Keskustelujen arkisto

From: "Pedro Cravo" <pcravo at hotmail.com>
>>>To finish up, Don, I?d like to know when you?ll be here, so that I can
program my schedule. The Festival starts October 19th and finishes November
4th, but I expect you?ll only be present one of the weekends. Is this
correct?

They suggested the middle weekend... I assume that's the busiest? I'll be
there on Oct. 26-29, leave on the 30th. But does anything happen on Monday
the 29th? I'm staying that day only because there are no flights home until
the next day, and I figured maybe I'd just sightsee,
But don't be looking for any "Life of $crooge" book this year. I wrote an
introduction and some texts and sent some pictures to the publisher for
this book... but they seem to be having problems... and they decided they
could not publish the book after all.
I was actually surprised to learn there *was* a Disney comics licensee in
Portugal! I never saw any Disney comics when I was there four years ago,
and I figured that I was a guest just because the Oporto convention
organizers were comics buffs and liked my work. Do you have Disney comics
there? Very many? Very often? Many of my stories? Will anyone else there
know who I am? I always sorta like to know what to be prepared for -- will
I just sit and twiddle my thumbs like when I'm in America, will I need
bodyguards like when I'm in Finland, or something in between?

Please ignore trolls from whatever country. They shrivel up and disappear
when no one responds to their stupidity. Responding to them in any way only
makes them continue bothering us. I will not waste any of our time again
with attention to such matters.

Off-topic: I envy those who have not discovered the Calvin and Hobbes comics
referenced here in another post -- they are fantastic and well worth
investigating. This is very off-topic -- I'm sure there are many sites
dealing with Bill Watterston's genius and am just throwing that in here so
that this message discusses something that is more interesting than trolls
(with all due respect to our Scandinavian members who like REAL trolls, not
the internet kind!)

I read my first Calvin and Hobbes book when I was 5. If it weren't for that I doubt I would have ever discovered the Barks universe....
becca
See you, Space Cowboy.....

From: "Fabio Blanco"
Reply-To: "Fabio Blanco"
To:
Subject: RE: World citizens of Duckburg
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 02:20:38 -0300

Well, I know who are sending these messages... Are from Mousetown... you
know how is that people (LOL)
No, sure are the Tolkien readers... they love trolls... are his most great
hobbit :)

I always read Calvin & Hobbes with pleasure... but this links with the first
and last strips... Wow!
I fall in love!
In my next travel with money to the bookshops, I'll search some C&H book...
And is not off topic, for me... Because Barks, I love Walt Kelly and C&H
remember me Pogo...

Fabio Blanco
(foggy night in Buenos Aires)
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<<
Unfortunatly, the only Magica story of yours that I've managed to find is the
one involving the silver platter >>

Some might consider your position fortunate! Let me take this opportunity to
say that the above story is one of the funniest comics I've ever read. And
despite Mr. Rosa's protestations that his artwork is not what he wishes it to
be, I think Magica is beautifully drawn and--dare I say this about a comic
duck?--sexy. If Sophia Loren were a duck, this is what she'd be. This is all
my opnion, of course, but I just feel the joy of the artist in every strand
of her hair as it flies about.
(Okay--just wait. Don will write that he found drawing the hair tedious
and that he sees the character as frumpy. My opinion is often incorrect, but
it's mine. Every reader will see things his or her way.)
Frankly, in the past, I've often found the character of Magica to be ...
well, tiresome. To me, the whole dime plot gets old. Since she's failed
getting it, why doesn't she go back to her original plan to use all of the
other dimes she's collected into her amulet? Rosa writes:
<<Later Barks Magica stories began to drift into other areas... she often is
not even interested in the Dime any longer, but $crooge is crossing paths
with her in pursuit of some other magical item that she wants to use to
make herself rich, such as Aladdin's flying carpet, or some golden feathers
she needs in a potion. And I think that would be a nice way to use her in a
future $crooge story... >>
I'd WELCOME a story like that! (Not that here in the U.S. we actually get
to read these). Don't get me wrong. I think Magica is an interesting
character--she's just difficult to use effectively.

And, off-topic, but someone mentioned Tolkien in a recent mailing. I
teach his books to my high-school students & I've been wondering if much
cross-over exists between the fans of ducks & hobbits. I'm thinking perhaps
duck fans may enjoy Tolkien... but most Tolkien people I know have never
heard of the ducks.

Authors of special items in Inducks (articles, hommages, anything not Disney
or not comics)
http://www2.ec-lille.fr/willot/coa/c1/legend-qmakers.php/0
Translators listed in Inducks
http://www2.ec-lille.fr/willot/coa/c1/trans-legend.php/0

francois

From: "Don Rosa" <donrosa at iglou.com>
>They suggested the middle weekend... I assume that's the busiest? I'll
>be there on Oct. 26-29, leave on the 30th. But does anything happen on
>Monday the 29th? I'm staying that day only because there are no
>flights home until the next day, and I figured maybe I'd just sightsee,
>But don't be looking for any "Life of $crooge" book this year. I wrote
>an introduction and some texts and sent some pictures to the publisher
>for this book... but they seem to be having problems... and they
>decided they could not publish the book after all.
>I was actually surprised to learn there *was* a Disney comics licensee
>in Portugal! I never saw any Disney comics when I was there four years
>ago, and I figured that I was a guest just because the Oporto
>convention organizers were comics buffs and liked my work. Do you have
>Disney comics there? Very many? Very often? Many of my stories? Will
>anyone else there know who I am? I always sorta like to know what to
>be prepared for -- will I just sit and twiddle my thumbs like when I'm
>in America, will I need bodyguards like when I'm in Finland, or
>something in between?

All weekends are very busy, because there are always autograph sessions,
movie projections and debates with the authors present that day. If you have
some free time and the weather is good, I'd advise you to take a stroll
through Lisbon. There are several nice monuments to visit, like the Castle,
the Jerónimos Monastery, the Belém Tower, the Oceanarium, several Museums
and the lovely city streets and warm people. My hometown is 250Km away, and
although I wouldn't like to live in Lisbon (heavy traffic, stress, etc.), I
enjoy very much visiting for a day or two.

I'm sad to know that Lo$ won't be published this year, because I've really
been eager to finally read it in Portuguese (I've bought some Picsou
magazines with some chapters). Disney comics have been published in Portugal
for several decades, although from time to time the editor changes. This are
considered mostly children comics, as opposed to the European comics (called
BD - from the French "bande dessinée"). There are presently six titles
published monthly: Pato Donald (Donald Duck), Tio Patinhas (Uncle Scrooge),
Disney Especial, Hiper Disney, Série Ouro and Album Disney. There have been
more, but several titles were cancelled over the years (Mickey, Goofy, ...).

Don Rosa wrote:

>Barks, for some reason, seemed to really
>disdain the use of a character with occult powers... his previous uses of

This remains me a fact I've realised in Bark's tales (I don't know if this
has been discused here before): He *never* uses any real magic or
supernatural facts in his stories; even when it seems to be some paranormal
phenomenia, at the end it turns out to have some certain scientifical
explanation (even more if we consideer Magica's spells as chemistry, maybe).
Look, for instance, the "Flying Dutchman" or the "Old Castle's secret"
stories... I wonder if this has something to deal with his personal beliefs.
Any suggestion about this? Any story with real supernatural-facts which I
forget?

My greetings to all,

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Hey, Carmen...

>And, off-topic, but someone mentioned Tolkien in a recent mailing. I
>teach his books to my high-school students & I've been wondering if much
>cross-over exists between the fans of ducks & hobbits. I'm thinking perhaps

>duck fans may enjoy Tolkien... but most Tolkien people I know have never
>heard of the ducks.

There *is* a Duck/Tolkien crossover.
It's "A World Beyond"- D 97572, a 73-page Egmont pocketbook story
published last year. "Sandalf" the wizard chooses Donald to lead a bunch of
hobbit-like characters on an adventure. Needless to say, Donald being the
duck that he is, he's more the kind to talk about noble deeds than actually
do them, but now he's stuck in an uncomfortable spot...
By Spectrum Associates (Eddie and David O' Connor) and Jos?
Manrique, I think it's a very good story... but as a disciple of its editor
Byron Erickson, I'm biased!

David Gerstein