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Hello again!
I just want to say sorry for not answering any private mail during the
last four weeks. My harddrive crashed and it took me that long time to
make my PC work again. Sorry, again!
- Claudio
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Topic: 199810
(197 messages)
Claudio Eckert
Back online
Message 136 -
1998-10-20 at 19:56:25
Bhc
Disney comics Digest V98 #255
Message 137 -
1998-10-21 at 00:33:30
TO ALL:
In the midst of all that is being said about the future of Gladstone and US
Disney comics, I thought a snippet of good, if slightly moldy, news would
be in order. Daniel Tangri wrote:
>Gladstone comics stopped coming out in Australia at the end of last year,
>and the withdrawal was terrible.<
As of the July 1998 issue of Previews, for comics shipping in September,
Diamond Comics Distributors has changed their notice in the Gladstone
listings from "Not available outside the U.S. and Canada" to "Not available
outside the U.S., Canada and Australia". You'd think I would have found
out, or at least caught on, four months ago, but noooo.... In any event, I
hope some Australian retailers have been swifter to catch onto this than I
was.
Gary
****************************
"It's either very new cheese or very old meat." - Oscar Madison
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gladstone on the Web: http://www.brucehamilton.com
In the midst of all that is being said about the future of Gladstone and US
Disney comics, I thought a snippet of good, if slightly moldy, news would
be in order. Daniel Tangri wrote:
>Gladstone comics stopped coming out in Australia at the end of last year,
>and the withdrawal was terrible.<
As of the July 1998 issue of Previews, for comics shipping in September,
Diamond Comics Distributors has changed their notice in the Gladstone
listings from "Not available outside the U.S. and Canada" to "Not available
outside the U.S., Canada and Australia". You'd think I would have found
out, or at least caught on, four months ago, but noooo.... In any event, I
hope some Australian retailers have been swifter to catch onto this than I
was.
Gary
****************************
"It's either very new cheese or very old meat." - Oscar Madison
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gladstone on the Web: http://www.brucehamilton.com
Tristan Havelick
ML #255
Message 138 -
1998-10-21 at 04:44:02
Tom Moss:
Here's my expirience:
well, I sent gladstone a fax with my CC# and ordered a subsciption to US,
and the Gyro Albums somewhere around 8/20. About few days later I recieved
an envelope with my reciept in the mail. About a week later I recieved my
Albums. But, I didn't recieve my 1st issue of US until yesterday 10/19.
So, I wouldn't worry. They ( or the mail system) are probably just slow. I
imagine what I did is I sent in my subscription form the very day after they
sent out 314, and I had to wait until the next issue to get my first. Of
course that would only account for one month. So I'm pretty confused myself.
Just wait I guess. You'll get it. If your concernd, you can always phone
Gladstone.
Armando & All:
I loved your introducKtion. Because I've never really done one myself, I'll
do a little of my own late introducKtion and compare it to yours
Pre - History
I would consider myself somewhere inbetween the Lucky and the Not So Lucky
DCL. See, back in the 70's my parents bought a lot of comics. Not just
Disneys, but Richie Rich, and other Harveys, Archies and Looney Tunes too.
My dad liked to create spine rolls, so many of the comics form my parents
collection have VERY bad spine rolls and some are even coverleess. They
stored them in piles in 24 can coke flats; not really the 90's acid-free
boxes. But at least they saved them.
Ancient History
(am I old enough to have this period?)
The year was 1992. I was a very boring 13 year old. I basicly spent all my
time playing computer and nintendo games and occasionally watching five
hours of TV a day (including DuckTales). I remeber havinng this exact
conversation with my parents on the way to the bookstore (yes I'm
paraphasing as I do not have a photographic memory:
"Tristan, you need a hobby." stated my father.
"What?!", I yelled, "I have my computer and my nintendo. I don't need a
hobby!"
"You've got to brauden your intrests! No one will like you when all you
do is play video games", countered my mom. It didn't take long to convince
me. After turning my nose up to Stamp and Baseball card collecting, someone
sugested I collect comics. So, that night at the bookstore I bought a copy
of Overstreet's Price Guide as per dad's instruction. When I got home I
quickly climbed down to the basement and grabbed my parents collection of
comics. I read some of the Archies and Casper comics. They were pretty
boring. Then I found a copy of, I believe it was "the Lemming with the
Locket", and read it with sheer enjoyment. "It's just like Ducktales, only
with Donald Duck instead of Launchpad!! This is great!". I was hooked. I
started spending all my allowance on comics rather than video games.
Dark Ages
I must have had a mini dark ages, somewhere around the Diney-->Gladstone II
transtion, because I for some reason am missing US 285, DR's Life and Times
#1. To this day I haven't read it. But, I think it olny lasted 4-5 months,
because I had every other Gladstone series II issue of US up and till my
real Dark Ages came.
My second Dark Ages must have lasted about two years. During this period I
was dabling in other intrests. First, I slowly transitioned from comics to
being involved in Role Playing games and "customizable card games" (Magic:
The Gathering). Well, because I couldn't really find anyone to play with,
the RPG phase didn't last too long. The "customizable card game hobby
became my new hobby for quite some time. Instead of buying 5 comics and 1
pack of cards with my monthy allowance, I bought 3 packs, and maybe 1 comic.
Don't get me wrong the game was fun and I was happy...
until I realized how little I was getting for my money. "for the same price
of a decent "playing deck" I can get a really cool computer game!". I
thought. So I stoped card collecting and bought a lot of computer games. I
had my first job during this phase, so I bought way too many computer games.
Much too many to have any real fun with them. Comercial games didn't seem
worth my money anymore. So, in my search free computer games I found out
about video game emulators: nice programs that would let you play almost any
80's age video game. It was really cool. Until I realized that I would
download an old nintendo games, and play it for about 2 minutes, then move
on to the next game. I became aware that I had to pay for things in order
to enjoy them. So I started buying old nintendo game to reminece. This
hobby was fun, and I felt I was for the first time in a million hobbies that
I was getting my moneys worth. (I guess I'd forgoton about comics). Well,
nintendo collecting too was soon shot down too. I soon found that with a
few, very few, exceptions that the hobby was a little backwards. See,
because of the way video games are made -- They are produced from the day
they are released until the system dies out, and more copies are made of
popular (better) games. So, because of this, the rarer the game, the lower
quality it is! I got a kick out of this at first, but it quickly wore off
and I stopped buying nintendo games, since I had most all of the good games.
RENAISSANCE/ Modern Times
(Still the Renaissance for me I guess :-)
Well, after a period of being hobbyless; my aunt gave me a cool uncle
scrooge statue and pen set for graduation. A few days later staring at the
statue while I surfed the net, I decided to see what Uncle Scrooge pages
existed on the net in 1998. (I guess I was to stupid back in my "ancient
history" stage to search for "Disney Comics", rather than "Uncle Scrooge")
Well, I quickly found Per Starback's page, and saw that US #179 was really
valueable! I thought I might have it, so I rushed over to my closet and
searched through my comic boxes in saerch of this Uncle Scrooge Holy Grail,
and of course I didn't have it, but it was enough to spark the intrest in
me.
Now I like Armando I have grown beyond just reading the stories. With the
aid of the DcD, I spent hours typing in all my comics into a database. Then
I signed up for the ML.and looked at many websites and found that there was
much more to disney comics than met the eye. Such as, unlike I ahd thought
in the past; not all post-Barks duck stories are written by Don Rosa. Yep, I
used to think this. I now collect my comics by the artist and writter
rather than the number. I think I must've read too many low-quality Kay
Wright stories to push me over the edge. Now, I tend to lean towards buying
Scrapa and Rosa and I have a collection Cazzavaro's work on the way to me
for Italy. Recently, I started using the DcD to make list of Carl Barks
stories that I don't have yet and the cheapest reprints available (this has
proven a more daunting task than I ever imagined). I think the most
interesting thing about Disney Comics I have found is hwo much international
coverage they have. This has almost made me want to change from being an
information systems major in college, to being a language major, so I can
translate (and read) disney comics for my living. But I realize this
wouldn't be terribly intelegent, since there are so many people around the
Disney Comics World that are fluent in English and whatever other language,
that I know there wouldn't be much demand for me. But, I am minoring in
Russian, just to keep my options open.
Ok, I've definietly taken up half the digest by now, so I'll stay quiet for
a bit.
Thanks for Listening,
=-<Tristo
Here's my expirience:
well, I sent gladstone a fax with my CC# and ordered a subsciption to US,
and the Gyro Albums somewhere around 8/20. About few days later I recieved
an envelope with my reciept in the mail. About a week later I recieved my
Albums. But, I didn't recieve my 1st issue of US until yesterday 10/19.
So, I wouldn't worry. They ( or the mail system) are probably just slow. I
imagine what I did is I sent in my subscription form the very day after they
sent out 314, and I had to wait until the next issue to get my first. Of
course that would only account for one month. So I'm pretty confused myself.
Just wait I guess. You'll get it. If your concernd, you can always phone
Gladstone.
Armando & All:
I loved your introducKtion. Because I've never really done one myself, I'll
do a little of my own late introducKtion and compare it to yours
Pre - History
I would consider myself somewhere inbetween the Lucky and the Not So Lucky
DCL. See, back in the 70's my parents bought a lot of comics. Not just
Disneys, but Richie Rich, and other Harveys, Archies and Looney Tunes too.
My dad liked to create spine rolls, so many of the comics form my parents
collection have VERY bad spine rolls and some are even coverleess. They
stored them in piles in 24 can coke flats; not really the 90's acid-free
boxes. But at least they saved them.
Ancient History
(am I old enough to have this period?)
The year was 1992. I was a very boring 13 year old. I basicly spent all my
time playing computer and nintendo games and occasionally watching five
hours of TV a day (including DuckTales). I remeber havinng this exact
conversation with my parents on the way to the bookstore (yes I'm
paraphasing as I do not have a photographic memory:
"Tristan, you need a hobby." stated my father.
"What?!", I yelled, "I have my computer and my nintendo. I don't need a
hobby!"
"You've got to brauden your intrests! No one will like you when all you
do is play video games", countered my mom. It didn't take long to convince
me. After turning my nose up to Stamp and Baseball card collecting, someone
sugested I collect comics. So, that night at the bookstore I bought a copy
of Overstreet's Price Guide as per dad's instruction. When I got home I
quickly climbed down to the basement and grabbed my parents collection of
comics. I read some of the Archies and Casper comics. They were pretty
boring. Then I found a copy of, I believe it was "the Lemming with the
Locket", and read it with sheer enjoyment. "It's just like Ducktales, only
with Donald Duck instead of Launchpad!! This is great!". I was hooked. I
started spending all my allowance on comics rather than video games.
Dark Ages
I must have had a mini dark ages, somewhere around the Diney-->Gladstone II
transtion, because I for some reason am missing US 285, DR's Life and Times
#1. To this day I haven't read it. But, I think it olny lasted 4-5 months,
because I had every other Gladstone series II issue of US up and till my
real Dark Ages came.
My second Dark Ages must have lasted about two years. During this period I
was dabling in other intrests. First, I slowly transitioned from comics to
being involved in Role Playing games and "customizable card games" (Magic:
The Gathering). Well, because I couldn't really find anyone to play with,
the RPG phase didn't last too long. The "customizable card game hobby
became my new hobby for quite some time. Instead of buying 5 comics and 1
pack of cards with my monthy allowance, I bought 3 packs, and maybe 1 comic.
Don't get me wrong the game was fun and I was happy...
until I realized how little I was getting for my money. "for the same price
of a decent "playing deck" I can get a really cool computer game!". I
thought. So I stoped card collecting and bought a lot of computer games. I
had my first job during this phase, so I bought way too many computer games.
Much too many to have any real fun with them. Comercial games didn't seem
worth my money anymore. So, in my search free computer games I found out
about video game emulators: nice programs that would let you play almost any
80's age video game. It was really cool. Until I realized that I would
download an old nintendo games, and play it for about 2 minutes, then move
on to the next game. I became aware that I had to pay for things in order
to enjoy them. So I started buying old nintendo game to reminece. This
hobby was fun, and I felt I was for the first time in a million hobbies that
I was getting my moneys worth. (I guess I'd forgoton about comics). Well,
nintendo collecting too was soon shot down too. I soon found that with a
few, very few, exceptions that the hobby was a little backwards. See,
because of the way video games are made -- They are produced from the day
they are released until the system dies out, and more copies are made of
popular (better) games. So, because of this, the rarer the game, the lower
quality it is! I got a kick out of this at first, but it quickly wore off
and I stopped buying nintendo games, since I had most all of the good games.
RENAISSANCE/ Modern Times
(Still the Renaissance for me I guess :-)
Well, after a period of being hobbyless; my aunt gave me a cool uncle
scrooge statue and pen set for graduation. A few days later staring at the
statue while I surfed the net, I decided to see what Uncle Scrooge pages
existed on the net in 1998. (I guess I was to stupid back in my "ancient
history" stage to search for "Disney Comics", rather than "Uncle Scrooge")
Well, I quickly found Per Starback's page, and saw that US #179 was really
valueable! I thought I might have it, so I rushed over to my closet and
searched through my comic boxes in saerch of this Uncle Scrooge Holy Grail,
and of course I didn't have it, but it was enough to spark the intrest in
me.
Now I like Armando I have grown beyond just reading the stories. With the
aid of the DcD, I spent hours typing in all my comics into a database. Then
I signed up for the ML.and looked at many websites and found that there was
much more to disney comics than met the eye. Such as, unlike I ahd thought
in the past; not all post-Barks duck stories are written by Don Rosa. Yep, I
used to think this. I now collect my comics by the artist and writter
rather than the number. I think I must've read too many low-quality Kay
Wright stories to push me over the edge. Now, I tend to lean towards buying
Scrapa and Rosa and I have a collection Cazzavaro's work on the way to me
for Italy. Recently, I started using the DcD to make list of Carl Barks
stories that I don't have yet and the cheapest reprints available (this has
proven a more daunting task than I ever imagined). I think the most
interesting thing about Disney Comics I have found is hwo much international
coverage they have. This has almost made me want to change from being an
information systems major in college, to being a language major, so I can
translate (and read) disney comics for my living. But I realize this
wouldn't be terribly intelegent, since there are so many people around the
Disney Comics World that are fluent in English and whatever other language,
that I know there wouldn't be much demand for me. But, I am minoring in
Russian, just to keep my options open.
Ok, I've definietly taken up half the digest by now, so I'll stay quiet for
a bit.
Thanks for Listening,
=-<Tristo
Luca Boschi
SCOOP! SCOOP! A new Cavazzano "story" discovered!
Message 139 -
1998-10-21 at 05:01:17
MARCO
> title, 12 panels altogether, one tier per page) drawn by Cavazzano and
> featuring Mickey, Goofy and... guess who? Then-president Francesco Kossiga,
> now (sigh!) a novel supporter of the next Italian government!
It's not a scoop. It was included in our Cavazzano's book. Isn't it?
But I agree with you for the very big "SIGH!". I well remember when
that guy was called (by me, too) Kossiga after the killing of
Giorgiana Masi, in 1977...
Luca
P.S.: I controlled on the Book. You're right! I must be crazy to not
having incuded it, since I know very wel that gag...
Boh!
Bye!
> title, 12 panels altogether, one tier per page) drawn by Cavazzano and
> featuring Mickey, Goofy and... guess who? Then-president Francesco Kossiga,
> now (sigh!) a novel supporter of the next Italian government!
It's not a scoop. It was included in our Cavazzano's book. Isn't it?
But I agree with you for the very big "SIGH!". I well remember when
that guy was called (by me, too) Kossiga after the killing of
Giorgiana Masi, in 1977...
Luca
P.S.: I controlled on the Book. You're right! I must be crazy to not
having incuded it, since I know very wel that gag...
Boh!
Bye!
Fluks, H.W.
This mailing list
Message 140 -
1998-10-21 at 20:50:32
W.r.t. the recent discussion about "what Gladstone should do", a few
remarks.
1. Dean is not Tristan, Don Rosa is not Gladstone, and Tom is not Dick is
not Harry. If A makes a comment on the mail of B, there is no need for C to
be offended. We have had a few unnecessary confusions like this in the past.
2. Jeff wrote:
> I assume we are allowed to
> offer opinions on this mailing list now.
>
This has always been the intention of the list. Anyone should be able to
post his opinions here. The only limitation should be common politeness and
good taste. (Plus of course the fact that the mail should be about Disney
comics.) Please try not not offend people unnecessarily: we're all here
because of our hobby (even the professionals, I think). We want to enjoy
reading this list.
If you think in advance that you will get a lot of flame mail, please try to
re-word your mail.
3. There have been some personal flame wars here in the past. Some people
have even left because of that. Everyone is of course free to leave, but he
should not say that he left because "he couldn't write his opinions" here.
(He == She)
--Harry.
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V98 Issue #256
******************************************
remarks.
1. Dean is not Tristan, Don Rosa is not Gladstone, and Tom is not Dick is
not Harry. If A makes a comment on the mail of B, there is no need for C to
be offended. We have had a few unnecessary confusions like this in the past.
2. Jeff wrote:
> I assume we are allowed to
> offer opinions on this mailing list now.
>
This has always been the intention of the list. Anyone should be able to
post his opinions here. The only limitation should be common politeness and
good taste. (Plus of course the fact that the mail should be about Disney
comics.) Please try not not offend people unnecessarily: we're all here
because of our hobby (even the professionals, I think). We want to enjoy
reading this list.
If you think in advance that you will get a lot of flame mail, please try to
re-word your mail.
3. There have been some personal flame wars here in the past. Some people
have even left because of that. Everyone is of course free to leave, but he
should not say that he left because "he couldn't write his opinions" here.
(He == She)
--Harry.
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V98 Issue #256
******************************************
Arthur De Wolf
DCW
Message 141 -
1998-10-21 at 21:01:30
Hi!
From now on my website, Disney Comics Worldwide, can be found
at a new address: http://www.dcomics.org
I would like to ask everyone who has a link to my site to change
it to this new address. Many thanks for your cooperation!
In addition,
From now on my website, Disney Comics Worldwide, can be found
at a new address: http://www.dcomics.org
I would like to ask everyone who has a link to my site to change
it to this new address. Many thanks for your cooperation!
In addition,
Fluks, H.W.
DcD
Message 142 -
1998-10-21 at 21:32:51
Asger wrote:
> In the DcD I noticed that the cover of AA98-06 (entry-code: AA98-06a) is
> listed as a cover written, plotted, drawn and inked by Don Rosa.
> The cover is made out of five different images in the story glued on a
> non-Rosa background.
>
You're right. (Apart from the fact that it's AA98B06a.)
This cover should not be credited to DR at all! The artwork is copied from
elsewhere, so one could not say that DR has "drawn this cover".
(I'll pass this information to Ole Reichstein, who is the editor of the
Danish data.)
--Harry.
BTW: Thanks to Steven and David for their information about the DC book!
> In the DcD I noticed that the cover of AA98-06 (entry-code: AA98-06a) is
> listed as a cover written, plotted, drawn and inked by Don Rosa.
> The cover is made out of five different images in the story glued on a
> non-Rosa background.
>
You're right. (Apart from the fact that it's AA98B06a.)
This cover should not be credited to DR at all! The artwork is copied from
elsewhere, so one could not say that DR has "drawn this cover".
(I'll pass this information to Ole Reichstein, who is the editor of the
Danish data.)
--Harry.
BTW: Thanks to Steven and David for their information about the DC book!
Arthur De Wolf
DCW 2
Message 143 -
1998-10-21 at 21:55:50
Oops .. I forgot to finish my email there! :oP
In addition, I would like to ask everyone who is interested to help
me with my site to write me at (Email removed)
The information on my site is about Disney comics from all over the world.
I am trying to cover every title available in ever country, but ofcourse
I still miss a lot of information. So if someone sees that something
is missing or inaccurate on my site, please let me know!
Many thanks in advance,
Arthur de Wolf
Disney Comics Worldwide
URL: http://www.dcomics.org
email: (Email removed)
In addition, I would like to ask everyone who is interested to help
me with my site to write me at (Email removed)
The information on my site is about Disney comics from all over the world.
I am trying to cover every title available in ever country, but ofcourse
I still miss a lot of information. So if someone sees that something
is missing or inaccurate on my site, please let me know!
Many thanks in advance,
Arthur de Wolf
Disney Comics Worldwide
URL: http://www.dcomics.org
email: (Email removed)
Marquetta Pisarcik
The Future of Gladstone
Message 144 -
1998-10-22 at 00:26:34
I have very little to say bad about Gladstone. They may have done some
things "wrong", but atleast I've been able to read my Disney comics in
English.
One question that is heavy on my mind...Will there be no more Disney
Comics in America? Has Gladstone renewed it's licensing or not? I must
know...it's driving me half crazy (an as those who know me personally, I
can't afford to get many more crazy than I already am :)). Please, can
someone answer my question?
Marquetta
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things "wrong", but atleast I've been able to read my Disney comics in
English.
One question that is heavy on my mind...Will there be no more Disney
Comics in America? Has Gladstone renewed it's licensing or not? I must
know...it's driving me half crazy (an as those who know me personally, I
can't afford to get many more crazy than I already am :)). Please, can
someone answer my question?
Marquetta
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Daniel Tangri
Disney comics Digest V98 #256
Message 145 -
1998-10-22 at 02:14:33
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Halsten Aastebøl wrote:
>
> Does this mean there has been no Disney comics except Gladstone's in
> Australia?
>
Francois wrote:
No, there has been (I think many) Australian comics in Australia. I've
seen a few of them in France.
There used to be locally produced Australian Disney comics until the late 1970s. The company that made them used to distribute them in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei as well. These comics stopped coming out in the late 70s, and another company brought out a handful of issues in (I think) the early 80s. Since then, the only Disney comics available in Sydney (which is where I'm from) have been the Gladstone/Disney issues, and, until about 1990, British comics.
Sorry this is a bit vague - I'm writing this at work and don't have any Australian Disneys here! I do have a Zio Paperone and a Super Picsou Geant which a workmate who was recently in Europe has brought back - at last I can get an idea of what others on this list are discussing!
!
!
>
> Does this mean there has been no Disney comics except Gladstone's in
> Australia?
>
Francois wrote:
No, there has been (I think many) Australian comics in Australia. I've
seen a few of them in France.
There used to be locally produced Australian Disney comics until the late 1970s. The company that made them used to distribute them in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei as well. These comics stopped coming out in the late 70s, and another company brought out a handful of issues in (I think) the early 80s. Since then, the only Disney comics available in Sydney (which is where I'm from) have been the Gladstone/Disney issues, and, until about 1990, British comics.
Sorry this is a bit vague - I'm writing this at work and don't have any Australian Disneys here! I do have a Zio Paperone and a Super Picsou Geant which a workmate who was recently in Europe has brought back - at last I can get an idea of what others on this list are discussing!
!
!
Daniel Tangri
Disney comics Digest V98 #256
Message 146 -
1998-10-22 at 02:17:14
Gary wrote:
As of the July 1998 issue of Previews, for comics shipping in September,
Diamond Comics Distributors has changed their notice in the Gladstone
listings from "Not available outside the U.S. and Canada" to "Not available
outside the U.S., Canada and Australia". You'd think I would have found
out, or at least caught on, four months ago, but noooo.... In any event, I
hope some Australian retailers have been swifter to catch onto this than I
was.
Yes, I did know that about four months ago they started coming out again - the only trouble is, they haven't appeared yet in my local comic shops. It seems that the majority of their customers (like me) have started subscribing direct or simply found other ways of getting their comics. Still, I'm really, really glad to see Gladstone make a come back here!!!
!
!
As of the July 1998 issue of Previews, for comics shipping in September,
Diamond Comics Distributors has changed their notice in the Gladstone
listings from "Not available outside the U.S. and Canada" to "Not available
outside the U.S., Canada and Australia". You'd think I would have found
out, or at least caught on, four months ago, but noooo.... In any event, I
hope some Australian retailers have been swifter to catch onto this than I
was.
Yes, I did know that about four months ago they started coming out again - the only trouble is, they haven't appeared yet in my local comic shops. It seems that the majority of their customers (like me) have started subscribing direct or simply found other ways of getting their comics. Still, I'm really, really glad to see Gladstone make a come back here!!!
!
!
Dag Ove Hoegstavoll
Disney comics Digest V98 #256
Message 147 -
1998-10-22 at 09:59:47
Hi everybody!! =0D
=0D
I am new to the mailinglist (Well I have been with you for a while, but =
this is my first reply.), and therefore thought I should give you a litt=
le introduction about myself. =0D
My name is Dag Ove Hoegstavoll.=0D
I'm 24 years old, and I work in a small computer company in Oslo. I'm a =
passionate Don Rosa and Carl Barks comic collector. I currently have eve=
rything published of Don Rosa in Norway, and what that is not published =
in Norway, I have in American magazines. Carl Barks comics on the other =
hand is a little in the startup period.=0D
I have got some random comics, not quite organized. (But I'm getting the=
re) I'll see what I end up with.=0D
=0D
BTW, Don! Are you currently working on some new stories, and if so what =
and when is it due for the public???=0D
=0D
Well, this is it for me now, but if any of you understand Norwegian you =
can go to my homepage (the first page is in english) There you will find=
a complete index of all Don Rosa publications in Norway. I any of you n=
eed a paper version of the index, then mail me!!!=0D
=0D
The adress is : http://come.to/dagove=0D
(The index is on page 2)=0D
=0D
Well, bye =0D
=0D
Dag Ove
=0D
I am new to the mailinglist (Well I have been with you for a while, but =
this is my first reply.), and therefore thought I should give you a litt=
le introduction about myself. =0D
My name is Dag Ove Hoegstavoll.=0D
I'm 24 years old, and I work in a small computer company in Oslo. I'm a =
passionate Don Rosa and Carl Barks comic collector. I currently have eve=
rything published of Don Rosa in Norway, and what that is not published =
in Norway, I have in American magazines. Carl Barks comics on the other =
hand is a little in the startup period.=0D
I have got some random comics, not quite organized. (But I'm getting the=
re) I'll see what I end up with.=0D
=0D
BTW, Don! Are you currently working on some new stories, and if so what =
and when is it due for the public???=0D
=0D
Well, this is it for me now, but if any of you understand Norwegian you =
can go to my homepage (the first page is in english) There you will find=
a complete index of all Don Rosa publications in Norway. I any of you n=
eed a paper version of the index, then mail me!!!=0D
=0D
The adress is : http://come.to/dagove=0D
(The index is on page 2)=0D
=0D
Well, bye =0D
=0D
Dag Ove
Kriton Kyrimis
Scarpa stories in Mickey Parade
Message 148 -
1998-10-22 at 10:23:22
My posting on "Mickey Parade" was in the digest that was deleted due to
lack of disk space, so I'll repeat my questions:
Can someone tell me if issue 221 of Mickey Parade, whose cover shows
Mickey fighting with someone in a cowboy hat who looks just like him,
reprints Scarpa's "The Emperor of Calisota"? I'd *love* to reread this
story, and it looks as if this might be my chance! While I'm at it,
what other Mickey stories by Scarpa have they reprinted in Mickey
Parade this year? I understand that they're printing one each month, in
honor of Mickey's 70th birthday.
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"I'm a knight-errant, not an errant fool!"
-----
lack of disk space, so I'll repeat my questions:
Can someone tell me if issue 221 of Mickey Parade, whose cover shows
Mickey fighting with someone in a cowboy hat who looks just like him,
reprints Scarpa's "The Emperor of Calisota"? I'd *love* to reread this
story, and it looks as if this might be my chance! While I'm at it,
what other Mickey stories by Scarpa have they reprinted in Mickey
Parade this year? I understand that they're printing one each month, in
honor of Mickey's 70th birthday.
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"I'm a knight-errant, not an errant fool!"
-----
Tom Peaco
Gladstone's demise?
Message 149 -
1998-10-22 at 11:42:45
I've been lurking on this ML for about a month now and have finally decided
to
add my own two cents worth of comments, I'll send my introducKtion as a
separate message later.
From all of the recent comments regarding Gladstone's (iminent) demise I'm
reminded of a cable Mark Twain sent from London to the Associated Press:
"The reports of my death are greatly exagerated." IMO people are a little
too
pessimistic in assuming the worst is going to happen. I optimistically
(and
possibly naively) believe Gladstone will continue to publish Disney comics.
Before I started reading this ML a month ago, I didn't realize Gladstone's
license would expire at the end of the year. I did notice that, earlier
this year,
Gladstone started sending my album subscription two issues to a mailer.
Optimistically, I thought this was a smart money saving idea on their part.
Pessimistically, I could think they were trying to get all their albums
issued
before they lost their license.
I also noticed Gladstone was (to use their own term) "recycling" prior
album
stories in new covers (their four issue "Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck In
Color",
their four issue "Walt Disney's Comics In Color", their "Biggest Big Mickey
Mouse"). Optimistically, I thought they were re-using printing plates (or
whatever
they use to produce a printed page) thus saving money so they could pass
the
savings on to us, the readers, by selling these issues at a (relatively)
low price.
Pessimistically, I could think they were ripping apart and re-binding thier
surplus
albums with new covers in order to get rid of them and not suffer a
financial loss
from unsold stock before they lost their license. (In fact, I think they
are actually
re-binding old albums with "The Biggest Big Walt Disney's Comics and
Stories",
if not the others, since Gladstone's Summer Product catalog says "contents
will
vary among copies.")
Looking at this information optimistically I can think Gladstone is trying
to keep
their costs down and thus, ultimately, the price of their products.
Looking at this information pessimistically I can think Gladstone is
divesting
itself of all of their Disney stock (merchandise) as quickly as possible.
(Gladstone
even adertises they are "clearing its warehouses of overstocked back
issues" by
offering its "Disney 10 for $10 Treasure Packs.")
IMO what I really think is happening is a combination of my optimistic and
pessimistic thoughts. IMHO Gladstone is trying to renew their license but,
in case they can't, for whatever reason, they have to try to minimize any
losses.
And of course it never hurts to try to keep their costs down. If they end
up
renewing their license they haven't lost anything but if they do end up not
renewing
their license then (hopefully) they won't lose as much of the shirt off
their backs.
I am very grateful to Gladstone for all the comics they have issued and
hope they
continue to issue them (as I sense everyone on this ML does). I've tried
to do my
best to support them by subscribing to all of their Disney comics and
albums (after
all, how better to support them than to give them money?) and I'll continue
to
subscribe to them as long as they exist even though it means I
occassionally get a
fourth or fifth (or even more) copy of some of the stories. I'm
disappointed in
myself by not having been able to get other people to also subscribe and
thus help
Gladstone survive. I'm also disappointed in myself that I can't afford to
buy their
(Another Rainbow) Barks Lithographs since IMO they use this income to help
support the Gladstone comics.
Optimistically,
Tom Peaco
to
add my own two cents worth of comments, I'll send my introducKtion as a
separate message later.
From all of the recent comments regarding Gladstone's (iminent) demise I'm
reminded of a cable Mark Twain sent from London to the Associated Press:
"The reports of my death are greatly exagerated." IMO people are a little
too
pessimistic in assuming the worst is going to happen. I optimistically
(and
possibly naively) believe Gladstone will continue to publish Disney comics.
Before I started reading this ML a month ago, I didn't realize Gladstone's
license would expire at the end of the year. I did notice that, earlier
this year,
Gladstone started sending my album subscription two issues to a mailer.
Optimistically, I thought this was a smart money saving idea on their part.
Pessimistically, I could think they were trying to get all their albums
issued
before they lost their license.
I also noticed Gladstone was (to use their own term) "recycling" prior
album
stories in new covers (their four issue "Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck In
Color",
their four issue "Walt Disney's Comics In Color", their "Biggest Big Mickey
Mouse"). Optimistically, I thought they were re-using printing plates (or
whatever
they use to produce a printed page) thus saving money so they could pass
the
savings on to us, the readers, by selling these issues at a (relatively)
low price.
Pessimistically, I could think they were ripping apart and re-binding thier
surplus
albums with new covers in order to get rid of them and not suffer a
financial loss
from unsold stock before they lost their license. (In fact, I think they
are actually
re-binding old albums with "The Biggest Big Walt Disney's Comics and
Stories",
if not the others, since Gladstone's Summer Product catalog says "contents
will
vary among copies.")
Looking at this information optimistically I can think Gladstone is trying
to keep
their costs down and thus, ultimately, the price of their products.
Looking at this information pessimistically I can think Gladstone is
divesting
itself of all of their Disney stock (merchandise) as quickly as possible.
(Gladstone
even adertises they are "clearing its warehouses of overstocked back
issues" by
offering its "Disney 10 for $10 Treasure Packs.")
IMO what I really think is happening is a combination of my optimistic and
pessimistic thoughts. IMHO Gladstone is trying to renew their license but,
in case they can't, for whatever reason, they have to try to minimize any
losses.
And of course it never hurts to try to keep their costs down. If they end
up
renewing their license they haven't lost anything but if they do end up not
renewing
their license then (hopefully) they won't lose as much of the shirt off
their backs.
I am very grateful to Gladstone for all the comics they have issued and
hope they
continue to issue them (as I sense everyone on this ML does). I've tried
to do my
best to support them by subscribing to all of their Disney comics and
albums (after
all, how better to support them than to give them money?) and I'll continue
to
subscribe to them as long as they exist even though it means I
occassionally get a
fourth or fifth (or even more) copy of some of the stories. I'm
disappointed in
myself by not having been able to get other people to also subscribe and
thus help
Gladstone survive. I'm also disappointed in myself that I can't afford to
buy their
(Another Rainbow) Barks Lithographs since IMO they use this income to help
support the Gladstone comics.
Optimistically,
Tom Peaco
Willot Eleve Promo 98
Scarpa stories in Mickey Parade (fwd)
Message 150 -
1998-10-22 at 17:01:17
-
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Kriton Kyrimis wrote:
> My posting on "Mickey Parade" was in the digest that was deleted due to
> lack of disk space, so I'll repeat my questions:
>
> Can someone tell me if issue 221 of Mickey Parade, whose cover shows
> Mickey fighting with someone in a cowboy hat who looks just like him,
> reprints Scarpa's "The Emperor of Calisota"? I'd *love* to reread this
> story, and it looks as if this might be my chance! While I'm at it,
> what other Mickey stories by Scarpa have they reprinted in Mickey
> Parade this year? I understand that they're printing one each month, in
> honor of Mickey's 70th birthday.
I already replied to this, did anyone here receive my message, or was
it deleted? Anyway, here's what I wrote:
Issue 221 indeed reprints The Emperor of Calisota. The cover is an
original cover by Cavazzano (there's one by him or Scarpa every month).
They reprint a Scarpa story every month in honor of Mickey's birthday,
but that's also an hommage to Romano Scarpa.
I indexed all issues up to the one from last August, but this index is
not in Per's site. In Per's site, or in Harry's Bolderbast site,
there is an old version of the index, which goes up to issue 213 I think.
But if you're interested I can send the last version of the Mickey-Parade
index and/or Picsou index to you.
Francois
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Kriton Kyrimis wrote:
> My posting on "Mickey Parade" was in the digest that was deleted due to
> lack of disk space, so I'll repeat my questions:
>
> Can someone tell me if issue 221 of Mickey Parade, whose cover shows
> Mickey fighting with someone in a cowboy hat who looks just like him,
> reprints Scarpa's "The Emperor of Calisota"? I'd *love* to reread this
> story, and it looks as if this might be my chance! While I'm at it,
> what other Mickey stories by Scarpa have they reprinted in Mickey
> Parade this year? I understand that they're printing one each month, in
> honor of Mickey's 70th birthday.
I already replied to this, did anyone here receive my message, or was
it deleted? Anyway, here's what I wrote:
Issue 221 indeed reprints The Emperor of Calisota. The cover is an
original cover by Cavazzano (there's one by him or Scarpa every month).
They reprint a Scarpa story every month in honor of Mickey's birthday,
but that's also an hommage to Romano Scarpa.
I indexed all issues up to the one from last August, but this index is
not in Per's site. In Per's site, or in Harry's Bolderbast site,
there is an old version of the index, which goes up to issue 213 I think.
But if you're interested I can send the last version of the Mickey-Parade
index and/or Picsou index to you.
Francois