Merry Christmas everyone (who celebrates christmas:)!
GLADSTONE:
TODAY i finally received your catalogue (the one advertising the new, but
suddenly lamented titles, and the 1000 or so LO$ books) :) But I guess it's
too late to order one of those first hundred copies of the LO$ book by
now....*sigh*
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Topic: 199712
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Tarjei Kidd Olsen
Cuhhrrristmush.....
Message 241 -
1997-12-25 at 04:28:46
Francois Willot
Anno 2001
Message 242 -
1997-12-25 at 14:20:54
MARCO:
Well, I don't know exactly what you mean. Your index of Italian stories
only says:
> 309 - 29/10
> Paperino... Anno 2001
> /Mazzanti/Gatto/
> 40/avventura nel futuro/QQQ, Zio Paperone
> [CWD 22, CD 35]
But nothing special about the "CWD 22" reprint.
Francois
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Well, I don't know exactly what you mean. Your index of Italian stories
only says:
> 309 - 29/10
> Paperino... Anno 2001
> /Mazzanti/Gatto/
> 40/avventura nel futuro/QQQ, Zio Paperone
> [CWD 22, CD 35]
But nothing special about the "CWD 22" reprint.
Francois
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Aderack
Gladstone
Message 243 -
1997-12-25 at 15:30:20
I've thought about it a while, and realized that probably the biggest reason
nobody buys disney comics over here is nobody knows about them. Anybody who
might happen to see an issue of Donald Duck on the rack will probably not
register that there's anything worthwhile inside and keep browsing, because
people just don't have a clue what Disney comics really are over here.
To bring back what a few people mentioned about Archie -- those comics really
tend to be everywhere. They tend to be well-positioned, and in every comic or
variation there are lots of unobtrusive-yet-noticable ads for various other
things Archie Comics prints. The thing is, people notice Archie and people are
familiar with the comic -- it's somewhere in their conciousness that it does,
indeed, exist and is available, and the way it is sold enforces this. You can
buy one of those digests of old material at the checkout, put it by the
bathroom, and over the course of a month or so reading it, you're accustomed
to the characters and feel of the book and have been introduced by a bunch of
non-obnoxious-yet-noticable ads to all of the other titles. So by buying the
digest, you can get a subscription to any of the other titles, and if not you
at least will recognize that they are, indeed, around.
That's the biggest thing about marketing -- REMINDING people of things.
Everyone knows that Oreos exist, but when you see a good ad for the things, it
raises your conciousness of the fact. Just seeing them in the store really
usually doesn't do as much. The problem is, NOBODY knows that Disney comics
really are around. I swear that nearly everyone I run into assumed that
$crooge was invented for Mickey's Christmas Carol, about eighteen years ago --
or, worse, Ducktales. And even those are a dim, foggy memory, I'll add. People
have never heard of Gladstone Gander; nobody is really very familiar with
Donald as anything but an unintelligable icon; none of the regular characters,
aside from appearances on Ducktales which were probably missed anyway, even
exist so far as America knows.
If people knew what was actually in these things, there's the possability that
they would buy. The reason there is such a prejudice against them when the
topic is brought up is that people don't read them. Anyone, and I mean anyone,
to whom I've given a Barks or Rosa story and instructed to read it, no matter
how deluged by "Spawn" culture he was, came back kinda' impressed. It
surprises people that these things are worth reading -- it really does.
I think that could be the big problem and partial solution there, really, to
sum things up in a ludicrously tidy manner. Use a little bit of ingenuity and
take a small risk on the budget and whip up some ideas as to how to show folks
exactly what y' got, here. People will read them, I assure you -- you just
have to prove to them that it's worth their effort.
nobody buys disney comics over here is nobody knows about them. Anybody who
might happen to see an issue of Donald Duck on the rack will probably not
register that there's anything worthwhile inside and keep browsing, because
people just don't have a clue what Disney comics really are over here.
To bring back what a few people mentioned about Archie -- those comics really
tend to be everywhere. They tend to be well-positioned, and in every comic or
variation there are lots of unobtrusive-yet-noticable ads for various other
things Archie Comics prints. The thing is, people notice Archie and people are
familiar with the comic -- it's somewhere in their conciousness that it does,
indeed, exist and is available, and the way it is sold enforces this. You can
buy one of those digests of old material at the checkout, put it by the
bathroom, and over the course of a month or so reading it, you're accustomed
to the characters and feel of the book and have been introduced by a bunch of
non-obnoxious-yet-noticable ads to all of the other titles. So by buying the
digest, you can get a subscription to any of the other titles, and if not you
at least will recognize that they are, indeed, around.
That's the biggest thing about marketing -- REMINDING people of things.
Everyone knows that Oreos exist, but when you see a good ad for the things, it
raises your conciousness of the fact. Just seeing them in the store really
usually doesn't do as much. The problem is, NOBODY knows that Disney comics
really are around. I swear that nearly everyone I run into assumed that
$crooge was invented for Mickey's Christmas Carol, about eighteen years ago --
or, worse, Ducktales. And even those are a dim, foggy memory, I'll add. People
have never heard of Gladstone Gander; nobody is really very familiar with
Donald as anything but an unintelligable icon; none of the regular characters,
aside from appearances on Ducktales which were probably missed anyway, even
exist so far as America knows.
If people knew what was actually in these things, there's the possability that
they would buy. The reason there is such a prejudice against them when the
topic is brought up is that people don't read them. Anyone, and I mean anyone,
to whom I've given a Barks or Rosa story and instructed to read it, no matter
how deluged by "Spawn" culture he was, came back kinda' impressed. It
surprises people that these things are worth reading -- it really does.
I think that could be the big problem and partial solution there, really, to
sum things up in a ludicrously tidy manner. Use a little bit of ingenuity and
take a small risk on the budget and whip up some ideas as to how to show folks
exactly what y' got, here. People will read them, I assure you -- you just
have to prove to them that it's worth their effort.
Don Rosa
Disney comics Digest V97 #282
Message 244 -
1997-12-25 at 17:00:59
>From: "David B. Fenske"
>plus a visit by Glittering Goldie and a very romantic & risque duck smooch.
This is getting ridiculous. I'd almost laugh if I wasn't so miserable. What
a nice Christmas present *this* was to get this Christmas morning! I think
I'll stop trying to put surprise endings in stories if this is how they get
treated.
>plus a visit by Glittering Goldie and a very romantic & risque duck smooch.
This is getting ridiculous. I'd almost laugh if I wasn't so miserable. What
a nice Christmas present *this* was to get this Christmas morning! I think
I'll stop trying to put surprise endings in stories if this is how they get
treated.
Mike Schneiderath
Gladstone Gander Anniversary story to be released in February
Message 245 -
1997-12-25 at 17:44:18
Ho ho ho!
I just read that Don Rosa s Gladstone Gander anniversary story will be
published in issue #8 of the German "Micky Maus" weekly.
That should be around the last week of february.
but most of all:
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all members of the mailing list.
(and of course to whoever may read this, too)
Mike
I just read that Don Rosa s Gladstone Gander anniversary story will be
published in issue #8 of the German "Micky Maus" weekly.
That should be around the last week of february.
but most of all:
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all members of the mailing list.
(and of course to whoever may read this, too)
Mike
Luca Boschi
Disney comics Digest V97 #280
Message 246 -
1997-12-25 at 21:02:30
Merry Xmas (and following holidays) to all the list's Gang!
FRANCOIS WILLOT
> A drawing by Giorgio Cavazzano, showing the Junior Woodchucks on a polar
> expedition is published on page 62 of your book, "The art of Cavazzano".
> It is said that Cavazzano did that cover in 1997 for the Italian pocket
> book "Le giovanni marmotte", while it was published in the "Journal de
> Mickey" # 2331, 19/2/97. Was it published in Italy before? Was it a work
> for Disney Italia or for France?
I really don't know it. I didn't write those captions (Roberto Irace
did, and now he's not in Italy). But I think that YOU are right. I don't
know if G. Cavvazzano has ever drawn any cover for "Le giovanni
marmotte". I assume he didn't. Maybe that Roberto didn't know the real
provenience of the drawing, and "decided" it was coming from there.
(Anyway, since I'm putting in the web some more details in the Cavazz.
Index, corrections and so on, can you send me the complete list of the
covers he made for France? Only WHEN and IF you've time to do it; thank
you a lot; I'll put the credit of you collaboration, obviously!).
>
> I also saw a cover with Donald and his nephews in the "313" car, going
> for hollidays, that looks *like* Cavazzano, but I'm not sure (it can be
> a Cavazzano-inspired artist like Mastantuono or someone else...). One of
> the nephews is listenning music on a walkman. Do you know that cover,
> and was it published in Italy before? (it's not in your index).
Maybe it is by Mastantuono or Gottardo, indeed. Where was it printed?
> Last thing: an article by me about Scrooge stories in Italy and Holland
> was published recently, and I have some copies free.
Is in the wonderful fanzine with a Don Rosa Cover showing $crooge with
his sisters? I read it, and give you my sincere congratulations about.
There are some (few) things non exactly... Thanks to Didier Ghez who
sent it to me. It's a very nice work. I' just wrote a small review about
it for the next-to-come "Comic Art", a magazine diffused in the
newsstands devoted to comics and cartoons, and in the future it shall
appear also my newsgroup in the web (www.cnotw.zen.it).
I read you wrote something about Romano Scarpa and the publication in
"Mickey Parade" of two stories of him. Do you think is possible to find
it in Italy, maybe with a subscription? I really wish that Scarpa see
how he is loved in France, since he's not in a very good mood with his
italian publishers...
Scarpa, who's producing an animate TV serial with HIS OWN characters,
wants to know something about the new animated productions by Disney,
for the cinemas and for TV. Is there someone able to write a list of
this? I'll send to Scarpa these informations.
I know things about
1) The legend of Mu-lah (or something like this)
2) Fantasia Continued
3) The Little Inca
4) The Lion King Part II (only for video markets)
5) Mouseworks (only for TV)
6) TV serial with 101 Dalmatians
7) TV serial with the Seven Dwarfs
8) Projects to remake ALL Disney movie hits in four next-to-come studios
(two in Canada, one in Japan and maybe one in Europe)...
Do someone has more detailed news about this argument (maybe the point 8
is only a sum of rumors).
ONE MORE QUESTION
Is there someone among you having any news about the old Jack Bradbury?
He's one of my favourite artists, who met some 15 years ago, and with
whom I'm writing letters since. A friend of mine heard some rumors
concerning the fact that he doesn't feel good. And since this year, for
the first time, I didn't get his Xmas card's greetings...
Best to everyone!
Luca Boschi
FRANCOIS WILLOT
> A drawing by Giorgio Cavazzano, showing the Junior Woodchucks on a polar
> expedition is published on page 62 of your book, "The art of Cavazzano".
> It is said that Cavazzano did that cover in 1997 for the Italian pocket
> book "Le giovanni marmotte", while it was published in the "Journal de
> Mickey" # 2331, 19/2/97. Was it published in Italy before? Was it a work
> for Disney Italia or for France?
I really don't know it. I didn't write those captions (Roberto Irace
did, and now he's not in Italy). But I think that YOU are right. I don't
know if G. Cavvazzano has ever drawn any cover for "Le giovanni
marmotte". I assume he didn't. Maybe that Roberto didn't know the real
provenience of the drawing, and "decided" it was coming from there.
(Anyway, since I'm putting in the web some more details in the Cavazz.
Index, corrections and so on, can you send me the complete list of the
covers he made for France? Only WHEN and IF you've time to do it; thank
you a lot; I'll put the credit of you collaboration, obviously!).
>
> I also saw a cover with Donald and his nephews in the "313" car, going
> for hollidays, that looks *like* Cavazzano, but I'm not sure (it can be
> a Cavazzano-inspired artist like Mastantuono or someone else...). One of
> the nephews is listenning music on a walkman. Do you know that cover,
> and was it published in Italy before? (it's not in your index).
Maybe it is by Mastantuono or Gottardo, indeed. Where was it printed?
> Last thing: an article by me about Scrooge stories in Italy and Holland
> was published recently, and I have some copies free.
Is in the wonderful fanzine with a Don Rosa Cover showing $crooge with
his sisters? I read it, and give you my sincere congratulations about.
There are some (few) things non exactly... Thanks to Didier Ghez who
sent it to me. It's a very nice work. I' just wrote a small review about
it for the next-to-come "Comic Art", a magazine diffused in the
newsstands devoted to comics and cartoons, and in the future it shall
appear also my newsgroup in the web (www.cnotw.zen.it).
I read you wrote something about Romano Scarpa and the publication in
"Mickey Parade" of two stories of him. Do you think is possible to find
it in Italy, maybe with a subscription? I really wish that Scarpa see
how he is loved in France, since he's not in a very good mood with his
italian publishers...
Scarpa, who's producing an animate TV serial with HIS OWN characters,
wants to know something about the new animated productions by Disney,
for the cinemas and for TV. Is there someone able to write a list of
this? I'll send to Scarpa these informations.
I know things about
1) The legend of Mu-lah (or something like this)
2) Fantasia Continued
3) The Little Inca
4) The Lion King Part II (only for video markets)
5) Mouseworks (only for TV)
6) TV serial with 101 Dalmatians
7) TV serial with the Seven Dwarfs
8) Projects to remake ALL Disney movie hits in four next-to-come studios
(two in Canada, one in Japan and maybe one in Europe)...
Do someone has more detailed news about this argument (maybe the point 8
is only a sum of rumors).
ONE MORE QUESTION
Is there someone among you having any news about the old Jack Bradbury?
He's one of my favourite artists, who met some 15 years ago, and with
whom I'm writing letters since. A friend of mine heard some rumors
concerning the fact that he doesn't feel good. And since this year, for
the first time, I didn't get his Xmas card's greetings...
Best to everyone!
Luca Boschi
Jakob Soederbaum
Daniël and Joakim
Message 247 -
1997-12-25 at 22:21:35
DANIEL v.E. wrote in DcD #275:
> However, what I wondered about is that there hasn't been a 'straight-from-
> the-original-comic' reprint of **"Donald Duck Tells About Kites"**
..or of "Darkest Africa", or of "Race to the South Seas"! Egmont prints facsimiles of the
earliest Donald Duck weeklies in most countries, using the original file copies of the
comic books (as far as I know). To see Gladstone print facsimiles of the old Giveaways
would be heavenly! They'd sell better than anything else on the market (trust me! ;-) )...
JOAKIM GUNNARSSON (in the same digest):
> It feels very much like the good old WDC's, except that the cover drawings
> are *terrible*.
For readers, yes. ;-) For Egmont they look absolutely incredible, and is the only thing
that makes these comics saleable...
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> However, what I wondered about is that there hasn't been a 'straight-from-
> the-original-comic' reprint of **"Donald Duck Tells About Kites"**
..or of "Darkest Africa", or of "Race to the South Seas"! Egmont prints facsimiles of the
earliest Donald Duck weeklies in most countries, using the original file copies of the
comic books (as far as I know). To see Gladstone print facsimiles of the old Giveaways
would be heavenly! They'd sell better than anything else on the market (trust me! ;-) )...
JOAKIM GUNNARSSON (in the same digest):
> It feels very much like the good old WDC's, except that the cover drawings
> are *terrible*.
For readers, yes. ;-) For Egmont they look absolutely incredible, and is the only thing
that makes these comics saleable...
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Eta Beta
Disney comics Digest V97 #282
Message 248 -
1997-12-26 at 00:07:21
DONALD MARKSTEIN - DAVE RAWSON - FRANCOIS WILLOT
Perhaps this is old news, for you, but did you know that Gyro's =
helper name in Italy, EDI, is short for EDISON ? Quite appropriate, =
I'd say :-)
MARCO - FRANCOIS
>You haven't studied your FSB, Francois <snip>
and following
Marco's observation is absolutely correct. It was customary to =
"adapt" stories for the "Classici" reprints, back then, by snipping =
panels out and/or substituting them with purposedly made new ones.
This was done, mostly, to make the stories "fit" better into a sort =
of continuity that linked all the stories in the book, rather than =
with censoring intents.
Butchery, nevertheless, and the "dirty job" was usually done by =
Giuseppe Perego, as is the case of "Paperino=8A anno 2001", too.
What is a FSB, anyway?
Merry X'mas and Happy New Year to youse all from
Eta Beta
Perhaps this is old news, for you, but did you know that Gyro's =
helper name in Italy, EDI, is short for EDISON ? Quite appropriate, =
I'd say :-)
MARCO - FRANCOIS
>You haven't studied your FSB, Francois <snip>
and following
Marco's observation is absolutely correct. It was customary to =
"adapt" stories for the "Classici" reprints, back then, by snipping =
panels out and/or substituting them with purposedly made new ones.
This was done, mostly, to make the stories "fit" better into a sort =
of continuity that linked all the stories in the book, rather than =
with censoring intents.
Butchery, nevertheless, and the "dirty job" was usually done by =
Giuseppe Perego, as is the case of "Paperino=8A anno 2001", too.
What is a FSB, anyway?
Merry X'mas and Happy New Year to youse all from
Eta Beta
Katie Sullivan
YIPEE!!!!!
Message 249 -
1997-12-26 at 05:48:41
Santa has made me a very happy duck collector!!!! (Santa, or my
*wonderful* parents!) I got the Lo$ Hardcover plus the Hearts of the
Yukon signed print! YIPEE!!! Don, you can rest assured that any
writer's cramp you might have gotten signing all those books is greatly
appreciated by yours truly!!! It's a beautiful book, with appropiately
gold letters on the front. My *only* regret (aside from the
er...crappy...intro by our non-friend Blum,) is that Hearts of the Yukon
wasn't included. I know it's an intermediate chapter, but Goldie was
such a big part of $crooge's life, (or could have been...) that I
thought she should have had more attention devoted to her. Still, the
original Back to the Klondike did a great job of chronicling the
events. And the rest of the Lo$ series is so awesome that I *really*
can't complain! Two very enthusiastic feathery thumbs up!!!
Merry Christmas!
Katie Sullivan, a.k.a. Miss Quackfaster
*wonderful* parents!) I got the Lo$ Hardcover plus the Hearts of the
Yukon signed print! YIPEE!!! Don, you can rest assured that any
writer's cramp you might have gotten signing all those books is greatly
appreciated by yours truly!!! It's a beautiful book, with appropiately
gold letters on the front. My *only* regret (aside from the
er...crappy...intro by our non-friend Blum,) is that Hearts of the Yukon
wasn't included. I know it's an intermediate chapter, but Goldie was
such a big part of $crooge's life, (or could have been...) that I
thought she should have had more attention devoted to her. Still, the
original Back to the Klondike did a great job of chronicling the
events. And the rest of the Lo$ series is so awesome that I *really*
can't complain! Two very enthusiastic feathery thumbs up!!!
Merry Christmas!
Katie Sullivan, a.k.a. Miss Quackfaster
Kfitz
More about Gladstone
Message 250 -
1997-12-26 at 16:55:47
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Arthur and Augie, and others,
Thanks for summing up much of what I am thinking and feeling. Sigh. Of
course I still mourn Gladstones line of Digests and Mickey Mouse comics,
how realistic am I?
It is a sad state of affairs when the children of the USA are so hooked on
super clones. While I am glad to see them reading anything at all, when I
glance through the various titles there are no original plots and the art
is pathetic. (I know some of you still like some superhero comics - no
offense meant to your favorite. Still you must know what I mean when you
go into a Comic store and all of the covers look the same.) When my
sisters and I grew up, we read Buck Rogers, Superman, boy, girl, Batman and
a few others, but primarily it was Ducks, Mice, Little Lulu, the Archie
line, Looney Toons, Road Runner, etc.
The cartoons on tv at the time reflected some of the above. Todays kids are
offered mostly super clone stuff with a lot of noise and things blowing up
all of the time. Come to think of it that is mostly what they majority of
kids watch on tv with non cartoon shows also. Maybe tv tastes don't affect
what kids or people in general buy but I wonder what European tv is like?
I have long felt that Americans that subscribe to and read Duck and Mouse
comics are somewhat individualistic, folks who NEVER felt they had to go
along with the crowd. Folks who KNOW what they like and are not led there
by others. As I travel through the 8 schools where I maintain and repair
computers on the district network, in middle (Jr high) schools and even
high schools it seems more go with the flow than ever. Of course, new
teachers fresh out of college, that is what they have been trained to
develop. If kids behave the least out of the norm, the schools give them
Retilin (sp?).
I hope I am wrong about the above. If I win a lottery then I would buy
Gladstone subscriptions for every child I knew and many I didn't.
All I can do know is hang in there and subscribe to what is available.
After all it is part of our entire lifestyle, reading Gladstone comics. I
would give up Latte's before I would give up subscribing. Of course I
don't drink many of those, but if I did I would give them up.
Happy New Year to everyone, at least Gladstone is still there.
Kathy
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Arthur and Augie, and others,
Thanks for summing up much of what I am thinking and feeling. Sigh. Of
course I still mourn Gladstones line of Digests and Mickey Mouse comics,
how realistic am I?
It is a sad state of affairs when the children of the USA are so hooked on
super clones. While I am glad to see them reading anything at all, when I
glance through the various titles there are no original plots and the art
is pathetic. (I know some of you still like some superhero comics - no
offense meant to your favorite. Still you must know what I mean when you
go into a Comic store and all of the covers look the same.) When my
sisters and I grew up, we read Buck Rogers, Superman, boy, girl, Batman and
a few others, but primarily it was Ducks, Mice, Little Lulu, the Archie
line, Looney Toons, Road Runner, etc.
The cartoons on tv at the time reflected some of the above. Todays kids are
offered mostly super clone stuff with a lot of noise and things blowing up
all of the time. Come to think of it that is mostly what they majority of
kids watch on tv with non cartoon shows also. Maybe tv tastes don't affect
what kids or people in general buy but I wonder what European tv is like?
I have long felt that Americans that subscribe to and read Duck and Mouse
comics are somewhat individualistic, folks who NEVER felt they had to go
along with the crowd. Folks who KNOW what they like and are not led there
by others. As I travel through the 8 schools where I maintain and repair
computers on the district network, in middle (Jr high) schools and even
high schools it seems more go with the flow than ever. Of course, new
teachers fresh out of college, that is what they have been trained to
develop. If kids behave the least out of the norm, the schools give them
Retilin (sp?).
I hope I am wrong about the above. If I win a lottery then I would buy
Gladstone subscriptions for every child I knew and many I didn't.
All I can do know is hang in there and subscribe to what is available.
After all it is part of our entire lifestyle, reading Gladstone comics. I
would give up Latte's before I would give up subscribing. Of course I
don't drink many of those, but if I did I would give them up.
Happy New Year to everyone, at least Gladstone is still there.
Kathy
Luna Storta
Replies and a curiosity
Message 251 -
1997-12-26 at 17:36:47
Hello,
Well, passed safely the Xmas cyclon, here there are some replies of
past digests:
DON:
I really enjoied your "A Little Something Special": it's a long story
and with a great interaction between the charachters. But I have a
question for you (*SPOILER*): in some of your stories I was not
satisfied with the roles you let Donald play, and when in ALSS Donald
takes the microphone and starts speaking to the crowd, I was supposing
that he was going to make a solemn speech (... a sort of "...I'm here
to bury Cesar, not to praise him...") but his speech leasts just two or
three panels... have we still to wait a lot to see Donald's glory
moment in one of your stories?
ABOUT WORDLESS PANELS:
I really love those wordless panels, such as two brilliant examples in
A Little Something Special (*SPOILER*): the panels in which Huey
discovers Flintheart shadow and Srooge realizes their plan, and the
panels after the kiss. Other great examples still from Rosa are Scroge
visiting his mother's grave and the panel in the Badlands with Roosvelt
in the center.
I think that the main reason why I like this kind of panels is because
when I look at them it seems to me like if there is a better
relationship between the reader and the charachter in the story.
ABOUT COMICS ADVERTISING:
As said some digests ago, I put some pages on the web in order to
realize a virtual Disney Comics Market, where someone can insert or
read messages about buying, selling or exchanging Disney comics. The
pages are at :
http://www.confor.it:2222/disney/home.htm
A CURIOSITY:
Usually for Xmas in USA newspapers have been published some Xmas
stories with charachters such as Peter Pan, Cinderella, etc... Is this
tradition still going on? and, considering it in general, how is the
situation of Disney syndacate stripes nowadays? Are there still the
"Silly Simphonies" or the daily Donald Duck?
Ciao,
Paolo Castagno alias Luna Storta
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Well, passed safely the Xmas cyclon, here there are some replies of
past digests:
DON:
I really enjoied your "A Little Something Special": it's a long story
and with a great interaction between the charachters. But I have a
question for you (*SPOILER*): in some of your stories I was not
satisfied with the roles you let Donald play, and when in ALSS Donald
takes the microphone and starts speaking to the crowd, I was supposing
that he was going to make a solemn speech (... a sort of "...I'm here
to bury Cesar, not to praise him...") but his speech leasts just two or
three panels... have we still to wait a lot to see Donald's glory
moment in one of your stories?
ABOUT WORDLESS PANELS:
I really love those wordless panels, such as two brilliant examples in
A Little Something Special (*SPOILER*): the panels in which Huey
discovers Flintheart shadow and Srooge realizes their plan, and the
panels after the kiss. Other great examples still from Rosa are Scroge
visiting his mother's grave and the panel in the Badlands with Roosvelt
in the center.
I think that the main reason why I like this kind of panels is because
when I look at them it seems to me like if there is a better
relationship between the reader and the charachter in the story.
ABOUT COMICS ADVERTISING:
As said some digests ago, I put some pages on the web in order to
realize a virtual Disney Comics Market, where someone can insert or
read messages about buying, selling or exchanging Disney comics. The
pages are at :
http://www.confor.it:2222/disney/home.htm
A CURIOSITY:
Usually for Xmas in USA newspapers have been published some Xmas
stories with charachters such as Peter Pan, Cinderella, etc... Is this
tradition still going on? and, considering it in general, how is the
situation of Disney syndacate stripes nowadays? Are there still the
"Silly Simphonies" or the daily Donald Duck?
Ciao,
Paolo Castagno alias Luna Storta
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Michael Naiman
On the rack
Message 252 -
1997-12-26 at 18:38:15
The suggestion has been made that Gladstone should revert to the digest
size magazines. I firmly believe that familiarity breeds sales and that's
what all publishers strive for....however, can you possibly imagine reading
any of Don's tales in that itsy, bitsy format??
Perhaps Gladstone should initiate a more juvenile based reading fare for
the supermarket check-out stands. Afterall, these are what I call
"shut-me-ups", when Mom has the little screamers in the cart and needs
something to quiet them down. Maybe the publisher can co-op advertising on
the back cover for some teeth rotting candy...anything to spread the cost
of producing the product. Doesn't have to be the "Greatest Hits of Barks or
Rosa or ??" just something to introduce the youngsters to the genre. You
must imprint these little minds with the images of Duckdom and hopefully
they'll explore the larger Duck-universe.
size magazines. I firmly believe that familiarity breeds sales and that's
what all publishers strive for....however, can you possibly imagine reading
any of Don's tales in that itsy, bitsy format??
Perhaps Gladstone should initiate a more juvenile based reading fare for
the supermarket check-out stands. Afterall, these are what I call
"shut-me-ups", when Mom has the little screamers in the cart and needs
something to quiet them down. Maybe the publisher can co-op advertising on
the back cover for some teeth rotting candy...anything to spread the cost
of producing the product. Doesn't have to be the "Greatest Hits of Barks or
Rosa or ??" just something to introduce the youngsters to the genre. You
must imprint these little minds with the images of Duckdom and hopefully
they'll explore the larger Duck-universe.
Merlin Haas
Disney Christmas strips
Message 253 -
1997-12-26 at 18:39:12
Paolo Castagno wrote:
>Usually for Xmas in USA newspapers have been published some Xmas
>stories with charachters such as Peter Pan, Cinderella, etc... Is
>this tradition still going on? >
The Disney Christmas strip for 1997 featured "The Little Mermaid."
Nothing special, though at one point there was an old-fashioned sailing
ship featured and I thought maybe there was going to be a Peter Pan or
Capt. Hook cross-over. No such luck, however.
best -- Merlin Haas
>Usually for Xmas in USA newspapers have been published some Xmas
>stories with charachters such as Peter Pan, Cinderella, etc... Is
>this tradition still going on? >
The Disney Christmas strip for 1997 featured "The Little Mermaid."
Nothing special, though at one point there was an old-fashioned sailing
ship featured and I thought maybe there was going to be a Peter Pan or
Capt. Hook cross-over. No such luck, however.
best -- Merlin Haas
Daniel J Horn
Christmas present for Don Rosa
Message 254 -
1997-12-26 at 18:47:06
Well, Don has given me enough presents through his comics over the
years, so here's one for him:
In five years, "A Little Something Special" is going to be printed in a
comic album, without Blum's editorial and without spoilers on any e-mail
list. People who missed it the first time, new readers who are just
discovering Duck comics, all of us whose memories have faded... we'll all
be enjoying that incredible ending without spoilers for years and years.
Annoying editorial comments fade; Art lives on.
-- Danny
Danny Horn X (Email removed)
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Editor, MuppetZine X A fanzine for Muppet and Henson fans: Write for info.
years, so here's one for him:
In five years, "A Little Something Special" is going to be printed in a
comic album, without Blum's editorial and without spoilers on any e-mail
list. People who missed it the first time, new readers who are just
discovering Duck comics, all of us whose memories have faded... we'll all
be enjoying that incredible ending without spoilers for years and years.
Annoying editorial comments fade; Art lives on.
-- Danny
Danny Horn X (Email removed)
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Editor, MuppetZine X A fanzine for Muppet and Henson fans: Write for info.
Francois Willot
Disney comics Digest V97 #280
Message 255 -
1997-12-26 at 19:40:16
Luca Boschi:
> (Anyway, since I'm putting in the web some more details in the Cavazz.
> Index, corrections and so on, can you send me the complete list of the
> covers he made for France?
I can send you such a list (by private mail), this week-end (I already
indexed most of them).
About your index: I noticed that "Zio Paperone e la moltiplicazione
degli affitti", in Topolino 944 is *not* in your list, while it is
credited to Cavazzano in the list of Italian stories by Marco Barlotti,
and the author in "Minni e gli incontri ravvicinati alla biblioteca di
periferia", in Topolino 1977 is Elisa Penna, while Marco Barlotti
mentions two writters, Elisa Penna and Ernesto Caffo.
> Maybe it is by Mastantuono or Gottardo, indeed. Where was it printed?
In issue 2342 of the journal de Mickey, 7 may 1997. Too bad I have no
scanner.
> I read you wrote something about Romano Scarpa and the publication in
> "Mickey Parade" of two stories of him. Do you think is possible to
> find it in Italy, maybe with a subscription?
Yes, you can get a subscribtion from Italy. I just asked them by phone:
the price is 214 F. I can precise an address (and the way you have to
pay them) if anyone here is interested.
Francois
> (Anyway, since I'm putting in the web some more details in the Cavazz.
> Index, corrections and so on, can you send me the complete list of the
> covers he made for France?
I can send you such a list (by private mail), this week-end (I already
indexed most of them).
About your index: I noticed that "Zio Paperone e la moltiplicazione
degli affitti", in Topolino 944 is *not* in your list, while it is
credited to Cavazzano in the list of Italian stories by Marco Barlotti,
and the author in "Minni e gli incontri ravvicinati alla biblioteca di
periferia", in Topolino 1977 is Elisa Penna, while Marco Barlotti
mentions two writters, Elisa Penna and Ernesto Caffo.
> Maybe it is by Mastantuono or Gottardo, indeed. Where was it printed?
In issue 2342 of the journal de Mickey, 7 may 1997. Too bad I have no
scanner.
> I read you wrote something about Romano Scarpa and the publication in
> "Mickey Parade" of two stories of him. Do you think is possible to
> find it in Italy, maybe with a subscription?
Yes, you can get a subscribtion from Italy. I just asked them by phone:
the price is 214 F. I can precise an address (and the way you have to
pay them) if anyone here is interested.
Francois