and am grateful when it is the right one, as I am
left-handed :-)
Did you see the area in Yellowstone where the big rock-fall happened
recently? (I think I have this right.) According to the news report I heard,
a huge block of stone weighing hundreds of tons fell off a cliff there , and
did a lot of damage when it landed. Sounds like a good story set-up...
MARCO:
I haven't been there for a few years, but I used to buy comics at a Manhattan
store called Forbidden Planet (also one of them in London). They had the best
selection of back issues of any store I'd seen in mid-Manhattan, though I
can't recall looking there for Disney comics specifically. It was located at
about 12th Street a block or two east of 5th Avenue. A bit south of downtown,
but there aren't any comics shops in true downtown Manhattan. I imagine they
can't afford the rent there...and you have to remember that comics are much
more of a marginal medium here than in Italy. Anyway, have your daughter look
under "Comic Books" in the Yellow Pages phone directory (available in most
hotel rooms or at the front desk) for more information.
Todd
Welcome back to the list, and sorry to hear about your hand. I'm always
getting cuts on my hands, and am grateful when it is the right one, as I am
left-handed :-)
Did you see the area in Yellowstone where the big rock-fall happened
recently? (I think I have this right.) According to the news report I heard,
a huge block of stone weighing hundreds of tons fell off a cliff there , and
did a lot of damage when it landed. Sounds like a good story set-up...
MARCO:
I haven't been there for a few years, but I used to buy comics at a Manhattan
store called Forbidden Planet (also one of them in London). They had the best
selection of back issues of any store I'd seen in mid-Manhattan, though I
can't recall looking there for Disney comics specifically. It was located at
about 12th Street a block or two east of 5th Avenue. A bit south of downtown,
but there aren't any comics shops in true downtown Manhattan. I imagine they
can't afford the rent there...and you have to remember that comics are much
more of a marginal medium here than in Italy. Anyway, have your daughter look
under "Comic Books" in the Yellow Pages phone directory (available in most
hotel rooms or at the front desk) for more information.
Todd
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V96 #162
Message 30 -
1996-08-03 at 09:23:00
DANNY:
That TEMPO magazine came out about a year ago. Too bad we don't have many
Germans on-line here, or getting copies would be very easy. It's one of
their main magazines, found on every newsstand. But long gone now.
I met Johnny Grote and some other Donaldists when I was in Germany in June
and they all seemed very nice. Johnny had some negative things to tell me
about my work, but that's great! I never mind that. Mostly, they are such
big Barks... uh... not "fans"... they regard his work as accurate reports on
life in some other dimension or universe or planet (as I've said, you need a
Donaldist to explain this without it sounding silly... it's sorta like the
Flat Earth Society), and they regard all other Duck stories to be mere
entertainment rather than archeaological data. So Johnny doesn't like it
when I make any references to old Barks stories. He does like my other
stories, he says (in fact, I did him a special drawing at his request), but
he prefers that other Duck stories stay away from direct reference to their
scholarly source-material. That's okay with me (not that I'll stay away, but
it's okay if they feel I should). Anyway, I've still lost touch with Johnny
Grote -- he has a large batch of magazines that belong to me and which he
was supposed to send me so that I wouldn't need to pack them home in my
suitcase -- but now I can't locate him. For some reason, he isn't responding
to his e-mail address.
It's a long and weird story as to why American kids disdain Disney comics,
even when many of them are written on a more mature level than the
super-hero stuff they crave. We've been over it all on here before.
Basically, American kids crave what they are told that they should crave to
appease their peer group -- kids here don't think for themselves as much as
European kids. And the American comic book culture, having evolved from a
mass-medium into a cult hobby for investor/collectors, teaches young buyers
that they should only read super-hero comics and that they should shun all
else unless WIZARD magazine tells them it's "HOT". That's an
over-simplification, but... well, no, it's not really that over-simplified
after all. That's about the size of it. Yeah, it's irritating and sad, but
I've pretty much given up on comic books here and I just don't pay any
attention to it all.
ARTHUR:
"A Matter of Some Gravity" (and who knows what it's called in the Euro
translations) is the "gag" story of mine that's currently in print there.
It's 16 pages long, and is an idea I've had in my notes for many years,
wherein Magica steals the Dime and turns gravity sideways on $crooge and
Donald to make it difficult for them to chase her. That's all. The
comic-hijinx possibilities that simple idea allows are endless -- I always
knew that would make a decent story. A good "gag" story is one where you
have one, simple, GOOD idea that you can hang a batch of gags on and that
can be wrapped up pretty quick. And even though, as you should know,I
usually dislike most of my stories, I think this is one of my best "gag"
stories.
My current project? Byron said he felt like having an outer-space story -- I
have a slight problem with the idea of Donald and $crooge being able to hop
in a rocket and dash off to other planets -- that's beyond my vision of what
these characters should be able to do -- but I figured a way and a reason to
get them off into space. And that's what I'm doing now: 24 pages, titled,
tentatively, "The Invasion of the Hideous Space Varmints", or maybe "That
Final Frontier".
And I'm getting done, mangled finger notwithstanding. I bled on my drawing
pencil yesterday, but the blood didn't ooze through the gauze and bandages
today, so I must be healing. I don't know if that's dedication... after a
10-day vacation, it's also a lot of fear of the mortgage company.
ERIC:
Speaking of the finger injury -- sure, I've heard that a good way to break
up a dog fight is with a hose. But I can't imagine the situation where I'd
have TIME to run and hook up a hose and turn on the water and roll the hose
out and run back to the dogs. One dog would be earless by then, or dead.
When it happens right in front of me, and with such ferocity, the only
option is to jump into the middle of it with the only right hand I have.
PER:
If I once said Grandma Duck's name was given in her story in WDC&S #121,
I'll stick to it (since the comics are two floors down in the "vault"). But,
yes, it was given as "Elviry", which is slang for Elvira, as (yes) "Sairy"
and "Ezry" are Sarah and Ezra.
MARCO:
I wish I had the latest ZIO PAPERONE issues. The last one I have is about
#78 or so, as I still can't get the publisher to send me copies, though some
fan usually does eventually. As for the original scripts... in the first
page of chapter 12 of the "Lo$", $crooge is supposed to be saying "Goldie"
(rather than "rosebud"). And, quite so!-- the tea in "Of Ducks and Dimes and
Destinies" was certainly supposed to be nutmeg!
That TEMPO magazine came out about a year ago. Too bad we don't have many
Germans on-line here, or getting copies would be very easy. It's one of
their main magazines, found on every newsstand. But long gone now.
I met Johnny Grote and some other Donaldists when I was in Germany in June
and they all seemed very nice. Johnny had some negative things to tell me
about my work, but that's great! I never mind that. Mostly, they are such
big Barks... uh... not "fans"... they regard his work as accurate reports on
life in some other dimension or universe or planet (as I've said, you need a
Donaldist to explain this without it sounding silly... it's sorta like the
Flat Earth Society), and they regard all other Duck stories to be mere
entertainment rather than archeaological data. So Johnny doesn't like it
when I make any references to old Barks stories. He does like my other
stories, he says (in fact, I did him a special drawing at his request), but
he prefers that other Duck stories stay away from direct reference to their
scholarly source-material. That's okay with me (not that I'll stay away, but
it's okay if they feel I should). Anyway, I've still lost touch with Johnny
Grote -- he has a large batch of magazines that belong to me and which he
was supposed to send me so that I wouldn't need to pack them home in my
suitcase -- but now I can't locate him. For some reason, he isn't responding
to his e-mail address.
It's a long and weird story as to why American kids disdain Disney comics,
even when many of them are written on a more mature level than the
super-hero stuff they crave. We've been over it all on here before.
Basically, American kids crave what they are told that they should crave to
appease their peer group -- kids here don't think for themselves as much as
European kids. And the American comic book culture, having evolved from a
mass-medium into a cult hobby for investor/collectors, teaches young buyers
that they should only read super-hero comics and that they should shun all
else unless WIZARD magazine tells them it's "HOT". That's an
over-simplification, but... well, no, it's not really that over-simplified
after all. That's about the size of it. Yeah, it's irritating and sad, but
I've pretty much given up on comic books here and I just don't pay any
attention to it all.
ARTHUR:
"A Matter of Some Gravity" (and who knows what it's called in the Euro
translations) is the "gag" story of mine that's currently in print there.
It's 16 pages long, and is an idea I've had in my notes for many years,
wherein Magica steals the Dime and turns gravity sideways on $crooge and
Donald to make it difficult for them to chase her. That's all. The
comic-hijinx possibilities that simple idea allows are endless -- I always
knew that would make a decent story. A good "gag" story is one where you
have one, simple, GOOD idea that you can hang a batch of gags on and that
can be wrapped up pretty quick. And even though, as you should know,I
usually dislike most of my stories, I think this is one of my best "gag"
stories.
My current project? Byron said he felt like having an outer-space story -- I
have a slight problem with the idea of Donald and $crooge being able to hop
in a rocket and dash off to other planets -- that's beyond my vision of what
these characters should be able to do -- but I figured a way and a reason to
get them off into space. And that's what I'm doing now: 24 pages, titled,
tentatively, "The Invasion of the Hideous Space Varmints", or maybe "That
Final Frontier".
And I'm getting done, mangled finger notwithstanding. I bled on my drawing
pencil yesterday, but the blood didn't ooze through the gauze and bandages
today, so I must be healing. I don't know if that's dedication... after a
10-day vacation, it's also a lot of fear of the mortgage company.
ERIC:
Speaking of the finger injury -- sure, I've heard that a good way to break
up a dog fight is with a hose. But I can't imagine the situation where I'd
have TIME to run and hook up a hose and turn on the water and roll the hose
out and run back to the dogs. One dog would be earless by then, or dead.
When it happens right in front of me, and with such ferocity, the only
option is to jump into the middle of it with the only right hand I have.
PER:
If I once said Grandma Duck's name was given in her story in WDC&S #121,
I'll stick to it (since the comics are two floors down in the "vault"). But,
yes, it was given as "Elviry", which is slang for Elvira, as (yes) "Sairy"
and "Ezry" are Sarah and Ezra.
MARCO:
I wish I had the latest ZIO PAPERONE issues. The last one I have is about
#78 or so, as I still can't get the publisher to send me copies, though some
fan usually does eventually. As for the original scripts... in the first
page of chapter 12 of the "Lo$", $crooge is supposed to be saying "Goldie"
(rather than "rosebud"). And, quite so!-- the tea in "Of Ducks and Dimes and
Destinies" was certainly supposed to be nutmeg!