Keskustelujen arkisto

Fran?ois:

> In issue #344 this month:
> - pin-up illustration by Don Rosa for the Kalevala
> http://www2.ec-lille.fr/willot/scans/FC_PM__344D.jpg
> - Another Kalevala illustration (made for Finnish "Sammon
> salaisuus ja muita Don Rosan parhaita" maybe?)

Or maybe the cover that Don did for the German publications.
Do you have a scan of it?

--Harry.

Hi, all,

You may be interested to know that Money Magazine has finally recognized the
financial wizardry of Scrooge McDuck.

In their October 2000 issue (page 28), they "wondered what financial tips
could be gleaned from the character's misery existence. After all, since his
debut in 1947, Scorrge McDuck managed to amass 'umpteencentrifugillion
dollars and 16 cents" - or enough money to fill a three-acre money bin to a
depth of 79 feet (actually now at 98 feet). Surely his insights are of
interest.

"Here's a sampling:

"Love your money. Not for what it buys but for the sheer physical pleasure it
bestows. 'I like to dive around in it like a porpoise, burrow through it like
a gopher and thss it up and let it hit me on the head,' Scrooge once said.

"Waste not, want not. 'Thrift is the secret of my success,' Scrooge reveals
in panel after panel. He spurns the newsboy because he can find a paper for
free in the park, counsels Donald to 'never put your stomach ahead of your
purse' and tells his clerks to use both sides of the paper 'and the edges
too."

"The trickle-back theory. The backbone of his success. Scrooge comes to the
agonizing conclusion that is would be cheaper to spend his money than build
another bin to hold it. He hires Donald to do the dirty work. But since
Scrooge himself owns the hotels where Donald stays, the restaurants he eats
in and the mines that produced the ore for the jewelry he buys - the money
return, making him richer than ever."

Not bad advice at all for acquiring financial wealth, if that's your goal.

This is an article I wrote on Carl Barks, that is also partly available on
the web:
http://www2.ec-lille.fr/willot/coa/div/barks.php

(I would love to make an English version, but my English is not good enough
for that).

Hi.

Has the french "picsou magazine" a homepage? Which URL?

/Erik

From: "Michael Rhode" <mrhode at hotmail.com>

> Based on F.A. Elliott's suggestion about Barks and National Geographic:
> Can anyone provide me with specific examples of a.) issues and the stories
> of Nat'l Geo that Barks used and b.) the comic book story he used them in
> esp. inc. US publication data?

Alberto Becattini in an article included in Zio Paperone #106 gives a couple
of examples:

National Geographic April 1940 and October 1941 --> Donald Duck and the
Mummy Ring (Four Color Comic #29, September 1943)

There are some pictures fom those issues and the ispiration from them for
the story is clear.

--
Sprea

http://heinlein.cjb.net

As a proud member of the Swedish Duck Comics Association (NAFS(k))
I received information a couple of days ago about a comics auction,
to take place in Stockholm in November. The flier in question
contains brief descriptions of some of the [many] comics for sale,
including
"No. 3/48 NM96-97 (Svenander)"
and so on. I understand this points to the exquisite beauty of
the comics in question -- but I'm simply curious as to the
term `Svenander' being used here. What does it mean, what does
it refer to?

I'm sure Swedish ankists on the list are eager to explain the
etymological roots here.

Nils Lid Hjort

At 2000-09-27 18:39 +0200, Francesco Spreafico wrote:
>Alberto Becattini in an article included in Zio Paperone #106 gives a couple
>of examples:
>
>National Geographic April 1940 and October 1941 --> Donald Duck and the
>Mummy Ring (Four Color Comic #29, September 1943)

This is the stuff originally pointed out in volume 1(1) of the CBL by, if I
remember correctly, Ault and Andrae in an extensive and well-researched
article/interview.

Frank (filologo disneyano) http://www.uk.research.att.com/~fms/