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ARCHONTIS:

> This will go DITTO for me. If this is how Gladstone perceives their "new"
> prestige-format era, thanks, but I'll pass. If they don't have something new
> to offer their readers, they should probably think about folding altogether.
> I never thought I'd say such a (heretic) thing, but as somebody told me very
> recently, "we seem to have Barks stories coming out of our ears".

That was probably me, so another DITTO for me.

As an example of why I said this, consider that I spent almost 20
years waiting for a reprint of "Prize of Pizarro", which I first read
in issue #3 of the Greek Mickey Mouse magazine in 1966, and was never
reprinted. Now, thanks to Gladstone, then Disney, then Gladstone again,
I've lost count of how many different copies of that story I own,
and the story has lost much of the magic it had when I first read it,
and which it still had when I first re-read it in the '80s.

(You can judge how important this story used to be to me by the fact
that I remember the issue number of both the Greek edition and the
first Gladstone reprint (U$ #211). You can judge how this importance
has diminished, by my having lost count of the other reprints, never
mind remembering exact issue numbers.)

DANIEL VAN EIJMEREN:

> this re-re-reprinting also devaluates Barks' stories to standard
> filler work.

This is exactly the feeling I had when reading this month's KOMIX.
The feature story was Scarpa's "Legend of the Flying Scotsman",
with a Barks story relegated to completing that issue's page count.
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This is just my opinion, but I sort of don't mind the reprints, only for
one reason. I have recently lost a vast amount of my old Gladstone
collection and would like to try and get some of the most memorable
stories back---this can be done by purchasing reprinted stories. The
other way is to purchase back issues, which, for me, is a much better
system in that I get the exact story I want without waiting for
reprints.

On the other had, I find that a lot of the European stories irritate me,
lack story plot and art quality. I prefer the old Barks stories and the
art work of Don Rosa over the european work (unless it be a Rosa story
that was originally published in Europe first). I would like to see a
NEW Rosa story in every Uncle Scrooge or WDCS issue, along with each
Barks story and William Van Horn, etc. Barks is wonderful, and I don't
mind the reprints so much, but I would really like to see more Rosa
stuff. Also---I hate that Rosa stories are continued in following
issues. I would like to just see them finish the story in one issue.
Maybe I'd buy more comics then. I find it irritating to have to
purchase new issues just to complete the story. Especially when the rest
of the book is, in my mind, crap. I don't enjoy other european groups
duck stories, and hate to have to deal with them in a new issue just
because I had to buy it to finish the Rosa story I want.

If Barks can be reprinted, I would like to receive a fresh, new Rosa
story along with them (Barks stories) each month. I think that at
$6.95, we should be getting more for that price.

Marquetta Pisarcik

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FRANCOIS:
>What is Eli Squinch's first appearance? I don't see what character he
>is. Is he physically very different than S. Shyster (one of the =
villain
>from "Death Valley")?
Squinch first appears in 1934's "Bobo the Elephant," which has
been reprinted in various editions including by Gladstone. He reappears
in two other Gottfredson stories, "In Search of Jungle Treasure" and
"Race for Riches" - the second of those two is perhaps the most famous
Squinch story, as (SPOILER!) he pretends to want to marry Clarabelle =
Cow
to get his hands on a treasure map that she has (END OF SPOILER).
Squinch has been used in British and Italian production,
especially in the earlier years, and by Egmont (Gladstone's DONALD DUCK
AND MICKEY MOUSE 4 and WDC&S 617 are two examples of those stories in
American editions).
As for what makes him different from Shyster physically -
Shyster has black skin/fur where Squinch has white. Shyster has a long
rat-type nose while Squinch has a big chin that sticks out in front (so
like Popeye, he ends up talking out of the side of his mouth a lot). =
And
Squinch wears a business suit while Shyster dresses like Uncle Scrooge
later would, complete with spats. Squinch also has wooly whiskers on =
the
sides of his face which (as portrayed by some lesser artists) almost
look like an extra pair of his dog-ears.
The basic problem is that aside from these differences, Shyster
and Squinch have almost identical *proportions* to each other, so when
one is seen beside Pete (the usual partner to both of them), he may
remind a reader of the other.
(SPOILER!) If you can wait until the fall, I have an Egmont
story of my own coming up in which Shyster and Squinch team up (for, I
hope, the first time). It includes many good shots of the two together,
where the difference will be immediately obvious. (END OF SPOILER)

SHAUN:
>I also agree. I once was willing to get every issue of WDC&S, or now
the
>new U$, but now I find myself actually having to take a copy of
previews
>to the comic store manager and actually showing her what NOT to order
You may want some upcoming WDC&S more than you think when you
see what's in them. Remember that in the case of WDC&S, the =
solicitation
only mentions a couple of the stories included, and more is always
added.

DON:
>I'm surprised you didn't know this -- that was not a new cover. I did
that
>cover 10 years ago for the last thing Gladstone printed during its
first
>license-period, before Disney revoked it. That cover, and a few others
with
>Donald & Mickey, appeared on their line of 7 "WALT DISNEY'S COMICS IN
COLOR"
>albums.
But... but... while you DID intend the cover that's just been
printed for the WDCiC series, it's one that hasn't been published =
before
now -=A0the version of the WDC&S sailboat cover that has Scrooge and
Mickey rather than the nephews. That was in the Italian book about you,
Don, but it's never been published on an actual comic book before.
(Ironically, where should it appear now but the *new* series of those
same comic albums, WALT DISNEY'S COMICS IN COLOR!)

MARQUETTA:
>I would like to see a=20
>NEW Rosa story in every Uncle Scrooge or WDCS issue, along with each=20
>Barks story and William Van Horn, etc.
>If Barks can be reprinted, I would like to receive a fresh, new Rosa=20
>story along with them (Barks stories) each month. =20
Er... too bad. One thing about Rosa's (and Van Horn's) excellent
work is that it takes a lot of time to produce - enough time that
there's not enough for it to be featured in every issue, even when some
of the stories are broken into serial form!
As a writer and editor of the European stuff you say you hate, I
do wish you'd give it more of a chance and not lump it together in one
homogenous mass. Some stories and art are really better than others, =
and
there are some greats over here.

David Gerstein
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From Todd Klein
: >DON R.:
>
>It must be very upsetting to see a continuity mistake like "granddaughter"
>instead of "niece" see print, but I can't agree with you on putting blame
on
>the letterer for not catching it.

!!! For pete's sake, I did NOT start out putting the blame on the letterer
for not catching that goof! Why do people keep saying I did?! I wanted to
notify the ML of the error, but since I brought that up, I felt I needed to
show that I did NOT blame the letterer... so I was trying to give him (as
both editor *and* letterer) an excuse by saying that the letterer must not
read every word he writes. Then when I was first accused of "blaming the
letterer" and it was stated that the letterer is not the final arbiter or
proofreader of what is or isn't an error, I have no choice but to say he
obviously *is*, regardless of where most of the "blame" rests (which is
probably on me, since it was *my* story). I didn't catch that mistake...
Byron didn't catch it... others didn't catch it... and finally John Clark
didn't catch it when he read the story's script as the editor, then lettered
the story, then proofread the lettering. And he told me that he didn't know
why he didn't catch it because he knew it was incorrect, but he just read
over the goof like we all did.
I am constantly praising letterers! I think it's the hardest part of
comics... it's the ONE part that I can't do worth a dang, assuming I can do
*any* part worth that dang. I don't like people to accuse me of picking on
letterers! Stop it!

reprints again?

Well, I've been buying Uncle Scrooge and WDC&S since Barks did em (with time
out as a high school student), so I've seen most Barks stories several times.
So I'd rather see something else - on the other hand, hopefully there's
someone out there, to who these stories are new...

I'd say that they shouldn't reprint anything more than once every 5 years -
preferably 10 years...

Steven Rowe

Don:
Thank you for your answers on the questions. I certainly look forward to
see that Mickey & Donald story of yours!

Approximately a year ago, a Swedish TV-channel showed a 2-part documentary
about the French Foreign Legion. The legion didn't seem to have much in
common with the one we see in the comics though.
You had to go through a lot of hard tests to join the legion and only the
ones that were in great fysical condition got in(Donald would never pass
those tests!).
The rules were hard and the ones that didn't obey orders had to go
home--immediately!

The Legion was active then, and I wouldn't be surprised if it still is...

Best,
Per-Erik
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I want to thank eveyone who is taking the time to speak up about the
subject of Gladstone's re-re-reprinting of stories. I hope this
discussion continues to take place and that someone at Gladstone finally
gives us an answer.

David Gerstein wrote:

But PREVIEWS *did* make a serious mistake with WDC&S 628 (quite
a shame, because it's through PREVIEWS that the ONLY market for these
comics finds out what's supposed to be in them!). "Officer for a Day" is
a Barks *script*, but it's Daan Jippes' new redrawn version for the
first time. It's a phenomenal job and in this new version, it's *never*
appeared in the USA.

This truly is unfortunate as Gladstone was trying to give us at least
*something* new in regards to Duck stories.

A few people have mentioned how Gladstone has printed Don's stories in
three parts in isssues of WDC$S. I HATE when they do that with a
passion! Thankfully though they are printing 3 Rosa stories in a row in
their entirety in Uncle Scrooge. Gladstone does need to be praised when
they do things well. Hopefully the days of 3 part Rosa stories are
over!

Shaun Knowler wrote:

Okay, now with all of the above said, I must also say this; I am VERY
VERY
thankful that Gladstone is around to even make ANYTHING! I would truly
go
mad if Disney comics in North America disappeared, and I could no longer
admire the wonderful coloring done by Gladstone, or appreciate Don
Rosa's
original scripts and read his stories as they're meant to be (censorship
aside), or be able to have all of Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge tales
printed
in very high quality books.

In some ways I agree Shaun. I too don't want to think about there
being NO new Disney comics in North America. Also, part of me does feel
bad for criticizing Gladstone since they have in the past (and still do
but to a much smaller extent) brought me such great joy. However I
think that when we get thankful for them just being in business and
printing ANYTHING, even re-re-reprints, that we may be hurting
ourselves. Perhaps Gladstone has the attitude that Disney fans are so
desperate that they will buy anything we re-print. I think that we all
through both this list and with our pocketbooks should show Gladstone
that we have certains expectations that need to be met if they want to
sell us their publications. I think the bar may be set too low for
what we expect and will accept from Gladstone. If we discuss it enough
on the list and begin to NOT buy issues that are simply re-re-reprints
perhaps Gladstone will get the idea that they NEED to print more
original stories if they want to stay in business. If anyone has any
other ideas on how to make them see the light I would love to hear them.

Once again, thanks for the good discussion and hopefully we will hear
from someone at Gladstone soon!

Dean Rekich

Hello!
I'm looking for the Barks story named "Pengaregn" in Swedish, I don't
know the English title.

The story is about Donald working at $crogges farm, but he leaves the
farm with Gladstone, and $crooge's money get sucked up in the air and
some of it falls down into Gladstones hat.

I'd like to now in which American and Swedish Disney-publications it has
been published.

Please answer me private to this e-mail: (Email removed)

I appriciate all help I can get...

/Mikael Andersson - GUN POINT COMICS
http://www.portlandia.se/gunpoint