Hi!
It's awfully quiet on this mailing list today!
I suppose something's wrong with Per's server again? Or is
everyone celebrating Dwight's birthday and was I the only one
not invited? ;-)
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf
Author
Topic: 199701
(301 messages)
Arthur De Wolf
Is anyone there?
Message 256 -
1997-01-27 at 18:28:32
Deckerd
Is anyone there?
Message 257 -
1997-01-27 at 19:39:40
On Jan 27, 6:28pm, Arthur de Wolf wrote:
> It's awfully quiet on this mailing list today!
> I suppose something's wrong with Per's server again? Or is
> everyone celebrating Dwight's birthday and was I the only one
> not invited? ;-)
>
If they are, I wasn't invited either... (Gee, and I was hoping
the Swedish editors at Egmont would send me a gift certificate
I could redeem at my local Volvo dealer...)
--Dwight Decker
> It's awfully quiet on this mailing list today!
> I suppose something's wrong with Per's server again? Or is
> everyone celebrating Dwight's birthday and was I the only one
> not invited? ;-)
>
If they are, I wasn't invited either... (Gee, and I was hoping
the Swedish editors at Egmont would send me a gift certificate
I could redeem at my local Volvo dealer...)
--Dwight Decker
Per Starback
Is anyone there?
Message 258 -
1997-01-27 at 23:09:19
> It's awfully quiet on this mailing list today!
> I suppose something's wrong with Per's server again?
Yes, the main server at my job has indeed been down all day.
I hope that all mail sent to strindberg is queueing up elsewhere or
has bounced like it should do, but unfortunately I'm not sure. It's
up and running now, but I'm not that sure if the problems really are
over.
Maybe I should move the mailing list to Update, as the machines there
currently are more stable than the ones at my work. Incidentally the
WWW server has been down for some time too, but just the WWW daemon,
not the whole machine. It's up again now though.
I hate computers.
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
> I suppose something's wrong with Per's server again?
Yes, the main server at my job has indeed been down all day.
I hope that all mail sent to strindberg is queueing up elsewhere or
has bounced like it should do, but unfortunately I'm not sure. It's
up and running now, but I'm not that sure if the problems really are
over.
Maybe I should move the mailing list to Update, as the machines there
currently are more stable than the ones at my work. Incidentally the
WWW server has been down for some time too, but just the WWW daemon,
not the whole machine. It's up again now though.
I hate computers.
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"
David Gerstein
Brigitta and Jubal Cock -- friends or enemies?
Message 259 -
1997-01-28 at 08:24:22
I recently acquired the German LUSTIGE TASCHENBUCH #79, which among
other stories contains one that (although it's printed with no code) I
suspect to be I 272-A, Uncle Scrooge "e il ratto di Brigitta". It must be
this story, because it's by Romano Scarpa, includes Brigitta in a plainly
early appearance, matches the period by Frank Stajano's guide, and is the
only one from years around with this particular page count.
This said, I hope I'm right! ;-)
*** SPOILERS AHEAD ***
The story, in which Jubal Cock thinks he's found the secret of
Scrooge's success and hatches a fiendish plot to get his hands on it, goes
completely contrary to our Characters page on the www-site, in which it
states that Jubal sometimes helps Brigitta. In "il ratto di Brigitta",
Jubal Cock actually kidnaps Brigitta and figures he'll hold her for ransom
until Scrooge hands over this prized secret.
Brigitta isn't in league with Jubal Cock and just pretending to be
kidnapped; no, Brigitta is his prisoner. It's unclear whether she knows
he's behind the scheme (he wears a sack over his head to disguise himself
when capturing her), but she sure doesn't act like it.
*** END OF SPOILERS ***
I'd like to propose this particular story to Gladstone, but if it's
completely contrary to most Brigitta stories, perhaps it shouldn't be used
as one of her first-ever appearances here. What do our Italian members
think?
In great befuddlement,
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
other stories contains one that (although it's printed with no code) I
suspect to be I 272-A, Uncle Scrooge "e il ratto di Brigitta". It must be
this story, because it's by Romano Scarpa, includes Brigitta in a plainly
early appearance, matches the period by Frank Stajano's guide, and is the
only one from years around with this particular page count.
This said, I hope I'm right! ;-)
*** SPOILERS AHEAD ***
The story, in which Jubal Cock thinks he's found the secret of
Scrooge's success and hatches a fiendish plot to get his hands on it, goes
completely contrary to our Characters page on the www-site, in which it
states that Jubal sometimes helps Brigitta. In "il ratto di Brigitta",
Jubal Cock actually kidnaps Brigitta and figures he'll hold her for ransom
until Scrooge hands over this prized secret.
Brigitta isn't in league with Jubal Cock and just pretending to be
kidnapped; no, Brigitta is his prisoner. It's unclear whether she knows
he's behind the scheme (he wears a sack over his head to disguise himself
when capturing her), but she sure doesn't act like it.
*** END OF SPOILERS ***
I'd like to propose this particular story to Gladstone, but if it's
completely contrary to most Brigitta stories, perhaps it shouldn't be used
as one of her first-ever appearances here. What do our Italian members
think?
In great befuddlement,
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
David Gerstein
SMASH! Magazine's Gladstone Previews
Message 260 -
1997-01-28 at 08:31:21
The following, printed exactly as they appeared there, are the
Gladstone releases for April according to the SMASH Magazine website. The
listings contain a lot of typos this time out -- perhaps Gary can correct
any information that's rendered inaccurate by the mistakes?
* * * * *
Donald Duck #303
"The Cantankerous Cat," a classic Carl Barks ten pager from WDC&S #76, in
which Donald is ill-rewarded for befriending a yowling feline. Vintage newspaper
strips by the Al Taliaferro, and a European story compleate this issue.
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Penny Pincher #3
This completes the first three issues' theme of Donald Duck versus Neighbor
Jones. This issue presents "Unfriendly Enemies," Barks' last use of Jones from
WDC&S #286, along with "Duel Personalities," an early William Van Horn story
featuring Jones and Donald. A new Van Horn cover depicts a scene from the Barks
story.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #1 Don Rosa Special
By Don Rosa
The Don Rosa Special is the first of the four-issue miniseries within the Uncle
Scrooge albums that will reprint Rosa's original Scrooge material from the
first run of Gladstone comics. Issue #1 features "The Son of the Sun" from
US 219 and
"Cash Flow" from US 224 (both 1987). "The Son of the Sun," Rosa's Duck
debut, reintroduces Flintheart Glomgold in an adventure that takes the
ducks on a trek
back to the mountains of Peru in search of the treasure hoard of the Incan
god, Manco Capac. "Cash Flow" features Scrooge and the boys against the
Beagle Boys,
after they have aquired two high-tech weapons from an absent-minded inventor.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #48
Cover by Don Rosa
"The Tenth Avatar," a new feture-length Don Rose epic! Uncle Scrooge and the
boys travle to the forbidding jungles of India and butt heads with an insidious
maharajah in Scrooge's continuing world-wide search for wealth.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures In Color #23
By Carl Barks
This month's addition to out Gladstone's regular series Scroog Albums, Uncle
Scrooge Adventures In Color 23, features Carl Barks' "The Strange
Shipwrecks" features Scroog, Donald, and the nephews as they try to unravel
a mystery at sea and encounter what may be the ghost of an ancient pirate!
"The Fabulous Tycoon," US 23's back-up stroy, pits Scrooge against Ronald
Reaganesque Texas billionaire Longhorn Tallgress in a test to determine who
is the richest man on Earth in a story that presages Barks' later
character, Flintheart Glomgold.
Walt Disney's [Comics and Stories, I imagine -- D. G.] #613
Features this issue:Another Vine Mess A vintage William Van Horn 10 pager
from the early days of Galdstone (WDC&S 545). This glimpse into Van Horn's
seminal Duck days involves Donald and the nephews in a losing battle to
keep a pernicious plant from taking over their house, and illustrates why
his work is held in such high regard today. The Incredible Shrinking
Tightwad The final installment of Don Rosa's latest Duck epic continues the
adventures of a nimiaturiezed Scrooge and Donald as they face the bacterial
hazards lurking in the pockt of a Beagle Boy! The Robin Hood Adventure Part
one of Floyd Gottfredson's classic Sunday strip fairy tale in which Mickey
enters the pages of a story book and encounters the legendary Merry Men.
The above, together with classic Disney stories featuring Li'l Bad Wolf,
Chip 'N' Dale, and Goofy, combine to bring you yet another 64-page
spectacular with the high quality paper, printing, and color you've come to
expect from Gladstone and from WDC&S. A new cover by Rosa, depicting a
scene from his story, puts the finishing touches on this month's package.
* * * * *
Looks like the solicitations were written before the news came out
that "The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad" was going to be censored, but
aside from that, it looks like a good month. What's the European story
going to be in DONALD DUCK? Good to see some new-to-us material there.
And, of course, the news of "The Tenth Avatar" is also music to my ears.
It's a shame there's no new Van Horn story, though. What happened?
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
Gladstone releases for April according to the SMASH Magazine website. The
listings contain a lot of typos this time out -- perhaps Gary can correct
any information that's rendered inaccurate by the mistakes?
* * * * *
Donald Duck #303
"The Cantankerous Cat," a classic Carl Barks ten pager from WDC&S #76, in
which Donald is ill-rewarded for befriending a yowling feline. Vintage newspaper
strips by the Al Taliaferro, and a European story compleate this issue.
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Penny Pincher #3
This completes the first three issues' theme of Donald Duck versus Neighbor
Jones. This issue presents "Unfriendly Enemies," Barks' last use of Jones from
WDC&S #286, along with "Duel Personalities," an early William Van Horn story
featuring Jones and Donald. A new Van Horn cover depicts a scene from the Barks
story.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #1 Don Rosa Special
By Don Rosa
The Don Rosa Special is the first of the four-issue miniseries within the Uncle
Scrooge albums that will reprint Rosa's original Scrooge material from the
first run of Gladstone comics. Issue #1 features "The Son of the Sun" from
US 219 and
"Cash Flow" from US 224 (both 1987). "The Son of the Sun," Rosa's Duck
debut, reintroduces Flintheart Glomgold in an adventure that takes the
ducks on a trek
back to the mountains of Peru in search of the treasure hoard of the Incan
god, Manco Capac. "Cash Flow" features Scrooge and the boys against the
Beagle Boys,
after they have aquired two high-tech weapons from an absent-minded inventor.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #48
Cover by Don Rosa
"The Tenth Avatar," a new feture-length Don Rose epic! Uncle Scrooge and the
boys travle to the forbidding jungles of India and butt heads with an insidious
maharajah in Scrooge's continuing world-wide search for wealth.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures In Color #23
By Carl Barks
This month's addition to out Gladstone's regular series Scroog Albums, Uncle
Scrooge Adventures In Color 23, features Carl Barks' "The Strange
Shipwrecks" features Scroog, Donald, and the nephews as they try to unravel
a mystery at sea and encounter what may be the ghost of an ancient pirate!
"The Fabulous Tycoon," US 23's back-up stroy, pits Scrooge against Ronald
Reaganesque Texas billionaire Longhorn Tallgress in a test to determine who
is the richest man on Earth in a story that presages Barks' later
character, Flintheart Glomgold.
Walt Disney's [Comics and Stories, I imagine -- D. G.] #613
Features this issue:Another Vine Mess A vintage William Van Horn 10 pager
from the early days of Galdstone (WDC&S 545). This glimpse into Van Horn's
seminal Duck days involves Donald and the nephews in a losing battle to
keep a pernicious plant from taking over their house, and illustrates why
his work is held in such high regard today. The Incredible Shrinking
Tightwad The final installment of Don Rosa's latest Duck epic continues the
adventures of a nimiaturiezed Scrooge and Donald as they face the bacterial
hazards lurking in the pockt of a Beagle Boy! The Robin Hood Adventure Part
one of Floyd Gottfredson's classic Sunday strip fairy tale in which Mickey
enters the pages of a story book and encounters the legendary Merry Men.
The above, together with classic Disney stories featuring Li'l Bad Wolf,
Chip 'N' Dale, and Goofy, combine to bring you yet another 64-page
spectacular with the high quality paper, printing, and color you've come to
expect from Gladstone and from WDC&S. A new cover by Rosa, depicting a
scene from his story, puts the finishing touches on this month's package.
* * * * *
Looks like the solicitations were written before the news came out
that "The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad" was going to be censored, but
aside from that, it looks like a good month. What's the European story
going to be in DONALD DUCK? Good to see some new-to-us material there.
And, of course, the news of "The Tenth Avatar" is also music to my ears.
It's a shame there's no new Van Horn story, though. What happened?
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
Augie De Blieck Jr.
Disney comics Digest V97 #14
Message 261 -
1997-01-28 at 12:47:29
I am quite amazingly pleased to bring you all the list of upcoming releases
from GLADSTONE for the month of APRIL 1997. Why? The next album series will
reprint Don's stuff from the original Gladstone run. Which means not only will
I get to read stuff I've never read before, but they'll probably reprint my
all-time favorite, HIS MAJESTY, McDUCK. =) I am such a happy duck right now.
As always, this list is copied from Smash Magazine's web site at
http://smash.mgz.com
-Augie
Donald Duck #303
"The Cantankerous Cat," a classic Carl Barks ten pager from WDC&S #76, in which
Donald is ill-rewarded for befriending a yowling feline. Vintage newspaper
strips by the Al Taliaferro, and a European story compleate this issue.
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Penny Pincher #3
This completes the first three issues' theme of Donald Duck versus Neighbor
Jones. This issue presents "Unfriendly Enemies," Barks' last use of Jones from
WDC&S #286, along with "Duel Personalities," an early William Van Horn story
featuring Jones and Donald. A new Van Horn cover depicts a scene from the Barks
story.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #1 Don Rosa Special
By Don Rosa
The Don Rosa Special is the first of the four-issue miniseries within the Uncle
Scrooge albums that will reprint Rosa's original Scrooge material from the first
run of Gladstone comics. Issue #1 features "The Son of the Sun" from US 219 and
"Cash Flow" from US 224 (both 1987). "The Son of the Sun," Rosa's Duck debut,
reintroduces Flintheart Glomgold in an adventure that takes the ducks on a trek
back to the mountains of Peru in search of the treasure hoard of the Incan god,
Manco Capac. "Cash Flow" features Scrooge and the boys against the Beagle Boys,
after they have aquired two high-tech weapons from an absent-minded inventor.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #48
Cover by Don Rosa
"The Tenth Avatar," a new feture-length Don Rose epic! Uncle Scrooge and the
boys travle to the forbidding jungles of India and butt heads with an insidious
maharajah in Scrooge's continuing world-wide search for wealth.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures In Color #23
By Carl Barks
This month's addition to out Gladstone's regular series Scroog Albums, Uncle
Scrooge Adventures In Color 23, features Carl Barks' "The Strange Shipwrecks"
features Scroog, Donald, and the nephews as they try to unravel a mystery at sea
and encounter what may be the ghost of an ancient pirate! "The Fabulous Tycoon,"
US 23's back-up stroy, pits Scrooge against Ronald Reaganesque Texas billionaire
Longhorn Tallgress in a test to determine who is the richest man on Earth in a
story that presages Barks' later character, Filntheart Glomgold.
Walt Disney's #613
Features this issue:Another Vine Mess A vintage William Van Horn 10 pager from
the early days of Galdstone (WDC&S 545). This glimpse into Van Horn's seminal
Duck days involves Donald and the nephews in a losing battle to keep a
pernicious plant from taking over their house, and illustrates why his work is
held in such high regard today. The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad The final
installment of Don Rosa's latest Duck epic continues the adventures of a
nimiaturiezed Scrooge and Donald as they face the bacterial hazards lurking in
the pockt of a Beagle Boy! The Robin Hood Adventure Part one of Floyd
Gottfredson's classic Sunday strip fairy tale in which Mickey enters the pages
of a story book and encounters the legendary Merry Men. The above, together with
classic Disney stories featuring Li'l Bad Wolf, Chip 'N' Dale, and Goofy,
combine to bring you yet another 64-page spectacular with the high quality
paper, printing, and color you've come to expect from Gladstone and from WDC&S.
A new cover by Rosa, depicting a scene from his story, puts the finishing
touches on this month's package.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Augie De Blieck Jr. * (Email removed) * VR.5 FAQkeeper
Watch VR.5! Coming to Sci-Fi Channel 14 Jan 97!
http://www.nic.com/~augie/vr5/index.htm
from GLADSTONE for the month of APRIL 1997. Why? The next album series will
reprint Don's stuff from the original Gladstone run. Which means not only will
I get to read stuff I've never read before, but they'll probably reprint my
all-time favorite, HIS MAJESTY, McDUCK. =) I am such a happy duck right now.
As always, this list is copied from Smash Magazine's web site at
http://smash.mgz.com
-Augie
Donald Duck #303
"The Cantankerous Cat," a classic Carl Barks ten pager from WDC&S #76, in which
Donald is ill-rewarded for befriending a yowling feline. Vintage newspaper
strips by the Al Taliaferro, and a European story compleate this issue.
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Penny Pincher #3
This completes the first three issues' theme of Donald Duck versus Neighbor
Jones. This issue presents "Unfriendly Enemies," Barks' last use of Jones from
WDC&S #286, along with "Duel Personalities," an early William Van Horn story
featuring Jones and Donald. A new Van Horn cover depicts a scene from the Barks
story.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #1 Don Rosa Special
By Don Rosa
The Don Rosa Special is the first of the four-issue miniseries within the Uncle
Scrooge albums that will reprint Rosa's original Scrooge material from the first
run of Gladstone comics. Issue #1 features "The Son of the Sun" from US 219 and
"Cash Flow" from US 224 (both 1987). "The Son of the Sun," Rosa's Duck debut,
reintroduces Flintheart Glomgold in an adventure that takes the ducks on a trek
back to the mountains of Peru in search of the treasure hoard of the Incan god,
Manco Capac. "Cash Flow" features Scrooge and the boys against the Beagle Boys,
after they have aquired two high-tech weapons from an absent-minded inventor.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #48
Cover by Don Rosa
"The Tenth Avatar," a new feture-length Don Rose epic! Uncle Scrooge and the
boys travle to the forbidding jungles of India and butt heads with an insidious
maharajah in Scrooge's continuing world-wide search for wealth.
Uncle Scrooge Adventures In Color #23
By Carl Barks
This month's addition to out Gladstone's regular series Scroog Albums, Uncle
Scrooge Adventures In Color 23, features Carl Barks' "The Strange Shipwrecks"
features Scroog, Donald, and the nephews as they try to unravel a mystery at sea
and encounter what may be the ghost of an ancient pirate! "The Fabulous Tycoon,"
US 23's back-up stroy, pits Scrooge against Ronald Reaganesque Texas billionaire
Longhorn Tallgress in a test to determine who is the richest man on Earth in a
story that presages Barks' later character, Filntheart Glomgold.
Walt Disney's #613
Features this issue:Another Vine Mess A vintage William Van Horn 10 pager from
the early days of Galdstone (WDC&S 545). This glimpse into Van Horn's seminal
Duck days involves Donald and the nephews in a losing battle to keep a
pernicious plant from taking over their house, and illustrates why his work is
held in such high regard today. The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad The final
installment of Don Rosa's latest Duck epic continues the adventures of a
nimiaturiezed Scrooge and Donald as they face the bacterial hazards lurking in
the pockt of a Beagle Boy! The Robin Hood Adventure Part one of Floyd
Gottfredson's classic Sunday strip fairy tale in which Mickey enters the pages
of a story book and encounters the legendary Merry Men. The above, together with
classic Disney stories featuring Li'l Bad Wolf, Chip 'N' Dale, and Goofy,
combine to bring you yet another 64-page spectacular with the high quality
paper, printing, and color you've come to expect from Gladstone and from WDC&S.
A new cover by Rosa, depicting a scene from his story, puts the finishing
touches on this month's package.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Augie De Blieck Jr. * (Email removed) * VR.5 FAQkeeper
Watch VR.5! Coming to Sci-Fi Channel 14 Jan 97!
http://www.nic.com/~augie/vr5/index.htm
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Carl Barks Library: Searching scans
Message 262 -
1997-01-28 at 15:48:18
Hi!
Is there a Carl Barks Library owner with a scanner? I would be very
grateful if someone could send me scans of the slipcase-covers of
set 1, 3 and 8.
If you can, please contact me.
I need them for my upcoming Barks-homepage.
Greetings,
--- Daniel
"Hooray! I'm cured! My mind doesn't hurt anymore!"
The Mad Musician, OG 11 --- Carl Barks
Is there a Carl Barks Library owner with a scanner? I would be very
grateful if someone could send me scans of the slipcase-covers of
set 1, 3 and 8.
If you can, please contact me.
I need them for my upcoming Barks-homepage.
Greetings,
--- Daniel
"Hooray! I'm cured! My mind doesn't hurt anymore!"
The Mad Musician, OG 11 --- Carl Barks
Arthur De Wolf
Carl Barks Library: Searching scans
Message 263 -
1997-01-28 at 16:39:40
Hi!
DANIEL VAN EIJMEREN:
> Is there a Carl Barks Library owner with a scanner? I would
> be very grateful if someone could send me scans of the slipcase-
> covers of set 1, 3 and 8.
Didn't *I* tell you that *I* could make the scans?!?!
Simply mail me sets 1, 3 and 8 through snail-mail, okay? ;-)
BY THE WAY:
It's awfully quiet on the list AGAIN! Is everyone celebrating
TODD's birthday now and was I the only one not invited?!?
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf
DANIEL VAN EIJMEREN:
> Is there a Carl Barks Library owner with a scanner? I would
> be very grateful if someone could send me scans of the slipcase-
> covers of set 1, 3 and 8.
Didn't *I* tell you that *I* could make the scans?!?!
Simply mail me sets 1, 3 and 8 through snail-mail, okay? ;-)
BY THE WAY:
It's awfully quiet on the list AGAIN! Is everyone celebrating
TODD's birthday now and was I the only one not invited?!?
Bye!
Arthur de Wolf
Wilmer Rivers
Red letter(ed) day
Message 264 -
1997-01-28 at 16:47:06
The same issue of "Comics Buyers Guide" which revealed Sunday as
Dwight Decker's birthday also says that today, Tuesday Jan. 28,
is the birthday of Todd Klein. The ducks never speak so well as
they do when Todd puts the words into their mouths (or at least
into their word balloons), so I'm sure that our fine feathered
friends in Duckburg will join all of us on the disney-comics List
in wishing Todd a happy birthday!
Wilmer Rivers
Dwight Decker's birthday also says that today, Tuesday Jan. 28,
is the birthday of Todd Klein. The ducks never speak so well as
they do when Todd puts the words into their mouths (or at least
into their word balloons), so I'm sure that our fine feathered
friends in Duckburg will join all of us on the disney-comics List
in wishing Todd a happy birthday!
Wilmer Rivers
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Carl Barks Library: Searching scans
Message 265 -
1997-01-28 at 19:03:45
ARYHUR DE WOLF:
>> Is there a Carl Barks Library owner with a scanner? I would be very
>> grateful if someone could send me scans of the slipcase-covers of
>> set 1, 3 and 8.
> Didn't *I* tell you that *I* could make the scans?!?! Simply mail
> me sets 1, 3 and 8 through snail-mail, okay? ;-)
That's exactly what's the problem: They have a very unhandy size,
so that's why I'm asking if someone here can help.
Greetings,
--- Daniel
"Hooray! I'm cured! My mind doesn't hurt anymore!"
The Mad Musician, OG 11 --- Carl Barks
>> Is there a Carl Barks Library owner with a scanner? I would be very
>> grateful if someone could send me scans of the slipcase-covers of
>> set 1, 3 and 8.
> Didn't *I* tell you that *I* could make the scans?!?! Simply mail
> me sets 1, 3 and 8 through snail-mail, okay? ;-)
That's exactly what's the problem: They have a very unhandy size,
so that's why I'm asking if someone here can help.
Greetings,
--- Daniel
"Hooray! I'm cured! My mind doesn't hurt anymore!"
The Mad Musician, OG 11 --- Carl Barks
Per Starback
Is anyone there?
Message 266 -
1997-01-28 at 19:31:37
Hmm... Now I strongly suspect that the latest digest (#23) never was
sent out, as the server went strange about when it was composed. I'll
send it out manually after this one (#24) unless someone quickly tells
me that #23 really was sent out.
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V97 Issue #24
*****************************************
sent out, as the server went strange about when it was composed. I'll
send it out manually after this one (#24) unless someone quickly tells
me that #23 really was sent out.
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V97 Issue #24
*****************************************
Kriton Kyrimis
Disney comics Digest V97 #24
Message 267 -
1997-01-28 at 20:24:51
DWIGHT:
> If they are, I wasn't invited either... (Gee, and I was hoping
> the Swedish editors at Egmont would send me a gift certificate
> I could redeem at my local Volvo dealer...)
Be careful about what you wish, because you might get it. (E.g., a 1SK gift
certificate towards the purchase of the most expensive Volvo model!)
AUGIE:
> I get to read stuff I've never read before, but they'll probably reprint my
> all-time favorite, HIS MAJESTY, McDUCK. =) I am such a happy duck right now.
For reasons obvious to those who have the original Gladstone edition, this is
one of my personal favorites, too! ;-)
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"There's coffee in that nebula!"
-----
> If they are, I wasn't invited either... (Gee, and I was hoping
> the Swedish editors at Egmont would send me a gift certificate
> I could redeem at my local Volvo dealer...)
Be careful about what you wish, because you might get it. (E.g., a 1SK gift
certificate towards the purchase of the most expensive Volvo model!)
AUGIE:
> I get to read stuff I've never read before, but they'll probably reprint my
> all-time favorite, HIS MAJESTY, McDUCK. =) I am such a happy duck right now.
For reasons obvious to those who have the original Gladstone edition, this is
one of my personal favorites, too! ;-)
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"There's coffee in that nebula!"
-----
Procm
Disney comics Digest V97 #24
Message 268 -
1997-01-28 at 20:33:35
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Harry Fluks
Recent Gladstone issues
Message 269 -
1997-01-28 at 20:57:11
Since people keep complaining about too few letters (or too many
birthdays 8-), here's a review of some of the recent Gladstone comics.
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
UNCLE SCROOGE ADVENTURES 44:
I could finally get a copy of the Gerstein issue (and I got you one too, Daniel)!
The cover is OK, though maybe a bit too symmetric. Scrooge's hat disappears
in the black of the dragon.
"Two in One" is just a GREAT story with near-to-perfect Branca art. Egmont uses
Branca a lot for Magica stories, and they have a good reason for that.
(The credits say "script by David Gerstein", but the story is entirely his work.)
The backup Wolf story is one I hadn't seen before (it hasn't been used in Holland
yet). It was a real surprise, because I expected not to like a story where Donald is
in conflict with animals, but... I liked it! It's really funny to see Donald crossing a
beaver dam with his car, and the ending is a real surprise.
Altogether, a good issue.
UNCLE SCROOGE ADVENTURES 45:
A quite simple cover, nothing special. In fact, the "Duckburg Triangle" story is also
quite simple and nothing special. But not too bad, either. At least Scrooge says that
it's nonsense to believe that his dime brings luck!
The 2-page backup story was used not that long ago in the US.
UNCLE SCROOGE 303:
Reprints Barks' "Rocks to Riches". This story is on my top-10 list of *worst* Barks
stories. The drawings are not good, the story is not good, the ending is awful.
"The Case of the Gold Bars", a Beagle Boys story, was printed in Holland years ago
(in the late 60s I think). I never understood the ending of the story. Now that I read
the American version, I see that it all depends on a word joke about "gold bars", not
translated in the Dutch version...
DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES 43:
Don Rosa's Lost Charts of Columbus! When the shop owner gave me this comic, I thought
he made a mistake and had given me a copy of "Guardians of the Lost Library". The opening
scenes are quite similar.
About the cover: I saw the Norwegian print of this cover once, and it didn't look that good.
Now I can see that this cover *can* look good, if used the right way (and by the right editor,
I suppose). However, if someone can't find the D.U.C.K. on that cover: one of the letters is
covered by the label...
In the story itself, I found it hard to believe that Donald finds the Brendan cross very easily, and
that Brendans name and the year is on it. Sounded like Gladstone's luck, and I was waiting
for Gladstone to turn up somewhere in the story, explaining this.
The surprise at the end of the story is *brilliant*. As usual with Rosa stories, it makes you
wonder how much of this is authentic.
DONALD DUCK 301:
Gladstone did a good move by putting three Taliaferro strips on a page in stead of two.
This means there is room for another story. In this issue an old Strobl short, which is not
bad at all (it used the "mush" joke again, but in a quite funny way).
While I'm typing all this, I'm trying to get a new version of the Disney comics Database
to Per. More information about this soon (I hope)!
--Harry.
(Many more years for Dwight and Todd!)
birthdays 8-), here's a review of some of the recent Gladstone comics.
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
UNCLE SCROOGE ADVENTURES 44:
I could finally get a copy of the Gerstein issue (and I got you one too, Daniel)!
The cover is OK, though maybe a bit too symmetric. Scrooge's hat disappears
in the black of the dragon.
"Two in One" is just a GREAT story with near-to-perfect Branca art. Egmont uses
Branca a lot for Magica stories, and they have a good reason for that.
(The credits say "script by David Gerstein", but the story is entirely his work.)
The backup Wolf story is one I hadn't seen before (it hasn't been used in Holland
yet). It was a real surprise, because I expected not to like a story where Donald is
in conflict with animals, but... I liked it! It's really funny to see Donald crossing a
beaver dam with his car, and the ending is a real surprise.
Altogether, a good issue.
UNCLE SCROOGE ADVENTURES 45:
A quite simple cover, nothing special. In fact, the "Duckburg Triangle" story is also
quite simple and nothing special. But not too bad, either. At least Scrooge says that
it's nonsense to believe that his dime brings luck!
The 2-page backup story was used not that long ago in the US.
UNCLE SCROOGE 303:
Reprints Barks' "Rocks to Riches". This story is on my top-10 list of *worst* Barks
stories. The drawings are not good, the story is not good, the ending is awful.
"The Case of the Gold Bars", a Beagle Boys story, was printed in Holland years ago
(in the late 60s I think). I never understood the ending of the story. Now that I read
the American version, I see that it all depends on a word joke about "gold bars", not
translated in the Dutch version...
DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES 43:
Don Rosa's Lost Charts of Columbus! When the shop owner gave me this comic, I thought
he made a mistake and had given me a copy of "Guardians of the Lost Library". The opening
scenes are quite similar.
About the cover: I saw the Norwegian print of this cover once, and it didn't look that good.
Now I can see that this cover *can* look good, if used the right way (and by the right editor,
I suppose). However, if someone can't find the D.U.C.K. on that cover: one of the letters is
covered by the label...
In the story itself, I found it hard to believe that Donald finds the Brendan cross very easily, and
that Brendans name and the year is on it. Sounded like Gladstone's luck, and I was waiting
for Gladstone to turn up somewhere in the story, explaining this.
The surprise at the end of the story is *brilliant*. As usual with Rosa stories, it makes you
wonder how much of this is authentic.
DONALD DUCK 301:
Gladstone did a good move by putting three Taliaferro strips on a page in stead of two.
This means there is room for another story. In this issue an old Strobl short, which is not
bad at all (it used the "mush" joke again, but in a quite funny way).
While I'm typing all this, I'm trying to get a new version of the Disney comics Database
to Per. More information about this soon (I hope)!
--Harry.
(Many more years for Dwight and Todd!)
LoLehmann
Re : Brigitta, UK Ducks
Message 270 -
1997-01-28 at 21:36:34
DAVID :
> I recently acquired the German LUSTIGE TASCHENBUCH #79, which among
> other stories contains one that (although it's printed with no code) I
> suspect to be I 272-A, Uncle Scrooge "e il ratto di Brigitta".
I just read this story last week (in Picsou 293), and indeed it is I-272.
> I'd like to propose this particular story to Gladstone, but if it's
> completely contrary to most Brigitta stories, perhaps it shouldn't be used
> as one of her first-ever appearances here. What do our Italian members
> think?
Will a French member's advice do ? (If not, skip to the next message, 'cause
I'll speak my mind anyway !). I'm a very big fan of Brigitta's, after all !
While this is by no means Brigitta's best story, the story is still very true
to her character. She plots to seduce $crooge, and $crooge resists. That's
what the character is all about IMHO.
*But* other, better stories (and I'll leave the choice to the Italian
members, as I haven't got the time to rummage through my back-issues boxes -
sorry !) may be better suited to introduce the character to a new audience.
PER :
> Hmm... Now I strongly suspect that the latest digest (#23) never was
> sent out, as the server went strange about when it was composed.
AOL's server was down yesterday, and all messages sent my way got lost, so I
can only say : Even if Digest #23 was sent, I *couldn't* receive it !
HELP, EVERYBODY ! :
I'm sorry to insist, but does anybody know if there were any english Disney
comics published between 1962 and 1968 ? ('course, if you answered yesterday,
the point is moot).
Laurent - (Email removed)
> I recently acquired the German LUSTIGE TASCHENBUCH #79, which among
> other stories contains one that (although it's printed with no code) I
> suspect to be I 272-A, Uncle Scrooge "e il ratto di Brigitta".
I just read this story last week (in Picsou 293), and indeed it is I-272.
> I'd like to propose this particular story to Gladstone, but if it's
> completely contrary to most Brigitta stories, perhaps it shouldn't be used
> as one of her first-ever appearances here. What do our Italian members
> think?
Will a French member's advice do ? (If not, skip to the next message, 'cause
I'll speak my mind anyway !). I'm a very big fan of Brigitta's, after all !
While this is by no means Brigitta's best story, the story is still very true
to her character. She plots to seduce $crooge, and $crooge resists. That's
what the character is all about IMHO.
*But* other, better stories (and I'll leave the choice to the Italian
members, as I haven't got the time to rummage through my back-issues boxes -
sorry !) may be better suited to introduce the character to a new audience.
PER :
> Hmm... Now I strongly suspect that the latest digest (#23) never was
> sent out, as the server went strange about when it was composed.
AOL's server was down yesterday, and all messages sent my way got lost, so I
can only say : Even if Digest #23 was sent, I *couldn't* receive it !
HELP, EVERYBODY ! :
I'm sorry to insist, but does anybody know if there were any english Disney
comics published between 1962 and 1968 ? ('course, if you answered yesterday,
the point is moot).
Laurent - (Email removed)