<<It's almost axiomatic that when Donald tries to outfox Scrooge, Scrooge
wins. I know of only one story where Donald decidedly gets the better of
Scrooge: "Duckburg Frog Frolics", where Donald wins the $5000 dollars that
Scrooge wanted. (The story is also unusual, of course, in that Gyro
Gearloose is enthusiastic about breaking the law.) Does anyone know of any
other stories where Donald wins?>>
Oh, I can think of several...but usually where Huey, Dewey and Louie
come to Donald's aid. In the Horseradish story, Scrooge tries to cut down on
the amount he owes Donald, until the nephews point out that he signed a
contract forcing him to pay up or EAT the horseradish...
Then there was the other story where Scrooge spread word of a hidden
treasure, knowing that the rivalry between Donald and Neighbor Jones (his
*only* appearance in a Scrooge story? Almost certainly the only one Barks
had...) would lead them to turn their houses into rubble, eager to let Scrooge
buy them out (when he wanted the land for a shopping center or something). H,
D and L caught on and spread the word the treasure's owner had once lived in
*Scrooge's* house, so Scrooge too came home to a ruin...and, rather than let
the boys tell Donald and Jones the whole thing, Scrooge had to personally
rebuild houses for Donald, Jones, and presumably himself. ("But replanting
Jones' flowers is going too far!" was Scrooge's last line. Only because we
KNOW you're too cheap to hire a builder, Scrooge!)
Rich Morrissey
Author
Topic: 199809
(311 messages)
RMorris306
Where Donald Wins?
Message 46 -
1998-09-05 at 21:03:52
Katie Sullivan
Reviews
Message 47 -
1998-09-05 at 22:17:15
> Lynne in Illinois
> (but vacationing in North Carolina at the time and had to evacuate due to
> hurricane Bonnie!)
I'm always fascinated by hurricanes, but what a bummer that it ruined your
vacation! :-(
RE:
(From: (Email removed) Subject: Donald triumphing over Scrooge)
Well, I can think of one example off-hand. Don Rosa's "The Crocodile
Collector". Donald got a carful of gold and jewels while Scrooge just got a
baby crocodile! :-)
I'm sure there are others, but my mind draws a blank right now.
The first week of college was fun, nerve-wracking, exciting, exhausting and
confusing all that the same time! My computer time was limited, but I guess
college is more important than duck comics... Maybe. ;-)
I did, however, manage to get copies of WDC&S #629 and U$ #314. So here goes my
usual review...
Spoilers abound, BTW.
Re: WDC&S #629...
Once again the cover depicts the plot of a story in the comic. I like that!
The story itself, "Scandal on the Epoch Express" was pretty good. The plot was
interesting. Although the nephews looked a bit malformed sometimes.
"Mr Slicker and the Egg Robbers" was, for some reason, one of the best Mickey
stories I've read. (Although I haven't read THAT many in recent years, so my
memory is a bit fuzzy...) I'm not usually a mouse fan, but this story really
held my interest. I'm not even sure why, it just did. For one thing, the
"universe" was more appealing to me than the usual one of later years. It
seemed like a small rural town in 1930's America. A grand scale isn't needed
for a good story, and if anything the simplicity was nice. The plot has nice
twists and turns. Plus, we get to see Mickey cross-dressing! ;-) There were
no awkward crossovers with other comic universes, no magic doohickeys, just a
good story.
Bucky Bug's "Juggerpede" was cute, as usual. The caterpillar things were cute,
and the plot was funny.
Scamp will probably be appearing more and more in the coming months, I predict,
since Disney is releasing (re-releasing?) "Lady and the Tramp" on video. The
story was cute but predictable.
"Hail the Conquering Loser" was just plain weird. Not unentertaining, just
bizzare. Not really one of Van Horn's best, but original, and a clever twist at
the end. Bob Blob... Tee hee. :-)
Now on to U$ 314... (***A ton of spoilers contained herein*** If you don't
want spoilers for "The Black Knight" skip down to where I wrote "NEEP!")
Which brings me to Don Rosa's "Black Knight".
Before I discuss the actual story, I want to note the coloring. Usually I have
nothing but praise for Susan Daigle-Leach's work, but in this story I think she
was having a bit of an off-day. In the last panel of the second page, what I
assume is supposed to be the Goose Egg Nugget is *silver*!!! ARG! Later, when
Scrooge realizes the Omnisolve(tm) may be missing and pushes Louie away from the
Oso safe, Louie's leg is white! Other than that, I didn't spot any huge errors,
but the two foibles were surprising coming from a usually stellar coloring
artist. (We all have our off days, I guess. I couldn't do that job in a
million years, so I shouldn't really complain!)
Now on to the actual story...
Lots of funny signs and posters in the background throughout the story. Always
a treat.
Donald was a strong character in this tale, and had a chance to shine, in his
own bumbling sort of way. In the end, though, it is Scrooge who finally causes
the downfall of the villain (literately!) This seems appropriate, since it is
Scrooge's fortune and history that is at stake.
I liked the way the story fit into the continuity of Rosa's other recent works,
namely "Last Lords of El Dorado" and "The Universal Solvent". The wacky
perspectives and visual tricks the Knight creates with that "black goo" are
mind-blowing. Very fun to look at. Especially the round slice out of the money
bin doors. Poor Donald looked so confused! ;-)
All the Knight/night puns were great, although I pity the translators... :-)
I must say that the Black Knight wasn't my favorite villain of all time, but he
certainly was unique, and *quite* a challenge for the ducks. That heavy French
accent was *almost* too heavy to understand, but I managed, especially after the
usual second reading. However, it was fitting for the character and made for
some hilarious confusion. "Iddy-ott" and "bitten" among them. Clever.
Unfortunately someone here told about Donald taunting the "Do not touch" signs,
so I wasn't as amused as I should have been, at least at first, but still it was
very, very funny.
Poor Miss Quackfaster... Someone should really explain things to her more
often. First the magic oddities in "Little Something Special" and now her desk
disappears before her eyes. (With her lunch!) But then, working for Scrooge,
she's probably used to such goings-on! :-)
The tall panel of the Knight falling was great to look at. The Scrooge dart
board brought a chuckle, and it wasn't until the second reading that I spotted
the little rodent skeleton deep in the bin. It looks like one of Scrooge's
employees is trying to drill into the money vault from behind that filing
cabinet!!! Sounds like fodder for a whole new story, if you ask me! The
following panel of the ducks following downward was even funnier. Donald
grinning apologetically into the ladies' room, and that poor guy at the desk who
lost the back of his...er, chair! Tee hee. And then Donald lost his tail
feathers into the Omnisolve! Ha ha! I was "LOL" to use 'Net slang. :-)
NEEP!
(Those who don't want Black Knight spoilers can now rejoin us.)
"The Midas Touch." Well, we've all read this Barks classic a million times, but
it's still a great story. There's a reason it's called a classic. I remember
this story from when my dad read it to me when I was like 3 years old! To this
day, I still sometimes call sunglasses "dark, dark glasses." I also once had a
little black handbag that looked like Magica's, and I always called it my
"Magica Purse". :-)
Once again Mickey pops up in the Uncle $crooge title. I still don't like that,
but there's nothing I can do. I mean, the "Animal Hazards" story was incredibly
cute and I enjoyed it, but I feel the Mouse should stick to WDC&S. But that's
just my opinion.
As usual, I enjoyed the Taliaferro strips of Donald. Some great gags. The
ostrich one was my favorite, since I think ostriches are inherently
funny-lookin'!
"Little Gyro in Quarkland" was odd, but I liked it. It appealed to the armchair
scientist in me.
And that's my long-winded review of the most recent Gladstone comics. If you
actually read this far, you deserve a cookie. :-) I tend to ramble, don't I?
I also tend to put in a lot of smiley faces! :-) :-) :-) :-) ;-)
Anyway, I'll shut up now. We now return you to your regularly scheduled
digest. :-)
Quackcerely,
Katie Q
> (but vacationing in North Carolina at the time and had to evacuate due to
> hurricane Bonnie!)
I'm always fascinated by hurricanes, but what a bummer that it ruined your
vacation! :-(
RE:
(From: (Email removed) Subject: Donald triumphing over Scrooge)
Well, I can think of one example off-hand. Don Rosa's "The Crocodile
Collector". Donald got a carful of gold and jewels while Scrooge just got a
baby crocodile! :-)
I'm sure there are others, but my mind draws a blank right now.
The first week of college was fun, nerve-wracking, exciting, exhausting and
confusing all that the same time! My computer time was limited, but I guess
college is more important than duck comics... Maybe. ;-)
I did, however, manage to get copies of WDC&S #629 and U$ #314. So here goes my
usual review...
Spoilers abound, BTW.
Re: WDC&S #629...
Once again the cover depicts the plot of a story in the comic. I like that!
The story itself, "Scandal on the Epoch Express" was pretty good. The plot was
interesting. Although the nephews looked a bit malformed sometimes.
"Mr Slicker and the Egg Robbers" was, for some reason, one of the best Mickey
stories I've read. (Although I haven't read THAT many in recent years, so my
memory is a bit fuzzy...) I'm not usually a mouse fan, but this story really
held my interest. I'm not even sure why, it just did. For one thing, the
"universe" was more appealing to me than the usual one of later years. It
seemed like a small rural town in 1930's America. A grand scale isn't needed
for a good story, and if anything the simplicity was nice. The plot has nice
twists and turns. Plus, we get to see Mickey cross-dressing! ;-) There were
no awkward crossovers with other comic universes, no magic doohickeys, just a
good story.
Bucky Bug's "Juggerpede" was cute, as usual. The caterpillar things were cute,
and the plot was funny.
Scamp will probably be appearing more and more in the coming months, I predict,
since Disney is releasing (re-releasing?) "Lady and the Tramp" on video. The
story was cute but predictable.
"Hail the Conquering Loser" was just plain weird. Not unentertaining, just
bizzare. Not really one of Van Horn's best, but original, and a clever twist at
the end. Bob Blob... Tee hee. :-)
Now on to U$ 314... (***A ton of spoilers contained herein*** If you don't
want spoilers for "The Black Knight" skip down to where I wrote "NEEP!")
Which brings me to Don Rosa's "Black Knight".
Before I discuss the actual story, I want to note the coloring. Usually I have
nothing but praise for Susan Daigle-Leach's work, but in this story I think she
was having a bit of an off-day. In the last panel of the second page, what I
assume is supposed to be the Goose Egg Nugget is *silver*!!! ARG! Later, when
Scrooge realizes the Omnisolve(tm) may be missing and pushes Louie away from the
Oso safe, Louie's leg is white! Other than that, I didn't spot any huge errors,
but the two foibles were surprising coming from a usually stellar coloring
artist. (We all have our off days, I guess. I couldn't do that job in a
million years, so I shouldn't really complain!)
Now on to the actual story...
Lots of funny signs and posters in the background throughout the story. Always
a treat.
Donald was a strong character in this tale, and had a chance to shine, in his
own bumbling sort of way. In the end, though, it is Scrooge who finally causes
the downfall of the villain (literately!) This seems appropriate, since it is
Scrooge's fortune and history that is at stake.
I liked the way the story fit into the continuity of Rosa's other recent works,
namely "Last Lords of El Dorado" and "The Universal Solvent". The wacky
perspectives and visual tricks the Knight creates with that "black goo" are
mind-blowing. Very fun to look at. Especially the round slice out of the money
bin doors. Poor Donald looked so confused! ;-)
All the Knight/night puns were great, although I pity the translators... :-)
I must say that the Black Knight wasn't my favorite villain of all time, but he
certainly was unique, and *quite* a challenge for the ducks. That heavy French
accent was *almost* too heavy to understand, but I managed, especially after the
usual second reading. However, it was fitting for the character and made for
some hilarious confusion. "Iddy-ott" and "bitten" among them. Clever.
Unfortunately someone here told about Donald taunting the "Do not touch" signs,
so I wasn't as amused as I should have been, at least at first, but still it was
very, very funny.
Poor Miss Quackfaster... Someone should really explain things to her more
often. First the magic oddities in "Little Something Special" and now her desk
disappears before her eyes. (With her lunch!) But then, working for Scrooge,
she's probably used to such goings-on! :-)
The tall panel of the Knight falling was great to look at. The Scrooge dart
board brought a chuckle, and it wasn't until the second reading that I spotted
the little rodent skeleton deep in the bin. It looks like one of Scrooge's
employees is trying to drill into the money vault from behind that filing
cabinet!!! Sounds like fodder for a whole new story, if you ask me! The
following panel of the ducks following downward was even funnier. Donald
grinning apologetically into the ladies' room, and that poor guy at the desk who
lost the back of his...er, chair! Tee hee. And then Donald lost his tail
feathers into the Omnisolve! Ha ha! I was "LOL" to use 'Net slang. :-)
NEEP!
(Those who don't want Black Knight spoilers can now rejoin us.)
"The Midas Touch." Well, we've all read this Barks classic a million times, but
it's still a great story. There's a reason it's called a classic. I remember
this story from when my dad read it to me when I was like 3 years old! To this
day, I still sometimes call sunglasses "dark, dark glasses." I also once had a
little black handbag that looked like Magica's, and I always called it my
"Magica Purse". :-)
Once again Mickey pops up in the Uncle $crooge title. I still don't like that,
but there's nothing I can do. I mean, the "Animal Hazards" story was incredibly
cute and I enjoyed it, but I feel the Mouse should stick to WDC&S. But that's
just my opinion.
As usual, I enjoyed the Taliaferro strips of Donald. Some great gags. The
ostrich one was my favorite, since I think ostriches are inherently
funny-lookin'!
"Little Gyro in Quarkland" was odd, but I liked it. It appealed to the armchair
scientist in me.
And that's my long-winded review of the most recent Gladstone comics. If you
actually read this far, you deserve a cookie. :-) I tend to ramble, don't I?
I also tend to put in a lot of smiley faces! :-) :-) :-) :-) ;-)
Anyway, I'll shut up now. We now return you to your regularly scheduled
digest. :-)
Quackcerely,
Katie Q
Kalle Hermansson
Hortense (the Horse)
Message 48 -
1998-09-05 at 22:39:28
Don Rosa:
I've just read your "The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff", I really like that
Geronimo figures in the story since I have a great interest in the
history of Native Americans at large and especially of the Apache
tribes. I saw at once that it was him (though he couldn't possibly be in
Arizona at that time (1890)). But I'm sure you already knew of that, as
indicated whit the phrase "I thought they send you to Florida" (my own
translation from memory). Great stuff!!
As for the title of my letter: Hortense, $crooges horse in chapter 3 & 4
of Lo$ and in the adventure above, what happened to her while he was in
Scottland and Africa??
At least the horse's name is the same in those stories in Sweden, what
does the original script say and if it's similar where has she been??
Probably not much to do a storie on........ just a thought!!
Can anybody help me to get rid of those "=20" who probably appears in
this letter to. I use Hotmail.
If they doesn't appear please ignore this sentence as me talking in the
Nightcap (own translation again, of a Swedish, eh.. can't find the
word). Either you understand what I mean or if not it means what it
seems to you right know.
Kalle
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I've just read your "The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff", I really like that
Geronimo figures in the story since I have a great interest in the
history of Native Americans at large and especially of the Apache
tribes. I saw at once that it was him (though he couldn't possibly be in
Arizona at that time (1890)). But I'm sure you already knew of that, as
indicated whit the phrase "I thought they send you to Florida" (my own
translation from memory). Great stuff!!
As for the title of my letter: Hortense, $crooges horse in chapter 3 & 4
of Lo$ and in the adventure above, what happened to her while he was in
Scottland and Africa??
At least the horse's name is the same in those stories in Sweden, what
does the original script say and if it's similar where has she been??
Probably not much to do a storie on........ just a thought!!
Can anybody help me to get rid of those "=20" who probably appears in
this letter to. I use Hotmail.
If they doesn't appear please ignore this sentence as me talking in the
Nightcap (own translation again, of a Swedish, eh.. can't find the
word). Either you understand what I mean or if not it means what it
seems to you right know.
Kalle
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Kalle Hermansson
Correction
Message 49 -
1998-09-05 at 22:50:31
Correction:
Take away the K in the last word in my last sentence in my previous
letter to make it a little bit more understandable, maybe.
Kalle
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Take away the K in the last word in my last sentence in my previous
letter to make it a little bit more understandable, maybe.
Kalle
______________________________________________________
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Kfitz
Scrooge's age
Message 50 -
1998-09-06 at 06:14:06
Daniel,
Yes, and he certainly gets his aches and pains back whenever those
burglars, BB's or otherwise temporarily reduce him to "only a poor old
man"!
-Kathy
> From: Daniel van Eijmeren <(Email removed)>
> In one story, however, his pains are again back for one(?) time: "The
> Paul Bunyan Machine" (US 28). On the splash-panel of the first page
> Donald asks why Scrooge looks so crippled (Scrooge looks a bit like
> in "Bear Mountain"). Scrooge answers he has rheumatism. In the next
> panel he explains: "I don't get rheumatism from *wheather*, Donald!
> I get it from *burglars*!"
>
> Greetings,
>
> --- Daniel
Yes, and he certainly gets his aches and pains back whenever those
burglars, BB's or otherwise temporarily reduce him to "only a poor old
man"!
-Kathy
> From: Daniel van Eijmeren <(Email removed)>
> In one story, however, his pains are again back for one(?) time: "The
> Paul Bunyan Machine" (US 28). On the splash-panel of the first page
> Donald asks why Scrooge looks so crippled (Scrooge looks a bit like
> in "Bear Mountain"). Scrooge answers he has rheumatism. In the next
> panel he explains: "I don't get rheumatism from *wheather*, Donald!
> I get it from *burglars*!"
>
> Greetings,
>
> --- Daniel
Kfitz
Donald triumphing over Scrooge
Message 51 -
1998-09-06 at 06:51:08
How about a story where U$ and Donald either come to a draw or both lose
depending on how you want to look at it? The story where U$ wants to buy
Donald's house and tries various things to trick and/or scare Donald out
of his house. In the end, U$ wanted the property for a very noisy factory
and builds all around Donald's house. U$ wouldn't pay that extra twenty
five cents to buy the house Donald wanted.
depending on how you want to look at it? The story where U$ wants to buy
Donald's house and tries various things to trick and/or scare Donald out
of his house. In the end, U$ wanted the property for a very noisy factory
and builds all around Donald's house. U$ wouldn't pay that extra twenty
five cents to buy the house Donald wanted.
DarrellR
Greetings!
Message 52 -
1998-09-06 at 09:27:43
I subscribed to this list a few days ago (unfortunately, I didn't know it=
existed until then) and finally figured out how to retrieve some of the
previous issues from the archives. My wife Audrey and I have really
enjoyed reading the different topics that have been posted, particularly
the Barks / Rosa meeting. I have a couple of questions which I was
wondering if anyone on the list might be able to answer.
1. Does anybody know who did the cover for (Gold Key - March, 1979) Dais=
y
and Donald #9? It's a great gag cover with Daisy decorating a cake with
the words "Hands Off"and Donald looking rather frustrated. I had the gre=
at
good fortune to obtain the original art and am in the process of framing =
it
for my bride of (almost) ten years. I would like to credit the artist on=
the matting for the picture if possible.
2. Don Rosa mentions doing pin-ups for PICSOU (in France?). Is this
publication available to the USA? I think he mentioned doing one for
Trick or Treat. That would have to be fun to look at....
3. Does anyone on the list have a contact for William Van Horn - e-mail=
,
address, agent's address, etc.? I would like to correspond with him abou=
t
getting his autograph or even purchasing a small sketch for Audrey. (I'l=
l
have to make sure that she doesn't read this message or any responses, or=
it will spoil the surprise!! I'm planning "Duck" presents for her
throughout the next year in honor of our tenth anniversary.) =
Thanks for your time, and please excuse my ignorance regarding PICSOU, Va=
n
Horn, etc.
Darrell C. Roden
State Road, NC
=
existed until then) and finally figured out how to retrieve some of the
previous issues from the archives. My wife Audrey and I have really
enjoyed reading the different topics that have been posted, particularly
the Barks / Rosa meeting. I have a couple of questions which I was
wondering if anyone on the list might be able to answer.
1. Does anybody know who did the cover for (Gold Key - March, 1979) Dais=
y
and Donald #9? It's a great gag cover with Daisy decorating a cake with
the words "Hands Off"and Donald looking rather frustrated. I had the gre=
at
good fortune to obtain the original art and am in the process of framing =
it
for my bride of (almost) ten years. I would like to credit the artist on=
the matting for the picture if possible.
2. Don Rosa mentions doing pin-ups for PICSOU (in France?). Is this
publication available to the USA? I think he mentioned doing one for
Trick or Treat. That would have to be fun to look at....
3. Does anyone on the list have a contact for William Van Horn - e-mail=
,
address, agent's address, etc.? I would like to correspond with him abou=
t
getting his autograph or even purchasing a small sketch for Audrey. (I'l=
l
have to make sure that she doesn't read this message or any responses, or=
it will spoil the surprise!! I'm planning "Duck" presents for her
throughout the next year in honor of our tenth anniversary.) =
Thanks for your time, and please excuse my ignorance regarding PICSOU, Va=
n
Horn, etc.
Darrell C. Roden
State Road, NC
=
Arthur Faria Jr.
Brahams, Fethry's nephew, etc.
Message 53 -
1998-09-06 at 10:07:26
Hi, All!
-Eta Beta:
>I do have the story handy, but I've been on vacation myself, too,
>so what was the question again ?
I'd want to know who are the authors of that story.
And Marco Barlotti wrote:
>I AT 89-B (May 1964)
>Pippo e la cintura amaranto
>/Pier Carpi/Brahms/
>23/Pippo campione di judo/Topolino, Gambadilegno, Macchia Nera
That's it. Thanks for the info, Marco. If this story is dated may, 1964 then
I think I'm right saying that it was created almost at the same time as
Murry's "Return of the Phantom Blot"...
>The absoutely-without-any-discussion-best-of-the-best B-coded story is to
>me B 810099. Do you know the names of the writer and/or the artist?
The original title is "O Concurso", published in "Almanaque Peninha e
Biquinho" in July, 1982. I don't know who's the writer. Maybe Gerson B.
Teixeira, but I can be wrong. I know the artist's style, but not his name.
(there are a lot of Brazilian artists in early 80s with similar styles;
artists
who made pencil art, and later became inkers or vice-versa; artists who
change their styles throughout the years...) But I'll try to find out who
they are as soon as possible.
.
>Another good story (not so good art) is B 870024. See
>http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it/Fumetti/matrimonio/Paperino
>and follow the links. Any info on this?
This story (the "famous" Donald & Daisy's marriage, already discussed in the
list
some months ago) was drawn by many artists: Euclides K. Miyaura (e.g., gnats
part)
Irineu S. Rodrigues (e.g., initial part), Luis Podavin (Notre Duck part) and
Eli M.
Leon (old Donald part, I guess). I don't know who are the writers (as
usual). This
story was part of a 5-issue series (recently reprinted) called "Serie Ouro
Disney"
(SOD), all of them featuring "dreamed stories" (the main character was just
dreaming) with several artists not always following the model-sheets.
They are:
#1. B870024 - O Casamento do Pato Donald, 30p (D+A's Marriage)
#2. B870025 - Pateta agita Hollywood, 24p (Goofy as a Hollywood star)
#3. B870051 - O Ze'-Cutivo, 18p (Joe Carioca as a rich executive)
#4. B870097 - Eu Quero o Mancha pra Min, 22p (Madam Mim trying
to catch The Blot)
#5. B870098 - Peninha para Prefeito, 23p (Fethry for Mayor)
IMO, the best story is that featuring Fethry as a crazy and funny
Duckburg's Mayor.
>what is the FIRST ever story with Fethry's nephew Biquino?
It's "O Furacao Branco e Preto" (B810311), published in Tio Patinhas # 202,
April, 1982. In this story, Biquinho is just a black & white drawing on
artist's
paper at a certain "real-world" publisher office. He goes out from the paper
and of course jumbles the whole place. An unusual story and just a somewhat
creative introduction to the character. The second one, B810124 - "O
Nascimento do Biquinho" (Biquinho's birth) published in TP#203 one month
later,
shows Fethry and his girlfriend Gloria searching for Biquinho, who is lost
in a
jungle before he punched the stork which was carrying him... This and other
initial stories show Biquinho, and only him, in B&W (there was a contest to
choose his colours at that time).
-Paolo:
Thanks for the data on Brazilian stories published on "Topolino".
-- Arthur
-Eta Beta:
>I do have the story handy, but I've been on vacation myself, too,
>so what was the question again ?
I'd want to know who are the authors of that story.
And Marco Barlotti wrote:
>I AT 89-B (May 1964)
>Pippo e la cintura amaranto
>/Pier Carpi/Brahms/
>23/Pippo campione di judo/Topolino, Gambadilegno, Macchia Nera
That's it. Thanks for the info, Marco. If this story is dated may, 1964 then
I think I'm right saying that it was created almost at the same time as
Murry's "Return of the Phantom Blot"...
>The absoutely-without-any-discussion-best-of-the-best B-coded story is to
>me B 810099. Do you know the names of the writer and/or the artist?
The original title is "O Concurso", published in "Almanaque Peninha e
Biquinho" in July, 1982. I don't know who's the writer. Maybe Gerson B.
Teixeira, but I can be wrong. I know the artist's style, but not his name.
(there are a lot of Brazilian artists in early 80s with similar styles;
artists
who made pencil art, and later became inkers or vice-versa; artists who
change their styles throughout the years...) But I'll try to find out who
they are as soon as possible.
.
>Another good story (not so good art) is B 870024. See
>http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it/Fumetti/matrimonio/Paperino
>and follow the links. Any info on this?
This story (the "famous" Donald & Daisy's marriage, already discussed in the
list
some months ago) was drawn by many artists: Euclides K. Miyaura (e.g., gnats
part)
Irineu S. Rodrigues (e.g., initial part), Luis Podavin (Notre Duck part) and
Eli M.
Leon (old Donald part, I guess). I don't know who are the writers (as
usual). This
story was part of a 5-issue series (recently reprinted) called "Serie Ouro
Disney"
(SOD), all of them featuring "dreamed stories" (the main character was just
dreaming) with several artists not always following the model-sheets.
They are:
#1. B870024 - O Casamento do Pato Donald, 30p (D+A's Marriage)
#2. B870025 - Pateta agita Hollywood, 24p (Goofy as a Hollywood star)
#3. B870051 - O Ze'-Cutivo, 18p (Joe Carioca as a rich executive)
#4. B870097 - Eu Quero o Mancha pra Min, 22p (Madam Mim trying
to catch The Blot)
#5. B870098 - Peninha para Prefeito, 23p (Fethry for Mayor)
IMO, the best story is that featuring Fethry as a crazy and funny
Duckburg's Mayor.
>what is the FIRST ever story with Fethry's nephew Biquino?
It's "O Furacao Branco e Preto" (B810311), published in Tio Patinhas # 202,
April, 1982. In this story, Biquinho is just a black & white drawing on
artist's
paper at a certain "real-world" publisher office. He goes out from the paper
and of course jumbles the whole place. An unusual story and just a somewhat
creative introduction to the character. The second one, B810124 - "O
Nascimento do Biquinho" (Biquinho's birth) published in TP#203 one month
later,
shows Fethry and his girlfriend Gloria searching for Biquinho, who is lost
in a
jungle before he punched the stork which was carrying him... This and other
initial stories show Biquinho, and only him, in B&W (there was a contest to
choose his colours at that time).
-Paolo:
Thanks for the data on Brazilian stories published on "Topolino".
-- Arthur
Arthur Faria Jr.
South American tycoon
Message 54 -
1998-09-06 at 10:08:55
Hi, all!
- Paulo Barreto (ola', conterraneo!) wrote to Helmut
Falkenberg (digest #211):
> As far as I remember (again, from the Brazilian translation), the
> moustache-less Donald is primarily associated to a foreign nobility member
> (maybe the Earl of Something); much probably a wealthy man/duck, but not
> exclusively recognized as such.
Well, I know two Brazilian versions of that story: the first
was published in "Tio Patinhas" #41, 1968. Uncle Scrooge
says (page 7, panel 4):
"You are the Duke of <something>, the *second richest man
in the world!*"
But, in a reprint (Tio Patinhas #161, 1978), the same panel
shows:
"You are the Duke of <something>, the *third richest man
in the world!*"
- About Ludwig Van Drake:
I like very much those old Strobl-stories featuring LVD. Why is he
apparently "banned" from Egmont production?
-- Arthur F.
- Paulo Barreto (ola', conterraneo!) wrote to Helmut
Falkenberg (digest #211):
> As far as I remember (again, from the Brazilian translation), the
> moustache-less Donald is primarily associated to a foreign nobility member
> (maybe the Earl of Something); much probably a wealthy man/duck, but not
> exclusively recognized as such.
Well, I know two Brazilian versions of that story: the first
was published in "Tio Patinhas" #41, 1968. Uncle Scrooge
says (page 7, panel 4):
"You are the Duke of <something>, the *second richest man
in the world!*"
But, in a reprint (Tio Patinhas #161, 1978), the same panel
shows:
"You are the Duke of <something>, the *third richest man
in the world!*"
- About Ludwig Van Drake:
I like very much those old Strobl-stories featuring LVD. Why is he
apparently "banned" from Egmont production?
-- Arthur F.
Anders Chr. Sivebæk
Article + Lynne, what happened between Barks and Rosa
Message 55 -
1998-09-06 at 12:20:32
Hello Everyone
As some of you know I have finished translating the
norwegian article on our friend Don Rosa. If Don (for
some reason I seem not able to reach him be e-mail,
what's wrong) or any other of you guys (and ladies)
would like to read the article please say so, and I'll
send it to you as fast... (but not before 4 pm today,
as I'm celebrating my birthday)
BTW Lynne Illinois. That was horrible about the hurricane,
I'm glad nothing happened to you. Is your collection hurt?!
No, what happened between Don and Carl, was that they
have met at long last. they just chatted (Don said), and
Carl saw a comic of Don's (I saw that on the Duck-hunt).
Every fan here on the last have stated that he or she is
very happy (well, I certainly am). The ones that kept them
apart or gone now, and we have heard that Carl sees what
we talk about here, thanks to Gary.
So Gyro Gearloose is a chicken.
50 minutes till the guests arrive...
Anders Christian
(Email removed)
As some of you know I have finished translating the
norwegian article on our friend Don Rosa. If Don (for
some reason I seem not able to reach him be e-mail,
what's wrong) or any other of you guys (and ladies)
would like to read the article please say so, and I'll
send it to you as fast... (but not before 4 pm today,
as I'm celebrating my birthday)
BTW Lynne Illinois. That was horrible about the hurricane,
I'm glad nothing happened to you. Is your collection hurt?!
No, what happened between Don and Carl, was that they
have met at long last. they just chatted (Don said), and
Carl saw a comic of Don's (I saw that on the Duck-hunt).
Every fan here on the last have stated that he or she is
very happy (well, I certainly am). The ones that kept them
apart or gone now, and we have heard that Carl sees what
we talk about here, thanks to Gary.
So Gyro Gearloose is a chicken.
50 minutes till the guests arrive...
Anders Christian
(Email removed)
Per-Erik Malmström
Question + Reviews
Message 56 -
1998-09-06 at 13:15:11
KATIE:
> "Hail the Conquering Loser" was just plain weird. Not unentertaining,
just
> bizzare. Not really one of Van Horn's best, but original, and a clever
twist at
> the end. Bob Blob... Tee hee. :-)
Every time I read a story drawn by WVH I just assume he's also the writer
of the story. But "Hail the Conquering Loser" is actually written by
Michael T. Gilbert. I have not seen the credits in WDC #629, but Michael
was credited in the Swedish publication of that story.
What are the three little pigs named in English?
Best,
Per-Erik
> "Hail the Conquering Loser" was just plain weird. Not unentertaining,
just
> bizzare. Not really one of Van Horn's best, but original, and a clever
twist at
> the end. Bob Blob... Tee hee. :-)
Every time I read a story drawn by WVH I just assume he's also the writer
of the story. But "Hail the Conquering Loser" is actually written by
Michael T. Gilbert. I have not seen the credits in WDC #629, but Michael
was credited in the Swedish publication of that story.
What are the three little pigs named in English?
Best,
Per-Erik
Cebarat
Disney comics Digest V98 #218
Message 57 -
1998-09-06 at 18:05:58
DAVID KING:
<<It's almost axiomatic that when Donald tries to outfox Scrooge, Scrooge
wins. I know of only one story where Donald decidedly gets the better of
Scrooge: "Duckburg Frog Frolics", where Donald wins the $5000 dollars that
Scrooge wanted. (The story is also unusual, of course, in that Gyro
Gearloose is enthusiastic about breaking the law.) Does anyone know of any
other stories where Donald wins?>>
Two stories immediately come to mind:
"The Rare Coin Caper" (my title), the early 50's Barks ten-pager in which
Donald trades in old coins he acquires from the nephews and Scrooge for
increasingly large amounts. Scrooge foils him by giving him a whole sackful
of the rare coins, thereby driving down their value. Donald, however, ends up
ahead by discovering (with the nephews' aid) a coin that's "stamped upside
down" and trading it in for big bucks. Granted, an angry Scrooge chases
Donald out of the last panel, but the nephews are left behind to pick up
Donald's winnings, presumably to keep them in the Duck family... I'd consider
this a victory.
"Donald in Mathemagic Land," bridge story. This scenario was not included in
the animated film that spawned this adaptation. Donald pulls the old "grains
of wheat on the chessboard" (aka: exponential growth) trick on Scrooge and
ends up "winning" Scrooge's entire fortune. He magnanimously declines a
takeover in favor of Scrooge cancelling a loan (or a mortgage? I forget).
Donald got his knowledge from the trip to Mathemagic Land, but even given that
extra boost, he still had to pull off the con job.
A clear, thumping victory for Don.
-- Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V98 Issue #219
******************************************
<<It's almost axiomatic that when Donald tries to outfox Scrooge, Scrooge
wins. I know of only one story where Donald decidedly gets the better of
Scrooge: "Duckburg Frog Frolics", where Donald wins the $5000 dollars that
Scrooge wanted. (The story is also unusual, of course, in that Gyro
Gearloose is enthusiastic about breaking the law.) Does anyone know of any
other stories where Donald wins?>>
Two stories immediately come to mind:
"The Rare Coin Caper" (my title), the early 50's Barks ten-pager in which
Donald trades in old coins he acquires from the nephews and Scrooge for
increasingly large amounts. Scrooge foils him by giving him a whole sackful
of the rare coins, thereby driving down their value. Donald, however, ends up
ahead by discovering (with the nephews' aid) a coin that's "stamped upside
down" and trading it in for big bucks. Granted, an angry Scrooge chases
Donald out of the last panel, but the nephews are left behind to pick up
Donald's winnings, presumably to keep them in the Duck family... I'd consider
this a victory.
"Donald in Mathemagic Land," bridge story. This scenario was not included in
the animated film that spawned this adaptation. Donald pulls the old "grains
of wheat on the chessboard" (aka: exponential growth) trick on Scrooge and
ends up "winning" Scrooge's entire fortune. He magnanimously declines a
takeover in favor of Scrooge cancelling a loan (or a mortgage? I forget).
Donald got his knowledge from the trip to Mathemagic Land, but even given that
extra boost, he still had to pull off the con job.
A clear, thumping victory for Don.
-- Christopher E. Barat
(Email removed)
http://members.aol.com/cebarat/home.htm
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V98 Issue #219
******************************************
Anders Chr. Sivebæk
Article
Message 58 -
1998-09-06 at 18:08:38
Hello
At request from the author of the article on Don Rosa in Stavanger
Aftenblad 15th august. I hereby put it on the list in my english
translation.
Donald's rescuer
The Donald-magazines never became the same after Carl Barks retired in
1967. Donald-knowers missed new quality-stories. For many the long-felt
need was ended in 1986 (?). That was when the phone rang at the little (?)
comicpublisher Gladstone in Arizona, which at that time had the
responsibility of publishing the at that time not so popular (?)
Disney-comics in the US. In the other end of the line was Don Rosa, a
36-year-old university-trained engineer and comic-nerd (?). Now, very
precisely 12 years later, every serious Donald-fan has heard about Don
Rosam and most of them see him as Barks' heir.
By Erik Visted
Interviewer: - Your stories often put Scrooge in a historic frame, or have
a historical foundation. Aren't you afraid that that, especially for kids,
can ruin a part of the magic by the fairy-tale-stories (!)?
Don: - No, I haven't ever really understood this kind of criticism. If
the readers have so little respect for the charecters that they want to see
them only as cardboard charecters (?), they can just stop reading my
stories. I see Donald and his friends as real persons, who have comical
adventures in a real world with a real history says Don Rosa
He doesn't think the persons and situations would interest people
otherwise, even though he realizes that others have an other relationship
towards the charecters than he has himself.
D. - I know that many children prefer simple (?, enfoldig) persons and
simple stories. But I know, that when I was a kid I liked complex,
historically correct and realistic stories, and I know that there are still
kids like me. Maybe my stories are most suitable for adult Donald-fans ....
and smart kids?
The stories are obviously inspired by Carl Barks. Don Rosa says he is
influenced a bit by other styles. Carl Barks has not been an
inspiration-source for the Donald-drawer. (?)
D. - I never planned this to be a full-time job. But I have possibly been
unconsciously affeected by things I liked as a kid. I especially liked the
magazine MAD and the horror-comics for EC (? - published in Norway as
Iskaldte Groess). I also like Will Eisner and some folks at DC (Detective
Comics), as Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger. Old movies may have
influenced too. Most kids probably like cartoons and so, but I always
preferred real movies. So I have probably also been affected by producers
like Hitchcock, Welles, Capra and Ford. but none of these things are stuff
that I have a well thought out relationship to. Maybe it's up to the
readers to tell me what I have been affected by.
I. - The wellknown Norwegian author Jan Kjaersted once said that even
though he did not agree, he accpted that the youth of today looked upon
Barks as a real author in the world-litteratur like Shakespeare. What do
you think about that?
D. - Well, Shakespeare has been exposed to endless analysis and going
throughs, is still being read diligently, and his litterature has survieved
for hundreds of years. I suppose I don't think Carl Barks has a position
that important. But personally I see Carl Barks as the greatest storyteller
of the 20th century, and undoubtly the greatest entertainer.
Before Don Rosa made his name (?) he made a great deal other comics.
I. - Why did you, at the end, decide to make Disney-comics? Does it happen
that you feel Disney gives you to tight limits to work in? E.g. "War of the
Wendigo" was totally banned in the US, because all the indians looked
alike.
D. - I don't make Disney-comics. I make stories based on Carl
Barks-charecters, and casually it's Disney who own the rights to these
charecters. It was intended that the first story I did for Gladstone should
also be the last one. But I made one more. And one more. And I like stayed
there. I don't feel that Disney's tight rooles are limiting for me, very
simply because I don't care. I have quite a good feeling about what's
suitable and what's not, that's why it happens, exceptionnally, that the
Disney head office changes my stories.
I. - How do you llok at the futute for the comic? Do you think Norwegian
kids will read your stories in 50 years?
D. - Well, american comics died when someone invented television and the
children stopped reading. The last 15 years in the US comics have become
almost only a collectors-interest. With madly high prices they have made
the comic a cult-hobby instead of a massmedium. You lucky europeans
have avoided great parts of this development, just because you aren't
exposed to so much soap-tv as we are. Unfortunately it looks like the
situation is getting worse at you too. Let's hope for the best.
I. - What do you see as the most important at a good drawn story, the
drawings or the manuscipt? Are you first of all a drawer or a writer?
D. - I cannot answer that. From I was a little kid I have made comics
myself, and then I had to do both tasks myself. So I see upon text and
drawings as inseperable. I guess i see myself as a guy who makes comics.
The sex roles, the cars and the buildings, the entire Duckburg looks like
in the 50'es. Older readers maybe see nostalgic upon this, and Don Rosa
isn't afraid that modern kids will see Donald-stories as old-fashioned
because of that.
D. - When I do my stories, I don't think of any specific circle of
readers. I just make the stories, as I know I would have liked them, and
then I count on that others like them too. It's completely deliberate from
my point of view that Duckburg looks like a city from the 50'es. An
important reason for that is that when I do tales based on historical
facts, e.g. where Scrooge is in the Gold Rush in Yukon, it would be
impossible for the stories to happen in the 90'es.
I. - Do you know anything about european comics-making-traditions? Are
there any european drawers that you like in particular?
D. - I know that european comics are more complicated, sofisticated,
varied than the american ones. In europe you also have action/comedie-tales
with real people, which are so realistic that I as a kid thougt the stories
were true. For example you have Asterix and Tintin, who I love. Probably
there are another 537 other european comics that I would have also have
loved. But I don't understand the language so I'll never know.
I. - Are you in contact with norwegian readers? Do you altogether get much
feedback from the readers?
D. - I get a great deal normal mail, and much e-mail. I try to answer
everything, because I think it would be impolite not to do so. I take time
off from my normal work several days in the month just to hold contact with
my fans. I value the feedback i get, but on the whole it is impossible to
act on comments, because everybody have their own meaning, and they go over
the whole spectrum. So the only thing I can do is to listen and go with,
and the go on making the stories as I would have liked reading them.
(This is a translation into english of the article brought on page 17 (2nd
section) in Stavanger Aftenblad the 15th of august 1998 (please excuse any
wrong-spellings as the translator does not longer attend classes in the
english language. Sorry for any misquotations, I have tried to choose the
best word))
Translated by Anders Christian Sivebaek.
Sorry for the long length. Hope you liked reading it.
(Email removed)
At request from the author of the article on Don Rosa in Stavanger
Aftenblad 15th august. I hereby put it on the list in my english
translation.
Donald's rescuer
The Donald-magazines never became the same after Carl Barks retired in
1967. Donald-knowers missed new quality-stories. For many the long-felt
need was ended in 1986 (?). That was when the phone rang at the little (?)
comicpublisher Gladstone in Arizona, which at that time had the
responsibility of publishing the at that time not so popular (?)
Disney-comics in the US. In the other end of the line was Don Rosa, a
36-year-old university-trained engineer and comic-nerd (?). Now, very
precisely 12 years later, every serious Donald-fan has heard about Don
Rosam and most of them see him as Barks' heir.
By Erik Visted
Interviewer: - Your stories often put Scrooge in a historic frame, or have
a historical foundation. Aren't you afraid that that, especially for kids,
can ruin a part of the magic by the fairy-tale-stories (!)?
Don: - No, I haven't ever really understood this kind of criticism. If
the readers have so little respect for the charecters that they want to see
them only as cardboard charecters (?), they can just stop reading my
stories. I see Donald and his friends as real persons, who have comical
adventures in a real world with a real history says Don Rosa
He doesn't think the persons and situations would interest people
otherwise, even though he realizes that others have an other relationship
towards the charecters than he has himself.
D. - I know that many children prefer simple (?, enfoldig) persons and
simple stories. But I know, that when I was a kid I liked complex,
historically correct and realistic stories, and I know that there are still
kids like me. Maybe my stories are most suitable for adult Donald-fans ....
and smart kids?
The stories are obviously inspired by Carl Barks. Don Rosa says he is
influenced a bit by other styles. Carl Barks has not been an
inspiration-source for the Donald-drawer. (?)
D. - I never planned this to be a full-time job. But I have possibly been
unconsciously affeected by things I liked as a kid. I especially liked the
magazine MAD and the horror-comics for EC (? - published in Norway as
Iskaldte Groess). I also like Will Eisner and some folks at DC (Detective
Comics), as Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger. Old movies may have
influenced too. Most kids probably like cartoons and so, but I always
preferred real movies. So I have probably also been affected by producers
like Hitchcock, Welles, Capra and Ford. but none of these things are stuff
that I have a well thought out relationship to. Maybe it's up to the
readers to tell me what I have been affected by.
I. - The wellknown Norwegian author Jan Kjaersted once said that even
though he did not agree, he accpted that the youth of today looked upon
Barks as a real author in the world-litteratur like Shakespeare. What do
you think about that?
D. - Well, Shakespeare has been exposed to endless analysis and going
throughs, is still being read diligently, and his litterature has survieved
for hundreds of years. I suppose I don't think Carl Barks has a position
that important. But personally I see Carl Barks as the greatest storyteller
of the 20th century, and undoubtly the greatest entertainer.
Before Don Rosa made his name (?) he made a great deal other comics.
I. - Why did you, at the end, decide to make Disney-comics? Does it happen
that you feel Disney gives you to tight limits to work in? E.g. "War of the
Wendigo" was totally banned in the US, because all the indians looked
alike.
D. - I don't make Disney-comics. I make stories based on Carl
Barks-charecters, and casually it's Disney who own the rights to these
charecters. It was intended that the first story I did for Gladstone should
also be the last one. But I made one more. And one more. And I like stayed
there. I don't feel that Disney's tight rooles are limiting for me, very
simply because I don't care. I have quite a good feeling about what's
suitable and what's not, that's why it happens, exceptionnally, that the
Disney head office changes my stories.
I. - How do you llok at the futute for the comic? Do you think Norwegian
kids will read your stories in 50 years?
D. - Well, american comics died when someone invented television and the
children stopped reading. The last 15 years in the US comics have become
almost only a collectors-interest. With madly high prices they have made
the comic a cult-hobby instead of a massmedium. You lucky europeans
have avoided great parts of this development, just because you aren't
exposed to so much soap-tv as we are. Unfortunately it looks like the
situation is getting worse at you too. Let's hope for the best.
I. - What do you see as the most important at a good drawn story, the
drawings or the manuscipt? Are you first of all a drawer or a writer?
D. - I cannot answer that. From I was a little kid I have made comics
myself, and then I had to do both tasks myself. So I see upon text and
drawings as inseperable. I guess i see myself as a guy who makes comics.
The sex roles, the cars and the buildings, the entire Duckburg looks like
in the 50'es. Older readers maybe see nostalgic upon this, and Don Rosa
isn't afraid that modern kids will see Donald-stories as old-fashioned
because of that.
D. - When I do my stories, I don't think of any specific circle of
readers. I just make the stories, as I know I would have liked them, and
then I count on that others like them too. It's completely deliberate from
my point of view that Duckburg looks like a city from the 50'es. An
important reason for that is that when I do tales based on historical
facts, e.g. where Scrooge is in the Gold Rush in Yukon, it would be
impossible for the stories to happen in the 90'es.
I. - Do you know anything about european comics-making-traditions? Are
there any european drawers that you like in particular?
D. - I know that european comics are more complicated, sofisticated,
varied than the american ones. In europe you also have action/comedie-tales
with real people, which are so realistic that I as a kid thougt the stories
were true. For example you have Asterix and Tintin, who I love. Probably
there are another 537 other european comics that I would have also have
loved. But I don't understand the language so I'll never know.
I. - Are you in contact with norwegian readers? Do you altogether get much
feedback from the readers?
D. - I get a great deal normal mail, and much e-mail. I try to answer
everything, because I think it would be impolite not to do so. I take time
off from my normal work several days in the month just to hold contact with
my fans. I value the feedback i get, but on the whole it is impossible to
act on comments, because everybody have their own meaning, and they go over
the whole spectrum. So the only thing I can do is to listen and go with,
and the go on making the stories as I would have liked reading them.
(This is a translation into english of the article brought on page 17 (2nd
section) in Stavanger Aftenblad the 15th of august 1998 (please excuse any
wrong-spellings as the translator does not longer attend classes in the
english language. Sorry for any misquotations, I have tried to choose the
best word))
Translated by Anders Christian Sivebaek.
Sorry for the long length. Hope you liked reading it.
(Email removed)
Frank Stajano
Announce: new book on Gottfredson (in Italian)
Message 59 -
1998-09-07 at 01:21:50
Although the mouse fans seem to be a minority in this forum compared
to the duck fans, we know that all of you are Disney comics gourmets
who can recognise a good thing when they taste it. We are thus very
proud to announce our latest book:
Leonardo GORI - Francesco STAJANO
Il Mago di Topolino: FLOYD GOTTFREDSON fra Walt Disney e Ub Iwerks
Editrice Comic Art
(no ISBN yet)
(title = The Wizard of Mickey Mouse: FLOYD GOTTFREDSON between Walt Disney
and Ub Iwerks)
We have done our best to make this THE Italian book on comics
grandmaster Floyd Gottfredson. Leonardo wrote the plan for this book
just after we shipped the manuscript of our Don Rosa book a year and a
half ago. The original agreement with the publisher was to bring it out for
LAST November, but it was soon clear that this was too short a time to
treat the subject with the depth it deserves.
We have exactly recaptured the brilliant teamwork of the other book,
beavering away for months with several e-mails a day (which is
probably the main reason for our absence here) and we are proud to say
that this book is for us at least as good as the other. We missed not
being able to interview Floyd Gottfredson (for obvious reasons) like
we could do in-depth with Don, both during my fantastic 1996 visit and
during the subsequent frequent e-mail contacts (thanks again, Don!).
But... as we felt the book would be empty without this direct touch,
we included the testimonials of our great friends who did. (Yes, you
know them too. You'll find out soon.)
Unlike the well-known, excellent "Mickey Mouse in Colour" by Another
Rainbow, our book does not contain any stories. The whole book is
dedicated to the in-depth exploration of Gottfredson's masterpieces.
This is the book for readers who already HAVE the stories and who will
enjoy the company of a friendly guide to visit them and discover their
inner details and secrets.
I've written a program to generate a fantastic Gottfredson timeline
(in PostScript), the likes of which you have never seen: graphical,
and day-accurate over 26 years. The chart, in English, will be
available for free from my web site once the book is in print. We are
hoping to be able to enclose a special poster version of it (with lots
of illustrations) in the book. Many thanks to the great Marco
Barlotti, of FSB fame, for invaluable help with data entry.
The book will be presented at Expocartoon in Rome (12 - 15 November
1998), about which more information will be available on the Comic Art
web site http://www.mix.it/utopia/ .
For that show, we have also organised a wonderful Gottfredson
exhibition, of which the book is the official catalogue. It will
feature a lot of exciting material including specials from the San
Francisco Academy of Comic Art.
We are not ashamed of this blatant advertising because this is really
nothing more than an excited announcement from fans to fellow fans. As
with the book on Don, we did it all for the love of comics and, to
minimise the price tag, we are not taking any royalties on it.
As all the work of the past year and a half is finally coming
together, we are proud to be able to announce the happy news; and our
only regret is that the book isn't in English -- though we tried...
We hope you will like it as much as we do.
Francesco & Leonardo
PS: a web site for the book will appear in due course -- presumably
when we've shipped the manuscript to the publisher.
Frank (http://i.am/filologo.disneyano) http://www.orl.co.uk/~fms
to the duck fans, we know that all of you are Disney comics gourmets
who can recognise a good thing when they taste it. We are thus very
proud to announce our latest book:
Leonardo GORI - Francesco STAJANO
Il Mago di Topolino: FLOYD GOTTFREDSON fra Walt Disney e Ub Iwerks
Editrice Comic Art
(no ISBN yet)
(title = The Wizard of Mickey Mouse: FLOYD GOTTFREDSON between Walt Disney
and Ub Iwerks)
We have done our best to make this THE Italian book on comics
grandmaster Floyd Gottfredson. Leonardo wrote the plan for this book
just after we shipped the manuscript of our Don Rosa book a year and a
half ago. The original agreement with the publisher was to bring it out for
LAST November, but it was soon clear that this was too short a time to
treat the subject with the depth it deserves.
We have exactly recaptured the brilliant teamwork of the other book,
beavering away for months with several e-mails a day (which is
probably the main reason for our absence here) and we are proud to say
that this book is for us at least as good as the other. We missed not
being able to interview Floyd Gottfredson (for obvious reasons) like
we could do in-depth with Don, both during my fantastic 1996 visit and
during the subsequent frequent e-mail contacts (thanks again, Don!).
But... as we felt the book would be empty without this direct touch,
we included the testimonials of our great friends who did. (Yes, you
know them too. You'll find out soon.)
Unlike the well-known, excellent "Mickey Mouse in Colour" by Another
Rainbow, our book does not contain any stories. The whole book is
dedicated to the in-depth exploration of Gottfredson's masterpieces.
This is the book for readers who already HAVE the stories and who will
enjoy the company of a friendly guide to visit them and discover their
inner details and secrets.
I've written a program to generate a fantastic Gottfredson timeline
(in PostScript), the likes of which you have never seen: graphical,
and day-accurate over 26 years. The chart, in English, will be
available for free from my web site once the book is in print. We are
hoping to be able to enclose a special poster version of it (with lots
of illustrations) in the book. Many thanks to the great Marco
Barlotti, of FSB fame, for invaluable help with data entry.
The book will be presented at Expocartoon in Rome (12 - 15 November
1998), about which more information will be available on the Comic Art
web site http://www.mix.it/utopia/ .
For that show, we have also organised a wonderful Gottfredson
exhibition, of which the book is the official catalogue. It will
feature a lot of exciting material including specials from the San
Francisco Academy of Comic Art.
We are not ashamed of this blatant advertising because this is really
nothing more than an excited announcement from fans to fellow fans. As
with the book on Don, we did it all for the love of comics and, to
minimise the price tag, we are not taking any royalties on it.
As all the work of the past year and a half is finally coming
together, we are proud to be able to announce the happy news; and our
only regret is that the book isn't in English -- though we tried...
We hope you will like it as much as we do.
Francesco & Leonardo
PS: a web site for the book will appear in due course -- presumably
when we've shipped the manuscript to the publisher.
Frank (http://i.am/filologo.disneyano) http://www.orl.co.uk/~fms
Birte & Kresten Scheel
Disney comics Digest V98 #218
Message 60 -
1998-09-07 at 09:48:10
Hi
Anders Christian wrote:
>BTW it's my Birthday the day after tomorrow (7th), just so you know it.
Happy Birthday today, A.C.! :-)
Reg.
Birte Scheel
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Anders Christian wrote:
>BTW it's my Birthday the day after tomorrow (7th), just so you know it.
Happy Birthday today, A.C.! :-)
Reg.
Birte Scheel
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