In Digest #247, Harry asked about a cover by "Bo Madinek" and Mattias
answered, giving his sources for this information.
I don't know anything about the cover in question, but I might add that this
"Bo Madinek" has been sort of a mystery to Swedish Donaldists ever since we
read about him in some old issue of "Carl Barks & C:o" - presumably in
connection with The Great Index. If I remember rightly, he was supposed to
be Swedish, which intrigued us even further. It doesn't seem like anyone has
heard his name in any other context, either before or later - so Harry's
question whether the guy exists might not be totally off the wall.
It has been suggested that the name should read "Bo Michanek", who is indeed
a real person - I even met him briefly many years ago. This talented artist
did some commercial illustrations for the Swedish Disney publishers around
the 70's and 80's, maybe even a few covers for the weeklies.
Maybe someone involved with "Carl Barks & C:o" at the time can recall whence
the name "Bo Madinek" originally came, and/or any other information about him?
Finally, I feel compelled to add that my fellow Scandinavians on this list
seem sadly and sorrily misinformed as to where Disney comics are most
popular. Finland? Denmark? Norway? Why, everybody knows that it is in Sweden!
Quackingly,
Stefan Dios
Malmo, Sweden
Author
Topic: 199711
(259 messages)
Stefan Diös
"Bo Madinek"?
Message 91 -
1997-11-13 at 22:57:47
Soeren Krarup Olesen
Madinek JPEG
Message 92 -
1997-11-13 at 23:45:29
About this Bo Madinek I have (as I use to do)
put a scan of the Danish Anders And & Co. 1/78
on the net.
To me the art does not look too familiar.
It can be found at
http://www.kom.auc.dk/~sko/jumbo/madinek.jpg
=Soeren
put a scan of the Danish Anders And & Co. 1/78
on the net.
To me the art does not look too familiar.
It can be found at
http://www.kom.auc.dk/~sko/jumbo/madinek.jpg
=Soeren
Bhc
Disney comics Digest V97 #246
Message 93 -
1997-11-14 at 00:47:36
Gaute:
>Susan Morse assured me that no more than 1000 copies would be printed.
>Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Don talk about 1100 books he had
>carefully corrected?
Susan Morse is correct, and so is Don, because they are talking about
different things.
Don is correcting signatures, which are printed pages that have not yet
been bound into books. All binding is occurring after Don has completed his
contributions, and only 1000 bound books are going to be offered into the
marketplace. The excess signatures (more precisely, the "overrun") will be
bound to cover subsequent damage and loss (a measure of which, as any
publisher with half a brain cell knows, is all but inevitable), with what
remains covering, to the extent possible, nonsale activities such as
promotion, contributor copies, publisher proofs, and the like. Only overrun
copies that go out as replacements for damage or loss will be numbered as
part of the 1000, while the nonsale copies will be identified in a way that
makes them unmarketable on a retail level.
>Susan Morse assured me that no more than 1000 copies would be printed.
>Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Don talk about 1100 books he had
>carefully corrected?
Susan Morse is correct, and so is Don, because they are talking about
different things.
Don is correcting signatures, which are printed pages that have not yet
been bound into books. All binding is occurring after Don has completed his
contributions, and only 1000 bound books are going to be offered into the
marketplace. The excess signatures (more precisely, the "overrun") will be
bound to cover subsequent damage and loss (a measure of which, as any
publisher with half a brain cell knows, is all but inevitable), with what
remains covering, to the extent possible, nonsale activities such as
promotion, contributor copies, publisher proofs, and the like. Only overrun
copies that go out as replacements for damage or loss will be numbered as
part of the 1000, while the nonsale copies will be identified in a way that
makes them unmarketable on a retail level.
Joakim Gunnarsson
Bo Madinek
Message 94 -
1997-11-14 at 01:02:01
In digest #247 Mattias Hallin and Harry Fluks wrote about Bo Madinek. Harry
asked if the name was a running gag.
Well...it's not a gag, just a mystery.
Ever since the name appeared in "Carl Barks & C.o" for the first time, back
in 1982, I have wondered who he is.
And I have come to the conclusion that he probably doesn't exist!
Why?
He has never been mentioned anywhere else than in CB & C:o's
index. (All quotes I've seen about him refers to that index!)
I have never seen a photo or any data on him.
The art that he has been credited for is obviously done by diffrent
persons.
There was a swedish artist by the name Bo Michanek that worked for
Gutenberghus (Egmont) in the late seventies, early eighties.
So I think that the index maker had heard Michaneks name, misspelled it,
and gave him credits for what he thought the artist had done.
Anyway I'll try to call Michanek and ask him what he thinks.
I'll let you know as soon as I know more...
Anyone that knows for sure that Bo Madinek relly exist?
Joakim Gunnarsson.
----------
asked if the name was a running gag.
Well...it's not a gag, just a mystery.
Ever since the name appeared in "Carl Barks & C.o" for the first time, back
in 1982, I have wondered who he is.
And I have come to the conclusion that he probably doesn't exist!
Why?
He has never been mentioned anywhere else than in CB & C:o's
index. (All quotes I've seen about him refers to that index!)
I have never seen a photo or any data on him.
The art that he has been credited for is obviously done by diffrent
persons.
There was a swedish artist by the name Bo Michanek that worked for
Gutenberghus (Egmont) in the late seventies, early eighties.
So I think that the index maker had heard Michaneks name, misspelled it,
and gave him credits for what he thought the artist had done.
Anyway I'll try to call Michanek and ask him what he thinks.
I'll let you know as soon as I know more...
Anyone that knows for sure that Bo Madinek relly exist?
Joakim Gunnarsson.
----------
Bhc
Disney comics Digest V97 #247
Message 95 -
1997-11-14 at 01:27:23
Nils:
>Questions:
>1. What and who are these catalogue customers?
Customers who get our printed catalog.
>2. Where are the 556 retailers? In USA, Canada _and Europe_? If so, in which
> countries?
The term is "retail distributors," companies who distribute *to* retailers.
And, yes, that's mainly Diamond, so no books going to comics shops outside
the US and Canada.
>3. I surmise there must come a separate, pedestrian edition, with no frills
> and no nonsense, with "just the book, please". When will this be available,
> and for what cost?
There are and will be no editions of the hardbound book other than the
one's listed. If you really want no frills, the four album volumes are
pretty nice, and are still available.
David F.:
>US & DD #1.
>
>First off, the cover should have come from the Rosa story.
No way. The Rosa story is based on a Barks cover for a non-Barks story by
the same title, a cover Gladstone has already used for our original
printing of Rosa's story. We ain't gonna muddled that any further!
>Questions:
>1. What and who are these catalogue customers?
Customers who get our printed catalog.
>2. Where are the 556 retailers? In USA, Canada _and Europe_? If so, in which
> countries?
The term is "retail distributors," companies who distribute *to* retailers.
And, yes, that's mainly Diamond, so no books going to comics shops outside
the US and Canada.
>3. I surmise there must come a separate, pedestrian edition, with no frills
> and no nonsense, with "just the book, please". When will this be available,
> and for what cost?
There are and will be no editions of the hardbound book other than the
one's listed. If you really want no frills, the four album volumes are
pretty nice, and are still available.
David F.:
>US & DD #1.
>
>First off, the cover should have come from the Rosa story.
No way. The Rosa story is based on a Barks cover for a non-Barks story by
the same title, a cover Gladstone has already used for our original
printing of Rosa's story. We ain't gonna muddled that any further!
Tarjei Kidd Olsen
Disney comics Digest V97 #247
Message 96 -
1997-11-14 at 01:49:42
ANDREW WILES:
>"I don't know of many police officers who would arrest a woman for stealing
>a dime!"
>
>That's exactly what is wrong with society ... theft is theft and should not
>be judged by how much but by the actual act. Duckburg has it right ...
>commit a crime and you'll pay the price.
Yeah, but the punishment should also "suit the crime"....Putting someone in
jail for stealing a dime is hardly an "equal reaction", now is it?
|| <<<<Tarjei Kidd Olsen>>>> ||
||___________________________||
|| http://home.sol.no/~kidd/ ||
|| (Email removed) ||
>"I don't know of many police officers who would arrest a woman for stealing
>a dime!"
>
>That's exactly what is wrong with society ... theft is theft and should not
>be judged by how much but by the actual act. Duckburg has it right ...
>commit a crime and you'll pay the price.
Yeah, but the punishment should also "suit the crime"....Putting someone in
jail for stealing a dime is hardly an "equal reaction", now is it?
|| <<<<Tarjei Kidd Olsen>>>> ||
||___________________________||
|| http://home.sol.no/~kidd/ ||
|| (Email removed) ||
Katie Sullivan
The much-debated Scrooge book
Message 97 -
1997-11-14 at 02:02:16
Thanks a lot to Nils Lid Hjort for the great link to the page on the
Lo$ book!
http://www.hamlco.com/bhc/gladstone/rosabook/rosabook.html .
Just a reminder to check out by fan art at
http://www.execpc.com/~sulliva1/scrooge.html
Quack!
Katie Sullivan
(Email removed)
Lo$ book!
http://www.hamlco.com/bhc/gladstone/rosabook/rosabook.html .
Just a reminder to check out by fan art at
http://www.execpc.com/~sulliva1/scrooge.html
Quack!
Katie Sullivan
(Email removed)
Cebarat
Disney comics Digest V97 #247
Message 98 -
1997-11-14 at 03:40:29
DAVID FENSKE writes:
<< The Twenty-Four Carat Moon. (Barks)
This was a fun story, nice and long, with a decent message thrown in for
free. But what has always intrigued me about Bark's space stories is the
lack of scientific accuracy. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me in
the least, but being a Scientist by profession, I just notice these little
things. [For instance, I quite liked Don Rosa's explanation for getting to
the center of the earth].
(many inaccuracies snipped)>>
I never considered this to be a "space story," not really. It has always
read more like a fairy tale, complete with a moral lesson. I must admit that
I'd love to have seen the "space scenes" animated. Joe Torcivia suggested a
long time ago that "24-Carat Moon" would have made an excellent DUCKTALES
episode.
Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
"YOU'RE IT -- YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT!" -- Doofus to Launchpad, "DuckTales"
episode "The Right Duck"
<< The Twenty-Four Carat Moon. (Barks)
This was a fun story, nice and long, with a decent message thrown in for
free. But what has always intrigued me about Bark's space stories is the
lack of scientific accuracy. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me in
the least, but being a Scientist by profession, I just notice these little
things. [For instance, I quite liked Don Rosa's explanation for getting to
the center of the earth].
(many inaccuracies snipped)>>
I never considered this to be a "space story," not really. It has always
read more like a fairy tale, complete with a moral lesson. I must admit that
I'd love to have seen the "space scenes" animated. Joe Torcivia suggested a
long time ago that "24-Carat Moon" would have made an excellent DUCKTALES
episode.
Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
"YOU'RE IT -- YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT!" -- Doofus to Launchpad, "DuckTales"
episode "The Right Duck"
Vsaari
Where are disney comics most popular?
Message 99 -
1997-11-14 at 05:02:54
In article <(Email removed)> Arild <(Email removed)> writes:
> Mikko Pohjola wrote:
> >It is said, that in Finland Disney comics are more popular than
> >anywhere else in the known world.
>
> I allways thought Disney comics were most popular in Norway..
>
> Does anybody have any figures?
The best selling title in Finland is the weekly Aku Ankka, about 300 000
copies. Our population is about five million, so 6% of us buy an Aku Ankka
each week and many more read it.
How about other countries?
--
Ville Saari EMail: (Email removed)
Tallbergin puistotie 7 B 21 Phone: +358 9 682 2226
00200 Helsinki
FINLAND /dev/null: write failed, file system is full
> Mikko Pohjola wrote:
> >It is said, that in Finland Disney comics are more popular than
> >anywhere else in the known world.
>
> I allways thought Disney comics were most popular in Norway..
>
> Does anybody have any figures?
The best selling title in Finland is the weekly Aku Ankka, about 300 000
copies. Our population is about five million, so 6% of us buy an Aku Ankka
each week and many more read it.
How about other countries?
--
Ville Saari EMail: (Email removed)
Tallbergin puistotie 7 B 21 Phone: +358 9 682 2226
00200 Helsinki
FINLAND /dev/null: write failed, file system is full
DAVE HAYES
Disney comics Digest V97 #247
Message 100 -
1997-11-14 at 10:40:45
>DAVID FENSKE writes:
><< The Twenty-Four Carat Moon. (Barks)
>This was a fun story, nice and long, with a decent message thrown in for
> free. But what has always intrigued me about Bark's space stories is the
> lack of scientific accuracy. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me in
> the least, but being a Scientist by profession, I just notice these little
> things. [For instance, I quite liked Don Rosa's explanation for getting to
> the center of the earth].
>(many inaccuracies snipped)>>
>
>I never considered this to be a "space story," not really. It has always
>read more like a fairy tale, complete with a moral lesson. I must admit that
>I'd love to have seen the "space scenes" animated. Joe Torcivia suggested a
>long time ago that "24-Carat Moon" would have made an excellent DUCKTALES
>episode.
>
>
>Christopher E. Barat
>(Email removed)
>http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
>"YOU'RE IT -- YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT!" -- Doofus to Launchpad, "DuckTales"
>episode "The Right Duck"
>
>
>
ANYBODY KNOW HOW I UNSUBSCRIBE TO THIS LIST
TIA
DAVE
DAVID HAYES,
APPLE CORK,
CORK,IRELAND.
PH. 353 21 284678
THE JOURNEY IS THE REWARD
><< The Twenty-Four Carat Moon. (Barks)
>This was a fun story, nice and long, with a decent message thrown in for
> free. But what has always intrigued me about Bark's space stories is the
> lack of scientific accuracy. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me in
> the least, but being a Scientist by profession, I just notice these little
> things. [For instance, I quite liked Don Rosa's explanation for getting to
> the center of the earth].
>(many inaccuracies snipped)>>
>
>I never considered this to be a "space story," not really. It has always
>read more like a fairy tale, complete with a moral lesson. I must admit that
>I'd love to have seen the "space scenes" animated. Joe Torcivia suggested a
>long time ago that "24-Carat Moon" would have made an excellent DUCKTALES
>episode.
>
>
>Christopher E. Barat
>(Email removed)
>http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
>"YOU'RE IT -- YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT!" -- Doofus to Launchpad, "DuckTales"
>episode "The Right Duck"
>
>
>
ANYBODY KNOW HOW I UNSUBSCRIBE TO THIS LIST
TIA
DAVE
DAVID HAYES,
APPLE CORK,
CORK,IRELAND.
PH. 353 21 284678
THE JOURNEY IS THE REWARD
SRoweCanoe
Disney comics Digest V97 #246
Message 101 -
1997-11-14 at 14:20:22
In a message dated 97-11-14 03:44:56 EST, you write:
Gaute Kongsnes" <(Email removed)> wrote:
<<I've enjoyed Nervous Rex but Laffin' Gas and Possibleman were new to me.
(Why aren't these titles listed in Overstreet?)
I have also read in Carl Barks & Co that Van Horn has published in Tracker,
any input here?>>
Yes, Van Horn did the two issues of Tracker. As to why thery're not in
Overstreet... ask Don Rosa about price guides ;)
(before Don got into price guides as someone to be priced, he had determined
that PGs were manipulative and somewhat dishonest. )
Steven Rowe
Gaute Kongsnes" <(Email removed)> wrote:
<<I've enjoyed Nervous Rex but Laffin' Gas and Possibleman were new to me.
(Why aren't these titles listed in Overstreet?)
I have also read in Carl Barks & Co that Van Horn has published in Tracker,
any input here?>>
Yes, Van Horn did the two issues of Tracker. As to why thery're not in
Overstreet... ask Don Rosa about price guides ;)
(before Don got into price guides as someone to be priced, he had determined
that PGs were manipulative and somewhat dishonest. )
Steven Rowe
David B. Fenske
Disney comics Digest V97 #247
Message 102 -
1997-11-15 at 06:13:23
At 04:27 PM 11/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Nils:
>
>David F.:
>
>>US & DD #1.
>>
>>First off, the cover should have come from the Rosa story.
>
>No way. The Rosa story is based on a Barks cover for a non-Barks story by
>the same title, a cover Gladstone has already used for our original
>printing of Rosa's story. We ain't gonna muddled that any further!
>
OK, OK, you win! :-) Although I think it sounds like a chain that
shouldn't be broken...
I was just suggesting that on the basis of which story I thought was the
better story. And I must confess being partial to Rosa stories, followed
by Barks and Van Horn.
Not that the cover really matters that much anyway. At least, covers have
nothing to do with whether I buy the magazine. I look at the stories, and
decide if they look interesting enough to read.
And speaking of covers, here's an old gripe (well, not a gripe, really)... :-)
A long time ago, you printed a couple of Super Snooper stories in a WDG. A
great issue. And you also had an article about how you backed off from
running a cover that was based on Superman #1, for fear that people
wouldn't "get it," or something like that. Well, first of all, I couldn't
see anything about the proposed cover that seemed controversial or that
would negatively impact sales. I thought it was a good idea. Not that the
cover you finally published was bad (it was quite good), I just couldn't
understand the rationale for backing off on the other one. I would think
that a good number of your intelligent readership would either get the
cover, or would find it very clever if it was explained in the issue.
Secondly, I was surprised that you would anticipate that a cover your
readers didn't "get" would negatively impact sales. Especially when the
two covers were similar... maybe there's a good reason why I'm not in sales...
Dave F.
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V97 Issue #248
******************************************
>Nils:
>
>David F.:
>
>>US & DD #1.
>>
>>First off, the cover should have come from the Rosa story.
>
>No way. The Rosa story is based on a Barks cover for a non-Barks story by
>the same title, a cover Gladstone has already used for our original
>printing of Rosa's story. We ain't gonna muddled that any further!
>
OK, OK, you win! :-) Although I think it sounds like a chain that
shouldn't be broken...
I was just suggesting that on the basis of which story I thought was the
better story. And I must confess being partial to Rosa stories, followed
by Barks and Van Horn.
Not that the cover really matters that much anyway. At least, covers have
nothing to do with whether I buy the magazine. I look at the stories, and
decide if they look interesting enough to read.
And speaking of covers, here's an old gripe (well, not a gripe, really)... :-)
A long time ago, you printed a couple of Super Snooper stories in a WDG. A
great issue. And you also had an article about how you backed off from
running a cover that was based on Superman #1, for fear that people
wouldn't "get it," or something like that. Well, first of all, I couldn't
see anything about the proposed cover that seemed controversial or that
would negatively impact sales. I thought it was a good idea. Not that the
cover you finally published was bad (it was quite good), I just couldn't
understand the rationale for backing off on the other one. I would think
that a good number of your intelligent readership would either get the
cover, or would find it very clever if it was explained in the issue.
Secondly, I was surprised that you would anticipate that a cover your
readers didn't "get" would negatively impact sales. Especially when the
two covers were similar... maybe there's a good reason why I'm not in sales...
Dave F.
--------------------------------
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Message 104 -
1997-11-15 at 14:58:09
In a message dated 97-11-15 02:53:12 EST, you write:
>>>"I don't know of many police officers who would arrest a woman for
stealing
>>>a dime!"
>>That's exactly what is wrong with society ... theft is theft and should not
>>be judged by how much but by the actual act. Duckburg has it right ...
>>commit a crime and you'll pay the price.
>Yeah, but the punishment should also "suit the crime"....Putting someone in
> jail for stealing a dime is hardly an "equal reaction", now is it?
Hmm, I see a story forming, Scrooge rushes up; inofrmes the local police that
Magica has stolen a dime, and they laugh themselves silly; until he tells
them she also was envolved in breaking and entering, tresspassing, malacious
destruction of private property, disorderly conduct, tresspassing after being
told to vacate, etc. So they arrest her, and as she is being booked; one of
the officers passes her two dimes saying "hey lady; take these - it would
have saved you alot of problems if you had just asked".
The other reason that most police would not arrest someone for stealing a
dime is, that it would cost more to book, jail, and try in court. (It runs
over $100 a day to hold someone in jail). There's a good chance a jury may
not convict (Mr. McDuck, it's your word against her's that she swiped a
dime). Actually, unless this is a collectible coin (because of its age and
value in a coin book), it's not a felony and she's unlikely to get jail time
anyway. So, Scrooge, try them other charges.
Steven Rowe
>>>"I don't know of many police officers who would arrest a woman for
stealing
>>>a dime!"
>>That's exactly what is wrong with society ... theft is theft and should not
>>be judged by how much but by the actual act. Duckburg has it right ...
>>commit a crime and you'll pay the price.
>Yeah, but the punishment should also "suit the crime"....Putting someone in
> jail for stealing a dime is hardly an "equal reaction", now is it?
Hmm, I see a story forming, Scrooge rushes up; inofrmes the local police that
Magica has stolen a dime, and they laugh themselves silly; until he tells
them she also was envolved in breaking and entering, tresspassing, malacious
destruction of private property, disorderly conduct, tresspassing after being
told to vacate, etc. So they arrest her, and as she is being booked; one of
the officers passes her two dimes saying "hey lady; take these - it would
have saved you alot of problems if you had just asked".
The other reason that most police would not arrest someone for stealing a
dime is, that it would cost more to book, jail, and try in court. (It runs
over $100 a day to hold someone in jail). There's a good chance a jury may
not convict (Mr. McDuck, it's your word against her's that she swiped a
dime). Actually, unless this is a collectible coin (because of its age and
value in a coin book), it's not a felony and she's unlikely to get jail time
anyway. So, Scrooge, try them other charges.
Steven Rowe
Francois Willot
Bo Madinek
Message 105 -
1997-11-15 at 16:08:50
FRANK:
>FRAN=C7OIS:
>
>(what a shame that I only saw you for about 2*30 seconds in Lucca!)
That's a pitty indeed. It'll be for the next time...
About Bo Madinek:
Alberto Becattini wrote that it can be "Bolster". "Bolster" is Beatrice
Bolster, an artist who used to draw the Ducks with wide eyes; one of he=
r
stories (not his -Harry) was published in "Uncle Scrooge", by the way.
Several stories are attributed to "Madinek" in the Disney comics
database. I don't have a clue if this is the same art as Bolster's, but
there are some errors in the Danish index, anyway. Some stories credite=
d
to "Madinek" are by Branca.
Francois
>FRAN=C7OIS:
>
>(what a shame that I only saw you for about 2*30 seconds in Lucca!)
That's a pitty indeed. It'll be for the next time...
About Bo Madinek:
Alberto Becattini wrote that it can be "Bolster". "Bolster" is Beatrice
Bolster, an artist who used to draw the Ducks with wide eyes; one of he=
r
stories (not his -Harry) was published in "Uncle Scrooge", by the way.
Several stories are attributed to "Madinek" in the Disney comics
database. I don't have a clue if this is the same art as Bolster's, but
there are some errors in the Danish index, anyway. Some stories credite=
d
to "Madinek" are by Branca.
Francois