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>>Leonardo GORI - Francesco STAJANO
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>Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Am I GLAD about that... :-))))))))))))))))

Thanks! That's the best kind of reward for all the work that went into it.
You, if anyone, should be doubly interested in it, given the alias you've
chosen for yourself. We go into Eega Beeva in quite some depth...

There is now a page showing a few cute snippets such as details from
original art where you can see Gottfredson's blue pencils and the ink on
top and the "retino" (what's the name for that self-sticking dot mask in
English? I only have English dictionaries here at the office, no Ita-Eng)
and the little piece of paper with the printed (c) message and so on...
just beautiful!

http://i.am/floyd.gottfredson/

Any more news about the book (including the graphical timeline when
available) will appear there.

Let me say that I *entirely agree* with your comments about translations in
the rest of your message (to BROR) and that I wrote at length about similar
issues in the book, examining several cases of things that were lost along
the way. To me the really good translator is the one with the humility of
being totally *transparent*. Of course, this takes a lot more work and
skill than just translating in a "free" way that displays the translator's
own personality, but it's work that I greatly appreciate when I find it,
and I can assure you that I recognise it when it's there (as I am sure you
do too).

Frank (http://i.am/filologo.disneyano) http://www.orl.co.uk/~fms

DAVID KING, 5 September 1998:

> 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: [...] Does anyone know of any other stories where
> Donald wins?

I can add two to the ones already mentioned:

- The Magic Hourglass, OS 291: Donald triumphs mentally over Scrooge at
the end of the story.

- Only a Poor Old Man, OS 386: In the beginning of the Donald triumphs
mentally over Scrooge by obviously not taking serious what Scrooge is
telling and just talking along with him. (This is one of my many
favourite Barks-moments.) On the last page of the story, Donald
triumphs mentally again but now also financially. (Scrooge gets the
last word on Donald's comment, though.)

There's also a great Dutch story of Donald triumphing mentally over
Gladstone Glander. You should see Gladstone's face after Donald
asks him: "But do you have any *friends*?"

(I think this story is definitely worth a USA reprint!)

Greetings,

--- Daniel

DARREL C. RODEN, 6 September 1998:

> I subscribed to this list a few days ago

Welcome!

> (unfortunately, I didn't know it existed until then) and finally
> figured out how to retrieve some of the previous issues from the
> archives.

The early years, 1992 to (most of) 1995, are available somewhere on
Per Starback's "Disney comics" pages.

> 1. Does anybody know who did the cover for (Gold Key - March, 1979)
> Daisy 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 great 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.

I have no idea who did this cover, but what I do know is that there
is also a Barks-version of it. It was an art-only cover for WDC 153,
submitted on 2 October 1952. The cover contains Donald and the nephews,
Donald being the one who writes "Don't touch" on the pie.

Greetings,

--- Daniel
http://www.caiw.nl/~dve/barks/index.html

Hello ye Danes
Could you tell me if there's a comics shop i Skagen?
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Vidar Svendsen http://home.sol.no/~vidasven

And he said all those numbers
made him numb,
which (he thinks) is why
they're called numbers

In private mail someone (a visitor of my site?) wrote me in private
to ask if Barks knew of a book called "The Cruise of the Kawa" by
Walter E. Traprock from 1921.

The following information is from the e-mail:

This was purporting to be an exciting travel story from the South
Seas. The book was a hoax, a satire on travel stories, and in it
there is a nice picture of four square eggs lying in a nest waiting
to be hatched. The eggs aren't only square, they actually have black
spots and look exactly like dice! The eggs were laid by the "Fatu-
Liva bird".

I don't know anything about this book. In 1975 Barks himself said about
the eggs' origin: "Square eggs have been a joke for more years than I've
been on earth". I remember hearing people talking about breeding chickens
that would lay square eggs from the time I was a little child."

In the e-mail I was also asked if there are any theories about where Carl
Barks got his inspiration for stories and if it could be that the "Cruise
of the Kawa" was mentioned in the National Geographic.

Any information is very welcome. Is there also someone who could scan
the mentioned picture of the nest with the square eggs? (Please contact
me first before sending any by e-mail.)

Greetings,

--- Daniel
http://www.caiw.nl/~dve/barks/index.html

Hello Friends
The other day I was playing Trivial pursuit (the version for young
players) with some friends. Fortunately some of the questions
were about Disney and Disney Comics.
E.g. Does Donald Duck have teeth?" Well, the answer on the
back of the card was no! What do you think? Personally I've seen
Donald's and the other ducks' teeth some times. When Donald gets
angry and wants to punish the Kids, does he not sometimes show
his teeth, like dogs do, when they are angry? I think I remember some
Barks-stories where he showed teeth, but maybe not any Don Rosa-
stories (please correct me here, if I'm wrong!).
I have a blotting pad, where it says that *Pluto and Mickey* do seldom
show teeth, but maybe that's in cartoons. Has Mickey ever showed teeth
in a comics (maybe by Murry or Gottfredson)

Ok, Harry: I will be in Lucca, too.

Gianfranco Goria
cartoonist, comics script writer, publishing consultant
(Email removed)
http://www.fumetti.org/goria/

director Anonima Fumetti News
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(comics news daily press agency)

president Anonima Fumetti
http://www.fumetti.org/anonima/
(the Italian cartoonists society)

director Centro Nazionale del Fumetto
http://www.fumetti.org/cnf/
(the Italian centre for comic art)

project responsible Museo Italiano del Fumetto
http://www.fumetti.org/museo/
(the Italian Museum for comic art)