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RIK PIERCE asked:

<<I have a memory of an old story from my childhood of the boys raising
a sunken ship by pumping pingpong balls into the boat. Then later
hearing a story where someone actually raised a ship the same way. Am
I dreaming?>>

No, indeed! This Barks ten-pager appeared in WDC&S 104 (May 1949). Fifteen
years later, in 1964, a Danish inventor named Karl Kroyer remembered the
Ducks' ping-pong-ball trick and used it to raise a sunken ship in Kuwait
Harbor with expandable polystyrene foam. Kroyer attempted to patent the
process, but Barks' story was judged to be a "preliminary description" of the
process, making Kroyer's version of it unpatentable. There were several
articles about this incident in American magazines: see POPULAR SCIENCE
(April 1965) and CHEMISTRY (September 1965).

-- Christopher E. Barat
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DON:

>And I'd have to glance back at the article that accompanies the new
>Gladstone Rosa-album to see what they said that confuses you, but U$ #219
>was, indeed, the first printing of "The Son of the Sun". It was based,

You're misunderstanding. I don't have the Gladstone album reprint, I have
the original U$ 219. Bought it real cheap at a local comics store because I
wanted the Gladstone coloring (which, as it turned out, wasn't much use
anyway because of the lousy paper), and didn't realize what it was until
some other guy on the list mentioned it. Anyway, I got confused when I read
the article about you in that issue, because they talked about your story
as it was the beginning of a great career (which, incidentally, it was). I
always thought that your first Duck-story was supposed to be just a
one-time deal, and that whoever wrote the article therefore wouldn't write
anything that suggested that there would be further stories from you.

>however, on a similar comic story I wrote and drew using my own (human)
>characters (but envisioned as a $crooge adventure) which was published as a
>daily strip in my university newspaper when I was in engineering college in
>1973, and later reprinted in comic fanzines a few years later.

Are these strips available to buy anywhere ?

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In a message dated 97-06-07 09:34:40 EDT, you write:

<< >>>Doug should be (c) Nickleodeon (but I can't find that info)
Not anymore...Disney Bought Jumbo Pictures last year.
Delurking for a moment. SRowe, it's nice to see that you're indexing the DA
comics. I actually have info and credits all the way back to issue "0" and
would love to be able to have all of it added to the archives somewhere.
Anyone want to help me out with this? ;-)
Best,
Heidi MacDonald >>

I've been running these indexes for a couple of months now. I do have all
the DA's except for one (anybody know any dealers who sell DAs? I need the
Paula Abdull (sp is wrong) cover). Yes, I have #0 also.
Let me ask you a question or two: Why don't these get sold through the
direct market anymore? And how many variant covers exist (not variant
prices- I've seen those too)? I now subscribe - and I notice that I get no
kids junk mail!! Now that's interesting.
Nice to have you lurking with us.

<<Yes, Doug and Zorro are Disney characters.
Zorro is a Disney TV series and some movies produced by Disney in the 50's.
The Doug Funny Tv series and copyrights were bought last year, with the
Jumbo by Disney.
That's all I know. I should have looked at my archives for more and sharper
info, but it's enough.
Leonardo C. Aquino, leaving to the US.>>

I pick Zoro, because the Disney comics are apparently no longer owned by
Disney. When Eclipse reprinted them the (c) tag went to (I think) Zorro
Enterprises. Thus it could be argued that they are not (now) Disney.

So when does Doug meet Uncle Scrooge? I mean if Peter Pan and Captain Hook
can meet Doanld who met Chip and Dale who met Bambi and Mad Madame Mim, then
Doug can meet Scrooge. Hey Don, wanta try? ;) ((and believe me I
know that this is about the last thing Don would do)).
Steven Rowe

MARCO :
Thanks for the info. Next stop starting from my home in Nice,
Vingtimiglia !

EIRIK: (who said:)
>I got confused when I read
> the article about you in that issue, because they talked about your story
> as it was the beginning of a great career (which, incidentally, it was).
I
> always thought that your first Duck-story was supposed to be just a
> one-time deal, and that whoever wrote the article therefore wouldn't
write
> anything that suggested that there would be further stories from you.

Aha, now I see what you meant. Well, I did "The Son of the Sun" in the
summer of 1986, and at the time I started it I did think it was the only
Duck story I'd ever do. But it wasn't printed and on the stands until the
following April... it waited, maybe, 8 months for publication. In those 8
months Gladstone had decided to have me do more Duck stories on an
occasional basis, and I had probably already completed at least one more by
that April, and maybe even two. So, at the time of the writing of that text
piece (at least 6-7 months after I completed the story), it was known that
Gladstone would be using some more of my work... coupled with the fact that
it was naturally the promotional-text writer's job to make "The Son of the
Sun" sound like the beginning of *something*, even though we didn't know
what. (*I* sure never suspected!!!)

All:
This will be my last message before returing to school in August!
But my account will stay open during the summer, so I will get your mail!
(But not beeing able to answer it)
I hope you'll all get a really nice summer!!!!!!!!!!
Greetings from
Geir J. Netland
http://www.misjonshs.no/~geinet/
phone: +4791116864
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Hello! I'm new on this mailing list but I have always read Disney
comics. I love the work of Carl Barks. I'm sure that is a very common
statement on any mailing list about Disney comics. I find Barks to be a
genius in his field- the Shakespear of comic writers. At 13 years of age
I should feel ashamed at being addicted to Donald Duck comic books but
I'm not. I consider them stress relievers and I would love to purchase an
encyclopedia-like set of all Carl Bark's duck comics. I am simply not
happy with the hundreds of disney comics I own. The 3 boxes of them will
simply not be enough as long as I know there is one more Barks 10 pager I
don't have.
I suppose my favorite character is Donald. I can relate to him a lot
as far as his nervous energy and rash decision making. Of course, on our
bad days we can all relate to Donald. Scrooge is just as pathetic in his
own ways. If he were dying and in need of surgery he probaly would not
pay a fee for an operation to save himself.
I suppose that serves as my introduction to myself on this mailing
list. I would love to hear from ALL Barks fans. I would throughly enjoy
discussing favorite Barks stories.

DuckFan