EIRIK:
> This week's Norwegian Donald Duck & Co claims to contain a
> never-before-published Barks story dealing with Marco Polo. Apparently,
> this story was never published because it could be interpreted an allegory
> dealing with the Vietnam war. Is this really a brand new story, or is it
> just that it's never been published in Scandinavia before ?
Sounds like "Treasure of Marco Polo" (Uncle Scrooge 64, recently reprinted
in Uncle Scrooge Adventures 42). The story's text in the reprint has
been altered, because the original script mentioned rebels fighting
an official government, which Disney probably considers politically
incorrect; in the revised version they are enemy soldiers.
While on the subject on new Barks stories, according to this month's
KOMIX, next issue will feaure (loosely translated from Greek):
COOT'S HUT
Duckburg's citizens are out in the streets, rallying to demand the
restoration of what could be the most historic monument of the city,
the hut in which the founder of Duckburg, Cornelius Coot, first lived!
The only problem is that a behemoth of power and wealth, Scrooge McDuck's
money bin, has been built on top of Coot's hut... This exciting story
is signed by Carl Barks and Daan Jippes.
Is this really a new Barks story? If so, it is interesting to note
that Barks ignores the fact that the money bin has been built on top
of the foundations of fort Duckburg (from "The Money Well") rather than
Coot's hut.
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
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Kriton Kyrimis
Disney comics Digest V97 #139
Message 76 -
1997-07-07 at 19:05:21
Cebarat
Disney comics Digest V97 #139
Message 77 -
1997-07-07 at 22:01:13
STEVEN ROWE writes, regarding Vic Lockman:
<<Ah, Vic Lockman has been writing and doing some drawing on Disney Comics
for
over 40 years. More recently he did giveaway comics, both commerical:
Shoney Bear, and a mulitude of political and religious tracts. I like his
current style (as stiff as it is) myself...>>
I have been told that Mr. Lockman used to appear at major comic-book
conventions, giveaway tracts in hand. I don't know if he still does this.
(BTW, for those who aren't aware, Shoney Bear is a character created to
advertise
Shoney's Restaurants, a restaurant and hotel chain.)
HARRY FLUKS asked me and JOE TORCIVIA:
<<People have been talking about your Disney comics indexes. I'm very
interested
which indexes you made, and when and where they were published. This
information is for my "Index of indexes".
Apart from that, I like to know if you allow me to use the information of
those
indexes for our Database. I can imagine that you say "no" to that, but still
I'd like to know which Disney comics indexes have been published in the
world.>>
Joe and I published two comic-book indices, to Donald Duck and Uncle $crooge/
Uncle $crooge Adventures. They were published in 1992 and 1994,
respectively.
TO ALL THOSE ATTENDING THE SAN DIEGO CON (July 17-20):
The program schedule for the Con has been posted at the Con's website. No
panels devoted to Disney comics are scheduled. However, there is a panel on
upcoming Disney animation projects, on Friday 7/18 at 2:30 PM in Room 6E of
the San Diego Convention Center (tentative).
-- Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
Hompeage http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
"I'LL SAVE MR. McDUCK GOLD ARMED ONLY WITH MY WITS!...AND NO CRACKS ABOUT
GOING INTO BATTLE UNARMED!" -- Fenton Crackshell, "DuckTales" episode "The
Duck Who Knew Too Much"
<<Ah, Vic Lockman has been writing and doing some drawing on Disney Comics
for
over 40 years. More recently he did giveaway comics, both commerical:
Shoney Bear, and a mulitude of political and religious tracts. I like his
current style (as stiff as it is) myself...>>
I have been told that Mr. Lockman used to appear at major comic-book
conventions, giveaway tracts in hand. I don't know if he still does this.
(BTW, for those who aren't aware, Shoney Bear is a character created to
advertise
Shoney's Restaurants, a restaurant and hotel chain.)
HARRY FLUKS asked me and JOE TORCIVIA:
<<People have been talking about your Disney comics indexes. I'm very
interested
which indexes you made, and when and where they were published. This
information is for my "Index of indexes".
Apart from that, I like to know if you allow me to use the information of
those
indexes for our Database. I can imagine that you say "no" to that, but still
I'd like to know which Disney comics indexes have been published in the
world.>>
Joe and I published two comic-book indices, to Donald Duck and Uncle $crooge/
Uncle $crooge Adventures. They were published in 1992 and 1994,
respectively.
TO ALL THOSE ATTENDING THE SAN DIEGO CON (July 17-20):
The program schedule for the Con has been posted at the Con's website. No
panels devoted to Disney comics are scheduled. However, there is a panel on
upcoming Disney animation projects, on Friday 7/18 at 2:30 PM in Room 6E of
the San Diego Convention Center (tentative).
-- Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
Hompeage http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
"I'LL SAVE MR. McDUCK GOLD ARMED ONLY WITH MY WITS!...AND NO CRACKS ABOUT
GOING INTO BATTLE UNARMED!" -- Fenton Crackshell, "DuckTales" episode "The
Duck Who Knew Too Much"
Kfitz
Disney comics Digest V97 #163
Message 78 -
1997-07-07 at 22:40:02
> I think that there's still some life left in Horace, and I applaud
David's
> decision to use him in his stories.
>
> -- Christopher E. Barat
I agree, Christopher, Horace should continue to hang around. He is a good
side kick for Mickey, and he and Clarabelle Cow were involved with Mickey
and Minnie in some pretty good romps in those wonderful early days. Horace
is a bit of a joker, practical or otherwise, and yes, Donald is that also,
but Horace is, well, not more sophisticated exactly (except compared to
early Donald!), but different. And of all the unrequited loves in all of
comic land, Horace and Clarabelle have the most unrequited love. Just too
darn bashful and old fashioned, both of them.
I miss Gottfredson's Mickey, love Dick Moore's Mickey, and even like the
darker adventures of Bill Walsh ("House of Mystery", do I have it right?).
I would even be satisfied with a 9 x 12 series, like the works of Barks.
Is there really no market even for this? Sob, sob.
- Kathy Fitzpatrick
(Email removed)
David's
> decision to use him in his stories.
>
> -- Christopher E. Barat
I agree, Christopher, Horace should continue to hang around. He is a good
side kick for Mickey, and he and Clarabelle Cow were involved with Mickey
and Minnie in some pretty good romps in those wonderful early days. Horace
is a bit of a joker, practical or otherwise, and yes, Donald is that also,
but Horace is, well, not more sophisticated exactly (except compared to
early Donald!), but different. And of all the unrequited loves in all of
comic land, Horace and Clarabelle have the most unrequited love. Just too
darn bashful and old fashioned, both of them.
I miss Gottfredson's Mickey, love Dick Moore's Mickey, and even like the
darker adventures of Bill Walsh ("House of Mystery", do I have it right?).
I would even be satisfied with a 9 x 12 series, like the works of Barks.
Is there really no market even for this? Sob, sob.
- Kathy Fitzpatrick
(Email removed)
Vidar Svendsen
Disney comics Digest V97 #139
Message 79 -
1997-07-08 at 00:13:03
At 11:37 07.07.97 +0300, Mike wrote:
>CATO:
>> `Aritmethic is being able to count up to 16 whitout taking off your shoes`
>> -Mickey Mouse-
>
> But even if you have five digits in the end of every limb, you
>still can't count to 16 without taking off both of your shoes. 15, si! 16,
>no! That's quite clever, the way Mickey put it there.
That's not so. I'm working as an interpreter for deaf, and I can tell you
it's no problem counting to 1 billion with one hand (five fingers).
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Vidar Svendsen http://home.sol.no/vsvends
One good thing about getting old is that people believe you when you say
"I don't remember"
>CATO:
>> `Aritmethic is being able to count up to 16 whitout taking off your shoes`
>> -Mickey Mouse-
>
> But even if you have five digits in the end of every limb, you
>still can't count to 16 without taking off both of your shoes. 15, si! 16,
>no! That's quite clever, the way Mickey put it there.
That's not so. I'm working as an interpreter for deaf, and I can tell you
it's no problem counting to 1 billion with one hand (five fingers).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vidar Svendsen http://home.sol.no/vsvends
One good thing about getting old is that people believe you when you say
"I don't remember"
Bhc
Disney comics Digest V97 #138
Message 80 -
1997-07-08 at 02:53:32
Augie:
>I could deal with this. What's going to be in [US&DD]? (And if you
>answer Donald
>and $crooge, I'll fly out to California myself to slap you silly. ;-)
If you do, you'll be slapping some other poor slob. I'm in Arizona!
>Any particular era of repints, or all new stuff?
Anything goes. We do hope to focus on recent Scrooge & Donald material
produced by Egmont, Disney Italy, Oberon, and other fellow publishers, with
perhaps a scrap or two of Gladstone commissioned stuff just for fun (it
certainly won't be for profit!).
>What's the difference between "The Adventurous Uncle $crooge McDuck"
>and "Uncle $crooge Adventures"?
The cover title logo, the title in the indicia...other than than, nothing.
Seriously. We have taken the monthly USA and divided it into the bimonthly
USA and TAUSM. Why? The newsstands. Beyond that, I ain't talkin'...I ain't
got the strength!
Poul:
>>Now (Gary) don't get me wrong here. If Disney says that the only way
they will alow a story to be printed, is if the publishers do this
and that to soften up a few things, then okay for me. Still though, I
find it a bit sad that here in the 90'ies Barks stories are still
being censored.<<
It is, but that's the 90's for you. Anyway, we at Gladstone have never
wanted to censor anything, and it seems that most readers now understand
that.
Gary
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approach...)
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>I could deal with this. What's going to be in [US&DD]? (And if you
>answer Donald
>and $crooge, I'll fly out to California myself to slap you silly. ;-)
If you do, you'll be slapping some other poor slob. I'm in Arizona!
>Any particular era of repints, or all new stuff?
Anything goes. We do hope to focus on recent Scrooge & Donald material
produced by Egmont, Disney Italy, Oberon, and other fellow publishers, with
perhaps a scrap or two of Gladstone commissioned stuff just for fun (it
certainly won't be for profit!).
>What's the difference between "The Adventurous Uncle $crooge McDuck"
>and "Uncle $crooge Adventures"?
The cover title logo, the title in the indicia...other than than, nothing.
Seriously. We have taken the monthly USA and divided it into the bimonthly
USA and TAUSM. Why? The newsstands. Beyond that, I ain't talkin'...I ain't
got the strength!
Poul:
>>Now (Gary) don't get me wrong here. If Disney says that the only way
they will alow a story to be printed, is if the publishers do this
and that to soften up a few things, then okay for me. Still though, I
find it a bit sad that here in the 90'ies Barks stories are still
being censored.<<
It is, but that's the 90's for you. Anyway, we at Gladstone have never
wanted to censor anything, and it seems that most readers now understand
that.
Gary
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"Ee!" - Tiffany Case (as two flaming shish kebabs unpleasantly
approach...)
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Kfitz
Horace
Message 81 -
1997-07-08 at 03:21:40
> A strange thing is that Horace and Clarabelle were actually engaged in
the
> early stories! But apparently, they forgot about that later...
>
> --Harry.
Harry,
Yes! One story where the engagement became official is "Fireman Mickey"
which includes KFS reprints from 11/9-12/7/31. Inbetween Mickey assisting
his local firefighter, he tries to get Horace to pop the question to
Clarabelle (after all the fireman, Pop Weazel, is Justice of the Peace also
and business is slow). Mickey goes so far trying to play Cupid, that he
lets a rubber tipped arrow fly at Horace just as he is facing Clarabelle on
his knees, trying to find the words to propose. On the last page, Minnie
and Mickey are congratulating Clarabelle and Horace on their engagement.
And, Christopher, in this same story when Mickey is asking Horace why he
does not marry, he suggests "lots of girls could make you happy -
Clarabelle, for instance", Horace replies
"That's just th' trouble - she COULD - - but she WON'T" even though he has
never asked her, so they do kind of behave like they are sure the other
person would not find them attractive.
(My copy of this story is in Part II of Kali's Nail, WDC&S #255, February
1990)
-Kathy
the
> early stories! But apparently, they forgot about that later...
>
> --Harry.
Harry,
Yes! One story where the engagement became official is "Fireman Mickey"
which includes KFS reprints from 11/9-12/7/31. Inbetween Mickey assisting
his local firefighter, he tries to get Horace to pop the question to
Clarabelle (after all the fireman, Pop Weazel, is Justice of the Peace also
and business is slow). Mickey goes so far trying to play Cupid, that he
lets a rubber tipped arrow fly at Horace just as he is facing Clarabelle on
his knees, trying to find the words to propose. On the last page, Minnie
and Mickey are congratulating Clarabelle and Horace on their engagement.
And, Christopher, in this same story when Mickey is asking Horace why he
does not marry, he suggests "lots of girls could make you happy -
Clarabelle, for instance", Horace replies
"That's just th' trouble - she COULD - - but she WON'T" even though he has
never asked her, so they do kind of behave like they are sure the other
person would not find them attractive.
(My copy of this story is in Part II of Kali's Nail, WDC&S #255, February
1990)
-Kathy
Kfitz
Disney comics Digest V97 #166
Message 82 -
1997-07-08 at 12:40:04
DAVID:
> In "The Great Orphanage Robbery" (1932) ...... It seems that
specific mention of marriage was purposely dropped right there, probably to
leave more gag possibilities open.>
Why, thank you, David, for that information. Has this story ever been
reprinted it, do you know?
And yes, that seems pretty standard in comics and TV series that happy
marriages do not make for interesting plots with some exceptions. In TV,
one exception was "Hart to Hart" but then they were rich, traveled, and had
acquaintances that were always bumping each other off so they had mysteries
to solve. And of course, if Horace and Clarabelle ever did marry and then
had children, dare I ask it, would the children be horses or cows or a
combination? That might get difficult ...
-Kathy
> In "The Great Orphanage Robbery" (1932) ...... It seems that
specific mention of marriage was purposely dropped right there, probably to
leave more gag possibilities open.>
Why, thank you, David, for that information. Has this story ever been
reprinted it, do you know?
And yes, that seems pretty standard in comics and TV series that happy
marriages do not make for interesting plots with some exceptions. In TV,
one exception was "Hart to Hart" but then they were rich, traveled, and had
acquaintances that were always bumping each other off so they had mysteries
to solve. And of course, if Horace and Clarabelle ever did marry and then
had children, dare I ask it, would the children be horses or cows or a
combination? That might get difficult ...
-Kathy
Augie De Blieck Jr.
Disney comics Digest V97 #140
Message 83 -
1997-07-08 at 12:45:09
GARY:
> If you do, you'll be slapping some other poor slob. I'm in Arizona!
Eh, close enough. From New Jersey, the entire West Coast region looks alike.
;-) (Sheesh, and you'd think I'd remember this from all those letters of
comments I used to have to hand-address the envelopes for! E-mail makes me
stupid and forgetful. Duh. . .)
> >What's the difference between "The Adventurous Uncle $crooge McDuck"
> >and "Uncle $crooge Adventures"?
>
> The cover title logo, the title in the indicia...other than than, nothing.
> Seriously. We have taken the monthly USA and divided it into the bimonthly
> USA and TAUSM. Why? The newsstands. Beyond that, I ain't talkin'...I ain't
> got the strength!
Oh, I think I understand. This gives each issue two months on the newsstand to
possible sell, rather than just one, right? Since they're two separate titles,
they can both be on the newsstand at the same time, where with one Adventures
title, you had to take the old one off the stands to put the new one on.
I get it. I hope others understand. (If I'm right about this, that is.)
-Augie
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> If you do, you'll be slapping some other poor slob. I'm in Arizona!
Eh, close enough. From New Jersey, the entire West Coast region looks alike.
;-) (Sheesh, and you'd think I'd remember this from all those letters of
comments I used to have to hand-address the envelopes for! E-mail makes me
stupid and forgetful. Duh. . .)
> >What's the difference between "The Adventurous Uncle $crooge McDuck"
> >and "Uncle $crooge Adventures"?
>
> The cover title logo, the title in the indicia...other than than, nothing.
> Seriously. We have taken the monthly USA and divided it into the bimonthly
> USA and TAUSM. Why? The newsstands. Beyond that, I ain't talkin'...I ain't
> got the strength!
Oh, I think I understand. This gives each issue two months on the newsstand to
possible sell, rather than just one, right? Since they're two separate titles,
they can both be on the newsstand at the same time, where with one Adventures
title, you had to take the old one off the stands to put the new one on.
I get it. I hope others understand. (If I'm right about this, that is.)
-Augie
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Dr. Archontis Pantsios
Disney comics Digest V97 #140
Message 84 -
1997-07-08 at 14:48:44
KRITON WROTE:
>COOT'S HUT
>Duckburg's citizens are out in the streets, rallying to demand the
>restoration of what could be the most historic monument of the city,
>the hut in which the founder of Duckburg, Cornelius Coot, first lived!
>The only problem is that a behemoth of power and wealth, Scrooge McDuck's
>money bin, has been built on top of Coot's hut... This exciting story
>is signed by Carl Barks and Daan Jippes.
>
>Is this really a new Barks story? If so, it is interesting to note
>that Barks ignores the fact that the money bin has been built on top
>of the foundations of fort Duckburg (from "The Money Well") rather than
>Coot's hut.
Nah, that's NOT a new Barks story--it's a Junior Woodchucks Barks script
written in the early 70's. Daan Jippes has been re-drawing some of these JW
Barks scripts in the early 90's. I think he's stopped doing that, not having
re-drawn ALL these JW Barks scripts. Don't know the reason exactly.
BTW, Gladstone HAS published in the last couple of years most (if not all)
of these new Jippes-drawn JW Barks scripts--including the one you mention above.
Archontis
>COOT'S HUT
>Duckburg's citizens are out in the streets, rallying to demand the
>restoration of what could be the most historic monument of the city,
>the hut in which the founder of Duckburg, Cornelius Coot, first lived!
>The only problem is that a behemoth of power and wealth, Scrooge McDuck's
>money bin, has been built on top of Coot's hut... This exciting story
>is signed by Carl Barks and Daan Jippes.
>
>Is this really a new Barks story? If so, it is interesting to note
>that Barks ignores the fact that the money bin has been built on top
>of the foundations of fort Duckburg (from "The Money Well") rather than
>Coot's hut.
Nah, that's NOT a new Barks story--it's a Junior Woodchucks Barks script
written in the early 70's. Daan Jippes has been re-drawing some of these JW
Barks scripts in the early 90's. I think he's stopped doing that, not having
re-drawn ALL these JW Barks scripts. Don't know the reason exactly.
BTW, Gladstone HAS published in the last couple of years most (if not all)
of these new Jippes-drawn JW Barks scripts--including the one you mention above.
Archontis
Mikko Aittola
Marco Polo
Message 85 -
1997-07-08 at 14:54:25
NISSE wrote [about Barks' "Marco Polo"]:
> It has *just* never been printed in Scandinavia before.
I think technically Finland isn't part of the Scandinavia,
altough I'm not sure about that, but since some people
(including me) at least sometimes think it is - I thought
I'd mention that:
Marco Polo was printed in Finland in the first printing of
the ridiculously-large-sized Uncle $crooge hardcover. But
it was removed from later printings, because of Disney PTB.
/Mikko
> It has *just* never been printed in Scandinavia before.
I think technically Finland isn't part of the Scandinavia,
altough I'm not sure about that, but since some people
(including me) at least sometimes think it is - I thought
I'd mention that:
Marco Polo was printed in Finland in the first printing of
the ridiculously-large-sized Uncle $crooge hardcover. But
it was removed from later printings, because of Disney PTB.
/Mikko
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V97 #140
Message 86 -
1997-07-08 at 15:00:10
I'm having computer trouble and this may not go through...
MIKE:
Well, no, the dialect I use in "Space Varmints" is not really the language
here in my home (Kentucky) town of Louisville. It's more like the dialect
of east Kentucky... or, really, anywhere in Kentucky outside of Louisville
or Lexington. Still, the Louisville dialect is such that you Europeans who
speak such excellent English would have trouble understanding English
spoken by a Louisvillian, much less an eastern Kentuckian, since they
mispronounce the words so badly -- they didn't learn to speak English from
teachers like you, they learned from other Kentuckians. You guys have no
trouble understanding me when I visit because I mostly learned English the
same way YOU did, from watching old movies on TV.
ALL:
Some of you oddly misinterpretted a message I posted a few days ago, where
I was asking who among you has all the UNCLE $CROOGE comics except #179. I
don't know why anyone would think that I wanted to buy, for myself, a full
set of U$ -- I would think you'd know that I've had such a set since they
were printed! But thanks for the few offers I've received -- however, I
still am curious as to who among you has a full (or near full) set of U$
except for that elusive #179.
MIKE:
Well, no, the dialect I use in "Space Varmints" is not really the language
here in my home (Kentucky) town of Louisville. It's more like the dialect
of east Kentucky... or, really, anywhere in Kentucky outside of Louisville
or Lexington. Still, the Louisville dialect is such that you Europeans who
speak such excellent English would have trouble understanding English
spoken by a Louisvillian, much less an eastern Kentuckian, since they
mispronounce the words so badly -- they didn't learn to speak English from
teachers like you, they learned from other Kentuckians. You guys have no
trouble understanding me when I visit because I mostly learned English the
same way YOU did, from watching old movies on TV.
ALL:
Some of you oddly misinterpretted a message I posted a few days ago, where
I was asking who among you has all the UNCLE $CROOGE comics except #179. I
don't know why anyone would think that I wanted to buy, for myself, a full
set of U$ -- I would think you'd know that I've had such a set since they
were printed! But thanks for the few offers I've received -- however, I
still am curious as to who among you has a full (or near full) set of U$
except for that elusive #179.
Soeren Schridde
Disney comics Digest V97 #140
Message 87 -
1997-07-08 at 17:33:40
Hi all!
Some information about what could be read in Germany lately:
The "Donald Duck Sonderheft" arrived at the newsstands lately,
reprinting the "Treasure of Marco Polo"-story by Barks. It had only
been published by the Donaldists before, and a changed version in a
book of Melzer (never heard of that, I admit!). Great start of the
U$-50th birthday! Next month finally, the special album will be
published!
And after ROSA had been mentioned in last week=B4s "DER SPIEGEL", this
week there is a short article about the Southern Baptist=B4s boycot.
Just a neutral description about the fact, afai can judge that.
Howdy!
Soeren
(Email removed)
Soeren Schridde
Kurt-Tucholsky-Str.1
49088 Osnabrueck
eMail: (Email removed)
Tel./Fax: 0541/150764
Some information about what could be read in Germany lately:
The "Donald Duck Sonderheft" arrived at the newsstands lately,
reprinting the "Treasure of Marco Polo"-story by Barks. It had only
been published by the Donaldists before, and a changed version in a
book of Melzer (never heard of that, I admit!). Great start of the
U$-50th birthday! Next month finally, the special album will be
published!
And after ROSA had been mentioned in last week=B4s "DER SPIEGEL", this
week there is a short article about the Southern Baptist=B4s boycot.
Just a neutral description about the fact, afai can judge that.
Howdy!
Soeren
(Email removed)
Soeren Schridde
Kurt-Tucholsky-Str.1
49088 Osnabrueck
eMail: (Email removed)
Tel./Fax: 0541/150764
Per Starback
Will the real DD please stand up?
Message 88 -
1997-07-08 at 18:00:09
Jonathan wrote about Barksian evidence that Mickey does exist in the
Duck universe. You forgot about WDC 99 where Donald is asked what
Mickey Mouse's social security number is. It's true that the script
originally wasn't by Barks, though.
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> <http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/>
"This isn't in the script!"
Duck universe. You forgot about WDC 99 where Donald is asked what
Mickey Mouse's social security number is. It's true that the script
originally wasn't by Barks, though.
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> <http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/>
"This isn't in the script!"
Eric Chun
Barks Treasury: Second Twenty Plates
Message 89 -
1997-07-08 at 23:10:18
Barks Treasury: Second Twenty Plates
* PURSUIT OF THE MUMMY'S RING
Donald, Huey, and Dewey sailing on a ship towards an
ancient city.
* AT KING SOLOMON'S MINES
Scrooge, Donald, and HDL carrying a treasure chest.
Two camel riders with rifles surprise them at the
entrance to the mine.
* IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PIZARRO
Scrooge, Donald, and HDL walking up the narrow path
on a mountain, as they spot Spanish armor through a
crevice in the mountain.
* LOST IN THE ANDES
Donald and HDL find a nest with square eggs.
* IN THE REALM OF THE GILDED MAN
Donald and HDL escaping (with the mail bag) from the
gilded man.
* IN THE CLUTCHES OF A VOODOO CURSE
Donald and HDL are surprised at the sight of a
shrunken man.
* OUTBACK DOWN UNDER
Donald and HDL escaping on a kangaroo, while spears
are being thrown at them.
* TO THE HIGH PASTURES OF THE UNICORN
Donald and HDL running from the unicorn.
* HOME ARE THE SAILORS, HOME FROM THE SEA
Donald and HDL on a small sailboat.
* FAMILY SIZE JOB
Donald standing on a table, with Huey standing in
his right arm, Dewey standing in his left arm, and
Louie standing on his head. Huey and Dewey are
bracing Louie, while he changes a light bulb on
the ceiling.
* LAWN PESTS
Donald yelling at seven gophers, who just burrowed
through his yard.
* TIME FOR A TANTRUM
Donald and HDL riding unicycles. Donald is having
a hard time riding the unicycle, while HDL are
having an easy time, and are riding circles aroung
Donald.
* SHERIFF OF BULLET VALLEY
Donald dressed as a sheriff with bullets bouncing
of his sheriff's badge.
* THE MOST EFFICIENT TRUANT OFFICER
Donald with a truant officer's badge, fishing
Dewey off of the frozen lake (by his ice skates)
with a magnet.
* DUCK WITH A PORPOISE
Donald riding a porpoise.
* CLAIM HOPPERS
Scrooge panhandling for gold in a river. Three
frogs are jumping out of his pan, each with a gold
nugget in its mouth.
* THIS ISN'T OUR DAY
Daisy and Donald waiting in Donald's car, while a
turtle crosses the road. A "turtle crossing" sign
is in the background.
* GOING CLASSICAL: THE BOLERO
Donald and Daisy dancing, while wearing Spanish
attire.
* DRUM MAJOR NO. 1
Donald as the grand marshal of a parade.
* END OF ANOTHER DISASTROUS EPISODE
Donald running off into the sunset, heading for
Timbuktu.
--
Sorry for the delay in posting these descriptions.
(Descriptions of the first twenty plates were post-
ed in May.)
Have a great day!
Eric
* PURSUIT OF THE MUMMY'S RING
Donald, Huey, and Dewey sailing on a ship towards an
ancient city.
* AT KING SOLOMON'S MINES
Scrooge, Donald, and HDL carrying a treasure chest.
Two camel riders with rifles surprise them at the
entrance to the mine.
* IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PIZARRO
Scrooge, Donald, and HDL walking up the narrow path
on a mountain, as they spot Spanish armor through a
crevice in the mountain.
* LOST IN THE ANDES
Donald and HDL find a nest with square eggs.
* IN THE REALM OF THE GILDED MAN
Donald and HDL escaping (with the mail bag) from the
gilded man.
* IN THE CLUTCHES OF A VOODOO CURSE
Donald and HDL are surprised at the sight of a
shrunken man.
* OUTBACK DOWN UNDER
Donald and HDL escaping on a kangaroo, while spears
are being thrown at them.
* TO THE HIGH PASTURES OF THE UNICORN
Donald and HDL running from the unicorn.
* HOME ARE THE SAILORS, HOME FROM THE SEA
Donald and HDL on a small sailboat.
* FAMILY SIZE JOB
Donald standing on a table, with Huey standing in
his right arm, Dewey standing in his left arm, and
Louie standing on his head. Huey and Dewey are
bracing Louie, while he changes a light bulb on
the ceiling.
* LAWN PESTS
Donald yelling at seven gophers, who just burrowed
through his yard.
* TIME FOR A TANTRUM
Donald and HDL riding unicycles. Donald is having
a hard time riding the unicycle, while HDL are
having an easy time, and are riding circles aroung
Donald.
* SHERIFF OF BULLET VALLEY
Donald dressed as a sheriff with bullets bouncing
of his sheriff's badge.
* THE MOST EFFICIENT TRUANT OFFICER
Donald with a truant officer's badge, fishing
Dewey off of the frozen lake (by his ice skates)
with a magnet.
* DUCK WITH A PORPOISE
Donald riding a porpoise.
* CLAIM HOPPERS
Scrooge panhandling for gold in a river. Three
frogs are jumping out of his pan, each with a gold
nugget in its mouth.
* THIS ISN'T OUR DAY
Daisy and Donald waiting in Donald's car, while a
turtle crosses the road. A "turtle crossing" sign
is in the background.
* GOING CLASSICAL: THE BOLERO
Donald and Daisy dancing, while wearing Spanish
attire.
* DRUM MAJOR NO. 1
Donald as the grand marshal of a parade.
* END OF ANOTHER DISASTROUS EPISODE
Donald running off into the sunset, heading for
Timbuktu.
--
Sorry for the delay in posting these descriptions.
(Descriptions of the first twenty plates were post-
ed in May.)
Have a great day!
Eric
Per Starback
D -> TH in BROS 208 (Was: Don't picka da punk!)
Message 90 -
1997-07-09 at 00:54:23
Thanks to those answering my question on that quote from WDC 76!
Somehow I never realized "punk" was something else than punk, and
thought that "picka" was pick+of, and just indicated an uneducated
speaker/writer rather than a foreigner.
Speaking of spelling non-standard English there's something
interesting in Brer Rabbit One-Shot #208 (1949) that I don't know if
anyone else has noticed. I don't have that book, so my sources are
the following Gladstone reprints:
BR Does It Again! in WDCDG 2
Th' Butter Business in WDC 517
Gizzards for the 'Gator in WDCDG 2
BR Fixes Up A Friendship in WDCDG 3
(where WDCDG is Gladstone's "Walt Disney's Comics Digest").
All of these stories are written by Chase Craig by the way.
(The first two drawn by Dick Moores and the last two by Paul Murry.)
I happened to notice that some of the lettering looked cramped, and I
investigated further. If you look closely at the lettering of all of
these it's clear that they first used "d" instead of a voiced th in
words like "the", "this" and "that", but that they have been
relettered with "th" instead before printing! Most of the time you
can't see it, like when the "th" is first or last on a line, but in
places like
Er... What that you sayin' 'bout fo' millyum dollars?
^^
and But what do you aims to do with me?
^^
the marked "th"'s look very cramped. (It's not visible in the word
"the" as "de " (d, e, space) there has been changed to "th'" which
takes the same amount of space.)
This might be compared to the Sunday pages with Brer Rabbit, or the
earlier one-shot OS 129 (1946) where "d" is used as in "De Tar-Baby":
What's de matter wid you? Is you *deef*? If you is, I can
holler louder!
It seems like a lot of work to go over the lettering and change all of
that, so it must have seemed important to the editors at the time.
(But I don't think the stories from OS 129 were changed when they were
reprinted in OS 693 some years later!)
I don't see why they did this. In all other respects (mock) Black
English is still used, so it's not a general decision to use "proper
English" as children might learn bad habits otherwise.
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> <http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/>
"An' it jest so happen that I is a detekatiff...
Th'best detekatiff in these woods!"
Somehow I never realized "punk" was something else than punk, and
thought that "picka" was pick+of, and just indicated an uneducated
speaker/writer rather than a foreigner.
Speaking of spelling non-standard English there's something
interesting in Brer Rabbit One-Shot #208 (1949) that I don't know if
anyone else has noticed. I don't have that book, so my sources are
the following Gladstone reprints:
BR Does It Again! in WDCDG 2
Th' Butter Business in WDC 517
Gizzards for the 'Gator in WDCDG 2
BR Fixes Up A Friendship in WDCDG 3
(where WDCDG is Gladstone's "Walt Disney's Comics Digest").
All of these stories are written by Chase Craig by the way.
(The first two drawn by Dick Moores and the last two by Paul Murry.)
I happened to notice that some of the lettering looked cramped, and I
investigated further. If you look closely at the lettering of all of
these it's clear that they first used "d" instead of a voiced th in
words like "the", "this" and "that", but that they have been
relettered with "th" instead before printing! Most of the time you
can't see it, like when the "th" is first or last on a line, but in
places like
Er... What that you sayin' 'bout fo' millyum dollars?
^^
and But what do you aims to do with me?
^^
the marked "th"'s look very cramped. (It's not visible in the word
"the" as "de " (d, e, space) there has been changed to "th'" which
takes the same amount of space.)
This might be compared to the Sunday pages with Brer Rabbit, or the
earlier one-shot OS 129 (1946) where "d" is used as in "De Tar-Baby":
What's de matter wid you? Is you *deef*? If you is, I can
holler louder!
It seems like a lot of work to go over the lettering and change all of
that, so it must have seemed important to the editors at the time.
(But I don't think the stories from OS 129 were changed when they were
reprinted in OS 693 some years later!)
I don't see why they did this. In all other respects (mock) Black
English is still used, so it's not a general decision to use "proper
English" as children might learn bad habits otherwise.
--
Per Starback <(Email removed)> <http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/>
"An' it jest so happen that I is a detekatiff...
Th'best detekatiff in these woods!"