MICHAEL NAIMAN suggested:
<<Maybe Mickey should revert to his Mickey Mouse Magazine days with text
stories, ads, and the like and be distributed in supermarkets and places
where they could be used as "shut-me-ups" for smaller children. Of course,
with no MM cartoons being produced today the little kids probably don't
know who he is this side of Disneyland.>>
This would be okay if one were willing to relegate Mickey to the hands of the
small fry. But what about those ADULT fans who wish to enjoy Mickey stories
with a little more substance to them? Say, a steady diet of stories on the
order of David Gerstein's "The Return of Phantom Bob"?
I'd say that the existing Little Golden Books, puzzles, toys, et al., along
with Mickey's presence at the Disney parks, are doing a decent enough job of
using Mickey as an "all-purpose pacifier." Let's not infantilize his
comic-book adventures to match. After all, they are practically the only
place left where Mickey "has a life."
Newcomer JO KARSTAD (is that an acceptable name-shortening?) asked:
<<In Don's story "The money Pit" does Scrooge know were every single dime in
the money bin is.
How is that possible ?
Scrooge did change *every* dime into paper money exept his first dime.
He also did that in an other story.
Did he change the money back and put every single dime back to its place ?>>
Let's just say... if ANYONE would go to all that trouble, Scrooge would!
After all, every coin in his bin "has a story." :-)
DWIGHT DECKER brought up the following pedagogical point:
<<Just as a style suggestion, it's probably not a good idea to
abbreviate "Disney comics" as "DCs." The company that publishes
Superman, Batman, et al is DC Comics (originally an abbreviation
for "Detective Comics," which dates back to the 1930s). DC Comics
in the United States refers only to the Superman publisher, and
its publications are commonly called (in fan parlance) "DCs."
Calling Disney comics "DCs" is inviting confusion, I'm afraid.
Superman is a DC comic. Uncle Scrooge is a Disney comic.>>
Disney has never come up with an abbreviation on the order of "DC Comics,"
has it? What do you all think of "DisC Comics"?
As a side note, I have seen WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES abbreviated as
WD, WDC, and WDC&S. The last of these seems to be the most popular, for the
obvious reason that it uses the first letter of every word in the title.
I personally refer in shorthand to Don's "Life and Times of Uncle Scrooge"
series as "LATOSM" (pronounced "lah-tos-em"). If you think that sounds bad,
think about what it'll be like to wrap your tongue around the abbreviation
for the upcoming Gladstone title THE ADVENTUROUS UNCLE SCROOGE MCDUCK...
namely, TAUSM (prounced "toss 'em"). It's a standing invitation to throw
comic books in the trash, for goodness sake!!
-- Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
Scrooge: "THAT WAS THE FIRST DIME I EVER EARNED...! WHY ELSE WOULD IT BE IN
A CASE?!?!"
Fenton Crackshell: "BLABBERIN' BLATHERSKITE! I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR EMERGENCY
PHONE CALLS!!"
-- "DuckTales" episode "Frozen Assets"
Author
Topic: 199708
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Cebarat
Disney comics Digest V97 #172
Message 151 -
1997-08-19 at 03:05:53
SRoweCanoe
DA s and Acclaim
Message 152 -
1997-08-19 at 04:01:39
As the self-appointed indexer of the non-Gladstone USA Disney comics here on
this list; I've been lax in my duties . My excuse was the complete
destruction of my AOL files (which included my address book and my list of
what was needed to be indexed). Pardon if I forget something:
Disney Adventures Vol7 #12 August 1, 1987
Mighty Ducks "Dino Might" JZ 266
writer: B.Swenlin, Pencils: C.Allen (drew Archie's Teenage Mutant
Nija Turtels Adventures), inks: Dave Hunt 12pp
Bonkers "Wash Out" writer: R.Brown, P: C.Quatieri. inks: H.Ottolini JZ
243 1p
Bone (non Disney reprint) JZ 313 7pp
Timon & Pumbaa "Pest Control" writer: Dan Parent, pencils: C.Quatieri,
inks: H. OttoliniJZ 286 1p
Captain Blammo! Versus Toxo the Bear! JZ 319 1p
Vol 7 #13 August 30, 1997
D&A JZ 309 16pp a new strip involving two kids who fight aliens
Disney's Enchanting Stories #1 1997 Digest Size
Hercules "A Torch For Meg" 97es135-L D.GChister ?Todd Smith & Steve
George
22pp
Pochontas " Indian Fashion" 97es133 Jack Enyart/ Gonzales Mayo & Mark
McKenna 8pp
Snow White "Not So Good Morning" 97es101-G Michael Gallaghet/ George
Wildman 2pp
101 Dalmations "Dalmation Designs" 97es117-a Trina Robbins/ Jose Delbo and
Jim Amish (Jim's a North Carolina resident) 5PP
Beauty and the Beast " The Art Critic" 97es130 BobBudiansky ?Bill Neville
& Phyllis Novin 8pp
Hunchback of Notre Dame 'On the Horns of A Dream" 97es134 Gallagher / Mike
Kazaleh & Steve George 10pp I collect Kazaleh, but this doesn't look like
his work. I think it's also the first time he didn't ink his own work.
I'll save the first issue of the Disney Action Club for later.
SR
this list; I've been lax in my duties . My excuse was the complete
destruction of my AOL files (which included my address book and my list of
what was needed to be indexed). Pardon if I forget something:
Disney Adventures Vol7 #12 August 1, 1987
Mighty Ducks "Dino Might" JZ 266
writer: B.Swenlin, Pencils: C.Allen (drew Archie's Teenage Mutant
Nija Turtels Adventures), inks: Dave Hunt 12pp
Bonkers "Wash Out" writer: R.Brown, P: C.Quatieri. inks: H.Ottolini JZ
243 1p
Bone (non Disney reprint) JZ 313 7pp
Timon & Pumbaa "Pest Control" writer: Dan Parent, pencils: C.Quatieri,
inks: H. OttoliniJZ 286 1p
Captain Blammo! Versus Toxo the Bear! JZ 319 1p
Vol 7 #13 August 30, 1997
D&A JZ 309 16pp a new strip involving two kids who fight aliens
Disney's Enchanting Stories #1 1997 Digest Size
Hercules "A Torch For Meg" 97es135-L D.GChister ?Todd Smith & Steve
George
22pp
Pochontas " Indian Fashion" 97es133 Jack Enyart/ Gonzales Mayo & Mark
McKenna 8pp
Snow White "Not So Good Morning" 97es101-G Michael Gallaghet/ George
Wildman 2pp
101 Dalmations "Dalmation Designs" 97es117-a Trina Robbins/ Jose Delbo and
Jim Amish (Jim's a North Carolina resident) 5PP
Beauty and the Beast " The Art Critic" 97es130 BobBudiansky ?Bill Neville
& Phyllis Novin 8pp
Hunchback of Notre Dame 'On the Horns of A Dream" 97es134 Gallagher / Mike
Kazaleh & Steve George 10pp I collect Kazaleh, but this doesn't look like
his work. I think it's also the first time he didn't ink his own work.
I'll save the first issue of the Disney Action Club for later.
SR
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V97 #172
Message 153 -
1997-08-19 at 07:56:04
JO: asks me...
> In your story "Fortune on the rocks" there is some *untranslatable* JW
> titles on page 2.
> What is the original abbreviations?
I did this story before I realized that there were European Disney comics
being printed, or at least before I knew the incredible popularity and
proliferation of such comics and that they would someday be reprinting all
my American stories. As a result, the entire basis for "Fortune on the
Rocks" (MY title for which was "His Fortune on the Rocks", and I've never
known why they dropped the "His" off) was that of puns about geology (since
geology was one of my college studies as part of engineering). So, those
JW titles were probably the least of the translators troubles on that
story.
There were two. The kids said they were JW "C.R.A.K.E.R.J.A.C.S."
("Connoisseur Rockhounds and All-Knowing Experts in Recognizing Jewels and
All Choice Stones"), and Donald claimed that in the Little Booneheads he
was a "Champion Rockhound and Adept Collector of Keen Pebbles and Other
Treasures", which $crooge pointed out was a "C.R.A.C.P.O.T.".
If you like this sort of thing, my HD&L 60th Anniversary story is packed
with them... even the title.
> I just read a Barks story - I think it's called "The round money bin or
> something like that.
> In the story Scrooge first dime is a 25 cent dime. Is it just translated
> bad, or is it Scrooge first 25 cent dime, not his *first* dime?
> In a D. Rosa story (I cant remember wich) there is a frame with a dime
> inside hanging on a wall in Scrooges money bin. It's written over (or
> under) it that it is Scrooge's first 25 cent dime. Does Don mean the dime
> in the round-money-bin-story ?
You have two problems here. First, you're right, if your translator called
that coin in the round Money Bin story a 25-cent piece, it was incorrect.
The coin in $crooge's pocket in that story was his First Dime.
Your second problem is that you seem to have confused the English word
"dime" with "COIN". A dime is an American 10-cent piece. It is never a
25-cent piece or any other denomination. A coin, on t'other hand, is any
piece of metal money of any denomination. In my story I would guess that
the coin on $crooge's wall was labelled "MY FIRST QUARTER" which is a
25-cent coin, not a dime. See?
> In Don's story "The money Pit" does Scrooge know were every single dime
in
> the money bin is. How is that possible ?
It's possible because he is $crooge McDuck! (And because it's a comic book
story!)
> Scrooge did change *every* dime into paper money exept his first dime.
> He also did that in an other story.
> Did he change the money back and put every single dime back to its place
?
Here's my convoluted view of continuity in the Duck Universe: everything
that happened to $crooge in the past, in his early days, is "solid fact"
that I won't change. Anything that happens to $crooge or his Money Bin or
something in a NEW story changes back the way it was before as soon as the
story ends. In other words, I might show the whole Money Bin destroyed in a
story like my "Cash Flow", but in the very next story I won't hesitate to
say that the Bin has stood undesturbed for 50 years. Barks would do the
same thing -- he had $crooge convert the contents of his Bin to coins or
bills in one story or another, but in the next story he would have all the
original coins back in the original Bin as if the previous story never
occured.
I am often cursed for introducing continuity into Duck comics, but I still
only do so as regards $crooge's early life as told of in old Barks tales,
not in regards to what happens in each new story that takes place.
DWIGHT:
> Just as a style suggestion, it's probably not a good idea to
> abbreviate "Disney comics" as "DCs." DC Comics
> in the United States refers only to the Superman publisher,
> Calling Disney comics "DCs" is inviting confusion, I'm afraid.
> Superman is a DC comic. Uncle Scrooge is a Disney comic.
AGREED! Thanks. When I speedily read through that Digest, I thought that
message writer WAS referring to DC comics when he said "DCs". I WAS
confused until I read your message.
> In your story "Fortune on the rocks" there is some *untranslatable* JW
> titles on page 2.
> What is the original abbreviations?
I did this story before I realized that there were European Disney comics
being printed, or at least before I knew the incredible popularity and
proliferation of such comics and that they would someday be reprinting all
my American stories. As a result, the entire basis for "Fortune on the
Rocks" (MY title for which was "His Fortune on the Rocks", and I've never
known why they dropped the "His" off) was that of puns about geology (since
geology was one of my college studies as part of engineering). So, those
JW titles were probably the least of the translators troubles on that
story.
There were two. The kids said they were JW "C.R.A.K.E.R.J.A.C.S."
("Connoisseur Rockhounds and All-Knowing Experts in Recognizing Jewels and
All Choice Stones"), and Donald claimed that in the Little Booneheads he
was a "Champion Rockhound and Adept Collector of Keen Pebbles and Other
Treasures", which $crooge pointed out was a "C.R.A.C.P.O.T.".
If you like this sort of thing, my HD&L 60th Anniversary story is packed
with them... even the title.
> I just read a Barks story - I think it's called "The round money bin or
> something like that.
> In the story Scrooge first dime is a 25 cent dime. Is it just translated
> bad, or is it Scrooge first 25 cent dime, not his *first* dime?
> In a D. Rosa story (I cant remember wich) there is a frame with a dime
> inside hanging on a wall in Scrooges money bin. It's written over (or
> under) it that it is Scrooge's first 25 cent dime. Does Don mean the dime
> in the round-money-bin-story ?
You have two problems here. First, you're right, if your translator called
that coin in the round Money Bin story a 25-cent piece, it was incorrect.
The coin in $crooge's pocket in that story was his First Dime.
Your second problem is that you seem to have confused the English word
"dime" with "COIN". A dime is an American 10-cent piece. It is never a
25-cent piece or any other denomination. A coin, on t'other hand, is any
piece of metal money of any denomination. In my story I would guess that
the coin on $crooge's wall was labelled "MY FIRST QUARTER" which is a
25-cent coin, not a dime. See?
> In Don's story "The money Pit" does Scrooge know were every single dime
in
> the money bin is. How is that possible ?
It's possible because he is $crooge McDuck! (And because it's a comic book
story!)
> Scrooge did change *every* dime into paper money exept his first dime.
> He also did that in an other story.
> Did he change the money back and put every single dime back to its place
?
Here's my convoluted view of continuity in the Duck Universe: everything
that happened to $crooge in the past, in his early days, is "solid fact"
that I won't change. Anything that happens to $crooge or his Money Bin or
something in a NEW story changes back the way it was before as soon as the
story ends. In other words, I might show the whole Money Bin destroyed in a
story like my "Cash Flow", but in the very next story I won't hesitate to
say that the Bin has stood undesturbed for 50 years. Barks would do the
same thing -- he had $crooge convert the contents of his Bin to coins or
bills in one story or another, but in the next story he would have all the
original coins back in the original Bin as if the previous story never
occured.
I am often cursed for introducing continuity into Duck comics, but I still
only do so as regards $crooge's early life as told of in old Barks tales,
not in regards to what happens in each new story that takes place.
DWIGHT:
> Just as a style suggestion, it's probably not a good idea to
> abbreviate "Disney comics" as "DCs." DC Comics
> in the United States refers only to the Superman publisher,
> Calling Disney comics "DCs" is inviting confusion, I'm afraid.
> Superman is a DC comic. Uncle Scrooge is a Disney comic.
AGREED! Thanks. When I speedily read through that Digest, I thought that
message writer WAS referring to DC comics when he said "DCs". I WAS
confused until I read your message.
Rich Bellacera
Disney comics Digest V97 #172
Message 154 -
1997-08-19 at 09:10:14
PLUTO'S PLANET (RICH MORRISSEY):
> Excellent explanation! Actually, I've long been convinced the
>Disney dog was named after the planet, which Clyde Tombaugh discovered
>only a year or two before the bloodhound appeared. The name would have
>been on everyone's lips and was alliterative (at least, some early
>appearances
>refer to him as "Pluto Pup," though now he's pretty definitely a grown dog,
>just as Mickey's become a rather mature Mouse), so it stuck...just as other
>contemporary names get applied to cartoon characters, like Snoopy's
>secretary Woodstock (named in 1970).
Funny you should say that. I recently read that Pluto was indeed named in
commemoration of the discovery of the planet. I want to add this info to my
profile of Pluto, but now I've gotta go back through all the reference books
and comics I've been reading within the past two weeks in order to note it.
BTW, another common appellation for Pluto was the variant "Pluto the Pup"
as his girlfriend was commonly called "Fifi the Peke."
MICKEY MOUSE IN "LOVE TROUBLE":
FYI..... Tah-dah! I found a store in Berkley, California which actually
had a copy of the Dell Giant "Mickey Mouse Birthday Party" #1 (1953).
YAAYY! Now that I've read "Mickey Mouse in Love Trouble" I'm more
confused. I found the story completely innocuous (by today's standards)
and can't see what woud prevent it's reprinting. The plot was similar to
"Mickey's Rival" and the said rival was just as much a jerk as Mortimer.
There was no cat-fight between Minnie and Millicent (a.k.a. Madeline) that
someone alluded to. In fact Madeline was a rather an endearing character
whom I think should be reused.The only thing I can imagine MIGHT have
been a reason for censorship (a rediculous reason that is) is Minnie's snooty
attitude toward Mickey (and Madeline). An attitude she has exhibitted many
times in cartoons which I see constantly exhibitted in repeat showings of
Mickey cartoons on the Disney Channel.
PATRICIA PIGG HAIRY SITUATION:
I'm curious. I have a few stories with Patricia Pigg in them and in all of
them she has no hair, nor does she have hair in any of the cartoons in
which she appears (even in "Mickey's Christmas Carol" where she can
be seen dancing with Percy at Fizzywig's party - she is wearing a bow
however). When did she begin sporting hair as she does in the latest
issue of WDC in the Egmont tale by David Gerstein? I realize the author
is not always aware of how the art will look in the end (as he mentioned
his surprise at the use of Neighbor Jones). Is this a fluke (sorry Harry) or
did she sprout hair some time after her ears went from round to pointed?
Does she wear a wig? And when did Gyro go from wearing a bird's
nest to sprouting his own hair? Does the Disney Universe have Rogane?
PARTY COVERS:
One curious thing I noticed is that both the front AND back covers of
"Mickey Mouse Birthday Party" #1were reprinted for Gold Key's
"Mickey Mouse Suprise Party" #1 (1968), which I also have, except
ALL of the stories are different (some of the "Mickey Mouse Milestones"
were reprinted on the inside cover, however).
DOES MICKEY MOUSE HAVE A LIFE, TOO?:
Question: Aside from these two books listed above, was there ever a MM
comic which delineated Mickey's career much as "The Goofy Success Story"
and "This is Your Life, Donald Duck" did for them (both of which, I think,
were based on the cartoons of the same names)?
THE RED WASP (Per RHODE):
As for the "Red Bee", as far as I know the first and last time it was printed
in the USA was in WDC&S #317 - 319 (1967) where actually the hero is
called "The Red Wasp." In that tale, Goofy even tries to be the Wasp, but,
well, Goofy *is* goofy. IMHO, the "Plastic Mickey" story was better, and
I would LOVE to see a new Plastic Mickey tale... and maybe a "Wonder
Minnie" (a la "Wonder Woman") tale as someone else suggested. I think
Daisy's done a bit of heroing though I'm not certain, but Minnie definitely
deserves some spotlighting.
GOOFY'S GOOBERS:
As I recall, David said that Mickey became a superhero once by eating
Goofy's goobers... I have read stories of $crooge, the Beagle Boys, and
even Scamp eating those darn things and gaining super powers. Now I
wanna know WHO in the Disney universe HASN'T eaten those things?
(rhetorical question).
MY STALLWART QUEST FOR MICKEY:
I have "MICKEY MOUSE (Walt Disney's Best Comics) by Abbeville
Press, "MICKEY MOUSE IN COLOR" (smaller version) by Pantheon
Books (produced by A.R.), "MICKEY MOUSE (Fifty Happy Years)"
by Harmony Books and "Walt Disney MAGIC MOMENTS" published
by Mondadori, all of which published old Mickey Mouse comics and
film stories in strip form. Are there any others, especially something
lengthier than the first two, which might cover more of Gottfredson's
stories in hardbound (or softbound) form? I'm also interested in
something that might've done the same for Romano Scarpa. Other
publishers have used this format to publish the histories of their
characters (Li'l Abner, Terry and the Pirates, etc.). And as there is
quite an extensive supply of material available about Donald and
$crooge from Barks in this format, it seems to me someone might
have done so for Mickey in the past and the book(s) are just out of
print now. Or do I own all there is? :-(
Take care all, Rich Bellacera
http://www.jps.net/xephyr/rich/disney.html
> Excellent explanation! Actually, I've long been convinced the
>Disney dog was named after the planet, which Clyde Tombaugh discovered
>only a year or two before the bloodhound appeared. The name would have
>been on everyone's lips and was alliterative (at least, some early
>appearances
>refer to him as "Pluto Pup," though now he's pretty definitely a grown dog,
>just as Mickey's become a rather mature Mouse), so it stuck...just as other
>contemporary names get applied to cartoon characters, like Snoopy's
>secretary Woodstock (named in 1970).
Funny you should say that. I recently read that Pluto was indeed named in
commemoration of the discovery of the planet. I want to add this info to my
profile of Pluto, but now I've gotta go back through all the reference books
and comics I've been reading within the past two weeks in order to note it.
BTW, another common appellation for Pluto was the variant "Pluto the Pup"
as his girlfriend was commonly called "Fifi the Peke."
MICKEY MOUSE IN "LOVE TROUBLE":
FYI..... Tah-dah! I found a store in Berkley, California which actually
had a copy of the Dell Giant "Mickey Mouse Birthday Party" #1 (1953).
YAAYY! Now that I've read "Mickey Mouse in Love Trouble" I'm more
confused. I found the story completely innocuous (by today's standards)
and can't see what woud prevent it's reprinting. The plot was similar to
"Mickey's Rival" and the said rival was just as much a jerk as Mortimer.
There was no cat-fight between Minnie and Millicent (a.k.a. Madeline) that
someone alluded to. In fact Madeline was a rather an endearing character
whom I think should be reused.The only thing I can imagine MIGHT have
been a reason for censorship (a rediculous reason that is) is Minnie's snooty
attitude toward Mickey (and Madeline). An attitude she has exhibitted many
times in cartoons which I see constantly exhibitted in repeat showings of
Mickey cartoons on the Disney Channel.
PATRICIA PIGG HAIRY SITUATION:
I'm curious. I have a few stories with Patricia Pigg in them and in all of
them she has no hair, nor does she have hair in any of the cartoons in
which she appears (even in "Mickey's Christmas Carol" where she can
be seen dancing with Percy at Fizzywig's party - she is wearing a bow
however). When did she begin sporting hair as she does in the latest
issue of WDC in the Egmont tale by David Gerstein? I realize the author
is not always aware of how the art will look in the end (as he mentioned
his surprise at the use of Neighbor Jones). Is this a fluke (sorry Harry) or
did she sprout hair some time after her ears went from round to pointed?
Does she wear a wig? And when did Gyro go from wearing a bird's
nest to sprouting his own hair? Does the Disney Universe have Rogane?
PARTY COVERS:
One curious thing I noticed is that both the front AND back covers of
"Mickey Mouse Birthday Party" #1were reprinted for Gold Key's
"Mickey Mouse Suprise Party" #1 (1968), which I also have, except
ALL of the stories are different (some of the "Mickey Mouse Milestones"
were reprinted on the inside cover, however).
DOES MICKEY MOUSE HAVE A LIFE, TOO?:
Question: Aside from these two books listed above, was there ever a MM
comic which delineated Mickey's career much as "The Goofy Success Story"
and "This is Your Life, Donald Duck" did for them (both of which, I think,
were based on the cartoons of the same names)?
THE RED WASP (Per RHODE):
As for the "Red Bee", as far as I know the first and last time it was printed
in the USA was in WDC&S #317 - 319 (1967) where actually the hero is
called "The Red Wasp." In that tale, Goofy even tries to be the Wasp, but,
well, Goofy *is* goofy. IMHO, the "Plastic Mickey" story was better, and
I would LOVE to see a new Plastic Mickey tale... and maybe a "Wonder
Minnie" (a la "Wonder Woman") tale as someone else suggested. I think
Daisy's done a bit of heroing though I'm not certain, but Minnie definitely
deserves some spotlighting.
GOOFY'S GOOBERS:
As I recall, David said that Mickey became a superhero once by eating
Goofy's goobers... I have read stories of $crooge, the Beagle Boys, and
even Scamp eating those darn things and gaining super powers. Now I
wanna know WHO in the Disney universe HASN'T eaten those things?
(rhetorical question).
MY STALLWART QUEST FOR MICKEY:
I have "MICKEY MOUSE (Walt Disney's Best Comics) by Abbeville
Press, "MICKEY MOUSE IN COLOR" (smaller version) by Pantheon
Books (produced by A.R.), "MICKEY MOUSE (Fifty Happy Years)"
by Harmony Books and "Walt Disney MAGIC MOMENTS" published
by Mondadori, all of which published old Mickey Mouse comics and
film stories in strip form. Are there any others, especially something
lengthier than the first two, which might cover more of Gottfredson's
stories in hardbound (or softbound) form? I'm also interested in
something that might've done the same for Romano Scarpa. Other
publishers have used this format to publish the histories of their
characters (Li'l Abner, Terry and the Pirates, etc.). And as there is
quite an extensive supply of material available about Donald and
$crooge from Barks in this format, it seems to me someone might
have done so for Mickey in the past and the book(s) are just out of
print now. Or do I own all there is? :-(
Take care all, Rich Bellacera
http://www.jps.net/xephyr/rich/disney.html
Kriton Kyrimis
Disney comics Digest V97 #172
Message 155 -
1997-08-19 at 11:02:51
CAREY:
> I've always thought "Island in the Sky" was a marvelous story. But I've
> also always wondered how the indians got on the small asteroid in the
> first place. Were they marooned there by someone? Did they
> accidentally maroon themselves? Did they originally come from the
> large asteroid, or from some other place altogether? Did they once
> possess high technology? I'll bet these questions sound familiar to
> others on this list.
> Anyway, Island in the Sky seems ripe for a (good) sequel.
And possibly a nasty one: Imagine how those inhabitants of the green
asteroid who had stayed behind would greet their impoverished cousins
when they returned. Probably not with open arms. :-( [What's worse,
since such a sequel would be dealing with the subject of racism--not
to mantion identical pygmy indians, our politically correct friends at
Disney would have a field day with their scisors, even though the story
would be portraying racism as the evil that it is.]
> On a related note, I think the golden moon in "The 24-Carat Moon"
> presents a much better candidate for an astronomical impossibility.
Although, now that you mention it, I realize that such a three-body system
could never exist in a stable state, what really bothered me about this
story was Muchkale's magnetic attractor where, after priming it with a
handful of dirt, it attracted enough material, that just happened to be
floating around in (empty) space, to build a planet, complete with an
ecosystem, or at least skunk cabbage crops. Where did all that matter
come from?
> Regardless, "The 24-Carat Moon" could also be a great source for a
> sequel.
Yeah. Muchkale realizes that he couldn't have survived for years eating
gold and breathing vacuum on a planet that couldn't exist, and which he
couldn't have left the way that he did, so he vanishes in a puff of logic.
The recent talk about Asimov reminded me that he seemed to be unable to
enjoy a story or movie that was in any way scientifically inacurate. This
is the kind of dissecting of Barks' stories that he would have done
(and published) had he read them.
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"When you travel around as much as *I* do, it's almost inevitable that you'll
run into yourself at some point!"
-----
> I've always thought "Island in the Sky" was a marvelous story. But I've
> also always wondered how the indians got on the small asteroid in the
> first place. Were they marooned there by someone? Did they
> accidentally maroon themselves? Did they originally come from the
> large asteroid, or from some other place altogether? Did they once
> possess high technology? I'll bet these questions sound familiar to
> others on this list.
> Anyway, Island in the Sky seems ripe for a (good) sequel.
And possibly a nasty one: Imagine how those inhabitants of the green
asteroid who had stayed behind would greet their impoverished cousins
when they returned. Probably not with open arms. :-( [What's worse,
since such a sequel would be dealing with the subject of racism--not
to mantion identical pygmy indians, our politically correct friends at
Disney would have a field day with their scisors, even though the story
would be portraying racism as the evil that it is.]
> On a related note, I think the golden moon in "The 24-Carat Moon"
> presents a much better candidate for an astronomical impossibility.
Although, now that you mention it, I realize that such a three-body system
could never exist in a stable state, what really bothered me about this
story was Muchkale's magnetic attractor where, after priming it with a
handful of dirt, it attracted enough material, that just happened to be
floating around in (empty) space, to build a planet, complete with an
ecosystem, or at least skunk cabbage crops. Where did all that matter
come from?
> Regardless, "The 24-Carat Moon" could also be a great source for a
> sequel.
Yeah. Muchkale realizes that he couldn't have survived for years eating
gold and breathing vacuum on a planet that couldn't exist, and which he
couldn't have left the way that he did, so he vanishes in a puff of logic.
The recent talk about Asimov reminded me that he seemed to be unable to
enjoy a story or movie that was in any way scientifically inacurate. This
is the kind of dissecting of Barks' stories that he would have done
(and published) had he read them.
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"When you travel around as much as *I* do, it's almost inevitable that you'll
run into yourself at some point!"
-----
Didier Ghez
Interview with Carpi
Message 156 -
1997-08-19 at 16:53:45
Hi,
I am trying to prepare an interview of the famous Italian author Carpi. A=
s
I am not very familiar with his works and as I would not like it to be ju=
st
one more interview, I was wondering if we could try a =93new=94 idea, nam=
ely: a
group interview. =
Meaning: you would all send me interesting questions and all the members
whose questions I would use would be credited in a prominent way.
I could even publish part of the interview on the list.
Didier
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V97 Issue #173
******************************************
I am trying to prepare an interview of the famous Italian author Carpi. A=
s
I am not very familiar with his works and as I would not like it to be ju=
st
one more interview, I was wondering if we could try a =93new=94 idea, nam=
ely: a
group interview. =
Meaning: you would all send me interesting questions and all the members
whose questions I would use would be credited in a prominent way.
I could even publish part of the interview on the list.
Didier
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V97 Issue #173
******************************************
Rob Gibson
Island in the sky
Message 157 -
1997-08-19 at 18:50:27
The earth and the moon are used as examples to address issues that can
cause problems if one wishes to establish a physical connection between
two celestial bodies. I used the term "rotation" incorrectly a couple of
times. The moon revolves around the earth. The earth rotates on its
axis.
BTW, The planetoids in the story don't have to be locked
gravitationally, just rotating/revolving sufficiently in synch to allow
the rope bridge to permit the "savages" to get across it to the green
planet. How long will that take...a couple of hours?
It occurs that at some point they will no longer be climbling up, but
climbing down, and will have to reverse their position somehow on the
rope. Climbing down is tough.
While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the first panel of page
nine. The rocket ship appears to be a foot or two from the surface of
the "planetoid", and Scrooge is telling one of the nephews to poke it
with a stick to make sure it is solid.
How are they able to hover so close to the planetoid with no apparent
expenditure of energy? There has to be significant gravity judging by
the next panel, where the ducks are sitting around on the surface
gorging on watermelon, bananas and grapes.
My original point in this discussion is: A good story with a good
message is more important than scientific or historical accuracy.
"Island in the Sky" is a good story in spite of its science. "Christmas
for Shacktown" is a good story in spite of apparently leaving Scrooge's
fortune in an unrescuable predicament.
BTW, Three cubic acres of water (which IMHO would weigh less than three
cubic acres of paper currency mixed with predominantly coins) weighs
over half a million tons. It would appear that removing a couple of tons
of money with the toy train will significantly alter the predicament.
RG
cause problems if one wishes to establish a physical connection between
two celestial bodies. I used the term "rotation" incorrectly a couple of
times. The moon revolves around the earth. The earth rotates on its
axis.
BTW, The planetoids in the story don't have to be locked
gravitationally, just rotating/revolving sufficiently in synch to allow
the rope bridge to permit the "savages" to get across it to the green
planet. How long will that take...a couple of hours?
It occurs that at some point they will no longer be climbling up, but
climbing down, and will have to reverse their position somehow on the
rope. Climbing down is tough.
While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the first panel of page
nine. The rocket ship appears to be a foot or two from the surface of
the "planetoid", and Scrooge is telling one of the nephews to poke it
with a stick to make sure it is solid.
How are they able to hover so close to the planetoid with no apparent
expenditure of energy? There has to be significant gravity judging by
the next panel, where the ducks are sitting around on the surface
gorging on watermelon, bananas and grapes.
My original point in this discussion is: A good story with a good
message is more important than scientific or historical accuracy.
"Island in the Sky" is a good story in spite of its science. "Christmas
for Shacktown" is a good story in spite of apparently leaving Scrooge's
fortune in an unrescuable predicament.
BTW, Three cubic acres of water (which IMHO would weigh less than three
cubic acres of paper currency mixed with predominantly coins) weighs
over half a million tons. It would appear that removing a couple of tons
of money with the toy train will significantly alter the predicament.
RG
Andrew Krieg
Any leads on back issues
Message 158 -
1997-08-19 at 18:56:37
I missed WDC&S 600, 604 and 614. Since the print runs on Gladstone Comics
are so small, its almost impossible to find any back issues at comics
stores. I have struck out on these issues.
Anyone have any leads on where I can locate these books?
Thanks.
=__ __ __ _ __ _= Andrew Krieg - Software Engineering Consultant =
=_ __ _ __ _ _ __= E-mail: (Email removed) =
=_ _ _ ___= WWW: http://www.execpc.com/~krieg =
=_ __ _ __ _ __ _= Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee - Astoroth =
are so small, its almost impossible to find any back issues at comics
stores. I have struck out on these issues.
Anyone have any leads on where I can locate these books?
Thanks.
=__ __ __ _ __ _= Andrew Krieg - Software Engineering Consultant =
=_ __ _ __ _ _ __= E-mail: (Email removed) =
=_ _ _ ___= WWW: http://www.execpc.com/~krieg =
=_ __ _ __ _ __ _= Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee - Astoroth =
Elon V. Brisola
AW: Reprint the Red Bee!
Message 159 -
1997-08-19 at 18:59:30
> In case anyone wants to know: this is "The Red Wasp Mystery" from
> WD's Comics and Stories #317, 318 and 319. In total 30 pages.
> The only reprint known (to me) is in Holland, in 1970!
It was reprinted in Brazil, several years ago. I have it somewhere!
Elon.
> WD's Comics and Stories #317, 318 and 319. In total 30 pages.
> The only reprint known (to me) is in Holland, in 1970!
It was reprinted in Brazil, several years ago. I have it somewhere!
Elon.
David Gerstein
Disney comics Digest V97 #173
Message 160 -
1997-08-19 at 19:53:37
MICHAEL:
><<Maybe Mickey should revert to his Mickey Mouse Magazine days with text
> stories, ads, and the like and be distributed in supermarkets
[snip]
I hate to shout in your ear trumpet ;-), but exactly such an
incarnation of MICKEY MOUSE MAGAZINE, as a quarterly publication, was in
supermarkets from 1987 until at least last year. Maybe it's still
published.
No comics were in the magazine, or else I would have mentioned it
long before now...
CHRIS referred to
>a steady diet of stories on the order of David Gerstein's "The Return of
>Phantom Bob"?
But... this *wasn't* mine! The story I wrote that Gladstone used
lately was "A Mouse Against The World"! "Phantom Bob" was credited to
Michael T. Gilbert, although I think Gladstone may have had the wrong
credits (Michael didn't remember the story when I asked him about it in San
Diego).
RICH:
Madeline may eventually be reused in my stories. And Patricia
Pigg, to the best of my knowledge, never had hair until Ferioli gave it to
her.
Vic Lockman is the guy who says that Gyro wears a wig (and often
shows him without it), although you might claim that Barks endorsed the
idea, because he didn't mind drawing some Lockman scripts where it was
shown. Still, there are plenty of Barks stories that show Gyro swimming or
doing other things without his hat, and while Lockman would show his hair
falling off in such a situation, Barks does not.
There aren't a lot of Gottfredson reprint books in English,
although you're missing one: MICKEY MOUSE 1932 (1973), which reprints "The
Great Orphanage Robbery" and "MM Sails for Treasure Island." It was
published in Europe under license, for American export, by Club Anni
Trenta. The stories have both since been banned, so the book is worth
seeking out.
"Oh, you DENY it, eh? All right! Where WERE you at 8:30 on the
night of June 7th, 1928?" -- The State vs. Horace Horsecollar, 1932
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
Also <(Email removed)>
><<Maybe Mickey should revert to his Mickey Mouse Magazine days with text
> stories, ads, and the like and be distributed in supermarkets
[snip]
I hate to shout in your ear trumpet ;-), but exactly such an
incarnation of MICKEY MOUSE MAGAZINE, as a quarterly publication, was in
supermarkets from 1987 until at least last year. Maybe it's still
published.
No comics were in the magazine, or else I would have mentioned it
long before now...
CHRIS referred to
>a steady diet of stories on the order of David Gerstein's "The Return of
>Phantom Bob"?
But... this *wasn't* mine! The story I wrote that Gladstone used
lately was "A Mouse Against The World"! "Phantom Bob" was credited to
Michael T. Gilbert, although I think Gladstone may have had the wrong
credits (Michael didn't remember the story when I asked him about it in San
Diego).
RICH:
Madeline may eventually be reused in my stories. And Patricia
Pigg, to the best of my knowledge, never had hair until Ferioli gave it to
her.
Vic Lockman is the guy who says that Gyro wears a wig (and often
shows him without it), although you might claim that Barks endorsed the
idea, because he didn't mind drawing some Lockman scripts where it was
shown. Still, there are plenty of Barks stories that show Gyro swimming or
doing other things without his hat, and while Lockman would show his hair
falling off in such a situation, Barks does not.
There aren't a lot of Gottfredson reprint books in English,
although you're missing one: MICKEY MOUSE 1932 (1973), which reprints "The
Great Orphanage Robbery" and "MM Sails for Treasure Island." It was
published in Europe under license, for American export, by Club Anni
Trenta. The stories have both since been banned, so the book is worth
seeking out.
"Oh, you DENY it, eh? All right! Where WERE you at 8:30 on the
night of June 7th, 1928?" -- The State vs. Horace Horsecollar, 1932
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
Also <(Email removed)>
Per-Erik Malmström
Who is Ali Katte?
Message 161 -
1997-08-19 at 20:03:02
Hi!
The following sentence appeard on a page about Scrooge, in "Kalle Anka
& C:O, number 27":
.....Think about Ali Katte, who own's a desert coverd by coins,....
Most of the facts on these "fact pages" are from Barks stories, so it's
strange that I(or no one else on the swedish ML) remember him!
Does anyone now in which story this "Ali Katte" appeard?
Per-Erik
** (Email removed) **
*******Uppsala, Sweden********
The following sentence appeard on a page about Scrooge, in "Kalle Anka
& C:O, number 27":
.....Think about Ali Katte, who own's a desert coverd by coins,....
Most of the facts on these "fact pages" are from Barks stories, so it's
strange that I(or no one else on the swedish ML) remember him!
Does anyone now in which story this "Ali Katte" appeard?
Per-Erik
** (Email removed) **
*******Uppsala, Sweden********
Francois Willot
Don Rosa and Romano Scarpa
Message 162 -
1997-08-19 at 20:11:05
Just a few "news" about Don Rosa:
The French "Picsou Magazine" will include unpublished drawings and
illustrations by Don Rosa in each Picsou issue beginning with october or
november 1997.
Pascal Pierrey, editor-in-chief of Picsou also plans to make a lot of
other "special" issues:
-- # 313 will be a special "Donald's car issue"
-- a Marco Rota issue will be published (around # 310)
-- miscellaneous Barks stories such as "Donald's atom Bomb" will also be
published, also Jippes-Milton stories
Pascal would want to publish the first original version of "Darkest
Africa" (not the Jippes version) with the Barks' niggers mouths, but he
do not have all the films for that at the moment.
He also plans to publish a book with all the Life of Scrooge stories.
Such project already exists in some Scandinavian countries (like Finland
or so, and maybe the books are already printed?), but the French book
will be very cheap. Something like 5 US dollars.
And the "Mickey-Parade" 1998 issues will be a devoted to Romano Scarpa.
The stories choosen for publication (by Disney-comics expert Luca
Boschi) are all Mickey Mouse adventures:
Issue 217 - january
Il doppio segreto di Macchia Nera (TL 116-19)
Issue 218 - february
Il campionissimo (TL 154)
La nave del microcosmo (TL 167)
Issue 219 - march
Atomino Bip Bip alle sorgenti Mongole (TL 222-23)
Issue 220 - april
Topolino e il Bip Bip 15 (TL 257-58)
Issue 221 - may
Imperatore della Calidornia (TL 274-75)
Issue 222 - june
Topolino nel favoloso regno di Shan Grilla (TL 288-89)
Issue 223 - july
La fiamma eterna di Kalhoa (TL 303-04)
Issue 224 - august
Il gigante della publicita (TL 307-08)
Issue 225 - september
L'uomo di Alcatraz (TL 380-81)
Issue 226 - october
L'ultra ghiaccio (TL 596-97)
Issue 227 - november
L'enigma della sfinge verde (TL 633-34)
Issue 228 - december
L'avventura del pesce-robot (TL 894-95)
At the moment, only stories on issues 217, 220, 222 and 224 are still
unpublished in France.
(I hope I haven't say boring-French-informations to all the
non-French-people here...)
-- Francois
The French "Picsou Magazine" will include unpublished drawings and
illustrations by Don Rosa in each Picsou issue beginning with october or
november 1997.
Pascal Pierrey, editor-in-chief of Picsou also plans to make a lot of
other "special" issues:
-- # 313 will be a special "Donald's car issue"
-- a Marco Rota issue will be published (around # 310)
-- miscellaneous Barks stories such as "Donald's atom Bomb" will also be
published, also Jippes-Milton stories
Pascal would want to publish the first original version of "Darkest
Africa" (not the Jippes version) with the Barks' niggers mouths, but he
do not have all the films for that at the moment.
He also plans to publish a book with all the Life of Scrooge stories.
Such project already exists in some Scandinavian countries (like Finland
or so, and maybe the books are already printed?), but the French book
will be very cheap. Something like 5 US dollars.
And the "Mickey-Parade" 1998 issues will be a devoted to Romano Scarpa.
The stories choosen for publication (by Disney-comics expert Luca
Boschi) are all Mickey Mouse adventures:
Issue 217 - january
Il doppio segreto di Macchia Nera (TL 116-19)
Issue 218 - february
Il campionissimo (TL 154)
La nave del microcosmo (TL 167)
Issue 219 - march
Atomino Bip Bip alle sorgenti Mongole (TL 222-23)
Issue 220 - april
Topolino e il Bip Bip 15 (TL 257-58)
Issue 221 - may
Imperatore della Calidornia (TL 274-75)
Issue 222 - june
Topolino nel favoloso regno di Shan Grilla (TL 288-89)
Issue 223 - july
La fiamma eterna di Kalhoa (TL 303-04)
Issue 224 - august
Il gigante della publicita (TL 307-08)
Issue 225 - september
L'uomo di Alcatraz (TL 380-81)
Issue 226 - october
L'ultra ghiaccio (TL 596-97)
Issue 227 - november
L'enigma della sfinge verde (TL 633-34)
Issue 228 - december
L'avventura del pesce-robot (TL 894-95)
At the moment, only stories on issues 217, 220, 222 and 224 are still
unpublished in France.
(I hope I haven't say boring-French-informations to all the
non-French-people here...)
-- Francois
Fredrik Sandstrom
Donald's jacket
Message 163 -
1997-08-19 at 20:36:15
I'm sure I'm not the only one that has wondered about the color of
Donald's jacket... Why is it always blue on covers and black in the
stories? Does the artist ink his jacket black? I came to think of it
when reading Barks' "The Tramp Steamer" (WDC 53) in Gladstone's CBL of
WDC&S in Color #5; in panel 6 of page 4 Donald's jacket is blue! I
realize it is because otherwise you wouldn't see it against the black
background, but it still looks kinda funny with a light blue jacket
for one panel!
/------------------------------|-------------------------------------\
| Fredrik Sandstrom | What a night! I'll never mix radish |
| (Email removed) | juice and carrot juice again! |
| http://www.compart.fi/~fred/ | - Bugs Bunny |
\------------------------------|-------------------------------------/
Donald's jacket... Why is it always blue on covers and black in the
stories? Does the artist ink his jacket black? I came to think of it
when reading Barks' "The Tramp Steamer" (WDC 53) in Gladstone's CBL of
WDC&S in Color #5; in panel 6 of page 4 Donald's jacket is blue! I
realize it is because otherwise you wouldn't see it against the black
background, but it still looks kinda funny with a light blue jacket
for one panel!
/------------------------------|-------------------------------------\
| Fredrik Sandstrom | What a night! I'll never mix radish |
| (Email removed) | juice and carrot juice again! |
| http://www.compart.fi/~fred/ | - Bugs Bunny |
\------------------------------|-------------------------------------/
Nils Helge Karstad
Disney comics Digest V97 #173
Message 164 -
1997-08-19 at 20:38:09
Christopher:
>Newcomer JO KARSTAD (is that an acceptable name-shortening?)
I gess not.......
Don:
>If you like this sort of thing, my HD&L 60th Anniversary story is packed
>with them... even the title.
Do you know how I can buy that story in english (preferably Gladstone) ?
>Your second problem is that you seem to have confused the English word
>"dime" with "COIN". A dime is an American 10-cent piece. It is never a
>25-cent piece or any other denomination. A coin, on t'other hand, is any
>piece of metal money of any denomination. In my story I would guess that
>the coin on $crooge's wall was labelled "MY FIRST QUARTER" which is a
>25-cent coin, not a dime. See?
I see !
>It's possible because he is $crooge McDuck! (And because it's a comic book
>story!)
Excellent explanation!
Jo
--------------------------------------------
Mail-adress:
(Email removed)
--------------------------------------------
>Newcomer JO KARSTAD (is that an acceptable name-shortening?)
I gess not.......
Don:
>If you like this sort of thing, my HD&L 60th Anniversary story is packed
>with them... even the title.
Do you know how I can buy that story in english (preferably Gladstone) ?
>Your second problem is that you seem to have confused the English word
>"dime" with "COIN". A dime is an American 10-cent piece. It is never a
>25-cent piece or any other denomination. A coin, on t'other hand, is any
>piece of metal money of any denomination. In my story I would guess that
>the coin on $crooge's wall was labelled "MY FIRST QUARTER" which is a
>25-cent coin, not a dime. See?
I see !
>It's possible because he is $crooge McDuck! (And because it's a comic book
>story!)
Excellent explanation!
Jo
--------------------------------------------
Mail-adress:
(Email removed)
--------------------------------------------
Harry Fluks
George, Chris, Steve, David, Francois
Message 165 -
1997-08-19 at 20:51:34
GEORGE DIAMANTOPOULOS:
Welcome to the List! I like it when people have interesting names. Yours
is in my favourites list, together with Archontis Pantsios, Sigurdur Hrafn
Gislason, and Even Flood. 8-)
> I am 13 years old and that's why my English are awful.
I'm sure others will confirm that your English is *much* better than that of
most (if not all) of the 13-year-old Americans!
> <<I istoria kai doksa tis dinastias ton Ntak>>
> (The history and glory of the dynasty of Ducks...I'm not sure for
> the translation.)
My Greek is just about good enough to state that your translation is perfect.
> 1) Can I add attachments on my email?
No, please. Some of the subscribers of this mailing list can only read plain
text (and I mean PLAIN text). No fancy things like colours, let alone HTML
or pictures.
If you want to show the world some pictures, put it on a web page (or find
someone who can do that for you), and announce the URL of that page on
this mailing list.
> 2) I saw the names translation database and I know most od the greek
> names of the characters..(More than 90% are missing) Where can I send an
> email to report the greek names so that the webmaster can add the names
> in the database?
I guess that should go to Per Starback ((Email removed)).
> 3) Can You See Colours? They help a lot in underlining
> some words...
You could emphasise words using *this* or _this_.
> I was thinking to
> write an article in KOMIX about comics on the WWW but there aren't many
> sites about this on the WWW in english
Are you talking about comics in general, or just Disney comics? There are
a lot of English sites about comics, and there are about a dozen good sites
about Disney comics! (At least one of them has already been mentioned
in one of the KOMIX issues...)
> PLEASE Let me know when you don't like something in my letters or if
> they are boring.
Your letters are certainly not boring!
But you could improve the readability by adding a space begind the end
of a sentence (behind the period).
CHRIS:
> Disney has never come up with an abbreviation on the order of "DC Comics,"
> has it? What do you all think of "DisC Comics"?
You mean DIS-comics? For people who DIS-like them? Or DIS-functional people?
> As a side note, I have seen WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES abbreviated as
> WD, WDC, and WDC&S. The last of these seems to be the most popular, for the
> obvious reason that it uses the first letter of every word in the title.
In the Database I use WDC only, because:
- that's the code that was usually in the story on the first interior page;
- even the Gladstone issues use "WD's Comics and Stories" and "WD's
Comics" on different places in the same comic.
STEVE:
> As the self-appointed indexer of the non-Gladstone USA Disney comics here on
> this list; I've been lax in my duties.
So have I; your most recent indexes still need to be included in the Database...
> Disney's Enchanting Stories #1 1997 Digest Size
> Hercules "A Torch For Meg" 97es135-L D.GChister ?Todd Smith & Steve
This "97es135-L": is that the story code? No "K" or "J" in front of it?
DAVID:
> "Phantom Bob" was credited to
> Michael T. Gilbert, although I think Gladstone may have had the wrong
> credits (Michael didn't remember the story when I asked him about it in San
> Diego).
Interesting. Francois Willot mentions in his French index, that Egmont credits
the story to Kurt Behnke.
Talking about FRANCOIS:
> The French "Picsou Magazine" will include unpublished drawings and
> illustrations by Don Rosa in each Picsou issue beginning with october or
> november 1997.
What exactly do you mean by "unpublished" drawings? Drawings Don did
for other occasions, but that were not published then (for several reasons),
or all-new Rosa art especially for the French edition?
[Don told us there would be all-new art, but maybe the French start with
old Rosa art?]
> Pascal would want to publish the first original version of "Darkest
> Africa" (not the Jippes version) with the Barks' niggers mouths, but he
> do not have all the films for that at the moment.
If I'm not mistaken, either the Italians, or Gladstone (or both) have a complete
original version of that story in their archives. David Gerstein should know more
about this.
--Harry.
Welcome to the List! I like it when people have interesting names. Yours
is in my favourites list, together with Archontis Pantsios, Sigurdur Hrafn
Gislason, and Even Flood. 8-)
> I am 13 years old and that's why my English are awful.
I'm sure others will confirm that your English is *much* better than that of
most (if not all) of the 13-year-old Americans!
> <<I istoria kai doksa tis dinastias ton Ntak>>
> (The history and glory of the dynasty of Ducks...I'm not sure for
> the translation.)
My Greek is just about good enough to state that your translation is perfect.
> 1) Can I add attachments on my email?
No, please. Some of the subscribers of this mailing list can only read plain
text (and I mean PLAIN text). No fancy things like colours, let alone HTML
or pictures.
If you want to show the world some pictures, put it on a web page (or find
someone who can do that for you), and announce the URL of that page on
this mailing list.
> 2) I saw the names translation database and I know most od the greek
> names of the characters..(More than 90% are missing) Where can I send an
> email to report the greek names so that the webmaster can add the names
> in the database?
I guess that should go to Per Starback ((Email removed)).
> 3) Can You See Colours? They help a lot in underlining
> some words...
You could emphasise words using *this* or _this_.
> I was thinking to
> write an article in KOMIX about comics on the WWW but there aren't many
> sites about this on the WWW in english
Are you talking about comics in general, or just Disney comics? There are
a lot of English sites about comics, and there are about a dozen good sites
about Disney comics! (At least one of them has already been mentioned
in one of the KOMIX issues...)
> PLEASE Let me know when you don't like something in my letters or if
> they are boring.
Your letters are certainly not boring!
But you could improve the readability by adding a space begind the end
of a sentence (behind the period).
CHRIS:
> Disney has never come up with an abbreviation on the order of "DC Comics,"
> has it? What do you all think of "DisC Comics"?
You mean DIS-comics? For people who DIS-like them? Or DIS-functional people?
> As a side note, I have seen WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES abbreviated as
> WD, WDC, and WDC&S. The last of these seems to be the most popular, for the
> obvious reason that it uses the first letter of every word in the title.
In the Database I use WDC only, because:
- that's the code that was usually in the story on the first interior page;
- even the Gladstone issues use "WD's Comics and Stories" and "WD's
Comics" on different places in the same comic.
STEVE:
> As the self-appointed indexer of the non-Gladstone USA Disney comics here on
> this list; I've been lax in my duties.
So have I; your most recent indexes still need to be included in the Database...
> Disney's Enchanting Stories #1 1997 Digest Size
> Hercules "A Torch For Meg" 97es135-L D.GChister ?Todd Smith & Steve
This "97es135-L": is that the story code? No "K" or "J" in front of it?
DAVID:
> "Phantom Bob" was credited to
> Michael T. Gilbert, although I think Gladstone may have had the wrong
> credits (Michael didn't remember the story when I asked him about it in San
> Diego).
Interesting. Francois Willot mentions in his French index, that Egmont credits
the story to Kurt Behnke.
Talking about FRANCOIS:
> The French "Picsou Magazine" will include unpublished drawings and
> illustrations by Don Rosa in each Picsou issue beginning with october or
> november 1997.
What exactly do you mean by "unpublished" drawings? Drawings Don did
for other occasions, but that were not published then (for several reasons),
or all-new Rosa art especially for the French edition?
[Don told us there would be all-new art, but maybe the French start with
old Rosa art?]
> Pascal would want to publish the first original version of "Darkest
> Africa" (not the Jippes version) with the Barks' niggers mouths, but he
> do not have all the films for that at the moment.
If I'm not mistaken, either the Italians, or Gladstone (or both) have a complete
original version of that story in their archives. David Gerstein should know more
about this.
--Harry.