DON:
while I am reading your "a little something special" story in it´s german
translation I am wondering how the magic shop (page 6) is called in your
original version, since the German translation named the shop
"JAMAN IBN SHURKISH - Zauberbedarf - Täuschungen aller Art"
("JAMAN IBN SHURKISH - Magic items - deceptions of all kind")
and especially the Name is a variation of "Ja Man, ich bin schurkisch" (Yes
man I am bad), and that´s definitely the work of a german Translator. So
could you please tell what is the original name of that shop?
Thaks, Mike
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Topic: 199707
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Mike Schneiderath
Magic shop name
Message 241 -
1997-07-27 at 21:19:16
Mark Evanier
Disney comics Digest V97 #155
Message 242 -
1997-07-28 at 00:17:45
To Richard Morrissey:
The Jay Ward characters are roughly divided into two groups. The Ward
Estate owns George of the Jungle, Super Chicken and Tom Slick,
unencumbered. They made the deal for the new George movie.
The other characters (Rocky, Bullwinkle, Dudley, Mr. Peabody, etc.)
have some partners and other entities involved. Those are currently
being handled by Universal, both for merchandising and for some new TV
projects. Disney is not involved.
By the way: Hello, everyone. I joined this list a week or two ago and
haven't found any reason to jump in before this.
---------------------------
Mark Evanier - 363 S. Fairfax Ave., #303 - Los Angeles, CA 90036
The Jay Ward characters are roughly divided into two groups. The Ward
Estate owns George of the Jungle, Super Chicken and Tom Slick,
unencumbered. They made the deal for the new George movie.
The other characters (Rocky, Bullwinkle, Dudley, Mr. Peabody, etc.)
have some partners and other entities involved. Those are currently
being handled by Universal, both for merchandising and for some new TV
projects. Disney is not involved.
By the way: Hello, everyone. I joined this list a week or two ago and
haven't found any reason to jump in before this.
---------------------------
Mark Evanier - 363 S. Fairfax Ave., #303 - Los Angeles, CA 90036
SRoweCanoe
Off topic: Tweety Bird
Message 243 -
1997-07-28 at 01:40:23
In a message dated 97-07-27 14:31:20 EDT, Rich M. writes:
<< but I always thought Tweety's last name was "Pie." (A name that
would go equally well with "Sweetie.") Mike Tiefenbacher was pretty adamant
some years ago that it was "Bird," not "Pie," but Friz Freleng called him
Tweety Pie in a recent interview (shortly before he died, I think), which
would be about as official as anything... >>
Unless it's Tweety Pie Bird; or "Tweety Pie" Bird. But unlike Mickey Mouse
(who wasn't a mouse) or Donald Duck who wasn't a Duck; Tweety was a bird, who
usually don't have last names (or talk I know) and lived in a bird cage.
More like Pluto than Goofy.
Steven Rowe
<< but I always thought Tweety's last name was "Pie." (A name that
would go equally well with "Sweetie.") Mike Tiefenbacher was pretty adamant
some years ago that it was "Bird," not "Pie," but Friz Freleng called him
Tweety Pie in a recent interview (shortly before he died, I think), which
would be about as official as anything... >>
Unless it's Tweety Pie Bird; or "Tweety Pie" Bird. But unlike Mickey Mouse
(who wasn't a mouse) or Donald Duck who wasn't a Duck; Tweety was a bird, who
usually don't have last names (or talk I know) and lived in a bird cage.
More like Pluto than Goofy.
Steven Rowe
Eric Chun
(No subject)
Message 244 -
1997-07-28 at 03:51:55
Harald wrote:
> Is Tweety male or female?
I tawt I taw that email earlier, but I didn't know the an-
swer then. The latest Warner Bros. Studio Store (snail
mail) newsletter refers to Tweety as a male. They're sell-
ing a new Tweety maquette (animator's figure).
Now back to our regularly scheduled dose (or overdose) of
Disney ducks ...
Don's forthcoming book will be the signed, hardcover edition
of LO$, limited to 1000 copies. Price for the book alone is
around $79. (I think) there are also options for a print
signed by Don and Susan Daigle-Leach (the print is based on
"Hearts of the Yukon"), and portraits or full figured
sketches of young $crooge and/or old $crooge. Bear Mountain
Enterprises (John Nichols) has an advertisement in their
latest catalog.
See ya later.
Eric
> Is Tweety male or female?
I tawt I taw that email earlier, but I didn't know the an-
swer then. The latest Warner Bros. Studio Store (snail
mail) newsletter refers to Tweety as a male. They're sell-
ing a new Tweety maquette (animator's figure).
Now back to our regularly scheduled dose (or overdose) of
Disney ducks ...
Don's forthcoming book will be the signed, hardcover edition
of LO$, limited to 1000 copies. Price for the book alone is
around $79. (I think) there are also options for a print
signed by Don and Susan Daigle-Leach (the print is based on
"Hearts of the Yukon"), and portraits or full figured
sketches of young $crooge and/or old $crooge. Bear Mountain
Enterprises (John Nichols) has an advertisement in their
latest catalog.
See ya later.
Eric
Wilmer Rivers
Pizen Bluff, 10 Avatars
Message 245 -
1997-07-28 at 05:36:41
Questions about the Don Rosa stories in U$ # 306 and U$A # 51, both
of which I bought yesterday:
"The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff":
in Panel 2 of page 5, Scrooge tells Bill that he has been "Prospectin'
in Montano, lion wranglin' in Africa", etc. Is "Montano" a real place
somewhere, or is it a pseudo-state like Calisota? Or is this a hybrid
Scottish/Cowboy dialect of some sort? (Does Scrooge still speak with
a Scottish accent, or have his years in the USA affected his speech
by the time of LO$ episode 6.5?)
"The Treasure of the Ten Avatars" (a really fun story, BTW!!!):
In reference to the "lion wranglin'" mentioned above, Don once told
us on this List that the scene in LO$ in which Scrooge rides into town
in South Africa on the back of a lion is **not** a "tribute" to the
scene in "Blazing Saddles" in which Mongo rides into town on the
back of an ox, since Don in fact does not like "Blazing Saddles".
Fair enough. But in this story, you've made us think of "Blazing
Saddles" again, Don! Specifically, the "province of Ollieynstan":
I just can't read that without thinking of the scene in "Blazing
Saddles" in which the townspeople are rehearsing the ceremony to
greet their new sheriff by handing him a wreath, and they say, "We
extend to you the laurel, and hardy welcome..." Sorry, I know the
references are totally unrelated, but "Ollieynstan" just makes me
think of that scene! I know, Don - it's my problem, not yours.
Also in this story: there's a scene in which the elephant "Chowdirhead"
demolishes a ferocious tiger by using it (inadvertently) to swat a
small creature of which it was terrified. Didn't something like this
happen in the cartoon about the tiny elephant "Goliath"? It's been
ages since I saw that, and my memory is **very** hazy about the whole
thing. Don, is this yet another one of your multitudinous movie
references, this time to an animated feature?
Anyway, it was a real treat to get these two stories in the same week!
Thanks, powers-that-be at Gladstone!
Wilmer Rivers
of which I bought yesterday:
"The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff":
in Panel 2 of page 5, Scrooge tells Bill that he has been "Prospectin'
in Montano, lion wranglin' in Africa", etc. Is "Montano" a real place
somewhere, or is it a pseudo-state like Calisota? Or is this a hybrid
Scottish/Cowboy dialect of some sort? (Does Scrooge still speak with
a Scottish accent, or have his years in the USA affected his speech
by the time of LO$ episode 6.5?)
"The Treasure of the Ten Avatars" (a really fun story, BTW!!!):
In reference to the "lion wranglin'" mentioned above, Don once told
us on this List that the scene in LO$ in which Scrooge rides into town
in South Africa on the back of a lion is **not** a "tribute" to the
scene in "Blazing Saddles" in which Mongo rides into town on the
back of an ox, since Don in fact does not like "Blazing Saddles".
Fair enough. But in this story, you've made us think of "Blazing
Saddles" again, Don! Specifically, the "province of Ollieynstan":
I just can't read that without thinking of the scene in "Blazing
Saddles" in which the townspeople are rehearsing the ceremony to
greet their new sheriff by handing him a wreath, and they say, "We
extend to you the laurel, and hardy welcome..." Sorry, I know the
references are totally unrelated, but "Ollieynstan" just makes me
think of that scene! I know, Don - it's my problem, not yours.
Also in this story: there's a scene in which the elephant "Chowdirhead"
demolishes a ferocious tiger by using it (inadvertently) to swat a
small creature of which it was terrified. Didn't something like this
happen in the cartoon about the tiny elephant "Goliath"? It's been
ages since I saw that, and my memory is **very** hazy about the whole
thing. Don, is this yet another one of your multitudinous movie
references, this time to an animated feature?
Anyway, it was a real treat to get these two stories in the same week!
Thanks, powers-that-be at Gladstone!
Wilmer Rivers
SRoweCanoe
MM's Love Troubles
Message 246 -
1997-07-28 at 06:01:50
In a message dated 97-07-26 08:07:15 EDT, Rich B. wrote:
<< From: Steven Rowe: ( RE: "Mickey Mouse in Love Trouble." )
>Are you sure that it's had only one printing? I've got a copy (in a Dell
>Giant I believe) and I know that I didn't pay $300.
It was probably more like $150, but it might as well have been $1,050. I
couldn't afford it :-( I did get to flip through it breifly before
returning it to it's mylar packaging. I think the book was a Dell Giant so
I fairly sure
it is the same printing you possess (you Lucky Duck!). I wrote to ask
Gladstone if they would reprint it, but haven't heard back from them in
several months since requesting it >>
So I should put it in Mylar? ;). Let me check Overstreet to see if I
can figure out what it is. Yes, it's "Mickey Mouse Birthday Party", Sept
53/ Love Trouble is a reprint from WDC&S 36-39. So it is a 2nd comic book
printing. I see Overstreet oddly gives four prices... with no explanation
for this. It goes from $31 - 470. Typical Overstreet wacky pricing. This
issue is where I learned that one of my favorites, Ken Hultgren worked for
Dell and for Disney (besides animating for Disney that is). While the story
in the MMBP reads like it might be his writing as well, the other stories in
MM27 don't. I like Hultgen so much, I have a reprint book of some of his
other Disney stories in Italian...
(Makes me feel like a pre-schooler reading without the words).
As for Love Trouble, could this be banned?
Steven Rowe
<< From: Steven Rowe: ( RE: "Mickey Mouse in Love Trouble." )
>Are you sure that it's had only one printing? I've got a copy (in a Dell
>Giant I believe) and I know that I didn't pay $300.
It was probably more like $150, but it might as well have been $1,050. I
couldn't afford it :-( I did get to flip through it breifly before
returning it to it's mylar packaging. I think the book was a Dell Giant so
I fairly sure
it is the same printing you possess (you Lucky Duck!). I wrote to ask
Gladstone if they would reprint it, but haven't heard back from them in
several months since requesting it >>
So I should put it in Mylar? ;). Let me check Overstreet to see if I
can figure out what it is. Yes, it's "Mickey Mouse Birthday Party", Sept
53/ Love Trouble is a reprint from WDC&S 36-39. So it is a 2nd comic book
printing. I see Overstreet oddly gives four prices... with no explanation
for this. It goes from $31 - 470. Typical Overstreet wacky pricing. This
issue is where I learned that one of my favorites, Ken Hultgren worked for
Dell and for Disney (besides animating for Disney that is). While the story
in the MMBP reads like it might be his writing as well, the other stories in
MM27 don't. I like Hultgen so much, I have a reprint book of some of his
other Disney stories in Italian...
(Makes me feel like a pre-schooler reading without the words).
As for Love Trouble, could this be banned?
Steven Rowe
Rich Bellacera
MINOR RECURRING CHARACTERS-2
Message 247 -
1997-07-28 at 13:27:56
A little more info:
DORA. Two other appearances of Dora can be found in "Donald Duck" #112
in the tale "The Custom Car Caper" and in "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories"
#336 in the tale "A Do-it-All for Daisy."
JOE the PARROT: Another character I was hoping for clarification on is a
little
green parrot named "Joe." I know that "Jose Carioca" is often called
"Joe," but
I'm not sure if Jose is the same a little talking parrot named "Joe" that I
have
seen in a couple of Donald Duck stories. I'm not talking about "Yellow Beak."
Is Joe the Parrot in these tales just an altered interpretation of Jose, or
is this
little bird an entirely different character who just happens to be named
Joe? I
don't seem to have any of the comics he appears in so I can't site the, but I'm
sure someone will possibly knwo who I'm talking about. This bird seems to
still be an animal and not an anthropomorphized character, though he is able to
carry on conversations and such.
Thankz again for your help.
DORA. Two other appearances of Dora can be found in "Donald Duck" #112
in the tale "The Custom Car Caper" and in "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories"
#336 in the tale "A Do-it-All for Daisy."
JOE the PARROT: Another character I was hoping for clarification on is a
little
green parrot named "Joe." I know that "Jose Carioca" is often called
"Joe," but
I'm not sure if Jose is the same a little talking parrot named "Joe" that I
have
seen in a couple of Donald Duck stories. I'm not talking about "Yellow Beak."
Is Joe the Parrot in these tales just an altered interpretation of Jose, or
is this
little bird an entirely different character who just happens to be named
Joe? I
don't seem to have any of the comics he appears in so I can't site the, but I'm
sure someone will possibly knwo who I'm talking about. This bird seems to
still be an animal and not an anthropomorphized character, though he is able to
carry on conversations and such.
Thankz again for your help.
Rich Bellacera
MINOR RECURRING CHARACTERS-1
Message 248 -
1997-07-28 at 14:16:32
I appologize if this is repeated, but I think I messed up in my first
mailing of
this.
What I was basically asking is if anyone can help me learn more about some
minor recurring characters I have encountered while reading some old issues
of Disney comics. The following is what I think I know about them, and
any additional information you can supply would be most helpful.
DORA. Dora is a duckbill whom I have seen quite frequently in stories
about Daisy. Dora was actually called by name isn Dell's 4-color "Daisy
Duck's Diary" #948 (11/58) in the tale called "Fibber Flipper" about a rug
Daisy got from Uncle $crooge which supposedly had magic powers. It
caused people to slip and fall when they told lies. Dora, Donald, Clara Cluck
and Clarabelle all slipped on it. Dora also appeared in another 4-color "Daisy
Duck's Diary" #1247 (12/2/62), again in 4-color "Duck Album #649 is the
"Daisy Duck" tale, and in "Ludwig von Drake" #1 in "Winning Ways." Only
in a couple of these tales does she actually actively participate, mostly she
is just one of the background characters. She seems to be a regular when
Clarabelle, Daisy and Cluck get together to play cards, and she is a member
of Daisy's "Chit-Chat" gossip club that does charity fund raisers. I seem to
recall reading once that her last name was "Duck" but I'm not certain. In
appearance she looks very much like Daisy, though has bluegray or brown
hair which curls in front and flips up in the back. In a couple of tales her
hair color appears white or yellow, but I think these are colorist mistakes.
Her beak is a little more pointed than Daisy's, more like Gladstone's and
she usually wears a green dress with green shoes. That's all I know about her.
HUNKY. Hunky is a little boy that is a friend of Morty & Ferdie's. He was
in at least two stories that I am aware of, but he may have been in others only
he was not "named" in them. He is called "Hunky" in both tales I know of.
In "Silly Symphonies" #2 (1953) in the Pluto story, he has his dog, Whirlaway,
strapped to a cart and is using him like a horse to drive him around. Morty &
Ferdie try to emulate this with Pluto but fail miserably. In this tale
Hunky is
a pignose boy. In the second story, in "Donald Duck Merry Christmas" #53
(1961), again Morty & Ferdie compete with Hunky, this time to see who
builds a better snowman. Meanwhile Clarabelle gives Pluto a bone which
Butch the Bulldog tries to take. Pluto hides it, but Hunky finds it and
uses it
as the nose for his snowman. Pluto destroys Hunky's snowman when he
tries to retrieve his bone. In this second tale Hunky has become a dogface
species. I can't imagine too many little boys wander around with the name
Hunky so I'm assuming they are the same characters, only the artists were
not consistant in his depiction. There have been other dogface boys who have
appeared with Morty and Ferdie in comics, but they were not named in the
stories. These may have been Hunky... I don't know.
ALVIN and MILLIE. These two children were regulars in the King Features
Syndicate Mickey Mouse Daily Gags which appeared in newspapers during
the 1960's and 1970's. These comic strips were drawn by Floyd Gottfredson
and written by Bill Walsh, Roy Williams and Del Connell. I became aware
of these two in reprints which appear in a book I have called "Mickey Mouse
Fifty Happy Years" (The Official Birthday Book), editted by David Bain and
Bruce Harris, and published in 1977 by Harmony Books, New York. What
I could gleam from these one page gags is that Alvin and Millie are both
dogface children and friends of Morty's. These tales take place during a time
when Ferdie has been dropped by Gottfredson and is now living with his
Uncle Mickey. Alvin and Millie are NOT siblings, since in one strip Morty
calles Alvin's house and speaks to his mother, then calls Millie's house and
speaks to her mother (3/17/68). Alvin appears in several strips to be Morty's
best friend, while Millie may be Morty's girlfriend since she and Morty
double date with Mickey and Minnie (2/7/69), and Millie spends alot of time
at Minnie's house without Morty (11/27/66). I don't believe there is a
connection between this Millie and a "Millicent" that is supposedly a niece
of Minnie's in the European marketplace (According to the Disney Archives
Minnie has two nieces named Melody & Millicent who have never appeared
in USA comics, and these two, I presume, like April, May and June are to
Huey, Dewey and Louie, they must be mice like Morty & Ferdie are). Does
anyone know any more about Millie and Alvin, and what ever happend to them?
Thanx, Rich
mailing of
this.
What I was basically asking is if anyone can help me learn more about some
minor recurring characters I have encountered while reading some old issues
of Disney comics. The following is what I think I know about them, and
any additional information you can supply would be most helpful.
DORA. Dora is a duckbill whom I have seen quite frequently in stories
about Daisy. Dora was actually called by name isn Dell's 4-color "Daisy
Duck's Diary" #948 (11/58) in the tale called "Fibber Flipper" about a rug
Daisy got from Uncle $crooge which supposedly had magic powers. It
caused people to slip and fall when they told lies. Dora, Donald, Clara Cluck
and Clarabelle all slipped on it. Dora also appeared in another 4-color "Daisy
Duck's Diary" #1247 (12/2/62), again in 4-color "Duck Album #649 is the
"Daisy Duck" tale, and in "Ludwig von Drake" #1 in "Winning Ways." Only
in a couple of these tales does she actually actively participate, mostly she
is just one of the background characters. She seems to be a regular when
Clarabelle, Daisy and Cluck get together to play cards, and she is a member
of Daisy's "Chit-Chat" gossip club that does charity fund raisers. I seem to
recall reading once that her last name was "Duck" but I'm not certain. In
appearance she looks very much like Daisy, though has bluegray or brown
hair which curls in front and flips up in the back. In a couple of tales her
hair color appears white or yellow, but I think these are colorist mistakes.
Her beak is a little more pointed than Daisy's, more like Gladstone's and
she usually wears a green dress with green shoes. That's all I know about her.
HUNKY. Hunky is a little boy that is a friend of Morty & Ferdie's. He was
in at least two stories that I am aware of, but he may have been in others only
he was not "named" in them. He is called "Hunky" in both tales I know of.
In "Silly Symphonies" #2 (1953) in the Pluto story, he has his dog, Whirlaway,
strapped to a cart and is using him like a horse to drive him around. Morty &
Ferdie try to emulate this with Pluto but fail miserably. In this tale
Hunky is
a pignose boy. In the second story, in "Donald Duck Merry Christmas" #53
(1961), again Morty & Ferdie compete with Hunky, this time to see who
builds a better snowman. Meanwhile Clarabelle gives Pluto a bone which
Butch the Bulldog tries to take. Pluto hides it, but Hunky finds it and
uses it
as the nose for his snowman. Pluto destroys Hunky's snowman when he
tries to retrieve his bone. In this second tale Hunky has become a dogface
species. I can't imagine too many little boys wander around with the name
Hunky so I'm assuming they are the same characters, only the artists were
not consistant in his depiction. There have been other dogface boys who have
appeared with Morty and Ferdie in comics, but they were not named in the
stories. These may have been Hunky... I don't know.
ALVIN and MILLIE. These two children were regulars in the King Features
Syndicate Mickey Mouse Daily Gags which appeared in newspapers during
the 1960's and 1970's. These comic strips were drawn by Floyd Gottfredson
and written by Bill Walsh, Roy Williams and Del Connell. I became aware
of these two in reprints which appear in a book I have called "Mickey Mouse
Fifty Happy Years" (The Official Birthday Book), editted by David Bain and
Bruce Harris, and published in 1977 by Harmony Books, New York. What
I could gleam from these one page gags is that Alvin and Millie are both
dogface children and friends of Morty's. These tales take place during a time
when Ferdie has been dropped by Gottfredson and is now living with his
Uncle Mickey. Alvin and Millie are NOT siblings, since in one strip Morty
calles Alvin's house and speaks to his mother, then calls Millie's house and
speaks to her mother (3/17/68). Alvin appears in several strips to be Morty's
best friend, while Millie may be Morty's girlfriend since she and Morty
double date with Mickey and Minnie (2/7/69), and Millie spends alot of time
at Minnie's house without Morty (11/27/66). I don't believe there is a
connection between this Millie and a "Millicent" that is supposedly a niece
of Minnie's in the European marketplace (According to the Disney Archives
Minnie has two nieces named Melody & Millicent who have never appeared
in USA comics, and these two, I presume, like April, May and June are to
Huey, Dewey and Louie, they must be mice like Morty & Ferdie are). Does
anyone know any more about Millie and Alvin, and what ever happend to them?
Thanx, Rich
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V97 #155
Message 249 -
1997-07-28 at 15:33:49
RICH: (who sez:)
> Oh, on the subject of Rosa, I really enjoyed the Space Varmints
story,
> too! I guess this means he's even willing to accept the SF stories he
once
> didn't care for ("Island in the Sky," "The Looney Lunar Gold Rush" et
al).
> Hey, they're Barks after all! Mind you, I still admit "Interplanetary
> Postman" wasn't Barks at his all-time peak...
Obviously you didn't understand why I disliked those stories so much that I
regard them as "imaginary". (And I don't recall that I ever singled out
"Loony Lunar", though I'm not too endeared of that one either.) I have
*nothing whatsoever* against Ducks in space, and I obviously have nothing
against SF Duck stories since *many* of mine are just that. What I dislike
are stories showing inter-stellar space travel as something very common in
Duckburg, the very idea of which seems so wrong that I'm amazed that even
the most lenient Duckfan could accept it. I see Donald Duck as an average
suburbanite in an average city, and I see $crooge as an adventurer in the
H.Rider Haggard mold, not as a character out of a "Star Trek" paperback.
When Byron asked me to do a story about Ducks in space, I wasn't adverse to
it, but I knew I'd have a problem getting them INTO space in a fashion
acceptable to my view of their "universe". Since I want spaceships to be
something very unusual in Duckburg, I knew one basic solution was to have
them use a spaceship that already existed, rather than having yet another
one invented as if that were an easy matter. So I used the moonrocket from
that Barks story in that old Dell Giant that involved Gyro building a
rocket to find a certain substance on the moon to help $crooge get back
into his Impervium Money Bin. That was a story done just the way I'd like
to see space-stories done in Duck comics... even though there was one,
single scene in that tale that was SO un-Barks-like and so odd that I tell
myself it was something that an editor insisted Barks should jam into his
story: when Gyro and $crooge blast off from Earth the G-forces flatten them
into the shape of paper-dolls -- this is a silly physical impossibility the
likes of which I don't think has ever been in a Disney comic, much less a
Barks story. It's like something out of a Warner Bros. cartoon.
Anyway, I had $crooge dig out that old rocketship for my story, and I
further found some theoretical, not-too-preposterous explanation as to how
they could use that simple rocket to travel to another planet in our system
without spending years to get there. I like space travel in Duck stories to
be strictly Jules-Verne style, and that's the only way I can let myself do
it.
MIKE S.: (who axed me:)
> while I am reading your "a little something special" story in it´s
german
> translation I am wondering how the magic shop (page 6) is called in your
> original version, since the German translation named the shop
> "JAMAN IBN SHURKISH - Zauberbedarf - Täuschungen aller Art"
My name for that high-priced trendy magic shop in Cairo was
"Neiman-Marcus-Abdul". That's anachronistic, but it was an instance when I
knew Disney wouldn't allow the name to be used anyway and I put it on the
sign more as a joke to Byron than anything else. Due to translation and
lettering problems in Europe, I'm afraid I sometimes don't worry much about
background signage since I don't want to needlessly frustrate myself.) But
I should be more careful -- in the "Guardians of the Lost Library" script,
I put a mention of "technicolor yawn" just as a joke to Byron, knowing
Disney would never allow it. But on that particular day, whoever was
checking the scripts at Disney assumed that it's okay to discuss such stuff
in comics now in the post "Beavis and Butthead" era (proven by all the
farting-warthog jokes Disney puts in their films and TV shows now)...
however Disney (primarilly a *film* company) was scared to use the
patented/copyrighted term "Technicolor" and changed my script to say "BARF"
making it look like Don Rosa was the proud introducer of that word into
Disney comics. (There was apparently someone else working the day they
censored all the unhygenic fleas and sneezes and prunes-in-pockets from my
"Shrinking Tightwad" tale.) So, you see, I should be careful how I kid
around with such unpredictable, inexplicable corporate censors.
> Oh, on the subject of Rosa, I really enjoyed the Space Varmints
story,
> too! I guess this means he's even willing to accept the SF stories he
once
> didn't care for ("Island in the Sky," "The Looney Lunar Gold Rush" et
al).
> Hey, they're Barks after all! Mind you, I still admit "Interplanetary
> Postman" wasn't Barks at his all-time peak...
Obviously you didn't understand why I disliked those stories so much that I
regard them as "imaginary". (And I don't recall that I ever singled out
"Loony Lunar", though I'm not too endeared of that one either.) I have
*nothing whatsoever* against Ducks in space, and I obviously have nothing
against SF Duck stories since *many* of mine are just that. What I dislike
are stories showing inter-stellar space travel as something very common in
Duckburg, the very idea of which seems so wrong that I'm amazed that even
the most lenient Duckfan could accept it. I see Donald Duck as an average
suburbanite in an average city, and I see $crooge as an adventurer in the
H.Rider Haggard mold, not as a character out of a "Star Trek" paperback.
When Byron asked me to do a story about Ducks in space, I wasn't adverse to
it, but I knew I'd have a problem getting them INTO space in a fashion
acceptable to my view of their "universe". Since I want spaceships to be
something very unusual in Duckburg, I knew one basic solution was to have
them use a spaceship that already existed, rather than having yet another
one invented as if that were an easy matter. So I used the moonrocket from
that Barks story in that old Dell Giant that involved Gyro building a
rocket to find a certain substance on the moon to help $crooge get back
into his Impervium Money Bin. That was a story done just the way I'd like
to see space-stories done in Duck comics... even though there was one,
single scene in that tale that was SO un-Barks-like and so odd that I tell
myself it was something that an editor insisted Barks should jam into his
story: when Gyro and $crooge blast off from Earth the G-forces flatten them
into the shape of paper-dolls -- this is a silly physical impossibility the
likes of which I don't think has ever been in a Disney comic, much less a
Barks story. It's like something out of a Warner Bros. cartoon.
Anyway, I had $crooge dig out that old rocketship for my story, and I
further found some theoretical, not-too-preposterous explanation as to how
they could use that simple rocket to travel to another planet in our system
without spending years to get there. I like space travel in Duck stories to
be strictly Jules-Verne style, and that's the only way I can let myself do
it.
MIKE S.: (who axed me:)
> while I am reading your "a little something special" story in it´s
german
> translation I am wondering how the magic shop (page 6) is called in your
> original version, since the German translation named the shop
> "JAMAN IBN SHURKISH - Zauberbedarf - Täuschungen aller Art"
My name for that high-priced trendy magic shop in Cairo was
"Neiman-Marcus-Abdul". That's anachronistic, but it was an instance when I
knew Disney wouldn't allow the name to be used anyway and I put it on the
sign more as a joke to Byron than anything else. Due to translation and
lettering problems in Europe, I'm afraid I sometimes don't worry much about
background signage since I don't want to needlessly frustrate myself.) But
I should be more careful -- in the "Guardians of the Lost Library" script,
I put a mention of "technicolor yawn" just as a joke to Byron, knowing
Disney would never allow it. But on that particular day, whoever was
checking the scripts at Disney assumed that it's okay to discuss such stuff
in comics now in the post "Beavis and Butthead" era (proven by all the
farting-warthog jokes Disney puts in their films and TV shows now)...
however Disney (primarilly a *film* company) was scared to use the
patented/copyrighted term "Technicolor" and changed my script to say "BARF"
making it look like Don Rosa was the proud introducer of that word into
Disney comics. (There was apparently someone else working the day they
censored all the unhygenic fleas and sneezes and prunes-in-pockets from my
"Shrinking Tightwad" tale.) So, you see, I should be careful how I kid
around with such unpredictable, inexplicable corporate censors.
Wilmer Rivers
Pothole McDuck's comic book
Message 250 -
1997-07-28 at 16:27:39
One more (for now!) question about "The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff":
I'm squinting to read clearly the cover of Pothole's proposed
replacement for the dime novel, namely the "pictured story"
entitled "Nephew Scrooge". I think (ouch, my aching eyeballs!)
the price is ten cents, and this issue is number 386. But is
there a publisher named on the cover anywhere? And if so, is
it "Western Publishing"? :)
Wilmer Rivers
I'm squinting to read clearly the cover of Pothole's proposed
replacement for the dime novel, namely the "pictured story"
entitled "Nephew Scrooge". I think (ouch, my aching eyeballs!)
the price is ten cents, and this issue is number 386. But is
there a publisher named on the cover anywhere? And if so, is
it "Western Publishing"? :)
Wilmer Rivers
Wilmer Rivers
Welcome aboard, here's your first assignment
Message 251 -
1997-07-28 at 16:52:32
MARK EVANIER:
Great to have you join us - hope you'll stay awhile and share your
expertise. For starters, you might help fill in an egregious lacuna
on our Web page
http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/disney-comics/creators/ -
it seems there's no mention there of this "Evanier" fellow!
Wilmer Rivers
Great to have you join us - hope you'll stay awhile and share your
expertise. For starters, you might help fill in an egregious lacuna
on our Web page
http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/disney-comics/creators/ -
it seems there's no mention there of this "Evanier" fellow!
Wilmer Rivers
Harry Fluks
Neiman
Message 252 -
1997-07-28 at 20:09:15
DON (or anyone):
What's the story behind "Neiman-Marcus-Abdul"?
--Harry.
What's the story behind "Neiman-Marcus-Abdul"?
--Harry.
Harry Fluks
10 Avatars
Message 253 -
1997-07-28 at 20:19:48
WILMER:
> "The Treasure of the Ten Avatars" (a really fun story, BTW!!!):
> in this story: there's a scene in which the elephant "Chowdirhead"
> demolishes a ferocious tiger by using it (inadvertently) to swat a
> small creature of which it was terrified. Didn't something like this
> happen in the cartoon about the tiny elephant "Goliath"?
Not the same, but a similar thing, at least according to the comic book
version of "Goliath II" in Silly Symphonies #9 (drawn by Strobl/Liggera).
A big elephant swings a tiger around and throws him away, and later
on the tiny elephant does the same to a mouse. (No swatting, though.)
--Harry.
> "The Treasure of the Ten Avatars" (a really fun story, BTW!!!):
> in this story: there's a scene in which the elephant "Chowdirhead"
> demolishes a ferocious tiger by using it (inadvertently) to swat a
> small creature of which it was terrified. Didn't something like this
> happen in the cartoon about the tiny elephant "Goliath"?
Not the same, but a similar thing, at least according to the comic book
version of "Goliath II" in Silly Symphonies #9 (drawn by Strobl/Liggera).
A big elephant swings a tiger around and throws him away, and later
on the tiny elephant does the same to a mouse. (No swatting, though.)
--Harry.
Bhc
Disney comics Digest V97 #155
Message 254 -
1997-07-28 at 20:25:16
I figured I'd spare Augie the hardship of posting info on the following
item. This is, in fact, Gladstone's official solicitation to the direct
market, almost verbatim:
>>>SHIPPING IN OCTOBER
A Signed, Limited Edition, HARDCOVER Book!
"The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck"
by Don Rosa
Of the entire body of Don Rosa's work, his twelve-part epic, "The Life and
Times of Scrooge McDuck," serialized in the United States in Uncle Scrooge
#285-296, has been lauded with the highest praise, and now all 220 pages of
this Eisner award-winning narrative have been collected into one 8.5" X 11"
hardbound collection of 1000 hand-numbered collector books, each
individualized with a bold autograph by Rosa and other available options:
an original sketch of Uncle Scrooge in a variety of levels of detail (see
list below); or a full color signed print of young Scrooge and Glittering
Goldie; or the print plus one of the four choices of original art! - and
any combination plus a collector copy of a classic Rosa comic book!
The 10.5" X 8" print is titled "Hearts of the Yukon." Its 9" X 7" image
area features Rosa's art that was used to illustrate the lead story and
the cover of Walt Disney Giant #1; it is signed by both Rosa and Susan
Daigle-Leach, the colorist whose artistic skills have complemented the
overall look and appeal of all the chapters of "Life and Times." The image
is the full art as drawn by Rosa, not the version that was severely trimmed
for use on the comic book cover. This is the only representation in the
U.S. market of Rosa's full, untrimmed art. The scene depicted takes place
after part eight of "Life and Times" but prior to part nine. Bonus:
one-thousand copies of Walt Disney Giant #1 have been set aside exclusively
for inclusion with this hardback edition, giving those who do not own the
comic book (it features a story not included in the 12-part "Life and
Times" hardbound collection) an opportunity to receive one. Please add an
additional $7.00 to the retail price of each hardback you wish to be
packaged with Walt Disney Giant #1, then take the regular discount off the
entire package.
The first 100 numbered copies of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck"
hardcover have been set aside for the publisher's own use. All full or
partial orders of books without art will be shipped the week of October 27,
1997. Only in the unlikely event that more orders come in than numbers
available will the shipments be prorated.
Few comic book creators have received the acclaim from Disney enthusiasts
that has been afforded contemporary writer/artist Don Rosa. His work has
been consistently reviewed as comparable to the legendary Carl Barks - and
that includes the full pantheon of comic book artists from the 1930s to
present, worldwide!
Following are retail prices for the various editions. They can be ordered
in any combination:
*Signed book - $79.95
*Signed book plus signed print - $120.00
Signed book with an original pencil sketch portrait of Uncle Scrooge by Don
Rosa - $110.00
Signed book with portrait drawing plus print - $150.00
Signed book with a full figure drawing of Uncle Scrooge - $135.00
Signed book with full figure drawing plus print - $175.00
Signed book with full figure drawing of Uncle Scrooge in full color! - $205.00
Signed book with full color drawing plus print - $245.00
Signed book with two full figure drawings (the young Scrooge and the rich
old Duck)
both McDucks in full color! - $259.00
Signed book with two full color figures plus print - $299.00
Add $7.00 to any of the above books that is to include Walt Disney Giant #1.
(Quantities of the comic can also be ordered separately.)
*Shipping week of October 27, 1997. Note: all orders containing original
art will be shipped with an anticipated 30- to 60-day delay, to allow Rosa
to draw the custom art. Again, all signed books without art, including
those with prints or comics, will be shipped right away.
[discount schedule for distributors]
Hardbound, 8.5" X 11", 224 pages * Gold foil stamped cover * Shrinkwrapped
* Full color interiors
Shipping beginning week of October 27, 1997 (shipping delayed for books
with original art - see above)
[order deadline for distributors]<<<
IMPORTANT: PLEASE DO NOT ORDER THESE BOOKS DIRECTLY FROM GLADSTONE BASED ON
THIS POSTING. Mail order availability and pricing have yet to be finalized.
I realize this may be a lot to wade through, but it is the nitty-gritty on
this much anticipated project. And anything anyone may have read or heard
about this book that is either absent from or in contradiction to this
solicitation may safely consider such information obsolete.
If, after giving due consideration to all of the above, anyone has any
questions, please send them to me directly ((Email removed)). I'll do my
best to clear up whatever ain't.
Gary
****************************
"Ee!" - Tiffany Case (as two flaming shish kebabs unpleasantly
approach...)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gladstone on the Web: http://www.hamlco.com/bhc/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
item. This is, in fact, Gladstone's official solicitation to the direct
market, almost verbatim:
>>>SHIPPING IN OCTOBER
A Signed, Limited Edition, HARDCOVER Book!
"The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck"
by Don Rosa
Of the entire body of Don Rosa's work, his twelve-part epic, "The Life and
Times of Scrooge McDuck," serialized in the United States in Uncle Scrooge
#285-296, has been lauded with the highest praise, and now all 220 pages of
this Eisner award-winning narrative have been collected into one 8.5" X 11"
hardbound collection of 1000 hand-numbered collector books, each
individualized with a bold autograph by Rosa and other available options:
an original sketch of Uncle Scrooge in a variety of levels of detail (see
list below); or a full color signed print of young Scrooge and Glittering
Goldie; or the print plus one of the four choices of original art! - and
any combination plus a collector copy of a classic Rosa comic book!
The 10.5" X 8" print is titled "Hearts of the Yukon." Its 9" X 7" image
area features Rosa's art that was used to illustrate the lead story and
the cover of Walt Disney Giant #1; it is signed by both Rosa and Susan
Daigle-Leach, the colorist whose artistic skills have complemented the
overall look and appeal of all the chapters of "Life and Times." The image
is the full art as drawn by Rosa, not the version that was severely trimmed
for use on the comic book cover. This is the only representation in the
U.S. market of Rosa's full, untrimmed art. The scene depicted takes place
after part eight of "Life and Times" but prior to part nine. Bonus:
one-thousand copies of Walt Disney Giant #1 have been set aside exclusively
for inclusion with this hardback edition, giving those who do not own the
comic book (it features a story not included in the 12-part "Life and
Times" hardbound collection) an opportunity to receive one. Please add an
additional $7.00 to the retail price of each hardback you wish to be
packaged with Walt Disney Giant #1, then take the regular discount off the
entire package.
The first 100 numbered copies of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck"
hardcover have been set aside for the publisher's own use. All full or
partial orders of books without art will be shipped the week of October 27,
1997. Only in the unlikely event that more orders come in than numbers
available will the shipments be prorated.
Few comic book creators have received the acclaim from Disney enthusiasts
that has been afforded contemporary writer/artist Don Rosa. His work has
been consistently reviewed as comparable to the legendary Carl Barks - and
that includes the full pantheon of comic book artists from the 1930s to
present, worldwide!
Following are retail prices for the various editions. They can be ordered
in any combination:
*Signed book - $79.95
*Signed book plus signed print - $120.00
Signed book with an original pencil sketch portrait of Uncle Scrooge by Don
Rosa - $110.00
Signed book with portrait drawing plus print - $150.00
Signed book with a full figure drawing of Uncle Scrooge - $135.00
Signed book with full figure drawing plus print - $175.00
Signed book with full figure drawing of Uncle Scrooge in full color! - $205.00
Signed book with full color drawing plus print - $245.00
Signed book with two full figure drawings (the young Scrooge and the rich
old Duck)
both McDucks in full color! - $259.00
Signed book with two full color figures plus print - $299.00
Add $7.00 to any of the above books that is to include Walt Disney Giant #1.
(Quantities of the comic can also be ordered separately.)
*Shipping week of October 27, 1997. Note: all orders containing original
art will be shipped with an anticipated 30- to 60-day delay, to allow Rosa
to draw the custom art. Again, all signed books without art, including
those with prints or comics, will be shipped right away.
[discount schedule for distributors]
Hardbound, 8.5" X 11", 224 pages * Gold foil stamped cover * Shrinkwrapped
* Full color interiors
Shipping beginning week of October 27, 1997 (shipping delayed for books
with original art - see above)
[order deadline for distributors]<<<
IMPORTANT: PLEASE DO NOT ORDER THESE BOOKS DIRECTLY FROM GLADSTONE BASED ON
THIS POSTING. Mail order availability and pricing have yet to be finalized.
I realize this may be a lot to wade through, but it is the nitty-gritty on
this much anticipated project. And anything anyone may have read or heard
about this book that is either absent from or in contradiction to this
solicitation may safely consider such information obsolete.
If, after giving due consideration to all of the above, anyone has any
questions, please send them to me directly ((Email removed)). I'll do my
best to clear up whatever ain't.
Gary
****************************
"Ee!" - Tiffany Case (as two flaming shish kebabs unpleasantly
approach...)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gladstone on the Web: http://www.hamlco.com/bhc/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Harry Fluks
$-sign
Message 255 -
1997-07-28 at 20:26:21
RICH M.:
> I thought most other countries
> acknowledged in translation that Scrooge was a (naturalized) American, so his
> money bin *would* contain mostly dollars.
The Italians do (and show the $-sign), but most other European countries do
NOT. Either the bin contains the local currency (like Dutch guilders), or a
fantasy currency (like "Taler" in German speaking countries).
BTW: the sign for the Dutch guilder is an f in a font where it can be turned
upside-down and still look the same.
--Harry.
> I thought most other countries
> acknowledged in translation that Scrooge was a (naturalized) American, so his
> money bin *would* contain mostly dollars.
The Italians do (and show the $-sign), but most other European countries do
NOT. Either the bin contains the local currency (like Dutch guilders), or a
fantasy currency (like "Taler" in German speaking countries).
BTW: the sign for the Dutch guilder is an f in a font where it can be turned
upside-down and still look the same.
--Harry.