Would anyone happen to know how many comics were published before the comic
quit? (If new ones are still being made, please tell me). I am collecting
the series (as of today I have 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,12,13,14,15,18) and I am
sorting them by number. I have a database of them on my computer but, since
some of the comics have multiple stories in them, and some stories span
several comics, I just need to know the number of the final comic. Thank
you.
BTW: If anyone else is extremely dissapointed that Tad Stones left us so
long ago, please let me know. Maybe we can storm his house's gates and get
him to come back to Disney. IMHO, that would be a Good Thing.
Author
Topic: 199608
(341 messages)
John Anthony Kazos Jr.
Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers Comics
Message 211 -
1996-08-21 at 21:20:15
Harry Fluks
Rosa
Message 212 -
1996-08-21 at 21:57:16
DON:
> I keep NO records of any of my work
Well, it _is_ interesting for scholars who examine your work in 50 years,
to know in which order you made your stories... so thanks for answering!
> when Disney told Gladstone to stop
> returning my art (effectively forcing me to quit since the pay would then
> have been poverty-level for me).
I don't understand what you mean. Do you mean the pay would be low if you
did the scripts only?
> If Oberon prints that story with a different
> code number, I don't know why.
I got the H-code from an internal listing of Dutch stories (from Beekman/Van
Cleef), not from any publication. The internal listing had a note, saying
"Rejected, see Egmont story so-and-so".
--Harry.
(not to confuse with Arthur...)
> I keep NO records of any of my work
Well, it _is_ interesting for scholars who examine your work in 50 years,
to know in which order you made your stories... so thanks for answering!
> when Disney told Gladstone to stop
> returning my art (effectively forcing me to quit since the pay would then
> have been poverty-level for me).
I don't understand what you mean. Do you mean the pay would be low if you
did the scripts only?
> If Oberon prints that story with a different
> code number, I don't know why.
I got the H-code from an internal listing of Dutch stories (from Beekman/Van
Cleef), not from any publication. The internal listing had a note, saying
"Rejected, see Egmont story so-and-so".
--Harry.
(not to confuse with Arthur...)
Harry Fluks
Jippes (not quite Disney comics - sorry)
Message 213 -
1996-08-21 at 22:04:16
MIKE:
> What? Jippes has drawn those comics, too?
Jippes drew a few Gaston gags as advertisements for some company.
At one time, Uderzo planned to do more stories with Asterix than he could
write and draw himself. So Lo Hartog van Banda wrote a script, and
Jippes drew the first two pages (the second one in pencils only). Shortly
after that, the French changed their minds, and stopped the whole
project.
Another example of an unfinished Jippes project... Jippes was never in
an "Uderzo Studio", but he could have been if they didn't stop at the time...
--Harry.
> What? Jippes has drawn those comics, too?
Jippes drew a few Gaston gags as advertisements for some company.
At one time, Uderzo planned to do more stories with Asterix than he could
write and draw himself. So Lo Hartog van Banda wrote a script, and
Jippes drew the first two pages (the second one in pencils only). Shortly
after that, the French changed their minds, and stopped the whole
project.
Another example of an unfinished Jippes project... Jippes was never in
an "Uderzo Studio", but he could have been if they didn't stop at the time...
--Harry.
Arthur De Wolf
ComicShops in Paris
Message 214 -
1996-08-21 at 22:53:47
Bonjour!
I'll go to Paris next week and I was wondering if anyone
here knows any good comicshops in Paris, that are easy to find and
where I can buy a bunch of cheap French Disney comics.
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
I'll go to Paris next week and I was wondering if anyone
here knows any good comicshops in Paris, that are easy to find and
where I can buy a bunch of cheap French Disney comics.
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman/disney
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V96 #178
Message 215 -
1996-08-22 at 00:59:38
JAN:
What -- someone thought your post was "daring" because you were talking
about stuff you liked and DIDN'T like? I'd rather see MORE about what people
DON'T like -- I can never learn how to improve based on anything else.
At the same time, it's impossible to know how to interpret the conflicting
opinions, as I've said here many times. For example, the thing that you say
sort of annoys you about some of my stories is my Barks references... and
yet, others often tell me that's what they enjoy the most. So what do I do?
Actually, I know what to do in that case -- I insert Barks references, often
ones so obscure that hardly any readers will spot them, simply to entertain
myself. So I hope you don't object to them too much since they will continue
forever.
Also, as to the use of that village-burning scene, you might like to read my
full thoughts on how I decided whether to use that or not (I originally
planned NOT to use it) by reading that entry in our "$crooge McDuck
Homepage" ... if anyone new here isn't aware of that site, you can visit it at:
http://www.win.net/~homebrew/scroohome.htm
MIKE:
Magica's eyes in "A Matter of Some Gravity"? Well, I've always drawn them as
cat's-eyes as Barks did in her first appearance. But I do change characters'
looks from time to time to suit myself... for instance, I put buttons on the
nephews' caps and creases in the corners of all Duck mouths, and various
other lil' things that Barks never did. As for Magica, I've also always
given her a much more.... uh... ladylike figure, as I get the idea she's
supposed to be a sexy Italian femme-fatale. But in that particular story I
also decided to go further with her eyes and make them GREEN... but I forgot
to put any coloring notes on the artwork (since that's often a waste of my
time anyway) and her eyes probably looked odd to you because they were
blank. If that made her look more evil, then my purpose was indirectly
accomplished anyway.
I have begun getting invitations to Europe for the celebration of $crooge's
50th birthday and-slash-or promotion of the hardback edition of the "Lo$".
Germany was first in and has invited me during the last of November - first
of December, 1997. I'm waiting to see who else wants me where and when
before I decide on any definite dates so that I can hit as many countries as
possible in one trip, and thereby lose as little work-time at home as
possible. I'll certainly let people know when plans are definite.
And I believe I might be doing a special $crooge story for the ocassion, but
it remains to be decided as to the length. I've heard that some publisher
wants it to be short ("gag"-story length), and this would be a tragic
mistake to my way of thinking if they want it to be a special sorta story...
but these decisions are not mine to make, I just do what I'm told. But prior
to that I'm to do a special story for HDL's 60th birthday, and they've told
me what they want the subject of that'n to be, and it's a good idea! It will
be a short story, but I think that will be suitable for HDL (but certainly
not $crooge!).
What -- someone thought your post was "daring" because you were talking
about stuff you liked and DIDN'T like? I'd rather see MORE about what people
DON'T like -- I can never learn how to improve based on anything else.
At the same time, it's impossible to know how to interpret the conflicting
opinions, as I've said here many times. For example, the thing that you say
sort of annoys you about some of my stories is my Barks references... and
yet, others often tell me that's what they enjoy the most. So what do I do?
Actually, I know what to do in that case -- I insert Barks references, often
ones so obscure that hardly any readers will spot them, simply to entertain
myself. So I hope you don't object to them too much since they will continue
forever.
Also, as to the use of that village-burning scene, you might like to read my
full thoughts on how I decided whether to use that or not (I originally
planned NOT to use it) by reading that entry in our "$crooge McDuck
Homepage" ... if anyone new here isn't aware of that site, you can visit it at:
http://www.win.net/~homebrew/scroohome.htm
MIKE:
Magica's eyes in "A Matter of Some Gravity"? Well, I've always drawn them as
cat's-eyes as Barks did in her first appearance. But I do change characters'
looks from time to time to suit myself... for instance, I put buttons on the
nephews' caps and creases in the corners of all Duck mouths, and various
other lil' things that Barks never did. As for Magica, I've also always
given her a much more.... uh... ladylike figure, as I get the idea she's
supposed to be a sexy Italian femme-fatale. But in that particular story I
also decided to go further with her eyes and make them GREEN... but I forgot
to put any coloring notes on the artwork (since that's often a waste of my
time anyway) and her eyes probably looked odd to you because they were
blank. If that made her look more evil, then my purpose was indirectly
accomplished anyway.
I have begun getting invitations to Europe for the celebration of $crooge's
50th birthday and-slash-or promotion of the hardback edition of the "Lo$".
Germany was first in and has invited me during the last of November - first
of December, 1997. I'm waiting to see who else wants me where and when
before I decide on any definite dates so that I can hit as many countries as
possible in one trip, and thereby lose as little work-time at home as
possible. I'll certainly let people know when plans are definite.
And I believe I might be doing a special $crooge story for the ocassion, but
it remains to be decided as to the length. I've heard that some publisher
wants it to be short ("gag"-story length), and this would be a tragic
mistake to my way of thinking if they want it to be a special sorta story...
but these decisions are not mine to make, I just do what I'm told. But prior
to that I'm to do a special story for HDL's 60th birthday, and they've told
me what they want the subject of that'n to be, and it's a good idea! It will
be a short story, but I think that will be suitable for HDL (but certainly
not $crooge!).
Userpro
The Once and Future Duck
Message 216 -
1996-08-22 at 02:11:29
Was the Once and Future Duck Published in the United States?
Gerstein
Cover creators
Message 217 -
1996-08-22 at 02:35:13
NILS:
>[Van Horn] might be _the third_ humanoid to earn this distinction
>(after Barks and Rosa), or has Paul Murry ever had his name
>on the cover?
I've never seen Murry's name on the covers of Disney comics
anywhere. On the other hand, some German comics have been quite vocal
about Gottfredson. Issue 26/1990 contained a supplement with the 1937
story "In Search of Jungle Treasure," and there was a 3-page article about
Gottfredson's career (making this the most scholarly supplement that I've
ever seen to the weekly).
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
(Email removed)
>[Van Horn] might be _the third_ humanoid to earn this distinction
>(after Barks and Rosa), or has Paul Murry ever had his name
>on the cover?
I've never seen Murry's name on the covers of Disney comics
anywhere. On the other hand, some German comics have been quite vocal
about Gottfredson. Issue 26/1990 contained a supplement with the 1937
story "In Search of Jungle Treasure," and there was a 3-page article about
Gottfredson's career (making this the most scholarly supplement that I've
ever seen to the weekly).
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
(Email removed)
Markoff
Barks Tree, U$VSBB
Message 218 -
1996-08-22 at 02:43:59
KENO:
>JONATHAN:
>My Duck Family Tree was based partly on Barks' old notes, partly on my own
>research into his stories, partly on my own creating characters to link his
>characters together, partly on adding a few characters at editors' requests
>(Fethry), and partly on a letter from Barks where he recreated his old Tree
>apparently from memory. In his new version he had eliminated the death of
>Gladstone's parents, and I was glad to see that since I thought it was a
>needless and morbid feature of the old version.
This is interesting! Can you give a more complete description?
>Were you the one asking about the Van Horn Duck Family Tree?
Yes. BTW, has this Tree been published anywhere?
>MIKE SCHNIDERATH:
>There is no reason that I can think of as to why anyone should buy any
>copies of UNCLE $CROOGE VS. THE BEAGLE BOYS. Pick up an issue and see for
>yourself. That was the lowest ebb in the deaththroes of Gold Key / Whitman
>Disney.
What were those like?
--Jonathan Markoff
>JONATHAN:
>My Duck Family Tree was based partly on Barks' old notes, partly on my own
>research into his stories, partly on my own creating characters to link his
>characters together, partly on adding a few characters at editors' requests
>(Fethry), and partly on a letter from Barks where he recreated his old Tree
>apparently from memory. In his new version he had eliminated the death of
>Gladstone's parents, and I was glad to see that since I thought it was a
>needless and morbid feature of the old version.
This is interesting! Can you give a more complete description?
>Were you the one asking about the Van Horn Duck Family Tree?
Yes. BTW, has this Tree been published anywhere?
>MIKE SCHNIDERATH:
>There is no reason that I can think of as to why anyone should buy any
>copies of UNCLE $CROOGE VS. THE BEAGLE BOYS. Pick up an issue and see for
>yourself. That was the lowest ebb in the deaththroes of Gold Key / Whitman
>Disney.
What were those like?
--Jonathan Markoff
Gerstein
The "Longest" Day
Message 219 -
1996-08-22 at 02:49:39
MIKE SCHNEIDERATH:
A few of the longest Disney comics stories I've ever read are:
A) Mickey Mouse, "Monarch of Medioka" (about 106 pages!) by Floyd
Gottfredson. The 1990 album containing the whole story is REALLY thick!
B) Uncle Scrooge, "The Mystery of the Candlesticks," about 110 pages. A
1980s Italian story in Cavazzano-style (although maybe not by him) -- a
restaging of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables with Scrooge as Jean Valjean and
Pegleg Pete as Thenardier. (I don't have this accessible right now, so I'm
sure some of our Italian experts can tell us more!)
C) "Duckburg Olympics" (a multi-part Italian story with over 200 pages!) --
I don't have the code here either.
D) Ducktales: "Scrooge's Quest" from Disney Comics, which is 182 pages
long. Would have been a bit shorter, but chapter four ("Shipwrecked
McDuck"), originally a stand-alone story to the best of my knowledge, was
revised heavily and made into a bridging sequence for chapters 3 and 5.
"Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold" was 64 pages long. The longest normal
(non-Ducktales) Duck story ever printed in this country, I think, was "The
Lentils from Babylon" (Scarpa) in USA 30-32, at 71 pages.
Best,
David Gerstein
(Email removed)
A few of the longest Disney comics stories I've ever read are:
A) Mickey Mouse, "Monarch of Medioka" (about 106 pages!) by Floyd
Gottfredson. The 1990 album containing the whole story is REALLY thick!
B) Uncle Scrooge, "The Mystery of the Candlesticks," about 110 pages. A
1980s Italian story in Cavazzano-style (although maybe not by him) -- a
restaging of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables with Scrooge as Jean Valjean and
Pegleg Pete as Thenardier. (I don't have this accessible right now, so I'm
sure some of our Italian experts can tell us more!)
C) "Duckburg Olympics" (a multi-part Italian story with over 200 pages!) --
I don't have the code here either.
D) Ducktales: "Scrooge's Quest" from Disney Comics, which is 182 pages
long. Would have been a bit shorter, but chapter four ("Shipwrecked
McDuck"), originally a stand-alone story to the best of my knowledge, was
revised heavily and made into a bridging sequence for chapters 3 and 5.
"Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold" was 64 pages long. The longest normal
(non-Ducktales) Duck story ever printed in this country, I think, was "The
Lentils from Babylon" (Scarpa) in USA 30-32, at 71 pages.
Best,
David Gerstein
(Email removed)
Ulrich Hochstetter
German Comic Book "Goofy and Max"
Message 220 -
1996-08-22 at 09:53:47
Hi all,
a few days ago in Germany the Ehapa Comic Book "Goofy and Max" appears in
the Serial "Micky Maus praesentiert #19".
I couldnt find any story code and due the lack of Egmont/Ehapa not to print
the credits in its comic books it is impossible for me to say who draw this
story. The story isn=B4t such quality style like a Rosa, Barks etc. but
allways funny. It=B4s a movie adaption from the actually Disney movie "Goofy
and Max" which hits the german Movie Theatres 2 weeks ago and in my opinion
very well drawn.
Does anybody has more infos? Artist, Storywriter etc. ?=20
Bye, Uli
a few days ago in Germany the Ehapa Comic Book "Goofy and Max" appears in
the Serial "Micky Maus praesentiert #19".
I couldnt find any story code and due the lack of Egmont/Ehapa not to print
the credits in its comic books it is impossible for me to say who draw this
story. The story isn=B4t such quality style like a Rosa, Barks etc. but
allways funny. It=B4s a movie adaption from the actually Disney movie "Goofy
and Max" which hits the german Movie Theatres 2 weeks ago and in my opinion
very well drawn.
Does anybody has more infos? Artist, Storywriter etc. ?=20
Bye, Uli
Nils Lid Hjort
Rocketeer info, anyone?
Message 221 -
1996-08-22 at 12:27:03
ROCKETEER again:
thanks for some info from Don Rosa and (directly to me)
from Wilmer Rivers. I realise this is far away from
the main theme of this list, the excuse is merely the
pleasant presence of a "Rocketeer" costume & helmet
seen in Guro's heap of "abandoned projects" in the
opening panel of Rosa's WDC #604 story... but am
nevertheless interested in more exact info,
from any knowledgeable persons on this list:
. I have the Rocketeer album published in 1985,
by Dave Stevens, consisting of five "chapters",
the final one clearly ending in "mid-air"
(should he go to Europe?; is she really worth it?;
will the German spies interfere (this is 1938!)?; et cetera).
Are there further editions?
Are some being planned?
Once more I apologise for the obscurity factor in my request.
For those regretting have processed these lines in your
brain, snap your fingers and consider them unread,
and consider me preflamed.
My partial reason and excuse for seeking this information is that
a person I know, representing a major Norwegian publishing house,
amd with sufficient power to publish anything he wants,
might consider issuing the Rocketeer stories in Norway.
Nils Lid Hjort
thanks for some info from Don Rosa and (directly to me)
from Wilmer Rivers. I realise this is far away from
the main theme of this list, the excuse is merely the
pleasant presence of a "Rocketeer" costume & helmet
seen in Guro's heap of "abandoned projects" in the
opening panel of Rosa's WDC #604 story... but am
nevertheless interested in more exact info,
from any knowledgeable persons on this list:
. I have the Rocketeer album published in 1985,
by Dave Stevens, consisting of five "chapters",
the final one clearly ending in "mid-air"
(should he go to Europe?; is she really worth it?;
will the German spies interfere (this is 1938!)?; et cetera).
Are there further editions?
Are some being planned?
Once more I apologise for the obscurity factor in my request.
For those regretting have processed these lines in your
brain, snap your fingers and consider them unread,
and consider me preflamed.
My partial reason and excuse for seeking this information is that
a person I know, representing a major Norwegian publishing house,
amd with sufficient power to publish anything he wants,
might consider issuing the Rocketeer stories in Norway.
Nils Lid Hjort
Vsaari
Lenghts of stories
Message 222 -
1996-08-22 at 12:34:33
Mike Schneiderath wrote:
> What are ten longest Disney Comics that were ever printed.
In 1992 the Finnish pocket book series had a book with just one single
story in it. The length of the story was 250 pages in three row format.
The code is ?-1708, where ? means that I can't decipher the letter.
Might be I or J or something else.
It's drawn by Romano Scarpa. Or at least it's in his style and contains
LOTS of his characters. It features characters from both universes,
mouse and duck.
--
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
> What are ten longest Disney Comics that were ever printed.
In 1992 the Finnish pocket book series had a book with just one single
story in it. The length of the story was 250 pages in three row format.
The code is ?-1708, where ? means that I can't decipher the letter.
Might be I or J or something else.
It's drawn by Romano Scarpa. Or at least it's in his style and contains
LOTS of his characters. It features characters from both universes,
mouse and duck.
--
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
Nils Lid Hjort
Duckmobiles
Message 223 -
1996-08-22 at 14:06:36
DUCKMOBILES (commercial du jour):
Time to counterbalance my previous rather non-Disneyean
contribution with a closer-to-the-core and positive one:
I would like to point out the existence of an unusually nice
and well-made publication, namely
"Duckmobiles:
Paa hjul med Donald Duck & Co."
("On wheels with DD & Co.")
by Geir Hasnes and Arne Asphjell;
Yes, the main text is in Norwegian, but the book/album comes
generously & lavishly laden with pictures and relevant excerpts
from Barks' stories, all in original American; there are several
pictures for each of the 32 pages. It dates from 1991,
and is professionally typeset and printed in 3000 copies.
Several figures are in colour. -- Copies are still available,
I think, from J.P. Krogh at the Oslo Tegneseriehus ("house of comics"),
Langes gate 7, Oslo. The price is 30 Nkroner (about 4 dollars,
or 20,000 roubles).
The authors have gone through every car reference in all Barks
stories, and have researched possible resemblances to actual car makes.
The list of car owners includes not only DD and US, but also
Gyro Gearloose, Gladstone Gander and Grandma Duck. I guess
Mr. Asphjell is the AmCar man on board here, whereas Mr. Hasnes
is known among Barksists and Donaldists for various endeavours,
including contributing to this list (but not for several months?).
The analysis and discussions are lucid.
The authors with a couple of helpers proudly display an actual
up-and-running sized-for-humans remake of Donald's beloved "313"
on the inner front cover. A fully valid registration card was
officially issued by the Trondheim traffic authorities in 1991
at an AmCar meeting.
Well: I just wanted to tell the list about this very nice
publication, which I have enjoyed (in spite of my general
indifference to and partial distaste for and passive struggle
against cars in general).
Nils Lid Hjort
Time to counterbalance my previous rather non-Disneyean
contribution with a closer-to-the-core and positive one:
I would like to point out the existence of an unusually nice
and well-made publication, namely
"Duckmobiles:
Paa hjul med Donald Duck & Co."
("On wheels with DD & Co.")
by Geir Hasnes and Arne Asphjell;
Yes, the main text is in Norwegian, but the book/album comes
generously & lavishly laden with pictures and relevant excerpts
from Barks' stories, all in original American; there are several
pictures for each of the 32 pages. It dates from 1991,
and is professionally typeset and printed in 3000 copies.
Several figures are in colour. -- Copies are still available,
I think, from J.P. Krogh at the Oslo Tegneseriehus ("house of comics"),
Langes gate 7, Oslo. The price is 30 Nkroner (about 4 dollars,
or 20,000 roubles).
The authors have gone through every car reference in all Barks
stories, and have researched possible resemblances to actual car makes.
The list of car owners includes not only DD and US, but also
Gyro Gearloose, Gladstone Gander and Grandma Duck. I guess
Mr. Asphjell is the AmCar man on board here, whereas Mr. Hasnes
is known among Barksists and Donaldists for various endeavours,
including contributing to this list (but not for several months?).
The analysis and discussions are lucid.
The authors with a couple of helpers proudly display an actual
up-and-running sized-for-humans remake of Donald's beloved "313"
on the inner front cover. A fully valid registration card was
officially issued by the Trondheim traffic authorities in 1991
at an AmCar meeting.
Well: I just wanted to tell the list about this very nice
publication, which I have enjoyed (in spite of my general
indifference to and partial distaste for and passive struggle
against cars in general).
Nils Lid Hjort
Wilmer Rivers
Rocketeer info, anyone?
Message 224 -
1996-08-22 at 16:16:09
Nils Lid Hjort asks about what comics and graphic novels feature stories
of "The Rocketeer". A Web site with a complete list of Dave Stevens'
stories, books, and posters is http://www.monet.no/people/tom/ds_check.htm.
It appears that some of the Rocketeer material is already available in
Norwegian, but there's probably a good deal more listed there which is
available only in USA editions.
Now for some disney-related content: Did anyone at Burbank object to
seeing the Rocketeer suit in Gyro's box of failures? Sure, maybe they were
**proud** that a Disney contract is tougher than forbidium or impervium,
but do they want to admit that the Rocketeer was not a glowing success?
Wilmer Rivers
of "The Rocketeer". A Web site with a complete list of Dave Stevens'
stories, books, and posters is http://www.monet.no/people/tom/ds_check.htm.
It appears that some of the Rocketeer material is already available in
Norwegian, but there's probably a good deal more listed there which is
available only in USA editions.
Now for some disney-related content: Did anyone at Burbank object to
seeing the Rocketeer suit in Gyro's box of failures? Sure, maybe they were
**proud** that a Disney contract is tougher than forbidium or impervium,
but do they want to admit that the Rocketeer was not a glowing success?
Wilmer Rivers
Marco Barlotti
GotLL
Message 225 -
1996-08-22 at 17:49:47
DON: you wrote:
>I don't think "The Guardians of the Lost Library" is the best example of the
>"feeling" of one of my typical adventure stories, but I'm sure glad you
>liked it just the same.
So it looks like in Italy we still have to wait for a "typical" Don Rosa
adventure. Too bad! The first time I heard about this "new" artist, Don
Rosa, was years ago on the column letter of a U$A, where someone quoted
"Last sled to Tucson" (or what the exact name was). I'm still waiting to see
that story!
> When I sent it in, I was very afraid I had a funny
>surprise ending (which was only used in America since it involved the Junior
>Woodchuck emblem),
what! They used it in Italy too, all right! How could the story stand
without that surprise ending?
> and a very historically accurate plot that would have
>delighted a history buff... but I suspected the story itself was boring and
>repetitive,
repetitive? The world-over search reminded me of the philosopher's stone
story by Barks. You haven't read repetitive stories, then!
> I treated Donald in an unusual way in that
>story, also,
I am glad to hear that. But it was a not-so-different Donald from the one in
Chapter XII of Lo$, don't you agree?
Anyway... if GotLL is not one of the "best" Rosa stories, I wonder what I
shall think of those!
Marco
>I don't think "The Guardians of the Lost Library" is the best example of the
>"feeling" of one of my typical adventure stories, but I'm sure glad you
>liked it just the same.
So it looks like in Italy we still have to wait for a "typical" Don Rosa
adventure. Too bad! The first time I heard about this "new" artist, Don
Rosa, was years ago on the column letter of a U$A, where someone quoted
"Last sled to Tucson" (or what the exact name was). I'm still waiting to see
that story!
> When I sent it in, I was very afraid I had a funny
>surprise ending (which was only used in America since it involved the Junior
>Woodchuck emblem),
what! They used it in Italy too, all right! How could the story stand
without that surprise ending?
> and a very historically accurate plot that would have
>delighted a history buff... but I suspected the story itself was boring and
>repetitive,
repetitive? The world-over search reminded me of the philosopher's stone
story by Barks. You haven't read repetitive stories, then!
> I treated Donald in an unusual way in that
>story, also,
I am glad to hear that. But it was a not-so-different Donald from the one in
Chapter XII of Lo$, don't you agree?
Anyway... if GotLL is not one of the "best" Rosa stories, I wonder what I
shall think of those!
Marco