AN ANNOUNCEMENT:
Glossy covers are returning to Gladstone's newsstand comics (interior page
counts will remain at 32). Letter columns will also be restored. The cover
price will, at the same time, go up to $1.95. These changes will begin with
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #46, Donald Duck Adventures #44, Uncle Scrooge
#304, and Donald Duck #302. The Penny Pincher, now officially Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories Penny Pincher, will also gain glossy covers, but the
price will remain at 99=A2 (interior page count will remain at 16).
Current subscriptions will not be affected by these changes. Rates for
subscription renewals and new subscriptions will reflect the new cover
prices.
=46or the record: The Uncle Scrooge Adventures albums and Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories remain unchanged, and there are no changes to the
frequency of publication of any of Gladstone's titles.
DANIEL:
>A long time ago someone here suggested the idea of making a difference
>between normal publications and collector's items. This would have made an
>uncensored CBL possible, while the normal comics could be as censored as
>Disney thinks is nescessary.
Here's how a Disney approved, uncensored CBL would have been possible:
Bruce Hamilton buys Disney in, say, 1976.
You may insert the name of your favorite true Disney comics fan in place of
"Bruce Hamilton," if you like.
Gary
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"Frogs? I don't get it."
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Author
Topic: 199612
(181 messages)
Gary Leach
Disney comics Digest V96 #267
Message 16 -
1996-12-03 at 01:12:59
Cristian Lucas
Cat-Owl contest!
Message 17 -
1996-12-03 at 02:05:07
> Q) What animal goes "meow" and catches mice? An owl?
> A) A cat! A CAT!
My father told me many times about a comic he read on his childhood,
about a contest where the Nephews? Donald? were asked by the host,
"what animal sees in the dark and chases mice?" The nephews answer
"an owl", and the correct answer was "a cat". Any one knows this
story?
It's very touching for me, to recognize the stories my father has
read and told to me. It happened with the story about Donald being
on a hotel, getting disturbed by the sound of pencil against paper
that comes from the neighbor room. (I know it's a Barks story, and
very recently reprinted by Gladstone).
# Cristian Lucas
# From Buenos Aires, Argentina
> A) A cat! A CAT!
My father told me many times about a comic he read on his childhood,
about a contest where the Nephews? Donald? were asked by the host,
"what animal sees in the dark and chases mice?" The nephews answer
"an owl", and the correct answer was "a cat". Any one knows this
story?
It's very touching for me, to recognize the stories my father has
read and told to me. It happened with the story about Donald being
on a hotel, getting disturbed by the sound of pencil against paper
that comes from the neighbor room. (I know it's a Barks story, and
very recently reprinted by Gladstone).
# Cristian Lucas
# From Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cristian Lucas
Solvent ...
Message 18 -
1996-12-03 at 02:05:07
> Speaking of duck feathers, one of Don's suggested
> titles for this story was "Down, down, down." I suppose that
> pun is untranslatable.
I hate myself for asking, but... what pun?? :)
# Cristian Lucas
# From Buenos Aires, Argentina
> titles for this story was "Down, down, down." I suppose that
> pun is untranslatable.
I hate myself for asking, but... what pun?? :)
# Cristian Lucas
# From Buenos Aires, Argentina
SRoweCanoe
Barks editors
Message 19 -
1996-12-03 at 02:40:59
I see remarks about Carl Barks' editors... Did anyone other than Chase Craig
edit Barks?
edit Barks?
Dave Rawson
Pending modification of the Berne Treaty regulating international intellectual property rights
Message 20 -
1996-12-03 at 02:44:00
I thought some folks here might be interested in the United Nations
conference being held in Geneva to work out details of new international
intellectual property laws.
Here's a link to a CNN blurb:
http://cnn.com/TECH/9612/02/copyright.ap/index.html
A partial quote from that text reads:
"Delegates to the conference organized by the United Nations' World
Intellectual Property Organization, undertaking the first major revision
of international copyright law in 35 years, will be working on three
treaties to protect:
o Literary and artistic works.
o The rights of performers and producers of "phonograms," now
most commonly CDs and audio cassettes.
o Producers of databases.
conference being held in Geneva to work out details of new international
intellectual property laws.
Here's a link to a CNN blurb:
http://cnn.com/TECH/9612/02/copyright.ap/index.html
A partial quote from that text reads:
"Delegates to the conference organized by the United Nations' World
Intellectual Property Organization, undertaking the first major revision
of international copyright law in 35 years, will be working on three
treaties to protect:
o Literary and artistic works.
o The rights of performers and producers of "phonograms," now
most commonly CDs and audio cassettes.
o Producers of databases.
Jan Lund Thomsen
Disney comics Digest V96 #245
Message 21 -
1996-12-03 at 02:54:01
DON:
> You can't put a talking penguin into a Mickey Mouse story anymore
>than you could drop one into the middle of a Superman story or an issue of
>your Leonardo da Vinci comic. Penguins don't talk. You might personally
>think it's fun to do, but it does not "work well" when the reader, assuming
>he's familiar with the Donald Duck or Superman "universe", must stop
>abruptly and wonder why penguins have suddenly gained powers of intelligence
>and speech.
Don, first I must congratulate you on your brave attempt to cover up what has
come to be known as "The Penguin Affair". On the other hand I feel that the
truth must be known. Although I can not reveal my sources for security reasons,
I hereby make the following publicly available:
=== FILE: penguin.txt
=== Date: 68-06-09
=== Ref: Scarpa and Cimino, "Mickey meets Doctor Neutron"
I-654A (entry code JB 19i)
=== Status: classified
Despite what common folk have been led to believe, a number of penguins *are*
intelligent and even have the powers of speech as well. Back in the old days
these, at the time, normal animals - indistinguishable from their southern
cousins lived on the North Pole. That is until a bunch of vikings ravaged the
lands. A small number of penguins escaped by hiding in a crevasse that led them
to a previously unknown subterranean land. Here they lived in peace, and
through the discovery of "Ultra-Ice" ( a rare substance with many a use ) they
slowly developed intelligence as we know it. At a later time they discovered
the world around them, by means of huge whale-like submarines - they observed
us, learned about our world, and even picked up our language by watching old
gangster movies on television. All was well until a human scientist named
Doctor Neutron happened to crash his research-vessel on the pole, and by
accident discovered the Ultra-Ice. After the doctor returned home, he foolishly
told the world about his amazing discovery. Unfortunately, the penguins were
watching CNN at the time and decided something had to be done in order to
protect their secret from getting known. Kasper, a top-notch agent and a
captain of the Peguvian Fleet was sent to Duckburg to foil the doctors plans.
After Kasper had mailed the doctor a number of notes threatening him to stop
his research, the scientist hid with a resident of the city - one Mickey Mouse.
After getting dangerously close to the truth Kasper wisely brought back both
Mickey and Neutron. The doctor had no troubles with this confinement, in fact
he was more than happy to teach our scientist about western methods.
After an experiment (led by Neutron) went horribly wrong the penguins were
forced to evacuate their subterranean kingdom. Instead of choosing to live with
the rest of civilization, they instead travelled to the South Pole where they
were welcomed with open flippers by the native population. They have been
living there in peace ever since.
Agent's addendum: Throughout history man has been known for his intellect and
his quest for knowledge. All this, just from an opposable thumb and thousands
of years of developement. Yet at the same time, we must ask ourselves if our
compulsary quest for the truth has gone too far? Did these fully sentient
creatures deserve to have their worlds crushed by our notion of "progress"? Who
are we to pass judment onto others? ... Let us forget this case, but let us not
forget what it's outcome has learned us: some affairs are best left untouched.
===
=== Case closed
===
--- Jan
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Jan Lund Thomsen (aka Qed/Triangle 3532) Lystrup, Denmark
C64/RPG/INWO/Warner Bros/Disney/Anthro/Comics-addict and all-around nice guy.
--- Email: (Email removed) ---- WWW: http://www.pip.dknet.dk/%7Epip781/ ---
> You can't put a talking penguin into a Mickey Mouse story anymore
>than you could drop one into the middle of a Superman story or an issue of
>your Leonardo da Vinci comic. Penguins don't talk. You might personally
>think it's fun to do, but it does not "work well" when the reader, assuming
>he's familiar with the Donald Duck or Superman "universe", must stop
>abruptly and wonder why penguins have suddenly gained powers of intelligence
>and speech.
Don, first I must congratulate you on your brave attempt to cover up what has
come to be known as "The Penguin Affair". On the other hand I feel that the
truth must be known. Although I can not reveal my sources for security reasons,
I hereby make the following publicly available:
=== FILE: penguin.txt
=== Date: 68-06-09
=== Ref: Scarpa and Cimino, "Mickey meets Doctor Neutron"
I-654A (entry code JB 19i)
=== Status: classified
Despite what common folk have been led to believe, a number of penguins *are*
intelligent and even have the powers of speech as well. Back in the old days
these, at the time, normal animals - indistinguishable from their southern
cousins lived on the North Pole. That is until a bunch of vikings ravaged the
lands. A small number of penguins escaped by hiding in a crevasse that led them
to a previously unknown subterranean land. Here they lived in peace, and
through the discovery of "Ultra-Ice" ( a rare substance with many a use ) they
slowly developed intelligence as we know it. At a later time they discovered
the world around them, by means of huge whale-like submarines - they observed
us, learned about our world, and even picked up our language by watching old
gangster movies on television. All was well until a human scientist named
Doctor Neutron happened to crash his research-vessel on the pole, and by
accident discovered the Ultra-Ice. After the doctor returned home, he foolishly
told the world about his amazing discovery. Unfortunately, the penguins were
watching CNN at the time and decided something had to be done in order to
protect their secret from getting known. Kasper, a top-notch agent and a
captain of the Peguvian Fleet was sent to Duckburg to foil the doctors plans.
After Kasper had mailed the doctor a number of notes threatening him to stop
his research, the scientist hid with a resident of the city - one Mickey Mouse.
After getting dangerously close to the truth Kasper wisely brought back both
Mickey and Neutron. The doctor had no troubles with this confinement, in fact
he was more than happy to teach our scientist about western methods.
After an experiment (led by Neutron) went horribly wrong the penguins were
forced to evacuate their subterranean kingdom. Instead of choosing to live with
the rest of civilization, they instead travelled to the South Pole where they
were welcomed with open flippers by the native population. They have been
living there in peace ever since.
Agent's addendum: Throughout history man has been known for his intellect and
his quest for knowledge. All this, just from an opposable thumb and thousands
of years of developement. Yet at the same time, we must ask ourselves if our
compulsary quest for the truth has gone too far? Did these fully sentient
creatures deserve to have their worlds crushed by our notion of "progress"? Who
are we to pass judment onto others? ... Let us forget this case, but let us not
forget what it's outcome has learned us: some affairs are best left untouched.
===
=== Case closed
===
--- Jan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan Lund Thomsen (aka Qed/Triangle 3532) Lystrup, Denmark
C64/RPG/INWO/Warner Bros/Disney/Anthro/Comics-addict and all-around nice guy.
--- Email: (Email removed) ---- WWW: http://www.pip.dknet.dk/%7Epip781/ ---
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V96 #268
Message 22 -
1996-12-03 at 07:25:30
DANIEL & MARCO:
It's stated that in some foreign (to me) translation of my "War of the
Wendigo", in the scene where $crooge is on guard against the so-far
unidentified "Wendigo", the translator has him speaking to a singular
somebody in the woods and he seems to think it's Glittering Goldie... and
this lures him out into the woods to be abducted. This is based on the
actual legend that the Wendigo would do just that, lure hunters deep into
the woods by imitating someone's voice until the hunter was lost forever. In
my story I had $crooge thinking back to his earlier days in the Canadian
wilderness during the Yukon Gold Rush, and then he begins to see forms
taking shape off"screen", then he begins talking to them in such a way that
we see that he KNOWS whoever it is, then he runs off after them. Now, this
idea that it was the Wendigo (Peeweegah) imitating Glittering Goldie's voice
to lure $crooge into the woods is interesting, but that was definitely not
my intention. I intended that $crooge see his old friends the Pygmy Indians
whom he had no reason to fear, then chase them into the woods wondering why
they were running off... where they then bushwhack him. Whether or not the
Peeweegah actually ever did imitate voices to lure hunters into being lost
in the woods -- maybe they did if they were truly the basis for the Wendigo
legends as is my intention. But I don't see as how they would have magic
powers to enable them to read $crooge's mind and know all about his past
life and his memories of a Glittering Goldie paleduck. The only supernatural
abilities the Peeweegah have is to talk to animals, and that should be
inferred as being an ability that anyone could have if they were wise
enough. So, no, it was not my intention that the Peeweegah were drawing on
$crooge's subconcious to imitate someone's voice to lure $crooge away. It's
an interesting idea on that translator's part, but it's not a mystic power
that Peeweegah would have.
MIKE S.:
Would my "Universal Solvent" story have been closer to my 1977 version of
the same tale if I'd had more pages? Certainly! The original was over TWICE
as long as the Duck version! If I had more pages for any of my adventure
stories, they would REALLY open up into the epics I envision them as, rather
than the rushed and cramped and abbreviated affairs they are. But that's all
the space I can have so I do what I can. Probably I should come up with new,
shorter stories rather than trying to cram those old 50-60 page stories into
24 Duck-pages.
And you want copies of those old stories? In fact, just over the weekend I
made copies of the 1977 version of that tale, and the 1961 version of that
same plot that I drew when I was about 10... and sent them to our Italian
friends who are writing a book about me. By the way... when Frank Stajano
was here and looking through my files for interesting tidbits to copy, we
were looking through my oldest of my own artwork that I've ever saved... and
in a writing tablet he found what seems to be a drawing I did of Donald Duck
circa 1955. (Even I was surprised!)
Anyway, yes, I realize that some others would like copies of this stuff, and
I wish I could provide that "service", but I'd be running to the copy store
every weekend making another huge stack of copies for another fan. The best
thing to do is have another person be a "middleman" in this, and help
distribute copies of this old stuff to interested parties for me. (It's all
I can do to answer my e-mail and snail-mail!) Now, I have sent copies of
some things to someone here with just that intention. Maybe it was Arthur or
Harry or Mike P.... but whoeber that was, would he "step forward" and tell
me exactly what he has and what he still needs, and then he can help me fill
these requests in the future. Okay?
Next question: will I ever print the last chapter of the 1978 version of
"The Once and Future Duck"... "Knighttime". Well, you misunderstood, I have
done another chapter, but that was not the concluding chapter. I never did
and never will finish that story. And I don't know who would ever reprint an
unfinished story I did in 1978.
WILMER:
You put a lot of typing into your recent review of my "Universal Solvent"
story (which you helped me write), and I don't know if you entertained
anyone as much as you did me. But you so impressed me with your description
of how GOOD my story was that I had to go back and reread it myself you made
it sound so brilliant! Thanks!
It's stated that in some foreign (to me) translation of my "War of the
Wendigo", in the scene where $crooge is on guard against the so-far
unidentified "Wendigo", the translator has him speaking to a singular
somebody in the woods and he seems to think it's Glittering Goldie... and
this lures him out into the woods to be abducted. This is based on the
actual legend that the Wendigo would do just that, lure hunters deep into
the woods by imitating someone's voice until the hunter was lost forever. In
my story I had $crooge thinking back to his earlier days in the Canadian
wilderness during the Yukon Gold Rush, and then he begins to see forms
taking shape off"screen", then he begins talking to them in such a way that
we see that he KNOWS whoever it is, then he runs off after them. Now, this
idea that it was the Wendigo (Peeweegah) imitating Glittering Goldie's voice
to lure $crooge into the woods is interesting, but that was definitely not
my intention. I intended that $crooge see his old friends the Pygmy Indians
whom he had no reason to fear, then chase them into the woods wondering why
they were running off... where they then bushwhack him. Whether or not the
Peeweegah actually ever did imitate voices to lure hunters into being lost
in the woods -- maybe they did if they were truly the basis for the Wendigo
legends as is my intention. But I don't see as how they would have magic
powers to enable them to read $crooge's mind and know all about his past
life and his memories of a Glittering Goldie paleduck. The only supernatural
abilities the Peeweegah have is to talk to animals, and that should be
inferred as being an ability that anyone could have if they were wise
enough. So, no, it was not my intention that the Peeweegah were drawing on
$crooge's subconcious to imitate someone's voice to lure $crooge away. It's
an interesting idea on that translator's part, but it's not a mystic power
that Peeweegah would have.
MIKE S.:
Would my "Universal Solvent" story have been closer to my 1977 version of
the same tale if I'd had more pages? Certainly! The original was over TWICE
as long as the Duck version! If I had more pages for any of my adventure
stories, they would REALLY open up into the epics I envision them as, rather
than the rushed and cramped and abbreviated affairs they are. But that's all
the space I can have so I do what I can. Probably I should come up with new,
shorter stories rather than trying to cram those old 50-60 page stories into
24 Duck-pages.
And you want copies of those old stories? In fact, just over the weekend I
made copies of the 1977 version of that tale, and the 1961 version of that
same plot that I drew when I was about 10... and sent them to our Italian
friends who are writing a book about me. By the way... when Frank Stajano
was here and looking through my files for interesting tidbits to copy, we
were looking through my oldest of my own artwork that I've ever saved... and
in a writing tablet he found what seems to be a drawing I did of Donald Duck
circa 1955. (Even I was surprised!)
Anyway, yes, I realize that some others would like copies of this stuff, and
I wish I could provide that "service", but I'd be running to the copy store
every weekend making another huge stack of copies for another fan. The best
thing to do is have another person be a "middleman" in this, and help
distribute copies of this old stuff to interested parties for me. (It's all
I can do to answer my e-mail and snail-mail!) Now, I have sent copies of
some things to someone here with just that intention. Maybe it was Arthur or
Harry or Mike P.... but whoeber that was, would he "step forward" and tell
me exactly what he has and what he still needs, and then he can help me fill
these requests in the future. Okay?
Next question: will I ever print the last chapter of the 1978 version of
"The Once and Future Duck"... "Knighttime". Well, you misunderstood, I have
done another chapter, but that was not the concluding chapter. I never did
and never will finish that story. And I don't know who would ever reprint an
unfinished story I did in 1978.
WILMER:
You put a lot of typing into your recent review of my "Universal Solvent"
story (which you helped me write), and I don't know if you entertained
anyone as much as you did me. But you so impressed me with your description
of how GOOD my story was that I had to go back and reread it myself you made
it sound so brilliant! Thanks!
Hochstetter Ulrich
Missing Disney/Gladstone Comic books
Message 23 -
1996-12-03 at 15:27:02
Hi!
since several years i=B4ve tried to complete my Disney Comic Collection,
but still its incomplete...
In detail i=B4m missing these issues:
PUBLISHER DISNEY:
Donald Duck Adventures #7,9,13,22,23,24
Uncle $crooge #265,266,273
WDC&S #556,570
Junior Woodchucks #3
PUBLISHER GLADSTONE:
Uncle $crooge Adventures #1-21,23-27,29
Donald Duck Adventures #1-10,12-15,17-20,23-26,32
Uncle $crooge #285-288,290
I would be pleased if anyone could help me to get these Comic books in
"near mint" condition.
Please send your offerings or tips at private E-Mail!
Btw. the expensive mail charges makes it nearly impossible for me to
order at comic shops in the USA and here in Europe (Germany) at the
comic cons it=B4s impossible to buy these issues, too.
Thanx in advance for your help,
Bye, Uli
E-Mail: (Email removed)
WWW: http://www.schlund.de/privat/HochstetterUli/
since several years i=B4ve tried to complete my Disney Comic Collection,
but still its incomplete...
In detail i=B4m missing these issues:
PUBLISHER DISNEY:
Donald Duck Adventures #7,9,13,22,23,24
Uncle $crooge #265,266,273
WDC&S #556,570
Junior Woodchucks #3
PUBLISHER GLADSTONE:
Uncle $crooge Adventures #1-21,23-27,29
Donald Duck Adventures #1-10,12-15,17-20,23-26,32
Uncle $crooge #285-288,290
I would be pleased if anyone could help me to get these Comic books in
"near mint" condition.
Please send your offerings or tips at private E-Mail!
Btw. the expensive mail charges makes it nearly impossible for me to
order at comic shops in the USA and here in Europe (Germany) at the
comic cons it=B4s impossible to buy these issues, too.
Thanx in advance for your help,
Bye, Uli
E-Mail: (Email removed)
WWW: http://www.schlund.de/privat/HochstetterUli/
Per Starback
[vsaari@nls.fi: Fooey]
Message 24 -
1996-12-03 at 17:08:02
Ville Saari sent me the following message. Generally I think
interesting stuff like this meant for the Disney comics web pages
should be posted to the whole list instead. Then those who are
interested will see it sooner (often they wouldn't see it at all
otherwise) -- I see the web pages mostly as the place for more
permanent storage of things that already have been through the list.
Thanks for telling about this, Ville! I wonder why I never noticed
this one or the other Fooey by Barks earlier.
------- Start of forwarded message -------
Subject: Fooey
To: (Email removed)
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 19:55:52 +0200 (EET)
From: (Email removed)
Hi again!
Here's yet another panel with four nephews, which is not yet mentioned
in Disney Comics web-pages:
"Medaling Around" (W WDC 261-?1) by Barks page 10 panel 6.
I didn't find it myself. It was told in this week's Aku Ankka.
- --
Ville Saari (Email removed)
Tallbergin puistotie 7 B 21 Tel. +358 0 682 2226
00200 Helsinki
FINLAND /dev/null: write failed, file system is full
------- End of forwarded message -------
interesting stuff like this meant for the Disney comics web pages
should be posted to the whole list instead. Then those who are
interested will see it sooner (often they wouldn't see it at all
otherwise) -- I see the web pages mostly as the place for more
permanent storage of things that already have been through the list.
Thanks for telling about this, Ville! I wonder why I never noticed
this one or the other Fooey by Barks earlier.
------- Start of forwarded message -------
Subject: Fooey
To: (Email removed)
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 19:55:52 +0200 (EET)
From: (Email removed)
Hi again!
Here's yet another panel with four nephews, which is not yet mentioned
in Disney Comics web-pages:
"Medaling Around" (W WDC 261-?1) by Barks page 10 panel 6.
I didn't find it myself. It was told in this week's Aku Ankka.
- --
Ville Saari (Email removed)
Tallbergin puistotie 7 B 21 Tel. +358 0 682 2226
00200 Helsinki
FINLAND /dev/null: write failed, file system is full
------- End of forwarded message -------
Arthur De Wolf
"Alles schwer verquer" von Don Rosa
Message 25 -
1996-12-03 at 18:14:19
Hi!
Finally I was able to read Rosa's "A Matter of some Gravity" in a
language I understood. I already had the Norwegian version since August,
and already thought that it was the most funniest Rosa-story that I had EVER
seen! Right now I don't THINK that anymore ... I know for SURE! Wow!
DON ROSA:
On the first panel of this same story, what does "N.Y.S.E" stand for?
I know that the following is insane, but you always say that you
want to hear from people about your mistakes in stories. Well, these
are just some MINOR mistakes: on page three, in the sixth panel,
I think you forgot the shadow under Donald. Am I right? It looks a little
awkward like this! And on page fifteen, in the fourth panel, the plane
hits the tree with the left wing, while on the next panel, the branch is
on the RIGHT wing! Tsk, tsk! Don, Don, Don! This is very, VERY careless
of you! ;-) Just kidding ... it's a GREAT story!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman
"GRAVITATUS HORIZONTUS"
Finally I was able to read Rosa's "A Matter of some Gravity" in a
language I understood. I already had the Norwegian version since August,
and already thought that it was the most funniest Rosa-story that I had EVER
seen! Right now I don't THINK that anymore ... I know for SURE! Wow!
DON ROSA:
On the first panel of this same story, what does "N.Y.S.E" stand for?
I know that the following is insane, but you always say that you
want to hear from people about your mistakes in stories. Well, these
are just some MINOR mistakes: on page three, in the sixth panel,
I think you forgot the shadow under Donald. Am I right? It looks a little
awkward like this! And on page fifteen, in the fourth panel, the plane
hits the tree with the left wing, while on the next panel, the branch is
on the RIGHT wing! Tsk, tsk! Don, Don, Don! This is very, VERY careless
of you! ;-) Just kidding ... it's a GREAT story!
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf -- Roosendaal, the Netherlands
email: (Email removed)
homepage: www.pi.net/~wolfman
"GRAVITATUS HORIZONTUS"
Markoff
Cat-Owl contest!
Message 26 -
1996-12-03 at 18:18:59
CRISTIAN:
>My father told me many times about a comic he read on his childhood,
>about a contest where the Nephews? Donald? were asked by the host,
>"what animal sees in the dark and chases mice?" The nephews answer
>"an owl", and the correct answer was "a cat". Any one knows this
>story?
That's Barks' story from WDC&S 152. It was reprinted by Disney in WDC&S 573.
>It's very touching for me, to recognize the stories my father has
>read and told to me. It happened with the story about Donald being
>on a hotel, getting disturbed by the sound of pencil against paper
>that comes from the neighbor room. (I know it's a Barks story, and
>very recently reprinted by Gladstone).
That sounds like the Barks story from WDC&S 178. However, it was a Disney
issue, Donald Duck Adventures D 35, not a Gladstone issue.
--Jonathan Markoff
>My father told me many times about a comic he read on his childhood,
>about a contest where the Nephews? Donald? were asked by the host,
>"what animal sees in the dark and chases mice?" The nephews answer
>"an owl", and the correct answer was "a cat". Any one knows this
>story?
That's Barks' story from WDC&S 152. It was reprinted by Disney in WDC&S 573.
>It's very touching for me, to recognize the stories my father has
>read and told to me. It happened with the story about Donald being
>on a hotel, getting disturbed by the sound of pencil against paper
>that comes from the neighbor room. (I know it's a Barks story, and
>very recently reprinted by Gladstone).
That sounds like the Barks story from WDC&S 178. However, it was a Disney
issue, Donald Duck Adventures D 35, not a Gladstone issue.
--Jonathan Markoff
Deckerd
Solvent ...
Message 27 -
1996-12-03 at 18:47:35
On Dec 3, 12:05am, Cristian Lucas wrote:
> Subject: Solvent ...
> > Speaking of duck feathers, one of Don's suggested
> > titles for this story was "Down, down, down." I suppose that
> > pun is untranslatable.
>
> I hate myself for asking, but... what pun?? :)
>
According to the dictionary, "down" in English is not only
the nether-tending direction but also "the fine, soft plumage
of birds, especially that on the breast of water birds." One
joke in English that plays on the word's two meanings is:
Q. How do you get down from a horse?
A. You don't! You get down from a duck!
--Dwight Decker
> Subject: Solvent ...
> > Speaking of duck feathers, one of Don's suggested
> > titles for this story was "Down, down, down." I suppose that
> > pun is untranslatable.
>
> I hate myself for asking, but... what pun?? :)
>
According to the dictionary, "down" in English is not only
the nether-tending direction but also "the fine, soft plumage
of birds, especially that on the breast of water birds." One
joke in English that plays on the word's two meanings is:
Q. How do you get down from a horse?
A. You don't! You get down from a duck!
--Dwight Decker
Deckerd
"Alles schwer verquer" von Don Rosa
Message 28 -
1996-12-03 at 19:16:11
On Dec 3, 6:14pm, Arthur de Wolf wrote:
> Subject: "Alles schwer verquer" von Don Rosa
> On the first panel of this same story, what does "N.Y.S.E" stand for?
Allow me to stick my beak into this..."New York Stock Exchange."
--Dwight Decker
> Subject: "Alles schwer verquer" von Don Rosa
> On the first panel of this same story, what does "N.Y.S.E" stand for?
Allow me to stick my beak into this..."New York Stock Exchange."
--Dwight Decker
Jan Lund Thomsen
"Mickey moeder doktor Neutron"
Message 29 -
1996-12-03 at 23:33:35
By the way, the index is wrong on this one. It lists Donald as the hero -
despite the fact that he isn't even in the story. Is someone taking notes? :)
--- Jan
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despite the fact that he isn't even in the story. Is someone taking notes? :)
--- Jan
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Jan Lund Thomsen
Disney comics Digest V96 #263
Message 30 -
1996-12-03 at 23:33:46
PER:
The Indiana Jones issue you mention is Dark Horse's "Indiana Jones and the
Sargasso Pirates" (issue 1 of 4). I can't verify the name of the ship without
re-reading the series, but the villain is indeed peg-legged. By the way, the
frozen ship contains a priceless treasure: Leif Ericsson's battleaxe.
--- Jan
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The Indiana Jones issue you mention is Dark Horse's "Indiana Jones and the
Sargasso Pirates" (issue 1 of 4). I can't verify the name of the ship without
re-reading the series, but the villain is indeed peg-legged. By the way, the
frozen ship contains a priceless treasure: Leif Ericsson's battleaxe.
--- Jan
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C64/RPG/INWO/Warner Bros/Disney/Anthro/Comics-addict and all-around nice guy.
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