From: Anders Kvernberg
>Are there any other collectors of Foreign Disney comics out there?
>(eh ... Xenodonaldists?) I am interested in buying foreign Disney
>comic books (Foreign as in Non-Norwegian, Non-Gladstone).
>Send me your lists (please exclude those magazines you don't want
>to sell) and we might get into some business.
This is something I'm interested in as well. I know a little German,
Italian and Spanish, but am interested in mainly "subscribing" to non-
American Disney comics. Is there a centralized way of doing this?
From: Per Starback
>As an example of how much is different and how much is the same since
>then, I'll mention that of the 80+ messages that first month,
>31 were from me, 19 from Harry Fluks and 8 from Rich Bellacera.
Is this a good thing? Or a bad thing?
Author
Topic: 199708
(305 messages)
Rich Bellacera
DC Mailling list
Message 16 -
1997-08-03 at 22:12:59
Daniel
Uncle $crooge issue 40
Message 17 -
1997-08-03 at 23:47:02
Hi!
Is there someone who has Uncle $crooge #40 (1963) for sale?
Greetings,
--- Daniel
Is there someone who has Uncle $crooge #40 (1963) for sale?
Greetings,
--- Daniel
Eric Chun
Bear Mountain Enterprises
Message 18 -
1997-08-04 at 04:08:57
Hoy wrote (regarding Bear Mountain Enterprises):
> This sound REAL interesting. What is this catalog? Does it
> feature $crooge material? And if so, how can I order it?
Bear Mountain Enterprises (John Nichols) sells Disney related
items. He mails out catalogs a few times per year. There's
an ad in the Overstreet Price Guide. His phone number is:
(804) 696-2925.
See ya later.
Eric
> This sound REAL interesting. What is this catalog? Does it
> feature $crooge material? And if so, how can I order it?
Bear Mountain Enterprises (John Nichols) sells Disney related
items. He mails out catalogs a few times per year. There's
an ad in the Overstreet Price Guide. His phone number is:
(804) 696-2925.
See ya later.
Eric
Cebarat
Disney comics Digest V97 #160
Message 19 -
1997-08-04 at 05:21:27
DAVID GERSTEIN (with whom I was very happy to get reacquainted in SD, BTW)
speculated, regarding reprinting "Mickey Mouse in Love Trouble":
> I suspect that the real problem is a brief sequence where Mickey,
> in a jealous rage, exits Minnie's house by walking right through a closed
> window, smashing it. This strip of 5-3-41 was deleted from the reprints
> by both Dell and Abbeville Press (the ONLY actual cut in their GOOFY
> volume).
To which RICH BELLACERA responded:
<<Gee, Donald has done far worse in a fit of rage in both comics and 'toons,
and to Daisy no less (as when he completely tears up Diasy house, ripping
out walls and destroying furniture). I surely hope Gladstone will
eventually reprint it (in it's entirety).>>
Even if Mickey had done far more violent things than Donald ever did in the
5-3-41strip, it's still JUST ONE STRIP... so why not drop it, as Dell and
Abbeville did, and print the remainder of the story? No, I think there's
some other reason than Mickey's "hissy fit" as to why Gladstone won't give
this reprint a tumble. My money is still on Gladstone being worried that the
story contains too much female stereotyping... which, given the longstanding
characterizations of Daisy and Minnie (among other Disney comics females), is
a rather weak reason for refusing to reprint a continuity from Gottfredson's
peak period.
Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
"EEEUWWW, UNCA SCROOGE IS MUSHIN' OUT!" -- Nephew, "DuckTales" episode "Till
Nephews Do Us Part"
speculated, regarding reprinting "Mickey Mouse in Love Trouble":
> I suspect that the real problem is a brief sequence where Mickey,
> in a jealous rage, exits Minnie's house by walking right through a closed
> window, smashing it. This strip of 5-3-41 was deleted from the reprints
> by both Dell and Abbeville Press (the ONLY actual cut in their GOOFY
> volume).
To which RICH BELLACERA responded:
<<Gee, Donald has done far worse in a fit of rage in both comics and 'toons,
and to Daisy no less (as when he completely tears up Diasy house, ripping
out walls and destroying furniture). I surely hope Gladstone will
eventually reprint it (in it's entirety).>>
Even if Mickey had done far more violent things than Donald ever did in the
5-3-41strip, it's still JUST ONE STRIP... so why not drop it, as Dell and
Abbeville did, and print the remainder of the story? No, I think there's
some other reason than Mickey's "hissy fit" as to why Gladstone won't give
this reprint a tumble. My money is still on Gladstone being worried that the
story contains too much female stereotyping... which, given the longstanding
characterizations of Daisy and Minnie (among other Disney comics females), is
a rather weak reason for refusing to reprint a continuity from Gottfredson's
peak period.
Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
"EEEUWWW, UNCA SCROOGE IS MUSHIN' OUT!" -- Nephew, "DuckTales" episode "Till
Nephews Do Us Part"
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V97 #160
Message 20 -
1997-08-04 at 06:58:53
ARTHUR:
Your comments about the alternate versions of my "Vigilante of Pizen Bluff"
show me how it's impossible to please everyone (including myself) when I
start doing alternate versions. Did you really think that splash panel for
chapter 3 was better than the interlude of fantasy that replaced it in the
Gladstone edition? I thought that sequence showing Pothole and Buffalo
Bill's creative-writing fantasies was my favorite bit of the whole story.
On the other hand, the placement of those splash panels sometimes make a
good gag possible and sometimes just the opposite. The half-page gag that
replaced the chapter 2 splash was really LAME... but I could think of
nothing else at that instant in the story where the posse is just leaving
the fairgrounds.
But thanks to YOU and your webpages, readers can see ALL versions of the
story which is something that can't be done in the comics. By the way, I
visited your site for the first time in a while (at your suggestion in the
last Digest) and was very surprised at how it's grown and how EXCELLENT it
is. I should also mention how impressed (and flattered) I am by my other
friends' "D.U.C.K. Hunt" pages -- I look at them sometimes (but not for
long -- frankly, it's a bit more Don Rosa than I can stand, myself. There
are times that I am not as Narcissus-like as I feel I am when I get a new
Gladstone issue with one of my stories in my own language, at long last.)
But by the way, you are not quite correct on your website when you say that
version of "Vigilante" was done just for Gladstone. As I think I've
mentioned, I do TWO versions of all my continued stories when I first do
each job for Egmont. So, those one-part versions are already available to
all publishers. This might not seem to be the case when you see that
publishers like the Dutch still choose to use the awkward-reading 3-part
versions even when they publish the story in one piece, but that's their
choice. You can see these proper one-part versions usually in the
Gladstones and the Greek and Italian issues.
Wow -- speaking of alternate versions! I'm STILL literally kicking myself
for missing a movie on satellite today from TCM!!! Apparently they showed
the original cut of "The Big Sleep" with Bogart and Bacall from 1944! The
movie (one of the great classics!!!) was only released in a 114 minute
version in 1946, but I thought the original 165 (!!!) minute version was
lost. Can you imagine a classic film with an extra 50+ minutes suddenly
added?!?!? It boggles my mind! And it was on and I didn't know about it
until this afternoon when I noticed that movie had played in an "impossibly
long" timeslot, and I checked the listings. (Even more maddening -- it was
*still on* but Iouldn't allow myself to watch it from the middle.) And
it's not scheduled again!!! (Ah... I'll locate it somewhere now that I know
it's out there!) (Kick - kick - kick - kick - etc.)
Your comments about the alternate versions of my "Vigilante of Pizen Bluff"
show me how it's impossible to please everyone (including myself) when I
start doing alternate versions. Did you really think that splash panel for
chapter 3 was better than the interlude of fantasy that replaced it in the
Gladstone edition? I thought that sequence showing Pothole and Buffalo
Bill's creative-writing fantasies was my favorite bit of the whole story.
On the other hand, the placement of those splash panels sometimes make a
good gag possible and sometimes just the opposite. The half-page gag that
replaced the chapter 2 splash was really LAME... but I could think of
nothing else at that instant in the story where the posse is just leaving
the fairgrounds.
But thanks to YOU and your webpages, readers can see ALL versions of the
story which is something that can't be done in the comics. By the way, I
visited your site for the first time in a while (at your suggestion in the
last Digest) and was very surprised at how it's grown and how EXCELLENT it
is. I should also mention how impressed (and flattered) I am by my other
friends' "D.U.C.K. Hunt" pages -- I look at them sometimes (but not for
long -- frankly, it's a bit more Don Rosa than I can stand, myself. There
are times that I am not as Narcissus-like as I feel I am when I get a new
Gladstone issue with one of my stories in my own language, at long last.)
But by the way, you are not quite correct on your website when you say that
version of "Vigilante" was done just for Gladstone. As I think I've
mentioned, I do TWO versions of all my continued stories when I first do
each job for Egmont. So, those one-part versions are already available to
all publishers. This might not seem to be the case when you see that
publishers like the Dutch still choose to use the awkward-reading 3-part
versions even when they publish the story in one piece, but that's their
choice. You can see these proper one-part versions usually in the
Gladstones and the Greek and Italian issues.
Wow -- speaking of alternate versions! I'm STILL literally kicking myself
for missing a movie on satellite today from TCM!!! Apparently they showed
the original cut of "The Big Sleep" with Bogart and Bacall from 1944! The
movie (one of the great classics!!!) was only released in a 114 minute
version in 1946, but I thought the original 165 (!!!) minute version was
lost. Can you imagine a classic film with an extra 50+ minutes suddenly
added?!?!? It boggles my mind! And it was on and I didn't know about it
until this afternoon when I noticed that movie had played in an "impossibly
long" timeslot, and I checked the listings. (Even more maddening -- it was
*still on* but Iouldn't allow myself to watch it from the middle.) And
it's not scheduled again!!! (Ah... I'll locate it somewhere now that I know
it's out there!) (Kick - kick - kick - kick - etc.)
Dr. Archontis Pantsios
Barks' space stories: A Comment
Message 21 -
1997-08-04 at 14:07:26
I think that Don Rosa was a bit too harsh in judging Barks' space stories in
his posting on July 28. And to quote a few of his words:
<<What I dislike are stories showing inter-stellar space travel as something
very common in Duckburg, the very idea of which seems so wrong that I'm
amazed that even the most lenient Duckfan could accept it.>>
I did become an "organized" Duckfan in my late '20s. But it didn't just come
out of nowhere. The reason I came back to the Ducks I had totally forgotten
for 15 odd years, was the stories I had read as a kid. And among the stories
I did remember fondly were stories like "Island in the Sky" and "The
24-Carat Moon". As a 10-year old kid reading these stories, I must admit I
didn't question the validity of the commonality of inter-stellar travel in
Duckburg. Whether such a thing were "right" or "wrong" did not concern me
much. These stories fascinated me and provided me with what Barks' has
called "escapist entertainment". All comic-book stories require a certain
degree of "suspension of disbelief".
I admire greatly the rules that Don has set for himself when working with
the Ducks and I love the outcome of these rules. But these are clearly
self-imposed rules. And even these self-imposed rules are note written in
stone! When Don says "I see Donald as an average suburbanite in an average
city", I wonder as to how many "average suburbanites" travel to King
Arthur's court and how many others make it to the center of the Earth! I
love Don's stories, and even when I've criticized them in private
correspondence, I never tried to be nit-picky and miss the forest for the
trees. It's nice to see him use science and pseudo-science in his marvelous
stories, but as long as he won't employ some outrageous gimmick, I'll just
enjoy a great story, not feeling I'll have to disect each panel and question
each step.
What prompted me to send in this posting is mainly Don's comment on Barks'
"Impervium Money Bin" story. In that same posting he says, commenting on a
particular Barks panel:
<<...even though there was one, single scene in that tale that was SO
un-Barks-like and so odd that I tell myself it was something that an editor
insisted Barks should jam into his story: when Gyro and $crooge blast off
from Earth the G-forces flatten them into the shape of paper-dolls---this is
a silly physical impossibility the likes of which I don't think has ever
been in a Disney comic, much less a Barks story....>>
Again, it seems to me that someone should just see that scene simply as a
gag--good or bad, I don't know, but really all gags shouldn't be judged on
their "physical possibility". Just like when Don himself used a SIMILAR (it
seems to me) gag in his VERY first Duck story!!!
"The Son of the Sun" culminates in a terrific explosion, where the
mountain-top housing the temple of "Manco Capac" gets blown off to
smitherins. The Ducks stay inside the temple as it flies off, and there in
page 22, panel 2, we seen the Ducks laying on the floor of the blown-off
temple, FLAT, very much like paper-dolls!!!...
...which of course is OK for a gag.
Which only proves..."Even the GREAT ones do it!"
Archontis
his posting on July 28. And to quote a few of his words:
<<What I dislike are stories showing inter-stellar space travel as something
very common in Duckburg, the very idea of which seems so wrong that I'm
amazed that even the most lenient Duckfan could accept it.>>
I did become an "organized" Duckfan in my late '20s. But it didn't just come
out of nowhere. The reason I came back to the Ducks I had totally forgotten
for 15 odd years, was the stories I had read as a kid. And among the stories
I did remember fondly were stories like "Island in the Sky" and "The
24-Carat Moon". As a 10-year old kid reading these stories, I must admit I
didn't question the validity of the commonality of inter-stellar travel in
Duckburg. Whether such a thing were "right" or "wrong" did not concern me
much. These stories fascinated me and provided me with what Barks' has
called "escapist entertainment". All comic-book stories require a certain
degree of "suspension of disbelief".
I admire greatly the rules that Don has set for himself when working with
the Ducks and I love the outcome of these rules. But these are clearly
self-imposed rules. And even these self-imposed rules are note written in
stone! When Don says "I see Donald as an average suburbanite in an average
city", I wonder as to how many "average suburbanites" travel to King
Arthur's court and how many others make it to the center of the Earth! I
love Don's stories, and even when I've criticized them in private
correspondence, I never tried to be nit-picky and miss the forest for the
trees. It's nice to see him use science and pseudo-science in his marvelous
stories, but as long as he won't employ some outrageous gimmick, I'll just
enjoy a great story, not feeling I'll have to disect each panel and question
each step.
What prompted me to send in this posting is mainly Don's comment on Barks'
"Impervium Money Bin" story. In that same posting he says, commenting on a
particular Barks panel:
<<...even though there was one, single scene in that tale that was SO
un-Barks-like and so odd that I tell myself it was something that an editor
insisted Barks should jam into his story: when Gyro and $crooge blast off
from Earth the G-forces flatten them into the shape of paper-dolls---this is
a silly physical impossibility the likes of which I don't think has ever
been in a Disney comic, much less a Barks story....>>
Again, it seems to me that someone should just see that scene simply as a
gag--good or bad, I don't know, but really all gags shouldn't be judged on
their "physical possibility". Just like when Don himself used a SIMILAR (it
seems to me) gag in his VERY first Duck story!!!
"The Son of the Sun" culminates in a terrific explosion, where the
mountain-top housing the temple of "Manco Capac" gets blown off to
smitherins. The Ducks stay inside the temple as it flies off, and there in
page 22, panel 2, we seen the Ducks laying on the floor of the blown-off
temple, FLAT, very much like paper-dolls!!!...
...which of course is OK for a gag.
Which only proves..."Even the GREAT ones do it!"
Archontis
Dr. Archontis Pantsios
Disney comics Digest V97 #159
Message 22 -
1997-08-04 at 14:53:09
KRITON:
>One reason you got so few replies is that answering any of the questions is
>hard work. What are my THREE favorite stories? I've no idea. I might be
>able to say what is my MOST favorite story, but I would have no idea as to
>how to go about picking three. As for picking three of anything else,
>(covers, splash panels, etc.) forget it! It would take an extremely
>well-organized person, with an excellent memory and lots of spare time
>to provide a reply.
Actually, the number of replies has reached the more respectable number of
20! And yes, I KNOW it's hard work filling out the Questionnaire, and I've
acknowledged this from the very start.
You say you have no idea what your three favorite stories are--Well, that
sounds a bit odd to the economist in me (not being able to rank your
preferences violates the Axioms of Comparison and Transitivity in Rational
Choice--and I'm expecting some remarks here :-)). However, you can vote for
as many as three, but if you so wish you can only vote for one! (We do
something similar in elections for political candidates, don't we?)
Actually, many respondents have remarked that having to choose up to three
favorites made their task EASIER! (Also, you can send in your picks for
only one category if you don't wish to spend an hour perusing thru Don's
splash panels).
Again, you don't have to fill out three picks in all categories. Send in one
pick in a single category if you wish. Of course, it'd be great if you can
answer in greater detail, but any input is greatly welcome from
not-so-well-organized people with very costly time.
>Since the survey was made as a response to a posting asking what Don's best
>story was, perhaps you should have another survey in the autumn, with just
>this question. I'm sure you'll get a lot more than 9 replies, enough to
>provide a statistically significant answer to this question.
As I said, people who wish to cast their vote only for the "BEST LONG STORY"
category can easily do so.
And again, the NEW dealine is set for SEPTEMBER 15, 1997. Hopefully some
more people will find the time to send in their 2-cents. It's all for fun,
anyway.
Archontis
>One reason you got so few replies is that answering any of the questions is
>hard work. What are my THREE favorite stories? I've no idea. I might be
>able to say what is my MOST favorite story, but I would have no idea as to
>how to go about picking three. As for picking three of anything else,
>(covers, splash panels, etc.) forget it! It would take an extremely
>well-organized person, with an excellent memory and lots of spare time
>to provide a reply.
Actually, the number of replies has reached the more respectable number of
20! And yes, I KNOW it's hard work filling out the Questionnaire, and I've
acknowledged this from the very start.
You say you have no idea what your three favorite stories are--Well, that
sounds a bit odd to the economist in me (not being able to rank your
preferences violates the Axioms of Comparison and Transitivity in Rational
Choice--and I'm expecting some remarks here :-)). However, you can vote for
as many as three, but if you so wish you can only vote for one! (We do
something similar in elections for political candidates, don't we?)
Actually, many respondents have remarked that having to choose up to three
favorites made their task EASIER! (Also, you can send in your picks for
only one category if you don't wish to spend an hour perusing thru Don's
splash panels).
Again, you don't have to fill out three picks in all categories. Send in one
pick in a single category if you wish. Of course, it'd be great if you can
answer in greater detail, but any input is greatly welcome from
not-so-well-organized people with very costly time.
>Since the survey was made as a response to a posting asking what Don's best
>story was, perhaps you should have another survey in the autumn, with just
>this question. I'm sure you'll get a lot more than 9 replies, enough to
>provide a statistically significant answer to this question.
As I said, people who wish to cast their vote only for the "BEST LONG STORY"
category can easily do so.
And again, the NEW dealine is set for SEPTEMBER 15, 1997. Hopefully some
more people will find the time to send in their 2-cents. It's all for fun,
anyway.
Archontis
Rik Pierce
Barks' space stories: A Comment
Message 23 -
1997-08-04 at 14:55:37
Following along the thread of...
On Mon, 4 Aug 97 Archontis wrote:
|
|<<...even though there was one, single scene in that tale that was SO
|un-Barks-like and so odd that I tell myself it was something that an editor
|insisted Barks should jam into his story: when Gyro and $crooge blast off
|from Earth the G-forces flatten them into the shape of paper-dolls---this is
|a silly physical impossibility the likes of which I don't think has ever
|been in a Disney comic, much less a Barks story....>>
|
I remember a movie back in the 50s which was supposed to be serious. I don't
remember the name unfortunately, but my memory was that it was about the
beginnings of space flight and the movie depicted blood vessels in the pilots
face bursting under the G strain with his cheeks stretching back. Something less
than paper dolls, but it shows that when Barks was creating these stories there
was a popular misconception of what the physics would be.
------------
Rik in Carlisle, MA
(Email removed)
On Mon, 4 Aug 97 Archontis wrote:
|
|<<...even though there was one, single scene in that tale that was SO
|un-Barks-like and so odd that I tell myself it was something that an editor
|insisted Barks should jam into his story: when Gyro and $crooge blast off
|from Earth the G-forces flatten them into the shape of paper-dolls---this is
|a silly physical impossibility the likes of which I don't think has ever
|been in a Disney comic, much less a Barks story....>>
|
I remember a movie back in the 50s which was supposed to be serious. I don't
remember the name unfortunately, but my memory was that it was about the
beginnings of space flight and the movie depicted blood vessels in the pilots
face bursting under the G strain with his cheeks stretching back. Something less
than paper dolls, but it shows that when Barks was creating these stories there
was a popular misconception of what the physics would be.
------------
Rik in Carlisle, MA
(Email removed)
Harry Fluks
Eijmeren
Message 24 -
1997-08-04 at 20:29:56
DANIEL:
> Although it's not mentioned on the "What's new?" page
> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/disney-comics/cbl.html
When I looked today, it was mentioned in "what's new".
> Is there a list of D.U.C.K.s (and removed ones) available, btw?
Yes, it is published in the Italian book on Don Rosa, as part of the
index I made for that book. I didn't bother to put this information
in the Database, but I probably should at least mention the stories
where *no* D.U.C.K. can be found.
BTW: the D.U.C.K. is missing on *all* covers that Don made for
Gladstone during their first run.
> A reason why I don't like the Impervium story is that I don't understand
> the end gag (if there's any).
Neither do I! Can anyone explain?
> I think the mean reason for only a few
> replies is that it is summertime
Yep, that's a very mean reason! (Sorry Daniel - I couldn't resist)
--Harry.
> Although it's not mentioned on the "What's new?" page
> http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/disney-comics/cbl.html
When I looked today, it was mentioned in "what's new".
> Is there a list of D.U.C.K.s (and removed ones) available, btw?
Yes, it is published in the Italian book on Don Rosa, as part of the
index I made for that book. I didn't bother to put this information
in the Database, but I probably should at least mention the stories
where *no* D.U.C.K. can be found.
BTW: the D.U.C.K. is missing on *all* covers that Don made for
Gladstone during their first run.
> A reason why I don't like the Impervium story is that I don't understand
> the end gag (if there's any).
Neither do I! Can anyone explain?
> I think the mean reason for only a few
> replies is that it is summertime
Yep, that's a very mean reason! (Sorry Daniel - I couldn't resist)
--Harry.
Soeren Schridde
Disney comics Digest V97 #159
Message 25 -
1997-08-04 at 20:32:48
David:
> S=D6REN:
> Which Jippes story is in the 50th-anniversary Scrooge album? The
> only real Scrooge story I can recall from Jippes is "Hi-Tech Havoc," but
> even that was published over here as a Donald story. There are also some
> Woodchuck stories, but those aren't "all" Jippes...
>
code is H 9201
- it's got the theme that Scrooge's money bin is supposed to be built
on the rests of Cornelius Coot's first home... after a demonstration
and official bills US is forced to move. A bridge collapses when the
bin is towed over it, and the bin then works as a barrier for a
river... By the water power, the bin is pressed on top of the hill
where it was before, and the water washes free the old Coot-house,
which was not beneath the bin.
And if you remember the story by the help of this description, you're
quite brain... it seems my English vocabulary is fading away by the
minute ;-(
Soeren Schridde
Kurt-Tucholsky-Str.1
49088 Osnabrueck
Germany
eMail: (Email removed)
Tel./Fax: Acc.Code+ 541/150764
> S=D6REN:
> Which Jippes story is in the 50th-anniversary Scrooge album? The
> only real Scrooge story I can recall from Jippes is "Hi-Tech Havoc," but
> even that was published over here as a Donald story. There are also some
> Woodchuck stories, but those aren't "all" Jippes...
>
code is H 9201
- it's got the theme that Scrooge's money bin is supposed to be built
on the rests of Cornelius Coot's first home... after a demonstration
and official bills US is forced to move. A bridge collapses when the
bin is towed over it, and the bin then works as a barrier for a
river... By the water power, the bin is pressed on top of the hill
where it was before, and the water washes free the old Coot-house,
which was not beneath the bin.
And if you remember the story by the help of this description, you're
quite brain... it seems my English vocabulary is fading away by the
minute ;-(
Soeren Schridde
Kurt-Tucholsky-Str.1
49088 Osnabrueck
Germany
eMail: (Email removed)
Tel./Fax: Acc.Code+ 541/150764
Harry Fluks
Web sites, micro ducks, kathys
Message 26 -
1997-08-04 at 20:35:51
DON wrote to ARTHUR about his web site:
> I was very surprised at how it's grown and how EXCELLENT it
> is. I should also mention how impressed (and flattered) I am by my other
> friends' "D.U.C.K. Hunt" pages
I fully agree! I got a better version of Netscape today, and I am now
able to view webpages that use frames. Arthur's and Mike's pages really
look beautiful!
But Mike's D.U.C.K. Hunt pages seem to have moved. When I follow the link
from Jakob's page (and also from some other pages), I get a totally
different page...
Talking about web pages: I also liked the "Grimble Gromble" web pages, where
Arthur has a link to. It's the first internet site that pays real attention to the work
of Carl Barks. Even a few pages (and the cover) of the most recent Jippes-redrawn
Barks script is there!
CHRIS:
Thanks for explaining the illogics of "Micro Ducks". I never thought of those
things... Of course, a million explanations can be made, so I don't worry
too much, and the story remains one of my favourites.
KATHY:
Good to see you're still around! We haven't heard from you in
almost a year!
--Harry.
(http://www.pi.net/~fluks4/disney.htm)
> I was very surprised at how it's grown and how EXCELLENT it
> is. I should also mention how impressed (and flattered) I am by my other
> friends' "D.U.C.K. Hunt" pages
I fully agree! I got a better version of Netscape today, and I am now
able to view webpages that use frames. Arthur's and Mike's pages really
look beautiful!
But Mike's D.U.C.K. Hunt pages seem to have moved. When I follow the link
from Jakob's page (and also from some other pages), I get a totally
different page...
Talking about web pages: I also liked the "Grimble Gromble" web pages, where
Arthur has a link to. It's the first internet site that pays real attention to the work
of Carl Barks. Even a few pages (and the cover) of the most recent Jippes-redrawn
Barks script is there!
CHRIS:
Thanks for explaining the illogics of "Micro Ducks". I never thought of those
things... Of course, a million explanations can be made, so I don't worry
too much, and the story remains one of my favourites.
KATHY:
Good to see you're still around! We haven't heard from you in
almost a year!
--Harry.
(http://www.pi.net/~fluks4/disney.htm)
Augie De Blieck Jr.
Avatars and 5 Years
Message 27 -
1997-08-04 at 23:39:26
PER:
First of all, congratulations on five years of this great mailing list.
Although I've only been on it for three years, and my participation is on and
off, it's always been great fun to read through and an enlightening experience
at all times. This is the first or second mailing list I subscribed to right
after I got Internet access. And I wouldn't think of leaving it anytime soon.
DON:
I finally just read "The Treaure of the Ten Avatars" yesterday and really
enjoyed it. And though you might not particuliarly appreciate this, trust me
when I say it's a compliment: It read like a terrific episode of DuckTales. I
kept flashing back to the opening 5-parter of the series, but it was still
all-original. For one, it was great to read something this well-researched in
a comic book today. Not only is it well-researched, but it effortlessly
incorporates the research into the story so the ignorant reader, i.e. me, can
still understand and follow everything that's happening. And, subtle though it
may be, I appreciated the economic implication at the very beginning. That is,
capitalists produce wealth for others as they themselves gain it. Nobody
creates riches in a vacuum. The first few pages of this story should be
included in economics textbooks.
Oh, and I laughed out loud at the running elephant gag. Thanks.
-Augie
P.S. Fellow Marx Brothers fans: The local PBS station by me is showing a new
Marx Brothers documentary tomorrow night with promises of never-before-seen
film. I'm looking forward to it.
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First of all, congratulations on five years of this great mailing list.
Although I've only been on it for three years, and my participation is on and
off, it's always been great fun to read through and an enlightening experience
at all times. This is the first or second mailing list I subscribed to right
after I got Internet access. And I wouldn't think of leaving it anytime soon.
DON:
I finally just read "The Treaure of the Ten Avatars" yesterday and really
enjoyed it. And though you might not particuliarly appreciate this, trust me
when I say it's a compliment: It read like a terrific episode of DuckTales. I
kept flashing back to the opening 5-parter of the series, but it was still
all-original. For one, it was great to read something this well-researched in
a comic book today. Not only is it well-researched, but it effortlessly
incorporates the research into the story so the ignorant reader, i.e. me, can
still understand and follow everything that's happening. And, subtle though it
may be, I appreciated the economic implication at the very beginning. That is,
capitalists produce wealth for others as they themselves gain it. Nobody
creates riches in a vacuum. The first few pages of this story should be
included in economics textbooks.
Oh, and I laughed out loud at the running elephant gag. Thanks.
-Augie
P.S. Fellow Marx Brothers fans: The local PBS station by me is showing a new
Marx Brothers documentary tomorrow night with promises of never-before-seen
film. I'm looking forward to it.
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Wilmer Rivers
Happy Birthday to Us
Message 28 -
1997-08-05 at 00:55:32
It's been a great 5 years. Thanks in profusion to Per,
for devoting all those hours resolving "bounce" problems
and maintaining addresses so that we could be exposed to
the great wide world of Disney comics.
I just wish I had learned a tenth of what I've read, especially
about Italian and other creators whose work was unknown to me
before. (I'm so provincial, like most other Americans!) Best
wishes for yet another 5 years, so that I can finally catch on
to what everyone here is talking about!
Wilmer Rivers
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for devoting all those hours resolving "bounce" problems
and maintaining addresses so that we could be exposed to
the great wide world of Disney comics.
I just wish I had learned a tenth of what I've read, especially
about Italian and other creators whose work was unknown to me
before. (I'm so provincial, like most other Americans!) Best
wishes for yet another 5 years, so that I can finally catch on
to what everyone here is talking about!
Wilmer Rivers
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End of Disney comics Digest V97 Issue #161
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Dave Rawson
Disney comics Digest V97 #160
Message 29 -
1997-08-05 at 01:46:24
MARK:
Welcome to the list!
PER:
Congrats on a half decade of hosting this joint!
--
riverrun past Eve's and Adam's from swerve of shore to bend of bay
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Welcome to the list!
PER:
Congrats on a half decade of hosting this joint!
--
riverrun past Eve's and Adam's from swerve of shore to bend of bay
(Email removed) -=*=- http://users.aol.com/dcrawson/home.htm
David Gerstein
Jumbo
Message 30 -
1997-08-05 at 05:26:01
DON:
"The half-page gag that replaced the chapter 2 splash [for "The
Vigilante of Pizen Bluff"] was really LAME..."
Eh? I was hysterical over the Goklayeh/Jumbo bit and the ensuing
gag about India. I guess it's just a matter of taste. (But you know me,
Don... *I'm* the guy who liked *"An Eye For Detail"*...)
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"The half-page gag that replaced the chapter 2 splash [for "The
Vigilante of Pizen Bluff"] was really LAME..."
Eh? I was hysterical over the Goklayeh/Jumbo bit and the ensuing
gag about India. I guess it's just a matter of taste. (But you know me,
Don... *I'm* the guy who liked *"An Eye For Detail"*...)
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Also <(Email removed)>