JONATHAN MARKOFF wrote (re U$ 312)
<< I fail to see any good reason for a photo of a Bond girl to appear on the
back cover of an UNCLE SCROOGE comic. Are sales so low that Gladstone must
rely on celebrity product endorsement?>>
My biggest complaint about this is that instead of this type of photo, we
could have seen an unobstructed view of Barks's painting! For those of us who
can't collect the originals, the Prestige-format comics are a great way to see
these wonderful works.
and (re WDC&S 627) he wrote,
<<"Bucky Bug," "Lil Bad Wolf", and Taliaferro's Donald Duck did nothing for
me.>>
I don't want to get the reputation of needing to "lighten up", because I
*love* these comics in general, but now that you mention it, I think the
whole concept of Lil Bad Wolf is pretty morbid: Lil Bad has to prevent his
father from killing and eating his playmates. In the "Duck Universe" there are
clearly anthropomorphic animals (who sometimes refer to themselves as
"human"), *and* "regular" animals, too. Seeing Donald and the nephews eating
poultry, (eg. as in several "Turkey Dinner" stories done by Barks) shouldn't
faze the reader at all. In the Bad Wolf "universe", however, it's always about
an anthropomorphic animal trying to eat another anthropomorphic animal. Look
at the last panel of this issue, in which the Pigs bring out a large ham on a
plattter!
By the way, I look forward to the Taliaferro strips, both for the historical
interest and for the unique artwork. I do hope these will continue, even if
they would take up fewer pages per issue.
Bob Kass,
Arlington, MA
Author
Topic: 199807
(382 messages)
RobertK168
Disney comics Digest V98 #162
Message 91 -
1998-07-12 at 17:28:38
Don Rosa
Digest #162
Message 92 -
1998-07-12 at 17:39:50
From: Martin Berglund:
>>>>>(I didn't know you had dogs, how wonderful ! )
Yes, I do, but I'm using a lotion, and I expect it to clear up.
>>>>>(I didn't know you had dogs, how wonderful ! )
Yes, I do, but I'm using a lotion, and I expect it to clear up.
Kriton Kyrimis
Disney comics Digest V98 #162
Message 93 -
1998-07-12 at 17:55:06
ANDERS CHRISTIAN SIVEBAEK:
> Gyro asks: "why does that bird sing?" the know-it-all
> mashine answers something
> like this
> Maaske er den sur,
> (Maybe it's sad,)
> Maaske er den glad,
> (maybe it's glad,)
> maaske vil den bare sige tak for mad
> (maybe it just want's to say thanks for the food)
> What are the excact lines in american for this.
Oh! Maybe it's glad!
Maybe it's sad!
Maybe it's a little *mad*!
> Gyro goes insane and sings
> like a bird in a tree. Two men pass and wonders
> why he is sitting in a tree singing like a bird,
> the mashine answers: Yes what does it answer?
Oh, maybe he's glad!
Maybe he's sad!
Maybe he's a little *mad*!
> (And what do you other people think of the story?)
I feel as fustrated as Gyro about the above answer, but having the machine
give the exact same answer for Gyro was a stroke of genius! Of course,
if you think about it, the machine's answer was correct: birds don't
need a reason to sing, and people can indeed be driven mad by their
obsession to find an answer to everything, even to questions that don't
really have an answer.
JONATHAN MARKOFF:
> ***SPOILERS***
I thought I'd overlook the warning, thinking that it wouldn't hurt to
have an advance peek at what's current in the US. Oh, well! Just in case,
let me iterate:
***SPOILERS***
> UNCLE SCROOGE 312
>
> a character with the name of Kriton (sounds
> familiar... ;-) ;-) ;-)
It sure does!!! ;-) ;-) ;-)
David Gerstein had alerted me to the fact that there is a story set in
Greece, to which I would have reasons to look forward, but I hadn't quite
realized (well, maybe I did--just a little!) that I would be honored
with my own appearace in U$! (Thanks, David!) The frustrating thing
is that the most recent issue of U$ in my library is 309, which means
that I will have to wait for at least three months before I can read
this story. I should have heeded your spoiler warning! :-)
***END SPOILERS***
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"I don't exist in your world!"
"Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you!"
-----
> Gyro asks: "why does that bird sing?" the know-it-all
> mashine answers something
> like this
> Maaske er den sur,
> (Maybe it's sad,)
> Maaske er den glad,
> (maybe it's glad,)
> maaske vil den bare sige tak for mad
> (maybe it just want's to say thanks for the food)
> What are the excact lines in american for this.
Oh! Maybe it's glad!
Maybe it's sad!
Maybe it's a little *mad*!
> Gyro goes insane and sings
> like a bird in a tree. Two men pass and wonders
> why he is sitting in a tree singing like a bird,
> the mashine answers: Yes what does it answer?
Oh, maybe he's glad!
Maybe he's sad!
Maybe he's a little *mad*!
> (And what do you other people think of the story?)
I feel as fustrated as Gyro about the above answer, but having the machine
give the exact same answer for Gyro was a stroke of genius! Of course,
if you think about it, the machine's answer was correct: birds don't
need a reason to sing, and people can indeed be driven mad by their
obsession to find an answer to everything, even to questions that don't
really have an answer.
JONATHAN MARKOFF:
> ***SPOILERS***
I thought I'd overlook the warning, thinking that it wouldn't hurt to
have an advance peek at what's current in the US. Oh, well! Just in case,
let me iterate:
***SPOILERS***
> UNCLE SCROOGE 312
>
> a character with the name of Kriton (sounds
> familiar... ;-) ;-) ;-)
It sure does!!! ;-) ;-) ;-)
David Gerstein had alerted me to the fact that there is a story set in
Greece, to which I would have reasons to look forward, but I hadn't quite
realized (well, maybe I did--just a little!) that I would be honored
with my own appearace in U$! (Thanks, David!) The frustrating thing
is that the most recent issue of U$ in my library is 309, which means
that I will have to wait for at least three months before I can read
this story. I should have heeded your spoiler warning! :-)
***END SPOILERS***
--
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"I don't exist in your world!"
"Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you!"
-----
Merlin Haas
Gyro story
Message 94 -
1998-07-12 at 19:30:18
Anders Christian Sivebaek wrote:
> I just re-read a little masterpiece of a story by Barks with
> Gyro Gearloose.It is is called "The Know-It-
> All Machine" in the Disney Comics index by Mr. Fluks,
<snip>
> In panel 4-5 on page 1, Gyro asks: "why does that bird sing?" the
> know-it-all mashine answers something like this:
> Maaske er den sur,
> (Maybe it's sad,)
> Maaske er den glad,
> (maybe it's glad,)
> maaske vil den bare sige tak for mad
> (maybe it just want's to say thanks for the food)
> What are the excact lines in american for this.
Oh, maybe it's glad!
Maybe it's sad!
Maybe it's a little MAD!
(the last line is a little vague. "Mad" can be used to describe "anger"
or "insanity.")
> In panel 8 on the same page the know-it-all mashine
> tells Gyro to sprinkle salt on the birds tale, because
> he has to catch it, he will not do that, but little
> helper does. And when they have catched the bird
> and the translator-mashine has said excactly the
> same as in panel 5, Gyro goes insane and sings
> like a bird in a tree. Two men pass and wonders
> why he is sitting in a tree singing like a bird,
> the mashine answers: Yes what does it answer?
Oh, maybe it's glad!
Maybe it's sad!
Maybe it's a little MAD!
(Same as before. Mad in this case definitely refers to insanity.)
It's a nice little story. Barks really did a nice job with these little
four page back up stories. This one's originally from Uncle Scrooge #22
(1958.)
best -- Merlin Haas
> I just re-read a little masterpiece of a story by Barks with
> Gyro Gearloose.It is is called "The Know-It-
> All Machine" in the Disney Comics index by Mr. Fluks,
<snip>
> In panel 4-5 on page 1, Gyro asks: "why does that bird sing?" the
> know-it-all mashine answers something like this:
> Maaske er den sur,
> (Maybe it's sad,)
> Maaske er den glad,
> (maybe it's glad,)
> maaske vil den bare sige tak for mad
> (maybe it just want's to say thanks for the food)
> What are the excact lines in american for this.
Oh, maybe it's glad!
Maybe it's sad!
Maybe it's a little MAD!
(the last line is a little vague. "Mad" can be used to describe "anger"
or "insanity.")
> In panel 8 on the same page the know-it-all mashine
> tells Gyro to sprinkle salt on the birds tale, because
> he has to catch it, he will not do that, but little
> helper does. And when they have catched the bird
> and the translator-mashine has said excactly the
> same as in panel 5, Gyro goes insane and sings
> like a bird in a tree. Two men pass and wonders
> why he is sitting in a tree singing like a bird,
> the mashine answers: Yes what does it answer?
Oh, maybe it's glad!
Maybe it's sad!
Maybe it's a little MAD!
(Same as before. Mad in this case definitely refers to insanity.)
It's a nice little story. Barks really did a nice job with these little
four page back up stories. This one's originally from Uncle Scrooge #22
(1958.)
best -- Merlin Haas
Arthur De Wolf
DCW moved
Message 95 -
1998-07-12 at 21:21:33
Hi everyone!
My Disney Comics Worldwide website has moved to
the following address:
http://www.westbrabant.net/dcw
It is still under construction, but still better than the
old one, so I would grately appreciate it if everyone who
has linked to my homepage could please change the
address.
Many thanks in advance,
Arthur de Wolf
My Disney Comics Worldwide website has moved to
the following address:
http://www.westbrabant.net/dcw
It is still under construction, but still better than the
old one, so I would grately appreciate it if everyone who
has linked to my homepage could please change the
address.
Many thanks in advance,
Arthur de Wolf
Bmartin
Plunkett's Emporium in US269
Message 96 -
1998-07-12 at 23:03:46
Last night, I re-read a story from Uncle Scrooge #269 called "Plunkett's
Emporium." I very much enjoyed the story. There was no author provided,
but the art was atributed to Vicar. I was wondering whether any
information is known about the writer.
B. Martin
Emporium." I very much enjoyed the story. There was no author provided,
but the art was atributed to Vicar. I was wondering whether any
information is known about the writer.
B. Martin
Gerstein, David DK - ECN
Disney comics Digest V98 #162
Message 97 -
1998-07-12 at 23:42:08
PAOLO:
[Re: "The Lentils of Babylon"]
>Maybe the version you read was not the complete one: many times we
>discussed on this list the frequent "modifications" the USA version of
>many stories presented, so maybe this is the event.
I'm the guilty party here, and I didn't change all that much
about "The Lentils of Babylon." The only deletion involved losing four
panels after Scrooge traded his money bin to the Beagles. I did
Americanize them; they were removed after the story left my hands, so
that the page layouts would remain constant. This was at the point =
where
the (originally) two-part story became three parts.
My major plot changes were three, only one fairly substantial:
[SPOILERS AHEAD]
A) The parade going down Duckburg's main street, advertising
Babylon Lentils with a big balloons and floats, became strategically
timed to be at the American holiday of Thanksgiving -=A0when, in New =
York,
a store called Macy's actually has a huge parade of this type, where
many advertisers have balloons and floats shaped like their
product/character (as well as some fairly straightforward balloons of
famous cartoon characters). In fact, I suspect Scarpa's original parade
was designed to be a parody of the Macy's parade.
B) Scrooge's cowboy song near the start, in the caf=E9, became a
Scots song. Just a matter of interpretation. (We've seen cowboys turn
into sailors, now, haven't we? ;-)
C) The major change. In the original story, the Beagle Boys'
lentil-selling scheme differed at the point where the Beagles =
reacquired
the lentils from their foreign purchasers. In Scarpa, they earned
additional money by trading the cans around in a lengthy series of =
money
exchanges from one country to another, which caused them to double and
triple their money. Since they were *already* making a killing by
exploiting their foreign purchaser to the tune of a ton in gold dust, I
found the additional exchange-rate scheme to be unnecessary -=A0and =
more
importantly, it *doesn't* make economic sense, even if it's treated in
the story as if it does. It was a hard decision, but I eliminated it
(simply bridging it over with an explanation of how Scrooge expected to
railroad the Beagles into jail, which wasn't explained in Scarpa's
original).
Other changes were more minor -=A0things like explaining that the
land Scrooge planted those seeds on was land that belonged to him, at
least for the time being (otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to
trespass on it or claim any lentil harvest that might have grown). Then
there were the changes Disney asked for: the native country Scrooge
dealt with was originally Africa's Gold Coast, the natives spoke =
pidgin,
ignorantly gave away *pure* gold (rather than dirt with gold in it), =
and
wore grass skirts. We were required to remove that stuff, although one
reference to the natives potentially *eating* the ducks was permitted =
to
appear.
>(I recall one of the BB disguised like an ancient king and called
>"an odalysc" by one of his brothers
I think the pun sounds better in other languages than English. I
don't have my own version handy, but I recall making it into a slightly
different pun in which the Beagles tended to mispronounce King
Assurbanipal's name (making it into things like "Assurbananipal" and
"Assuburbia") when they were criticizing him, or - in the case you
mention - someone costumed as him.
* * * * *
In the long run, though, I'm afraid that someone having a problem with
"The Lentils of Babylon" would have the problem less with my American
version, than with the basic peculiarity of the story's theme - ancient
lentils, found in a tomb, marketed as delicious food so that they can =
be
sold to, then bought back from, a third-world country. Even as someone
who enjoyed the story (and enjoyed adapting it for American readers),
I've gotta say, this is one *unusual* duck-story concept!
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
[Re: "The Lentils of Babylon"]
>Maybe the version you read was not the complete one: many times we
>discussed on this list the frequent "modifications" the USA version of
>many stories presented, so maybe this is the event.
I'm the guilty party here, and I didn't change all that much
about "The Lentils of Babylon." The only deletion involved losing four
panels after Scrooge traded his money bin to the Beagles. I did
Americanize them; they were removed after the story left my hands, so
that the page layouts would remain constant. This was at the point =
where
the (originally) two-part story became three parts.
My major plot changes were three, only one fairly substantial:
[SPOILERS AHEAD]
A) The parade going down Duckburg's main street, advertising
Babylon Lentils with a big balloons and floats, became strategically
timed to be at the American holiday of Thanksgiving -=A0when, in New =
York,
a store called Macy's actually has a huge parade of this type, where
many advertisers have balloons and floats shaped like their
product/character (as well as some fairly straightforward balloons of
famous cartoon characters). In fact, I suspect Scarpa's original parade
was designed to be a parody of the Macy's parade.
B) Scrooge's cowboy song near the start, in the caf=E9, became a
Scots song. Just a matter of interpretation. (We've seen cowboys turn
into sailors, now, haven't we? ;-)
C) The major change. In the original story, the Beagle Boys'
lentil-selling scheme differed at the point where the Beagles =
reacquired
the lentils from their foreign purchasers. In Scarpa, they earned
additional money by trading the cans around in a lengthy series of =
money
exchanges from one country to another, which caused them to double and
triple their money. Since they were *already* making a killing by
exploiting their foreign purchaser to the tune of a ton in gold dust, I
found the additional exchange-rate scheme to be unnecessary -=A0and =
more
importantly, it *doesn't* make economic sense, even if it's treated in
the story as if it does. It was a hard decision, but I eliminated it
(simply bridging it over with an explanation of how Scrooge expected to
railroad the Beagles into jail, which wasn't explained in Scarpa's
original).
Other changes were more minor -=A0things like explaining that the
land Scrooge planted those seeds on was land that belonged to him, at
least for the time being (otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to
trespass on it or claim any lentil harvest that might have grown). Then
there were the changes Disney asked for: the native country Scrooge
dealt with was originally Africa's Gold Coast, the natives spoke =
pidgin,
ignorantly gave away *pure* gold (rather than dirt with gold in it), =
and
wore grass skirts. We were required to remove that stuff, although one
reference to the natives potentially *eating* the ducks was permitted =
to
appear.
>(I recall one of the BB disguised like an ancient king and called
>"an odalysc" by one of his brothers
I think the pun sounds better in other languages than English. I
don't have my own version handy, but I recall making it into a slightly
different pun in which the Beagles tended to mispronounce King
Assurbanipal's name (making it into things like "Assurbananipal" and
"Assuburbia") when they were criticizing him, or - in the case you
mention - someone costumed as him.
* * * * *
In the long run, though, I'm afraid that someone having a problem with
"The Lentils of Babylon" would have the problem less with my American
version, than with the basic peculiarity of the story's theme - ancient
lentils, found in a tomb, marketed as delicious food so that they can =
be
sold to, then bought back from, a third-world country. Even as someone
who enjoyed the story (and enjoyed adapting it for American readers),
I've gotta say, this is one *unusual* duck-story concept!
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
Gerstein, David DK - ECN
Disney comics Digest V98 #162
Message 98 -
1998-07-12 at 23:57:00
JONATHAN:
[SPOILERS AHEAD!]
Hey... I *liked* WDC&S 627! I thought the new Mickey story was
particularly strong and that the early gags were cool -=A0the image of
Mickey eating the worm under mama vulture's watchful eye is one of my
favorites.
Did you notice that the Van Horn story is by *both* of them -
with Noel doing the writing?
Since WDC&S is theoretically aimed at a more general audience
than the albums, I can understand why "Icebox Robbers" got its
(extremely minor) censorship. I think this is a model case of how a
controversial story should be reprinted: uncut in the albums,
minor-as-possible alteration in the regular comics.
Re: the Wolf story, is it just that you don't like them, or that
this particular one was, for you, a downer? I thought it was especially
good, and was especially impressed that to placate Zeke at the final
banquet, THE PIGS SERVED HIM A ROAST HAM among the other foods! The
unabashed *joy* on our wolf's face was really something to see... did
anyone else catch this instance of the Big Bad Wolf actually getting
some of his favorite food?
Re: US 312, I'm glad you liked my Americanization of
Kruse/Heymans' "Hands of Zeus." But regarding the Branca art in =
"Bolivar
the Beagle Catcher," I didn't think it was just good - I thought it was
some of the *best* I've ever seen from him!
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
[SPOILERS AHEAD!]
Hey... I *liked* WDC&S 627! I thought the new Mickey story was
particularly strong and that the early gags were cool -=A0the image of
Mickey eating the worm under mama vulture's watchful eye is one of my
favorites.
Did you notice that the Van Horn story is by *both* of them -
with Noel doing the writing?
Since WDC&S is theoretically aimed at a more general audience
than the albums, I can understand why "Icebox Robbers" got its
(extremely minor) censorship. I think this is a model case of how a
controversial story should be reprinted: uncut in the albums,
minor-as-possible alteration in the regular comics.
Re: the Wolf story, is it just that you don't like them, or that
this particular one was, for you, a downer? I thought it was especially
good, and was especially impressed that to placate Zeke at the final
banquet, THE PIGS SERVED HIM A ROAST HAM among the other foods! The
unabashed *joy* on our wolf's face was really something to see... did
anyone else catch this instance of the Big Bad Wolf actually getting
some of his favorite food?
Re: US 312, I'm glad you liked my Americanization of
Kruse/Heymans' "Hands of Zeus." But regarding the Branca art in =
"Bolivar
the Beagle Catcher," I didn't think it was just good - I thought it was
some of the *best* I've ever seen from him!
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
Anders Chr. Sivebæk
Introducktion
Message 99 -
1998-07-13 at 00:06:37
Here's my introducktion for the Mailing List. I would very much appreciate
it if you would put in on the introducktions-page. And as I told the
Maling
List, try to get the Disney Comics Pages up again by the time I get home
from my holyday. So enough talking: here it is
_______________________________________________
Introduc(k)tion for Anders Christian Sivebaek
on the Disney Comics Mailing List.
I was born on 7th september 1979 in Denmark, and started to buy the Danish
Disney Weekly in 1986. That was just two times a month or so. I first began
to buy it every week in the beginning of 1990, in 1993 I became a
subscriber
and have been so ever since.
Apart from reading the Daish Disney Weekly ("Anders And & Co.") I also
read the monthly publication (Pocketbook) with Italian stories.
I would describe myself as a Donaldist (that is an expert on Duckburgh and
the neighboorhood), both a Barksist and a Rosaist (I guess the word should
be invented by now!), but I also like artists like William Van Horn, Marco
Rota and Paul Murry. I also read Romano Scarpa, Al Taliaferro and off
course
Floyd Gottfredson.
I hope to have read all by Barks published in Denmark soon (at least I am
working hard on it!) And I have a complete Rosa collection (In danish too).
I liked Rosa's Life and Times of $crooge McDuck very much and I am
looking forward to every new story from the hand of this Master.
I don't know so much about the others yet but I hope to do that with help
from my membership to the Disney Comics Mailing List.
That must be all, please write to:
(Email removed)
it if you would put in on the introducktions-page. And as I told the
Maling
List, try to get the Disney Comics Pages up again by the time I get home
from my holyday. So enough talking: here it is
_______________________________________________
Introduc(k)tion for Anders Christian Sivebaek
on the Disney Comics Mailing List.
I was born on 7th september 1979 in Denmark, and started to buy the Danish
Disney Weekly in 1986. That was just two times a month or so. I first began
to buy it every week in the beginning of 1990, in 1993 I became a
subscriber
and have been so ever since.
Apart from reading the Daish Disney Weekly ("Anders And & Co.") I also
read the monthly publication (Pocketbook) with Italian stories.
I would describe myself as a Donaldist (that is an expert on Duckburgh and
the neighboorhood), both a Barksist and a Rosaist (I guess the word should
be invented by now!), but I also like artists like William Van Horn, Marco
Rota and Paul Murry. I also read Romano Scarpa, Al Taliaferro and off
course
Floyd Gottfredson.
I hope to have read all by Barks published in Denmark soon (at least I am
working hard on it!) And I have a complete Rosa collection (In danish too).
I liked Rosa's Life and Times of $crooge McDuck very much and I am
looking forward to every new story from the hand of this Master.
I don't know so much about the others yet but I hope to do that with help
from my membership to the Disney Comics Mailing List.
That must be all, please write to:
(Email removed)
Anders Chr. Sivebæk
Ludwig, and other stuff
Message 100 -
1998-07-13 at 00:10:04
Hello Everybody
First I would like to say to Per that the Disney Comics pages seem
to have been down, at least for two days now, would you please get
them up again, I have to find something from the ftp archive about
Danish disney weeklies from the eighties :-)
Then I would like to say that I am sorry that there were two identical
contributions from me on "98-162".
I got to think of Ludwig van/von Drake, I would like to see a story with
him soon; I read once, that on the sketches to Don's Duck Family Tree,
Ludwig was married to Scrooge's sister Mathilda. Are we ever going to
hear some more about that relationship?? Well, I'm still hoping.
I just looked at the $crooge McDuck page, and I would like to say
that those half-page gags in chapter 11 have been printed in the
danish Lo$ too.
Goodbye for now
(Email removed)
First I would like to say to Per that the Disney Comics pages seem
to have been down, at least for two days now, would you please get
them up again, I have to find something from the ftp archive about
Danish disney weeklies from the eighties :-)
Then I would like to say that I am sorry that there were two identical
contributions from me on "98-162".
I got to think of Ludwig van/von Drake, I would like to see a story with
him soon; I read once, that on the sketches to Don's Duck Family Tree,
Ludwig was married to Scrooge's sister Mathilda. Are we ever going to
hear some more about that relationship?? Well, I'm still hoping.
I just looked at the $crooge McDuck page, and I would like to say
that those half-page gags in chapter 11 have been printed in the
danish Lo$ too.
Goodbye for now
(Email removed)
Moss, Thomas
The Know-it-all Machine
Message 101 -
1998-07-13 at 03:26:00
Hi. This is my first post to the list. I am in America. I
remember this story. I have the comic book with this story somewhere in
my collection. I'll try to remember the exact words of the machine:
>Gyro asks: "why does that bird sing?" the know-it-all
>mashine answers something
>like this
>Maaske er den sur,
>(Maybe it's sad,)
>Maaske er den glad,
>(maybe it's glad,)
>maaske vil den bare sige tak for mad
>(maybe it just want's to say thanks for the food)
>What are the excact lines in american for this.
In the story I have (it's an older comic book), the machine
answers:
Maybe it;s sad,
Maybe it's glad,
Maybe it's a little mad.
>In panel 8 on the same page the know-it-all mashine
>tells Gyro to sprinkle salt on the birds tale, because
>he has to catch it, he will not do that, but little
>helper does. And when they have catched the bird
>and the translator-mashine has said excactly the
>same as in panel 5, Gyro goes insane and sings
>like a bird in a tree. Two men pass and wonders
>why he is sitting in a tree singing like a bird,
>the mashine answers: Yes what does it answer?
The machine answers the same thing again:
Maybe he's sad,
Maybe he's glad,
Maybe he's a little mad.
>(And what do you other people think of the story?)
I liked the story. The stories that just feature Gyro are
interesting, and they explore his personality more than just being a
crackpot inventor.
Thomas Moss
remember this story. I have the comic book with this story somewhere in
my collection. I'll try to remember the exact words of the machine:
>Gyro asks: "why does that bird sing?" the know-it-all
>mashine answers something
>like this
>Maaske er den sur,
>(Maybe it's sad,)
>Maaske er den glad,
>(maybe it's glad,)
>maaske vil den bare sige tak for mad
>(maybe it just want's to say thanks for the food)
>What are the excact lines in american for this.
In the story I have (it's an older comic book), the machine
answers:
Maybe it;s sad,
Maybe it's glad,
Maybe it's a little mad.
>In panel 8 on the same page the know-it-all mashine
>tells Gyro to sprinkle salt on the birds tale, because
>he has to catch it, he will not do that, but little
>helper does. And when they have catched the bird
>and the translator-mashine has said excactly the
>same as in panel 5, Gyro goes insane and sings
>like a bird in a tree. Two men pass and wonders
>why he is sitting in a tree singing like a bird,
>the mashine answers: Yes what does it answer?
The machine answers the same thing again:
Maybe he's sad,
Maybe he's glad,
Maybe he's a little mad.
>(And what do you other people think of the story?)
I liked the story. The stories that just feature Gyro are
interesting, and they explore his personality more than just being a
crackpot inventor.
Thomas Moss
Mantere Jussi
Gladstone in Finland?
Message 102 -
1998-07-13 at 09:55:48
Hello,
does anyone know where I could find Gladstone comics in Finland? (Or can
I?)
I've seen a couple of albums occasionaly in Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, but
I'd rather find a wider and regular selection...
Although I like the Finnish translations, original English versions are
always nice to have:)
-jussi
--
(define me '((jussi mantere)((Email removed))((Email removed))))
"Goodbye, all you neo-nazis... I hope they give you Auschwitz." -Mr.
McPhisto
does anyone know where I could find Gladstone comics in Finland? (Or can
I?)
I've seen a couple of albums occasionaly in Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, but
I'd rather find a wider and regular selection...
Although I like the Finnish translations, original English versions are
always nice to have:)
-jussi
--
(define me '((jussi mantere)((Email removed))((Email removed))))
"Goodbye, all you neo-nazis... I hope they give you Auschwitz." -Mr.
McPhisto
Soeren Grenzdoerffer
Black Knight out in Germany
Message 103 -
1998-07-13 at 13:48:56
> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 19:27:03 +0200
> From: Mike Schneiderath <(Email removed)>
> To: (Email removed)
> Subject: Rosa´s "Black Knight" out in Germany
>
> Just for the record and all German Rosa Fans:
>
> This week=B4s Micky Maus Magazin (#28/98) carries the first part of Don
> Rosa=B4s Black Knight Story (D97346).=20
> The German title is a direct translation of the original title:
> Der schwarze Ritter
>
What I don't understood is, that in the 6.Picture on the second page (in
the Trophy-Room) stand on a sign: 'Ne Touchez Paz!'. I can't imagine
that this is the original. Will the german storys not translated from
english?
Soeren
> From: Mike Schneiderath <(Email removed)>
> To: (Email removed)
> Subject: Rosa´s "Black Knight" out in Germany
>
> Just for the record and all German Rosa Fans:
>
> This week=B4s Micky Maus Magazin (#28/98) carries the first part of Don
> Rosa=B4s Black Knight Story (D97346).=20
> The German title is a direct translation of the original title:
> Der schwarze Ritter
>
What I don't understood is, that in the 6.Picture on the second page (in
the Trophy-Room) stand on a sign: 'Ne Touchez Paz!'. I can't imagine
that this is the original. Will the german storys not translated from
english?
Soeren
Kosarin
Donald as a parent
Message 104 -
1998-07-13 at 16:25:10
In 'The Icebox Robbers' Donald gave the kids a spanking with a
whatever~it~is. Much less parents give spankings today but that was the
40s and Donald was one of them. Also... how do you think Donald's
sleepwalking ended?
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whatever~it~is. Much less parents give spankings today but that was the
40s and Donald was one of them. Also... how do you think Donald's
sleepwalking ended?
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Stefan Diös
Disney comics Digest V98 #163
Message 105 -
1998-07-13 at 17:07:16
Anders Christian Sivebaek... good man! In a short time, you've brought up
two of my childhood's absolute favorite stories: Sobbing Sailor/Cowboy and
Bird-Reading Machine. In Swedish, the third line of the catch-phrase doesn't
rhyme, and the double meaning of the American "mad" is gone. But that didn't
stop li'l eight-year-old me from repeating the phrase endlessly, in reply to
any question my parents would ask me, until I drove everyone in the family
more than "a little mad". Probably I repeated this charming behaviour every
year, when I got to re-read the old stories in our summer house, I don't
know for how long. I just turned 38, and those lines are still an answer to
be expected from me at any time.
Great stuff! Great stuff!
LUNA / PAOLO
>Fend (not Feud) and Far Between
Hmm... I'm sure the correct title really is "Feud", as cited. It's a pun on
the idiomatic expression "Few and far between", the word "feud" having the
same vowel sound as "few". Many of Barks's story titles at this time,
especially for the ten-pagers, involved some word-play. As do indeed many
titles today... clever or not!
Stefan Dios
Malmo, Sweden
Kanske ar jag glad, kanske ar jag sur, kanske ar jag arg som ett bi.
two of my childhood's absolute favorite stories: Sobbing Sailor/Cowboy and
Bird-Reading Machine. In Swedish, the third line of the catch-phrase doesn't
rhyme, and the double meaning of the American "mad" is gone. But that didn't
stop li'l eight-year-old me from repeating the phrase endlessly, in reply to
any question my parents would ask me, until I drove everyone in the family
more than "a little mad". Probably I repeated this charming behaviour every
year, when I got to re-read the old stories in our summer house, I don't
know for how long. I just turned 38, and those lines are still an answer to
be expected from me at any time.
Great stuff! Great stuff!
LUNA / PAOLO
>Fend (not Feud) and Far Between
Hmm... I'm sure the correct title really is "Feud", as cited. It's a pun on
the idiomatic expression "Few and far between", the word "feud" having the
same vowel sound as "few". Many of Barks's story titles at this time,
especially for the ten-pagers, involved some word-play. As do indeed many
titles today... clever or not!
Stefan Dios
Malmo, Sweden
Kanske ar jag glad, kanske ar jag sur, kanske ar jag arg som ett bi.