Keskustelujen arkisto

I'd like to get his e-mail address, but he's not listed in the
Introduc(k)tions. Can someone send it to me please? Or Joachim, if you're
here, could you please get in touch?
Thanks

Frank (filologo disneyano) http://www.orl.co.uk/~fms/

JONATHAN:
Oh. Well, I guess the egg is on my puss, eh? So, the "Junior Woodchucks" and
the "Rosa" in BIG NATE are just coincidences. Oh, well...
And... while I'm sure that's true... how smart would a writer or cartoonist
be who would *admit* that he lifted something out of a Disney-owned
property? That would be rather stupid, eh?

ERIC:
(and PER:)
Since you mention it (and I never think to unless someone asks)... yes, I
will be in Oakland for WONDERCON on April 25 & 26 (but not Sunday since I
need that day to get back home).
Where else will I be? In May I expect to be in Rome for EXPOCARTOON.
It looks like my next German tour will be the last week of this October, but
nobody has told me just where I'll be during that trip, which is always
great fun.
And *sometime* in the last half of the year I will be in Norway (Oslo) and
Finland (Helsinki) on a tour for $crooge's 50th Anniversary (which is also
the purpose of the German trip, of course). But no dates are decided on yet.
I always go to the San Diego Comic Con, but always just as a collector of
old funnybooks, so I'm not easy to find (and not trying to *be* found).
I'd like to go to the ChicagoCon as I normally do in the summer, but I
already have all these other trips!

Don Rosa sez he really doesn't know our plans. That's true. And I'm usually
in the same boat, considering the pace at which plans are made and changed
around here.

HARRY:

>5. The cover of The CB Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color #6
>was by William Van Horn, based on a cover sketch by Barks.
>Grote says that the cover was published in Germany (Micky Maus 3+4, 1972) and
>France (Journal de Mickey 1084, 1973), drawn by an unknown artist.

The Van Horn-inked version of that Barks sketch that appeared on the cover
of CBL of GGC and F in C #6 was commissioned by Gladstone specifically for
that album. The Barks sketch itself has been kicking around for quite a
while, so there certainly could be other inked versions that have been
published elsewhere and predate the Van Horn one. I am unfamiliar with the
two Grote cited.

Gary

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Some of you may know that over the last few months Alberto Becattini,
Leonardo Gori and yours truly, with contributions from many others (most
notably Harry Fluks), have been working on a Don Rosa book. (This also
explains my continued absence from this forum, something I really regret!)

"Don Rosa e il Rinascimento disneyano", coming out in May, will be our way
to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Don's Disney work. Please come and
have a look at the book's web page at

http://www.orl.co.uk/~fms/disney/rosa/libro/

where you'll find some previews (partly in English, partly in Italian) of
what you'll find in the book when it comes out.

We do mention the disney-comics list in the book and give the web address
of its front page; so we hope that this will also bring some more
enthusiasts to the list and raise awareness of this excellent forum in the
minds of Disney comics fans.

Frank (filologo disneyano) http://www.orl.co.uk/~fms/

A loooooong time ago, in Digest V96 #260 (November 25, 1996), Marco Barlotti
wrote:

>I remember this story from the mid 60's (I just can't tell what it was).
>Donald, without knowing it, is facing a danger because his head is too much
>up (is he driving towards a low bridge? Is a cannonball coming in his
>direction? I don't remember). Someone shouts to him: <DUCK!> (obviously
>meaning: lower your head, quick!). He turns and says: <Yes, I'm a duck, so
>what?

>(And of course **CRASH** disaster strikes).

>Just to say he's CONSCIOUS to be a duck (or was he referring to his surname?).

>[By the way: that WAS untranslatable...!]

I recently dug into my collection of old DONALD DUCK issues, and now Marco
and I are pretty sure we have now found the story--it is "Og's Iron Bed" by
Tony Strobl in DD 109 (1966), and reprinted in DD 198.

BTW, have you noticed a guy named David Pecora repeatedly cluttering up our
forum with "unsubscriptions"? I've just sent him a private mail telling in
detail the correct way to unsubscribe.

--Jonathan Markoff

Hi all -- I've been catching up on my reading, and I offer the following
comments.

DONALD DUCK 300

I enjoyed the art of Mau Heymans on "Hero 300". In fact, I think it does a
better job of capturing the Barks style than most of the other European art
I've seen, without being purely an imitation. I'd like to see more of his
work. The story's reference to other comics and historic party scene were
fun.

WDC&S 607-609

Don's "Once and Future Duck" was, of course, wonderful, and I'm glad I
decided to read all three chapters at once. As someone who is also interested
in Arthurian/Celtic legend and history, and who has been to Stonehenge, this
was great stuff. Don, I was amused to see the "PTHZAK!" panel on the fifth
page of the first chapter is essentially an inked version of your story
layout style. Enjoyed the reference to "atomic knights" in chapter 3 -- one
of my favorite series from DC Comics in the 1960's. And I was delighted to
see Gyro's helper put to more than casual use for a change -- he was always
one of my favorite supporting characters.

I continue to enjoy Van Horn's stories a great deal. I know some don't care
for his art style, but I like it, and I think the language he uses has the
same inventive, playful quality that I enjoy in the Barks shorts. Perhaps
this doesn't translate so well?

Gary, my compliments on the cover of 608 -- very well done. I really prefer
the line art to the paintings, generally. I respect the Barks paintings, but
I don't think they reproduce very well, and I also don't think they capture
the ducks as well as Bark's line art.

That's all for now, except to note that I'll be at WonderCon as well. We
should have less trouble finding each other there than we do at San Diego,
Don. See you then!

Todd

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GARY:
Van Horn's version of that Gyro sketch is certainly more
appropriate to the original. The German version gives Gyro a smile rather
than the sketched pensive expression, but leaves the eyes looking pensive
or disturbed, causing Gyro to become one truly odd-looking fellow.

TODD:
>I'd like to see more of [Mau Heymans'] work.
One Heymans ten-pager, "A Plot Against Donald" (in which Donald
believes Daisy and Gladstone to be getting married!) will most probably
appear in July, John told me yesterday. And there are more coming in the
fall (including the famous "Roddelflop" story, I believe). I'm a
particular booster of Heymans and hope to see his stories used more
frequently here, too.

David Gerstein

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Don Rosa sent me xeroxes of some of his old stories. Thanks, Don!
I'm going to make a whole bunch of xeroxes, which I'll send to anyone
who sends me his physical mail address.

I'm talking about the following stories:

Tagdenah (text Patty Payne, 4 pages)
Alter-Ego Error (1 page)
Close Shave (adapted from a story by Alan Riefe, layout Bill Wilson, 4 pages)
Khulan (script Rich Fay, 8 pages)

I can also put some other Rosa stuff (European Disney covers etc.) in there, for
whoever likes it.
(Cost would be low, about $3.40 when sent to the USA. But I prefer to trade for
other interesting things!)

--Harry
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