Knut Hunstad:
| This story with the two stones really was something new! I can not remember
| having seen such a cross-over story in norwegian DD before!
For how long have you been reading it? It happens from time to time, but
it is rare. The most usual occurences are in Christmas stories, were all
the characters come together to celebrate. Then we have the Grandma's Farm
Friends (or something like that) stories, drawn by Carl Barks, where
the Big Bad Wolf sometimes appears together with Donald and Grandma Duck.
The mice from Cinderella appears in both Duck stories and stories with
Cinderella. Chip & Dale also appears in strange connections from time to
time. One funny example I remember is a story where they are bothered by
Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. The fairy from Cinderella gives them some magic
words, and when saying these, they become bigger than the fox and the bear.
Unfortunately they forget the words while being big, and to find out what
they were, they go to a cinema to se the movie Cinderella.
Another one is a story where Donald rents the three pigs' house. The Wolf
doesn't know, and Donald is _very_ annoyed when the wolf tries to catch
him.
| BTW, speaking about cross-overs, I was surprised the other day to see a
| cover page drawn by Don Rosa with both DD and MM in the same page!
The one where they're sitting in a car, at the foot of Killmotor Hill?
I think I remember Don explaining that Mickey was just visiting Duckburg,
and Donald was acting as a tour guide. Or is it a new one?
Jørgen
Author
Topic: 199912
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Jørgen Andreas Bangor
Two stones
Message 301 -
1999-12-22 at 18:01:06
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
Donald Duck & Co # 46 1999
Message 302 -
1999-12-22 at 18:09:58
Stefan Person:
| BTW, have codes EVER been printed on the covers?
Yes. Can't say it for sure without checking, but I think it started
about two years ago. Then it stopped a few months ago.
Jørgen
| BTW, have codes EVER been printed on the covers?
Yes. Can't say it for sure without checking, but I think it started
about two years ago. Then it stopped a few months ago.
Jørgen
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
Donald Duck & Co # 48 - 1999
Message 303 -
1999-12-22 at 18:25:13
Donald Duck & Co # 48 1999
A new job seems to have appeared in Egmont Serieforlaget (the Norwegian
branch) this week: Kalevala-konsulent: Nils Lid Hjort.
My congratulations :-)
On the front cover this week, Donald is carrying Christmas presents. A big
stack of them, so he can't see anything in front of him. You see what's
coming? Oh no, not this time. Besides him walks Bolivar (or whatever the
dog's called this week) with a horn in his mouth, warning people to get
out of the way.
The pilot story is written by Pat and Carol McGreal (D 99024, 12 pages),
and drawn by Vicar. It's the third stone story.
Donald kept the stone he found in Vesuvio, and when he needs a loan from
Scrooge - to pay the register fee at an employment office - Scrooge gets
the stone as a security. Now, as we already know, the stone has strange
abilities. One of them is that it is very attached to Donald, and it
returns by itself to him. The employment office provides three jobs for
Donald, but every time the combination of the stone an an angry Scrooge
accusing Donald of stealing the stone back makes him lose them. By the
time he loses the third, Scrooge has realized that there really is something
special about the stone. He takes it to the local university, but other
than being told that it is old and valuable, he doesn't become any wiser.
Walking home, the stone again leaves him, and heads for Donald. A lot of
things happen, and Donald gets really beaten up when trying to save the
stone from a polo game. Anyway, Donald gets the stone back, and finally
he gives it to Daisy as a birthday present (that was what he needed money
for in the first place, and by giving her the stone he states a point
being told him by Scrooge).
The last picture of the story is really wonderful; Daisy is looking for
the stone, while Donald is walking away. The stone is hanging in the air,
like a glory, above Donald's head.
I like this story. A lot of thought has been put into it by the writers,
and it is very well drawn. Although part of a bigger story, it stands very
well on its own.
The next story is a Donald Duck story (D 97017, six pages) written by
Pat Block and drawn by Santanach.
It all starts with a TV transmission from a space shuttle just before
Christmas, where the astronauts are telling about the boring food they
have (Hey! There's actually one up there now.). Donald then walks out to
buy a turkey. He also buys a set of kettles. This is something new; a set
of six kettles that are to be put on top of each other, so that one big
meal can be cooked on only one cooking plate. Donald starts making the
dinner, but then he comes in mind that he has forgotten something. While
being out to get it, the kettle stack lifts off like a rocket, and thunders
through the roof of the house.
While having a rather boring Christmas dinner, a news report comes from
the space shuttle. The astronauts are thanking the kind soul who sent them
a turkey.
A funny story.
Next one out is an Uncle Scrooge story (D 98142, six pages), written by
Lars Jensen and Jack Sutter, and drawn by Marsal.
Scrooge and Donald's nephews are going to Pampasaria, to find out who's
stealing a lot of cows from a ranch Scrooge owns. It's the Beagle Boys,
stealing them by putting mini helicopters on their backs, and flying them
out.
The story is pretty well drawn, but otherwise I didn't see anything new
in it.
Then comes a Donald Duck one-pager (D 97550), written and drawn by
Kari Korhonen.
Donald is sick and tired of all the Woodchuck medals all over the house.
He doesn't become any happier when he finds a letter telling that they'll
get even more of them the next day. As a joke, he adds to the letter that
they'll have to wear all their earlier medals. The newphews starts to knit
a very long scarf with room for all of them. And then they get even more
medals for the scarf itself.
Not bad. And Korhonen can obviously draw too.
Story number five is a Mickey story (D 97528, ten pages), written by
Stefan Petrucha, and drawn by Rodriques. We've seen a few Mickey stories
by Petrucha during the last year or so, and I can easily say that I liked
them all. He seems to have great talent in writing about the mouse; he
uses Mickey's original adventurous mentality and puts it into a modern
society. He also uses a lot of other old characters, and not least: He
invents new plots. Good plots. Rodriques' art is also pretty good, and it
is steadily improving.
We all know the search robots on Internet, which finds web-pages for us.
In this story one of Mickey's friends, professor Statisk (if anyone could
remind me of his English name, I'd be grateful), has invented a search
robot that finds things in the real world. It works very well, although
it maybe is a little rough... It also works well for a thief who steals
it, and asks it to steal things for him. Mickey finds him, and an
enjoyable fight starts between them, where both asks the robot to get
weapons for them. The robot is happy to oblige them both. Finally Mickey
is beaten and tied up, but he fools the thief to send the robot out in
search for a jumbo jet. In the long time that follows, Mickey escapes,
and catches the thief. Everything is fine then, except that they somehow
have to return a jumbo jet to its owners...
Oh, yes, the idea of misusing inventions to steal things isn't new, but
it has never been done in this way before. A very well done story.
Then comes an old one-pager (KF 09-26-54).
And finally starts a new continuation story by someone called Don Rosa.
It seems to take place in Finland. Oh, well. I'll see what I think about
it when it's finished.
Oh, hey, it wasn't quite over yet. Here's one more one-pager (KF 01-13-52).
With this issue came the second and final part of this year's Christmas
calendar.
Jørgen (it's ok to use 8-bit characters now?)
A new job seems to have appeared in Egmont Serieforlaget (the Norwegian
branch) this week: Kalevala-konsulent: Nils Lid Hjort.
My congratulations :-)
On the front cover this week, Donald is carrying Christmas presents. A big
stack of them, so he can't see anything in front of him. You see what's
coming? Oh no, not this time. Besides him walks Bolivar (or whatever the
dog's called this week) with a horn in his mouth, warning people to get
out of the way.
The pilot story is written by Pat and Carol McGreal (D 99024, 12 pages),
and drawn by Vicar. It's the third stone story.
Donald kept the stone he found in Vesuvio, and when he needs a loan from
Scrooge - to pay the register fee at an employment office - Scrooge gets
the stone as a security. Now, as we already know, the stone has strange
abilities. One of them is that it is very attached to Donald, and it
returns by itself to him. The employment office provides three jobs for
Donald, but every time the combination of the stone an an angry Scrooge
accusing Donald of stealing the stone back makes him lose them. By the
time he loses the third, Scrooge has realized that there really is something
special about the stone. He takes it to the local university, but other
than being told that it is old and valuable, he doesn't become any wiser.
Walking home, the stone again leaves him, and heads for Donald. A lot of
things happen, and Donald gets really beaten up when trying to save the
stone from a polo game. Anyway, Donald gets the stone back, and finally
he gives it to Daisy as a birthday present (that was what he needed money
for in the first place, and by giving her the stone he states a point
being told him by Scrooge).
The last picture of the story is really wonderful; Daisy is looking for
the stone, while Donald is walking away. The stone is hanging in the air,
like a glory, above Donald's head.
I like this story. A lot of thought has been put into it by the writers,
and it is very well drawn. Although part of a bigger story, it stands very
well on its own.
The next story is a Donald Duck story (D 97017, six pages) written by
Pat Block and drawn by Santanach.
It all starts with a TV transmission from a space shuttle just before
Christmas, where the astronauts are telling about the boring food they
have (Hey! There's actually one up there now.). Donald then walks out to
buy a turkey. He also buys a set of kettles. This is something new; a set
of six kettles that are to be put on top of each other, so that one big
meal can be cooked on only one cooking plate. Donald starts making the
dinner, but then he comes in mind that he has forgotten something. While
being out to get it, the kettle stack lifts off like a rocket, and thunders
through the roof of the house.
While having a rather boring Christmas dinner, a news report comes from
the space shuttle. The astronauts are thanking the kind soul who sent them
a turkey.
A funny story.
Next one out is an Uncle Scrooge story (D 98142, six pages), written by
Lars Jensen and Jack Sutter, and drawn by Marsal.
Scrooge and Donald's nephews are going to Pampasaria, to find out who's
stealing a lot of cows from a ranch Scrooge owns. It's the Beagle Boys,
stealing them by putting mini helicopters on their backs, and flying them
out.
The story is pretty well drawn, but otherwise I didn't see anything new
in it.
Then comes a Donald Duck one-pager (D 97550), written and drawn by
Kari Korhonen.
Donald is sick and tired of all the Woodchuck medals all over the house.
He doesn't become any happier when he finds a letter telling that they'll
get even more of them the next day. As a joke, he adds to the letter that
they'll have to wear all their earlier medals. The newphews starts to knit
a very long scarf with room for all of them. And then they get even more
medals for the scarf itself.
Not bad. And Korhonen can obviously draw too.
Story number five is a Mickey story (D 97528, ten pages), written by
Stefan Petrucha, and drawn by Rodriques. We've seen a few Mickey stories
by Petrucha during the last year or so, and I can easily say that I liked
them all. He seems to have great talent in writing about the mouse; he
uses Mickey's original adventurous mentality and puts it into a modern
society. He also uses a lot of other old characters, and not least: He
invents new plots. Good plots. Rodriques' art is also pretty good, and it
is steadily improving.
We all know the search robots on Internet, which finds web-pages for us.
In this story one of Mickey's friends, professor Statisk (if anyone could
remind me of his English name, I'd be grateful), has invented a search
robot that finds things in the real world. It works very well, although
it maybe is a little rough... It also works well for a thief who steals
it, and asks it to steal things for him. Mickey finds him, and an
enjoyable fight starts between them, where both asks the robot to get
weapons for them. The robot is happy to oblige them both. Finally Mickey
is beaten and tied up, but he fools the thief to send the robot out in
search for a jumbo jet. In the long time that follows, Mickey escapes,
and catches the thief. Everything is fine then, except that they somehow
have to return a jumbo jet to its owners...
Oh, yes, the idea of misusing inventions to steal things isn't new, but
it has never been done in this way before. A very well done story.
Then comes an old one-pager (KF 09-26-54).
And finally starts a new continuation story by someone called Don Rosa.
It seems to take place in Finland. Oh, well. I'll see what I think about
it when it's finished.
Oh, hey, it wasn't quite over yet. Here's one more one-pager (KF 01-13-52).
With this issue came the second and final part of this year's Christmas
calendar.
Jørgen (it's ok to use 8-bit characters now?)
Jørgen Andreas Bangor
Donald Duck & Co # 49 - 1999
Message 304 -
1999-12-22 at 18:25:44
Donald Duck & Co # 49 - 1999
The front cover this time shows Donald dressed as Santa Claus, and Chip &
Dale sliding down his long, white beard on skis and sleigh.
Story number one is about the Junior Woodchucks (D 99033, 7 pages), written
by Gorm Transgaard, and drawn by Marsal. Seven pages seems unusually short
for a pilot story.
Donald's nephews are sent on an emergency mission to the North Pole. Santa
Claus has gotten a virus into his computer system, and he hasn't the
slightest idea which kid is going to get what. It shows up that a misleaden
elf is working on instructions from a man who owns a lot of toy stores.
The Woodchucks fix it all.
Stories like this appear from time to time, and this is not among the
better ones.
Story number two is story number four about the round stones. This one is
about Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck (D 99025, 10 pages). Yes, you're reading
correctly; we have cross overs. The story is written by Pat and
Carol McGreal, and drawn by Santanach.
The two girls meet each other, and find out they both have such stones.
Both of them have been given them as a present from their boy friends.
The Beagle Boys steal them, and to get them back, the girls dresses like
criminals to get information. They walks into a bar in the harbour, where
there are lots of criminals, and acting like some real brutes, they get
what they want. Then they fool the Beagle Boys, and take back the stones.
Not bad, but the idea of showing Minnie and Daisy as detectives and/or
dressed as criminals isn't quite as new as the writers seem to believe.
Story number three is a Donald Duck story (D 98177, 12 pages), written by
Pat and Carol McGreal, and drawn by Esteban. There are no round stones in
this one...
Donald has decided he should have a job, and by working hard, and speaking
well for himself, he does get a few. But he loses them almost at once,
due to cuts in the business. After a few tries then, he decides to do
something easy: Starting a kindergarten. Yeah, easy... After some good
action, including a climb in a dinosaur's skeleton, Donald realizes that
what he should be doing is sleeping on the couch.
A pretty good action story, and Esteban has done a good job on the art.
Story number four is a one page mystery (D 99021) without credits.
Number five is this week's Dutch story. It's about Donald Duck (H 9292,
5 pages), written by Evert Geradts, and drawn by Comicup Studio. Er...?
This Mr. Studio has a funny name, I think. But he draws very well.
Donald and the nephews are out of money, and very tired of eating beans.
The nephews have an idea, though, which they present to Scrooge. The
latter hasn't discovered the big market in electonic games, and to get
into it, Donald is to serve a fantastic dinner to the leading man in the
business. This way Scrooge will earn more money, and Donald and HDL will
get the chance of having something else than beans. Donald gets money to
buy food, and works all day in the kitchen. Then it shows up that the
business man is tired of great dinners, and instead wants beans. Scrooge
sells the food Donald has prepared to a restaurant, and everyone is
happy... er, not quite.
Quite funny.
Number six is a Goofy story (D 98322, 3 pages), written by Peter Härdfeldt,
and drawn by David.
Goofy and Horace is going on a mountain trip with Goofy's old car. The
trip is quite a challenge to this old thing, but Goofy does some necessary
modifications to it every time a problem appears. The first one can't
have been really checked by the artist, though... It's supposed to make
the car four wheel driven, and I suppose it does, but I do think the front
wheels and the rear wheels should rotate in the same direction.
I liked this one, in all it's simplicity. The art is in traditional Murry
style.
Number seven is an old one-pager (KF 12-30-51)
Then comes the second part of the Kalevala story.
And finally, another old one-pager (KF 03-07-54).
With this issue was a reprint of a Christmas issue from 1953.
Jørgen
The front cover this time shows Donald dressed as Santa Claus, and Chip &
Dale sliding down his long, white beard on skis and sleigh.
Story number one is about the Junior Woodchucks (D 99033, 7 pages), written
by Gorm Transgaard, and drawn by Marsal. Seven pages seems unusually short
for a pilot story.
Donald's nephews are sent on an emergency mission to the North Pole. Santa
Claus has gotten a virus into his computer system, and he hasn't the
slightest idea which kid is going to get what. It shows up that a misleaden
elf is working on instructions from a man who owns a lot of toy stores.
The Woodchucks fix it all.
Stories like this appear from time to time, and this is not among the
better ones.
Story number two is story number four about the round stones. This one is
about Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck (D 99025, 10 pages). Yes, you're reading
correctly; we have cross overs. The story is written by Pat and
Carol McGreal, and drawn by Santanach.
The two girls meet each other, and find out they both have such stones.
Both of them have been given them as a present from their boy friends.
The Beagle Boys steal them, and to get them back, the girls dresses like
criminals to get information. They walks into a bar in the harbour, where
there are lots of criminals, and acting like some real brutes, they get
what they want. Then they fool the Beagle Boys, and take back the stones.
Not bad, but the idea of showing Minnie and Daisy as detectives and/or
dressed as criminals isn't quite as new as the writers seem to believe.
Story number three is a Donald Duck story (D 98177, 12 pages), written by
Pat and Carol McGreal, and drawn by Esteban. There are no round stones in
this one...
Donald has decided he should have a job, and by working hard, and speaking
well for himself, he does get a few. But he loses them almost at once,
due to cuts in the business. After a few tries then, he decides to do
something easy: Starting a kindergarten. Yeah, easy... After some good
action, including a climb in a dinosaur's skeleton, Donald realizes that
what he should be doing is sleeping on the couch.
A pretty good action story, and Esteban has done a good job on the art.
Story number four is a one page mystery (D 99021) without credits.
Number five is this week's Dutch story. It's about Donald Duck (H 9292,
5 pages), written by Evert Geradts, and drawn by Comicup Studio. Er...?
This Mr. Studio has a funny name, I think. But he draws very well.
Donald and the nephews are out of money, and very tired of eating beans.
The nephews have an idea, though, which they present to Scrooge. The
latter hasn't discovered the big market in electonic games, and to get
into it, Donald is to serve a fantastic dinner to the leading man in the
business. This way Scrooge will earn more money, and Donald and HDL will
get the chance of having something else than beans. Donald gets money to
buy food, and works all day in the kitchen. Then it shows up that the
business man is tired of great dinners, and instead wants beans. Scrooge
sells the food Donald has prepared to a restaurant, and everyone is
happy... er, not quite.
Quite funny.
Number six is a Goofy story (D 98322, 3 pages), written by Peter Härdfeldt,
and drawn by David.
Goofy and Horace is going on a mountain trip with Goofy's old car. The
trip is quite a challenge to this old thing, but Goofy does some necessary
modifications to it every time a problem appears. The first one can't
have been really checked by the artist, though... It's supposed to make
the car four wheel driven, and I suppose it does, but I do think the front
wheels and the rear wheels should rotate in the same direction.
I liked this one, in all it's simplicity. The art is in traditional Murry
style.
Number seven is an old one-pager (KF 12-30-51)
Then comes the second part of the Kalevala story.
And finally, another old one-pager (KF 03-07-54).
With this issue was a reprint of a Christmas issue from 1953.
Jørgen
Georgios Balanikas
KOMIX #139 ,
Message 305 -
1999-12-22 at 22:13:26
Anders
In the new KOMIX#139 ,the 1-2000 Special edition, there is another lovely
letter of you and of course the answer of the editors ,saying about your
visit to their offices.
...............................................................
Jorgen,
Welcome and thank you for those valuable info ,but please don't cram so much
at once.
.................................................................
I tried to become a subscriber to "Zio Paperone", "I Maestri Disney"
(before the end of its publication) and "Super Picsou" long time ago,but I
was not lucky. I didn't even get any answer to my request. I wonder how they
treat their readers.
Georgios
In the new KOMIX#139 ,the 1-2000 Special edition, there is another lovely
letter of you and of course the answer of the editors ,saying about your
visit to their offices.
...............................................................
Jorgen,
Welcome and thank you for those valuable info ,but please don't cram so much
at once.
.................................................................
I tried to become a subscriber to "Zio Paperone", "I Maestri Disney"
(before the end of its publication) and "Super Picsou" long time ago,but I
was not lucky. I didn't even get any answer to my request. I wonder how they
treat their readers.
Georgios
Kriton Kyrimis
DCML digest, Vol 1 #27 - 14 msgs
Message 306 -
1999-12-23 at 00:12:05
JORGEN:
> since that nation was very
> active in pelagic whale catching in the sixties (together with Norway,
> UK, USSR and Japan - and of course the Greek pirate fleet).
Forgive an ignorant greek for asking: a greek pirate fleet? The only
greek pirates of which I am aware were active in the Aegean sea at the
time of the turkish occupation.
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"Ask not for whom the pipe clangs."
-----
> since that nation was very
> active in pelagic whale catching in the sixties (together with Norway,
> UK, USSR and Japan - and of course the Greek pirate fleet).
Forgive an ignorant greek for asking: a greek pirate fleet? The only
greek pirates of which I am aware were active in the Aegean sea at the
time of the turkish occupation.
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"Ask not for whom the pipe clangs."
-----
Kriton Kyrimis
Komix #139--2000 special
Message 307 -
1999-12-23 at 00:34:05
I suspect that starting next month I will be replacing Archontis in this
"column", so I thought I'd start this month, to see if I get it right!
KOMIX #139, dated January 200, contains:
1. The wrap-around cover from Uncle $crooge 250 by William Van Horn. You can
see a scan of the KOMIX version of the cover at
http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis/pics/komix139.jpg
(Note the coin under the KOMIX logo, which was left over from the original
Uncle $crooge logo!)
2. A two-page article titled "Three Top Creators" and subtitled "from
America to Italy and back again", followed by a single-page article,
titled "Three Generations, One Art, One Century", and subtitled "the
evolution of an art through the work of Disney's best". Both articles
are about Barks, Scarpa, and Rosa.
3. Don Rosa's "A Little Something Special".
4. An article titled "Especially Dedicated" (which is also the greek title of
"A Little Something Special"), and subtitled "Don Rosa talks to _KOMIX_
about his story's back stage".
5. Carl Barks' "Christmas Eve Story" from WDC&S #172.
6. A three-page article titled "Romano Scarpa's Lentils" and subtitled
"Money, Adventure and Cooking from Ancient Mesopotamia", including
a recipe for "Duck with Babylonian Lentils". (Supposedly they asked
a chef to read the story and give them a recipe for how Babylonian
lentils might have been cooked, and he couldn't come up with anything,
so he gave them a modern recipe, instead. This is suprpising, as lentil
soup is still a very popular greek dish, and if you omit tomatoes,
the recipe is probably the same they used back in Hamurabbi's time. If
you're interested, let me know, and I'll send it to you.)
7. A three-page article, titled "they may seem few, but *100+4 Years of
Comics* have gone by..."
Regarding the greek title of "A Little Something Special", we have to
go back into the past, at a time where radio and television were state
monopolies in Greece. Greeks being greeks, where breaking the law is
the national pastime, this did not prevent people from operating pirate
radio stations, and there were literally dozens of them. As the state's
main concern was to have a monopoly on news broadcasts, radio pirates
focused mainly on broadcasting songs. People would call in at the station
and dedicate songs to their friends. Thus, each song would be preceded
by a preamble of the type: dedicated from John to Mary and her sister,
from George to the gang, especially dedicated from Nick to Helen. The
latter would mean that Helen was that special someone in Nick's life,
and he was sort of making a public declaration of it; sort of, because
only first names was given. Titling the story "especially dedicated",
therefore, would suggest that this is a dedication from someone to whom
Scrooge is that special someone. Given that "A Little Something Special"
does not translate very well into Greek, I believe that KOMIX' editors
put a lot of consideration about what title to use for this special story.
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
-----
"Ask not for whom the pipe clangs."
-----
"column", so I thought I'd start this month, to see if I get it right!
KOMIX #139, dated January 200, contains:
1. The wrap-around cover from Uncle $crooge 250 by William Van Horn. You can
see a scan of the KOMIX version of the cover at
http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis/pics/komix139.jpg
(Note the coin under the KOMIX logo, which was left over from the original
Uncle $crooge logo!)
2. A two-page article titled "Three Top Creators" and subtitled "from
America to Italy and back again", followed by a single-page article,
titled "Three Generations, One Art, One Century", and subtitled "the
evolution of an art through the work of Disney's best". Both articles
are about Barks, Scarpa, and Rosa.
3. Don Rosa's "A Little Something Special".
4. An article titled "Especially Dedicated" (which is also the greek title of
"A Little Something Special"), and subtitled "Don Rosa talks to _KOMIX_
about his story's back stage".
5. Carl Barks' "Christmas Eve Story" from WDC&S #172.
6. A three-page article titled "Romano Scarpa's Lentils" and subtitled
"Money, Adventure and Cooking from Ancient Mesopotamia", including
a recipe for "Duck with Babylonian Lentils". (Supposedly they asked
a chef to read the story and give them a recipe for how Babylonian
lentils might have been cooked, and he couldn't come up with anything,
so he gave them a modern recipe, instead. This is suprpising, as lentil
soup is still a very popular greek dish, and if you omit tomatoes,
the recipe is probably the same they used back in Hamurabbi's time. If
you're interested, let me know, and I'll send it to you.)
7. A three-page article, titled "they may seem few, but *100+4 Years of
Comics* have gone by..."
Regarding the greek title of "A Little Something Special", we have to
go back into the past, at a time where radio and television were state
monopolies in Greece. Greeks being greeks, where breaking the law is
the national pastime, this did not prevent people from operating pirate
radio stations, and there were literally dozens of them. As the state's
main concern was to have a monopoly on news broadcasts, radio pirates
focused mainly on broadcasting songs. People would call in at the station
and dedicate songs to their friends. Thus, each song would be preceded
by a preamble of the type: dedicated from John to Mary and her sister,
from George to the gang, especially dedicated from Nick to Helen. The
latter would mean that Helen was that special someone in Nick's life,
and he was sort of making a public declaration of it; sort of, because
only first names was given. Titling the story "especially dedicated",
therefore, would suggest that this is a dedication from someone to whom
Scrooge is that special someone. Given that "A Little Something Special"
does not translate very well into Greek, I believe that KOMIX' editors
put a lot of consideration about what title to use for this special story.
Kriton (e-mail: (Email removed))
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis
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Komix #139--2000 special
Message 308 -
1999-12-23 at 01:14:32
Da: Kriton Kyrimis <(Email removed)>
> 1. The wrap-around cover from Uncle $crooge 250 by William Van Horn. You
can
> see a scan of the KOMIX version of the cover at
> http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis/pics/komix139.jpg
I really love these scans from the cover of Komix... just to let you know I
appreciate them very much
Sprea
> 1. The wrap-around cover from Uncle $crooge 250 by William Van Horn. You
can
> see a scan of the KOMIX version of the cover at
> http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis/pics/komix139.jpg
I really love these scans from the cover of Komix... just to let you know I
appreciate them very much
Sprea
Don Rosa
DCML digest, Vol 1 #29
Message 309 -
1999-12-23 at 01:42:57
From time to time, someone asks me a question here, which is the only time
I participate, in order to generally stay out of the way of the general
direction of the discussions in general.
But I will not have Internet access for the next 10-12 days, so either save
your queries, if any, or be patient until I can catch up on reading old
Digests when I return.
Thanks. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year! (I won't wish you a Happy New
Millennium since too many people already are under the mistaken notion that
the New Millennium and the 21st Century begin on the first day of 2000,
rather than the first day of 2001.)
I participate, in order to generally stay out of the way of the general
direction of the discussions in general.
But I will not have Internet access for the next 10-12 days, so either save
your queries, if any, or be patient until I can catch up on reading old
Digests when I return.
Thanks. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year! (I won't wish you a Happy New
Millennium since too many people already are under the mistaken notion that
the New Millennium and the 21st Century begin on the first day of 2000,
rather than the first day of 2001.)
Fluks, H.W.
MM
Message 310 -
1999-12-23 at 11:39:41
Don wrote:
> I won't wish you a Happy New
> Millennium since too many people already are under the
> mistaken notion that
> the New Millennium and the 21st Century begin on the first
> day of 2000, rather than the first day of 2001.
Ah, so there *are* some people (besides me) who know how our year counting
was defined. I started to wonder, since *everyone* in Holland seems to think
otherwise.
Apart from that, it's a bit silly to wish anyone "a happy new millennium". I
at least know for sure that I won't live for another 1000 years.
--Harry.
> I won't wish you a Happy New
> Millennium since too many people already are under the
> mistaken notion that
> the New Millennium and the 21st Century begin on the first
> day of 2000, rather than the first day of 2001.
Ah, so there *are* some people (besides me) who know how our year counting
was defined. I started to wonder, since *everyone* in Holland seems to think
otherwise.
Apart from that, it's a bit silly to wish anyone "a happy new millennium". I
at least know for sure that I won't live for another 1000 years.
--Harry.
Arie Fachrisal
Jorgen & Stefan
Message 311 -
1999-12-23 at 12:43:07
> That would be in Indonesia, right? Is there mostly Dutch stuff in your
> weeklies, or are there other things as well?
>
>
>
> Jørgen
Yep, i'm from Indonesia. Mostly D, H, and I-coded stories. Barks' stories
were also commonly printed a few years ago. Not anymore now (sigh).
BTW, thanks Stefan Persson for the link. i didn't know the page has that
ability. Now i know. Thanks:-)
Arie Fachrisal
> weeklies, or are there other things as well?
>
>
>
> Jørgen
Yep, i'm from Indonesia. Mostly D, H, and I-coded stories. Barks' stories
were also commonly printed a few years ago. Not anymore now (sigh).
BTW, thanks Stefan Persson for the link. i didn't know the page has that
ability. Now i know. Thanks:-)
Arie Fachrisal
Dr. Archontis Pantsios
KOMIX #139 and...more!
Message 312 -
1999-12-23 at 12:47:20
Fellow Quackeroos:
KOMIX #139, a thick, 132-page issue that celebrates the Year 2000 (I'm not
getting into the "millennium" debate) hit the stands yesterday. It features:
a) A wrap-around cover by W. V. Horn from an early '90s Disney Comics issue.
b) "Three Top Creators: From the U.S. to Italy and Back", a 2-page editorial
on Barks, Scarpa, and Rosa. The piece includes caricatures of all three plus
representative drawings.
c) "Three Generations, One Art, One Century: The evolution of an art thru
the works of Disney's Masters". A 1-page editorial one the same 3 artists.
d) Don Rosa's "A Little Something Special", D-96325.
e) "Especially Dedicated: Don Rosa talks to KOMIX", a 2-page Rosa interview.
f) "Christmas Eve Story", from WDC&S #172, 1955.
g) "Romano Scarpa's Lentils", a 3-page editorial on Scarpa and his classic
story. KOMIX prints a special lentil recipe by Sylvester Kolomisky, a chef
who lives and works at the restaurant "Le Jimap", in Paris, France. KOMIX
asked Mr. Kolomisky to prepare a lentil soup recipe especially for KOMIX!
h) Scarpa's "The Lentils from Babylon", from I-TL #250-251, 1960.
i) "100 + 4 Years of Comics", a 4-page editorial, chock-full of color panel
and cover re-productions, on the history of the comics medium.
This is a truly outstanding issue--true millennium or not!
Oh, lest I forget: I also picked up this morning "KLASIKA" #158, the
Dec-Jan. issue. It collects 2 *great* stories:
a) Scarpa's "Topolino e l' ultraghiaccio", I-TL #596-597, 1967. Many Scarpa
experts call this one "the last of Scarpa's classics".
b) "Paperino e il calumet della pace", scripted by Carlo Chendi and drawn by
Luciano Bottaro, I-TL #290-291, 1961.
A third story, drawn by Luciano Gatto rounds up the issue; its Greek title
is "The Triangle of the Bears".
GEORGIOS:
> I tried to become a subscriber to "Zio Paperone", "I Maestri Disney"
>(before the end of its publication) and "Super Picsou" long time ago,but I
>was not lucky. I didn't even get any answer to my request. I wonder how they
>treat their readers.
This is really puzzling and it has been discussed in the past in this List:
I've been a customer to both Disney Italia and Hachette for a few years now,
and they treated me rather nicely. I now subscribe to 4 Italian titles and 2
French ones, and they always send me subscription re-newal notices. When I
first subscribed, all I did was write them a letter and ask them to charge
my credit card.
Someone has mentioned that perhaps their policy has changed and they might
not be offering new subscriptions. Does this make sense? Why wouldn't they
want new customers? Does it cost them so much more?
Holiday Cheers to all from a white (yes, we had a snow-storm) Thessaloniki!
Archontis
KOMIX #139, a thick, 132-page issue that celebrates the Year 2000 (I'm not
getting into the "millennium" debate) hit the stands yesterday. It features:
a) A wrap-around cover by W. V. Horn from an early '90s Disney Comics issue.
b) "Three Top Creators: From the U.S. to Italy and Back", a 2-page editorial
on Barks, Scarpa, and Rosa. The piece includes caricatures of all three plus
representative drawings.
c) "Three Generations, One Art, One Century: The evolution of an art thru
the works of Disney's Masters". A 1-page editorial one the same 3 artists.
d) Don Rosa's "A Little Something Special", D-96325.
e) "Especially Dedicated: Don Rosa talks to KOMIX", a 2-page Rosa interview.
f) "Christmas Eve Story", from WDC&S #172, 1955.
g) "Romano Scarpa's Lentils", a 3-page editorial on Scarpa and his classic
story. KOMIX prints a special lentil recipe by Sylvester Kolomisky, a chef
who lives and works at the restaurant "Le Jimap", in Paris, France. KOMIX
asked Mr. Kolomisky to prepare a lentil soup recipe especially for KOMIX!
h) Scarpa's "The Lentils from Babylon", from I-TL #250-251, 1960.
i) "100 + 4 Years of Comics", a 4-page editorial, chock-full of color panel
and cover re-productions, on the history of the comics medium.
This is a truly outstanding issue--true millennium or not!
Oh, lest I forget: I also picked up this morning "KLASIKA" #158, the
Dec-Jan. issue. It collects 2 *great* stories:
a) Scarpa's "Topolino e l' ultraghiaccio", I-TL #596-597, 1967. Many Scarpa
experts call this one "the last of Scarpa's classics".
b) "Paperino e il calumet della pace", scripted by Carlo Chendi and drawn by
Luciano Bottaro, I-TL #290-291, 1961.
A third story, drawn by Luciano Gatto rounds up the issue; its Greek title
is "The Triangle of the Bears".
GEORGIOS:
> I tried to become a subscriber to "Zio Paperone", "I Maestri Disney"
>(before the end of its publication) and "Super Picsou" long time ago,but I
>was not lucky. I didn't even get any answer to my request. I wonder how they
>treat their readers.
This is really puzzling and it has been discussed in the past in this List:
I've been a customer to both Disney Italia and Hachette for a few years now,
and they treated me rather nicely. I now subscribe to 4 Italian titles and 2
French ones, and they always send me subscription re-newal notices. When I
first subscribed, all I did was write them a letter and ask them to charge
my credit card.
Someone has mentioned that perhaps their policy has changed and they might
not be offering new subscriptions. Does this make sense? Why wouldn't they
want new customers? Does it cost them so much more?
Holiday Cheers to all from a white (yes, we had a snow-storm) Thessaloniki!
Archontis
Stefan Persson
Donald Duck & Co # 46 1999
Message 313 -
1999-12-23 at 14:22:25
>From: "Jørgen Andreas Bangor" <(Email removed)>
>
> Stefan Person:
>
>| BTW, have codes EVER been printed on the covers?
>
>Yes. Can't say it for sure without checking, but I think it started
>about two years ago. Then it stopped a few months ago.
I can't find any codes on the Swedish covers. Is the code printed at the
same place as the Swedish EAN code? (Lower-left corner)
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> Stefan Person:
>
>| BTW, have codes EVER been printed on the covers?
>
>Yes. Can't say it for sure without checking, but I think it started
>about two years ago. Then it stopped a few months ago.
I can't find any codes on the Swedish covers. Is the code printed at the
same place as the Swedish EAN code? (Lower-left corner)
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Donald Duck & Co # 49 - 1999
Message 314 -
1999-12-23 at 14:25:40
>From: "Jørgen Andreas Bangor" <(Email removed)>
>
>Donald Duck & Co # 49 - 1999
>
>The front cover this time shows Donald dressed as Santa Claus, and Chip &
>Dale sliding down his long, white beard on skis and sleigh.
Sweden: Kalle Anka & C:O 49/99
Denmark: Anders And & C:O 49/99
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>Donald Duck & Co # 49 - 1999
>
>The front cover this time shows Donald dressed as Santa Claus, and Chip &
>Dale sliding down his long, white beard on skis and sleigh.
Sweden: Kalle Anka & C:O 49/99
Denmark: Anders And & C:O 49/99
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Donald Duck & Co # 48 - 1999
Message 315 -
1999-12-23 at 14:27:21
>From: "Jørgen Andreas Bangor" <(Email removed)>
>
>Donald Duck & Co # 48 1999
>
>On the front cover this week, Donald is carrying Christmas presents. A big
>stack of them, so he can't see anything in front of him. You see what's
>coming? Oh no, not this time. Besides him walks Bolivar (or whatever the
>dog's called this week) with a horn in his mouth, warning people to get
>out of the way.
Sweden: Kalle Anka & C:O 48/99
Denmark: Anders And & C:O 48/99
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>Donald Duck & Co # 48 1999
>
>On the front cover this week, Donald is carrying Christmas presents. A big
>stack of them, so he can't see anything in front of him. You see what's
>coming? Oh no, not this time. Besides him walks Bolivar (or whatever the
>dog's called this week) with a horn in his mouth, warning people to get
>out of the way.
Sweden: Kalle Anka & C:O 48/99
Denmark: Anders And & C:O 48/99
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