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Donald D. Markstein
Pardon my cloning of a paragraph I've already responded to,
but . . .

GARY LEACH --
>> "Cancelling our newsstand titles has cleared our heads, and
>> blown a sobering blast through other craniums as well.
>> Alternatives, some old, some new, some previously
>> unimaginable, are now getting a considerable amount of
>> attention."

Just HOW unimaginable are these alternatives that are
getting attention nowadays? Are you DESPERATE enough for new
directions to consider a Bucky Bug album, marketed to PARENTS of
young children, as a read-aloud book? I really do think such a
thing would go over (if you were able to place it properly and
get people to do more than glance at it), but it's SO off-the-
beaten-track, it may require a VERY sobering blast through a few
craniums.
Just as a note of shameless self-promotion, let me point
out that the current series of re-scripted Dutch stories will
(unless extended by new ones arriving) total 19 pages. There are
also 20 pages of my undrawn scripts that have been languishing
in filing cabinets for years (which you'd only ("only"!) have to
pay for art on, since Disney already bought the scripts), plus
an undrawn two-page introduction of the characters, and (if you
really NEED the filler) five undrawn ecology PSA's totalling
seven pages. That's 48 modern pages; never mind the fact that it
ran monthly in WDC&S through most of the 1940s.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but I really,
honestly, truly do believe these rhyming stories could make it
as read-aloud books, if people just gave them half a chance. My
own experience reading them to young children is what originally
alerted me to what a wonderful series it is.
By the way, the first kid I read them to is now a mom
herself, and still has fond memories of Bucky.

Quack, Don=
Francois Willot
[I sent this message to "Eta Beta" by error, sorry Eta Beta!]

Franco Belazzi:

> 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 "PaperinoS anno
> 2001", too.
>
> What is a FSB, anyway?

The "FSB" is the list of Italian Disney comics that you could find at
Marco Barlotti's site.

Francois
Mark A. Semich
Rich Bellacera writes:

> 1) Thomas Lauritsen's "Mickey Spots" indicates there is
> a "hidden Mickey" somewhere in the story. Aside from the
> miscellaneous non-MM mice which appear throughout, I could
> not find it, and as of yet, he doesn't have it's location
> revealed

Check out the third page of the story, fourth panel, with all of the
hucksters running up the side of Killmotor Hill.
Shaun M. Knowler
LUCA, who wants some info:

> 2) Fantasia Continued

This must be the project called "Fantasia 2000" which is now underway at
various Disney studios right now. It's due out in a couple of years, and
features a **DONALD** short!! It's sort of the same thing as the original,
but it's the Duck's turn this time around. He's featured in a "Noah's Ark"
scenario as part of the many musical shorts which will make up the whole
film.

> 4) The Lion King Part II (only for video markets)

I heard about this a long time ago, but it seems to be delayed. It's a
direct-to-video sequel being made by Disney's Canadian studios.

> 6) TV serial with 101 Dalmatians

This program is currently airing in North America.

Well, that's all the information I can offer. Now back to much more
on-topic stuff!

-Shaun
Rich Bellacera
DON ROSA:
>I'll stop trying to put surprise endings in stories if this is how they get
>treated.

Please continue. I enjoy surprises whether they be in the ending,
beginning or even the middle. Many writers are too uninspired and
their tales tend to be formulaic and predictable. From my experience
reading your stories, this is not the case. Thank you.

This whole thing is really *blumming* me out, man. :-(

LUCA BOSCHI:
>1) The legend of Mu-lah (or something like this)
Mulan: Legend of a Warrior (Summer 1998)

>2) Fantasia Continued
Fantasia 2000 (2000)

>3) The Little Inca
Kingdom of the Sun (1999?)

>4) The Lion King Part II (only for video markets)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998 -D2V)

>7) TV serial with the Seven Dwarfs

Actually I believe they are just looking at possibly making
a *sequel* or follow-up tale, not a series. (D2V)

Other TV series in production are:
Young Hercules: The Wonder Boy Years (midquel- Fall 1998)
The Adventures of Buzz Lightyear (Fall 1999)

Other animated movies in production/being discussed are:
B&tB: Belle's Magical World (3 shorts, due Feb/Mar?-D2V)
Tarzan (due: 1999)
Atlantis (explorers discover an advanced subsea race)
Treasure Planet ("Treasure Island" in outer space)
Timber (tale about two bear cubs)
Expedition (computer animated "Dinosaurs")
Bugs (computer animated. due: 1998)

Other sequels being produced/discussed are:
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (D2V -1998?)
Lady & the Tramp II (good news for "Scamp" fans -D2V)
Another Goofy Movie (actual "proposed" title)
Roger Rabbit (full length feature)
Bugs II
possibly: The Little Mermaid though this may be more
rumor than fact.

And just to tie this in to the "comics" theme of this list, I'm
sure many of these, once produced, will see print into
comic book form, usually about the time of their theatrical
release. There...now it's qualified. ;-)

LUNA STORTA:
>Usually for Xmas in USA newspapers have been published....

I know in Northern California I haven't seen a syndicated
Disney newspaper strip for decades. Perhaps somewhere
else in the USA they have. I believe there have been some
ocassional "give-aways) through retail outlets or gas stations
in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but I think that concept has
since died. What a blummer. :-(

-Rich (xephyr)
http://www.jps.net/xephyr/rich/disney.html
Rich Bellacera
Luca Boschi (RE: Upcoming movies/series):

I forgot to mention in my last post that, it is my understanding that for
the video market, at least in the USA, both *Song of the South* and
*The Black Cauldron* are being re-editted. The rumors are that in SotS
the segment with the Tar Baby is being removed (terrible mistake), and
that several segments in TBC are being reanimated (I wish that just
meant they were being "brought back to life" but it doesn't). It's
title may also see a new "PC" version, like "Taran and the Magic
Cauldron." Both may be available on video later in 1998 or 1999.

-Rich (xephyr)
http://www.jps.net/xephyr/rich/disney.html
Matthew R. Sommer
M. Naiman said:

>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??

Well, yes, i can imagine it. I'm sure many of the european readers get
them that way on occasion? But I'm not suggesting switching to a DIGEST
ONLY format... on the contrary.

what Disney needs to do if they ever want their comics to MATTER to
anyone in the general public, is simply make them available to new
readers! As a child, 99% of my comic books were purchased at the local
grocery store ("can i PLEASE get some mom???"). After learning to love
comics that way, i was primed as i grew older to take it to the next
level-- the direct market stores. Thats the way the comic industry
model SHOULD work... there needs to be a way to continually bring new
readers into the fold, and that way has always traditionally been the
newstands. In his post, Michael said that he thought they could be used
as "shut-me-ups" aimed at kids, and thats exactly what they SHOULD be.
A series of digests would be the ground floor, as it were... from there,
we would get the fancier, higher priced "collectors" magazines, like we
see in most european markets, as the next "level". Like the archie
digests, I would suggest the Disney ones contain a mix of both old and
new stories w/ a mix of styles (egmont, italian, as well as
Barks,etc...) With the old 4 color, simplified layouts of the 50's and
60's , i think a lot of Barks' work wouldnt suffer too much from a
digest format... Don's stuff probably would... although I don't know how
many young readers would get as much out of Don's stories, as they are
aimed at an older audience.

when i was a kid, i never read superheroes. I had a large collection of
archie, harvey and disney books (I was surprised to find, when digging
thru my ancient comics, that I loved uncle scrooge back then! I had far
more U$ comics than any other disney title...). Becuase of being
exposed to those books early, I still do enjoy reading archie books from
time to time. I think thats the biggest reason why no americans know
anything about disney comics... we've had a whole generation that hasnt
had any access to them! Reading Disney comics at a young age would
endear the reader to them when he got older, which may or may not lead
him to keep buying the fancier collectores magazines, but WOULD make him
more likely to give his own kids access to Disney comics when the time
arises... I think this ALSO happens in the european markets, where
disney comics become almost something passed down thru the family.

but anyway, I've rambled long enough. I'm sure someone will come on and
tell me this plan is crazy and wouldnt work in the US, or whatever. But
I just look at how successfull the archies are, and feel a little sad
that a ton of great comics risk fading into obscurity in the very
country that pioneered them.

just my dime's worth,

-Matt-
David B. Fenske
At 10:00 AM 12/25/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>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.
>

Golly, Don, I'm really very sorry, and do apologize for my hasty fingers.
I've always assumed we get the comics later here in Canada than in most
sections of the States, and kinda forgot that many wouldn't have read it
yet. That, and the fact that the surprise ending is given away in the book
itself in the notes by Geoffrey Blum, which I always read before reading
the story (and imagine most readers do). No excuse though, really, I just
got carried away. I promise I won't mention any plot details of future
stories until a suitable length of time has elapsed.

Dave
Augie De Blieck Jr.
Hi all,

Joe Torcivia and Chris Barat have been kind enough to inform me that the latest
Comics Buyer's Guide (the anthropomorphic issue) mentions that the Taliaferro
reprint comic strips seen in Donald Duck will now be shifted into WDC&S.

You may scream at your soonest convenience.

-Augie
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Marco Barlotti
FRANCOIS:

>
>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.
>

You are right, we should insert a [[changes:] xxx] field ;-)
But what I was meaning was: from my data you could see that the <original>
story was **40** pages long, not **39**...!

Now the original pages #1 and #2 are at

http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it/Comics/MissingPanels/Anno2001.html

although a little large (~250 Kb each, sorry!) because, well, you have to
give me time to learn how to use the scanner ;-)

Marco

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Marco Barlotti
ALL:

My warmest wishes for the Holy Season are now, thanks to Marco Rota and to
my new scanner, at

http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it/Comics/Greetings.html

Marco
Kriton Kyrimis
DAVID B. FENSKE:

> I've always assumed we get the comics later here in Canada than in most
> sections of the States

Even so, you're probably luckier than people on the other side of the
Atlantic, where we have to wait for two to three months for the Gladstones
to arrive by surface mail!
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
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"Human beings have two notable characteristics. One, they're extremely
intelligent. Two, they're very very stupid."
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Marco Barlotti
MARK (nice name, BTW):

>
>Rich Bellacera writes [on "A little something special"]:
>
>> 1) Thomas Lauritsen's "Mickey Spots" indicates there is
>> a "hidden Mickey" somewhere in the story.[...]
>
>Check out the third page of the story, fourth panel, with all of the
>hucksters running up the side of Killmotor Hill.
>

You call that "HIDDEN"? At least in the Italian translation, the guy holding
Mickey's photo says "What about an autographed portrait of Mickey Mouse?" so
that's certainly not "hidden".

Was the original caption different?

Marco

http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it
Marco Barlotti
ETA BETA, Francois:

>> What is a FSB, anyway?
>
>The "FSB" is the list of Italian Disney comics that you could find at
>Marco Barlotti's site.
>

I'll give a better definition ;-)
The "FSB" is the updated index of Italian Disney **stories** (not issues, I
mean) based on Franco Fossati's original work published in 1982 on the
magazine "IF". You can find that at:

http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it/DisneyIndex/

and a new version, with lots of appearances indexed by the above mentioned
Francois ;-) is due at Mid-January.

Marco
Danny Coenen
Hey, everyone who still knows me. Finally I have the time and the
internet access to get back to the list.
I`ll probably be pretty passive for a while, but I hope to contribute
some stuff soon, too. Well, you`ll see me around!!!

PS: Daniel, still here?

==
Danny Coenen

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