Bror Hellman:
>
> > I'm not sure at all what's meant by "collecting old death," I'm sorry
> to say.
>
> I _think_ he means "collecting old debt" if that sounds more familiar...
> We scandihoovians pronounce these two words in a very similar fashion.
> ;-)
>
Yes, that was what I meant. Usually DD hasn't paid his house-rent for
a couple of years, and if he doesn't go along with U$, U$ brings that
matter up.
Claus O. M. Havik
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Claus Ola Margon Havik
Collectin' someones Death
Message 136 -
1998-01-09 at 12:38:05
Frank Fabian
Another word on spine titles
Message 137 -
1998-01-09 at 14:18:48
On the subject of spine titles, I researched further and found that there
indeed *is* a standard. In Germany, that's German standard (draft) E DIN
1429 : 1996-03. In this it is stated that book spine titles should, if
possible, be placed horizontally. If the book's spine is too slim for this,
it should be placed from top to bottom (i.e., against the German
tradition). Only if the spine is slimmer than 5 mm a spine title is not
obligatory.
I also found the number of a corresponding international standard, but
couldn't look it up: ISO 1086 : 1991.
Best regards, Frank
indeed *is* a standard. In Germany, that's German standard (draft) E DIN
1429 : 1996-03. In this it is stated that book spine titles should, if
possible, be placed horizontally. If the book's spine is too slim for this,
it should be placed from top to bottom (i.e., against the German
tradition). Only if the spine is slimmer than 5 mm a spine title is not
obligatory.
I also found the number of a corresponding international standard, but
couldn't look it up: ISO 1086 : 1991.
Best regards, Frank
Kriton Kyrimis
Disney comics Digest V98 #8
Message 138 -
1998-01-09 at 15:06:19
KATIE:
> > d) Is there a Scrooge's will (secret or disclosed in
> full/partially)?
> Never been mentioned, but what a story that would make! (I wonder what
> he'd leave to Goldie...)
I remember reading an Italian(?) story where
**SPOILER**
Scrooge was faking death to see what Donald would do. His will required
that Donald should find some kind of item before getting possession of
Scrooge's fortune, and to find this Donald had to follow a clue that led
to another clue, and so on. Of course, something went wrong (I believe
it involved a clue being at Eniwetok just as the bomb went off!) and
Donald didn't get Scrooge's fortune.
No mention of Goldie, but a very exciting story.
**END SPOILER**
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"*Now* is the time when the present is turning into the future."
-----
> > d) Is there a Scrooge's will (secret or disclosed in
> full/partially)?
> Never been mentioned, but what a story that would make! (I wonder what
> he'd leave to Goldie...)
I remember reading an Italian(?) story where
**SPOILER**
Scrooge was faking death to see what Donald would do. His will required
that Donald should find some kind of item before getting possession of
Scrooge's fortune, and to find this Donald had to follow a clue that led
to another clue, and so on. Of course, something went wrong (I believe
it involved a clue being at Eniwetok just as the bomb went off!) and
Donald didn't get Scrooge's fortune.
No mention of Goldie, but a very exciting story.
**END SPOILER**
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"*Now* is the time when the present is turning into the future."
-----
Dominik Altevogt
The Adventurous $crooge Mc Duck and Lo$ Hardcover
Message 139 -
1998-01-09 at 15:16:13
>Matthew R. Sommer" <(Email removed)> wrote:
> I know this isnt a marketplace, but does ANYONE out there have an extra
> copy of THE ADVENTUROUS $CROOGE MCDUCK #2 (containing the Rosa 50th
> anniv. story) that they would be willing to sell to me for cover price?
...
> Anyone else have trouble finding this issue?
Sorry, but I do have the same trouble to find that issue. Maybe someone
could help me too!!
I also have problems with the Lo$ hardcover book. A ordered my issue a long
time ago but still didn't get it. Everybody else on the list seemes to have
got it around Christmas! So I am really wondering if they are only late or
if the fregot me ! I do hope they didn't !
Dominik Altevogt ,,,,,
(Email removed) (o o)
----------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----------------
> I know this isnt a marketplace, but does ANYONE out there have an extra
> copy of THE ADVENTUROUS $CROOGE MCDUCK #2 (containing the Rosa 50th
> anniv. story) that they would be willing to sell to me for cover price?
...
> Anyone else have trouble finding this issue?
Sorry, but I do have the same trouble to find that issue. Maybe someone
could help me too!!
I also have problems with the Lo$ hardcover book. A ordered my issue a long
time ago but still didn't get it. Everybody else on the list seemes to have
got it around Christmas! So I am really wondering if they are only late or
if the fregot me ! I do hope they didn't !
Dominik Altevogt ,,,,,
(Email removed) (o o)
----------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----------------
Eta Beta
PKNA & Lo$ offers
Message 140 -
1998-01-09 at 15:47:39
This may seem a bit off-topic, perhaps, but Marco's posting on V98#8
opens a space for discussing the "habits" of the collector's market, and
the publisher's attitude, so I'd rather reply publicly on the List.
MARCO
>I'd like to know from the Italian members of this mailing list whether the
>following has happened to any of them.
>On a "special summer issue" of PKNA <snip>
I remember that issue very well, it was the very first I got and remains
still the best I've read so far, and I noticed the offer, too.
I was tempted, but didn't apply because I disapproved of the idea of
stamping the 3 zero issues with a particular mark, obviously meant only
to differentiate those copies from the "originals", that had already
reached a quite high price on the collector's market.
It was a bummer of an offer to start with, IMHO.
But the idea is not altogether bad, I reckon.
Usually, unsold issues are returned to the publisher who, in Italy and
Germany at least, "compile" them into collections glued together with
some kind of nondescript covers.
When they are (more often than not) returned to the publisher again, they
get destroyed, I reckon.
Those "compilations" are far from being colectible items, and are
(justly) shunned by the conoisseur (except in desperate cases, and I've
got quite a few of them, alas), but the important point is that they are
practically subtracted from the collector's market, thus adding value to
the remaining "original" second-hand copies.
Now, "recycling" unsold copies immediately after receiving them back, as
special offers like PKNA, or direct mailing offers like the Lo$ book
(Practically at cover price, BTW), could be a pretty swell idea, but
inevitably leads to disappointing a few "missers", especially when the
success of an offer exceeds the expectations of the publisher, as this
seems to be the case.
I didn't apply to either offer, but another friend of mine did, and he
got the 3 zero numbers of PKNA, and is hopefully waiting for the Lo$
book. I'll let you know.
However, I had previous experiences of this kind with a British computer
mag, and learned to kindly refuse their offers of "Free Gifts" (an
interesting concept) and ask for further extension of my subscription,
instead... ;-)
Cheers
Eta Beta
opens a space for discussing the "habits" of the collector's market, and
the publisher's attitude, so I'd rather reply publicly on the List.
MARCO
>I'd like to know from the Italian members of this mailing list whether the
>following has happened to any of them.
>On a "special summer issue" of PKNA <snip>
I remember that issue very well, it was the very first I got and remains
still the best I've read so far, and I noticed the offer, too.
I was tempted, but didn't apply because I disapproved of the idea of
stamping the 3 zero issues with a particular mark, obviously meant only
to differentiate those copies from the "originals", that had already
reached a quite high price on the collector's market.
It was a bummer of an offer to start with, IMHO.
But the idea is not altogether bad, I reckon.
Usually, unsold issues are returned to the publisher who, in Italy and
Germany at least, "compile" them into collections glued together with
some kind of nondescript covers.
When they are (more often than not) returned to the publisher again, they
get destroyed, I reckon.
Those "compilations" are far from being colectible items, and are
(justly) shunned by the conoisseur (except in desperate cases, and I've
got quite a few of them, alas), but the important point is that they are
practically subtracted from the collector's market, thus adding value to
the remaining "original" second-hand copies.
Now, "recycling" unsold copies immediately after receiving them back, as
special offers like PKNA, or direct mailing offers like the Lo$ book
(Practically at cover price, BTW), could be a pretty swell idea, but
inevitably leads to disappointing a few "missers", especially when the
success of an offer exceeds the expectations of the publisher, as this
seems to be the case.
I didn't apply to either offer, but another friend of mine did, and he
got the 3 zero numbers of PKNA, and is hopefully waiting for the Lo$
book. I'll let you know.
However, I had previous experiences of this kind with a British computer
mag, and learned to kindly refuse their offers of "Free Gifts" (an
interesting concept) and ask for further extension of my subscription,
instead... ;-)
Cheers
Eta Beta
Napoli Ettore
Typos?
Message 141 -
1998-01-09 at 17:00:49
Hi!
Can someone explain what the "typos" are?
Ettore.
>And why are there so many typos in van Horn's stories? They're *supposed*
>to be read by kids (aren't they?), and typos in even Disney comic books
>is most likely to result in a disaster: how can the people at Gladstone
>think any parents *ever* will consider buying Disney comic books if
>they're full of typos??
Can someone explain what the "typos" are?
Ettore.
>And why are there so many typos in van Horn's stories? They're *supposed*
>to be read by kids (aren't they?), and typos in even Disney comic books
>is most likely to result in a disaster: how can the people at Gladstone
>think any parents *ever* will consider buying Disney comic books if
>they're full of typos??
Wdposter
Disney comics Digest V97 #276
Message 142 -
1998-01-09 at 18:24:34
Hello all. Hi Don. You didn't tell me you were going to ohio. DRAT! Well,
to ayone who may be interested, I have found a person who has all the sets of
The Carl Barks library for sale. All (15?) he is asking $200 a set. I dont
know if this is expensive or not, but contact me and I'll pass along the URL.
Also a personal friend of mine has a complete set of
gladstone/disney/gladstone comics, and the carl barks library in color for
sale. He is asking less than cover price for these books in sets, the CBL in
color sets are half retail price for example.
here is a sample: Donald duck..issues 246 - 290. $57. Donald duck
adventures..issues 1-32 gladstone first series $40. Donald CBL in color
w/cards vol. 1-24 $96. All are sold as sets. He has ALL the differents sets
produced by gladstone or disney comics since 1985, at similar prices.
Conditions on all will be unused or read once or twice. Contact me and I will
give you his email address or contact him on your behalf.
Now Those of you at Gladstone....... I can't believe what has happened but am
very happy you are still going to be there. Forget the whinners and
complainers and do what you have to do to survive. You'll have my continuing
support.
Harald Havas......are you still out there? If so email me. I still have a
book I wanted to send you.
Best wishes to the rest of you all. Martin
to ayone who may be interested, I have found a person who has all the sets of
The Carl Barks library for sale. All (15?) he is asking $200 a set. I dont
know if this is expensive or not, but contact me and I'll pass along the URL.
Also a personal friend of mine has a complete set of
gladstone/disney/gladstone comics, and the carl barks library in color for
sale. He is asking less than cover price for these books in sets, the CBL in
color sets are half retail price for example.
here is a sample: Donald duck..issues 246 - 290. $57. Donald duck
adventures..issues 1-32 gladstone first series $40. Donald CBL in color
w/cards vol. 1-24 $96. All are sold as sets. He has ALL the differents sets
produced by gladstone or disney comics since 1985, at similar prices.
Conditions on all will be unused or read once or twice. Contact me and I will
give you his email address or contact him on your behalf.
Now Those of you at Gladstone....... I can't believe what has happened but am
very happy you are still going to be there. Forget the whinners and
complainers and do what you have to do to survive. You'll have my continuing
support.
Harald Havas......are you still out there? If so email me. I still have a
book I wanted to send you.
Best wishes to the rest of you all. Martin
Fabrizio
Disney comics Digest V98 #8
Message 143 -
1998-01-09 at 19:07:01
Marco:
> So: are there others who received the same surprise? Or are there others who
> were luckier than me? Paolo? Fabrizio? Eta Beta?
I did not subscibe to PKNA, so I do not know.
However, I have received a letter from WD saying that the shipment
of Lo$ hardcover books has been delayed. Cross your fingers....
BTW, did you receive the same letter ?
Fabrizio.
> So: are there others who received the same surprise? Or are there others who
> were luckier than me? Paolo? Fabrizio? Eta Beta?
I did not subscibe to PKNA, so I do not know.
However, I have received a letter from WD saying that the shipment
of Lo$ hardcover books has been delayed. Cross your fingers....
BTW, did you receive the same letter ?
Fabrizio.
Rich Bellacera
SOME QUESTIONS
Message 144 -
1998-01-10 at 09:59:19
Hi. I have a few questions I hope someone on the list can answer.
1) Apparently I missed out on Issue #7 of this List since I received
#6 and then #8. Could someone please forward #7 to me at:
(Email removed)
2) I have been discussing several characters with other members of
the List, but some peculiar anomalies seem to exist which we/I
am not clear about.
A: Where does Fethry Duck live?
In Fethry's premiere appearance in "Donald Duck" #105, in
"Donald's Buzz'n Cousin" the story begins with Donald going
to the airport to pick him up. As Fethry's popularity is primarily
outside of the USA I have often wondered where Fethry was
coming from for his visit with his cousin Donald. Among the
folks I have spoken with, it seems to have been an assumption
that both Fethry and his nephew, Biquinho/Pennino live in
Duckburg. But if this is true, why did Donald say Fethry was
visiting, and had to be picked up at the airport? I had assumed
he was from England, mainly because of his "beatnik" persona
B: Why has Biquinho's coloring changed from yellow to white?
It has come to my understanding that Fethry's nephew was a
product of a Brazilian "coloring contest" where fans were asked
to determine little Biquinho's feather colors. The end result was
that he was officially colored yellow (actually a pale yellow).
However, in some of the non-Brazillian books I have noticed
that he is "white" like all of the other ducks and geese. Is this
a *mistake* or oversight by other publishers who are unaware
of his official yellow coloring or has he recently changed to
white for some other reason?
C. BTW, I know it hasn't become an issue yet since Biquinho has
not appeared in the USA, but technically wouldn't his English
name be "Nib Duck"? Both Biquinho and Pennino literally
translate to "Nib" in English (which seems to be a play on words
relating to his being a creation of the "pen" and "little").
3) SUPER DAISY?
I have recently heard some folks speak about a period of time when
Daisy Duck donned a superhero identity (Papernika??) and used
gagets. Can someone please send me a scan of her in this costume
and tell me some details about her in this identity? How did she
acquire the suit/powers? Whom/what did she fight, did she ever
team up with Super Donald? As such sh rates as Disney's first
superheroine (at least on a recurring basis... I know Clarabelle was
accidentally imbued with Super Goof's powers atleast once).
WHO CARES ABOUT DISNEY COMICS?
Finally, while I know this issue has been hashed and rehashed, I thought
of one more reason for the demise of Mickey Mouse comics and the
detriment that Gladstone currently faces.
It is curious how Mickey Mouse merchandise is extremely popular among
Americans (USA), but the comic books are not. IMHO it is due to a lack of
concern on the part of the Disney Marketing Department. The folks who have
the power to make or break merchandise probably don't see much value in
concentrating on "comics" which do not seem to have the same market value as
say a T-Shirt with Mickey's face plastered on it. I think that in the
early 1990s
when the Disney Company snatched the publication rights away from Gladstone,
they thought, "Hey, there's a market where we are not hogging all the
profits."
Then when they realized how much work was involved they probably said
"Oooops!... Here Gladstone... you can have it back... we don't really care
about this
afterall."
This is the same way the Disney Animation Department was handled in the
1970s &
80s. If it wasn't for Roy Disney (Walt's nephew), constantly riding the
shareholder /
business men who ran the Disney Company about the Value of Animation we never
would have experienced the revival we are currently seening in the entire
field of
animation (not just at Disney). If only there was someone like Roy in the
Comics
industry who could convince the dumbheads at Disney about the value of Disney
comicbooks, too.
Welp...that's it for now.
-Rich (xephyr)
http://www.jps.net/xephyr/rich/disney.html
1) Apparently I missed out on Issue #7 of this List since I received
#6 and then #8. Could someone please forward #7 to me at:
(Email removed)
2) I have been discussing several characters with other members of
the List, but some peculiar anomalies seem to exist which we/I
am not clear about.
A: Where does Fethry Duck live?
In Fethry's premiere appearance in "Donald Duck" #105, in
"Donald's Buzz'n Cousin" the story begins with Donald going
to the airport to pick him up. As Fethry's popularity is primarily
outside of the USA I have often wondered where Fethry was
coming from for his visit with his cousin Donald. Among the
folks I have spoken with, it seems to have been an assumption
that both Fethry and his nephew, Biquinho/Pennino live in
Duckburg. But if this is true, why did Donald say Fethry was
visiting, and had to be picked up at the airport? I had assumed
he was from England, mainly because of his "beatnik" persona
B: Why has Biquinho's coloring changed from yellow to white?
It has come to my understanding that Fethry's nephew was a
product of a Brazilian "coloring contest" where fans were asked
to determine little Biquinho's feather colors. The end result was
that he was officially colored yellow (actually a pale yellow).
However, in some of the non-Brazillian books I have noticed
that he is "white" like all of the other ducks and geese. Is this
a *mistake* or oversight by other publishers who are unaware
of his official yellow coloring or has he recently changed to
white for some other reason?
C. BTW, I know it hasn't become an issue yet since Biquinho has
not appeared in the USA, but technically wouldn't his English
name be "Nib Duck"? Both Biquinho and Pennino literally
translate to "Nib" in English (which seems to be a play on words
relating to his being a creation of the "pen" and "little").
3) SUPER DAISY?
I have recently heard some folks speak about a period of time when
Daisy Duck donned a superhero identity (Papernika??) and used
gagets. Can someone please send me a scan of her in this costume
and tell me some details about her in this identity? How did she
acquire the suit/powers? Whom/what did she fight, did she ever
team up with Super Donald? As such sh rates as Disney's first
superheroine (at least on a recurring basis... I know Clarabelle was
accidentally imbued with Super Goof's powers atleast once).
WHO CARES ABOUT DISNEY COMICS?
Finally, while I know this issue has been hashed and rehashed, I thought
of one more reason for the demise of Mickey Mouse comics and the
detriment that Gladstone currently faces.
It is curious how Mickey Mouse merchandise is extremely popular among
Americans (USA), but the comic books are not. IMHO it is due to a lack of
concern on the part of the Disney Marketing Department. The folks who have
the power to make or break merchandise probably don't see much value in
concentrating on "comics" which do not seem to have the same market value as
say a T-Shirt with Mickey's face plastered on it. I think that in the
early 1990s
when the Disney Company snatched the publication rights away from Gladstone,
they thought, "Hey, there's a market where we are not hogging all the
profits."
Then when they realized how much work was involved they probably said
"Oooops!... Here Gladstone... you can have it back... we don't really care
about this
afterall."
This is the same way the Disney Animation Department was handled in the
1970s &
80s. If it wasn't for Roy Disney (Walt's nephew), constantly riding the
shareholder /
business men who ran the Disney Company about the Value of Animation we never
would have experienced the revival we are currently seening in the entire
field of
animation (not just at Disney). If only there was someone like Roy in the
Comics
industry who could convince the dumbheads at Disney about the value of Disney
comicbooks, too.
Welp...that's it for now.
-Rich (xephyr)
http://www.jps.net/xephyr/rich/disney.html
Luna Storta
Subscriptions and Gottfredson
Message 145 -
1998-01-10 at 21:04:50
Hello,
MARCO:
I can't help you about the PKNA subscription, but as long as I recall,
some years ago I subscribet to Topolino, and the gift they were
supposed to send me was an horrible watch featuring Mickey's face. I
call them by phone and asked to receive "La trilogia della spada di
ghiaccio" ("the ice sword trilogy") instead of the watch, and in fact
they sent me the book.
But I don't subscribe anymore to any issue because of the conditions in
which comics was arriving me: when I buy comics at kiosks, I can check
them, and choose the best one, when I receive a copy via snail-mail I
have to take it as-is... and it's no good!
BTW, what do you think about all the mechandising stuff enclosed with
Topolino? Do you collect it? I find the most of them unbearable, and I
hate those things that ruin covers! Even if I have to say that when I
was younger there was a special gift (maybe in 1973-74...) a shield
reproducing all Robin Hood charachters... it was fine, and I'd like to
find it for sale somewhere!
HARRY:
About Gottfredson's periods: you said that Gottfredson's golden age was
from 1937 to 1940... then it minds thas stories such as "Mickey joins
the foreing legion" (23-mar-1936/8-aug-1936) or "Mickey editor in grief
"(4-mar-1935/1-jun-1935) aren't from the golden age.....
And about the Last Period: there are stories such as "Mickey's
dangerous double" that are stilistically *PERFECT* in drawings: there
are introduced the athmospheres noir that Romano Scarpa will use later
for his masterpieces.
Even in the plot I have to say that IMHO the period with Bill Walsh (a
real *GENIUS*, does someone knows if there are some books about him?)
is even better than in the golden age: Ted Osborne was perfect to
create adventures hollywood-like, I mean adventures inspired by
american mivies, but Walsh made of Mickey a REAL MAN, including topics
such as sex, death, fear and affording real life events such as the
cold war.
Ciao,
Paolo Castagno alias Luna Storta
---------------------------------
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http://www.confor.it:2222/disney
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MARCO:
I can't help you about the PKNA subscription, but as long as I recall,
some years ago I subscribet to Topolino, and the gift they were
supposed to send me was an horrible watch featuring Mickey's face. I
call them by phone and asked to receive "La trilogia della spada di
ghiaccio" ("the ice sword trilogy") instead of the watch, and in fact
they sent me the book.
But I don't subscribe anymore to any issue because of the conditions in
which comics was arriving me: when I buy comics at kiosks, I can check
them, and choose the best one, when I receive a copy via snail-mail I
have to take it as-is... and it's no good!
BTW, what do you think about all the mechandising stuff enclosed with
Topolino? Do you collect it? I find the most of them unbearable, and I
hate those things that ruin covers! Even if I have to say that when I
was younger there was a special gift (maybe in 1973-74...) a shield
reproducing all Robin Hood charachters... it was fine, and I'd like to
find it for sale somewhere!
HARRY:
About Gottfredson's periods: you said that Gottfredson's golden age was
from 1937 to 1940... then it minds thas stories such as "Mickey joins
the foreing legion" (23-mar-1936/8-aug-1936) or "Mickey editor in grief
"(4-mar-1935/1-jun-1935) aren't from the golden age.....
And about the Last Period: there are stories such as "Mickey's
dangerous double" that are stilistically *PERFECT* in drawings: there
are introduced the athmospheres noir that Romano Scarpa will use later
for his masterpieces.
Even in the plot I have to say that IMHO the period with Bill Walsh (a
real *GENIUS*, does someone knows if there are some books about him?)
is even better than in the golden age: Ted Osborne was perfect to
create adventures hollywood-like, I mean adventures inspired by
american mivies, but Walsh made of Mickey a REAL MAN, including topics
such as sex, death, fear and affording real life events such as the
cold war.
Ciao,
Paolo Castagno alias Luna Storta
---------------------------------
visit the Disney Comics Market at
http://www.confor.it:2222/disney
______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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Michael Naiman
Spanish language comics
Message 146 -
1998-01-10 at 21:30:30
Hello from the very Southwest corner of the US. Yes, there are Spanish
language Disney books ...they're printed in Columbia ....from time to time
I go to Tijuana (about 20 miles away) and look for Duck related toys,
books, etc. There are newsstands galore with reprint material...
Pato Donald;Disneylandia;Mickey;Tio Rico (Uncle Rich aka Uncle
Scrooge)...that is where I got lucky and found a title called Mundo Magico
that printed "War of the Wendigo"...and for a change, the production values
were quite nice.
language Disney books ...they're printed in Columbia ....from time to time
I go to Tijuana (about 20 miles away) and look for Duck related toys,
books, etc. There are newsstands galore with reprint material...
Pato Donald;Disneylandia;Mickey;Tio Rico (Uncle Rich aka Uncle
Scrooge)...that is where I got lucky and found a title called Mundo Magico
that printed "War of the Wendigo"...and for a change, the production values
were quite nice.
Cebarat
First 1998 posting
Message 147 -
1998-01-10 at 23:50:20
Sorry to have been silent for so long, but I was away visiting relatives and
friends and attending a professional conference. I'd like to wish a happy and
prosperous 1998 to all members of this list...
A few "catch-up comments" (with quotes omitted in order to save space):
ON THE AGE AT WHICH ONE FIRST GETS INTERESTED IN DISNEY (specifically Duck)
COMICS: Though I first read a Barks story at about age 15-16, I didn't start
collecting until age 22, and I started said collection by buying two sets of
the BARKS LIBRARY. Pretty unorthodox, eh? Among other things, this helps
explain my ability to reconcile the Duck comics and DUCKTALES. I saw
DUCKTALES develop from ground zero, and in so doing, I had the same feeling of
excitement that readers of "first printings" of Barks stories in Europe and
America must have had.
ON THE FACSIMILE VS. CD-ROM DEBATE: I'd greatly prefer a CD-ROM project,
though I recognize that it would be extremely expensive to produce AND to
purchase. Perhaps only the most "significant" Barks stories could be included
on a CD for public purchase, with the complete run of Barks stories being
reserved for a reference collection for libraries.
The facsimile idea strikes me as yet another way to re-re-re-re-re-reprint
Barks stories. I probably wouldn't purchase it.
ON GEOFFREY BLUM: I know that Blum's comments in TAU$McD #2 have already been
hammered-on by many folks, but... Someone pointed out that Blum may have been
so used to writing comments on older stories that he unthinkingly applied the
same approach (incl. revealing the ending) when reviewing "A Little Something
Special". This strikes me as probably being the major factor in how Blum
approached this piece, though his attitude towards Don's work was also a
factor. As for Geoff's Net-phobia, I can tick off on my fingers only a few
persons of my acquaintance who are not actively using the Net -- and those who
do not seem to DESPISE the phenomenon above and beyond a simple lack of
knowledge about how to use it.
ON "TYPOS" IN VAN HORN'S STORIES (Jakob S.): Those aren't "typos" -- VH is
simply a shaky speller. A spell-checker would probably be a good investment
for him.
ON "HIGH HOPES" (the ant-farm story): An historical note -- "High Hopes" was,
I believe, used as a campaign song by the John Kennedy presidential campaign
in 1960.
ON "HELPER"'s NAME: DUCKTALES called Helper "Little Bulb." Not a bad
substitute, but I never quite understood why "Helper" wasn't sufficient in and
of itself.
ON THE TALIAFERRO STRIP REPRINTS MOVING TO WDC&S: I don't dislike the
Taliaferro strips (though I sometimes get the impression that writer Bob Karp
had a file of index cards containing about 15 to 20 basic gags -- "Donald
plays a prank that backfires," "Donald has hassles at the movie theatre,"
"Donald torments an animal," "HD&L trick Donald," "Donald goes to the
restaurant," etc. -- that he endlessly rotated). I object, however, to their
being reprinted 15 pages at a time. Gladstone I's and Dell/GK's use of the
strips as filler material was more appropriate.
-- Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
friends and attending a professional conference. I'd like to wish a happy and
prosperous 1998 to all members of this list...
A few "catch-up comments" (with quotes omitted in order to save space):
ON THE AGE AT WHICH ONE FIRST GETS INTERESTED IN DISNEY (specifically Duck)
COMICS: Though I first read a Barks story at about age 15-16, I didn't start
collecting until age 22, and I started said collection by buying two sets of
the BARKS LIBRARY. Pretty unorthodox, eh? Among other things, this helps
explain my ability to reconcile the Duck comics and DUCKTALES. I saw
DUCKTALES develop from ground zero, and in so doing, I had the same feeling of
excitement that readers of "first printings" of Barks stories in Europe and
America must have had.
ON THE FACSIMILE VS. CD-ROM DEBATE: I'd greatly prefer a CD-ROM project,
though I recognize that it would be extremely expensive to produce AND to
purchase. Perhaps only the most "significant" Barks stories could be included
on a CD for public purchase, with the complete run of Barks stories being
reserved for a reference collection for libraries.
The facsimile idea strikes me as yet another way to re-re-re-re-re-reprint
Barks stories. I probably wouldn't purchase it.
ON GEOFFREY BLUM: I know that Blum's comments in TAU$McD #2 have already been
hammered-on by many folks, but... Someone pointed out that Blum may have been
so used to writing comments on older stories that he unthinkingly applied the
same approach (incl. revealing the ending) when reviewing "A Little Something
Special". This strikes me as probably being the major factor in how Blum
approached this piece, though his attitude towards Don's work was also a
factor. As for Geoff's Net-phobia, I can tick off on my fingers only a few
persons of my acquaintance who are not actively using the Net -- and those who
do not seem to DESPISE the phenomenon above and beyond a simple lack of
knowledge about how to use it.
ON "TYPOS" IN VAN HORN'S STORIES (Jakob S.): Those aren't "typos" -- VH is
simply a shaky speller. A spell-checker would probably be a good investment
for him.
ON "HIGH HOPES" (the ant-farm story): An historical note -- "High Hopes" was,
I believe, used as a campaign song by the John Kennedy presidential campaign
in 1960.
ON "HELPER"'s NAME: DUCKTALES called Helper "Little Bulb." Not a bad
substitute, but I never quite understood why "Helper" wasn't sufficient in and
of itself.
ON THE TALIAFERRO STRIP REPRINTS MOVING TO WDC&S: I don't dislike the
Taliaferro strips (though I sometimes get the impression that writer Bob Karp
had a file of index cards containing about 15 to 20 basic gags -- "Donald
plays a prank that backfires," "Donald has hassles at the movie theatre,"
"Donald torments an animal," "HD&L trick Donald," "Donald goes to the
restaurant," etc. -- that he endlessly rotated). I object, however, to their
being reprinted 15 pages at a time. Gladstone I's and Dell/GK's use of the
strips as filler material was more appropriate.
-- Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
Ota
Brazilian Mickey was not cancelled
Message 148 -
1998-01-11 at 04:51:52
Barreto asked in V(8 #7:
> MICKEY IN BRAZIL -- Is it true that Brazilian "Mickey" title has been
cancelled? I haven't seen any "Mickey" around for some time.
Brazilian Mickey comic wasn't cancelled -- at least for now -- I bought today #578 dated
Jan.1998
But indeed it was hard to find -- for some weeks newsstands didn't carry Mickey comic --
only a special edition with a new cover and 4 or so old issues inside, similar to the
Italian "raccoltas".
Ota
(Email removed)
> MICKEY IN BRAZIL -- Is it true that Brazilian "Mickey" title has been
cancelled? I haven't seen any "Mickey" around for some time.
Brazilian Mickey comic wasn't cancelled -- at least for now -- I bought today #578 dated
Jan.1998
But indeed it was hard to find -- for some weeks newsstands didn't carry Mickey comic --
only a special edition with a new cover and 4 or so old issues inside, similar to the
Italian "raccoltas".
Ota
(Email removed)
DeanMary
Lo$ hardcover book
Message 149 -
1998-01-11 at 05:29:27
Just wanted to say that I have not received my Lo$ hardcover book
either! I called Gladstone and they said that since I ordered it
directly from them it was going to take until at least February. They
said the people who got it through comic book stores got them a good
deal earlier. I would think that should work the other way around but
what do I know. I also hope I have not been forgotten!
Dean Rekich
either! I called Gladstone and they said that since I ordered it
directly from them it was going to take until at least February. They
said the people who got it through comic book stores got them a good
deal earlier. I would think that should work the other way around but
what do I know. I also hope I have not been forgotten!
Dean Rekich
Daniel Van Eijmeren
EUREKA! A Goose Egg Nugget!
Message 150 -
1998-01-11 at 14:40:00
While working on my web-page, I just scanned a printed card (black
border, size 22,8 cm x 15,2) which shows Barks' (oil? watercolour?)
painting "EUREKA! A Goose Egg Nugget" from 1996.
This is what the backside of the card says:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
EUREKA! A Goose Egg Nugget! is Carl Barks' official oil painting
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Alaskan/Yukon Gold Rush and the
founding of Scrooge McDuck's immense fortune. The memorable event took
placc amid the privations and loneliness of Canada's vast Klondike area
when the loveable comic book character first unearthed the fabled nugget
in 1898. It is also the official painting for the golden anniversary of
the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge in 1947.
Uncle Scrooge fans everywhere are urged to support the efforts of Uncle
Scrooge Collectors International in seeing that Carl's painting of the
famed Walt Disney character is featured on a Canadian and/or United States
postage stamp in recognition of the centennial of the famous Gold Rush
which both nations will soon celebrate.
What finer centennial tribute could be bestowed than to fuse America's
foremost comic book character with this historic event which took place in
these northern territories a hundred years ago? Given the current
licensing agreement between The Walt Disney Company and the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, such a stamp would continue the spirit of collaboration
between the people of both countries.
This postal commemoration will also be a wonderful tribute to Carl and the
classic painting he recently completed at the age of 95, and will surely
be joyfully received by the millions of Uncle Scrooge fans around the
world.
For information on how you can help, please contact:
Rev. Ed Bergen, President
Uncle Scrooge Collectors International
Immanuel Lutheran Church
178 McHenry Avenue
Crystal Lake, IL 60014 USA
tel. (815) 459-1441
fax (815) 459-1462
This promotional document is intended for philatelic purposes only and is
not for sale. Image (c) Disney 1996
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
My question is: What did become of this idea? Has such a stamp ever been
released or taken into consideration by the American/Canadian post?
Also, how can I find Barks' paintings in the database-ftp? Under which
category should I look?
Greetings,
--- Daniel (who thinks story D95148 "<stuntman of the year>" of this
week's Dutch Weekly is very funny, is there a translator
willing to submit it to Gladstone? I can supply xeroxes.)
http://www.caiw.nl/~dve/barks/index.html
border, size 22,8 cm x 15,2) which shows Barks' (oil? watercolour?)
painting "EUREKA! A Goose Egg Nugget" from 1996.
This is what the backside of the card says:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
EUREKA! A Goose Egg Nugget! is Carl Barks' official oil painting
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Alaskan/Yukon Gold Rush and the
founding of Scrooge McDuck's immense fortune. The memorable event took
placc amid the privations and loneliness of Canada's vast Klondike area
when the loveable comic book character first unearthed the fabled nugget
in 1898. It is also the official painting for the golden anniversary of
the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge in 1947.
Uncle Scrooge fans everywhere are urged to support the efforts of Uncle
Scrooge Collectors International in seeing that Carl's painting of the
famed Walt Disney character is featured on a Canadian and/or United States
postage stamp in recognition of the centennial of the famous Gold Rush
which both nations will soon celebrate.
What finer centennial tribute could be bestowed than to fuse America's
foremost comic book character with this historic event which took place in
these northern territories a hundred years ago? Given the current
licensing agreement between The Walt Disney Company and the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, such a stamp would continue the spirit of collaboration
between the people of both countries.
This postal commemoration will also be a wonderful tribute to Carl and the
classic painting he recently completed at the age of 95, and will surely
be joyfully received by the millions of Uncle Scrooge fans around the
world.
For information on how you can help, please contact:
Rev. Ed Bergen, President
Uncle Scrooge Collectors International
Immanuel Lutheran Church
178 McHenry Avenue
Crystal Lake, IL 60014 USA
tel. (815) 459-1441
fax (815) 459-1462
This promotional document is intended for philatelic purposes only and is
not for sale. Image (c) Disney 1996
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
My question is: What did become of this idea? Has such a stamp ever been
released or taken into consideration by the American/Canadian post?
Also, how can I find Barks' paintings in the database-ftp? Under which
category should I look?
Greetings,
--- Daniel (who thinks story D95148 "<stuntman of the year>" of this
week's Dutch Weekly is very funny, is there a translator
willing to submit it to Gladstone? I can supply xeroxes.)
http://www.caiw.nl/~dve/barks/index.html