Keskustelujen arkisto

Hi I was just wondering where you get all of the magazines and
comics from. I have only seen a few but they were in a kids magazine.
The ones I saw were really good. The comic being discussed now sounds
pretty good. The one with Donald, Daisy and the three nephews.
Sara
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ARTHUR:
Yes, I know that this magazine you're referring to is not like a fanzine
that talks about all the artists and writers of all the comics (after all,
we're supposed to be generally kept unknown)... but I'd still like to get
copies of it to see what is being said even in those rare instances about my
work or others'. After all, it was the first I knew that there were any real
plans on a hardcover "Lo$" book in France or Italy.

Sure, I knew about the one being published in the Nordic countries, and I
had heard of a possibility of the Italian one -- and I'd mentioned it all on
the Digest several times.

In Disney comics Digest V96 #269 Don answered the question how to get copies
of his earlier work.
He knew that there were people who wanted this copies but he couldn t
provide that service.
He looked for a "middleman" who could help distribute copies of his old
stuff to those who s interested.

My intention has been to write this a lot earlier but I have had some
problem when i ve sent mail to this list. But I hope it s OK now.

Don has earlier sent me copies of much of the material, and now I have been
in contact with him about what I still miss.

For those who s interested I can make copies of Don s earlier work. I have
all of
Pertwillaby Papers episodes 1-140. Don will send me copies of the
unpublished episode
"Black Knight". I also have all episodes of Captain Kentucky (# 1-150), and
some other things.

If you are interested in getting copies please contact me by private e-mail.
You can use either of these two addreses:
(Email removed) (lst is all letters (LST), no digits) or
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Best whishes
Orjan Berglund

GARY:
> I know exactly who did the re-revisions on the art [of "Toyland"]: me.

Thanks for your explanation!
Are there any other Barks stories where you changed something to the art
before Gladstone published it? What about the "Atom Bomb" story, for
instance? You already discussed having to change the last panel, but
what about the merge of the Jippes redrawings with a few "original" (?)
Barks panels?

--Harry.
"Surhuisterveen? I don't get it."

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JAKOB:
> > There is a Taliaferro-Sunday-page collection in German.
> There's also one in Sweden. Or *was* some years ago. There were three
> albums/pockets published of the years 1938-40 (or something). Nothing too
> special though, IMO. But I'd *love* to see it in English...

There used to be a series of albums with Taliaferro *dailies* in Holland. But that
wasn't a big commercial success. These albums were also published in other countries.
In fact, they still are! The "DD day by day" albums in Norway are actually produced
in Holland!

> Why wouldn't the WDCs stand open on a table? OK, so I never tried it, but I
> can't think of any comicbook that'd stand *easier* on a table!

I think Kriton meant *lie* open on a table. Try that with a WDC without damaging the back.

> I remember having read somewhere that Birgitta *was* created by Barks. As I
> remember it he had drawn some sketches on the character for someone to make
> a story of (could that be Scarpa??). But those sketches are lost.

No, *Scarpa* invented Brigitta. When Barks met him in (around) 1975, he gave him
a sketch with a Brigitta perfume gag. That sketch was lost, but Scarpa did two
attempts to recreate the sketch from his mind.

> I'll just delete (ooooh! :-0) all the digests, except for the last 5 or something, to
> see what the topics are... *nowadays*... ;-)

You'd better saved them. Then you could search the files to see if a specific subject has
been discussed, and who said what about it. That might be handy when you bring up the
subject.

--Harry.

DON (and Lidia... who knows?)

> And one
>of the very first things she started talking about to me is how she's been
>getting these letters from a reader who has been objecting in harsh terms to
>her translations of the stories...

Harsh terms? I'm sorry. I must admit that when I wrote my second letter
(there were two of them in over one year) I didn't suggest that when
translating <creeping> as <crackling> she might have been slightly off-way,
but rather used the following harsh terms: "that translation was wrong". And
given that when she rang me up she still was convinced that her translation
of THAT word <creeping> was substantially RIGHT, I see why she thought my
terms were "harsh".

> But why would you want to suggest that she is
>scared of you like she was one of your students?

I'm sorry again. That's probably my bad English (too lucky I don't do
translations... ;-)). I DIDN'T WANT to suggest that. She wasn't scared at
all... as soon as she learned that I work in Mathematics! I just had the
feeling that she was worried that I might be working in English Literature,
that she essentially called me to ascertain whether this was true, and that
as soon as she learned that this was NOT true she was relieved.

> She is no more scared of you than she is an "Evil
>Translator"

... and I hope that I already made it clear that I never thought of her as
<evil>, didn't I?

>I think your letters hurt Lidia

Mmmh. Then why had she never answered them before talking to you?

> she started thinking you might be lambasting her across the
>Internet

er... did YOU let her think this? Do YOU think this yourself?
I must say again I'm sorry. But you'll remember that when I started
questioning the translations I had no idea of WHO the translator was... and
when I introduced in my postings the character of the "Evil translator" (now
more appropriately the "very very careless translator") I was NOT thinking
of her, but was trying to refer to an "abstract" character.

> She is doing the
>best job she can

And, if you refer to her work as a translator, that's NOT a nice thing you
are saying of her.

> trying to do that in the Disney system is hard enough
> without over-zealous Duckfans jumping on you

Yet, I can't agree that asking for decent translations should be considered
being <over-zealous>.

> Just give her a break!

Well, as I promised, I'll never any more talk about translations in "Zio
Paperone".

[There's more to it. I didn't tell you last time this detail,but it's true:
I was so eager to let her know how important those missing credits were to
me, that I tried to bribe her with the following promise: if she ever
manages to get me -us- those credits, I solemny promise that I forever will
judge PERFECT all her translations, swearing that -should their meaning
differ from the English version- the Italian text is the correct one, and
Don Rosa's version is the wrong one!!!]

[Hey, Don, Lidia, that was a joke! I was joking! Please! Don't do that!
Don't....
Aaaaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
......

DON:
[Regarding your satiric "what-if" story done c. 1970]
> I think I also mentioned that Black Pete had murdered Mickey Mouse and Goofy
> had become destitute without his friend to guide him...
Geeeeez... Most of us love to see a story where Magica or the
Beagles have the advantage over Scrooge and lord it over him; same with
Pete vs. Mickey. But Magica and the Beagles just like seeing Scrooge
suffer; the fact that Pete is such a sadistic brute has always made
Mickey's potential demise at his hands seem a lot more real to me. I guess
I wasn't the only one thinking what awful things always seemed so likely to
happen to poor Mickey!
(And Mickey LOVES that kind of life. I may love *writing* about
it, but that's a whole different ball game!)

GARY:
>My pride is wounded, Marco! Sure, David's been on this mailing list a lot
>longer than I have, and his level of fame in the realm of Disney comics is
>certainly much higher than mine, but I kinda thought mebbe I'd managed to
>establish myself as Gladstone's "official" prescence here. Now I find out
>I'm not even worthy of being considered as an example! Oh, the pain...
Who says you're not an example? You know far more about what's
going on in the company than I do (I have an occasional phone conversation,
you're there full-time), and since you've joined the list, I'm glad to let
someone else handle the reports from Gladstone!
In other words, fellow Digest readers, while I may drop some news
John's allowed me to make public from time to time, Gary's Gladstone's
"official" voice here at this point.
As for my "level of fame" -- geez! I guess I'm known as a writer
of American scripts, but I'm also known for talking crowds' ears off at
long-gone convention panels (which compromises my positive gains ;-).
We'll see what the publication of my original Egmont stories over here
does...
> "Heads will swing!"
>Gulp!< I'm holding my hands protectively around my neck now!

Anxiously,
David Gerstein

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