Hi to all of you, again.
I've been "e-mail deprived" since last January, and only a few days
ago did I subscribe to DCML again.
I answer here to Luca Boschi, so that, should anyone else be
interested...(you never know...)
# # # # # # # # # #
Dear Luca,
here's the chronology of my works, so far.
DISNEY MEGAZINE
# 50 (1/31/'98) ZP: "Coscienza ecologica"
I-DMR 50-08 1 page
F. Artibani (s)
# 52 (2/14/'98) BB: "L'assaggiatore"
I-DMR 52-14 1 page
F. Artibani (s)
PAPERINIK
#57 (6/'98) "Paperinik e il sospetto di Ciccio"
I-PK 57-2 24 pages
D.Fasano (s), Venturini (i)
#59 (8/'98) "Paperinik... in tourn?e"
I-PK 59-2 ? 20 pages
N.Russo (s), Venturini (i)
#63 (12/'98) "Paperinik e il Natale tranquillo"
I-PK 63-1 37 pages
B.Concina (s), Venturini (i)
#66 (3/'99) "Paperinik e il peggior incubo"
I-PK 66-1 30 pages
Venturini (i)
#70 (7/'99) "Paperinik e il fango della discordia"
I-PK 70-1 43 pages
Venturini (i)
#73 (10/'99) "Gi? la maschera, Paperinik!"
I-PK 73-1 34 pages
B.Concina (s), Venturini (i)
#75 (12/'99) "Paperinik e l'emergenza natalizia"
I-PK 75-1/A,1/B 60 pages
S.Tulipano (s), L.Chiavini (i)
#76 (1/'00) "Paperinik e il Valhalla degli eroi"
I-PK 76-2 15 pages
N.Russo (s)
#79 (4/'00) "Paperinik e la minaccia lentigginosa"
I-PK 79-2 ? 16 pages
N.Russo (s)
#81 (6/'00) "Paperinik e i banditi in erba"
I-PK 81-2 16 pages
N.Russo (s)
PAPERINO
#232 (10/'99) "Paperino e i tirannici servitori"
I-P 232-2 30 pages
S.Tulipano (s)
#246 (12/'00) "Paperino e la casa alla moda"
I-P 246-2 ? 30 pages
Author
Topic: 200011
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Blasco Pisapia
Chronology of my stories
Message 151 -
2000-11-27 at 14:27:07
Fluks, H.W.
$crooges money bin!
Message 152 -
2000-11-27 at 14:38:00
> From: Agridiotis [mailto:agridiot at spidernet.net]
> No, i think in the "House of Haunts" they did it bad Scrooge
> hadn't his
> money in the bin any more bad in the castle.
Replace "bad" by "but", and the above makes much more sense. 8-)
--Harry.
> No, i think in the "House of Haunts" they did it bad Scrooge
> hadn't his
> money in the bin any more bad in the castle.
Replace "bad" by "but", and the above makes much more sense. 8-)
--Harry.
Don Rosa
Digest #331
Message 153 -
2000-11-27 at 16:52:14
Okay, I just got back from the MidOhioCon, and I see all these great
suggestions and ideas for Money Bin rooms. I made a list of notes and I'll
comment on a few ideas, but I did not make a note on who said what, so I'll
just pile all the comments together.
First of all, hiho to Hoy who I bumped into too briefly at the convention.
Sorry -- I figured I'd see you 37 more times otherwise we should have
chatted longer. We must have been in different aisles the rest of the
weekend. Glad I signed all your comics during that encounter!
As for this Money Bin idea -- my challenge is to sift through all my
memories and other folks' suggestions and decide what to include and what
to ignore. Many rooms that Barks showed are essential. But other rooms and
views must be weighed as being done only for convenience of panel or story
construction, or that they were used simply as a toss-away gag, the same
way I treat the Bin when I draw it. I don't suggest that Barks *ever*
intended that somebody attempt a Money Bin design -- I'm doing it just for
my own pleasure. And I have also always drawn views of Money Bin office
interiors without concern to how they fit together or whether I show the
office in the same design twice... and after we draw up Bin plans, I will
seldom if ever look at them while drawing $crooge's office. I will also
leave a floor or two undescribed so that I can always decide there is
something else in the Bin that I had not thought of before. Also, if I
refuse to use a room or element that some Duckfan thinks I really should
have included, he's free to assume for himself that it's on that "other
floor".
Butler -- I know that Barks showed a butler pouring coins over $crooge in
one splash panel. $crooge (or Barks) hired the butler for that one purpose.
He was then sacked. And the butler and chauffer in "Xmas on Bear Mountain"
went along with the mansion in that story, and $crooge got rid of all that
(in *my* version of all this) soon thereafter, as I tell in my "Lo$" part
12.
Windows -- Barks showed various numbers and positions of windows, but most
of the time he showed 8, and that's how I have always shown it. 2 in each
upper cube-corner. Therefore, 4 would be in the office-facade and 4 in the
Bin itself. The window down low where $crooge reached out for a cabbage in
the garden in that one tale -- this is an example of a throw-away gag that
I'll ignore.
The Bin design might easily be offices on all 4 sides with the Bin in the
center, but that would be a LOT of drawing!!!! We already think we will
have great trouble in even drawing the layouts of a narrow bunch of rooms
on one side. And those 12-13 floors will have plenty of room for all the
ideas I foresee. So we will stick to offices in only the front facade of
the Bin.
The idea of a tunnel down into the coins is fine, but that is not part of
the Bin design. And it would be a changing element as well. It might be
there, but it won't show on our plans. And that's good because we really
won't have room for diagrams of anything but those narrow front floor
sections! Also, the painting with the mine-shaft that is being referred to
was done during the so-called "Carl Barks Studio" period, and I am quite
delighted to blot those years from my memory of Barks altogether. 'Nuff
said.
Precious stones on the bottom level of the Bin -- this is an example of a
very funny throw-away gag that I will very much ignore. The precious stones
will be housed in small bins in the facade-section, along with bullion,
etc.
The giant bed in "Invisible Intruder" -- this was NOT a Barks story. He
only drew it. And I'm glad to ignore that very un-$crooge-like notion.
Which brings me to the reminder applicable to all my work: I ignore all
stories that Barks either only drew or only wrote. The reason I would
ignore the stories that he only wrote (the "Junior Woodchuck" stories) is
that Barks seemed to be doing stories about the JW's, and using $crooge as
only a background character, and I don't really like the $crooge character
that appears in some of those stories. He seems like a new character
compared to the older stories. Well, anyway, I choose to ignore any
post-1967 work Barks did on these Ducks.
Now I have a rather long list of other ideas and issue numbers and I'm
gonna go check them all out and decide what to do. F'rinstance, can the
"thinking room" be the same as the "worry room"? But ALL comments have been
noted and will be examined! Thanks! Please keep sending any new things you
recall!
suggestions and ideas for Money Bin rooms. I made a list of notes and I'll
comment on a few ideas, but I did not make a note on who said what, so I'll
just pile all the comments together.
First of all, hiho to Hoy who I bumped into too briefly at the convention.
Sorry -- I figured I'd see you 37 more times otherwise we should have
chatted longer. We must have been in different aisles the rest of the
weekend. Glad I signed all your comics during that encounter!
As for this Money Bin idea -- my challenge is to sift through all my
memories and other folks' suggestions and decide what to include and what
to ignore. Many rooms that Barks showed are essential. But other rooms and
views must be weighed as being done only for convenience of panel or story
construction, or that they were used simply as a toss-away gag, the same
way I treat the Bin when I draw it. I don't suggest that Barks *ever*
intended that somebody attempt a Money Bin design -- I'm doing it just for
my own pleasure. And I have also always drawn views of Money Bin office
interiors without concern to how they fit together or whether I show the
office in the same design twice... and after we draw up Bin plans, I will
seldom if ever look at them while drawing $crooge's office. I will also
leave a floor or two undescribed so that I can always decide there is
something else in the Bin that I had not thought of before. Also, if I
refuse to use a room or element that some Duckfan thinks I really should
have included, he's free to assume for himself that it's on that "other
floor".
Butler -- I know that Barks showed a butler pouring coins over $crooge in
one splash panel. $crooge (or Barks) hired the butler for that one purpose.
He was then sacked. And the butler and chauffer in "Xmas on Bear Mountain"
went along with the mansion in that story, and $crooge got rid of all that
(in *my* version of all this) soon thereafter, as I tell in my "Lo$" part
12.
Windows -- Barks showed various numbers and positions of windows, but most
of the time he showed 8, and that's how I have always shown it. 2 in each
upper cube-corner. Therefore, 4 would be in the office-facade and 4 in the
Bin itself. The window down low where $crooge reached out for a cabbage in
the garden in that one tale -- this is an example of a throw-away gag that
I'll ignore.
The Bin design might easily be offices on all 4 sides with the Bin in the
center, but that would be a LOT of drawing!!!! We already think we will
have great trouble in even drawing the layouts of a narrow bunch of rooms
on one side. And those 12-13 floors will have plenty of room for all the
ideas I foresee. So we will stick to offices in only the front facade of
the Bin.
The idea of a tunnel down into the coins is fine, but that is not part of
the Bin design. And it would be a changing element as well. It might be
there, but it won't show on our plans. And that's good because we really
won't have room for diagrams of anything but those narrow front floor
sections! Also, the painting with the mine-shaft that is being referred to
was done during the so-called "Carl Barks Studio" period, and I am quite
delighted to blot those years from my memory of Barks altogether. 'Nuff
said.
Precious stones on the bottom level of the Bin -- this is an example of a
very funny throw-away gag that I will very much ignore. The precious stones
will be housed in small bins in the facade-section, along with bullion,
etc.
The giant bed in "Invisible Intruder" -- this was NOT a Barks story. He
only drew it. And I'm glad to ignore that very un-$crooge-like notion.
Which brings me to the reminder applicable to all my work: I ignore all
stories that Barks either only drew or only wrote. The reason I would
ignore the stories that he only wrote (the "Junior Woodchuck" stories) is
that Barks seemed to be doing stories about the JW's, and using $crooge as
only a background character, and I don't really like the $crooge character
that appears in some of those stories. He seems like a new character
compared to the older stories. Well, anyway, I choose to ignore any
post-1967 work Barks did on these Ducks.
Now I have a rather long list of other ideas and issue numbers and I'm
gonna go check them all out and decide what to do. F'rinstance, can the
"thinking room" be the same as the "worry room"? But ALL comments have been
noted and will be examined! Thanks! Please keep sending any new things you
recall!
Santiago Garcia Banhos
Money Bin's rooms
Message 154 -
2000-11-27 at 17:12:03
Apostolis:
Some duckfan! Story researching, bin's sketches... My congratulations! You
are the one! :-)
Don:
I feel not able to remember any other room in the bin which hasn't been
remarked already by the other folks here, but I have an idea of my own
(inspired by some American as well as Italian stories):
I think you should add rooms to show how Scrooge is mean. For example, he
could have a huge room oriented to RECICLYNG all the papers, pencils' chip,
and so, used in his office. He stores there all of that for selling it to a
ragdealer, or so... Let's remember U$ is not very keen on throwing things
away to the trash can.
Santiago.
Some duckfan! Story researching, bin's sketches... My congratulations! You
are the one! :-)
Don:
I feel not able to remember any other room in the bin which hasn't been
remarked already by the other folks here, but I have an idea of my own
(inspired by some American as well as Italian stories):
I think you should add rooms to show how Scrooge is mean. For example, he
could have a huge room oriented to RECICLYNG all the papers, pencils' chip,
and so, used in his office. He stores there all of that for selling it to a
ragdealer, or so... Let's remember U$ is not very keen on throwing things
away to the trash can.
Santiago.
Apostolis Trikourakis
Money Bin's rooms
Message 155 -
2000-11-27 at 18:19:19
Santiago wrote:
>>>Apostolis:
>>>Some duckfan! Story researching, bin's sketches... My congratulations!
You
>>>are the one! :-)
Thanks for your lovely words! I'm trying to help Don as much as I can, by
drawing sketches, making searches or even thinking new rooms! :-)
>>>I think you should add rooms to show how Scrooge is mean. For example, he
>>>could have a huge room oriented to RECICLYNG all the papers, pencils'
chip,
>>>and so, used in his office. He stores there all of that for selling it to
a
>>>ragdealer, or so... Let's remember U$ is not very keen on throwing things
>>>away to the trash can.
Great idea! Maybe Scrooge has a Recycling room in the basement, keeping
there all the things he wants to store. But that would be a really *big*
room!
Don:
>>>F'rinstance, can the
>>>"thinking room" be the same as the "worry room"?
Actually, it is the same room. A room Scrooge is using when he's nervous or
sad.
>>>I will also
>>>leave a floor or two undescribed so that I can always decide there is
>>>something else in the Bin that I had not thought of before. Also, if I
>>>refuse to use a room or element that some Duckfan thinks I really should
>>>have included, he's free to assume for himself that it's on that "other
>>>floor".
That'll be nice of you :-) Nobody will be displeased then! But I'm confused
with the number of floors the Bin have. Is it 2-3 or 10-12 or more? If the
floors are more than 10, I'm wondering what else can included, apart from
the rooms we have already mention here. Maybe most of the floors are offices
and storehouses, but is Scrooge paying so many employees? Anyway, I'm sure
you can add all the rooms that Barks is mentioning in his stories. Also, you
can create a library room, because I'm sure Scrooge will never spend so much
money for renting books from Duckburg's Library (info: it's on Cornelius
Coot Avenue 23, Quack-Island) :-)
Best Wishes
Apostolis Trikourakis, Athens
E-mail: komix43 at hotmail.com & komix at compulink.gr
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/komixgreekpage
DCML member
>>>Apostolis:
>>>Some duckfan! Story researching, bin's sketches... My congratulations!
You
>>>are the one! :-)
Thanks for your lovely words! I'm trying to help Don as much as I can, by
drawing sketches, making searches or even thinking new rooms! :-)
>>>I think you should add rooms to show how Scrooge is mean. For example, he
>>>could have a huge room oriented to RECICLYNG all the papers, pencils'
chip,
>>>and so, used in his office. He stores there all of that for selling it to
a
>>>ragdealer, or so... Let's remember U$ is not very keen on throwing things
>>>away to the trash can.
Great idea! Maybe Scrooge has a Recycling room in the basement, keeping
there all the things he wants to store. But that would be a really *big*
room!
Don:
>>>F'rinstance, can the
>>>"thinking room" be the same as the "worry room"?
Actually, it is the same room. A room Scrooge is using when he's nervous or
sad.
>>>I will also
>>>leave a floor or two undescribed so that I can always decide there is
>>>something else in the Bin that I had not thought of before. Also, if I
>>>refuse to use a room or element that some Duckfan thinks I really should
>>>have included, he's free to assume for himself that it's on that "other
>>>floor".
That'll be nice of you :-) Nobody will be displeased then! But I'm confused
with the number of floors the Bin have. Is it 2-3 or 10-12 or more? If the
floors are more than 10, I'm wondering what else can included, apart from
the rooms we have already mention here. Maybe most of the floors are offices
and storehouses, but is Scrooge paying so many employees? Anyway, I'm sure
you can add all the rooms that Barks is mentioning in his stories. Also, you
can create a library room, because I'm sure Scrooge will never spend so much
money for renting books from Duckburg's Library (info: it's on Cornelius
Coot Avenue 23, Quack-Island) :-)
Best Wishes
Apostolis Trikourakis, Athens
E-mail: komix43 at hotmail.com & komix at compulink.gr
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/komixgreekpage
DCML member
Don Rosa
Digest #331 again already
Message 156 -
2000-11-27 at 18:27:43
To show that I'm right on top of this, I have already checked out all the
suggestions of Money Bin rooms that I jotted down from the previous
digests...
In two examples of what I assume are careless errors by translators (or
simply difficult words to translate), I see that the alleged "lab" shown in
U$ #28 was actually an assay room (which I can include -- but I do not
think $crooge has a lab, he's not a chemist except in regard to testing the
value of ore), and the alleged "thinking room" in U$ #16 was actually the
usual "Worry Room" which is *definitely* already in my plans.
The "shelter" in U$ #43 is actually the Bin Defense Control Center (my
terminology) and I already have that in my plans.
The "treasure vault" in U$ #64 is actually just a floor safe -- note the
lower right corner... it stands *out* from the wall surface. Therefore it
is furniture and may or may not be included. We'll decide about showing key
pieces of furniture. Surely we'll show things like $crooge's desk, but I
don't think we'll try to show other furniture which would obviously move or
be added or subtracted as time went by. This would apply to maps on walls.
They would come and go, but I would like to add a notation, if there's
room, of a "map of world" on the main wall in U$'s office. We'll see...
The rocket-escape room in U$ #48 -- hmmm. I think we'll regard that as a
throw-away gag / plot element.
And I checked various views of staircases and rooms. We'll try to fit these
in, but we won't let them make our job impossible.
Yes, we'll have an armory. And the trap-door in front of U$'s desk.
Please keep sending anything else you think of. No hurry -- this is for a
story that will take me a few months to complete. Thanks!
suggestions of Money Bin rooms that I jotted down from the previous
digests...
In two examples of what I assume are careless errors by translators (or
simply difficult words to translate), I see that the alleged "lab" shown in
U$ #28 was actually an assay room (which I can include -- but I do not
think $crooge has a lab, he's not a chemist except in regard to testing the
value of ore), and the alleged "thinking room" in U$ #16 was actually the
usual "Worry Room" which is *definitely* already in my plans.
The "shelter" in U$ #43 is actually the Bin Defense Control Center (my
terminology) and I already have that in my plans.
The "treasure vault" in U$ #64 is actually just a floor safe -- note the
lower right corner... it stands *out* from the wall surface. Therefore it
is furniture and may or may not be included. We'll decide about showing key
pieces of furniture. Surely we'll show things like $crooge's desk, but I
don't think we'll try to show other furniture which would obviously move or
be added or subtracted as time went by. This would apply to maps on walls.
They would come and go, but I would like to add a notation, if there's
room, of a "map of world" on the main wall in U$'s office. We'll see...
The rocket-escape room in U$ #48 -- hmmm. I think we'll regard that as a
throw-away gag / plot element.
And I checked various views of staircases and rooms. We'll try to fit these
in, but we won't let them make our job impossible.
Yes, we'll have an armory. And the trap-door in front of U$'s desk.
Please keep sending anything else you think of. No hurry -- this is for a
story that will take me a few months to complete. Thanks!
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Barks' Brigitte money perfume idea for Scarpa
Message 157 -
2000-11-27 at 19:10:00
I've seen the money perfume idea at
http://digilander.iol.it/inducks/Scarpa/Scarpa04.jpg
and to me it looks like a Scarpa drawing.
If so, Scarpa must have drawn the idea at least three times. The other two
versions I've seen are:
- A drawing published in Uncle Scrooge 242, April 1990.
- A blue drawing published in a 1990s Piscou. (I don't have this issue.)
I've also seen a Barks version, but I don't remember where it was
published. I think it was an Italian pocket comic (Zio Paperoni?),
which somebody (I don't remember who) showed to me in August 1999,
during a visit to Arthur de Wolf.
Arthur made a scan for me, which (reduced in size) can be seen at:
http://www.seriesam.com/barks/df_75scarpa.jpg
The drawing appears to be part of a letter, dated "Burbank, 1975",
accompanied with the text "If this siren idea is any good, you're
welcome to it. C.B."
Below this text, Barks writes:
- - - - - -
Dear Romano (and Brigitte) -
Sorry to be so slow at
sending this slide. Have been
very busy painting. Gare and
I enjoyed meeting you and the
other fine artists and writers.
We wish you much success.
Carl Barks
- - - - - -
I didn't manage to find Scarpa's 1976 story "The Golden Bunch" at
the Inducks search site. I took the title from the explanation in
Uncle Scrooge 242. What is the Italian title?
Does the money perfume play an important role in the story?
Best wishes,
--- Daniel
"Gkkkkqzffjgmmmssfxxxwllvkkkski! Gckfpt!"
(Which story?) :-)
http://digilander.iol.it/inducks/Scarpa/Scarpa04.jpg
and to me it looks like a Scarpa drawing.
If so, Scarpa must have drawn the idea at least three times. The other two
versions I've seen are:
- A drawing published in Uncle Scrooge 242, April 1990.
- A blue drawing published in a 1990s Piscou. (I don't have this issue.)
I've also seen a Barks version, but I don't remember where it was
published. I think it was an Italian pocket comic (Zio Paperoni?),
which somebody (I don't remember who) showed to me in August 1999,
during a visit to Arthur de Wolf.
Arthur made a scan for me, which (reduced in size) can be seen at:
http://www.seriesam.com/barks/df_75scarpa.jpg
The drawing appears to be part of a letter, dated "Burbank, 1975",
accompanied with the text "If this siren idea is any good, you're
welcome to it. C.B."
Below this text, Barks writes:
- - - - - -
Dear Romano (and Brigitte) -
Sorry to be so slow at
sending this slide. Have been
very busy painting. Gare and
I enjoyed meeting you and the
other fine artists and writers.
We wish you much success.
Carl Barks
- - - - - -
I didn't manage to find Scarpa's 1976 story "The Golden Bunch" at
the Inducks search site. I took the title from the explanation in
Uncle Scrooge 242. What is the Italian title?
Does the money perfume play an important role in the story?
Best wishes,
--- Daniel
"Gkkkkqzffjgmmmssfxxxwllvkkkski! Gckfpt!"
(Which story?) :-)
Luca Boschi
Blasco's Chronology of my stories
Message 158 -
2000-11-27 at 19:58:55
Thank you, Blasco, for your "public chronology".
And since you'll receive this e-mail, I can tell you that storyline of "our"
next to come story about Paperinik and Sgrizzo teaming-up is... done!
Can you also tell us Venturini's first name (maybe Marco and other people
just know it, indeed!).
Ciao,
Luca
And since you'll receive this e-mail, I can tell you that storyline of "our"
next to come story about Paperinik and Sgrizzo teaming-up is... done!
Can you also tell us Venturini's first name (maybe Marco and other people
just know it, indeed!).
Ciao,
Luca
Rob And Nancy McCallum
(no subject)
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2000-11-27 at 20:02:38
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Chateau de Versailles
Message 160 -
2000-11-27 at 20:16:23
This fact may be common knowledge on the list, and if so, I apologize. But
I'll take my chances, because if it isn't it certainly _ought_ to be!
Chateau de Versailles is a beautiful old castle near Paris, ancient home of
the Sun King, Louis XIV in the seventeenth century. Apparently this mighty
sovereign (or perhaps an even earlier tenant) was also a Mickey Mouse fan,
as is evident from the layout of the garden. I finally found a good plan on
the web, so you don't have to take my word for it.
Now you're thinking "Oh yeah, so if I click on that link I'll see a familiar
three circle-Mickey silhouette, big deal!" You will indeed see this - along
with Mickey's nose, his mouth, his eyes WITH pupils, his arms, legs and
feet, and to top it all off, the darn buttons in his trousers!!
Did Gyro go back in a time machine and inadvertently forget a picture of
Mickey? In my opinion somebody should do a story about this!
Kristian :)
http://www.smartweb.fr/versailles/ja/map.htm
I'll take my chances, because if it isn't it certainly _ought_ to be!
Chateau de Versailles is a beautiful old castle near Paris, ancient home of
the Sun King, Louis XIV in the seventeenth century. Apparently this mighty
sovereign (or perhaps an even earlier tenant) was also a Mickey Mouse fan,
as is evident from the layout of the garden. I finally found a good plan on
the web, so you don't have to take my word for it.
Now you're thinking "Oh yeah, so if I click on that link I'll see a familiar
three circle-Mickey silhouette, big deal!" You will indeed see this - along
with Mickey's nose, his mouth, his eyes WITH pupils, his arms, legs and
feet, and to top it all off, the darn buttons in his trousers!!
Did Gyro go back in a time machine and inadvertently forget a picture of
Mickey? In my opinion somebody should do a story about this!
Kristian :)
http://www.smartweb.fr/versailles/ja/map.htm
Don Rosa
Digest #331 one more time!
Message 161 -
2000-11-27 at 21:13:33
A different subject.
I'm getting the impression that hardly anyone is finding that COMICS
JOURNAL from last month with the Barks tribute. Too bad -- I thought TCJs
were easier to locate -- it's the best English-language comic-art magazine
what am, after all. I'd hate to think that even in Europe a piece of crap
like WIZARD is easier to locate.
Anyway, my very (very) longtime friend Jim Vadeboncoeur, my choice for the
world's foremost authority on comic artists and magazine illustrators, sent
me an e-mail asking permission to put my text from that TCJ issue onto his
website where he has just added a Carl Barks entry into his database of
history's greatest illustrators. I don't suggest that my piece is the only
one from TCJ that's worth reading, or that it *is* worth reading, but it's
the only thing in that issue I can help direct interested parties toward.
You can see it on his website http://www.bpib.com/illustra.htm ... and
while you're there, read all you want about all the other great cartoonists
and magazine illustrators! The people at TCJ would never have the time to
offer reports on all of these masters, and the people at WIZARD have never
heard of any of them.
I'm getting the impression that hardly anyone is finding that COMICS
JOURNAL from last month with the Barks tribute. Too bad -- I thought TCJs
were easier to locate -- it's the best English-language comic-art magazine
what am, after all. I'd hate to think that even in Europe a piece of crap
like WIZARD is easier to locate.
Anyway, my very (very) longtime friend Jim Vadeboncoeur, my choice for the
world's foremost authority on comic artists and magazine illustrators, sent
me an e-mail asking permission to put my text from that TCJ issue onto his
website where he has just added a Carl Barks entry into his database of
history's greatest illustrators. I don't suggest that my piece is the only
one from TCJ that's worth reading, or that it *is* worth reading, but it's
the only thing in that issue I can help direct interested parties toward.
You can see it on his website http://www.bpib.com/illustra.htm ... and
while you're there, read all you want about all the other great cartoonists
and magazine illustrators! The people at TCJ would never have the time to
offer reports on all of these masters, and the people at WIZARD have never
heard of any of them.
Blasco Pisapia
Money Bin
Message 162 -
2000-11-27 at 21:48:02
To DON ROSA:
Concerning the Bin's dimensions, we have two conflicting evidences:
1- the depth gauge is 100 feet high, hence the vault should measure
about 120 feet in height;
2- in the Bin there are 3 cubic acres of cash;
Of course, 3 cubic acres is not a real measure, but if it were, then
the Bin should be about 3 times as big: 360 feet.
One could think that 3 cubic acres were the total amount of Scrooge's
wealth, not necessarily stored in the vault, hadn't Scrooge himself
told us differently in several occasions.
You seem to have chosen the evidence of the depth gauge, ignoring the
other fact. Is it so? Or is there a way to respect both statements?
About the rooms the Bin may contain, I'd like to make a suggestion.
We all know that what Scrooge stores in his Bin is not mere money,
but memories.
What if he had designed in there sort of a scenography, portraying
the places he loved best, such as The Blackjack Ballroom, McDuck
Castle, and so on.
When he feels nostalgic, he could stroll along on a mining trolley.
It is not a Barksian fact, of course, but ...
Best wishes for your wonderful work!
Concerning the Bin's dimensions, we have two conflicting evidences:
1- the depth gauge is 100 feet high, hence the vault should measure
about 120 feet in height;
2- in the Bin there are 3 cubic acres of cash;
Of course, 3 cubic acres is not a real measure, but if it were, then
the Bin should be about 3 times as big: 360 feet.
One could think that 3 cubic acres were the total amount of Scrooge's
wealth, not necessarily stored in the vault, hadn't Scrooge himself
told us differently in several occasions.
You seem to have chosen the evidence of the depth gauge, ignoring the
other fact. Is it so? Or is there a way to respect both statements?
About the rooms the Bin may contain, I'd like to make a suggestion.
We all know that what Scrooge stores in his Bin is not mere money,
but memories.
What if he had designed in there sort of a scenography, portraying
the places he loved best, such as The Blackjack Ballroom, McDuck
Castle, and so on.
When he feels nostalgic, he could stroll along on a mining trolley.
It is not a Barksian fact, of course, but ...
Best wishes for your wonderful work!
Paolo Castagno
Barks' Brigitte money perfume idea for Scarpa
Message 163 -
2000-11-27 at 22:12:47
Hi Daniel,
...and congratulations for your firts story!!
> I've seen the money perfume idea at
> http://digilander.iol.it/inducks/Scarpa/Scarpa04.jpg
> and to me it looks like a Scarpa drawing.
Well, a little bit also to me, but it was the only item in the
whole exhibition having this sentence written on it: "Property of
Romano Scarpa", also it was the only one not signed by him!
So, I don't think Scarpa was going to make a "fake" Barks...
maybe he just "rebuilt" it the way it was????
> I didn't manage to find Scarpa's 1976 story "The Golden Bunch" at
> the Inducks search site. I took the title from the explanation in
> Uncle Scrooge 242. What is the Italian title?
I TL 1061-A and I TL 1061-A "Zio Paperone e il casco d'oro" from
March 1976, you can find it on TL 1061&1062, GCD 29 and PF 4
> Does the money perfume play an important role in the story?
Yes, it is produced by Gyro for the beagle boys who give it to
Brigitta. Their plan is simple: once US will be engaged with
Brigitta they'll have the chanche to attack the money bin. But DD
"saves" US from the marriage with Brigitta.
> "Gkkkkqzffjgmmmssfxxxwllvkkkski! Gckfpt!"
>
> (Which story?) :-)
...beats me.... it should be something Donald says when gets mad
at something... isn't it?
- Paolo
--
http://members.xoom.it/inducks mailto:p.castagno at libero.it
'Orrore! L'uomo scimmia e' qui! E io ho parlato male di lui!
Salvatemi!'
(Professor R. Leone in I TL 158-A)
...and congratulations for your firts story!!
> I've seen the money perfume idea at
> http://digilander.iol.it/inducks/Scarpa/Scarpa04.jpg
> and to me it looks like a Scarpa drawing.
Well, a little bit also to me, but it was the only item in the
whole exhibition having this sentence written on it: "Property of
Romano Scarpa", also it was the only one not signed by him!
So, I don't think Scarpa was going to make a "fake" Barks...
maybe he just "rebuilt" it the way it was????
> I didn't manage to find Scarpa's 1976 story "The Golden Bunch" at
> the Inducks search site. I took the title from the explanation in
> Uncle Scrooge 242. What is the Italian title?
I TL 1061-A and I TL 1061-A "Zio Paperone e il casco d'oro" from
March 1976, you can find it on TL 1061&1062, GCD 29 and PF 4
> Does the money perfume play an important role in the story?
Yes, it is produced by Gyro for the beagle boys who give it to
Brigitta. Their plan is simple: once US will be engaged with
Brigitta they'll have the chanche to attack the money bin. But DD
"saves" US from the marriage with Brigitta.
> "Gkkkkqzffjgmmmssfxxxwllvkkkski! Gckfpt!"
>
> (Which story?) :-)
...beats me.... it should be something Donald says when gets mad
at something... isn't it?
- Paolo
--
http://members.xoom.it/inducks mailto:p.castagno at libero.it
'Orrore! L'uomo scimmia e' qui! E io ho parlato male di lui!
Salvatemi!'
(Professor R. Leone in I TL 158-A)
Apostolis Trikourakis
New Bin's Rooms! (Part 2)
Message 164 -
2000-11-27 at 22:14:41
Here's the results of my last search I made today:
The Golden Fleecing: On page 10, panel 2, we can see Scrooge saying
(according to the Greek translation): "I don't believe you. We are in the
20th floor!". So, there are 20 floors in the Bin! On the same page, in the
last 2 panels we can see Donald runing . There are 2 rooms in that hall.
Island in the Sky: On page 1, panel 1, we can see a door to the roof. It's
in the middle of the roof.
Untitled story (US 16): Another Worry room on page 3, panel 4...
The Money Champ (US 27): On page 4, panels 7 & 8, and on page 5, panel 1, we
can see a Diamond's fountain and a skier's racetrack (but I'm sure that the
Bin doesn't have a fountain and a racetrack!)
The Mines of King Solomon (US 19): On page 1, panels 1,2 and 4, we can see
an "Army" of employees. So, the Bin must have a lot of offices
Microducks from Outer Space (US 65): There is a small safe with samples from
Scrooge's plantations (page 7, panel 3).
The Strange Shipwrecks (US 23): On the first page of that story, Scrooge is
climbing the stairs to go to his office. Also, in the same page, in the last
panel, Scrooge is saying "I'll think about that. Now I have to go to my
office. And if I need his help...".
Best Wishes
Apostolis Trikourakis, Athens
E-mail: komix43 at hotmail.com & komix at compulink.gr
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/komixgreekpage
DCML member
The Golden Fleecing: On page 10, panel 2, we can see Scrooge saying
(according to the Greek translation): "I don't believe you. We are in the
20th floor!". So, there are 20 floors in the Bin! On the same page, in the
last 2 panels we can see Donald runing . There are 2 rooms in that hall.
Island in the Sky: On page 1, panel 1, we can see a door to the roof. It's
in the middle of the roof.
Untitled story (US 16): Another Worry room on page 3, panel 4...
The Money Champ (US 27): On page 4, panels 7 & 8, and on page 5, panel 1, we
can see a Diamond's fountain and a skier's racetrack (but I'm sure that the
Bin doesn't have a fountain and a racetrack!)
The Mines of King Solomon (US 19): On page 1, panels 1,2 and 4, we can see
an "Army" of employees. So, the Bin must have a lot of offices
Microducks from Outer Space (US 65): There is a small safe with samples from
Scrooge's plantations (page 7, panel 3).
The Strange Shipwrecks (US 23): On the first page of that story, Scrooge is
climbing the stairs to go to his office. Also, in the same page, in the last
panel, Scrooge is saying "I'll think about that. Now I have to go to my
office. And if I need his help...".
Best Wishes
Apostolis Trikourakis, Athens
E-mail: komix43 at hotmail.com & komix at compulink.gr
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/komixgreekpage
DCML member
Oyvind J. Karstad
The Money Bin
Message 165 -
2000-11-27 at 23:36:57
On the first page of the Barks story Hause of Haunts (US 63)
we can see the empty money bin.
In the fourth panel we can see that there are doors
on the inside of the vault, leading to different floors.
It's difficult to see if these doors are leading to the front of the bin.
Scrooge is sending his money out of a window on the other side of the vault,
and if he's sending them out on the backside of the bin,
then the doors are on the front,
probably leading to some offices or other rooms.
One detail that is confusing is that the tall depth measure
is standing beside the window where Scrooge sends his money away,
while it usually is placed near the entrance of the vault.
On page 4 and 5 of the same story we get proof that there
are no rooms outside of the vault at least on one side of the bin.
The Beagle Boys melt a big hole in the wall,
and then look straight into the empty vault.
This seems to be the right side of the bin, if you stand in front of it.
Oyvind J. Karstad
we can see the empty money bin.
In the fourth panel we can see that there are doors
on the inside of the vault, leading to different floors.
It's difficult to see if these doors are leading to the front of the bin.
Scrooge is sending his money out of a window on the other side of the vault,
and if he's sending them out on the backside of the bin,
then the doors are on the front,
probably leading to some offices or other rooms.
One detail that is confusing is that the tall depth measure
is standing beside the window where Scrooge sends his money away,
while it usually is placed near the entrance of the vault.
On page 4 and 5 of the same story we get proof that there
are no rooms outside of the vault at least on one side of the bin.
The Beagle Boys melt a big hole in the wall,
and then look straight into the empty vault.
This seems to be the right side of the bin, if you stand in front of it.
Oyvind J. Karstad