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Topic: 200101
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Stefan Persson
Happy New Year!
Message 1 -
2001-01-01 at 01:41:37
The new year started 40 minutes ago... Happy New Year, everyone!
Stefan Persson
Happy New Year!
Message 2 -
2001-01-01 at 01:41:37
The new year started 40 minutes ago... Happy New Year, everyone!
Kfitz
Merry Christmas! and Happy New Year!
Message 3 -
2001-01-01 at 06:36:13
Hope everyone had an excellent Christmas and have a wonderful 2001 New Year!
-Kathy
-Kathy
John Chadwick
Entertainment Weekly and "essential works"
Message 4 -
2001-01-02 at 00:15:49
I was glad to see Carl Barks remembered in this weeks memorial issue of
Entertainment Weekly, especially after my disappointment that he was
omitted in Life's Year in Review issue. But what was the deal with
their listing for an essential work? It just said DONALD DUCK (1987).
Kind of vague, huh? Does it refer to a Gladstone album perhaps, if so,
I'm sure there were many published that year. I've thought about
writing them, but I'd want to suggest a specific story as an essential
work and how do you narrow down the Barks canon to just one story. I
think I'd go with either "A Christmas for Shacktown" or "Only A Poor,
Old Man". The former because you get a good look at most of his popular
characters (Donald, Scrooge, Gladstone, the nephews.), the latter
because it's the quintessential Scrooge story. (Donald and the boys
unite with Scrooge to foil the Beagle Boys)
It's a tough undertaking. What do the rest of you think?
Entertainment Weekly, especially after my disappointment that he was
omitted in Life's Year in Review issue. But what was the deal with
their listing for an essential work? It just said DONALD DUCK (1987).
Kind of vague, huh? Does it refer to a Gladstone album perhaps, if so,
I'm sure there were many published that year. I've thought about
writing them, but I'd want to suggest a specific story as an essential
work and how do you narrow down the Barks canon to just one story. I
think I'd go with either "A Christmas for Shacktown" or "Only A Poor,
Old Man". The former because you get a good look at most of his popular
characters (Donald, Scrooge, Gladstone, the nephews.), the latter
because it's the quintessential Scrooge story. (Donald and the boys
unite with Scrooge to foil the Beagle Boys)
It's a tough undertaking. What do the rest of you think?
Nils Lid Hjort
Mathematics in Duckburg: public lecture
Message 5 -
2001-01-02 at 05:43:34
1/1/1 [or 010101, if you prefer]:
Twice a year the University of Oslo opens its more or less
pearly gates to the "general public", at least, specifically,
to the high school teachers and pupils of Oslo. Thus there
is a "pedagogical theme day" (perhaps primarily for the teachers)
and a "high school day" (perhaps primarily for the pupils),
both typically in January. This is the chance to hear the
latest on astrophysics, discuss ethics in religion, learn more
about Dostoyevskij, to be confused by oil economics, to be inspired
by the sex life of snails, etc etc. Each department selects a
lecturer & a theme from its staff. People visiting the university
campus on these days compass themselves from lecture to lecture,
with the help of a nice booklet of information distributed to
teachers and pupils in advance; this information is also available
on the internet.
So, welcome to
"Last inner track and Olympic unfairness:
how statistical methodology changed the rules
for the Olympic 500 m speedskating sprint"
with Professor Nils Lid Hjort
Department of Mathematics
13:15 -- 14:00 Wednesday January 3rd
Auditorium 2, Vilhelm Bjerknes Building
... oops, wrong maillist, sorry; I meant to say
So, welcome to
"Mathematics in Duckburg"
with Professor Nils Lid Hjort
Department of Mathematics
10:30 -- 11:15 Friday January 26th
Auditorium 5, Vilhelm Bjerknes Building
Twice a year the University of Oslo opens its more or less
pearly gates to the "general public", at least, specifically,
to the high school teachers and pupils of Oslo. Thus there
is a "pedagogical theme day" (perhaps primarily for the teachers)
and a "high school day" (perhaps primarily for the pupils),
both typically in January. This is the chance to hear the
latest on astrophysics, discuss ethics in religion, learn more
about Dostoyevskij, to be confused by oil economics, to be inspired
by the sex life of snails, etc etc. Each department selects a
lecturer & a theme from its staff. People visiting the university
campus on these days compass themselves from lecture to lecture,
with the help of a nice booklet of information distributed to
teachers and pupils in advance; this information is also available
on the internet.
So, welcome to
"Last inner track and Olympic unfairness:
how statistical methodology changed the rules
for the Olympic 500 m speedskating sprint"
with Professor Nils Lid Hjort
Department of Mathematics
13:15 -- 14:00 Wednesday January 3rd
Auditorium 2, Vilhelm Bjerknes Building
... oops, wrong maillist, sorry; I meant to say
So, welcome to
"Mathematics in Duckburg"
with Professor Nils Lid Hjort
Department of Mathematics
10:30 -- 11:15 Friday January 26th
Auditorium 5, Vilhelm Bjerknes Building
Kristoffer Björkström
New subscriber...
Message 6 -
2001-01-02 at 08:11:37
Hello, I am new at this list. What sort of Walt Disney Comics are you spending your time by discussing here?
Kristoffer (yet without a nom)
Kristoffer (yet without a nom)
Don Rosa
Digest #364
Message 7 -
2001-01-02 at 14:24:45
> From: "Fabio Blanco" <longtom at oeste.com.ar>
> I just read in the Picsou mag #342 the
> Barks history about Ponce de Leon and the fountain of the youth> I need
more... I want know what did happens with the two spanish soldiers,
> Pedro and Pablo. After the last page, I did wish make a call to Don Rosa
and
> make it the question direct to he: "Hey, Don, what they did go? To Spain?
To
> Duckburg? They did need adventures? C'mon Don, tell me. Sure you know!"
;)
My guess is that they went home to Spain and bought huge haciendas and
enormous estates and sat back to finally grow old. With their originally
meager bank accounts earning compounded interest for 400 years, as well as
the vast amount of military backpay owed to them by the government, they
would be the two richest men is Spain.
> From: John Chadwick <wolfsong at mpinet.net>
> I was glad to see Carl Barks remembered in this weeks memorial issue of
> Entertainment Weekly, especially after my disappointment that he was
> omitted in Life's Year in Review issue. But what was the deal with
> their listing for an essential work? It just said DONALD DUCK (1987).
> Kind of vague, huh? Does it refer to a Gladstone album perhaps,
No, it obviously refers to the fact that the ET people really had no clue
as to who Barks was.
But someone also told me that on last Sunday's year-end review on that CBS
Sunday Morning show, whatever it's called, SUNDAY MORNING or somesuch,
Barks was mentioned, but I don't know if the reference showed any clearer
understanding of who he was than that ET mention.
You'd need to go to Europe for any knowledgeable public appreciations of
Carl Barks.
> I just read in the Picsou mag #342 the
> Barks history about Ponce de Leon and the fountain of the youth> I need
more... I want know what did happens with the two spanish soldiers,
> Pedro and Pablo. After the last page, I did wish make a call to Don Rosa
and
> make it the question direct to he: "Hey, Don, what they did go? To Spain?
To
> Duckburg? They did need adventures? C'mon Don, tell me. Sure you know!"
;)
My guess is that they went home to Spain and bought huge haciendas and
enormous estates and sat back to finally grow old. With their originally
meager bank accounts earning compounded interest for 400 years, as well as
the vast amount of military backpay owed to them by the government, they
would be the two richest men is Spain.
> From: John Chadwick <wolfsong at mpinet.net>
> I was glad to see Carl Barks remembered in this weeks memorial issue of
> Entertainment Weekly, especially after my disappointment that he was
> omitted in Life's Year in Review issue. But what was the deal with
> their listing for an essential work? It just said DONALD DUCK (1987).
> Kind of vague, huh? Does it refer to a Gladstone album perhaps,
No, it obviously refers to the fact that the ET people really had no clue
as to who Barks was.
But someone also told me that on last Sunday's year-end review on that CBS
Sunday Morning show, whatever it's called, SUNDAY MORNING or somesuch,
Barks was mentioned, but I don't know if the reference showed any clearer
understanding of who he was than that ET mention.
You'd need to go to Europe for any knowledgeable public appreciations of
Carl Barks.
Didier Ghez
Denmark and Argentina
Message 8 -
2001-01-02 at 18:57:24
Hi,
I was wondering if any of the Danish members could send me a copy of the two issues of the weekly where Don pre-Xmas calendar drawings were published.
Also, I have just settled in Buenos Aires for two years and I was wondering if there are any argentinian members in the list.
Best.
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I was wondering if any of the Danish members could send me a copy of the two issues of the weekly where Don pre-Xmas calendar drawings were published.
Also, I have just settled in Buenos Aires for two years and I was wondering if there are any argentinian members in the list.
Best.
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Eirik Jørgensen Sollie
Various
Message 9 -
2001-01-03 at 01:11:20
John Chadvick wrote:
"I've thought about writing them, but I'd want to suggest a specific story
as an essential work and how do you narrow down the Barks canon to just one
story. I think I'd go with either "A Christmas for Shacktown" or "Only A
Poor, Old Man"."
Some good suggestions there, John. The problem, of course, is to find a
story that is "typical" Barks, but at the same time one of his best. I would
recomend "The faboulus Philosopher`s stone" or "Luck of the North". Both are
among my personal favourites. The first one provides the oppprtunity to
understand a lot of Donald`s personality - in what direction Barks developed
Donald`s personality. The other portrays Bark`s most fabolous cration -
Scrooge - in a good way.
Kristoffer wrote:
"Hello, I am new at this list. What sort of Walt Disney Comics are you
spending your time by discussing here?"
About everything, as far as I can tell. Mostly comics containing ducks or
mice, though.
About "Mathematics in Duckburg":
Sounds interesting, Nils Lid Hjort. But where - on the internet - can you
find more information about this?
Eirik J. Sollie, Norway
"I've thought about writing them, but I'd want to suggest a specific story
as an essential work and how do you narrow down the Barks canon to just one
story. I think I'd go with either "A Christmas for Shacktown" or "Only A
Poor, Old Man"."
Some good suggestions there, John. The problem, of course, is to find a
story that is "typical" Barks, but at the same time one of his best. I would
recomend "The faboulus Philosopher`s stone" or "Luck of the North". Both are
among my personal favourites. The first one provides the oppprtunity to
understand a lot of Donald`s personality - in what direction Barks developed
Donald`s personality. The other portrays Bark`s most fabolous cration -
Scrooge - in a good way.
Kristoffer wrote:
"Hello, I am new at this list. What sort of Walt Disney Comics are you
spending your time by discussing here?"
About everything, as far as I can tell. Mostly comics containing ducks or
mice, though.
About "Mathematics in Duckburg":
Sounds interesting, Nils Lid Hjort. But where - on the internet - can you
find more information about this?
Eirik J. Sollie, Norway
Donald Ault
Barks on CBS
Message 10 -
2001-01-03 at 16:14:03
Don Rosa wrote--
> But someone also told me that on last Sunday's year-end review on that CBS
> Sunday Morning show, whatever it's called, SUNDAY MORNING or somesuch,
> Barks was mentioned, but I don't know if the reference showed any clearer
> understanding of who he was than that ET mention.
Ed Forgotson, a former student of mine from Vanderbilt University (who had
taken my comics course about 15 years ago and thus knows Carl's works
intimately), is an associate producer for the CBS "Sunday Morning" show, and
he asked me to send some material that he might use for the year-end
obituary section. As I understand it, there was some resistance from the
programmers at CBS about doing a full-fledged obituary when Carl died in
August because CBS is in competition with ABC, which is owned by Disney. Ed
managed to get the powers that be to include Carl in the year-end obituary
recap, but the price was that he was primarily remembered for the influence
of the rolling rock sequence in "Seven Cities" on the first "Indiana Jones"
movie. The photograph of Carl that was used on the show came from the jacket
of the "Duck Man" video produced in 1996 by Tom Andrae and me and
distributed by the Bruce Hamilton Company. The photo was an excellent one
taken by Barbara Boatner in the 1970s. The images from the comics used in
the clip primarily emphasized the "Seven Cities" sequence. About half of the
20-second notice was taken up with footage from "Indiana Jones." Even so, I
think it was important that Carl be included as the only other comic artist
besides Charles Schulz to be remembered for his contributions to world
culture. CBS owns the rights to "Peanuts" material and has done several
specials on Schulz and therefore had much more material on him and no
copyright conflicts. Even so, the Schulz segment, which preceded the Barks
segment, was only a few seconds longer than the one devoted to Carl.
Donald Ault
Dept. of English
University of Florida
ault at nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu
ault at ufl.edu
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~donault/
FAX: (352) 332-0551
> But someone also told me that on last Sunday's year-end review on that CBS
> Sunday Morning show, whatever it's called, SUNDAY MORNING or somesuch,
> Barks was mentioned, but I don't know if the reference showed any clearer
> understanding of who he was than that ET mention.
Ed Forgotson, a former student of mine from Vanderbilt University (who had
taken my comics course about 15 years ago and thus knows Carl's works
intimately), is an associate producer for the CBS "Sunday Morning" show, and
he asked me to send some material that he might use for the year-end
obituary section. As I understand it, there was some resistance from the
programmers at CBS about doing a full-fledged obituary when Carl died in
August because CBS is in competition with ABC, which is owned by Disney. Ed
managed to get the powers that be to include Carl in the year-end obituary
recap, but the price was that he was primarily remembered for the influence
of the rolling rock sequence in "Seven Cities" on the first "Indiana Jones"
movie. The photograph of Carl that was used on the show came from the jacket
of the "Duck Man" video produced in 1996 by Tom Andrae and me and
distributed by the Bruce Hamilton Company. The photo was an excellent one
taken by Barbara Boatner in the 1970s. The images from the comics used in
the clip primarily emphasized the "Seven Cities" sequence. About half of the
20-second notice was taken up with footage from "Indiana Jones." Even so, I
think it was important that Carl be included as the only other comic artist
besides Charles Schulz to be remembered for his contributions to world
culture. CBS owns the rights to "Peanuts" material and has done several
specials on Schulz and therefore had much more material on him and no
copyright conflicts. Even so, the Schulz segment, which preceded the Barks
segment, was only a few seconds longer than the one devoted to Carl.
Donald Ault
Dept. of English
University of Florida
ault at nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu
ault at ufl.edu
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~donault/
FAX: (352) 332-0551
Arthur De Wolf
Comic shops on DCW
Message 11 -
2001-01-03 at 16:32:29
Hi,
Regularly on this list people ask if there are any shops in a city or country where they can find Disney comics or magazines. On my site, Disney Comics Worldwide (see link below), I now added a new feature where you can go to a country and request a list of comic shops in that country. Everyone can add new shops (that sell Disney publications) and add comments to others.
Right now everything is empty, except for 3 shops I added in the Netherlands. I hope you can help by adding more shops to my database. It could become a good source for many people on this mailing list. Just go to a country and click the "comic shops" link in the top navigation bar.
Kind regards,
Arthur de Wolf
Disney Comics Worldwide: http://www.wolfstad.com/dcw
Regularly on this list people ask if there are any shops in a city or country where they can find Disney comics or magazines. On my site, Disney Comics Worldwide (see link below), I now added a new feature where you can go to a country and request a list of comic shops in that country. Everyone can add new shops (that sell Disney publications) and add comments to others.
Right now everything is empty, except for 3 shops I added in the Netherlands. I hope you can help by adding more shops to my database. It could become a good source for many people on this mailing list. Just go to a country and click the "comic shops" link in the top navigation bar.
Kind regards,
Arthur de Wolf
Disney Comics Worldwide: http://www.wolfstad.com/dcw
Søren Krarup Olesen
Comic shops on DCW
Message 12 -
2001-01-03 at 16:58:58
ARTHUR:
> Regularly on this list people ask if there are any shops in a city
> or country where they can find Disney comics or magazines. On my site,
> Disney Comics Worldwide (see link below), I now added a new feature
> where you can go to a country and request a list of comic shops in
> that country.
What a *brilliant* idea, Arthur. I've already added my own favourite,
and it works! :-)
Søren
> Regularly on this list people ask if there are any shops in a city
> or country where they can find Disney comics or magazines. On my site,
> Disney Comics Worldwide (see link below), I now added a new feature
> where you can go to a country and request a list of comic shops in
> that country.
What a *brilliant* idea, Arthur. I've already added my own favourite,
and it works! :-)
Søren
John Chadwick
[EW]
Message 13 -
2001-01-03 at 17:18:20
Once again I habitually hit "reply" and this message intended for the list went
only to one person. Sorry Don.
John Chadwick wrote:
> Don Rosa wrote:
>
> > No, it obviously refers to the fact that the ET people really had no clue
> > as to who Barks was.
> > But someone also told me that on last Sunday's year-end review on that CBS
> > Sunday Morning show, whatever it's called, SUNDAY MORNING or somesuch,
> > Barks was mentioned, but I don't know if the reference showed any clearer
> > understanding of who he was than that ET mention.
> > You'd need to go to Europe for any knowledgeable public appreciations of
> > Carl Barks.
> >
>
> Actually it could have been worse. What I really liked most about it was the
> illustration by Drew Friedman that went with it. It showed caricatures of
> Barks and other cartoonists that passed away last year next to a drawing of one
> of their famous creations: Barks with Scrooge; Charles Schulz with Charlie
> Brown, Gil Kane with Green Lantern, Jeff MacNelly with the Professor from SHOE,
> Don Martin with a typical Don Martin character and Edward Gorey with some
> Gashleycrumb Tinies. The write-ups may have been sparse, but I appreciated the
> drawing.
--
Set aside time every day to check if your fly is up.
-Dale Gribble
only to one person. Sorry Don.
John Chadwick wrote:
> Don Rosa wrote:
>
> > No, it obviously refers to the fact that the ET people really had no clue
> > as to who Barks was.
> > But someone also told me that on last Sunday's year-end review on that CBS
> > Sunday Morning show, whatever it's called, SUNDAY MORNING or somesuch,
> > Barks was mentioned, but I don't know if the reference showed any clearer
> > understanding of who he was than that ET mention.
> > You'd need to go to Europe for any knowledgeable public appreciations of
> > Carl Barks.
> >
>
> Actually it could have been worse. What I really liked most about it was the
> illustration by Drew Friedman that went with it. It showed caricatures of
> Barks and other cartoonists that passed away last year next to a drawing of one
> of their famous creations: Barks with Scrooge; Charles Schulz with Charlie
> Brown, Gil Kane with Green Lantern, Jeff MacNelly with the Professor from SHOE,
> Don Martin with a typical Don Martin character and Edward Gorey with some
> Gashleycrumb Tinies. The write-ups may have been sparse, but I appreciated the
> drawing.
--
Set aside time every day to check if your fly is up.
-Dale Gribble
John Chadwick
New list for convention goers
Message 14 -
2001-01-03 at 18:43:55
I apologize if this seems off-topic to some, but I've just created an
Elise that might be of interest to members of this list who enjoy going
to fan conventions. If you are interested the URL is:
http://www.egroups.com/group/ConConnection
Elise that might be of interest to members of this list who enjoy going
to fan conventions. If you are interested the URL is:
http://www.egroups.com/group/ConConnection
Claudio Eckert
LTB specials 2001
Message 15 -
2001-01-04 at 18:44:14
Hi!
Egmont-Ehapa just announced the fowolling special issues of the German
"Lustiges Taschenbuch" for 2001:
LTB 284, March: 100 years Carl Barks
LTB 288, July: Superheroes Phantomias and Super-Goof
LTB 293, December: 100 years Walt Disney (150 extra pages)
Claudio
(back to lurking)
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Egmont-Ehapa just announced the fowolling special issues of the German
"Lustiges Taschenbuch" for 2001:
LTB 284, March: 100 years Carl Barks
LTB 288, July: Superheroes Phantomias and Super-Goof
LTB 293, December: 100 years Walt Disney (150 extra pages)
Claudio
(back to lurking)
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