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Hi, guys!!!

First, i was very surprised by Don's comment about Ludwig von drake.
This was the first time i heard that barks didn't like the character.(and
it also means that barks fans shouldn't consider him as Matilda's husband,
but let's not speak about that anymore...)

Then, i have news of Picsou MAGAZINE. Once again, the new issue (#373), is
what they call a *new formula*... This time, they changed the paper too! i
like the cover gloss paper very much, it looks like french teenagers' magazines,
and looks very attractive, but i don't like the paper they use for the pages, a
kind of gloss paper too (i don't know if it's the exact term, i think it's the
type of paper they use for the german mickey mouse magazine, i think), i prefered
the classic paper. The colors are still uglY and not apropriated. there is no more
"readers" section. I'm not a fan of this kind of sections, but it could be very
interresting, sometimes..
The taliaferro strips are now all on the same pages, and are given individual
titles.
There is a new one-page section called "le clairon de donaldville", with informations
about the disney comics universe (this issue show an interresting article about
hugo pratt, and a wdc issue hidden in one of his stories).
They also publish again new stories that are not drawn by Don rosa.
now, there hopefully isn't anymore jokes sections, but jokes are written vertically on the
side of each page, i think it's a funny solution ... for people who still like these silly
jokes.

about the stories published in it :

*Don rosa's family tree (i think it's the fourth or fifth time in france)
*D 2001-006, by ignasi Calvet Esteban (new logo : daisy et ses ni?ces)
*D 2000-190, by Kari Korhonen
*wdc 289 and wdc 219, both by barks,
*D 93228, by Don rosa (lo$#11), together with an article by Don rosa (i don't know the
source, but it would be interesting to check if it hasn't been "stolen" from some of our
pages, in it, don rosa explains why he first didn't want to include the facts of the story
with bombie)
In this publication, bombie's hair is white, so i'm asking a question to don rosa : in the
two first publications of your story in france, in the illustrations, and in barks' story,
his hair is black; in all of the publications, scrooge says that it's a *white* sponge (althought the pictures shows it black or brown)... so, is the hair intended to be black
or white? (makes me think about mickael Jackson :-))
*and surprise... Gyro's first invention, by Don rosa. too bad the colors are ugly. The story
is great! congratulations, unca'keno!!! Some observations about the french translation : Shacktown, althought it had been called shacktown or pauvreville (poorville) in french translations of barks' story, is here called "bidonville". Helper is not called Filament,
but Assistant, the french word for the noun *helper*.

Another question to Don : On panel 2, Huey, dewey and louie tell that gyro has had his
job for 51 yrs... what is the exact number in the original script, and how does Don
Rosa you explain this? (according to your theory, it cannot be true).

finally, i forgot to tell you that the new formula has an edge, and don's new story's
title is written on it which, i hope, means that Don Rosa is getting more importance
in PM that he had before...

bye!
Gilles Maurice
http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/

Since the rarity of the Barks Library sets is being discussed here, for
the first time in ages, I have something worth contributing.

A year or two ago, Armando Botto payed attention to CBL prices on ebay,
and the difference in what they go for is amazing. It's dangerous to
assume that what an item sells for on ebay is what it's worth, as that's
not frequently the case, but it's something worth looking at. He sent
this to me on 8/25/01:

Set 1: $75
Set 2: $106
Set 3: $98
Set 4: $144
Set 5: $385 (appeared only twice)
Set 6: $212
Set 7: $154
Set 8: $73
Set 9: $152 (biased by a guy who bought it at $300... otherwise, it would
have been $125)
Set 10: $222 (appeared only 3 times)
A complete 1-to-10 set went for $1375 last April.

I'm one of the lucky ones with set 5 in my collection, but there are
still 5 sets missing on my bookshelf, and it'll be a long time before I
can afford any more of them. I suppose my future children may have to be
satisfied with the Barks material that I've saved for them so far!

Rodney Bowcock
Past Tense Productions
"Classic movies and TV for $7"

Don Markstein was wondering if he created the concept of comic universes in
the 1970s. Sorry, Don, I recall DC referring to their books as the DC
universe and included Jerry Lewis in it!

That's OK, because as we all know, Al Gore invented the Internet! :-)

Steve

I'd like to ask Don Rosa if he continued the DUCK dedications in his later
stories. I've had real trouble finding any. I used to be really good at it too.
Great Glittering Goldbars, man! Did you get sneakier on us?

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."

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>this issue show an interresting article about hugo pratt, and a wdc issue
>hidden in one of his stories).

Wow!? In what story? Is it in Corto Maltese story? I'm a big fan of Pratt
also (among dozen other comics artists), so this is really intrigueing. And
what is this issue of WDC?

timo

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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Rodney w bowcock jr. wrote:

> A complete 1-to-10 set went for $1375 last April.

In comparison, I'm one of those who paid up front for the entire set, and
then got each volume as it came out... If my memory serves me, the price
then, back in the early/mid 1980s, was $810 for the complete CBL vol. I-X,
shipping to Europe included. Mind you, the dollar then was worth about
half what it is now...

Also, to this day I vividly remember getting the first shipment, with (I
think) the first six volumes to be published (this was how far the
project had advanced at the moment I decided to buy)... At the post
office, I picked up an enormous US Post Office canvas sack, heavy as I
don't know what, which I the proceeded to drag home... But oh, the pure
joy of opening that sack (I'm sure I've still got it tucked away
somewhere) and getting six CBL volumes out... :-)

Ah, memories... :-)

/Mattias

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Hello!

Gilles:
>>>>> >this issue show an interresting article about hugo pratt, and a wdc issue
>>>>> >hidden in one of his stories).

Timo:
>> Wow!? In what story? Is it in Corto Maltese story? I'm a big fan of Pratt
>> also (among dozen other comics artists), so this is really intrigueing. And
>> what is this issue of WDC?

First, thanks to Gilles for this announcement. I missed the previous Rosa story (and it's such a
hassle to get back issues from Disney-Hachette I haven't tried, especially since Gemstone will
surely publish it-- in in its glorious, original English version!), but this story I wanted to read
now.

The coloring is indeed of the "Bleeeeeuuuuuuargh" sort-- especially the sick
brownish-greenish-whateverish thing that recurs throughout.
Also, apparently, they think paper is everything. All of the blah pages are fne, and the Jw & Daisy
stories are okay. "Gyro's First Invention" is so-so, though, and the other stories (2 Barks & L&T
Chapter 11) are poorly reproduced (relatively, that is: they are readable); given the
state-of-the-art technical means that are available today, especially to major print titles,
everything should be clear & sharp; these stories look somewhat blurred, like photocopies. The
Family Tree looks like a picture of a poster or a previous publication (soft focus, light
contrast).

Contents-wise, more stupid pages about utterly non-Disney things-- soccer, movies, pseudo-stars
(several of whom I don't exactly consider appropriate role-models). The so-called articles on these
are of an ever-dwindling size; they're the written equivalent of sound bites: one-short-sentence
paragraphs.
Gladstone, I miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssss you! Gemstone, I
bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss you!
I long to hold once again a true Disney comics!

As regards Pratt, the story they mention is "Rhapsodie Tragique", from the "As de Pique" series (The
Ace of Spades-- I don't know Pratt works), published in the forties and written by Oscar Bionda.
The vigilantes partner, Jimmy, is shown reading a comic; you can easily recognize the cover: WDC&S
Vol 5 # 11, Aug '45 (Donald reading "What to do until the electrician arrives", with a candle on his
beak).
Here's a scan (available for a few days):
http://bobcat74.free.fr/various/Pratt.jpg

Best wishes,

Olivier
(I will read the Gyro story tonight, in bed-- when I'm comfortable and can't be disturbed)