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Don R:

> I have done some "research" on Harry's questions about the strange 2/3
> pages published in the new "Pertwillaby Papers" hardback...

Thanks for the explanation! So I *do* need those two pages in their complete
form! You're saying they are not interesting, but that's not the point. I'm
a collector of your stories. And I'm an indexer. I need to have things
complete. (It's a disease, I know.)

Maybe, in the future, there will be a "Don Rosa part 3", with *all* your
other non-Disney and pseudo-Disney artwork in it. I'm sure that fills
another 200 pages easily...

--Harry.

Favio "Thierry" (?):

> Record in France is AFAIK 9 publications, for "The Magic
> Hourglass" and "Luck of the North". But, both include a
> Belgian Mickey Mouse reprint.

Ah, but Belgium doesn't count! In that case, I should also add the Belgian
reprints in the Dutch language to my figures.

> BUT 11 still
> is a very high number, which I think has to do with the
> tradition in your country.

The main reason for that particular (Fireman) story to be reprinted that
often, is that it was the *first* story printed in Holland.

--Harry.

In Denmark, I believe, most Italian stories are printed in what we call "Jumbob?ger", some kind of pocket books. I never read very many of them, and mostly the old ones - = before "Italian writers, I gues...
I have seen some, though, great Italian drawings - as far as I remember, the story wasn't special, but the drawings were Ok, and the colouring was amazing.
Olaf wrote something like he has to decide whether the stories/characters fit into "his" duck-universe.
I enjoy reading duckstories, even if they're not Don Rosa's/Barks' - so I guess I have two Duckworlds... 1) The one that allows me to have alotta fun with a lotta books to check facts - or just enjoy great art = Don Rosa & Barks - and 2) The Duckworld that allows me to relaX - just read, have fun, and not look for hidden DUCK's, Mickeys etc...
I prefer the first one - but since I cannot read Don Rosa & Barks ALL the time, I'll "have to" look at the others too...
That also gives me/us a chance to copare styles, stories etc...
And Olaf, since you want to write stories: It can be very important, I believe, to know WHY one do not want to write like the Italians...

/99E

Fernando asked:

> Subject: Who around here...
> ...is a fan of the brazilan []stories?!

Very few Brazilian stories were printed in Holland. And their quality varies
from very bad to very good (like I think is the case with stories from any
other country!).

One of the stories I like most is B 910348, the 40-page "horror" story.

The Brazilian stories that were translated into English and available on the
Web are usually very good. But the "Brazilian world" has become very
different from other countries, so it takes some time to get used to that.

--Harry.

Thanks for the info about Rumpus' later user, Olaf!

Fabio:
>>an advice... use uncrompessed format like BMP; the JPG format create error
>>diffusion. In alternative use professional software like as Photoshop, CorelDraw, ecc.
I know it, but thanks anyway.
Well, I partly discussed it in the previous mail, before reading yours.
I understand you're pretty much into this, so the following is rather intended for other
list members. I'm not a professional, and don't pretend to give lessons to anyone.
The following is based on my experience and may help readers unfamiliar with computer
images understand what we're talking about.
bmp: Great for drawings. The basic way to code images. And the hugest files...
jpg: Great for photos. Compresses them. Provided it's not a picture of one simple object
and a very simple background, the compression won't alter your image-- I mean, it
certainly does, but you don't see it unless you focus on the details & sharpness.
gif: Less colors than jpg, but can still take more space. But great for b&w images.
antialias: Computer images are pixels. A line becomes a stair. To smoothen the effect,
anti-alias adds adjacent pixels of a lighter / darker color. It also happens
when the image is compressed and opened again or when you rotate it.

Super Picsou G?ant:
I can't tell exactly (should have a look at those I have), but it's been years since I last
bought one (well at that time it was my mommy who bought them... I don't know why, but
it's Le Journal de Mickey, Picsou Magazine, Mickey Parade, or Mickey Poche which I still
have most issues of)!
Well, this afternoon I bought SPG 102 (April 2001)!
194 pages of comics & games.
I just got to thumb through it (nope, not at the hairdresser's, in a supermarket). Actually, it
didn't take much thumbing through to decide to buy it: pp 4 & 5 (first page of the first story)
were enough.
The story is "Donald Quichotte". No story code, no name.
I don't know it and haven't had time to read it yet, but immediately recognized the art.
I like the stories this artist does. He's on the list I told you I wanted to enquire about.
I have two great story by him in my oldest Mickey Parade (can't put my hand on it right now;
it must be '85 or perhaps '82; the one with an orange cover, Donald with his hand on a sword
and a laughing dragon in the background), inspired from German legends-- the Niebelungen,
the Gold of the Rhine, Siegried. Does this sound familiar? (not the legend, the comic)
38-p story. Don't want to look at it too much before reading it but thumbinh through it
half-looking at it with one half-open eye, I can see Donald, Scrooge and the nephews-- and Goofy!
Anyone knows who the artist is?
There's also another great story (different artist) I am fond of, very loosely based on the Illiad:
Gladstone steals Uncle Scrooge's magic chessboard: you put one rice seed (?) on the first
case, and it multiplies on the 63 others; on each case x appear 2^n grains (?) (what's the word
for one rice thing?) (From a Chinese story: it's the reward a wise man asked the emperor; the latter
thought it would amount to a mere bagful; but the total amount is astronomical). Scrooge
convinces Donald to help him chase the thief; in fact, Donald thinks Gladstone kidnapped Daisy.
And there was Goofy in this story too. Rings a bell? I'll look for the story codes.

Fabio & David:
I love Gottfredson & Taliaferro as much as Barks & Don Rosa.
Mickey has evolved quite a lot through the hands / pens of the different script writers,
and I like them all about equally, but I do have a preference for the Walsh period, what with
its weird characters (in terms of characterization & art) and its imaginative plots
and spooky encounters (he literally met real ghosts).
(And to link this with the ducks:)
I love the first part of "House of Haunts" (U$ 63, May '66) when Uncle Scrooge believes
he's a ghost. I really regret it only lasts 2 pages: it was such a great plot idea!

Back to work before going to bed...

Olivier

Hi
Somewhat interesting dcml this one

> Fra: Angelo Toti <donald313us at yahoo.com>
Trying to move down to a level of intelligence I hope
I'm normally not on. Nyah nyah! Who can't spell his
own last name??

> My name is Totti.
Someone ought to tell you how to chnge your info at
your yahoo-adress then. Not me, though.

> Just call me Angelo, I don't like this "Mr."
> thingie.
You call someone Mr. if you want to honnor, them, or
in this case if you don't want to, if you want to put
a distance, to thingie like yourself.

> Anyone can simply come along and take it, that's
> right. If nobody did, that's not because of
> copyright
> laws, but because your site is not interesting
> enough
> to steal.
You still work with the term of stealing. Do you
believe in anything? The law (In Italy?), the Bibl?e
anything? anarchism?

> I have lots of doubts BTW that you can
> feed your children with advertissments placed on
your
> site.
Don is a wrtier of brilliant duck and mice stories. a
new story came out this week, which will continue in
the next. And it might be hard to feed children on the
pay you get from disney/egmont.

> >When Mr. Totti steals a person's work, he steals
> that
> person's livelihood.
> No. The sites I used don't make the living of
> anyone.
No? But it certainly is a great part of my life. This
ridcoulous interest I suffer from, and you aren't
going to destroy via your stealing.

> But they still will be done, even if anyone can use
> the work. Because lots of people just have nothing
> else to do.
You have nothing else to do than to steal? How about
making that new page. I still want to see it.

> The #%$?~@!?
Please don't swear here, and not like that or in any
way.

> people are not those who use the works
> of
> others but the ones who harass others because they
> steal their texts or images.
others others others. YOu are one of the stealing guys
in this game, you're the one with no sympathy.

> Just because you wrote one line of text one day you
> want everyone to keep asking you forever for
> permission of using that line of text. You make
> something publicly available and then pretend to
> keep an absolute full control on it. I say that is
stupid on the Internet.
On the internet maybe, but companies still try to do
so. One line of text is underestimating anyway. And
all the pages you copied are not one scanned drawing,
but many hours of work.

> I reserve me the right of using any information I
> can
> find on the Internet anywhere, without mentioning my
> sources. Who cares about the name of the person who
> originally scanned an image?
I do. And I'm beginning not to to care one bit about
you.

> The internet will always be a big mess where you can
> find
> pirated softwares, copyrighted music, games (to name
> the three most populars)
> etc. for free. That is not extravagant, that is the
> truth.
Yes, and it's somehow sad.

On one hand I would have liked to ask you, if you read
duck comics, what's your favorite Barks or Rosa and so
on.
On the other hand I agree with this:

Sprea:
> "I reserve me" the right to ask for the owner of the
> list (Harry? Per?) to
> throw this guy the hell out of here, thanks.
Kick him all the way to Goosetown and the moon to make
one slightly reference.

Sorry to bother you. I wont react to anything more
from Mr Toti.

AC

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Apostolis Trikourakis:

Copyright laws generally allow what is called "Fair Use" -- that is, short
quotes for purposes of review or illustration. Thus, if you write something
ABOUT Disney, an ORIGINAL composition OF YOUR OWN, you are allowed to use a
limited amount of Disney material to illustrate it without violating or
damaging Disney's copyright. Exactly how much is open to interpretation by
the courts -- but it does NOT mean anyone is allowed to copy your work in
its entirety, verbatim.

Also, people who take the point of view that the Internet is not a part of
what you call the "real world" are increasingly finding that the real world
can reach out and stop them. There ARE rules. The fact that it is easy to
steal does not make it right, any more than it is permissible to steal
something that a person left in his front yard. The fact that Mr. Totti
thinks he can flout the rules with impunity does not negate the fact that
the rules exist, and can be used to shut him down.

Yes, it is a matter of respect. But it is also a matter of right and
wrong -- and of legally enforceable rights.

Quack, Don

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