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First, sorry if this mail shows up in an odd format; I've yet to figure out
the correct hotmail settings to use.

Given that I know several long time Disney fans and collectors are
subscribing to this list, I wanted to share a story that I think is quite
interesting and touching.

This Spring, I saw an original piece of Carl Barks art offered for sale on
eBay. As some of you know, it is very rare to see early Barks originals up
for sale, and I was particularly puzzled by one statement by the seller, who
said (paraphrasing): "I know this piece is original since it was given to me
in person by Barks 40 years ago". Outrageous claims are pretty common on
eBay and I didn't really believe this. Still, it was a wonderful piece (an
outtake from "Land Beneath the Ground") so I bid and ended up winning the
auction.

It turned out that the seller worked just a few miles from my home in Palo
Alto, California, so he offered to come over and give it to me in person.
His name was John Spicer, which all sources seem to agree was the first fan
to ever visit Carl Barks. He was an extremely nice person and told me a
great story about how he managed to get Barks address and about his visit to
the Barks' tiny house back around 1960.
It turned out that Barks had given John a second drawing, which I also
bought from him (an Uncle Scrooge outtake from the early 1950s).

6 months later, John wrote to me again saying that his brother also had a
piece of art, which Barks had given to him during the same visit. Like John,
his brother had held on to this drawing for 40 years. For some reason, he
had also decided to sell it now, and I just bought it from him.

Aside from their collectible value, the two pieces (which fit right after
each other in the same US story) tell one of the most remarkable and
touching stories that I have ever seen during my lifelong addiction to this
hobby: both bear the same dedication by Barks (one to "John", the other to
"Bill"), yet they have aged slightly differently because of the different
conditions they were stored under while separated for more than 40 years.
Most of all, they tell the story of two true fans who both kept their gift
from Barks throughout their lives, until Barks finally passed away. It would
have been so easy for them to sell the drawings for a good chunk of money,
and, given how so many other people tried to advantage of Barks commercially
after he finally gained recognition, I thought it was really beautiful to
see a such a positive and genuine exception to the rule.

Hans K. Pedersen
E-mail: hans at pixar.com

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Hello everyone!

I haven't had time to update my site for a while.
Now here's the first of a series of special features for Walt Disney's 100th Birthday!
http://ob7.free.fr/mice_and_ducks/events/disney100/wd100.htm
(it is a 385 kb image)

Please note that I have changed the url of my site ("Of Mice and Ducks"):
http://ob7.free.fr/mice_and_ducks/
The old url automatically redirects you to the new one.
Thanks for updating your bookmarks and links.

Best wishes,
Olivier

A very long, but very good article about the films Walt Disney produced
personally in the early years can be read in geman language under
http://www.frankfurter-rundschau.de/archiv/fr30t/h120011204086.htm

The title, translated, would mean: "Walt Disney's asthetic Utopia: The
100th birthday of an artist wrongly forgotten"

Greetings,

Norbert

Luca:

> "Le GM alla ricerca di rarit?". S 87094.
> Any ideas about?

Could it be that this story was made while the "DuckTales" TV series was
still in the making? Maybe the makers didn't decide yet the definitive looks
and names of the characters.
That would explain the Beagle Boys, as well as the unusual name "Jet
McQuack".

--Harry.

I am sorry to use this forum to make a personal contact but Rob's ISP
will no longer accept email from mine. Rob, please email me your phone
number.
Thanks,
Richard

Is it me, or is there a logical flaw in this story? Since the police arrest the Beagle Boys as early as page 3, why is it so important for Donald to prevent Scrooge from giving them the combination to the safe? Couldn't he just change the combination when he wakes up?

Nils from Norway

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: "Fluks, H.W." <H.W.Fluks at kpn.com>
An: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. November 2001 10:26
Betreff: Harald

> Harald Havas:
>
> > I don't know if there's still anybody here who remembers me.
>
> There sure is! Nice "talking" with you again.
> Your books sounds very interesting. And it will be in a language I can
read!
> 8-)

I'll keep you all posted about date, price, name...

> > - Barks: what was important between his trip to Europe 1994
> > and his death?
> > Any more paintings? Any more stories written? Something else
> > - like a series
> > of Donald drawings(?) he did at the time when he officially
> > became a "Disney
> > Legend". Private stuff (end of his affiliation with his
> > former management).
> > Who knows about this? Where can I find a up-to-date biography
> > that includes these details?
>
> I don't know how up-to-date it is, but you might try Dani?l's "Guidebook"
> site:
> http://www.seriesam.com/barks/ (and maybe in particular
> http://www.seriesam.com/barks/art_dn.html).

Thanks! I'll check.

> Barks had some small involvement in the story "Somewhere in Nowhere". He
> also did a few paintings after 1994. And he did a bunch of drawings (70 or
> so) to celebrate his 96th birthday. And he wrote a poem for his fans
> (published here on DCML). And he probably did some other things that I
> forgot to mention.

The poem sounds VERY interesting - where could I find it (on DCML)?

> > - other artists: we'd like to include a (short) chapter showing the
> > unknowing public what happened to Disney-Comics after Taliaferro,
> > Gottfredson and Barks. I mean: GREAT creators that followed
> > their footsteps. Like Rosa or Rota. Now: Who would you include?
>
> Apart from Scarpa, I'd mention Daan Jippes. And possibly Mau Heymans. And
> maybe Daniel Branca.

Looks like we have to reduce pages, and this chapter as such will be
dropped... but I mention the other artists on several occasions.

> > 1. Bad English
> > There's a trick! Write your mail in Word (or a similar
> > program) turn on
> > "English" as language and the program shows you all your
> > misspellings - and can edit them! ;-)
>
> Not *all* your misspellings. No computer program has been good enough to
> correct "I don't no weather the whether will bee good tomorrow".

Sure, but it helps a lot nevertheless ;-)

Harald