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Dave:

>However, I don't mean to slight in any way the actual point of the
>original poster here which I believe was one of disappointment, despite
>any possible misattribution of intent on the part of Gladstone which is
>a separate issue (so to speak).

Separate issue? I dunno, Dave. Take it from an old campaigner, reader
disappointment leads to attribution, mis- and otherwise, on an unrelenting
basis. This is understandable; who doesn't wonder about, and try to get a
handle on, something that isn't going as it aught, at least as one sees it?

Gary

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CHRISTOPHER BARAT: (Dr. Barat, welcome to our list. You probably remember me
from when I called you once asking for your DD index when I was still
teaching at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, back in
1993. I would just like to inform the list that Chris Barat along with Joe
Torcivia have compiled an excellent index of the Donald Duck comics in the U.S.)

Most kids, it seems, "outgrow" comics by the time they're 15-16, a pattern
that would fit the behavior of the fan-acquaintance you described, as well
as my own comics history. Problem is with my kid this might happen at an
even EARLIER age! It reminds me of Don Rosa saying in one of his interviews
that he was surrounded by his sister's comic books since the first day he
arrived home from the hospital, so that by the age of 10 he was looking for
other things--at an age when most kids START to seriously read and collect
comics.

I'm not sure whether my kids are lucky having a father who collects comics.
I own most of the classic comics (other than Barks, all of the Asterix,
Lucky Luke, and Tin Tin issues, sometimes in both English and Greek). My
kids will probably benefit from having all these in the future, but how
about the THRILL of discovering and building a collection? Of course, they
might turn to other interests--I have no super-hero comics.

I remember when I was growing up in the late 60s-early 70s, my parents would
look very suspiciously on me spending my meager allowance on comic
books--I'd mostly do it on the sly. In addition, they were considered
something "dirty"--I wasn't allowed to keep them in the house, only in the
attic or the basement or the tool shed. Of course, I had nobody that had a
personal collection of comics, but I remember building a pretty good
collection of 3-4 large cartons by the time I was 13 or so. Sadly, none
remain to this day. I thought I "outgrew" them until "the pendulum swang
back again" as Chris puts so succintly.

KRITON:

You're right: the KOMIX stuff uses the same way to describe their own book
as they'd do for a generic comic book. This IS confusing. I guess they
should have chosen some other name for their book--too late now!

HARALD:

You say that you think Greeks have interesting names. Please be advised that
the Greeks on this list (myself and Kriton) are in a minority with regards
to having "interesting", not so common names. The big majority do have
"common" names like George, Nick, Kostas, Dimitris, Yiannis, Andreas. These
are christian names of saints, while mine and Kriton's are of ancient Greek
origin and bear no association with a saint of the Orthodox Greek Church.

I'd guess that the Greek equivalent to "Harald" might be Charis, a nickname
for Theocharis meaning God's Grace. But then, Harry and Haro(a)ld are
probably different names, no?

Archontis Pantsios

Hi ladies/gents!

Is anyone interested in descriptions of the 40 color pencil draw-
ings in the Barks Treasury? (I have a copy of the Barks Treasury
now.)

Eric

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I'm french and I'm quite new on this list (so please excuse my bad english
;^)), and I noticed in the archive that only "Le Journal de Mickey" is
mentioned. But this magazine isn't the only one in France which publish
Disney comics. Another magazine, called "Picsou Magazine" ('cause Picsou is
the french name of U$), publish Disney comics, especially with Ducks. And
this magazine is the only one which publish Don Rosa's stories !! So I
think it would be important to add this magazine to the archive. I'll try
to send a list of Rosa's stories with the issue of Picsou Magazine in which
each story was published. If there are some french people on this list,
please help me ! Merci d'avance.

POUL FROKJAR

> "So what should we do about that", you sceptics might say? Well,
> isn't it obvious? -we all go buy a pick and a shovel and then: off to
> California! Isn't it true that Barks originals sell for as much as
> $8000 per page? Not exactly petty cash if you hit a "Barks vein".

I can already imagine whoever owns the landfill selling the right to
dig there for a substantial amount of money. Thus, if you're seriously
considering doing this, you'd better order *two* truckloads of spaghetti
and beans. :-) (Unless you're really lucky, and they give the landfill
away by the square inch with breakfast cereals.)

In practical terms, although searching in landfills is a valuable aid
in obtaining information about recent historic periods (not to mention
archaeology, where what we now consider priceless pottery fragments could
very well have been some classic Greek's junk), searching for something
specific is probably more futile than looking for a needle in a haystack.
I've often thought that things I've thrown away (e.g., all comic books
I'd bought as a kid) are hidden underneath tons of earth and trash in
some forgotten landfill, without any hope of being retrieved.
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
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Anything you say will be taken down, altered to my satisfaction and used in a
court of law to send you down for a good many years!"
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ERIC:

> Is anyone interested in descriptions of the 40 color pencil draw-
> ings in the Barks Treasury?

I am! If only to get an idea what you all are talking about!
--Harry.

In a message dated 97-05-16 17:00:37 EDT, you write:

<< As we all know Western Publishing did not bother to save the original
pages, but microfilmed the lot. Afterwards the pages (except the few
returned to Barks) were probably thrown in the dustbin. The trash is
collected and that's it -or is it? >>

Well actually they made stats of the art.

I understand that most comics companies gave away or destroyed the original
art, because of their belief that otherwise they'd have to pay taxes on it
once a year...
Steven Rowe