There is a pretty in depth interview with Steve Geppi about the
return of Disney comics to the USA at this site:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/389/389291p1.html
I am curious what people on the list think about it. I personally
find it all incredibly exciting. I also really think it answers Simo
Malinen's question about how serious Gemstone is going to be and if they
might give up quickly if things don't go well at first. After reading
this interview, it seems to me like Geppi will at least be attempting to
promote Disney comics to an extant that I frankly find positively
shocking! Also, I think the article clearly shows that he is in this
new venture for the long haul and will be patient. If he goes through
with his plans and they don't work, then I agree with him: Disney comics
just won't make it here in the USA then. I am optimistic though that
his plans have a decent chance of working and that a truly new great era
of Disney comics may be beginning!
Dean Rekich
Author
Topic: 200303
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Deanmary
New Steve Geppi interview
Message 151 -
2003-03-14 at 18:45:51
Simo Malinen
Take-Along book stories
Message 152 -
2003-03-15 at 13:56:22
Christopher Burton:
>In the most recent Gemstone press release, they mention that the three
>stories appearing in the first Take-Along Books are The Deep, Panicking
>Pachyderm, and End of Days. Would someone be so kind as to tell me who the
>creators were for each of these stories?
>
Just adding here, D 2000-083 is sort of a Matrix parodia.
I also took a couple low-quality scanns from both of these
two:
http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d2000083.html
http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d99272.html
HARRY FLUX:
>I think these stories are very recent, so they haven't shown up yet in a
>European comic. This means there is no information yet in Inducks
>(http://inducks.org) about them. At least I can't find the stories, looking
>by their titles.
>
By their titles, yes. But actually the both Duck stories
are in Inducks D-stories file already - they just aren't
having any given titles yet. However the search engine
COA was updated last so long ago (2.5 months ago) you
might not find them from http://www.inducks.org yet.
D 99272 48 3 R APi MFe ? DD [xapp:DD,HDL,DA,US]
D 2000-083 73 3 -> MFe ? US [xapp:US] [writ:Rune Meikle]
- Simo
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>In the most recent Gemstone press release, they mention that the three
>stories appearing in the first Take-Along Books are The Deep, Panicking
>Pachyderm, and End of Days. Would someone be so kind as to tell me who the
>creators were for each of these stories?
>
Just adding here, D 2000-083 is sort of a Matrix parodia.
I also took a couple low-quality scanns from both of these
two:
http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d2000083.html
http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d99272.html
HARRY FLUX:
>I think these stories are very recent, so they haven't shown up yet in a
>European comic. This means there is no information yet in Inducks
>(http://inducks.org) about them. At least I can't find the stories, looking
>by their titles.
>
By their titles, yes. But actually the both Duck stories
are in Inducks D-stories file already - they just aren't
having any given titles yet. However the search engine
COA was updated last so long ago (2.5 months ago) you
might not find them from http://www.inducks.org yet.
D 99272 48 3 R APi MFe ? DD [xapp:DD,HDL,DA,US]
D 2000-083 73 3 -> MFe ? US [xapp:US] [writ:Rune Meikle]
- Simo
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Lars Jensen
DCML Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1294
Message 153 -
2003-03-15 at 19:53:10
Gary Leach wrote:
> They're called albums after the fashion of European publishers to
> refer to their volumes of such features as Asterix and Lucky Luke as
> "albums". (At least, that's what the promoters putting these books
> into the English-speaking markets call them - I've no idea what they
> may be called in any of the European languages.)
They're called "albums" in Denmark, too.
Lars
> They're called albums after the fashion of European publishers to
> refer to their volumes of such features as Asterix and Lucky Luke as
> "albums". (At least, that's what the promoters putting these books
> into the English-speaking markets call them - I've no idea what they
> may be called in any of the European languages.)
They're called "albums" in Denmark, too.
Lars
Lars Jensen
Jeff Smith on the Ducks
Message 154 -
2003-03-15 at 19:55:18
Dane Martin wrote:
> You never know; with this new Gemstone gig, [Jeff Smith] might be
> weaseled into doing a small story or two. But that's probably wishful
> thinking...
Not necessarily. If the guy has time to do Captain Marvel, maybe he also
has time to do the Ducks.
Lars
> You never know; with this new Gemstone gig, [Jeff Smith] might be
> weaseled into doing a small story or two. But that's probably wishful
> thinking...
Not necessarily. If the guy has time to do Captain Marvel, maybe he also
has time to do the Ducks.
Lars
Lars Jensen
TPB or Albums The Debate Continues
Message 155 -
2003-03-15 at 20:10:41
Dane Martin wrote:
> >Two, I don't think Gemstone is planning on
> >putting stories in these that have very detailed art. I imagine they
> >will save those for the regular size comics and (hopefully) for TPB's
>
> Hopefully. I haven't seen any art of the stories appearing in the
> premiere issue; does anyone know if it's particularly detailed?
The stories were drawn for that very format. It'll look just fine.
Lars
> >Two, I don't think Gemstone is planning on
> >putting stories in these that have very detailed art. I imagine they
> >will save those for the regular size comics and (hopefully) for TPB's
>
> Hopefully. I haven't seen any art of the stories appearing in the
> premiere issue; does anyone know if it's particularly detailed?
The stories were drawn for that very format. It'll look just fine.
Lars
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
The size of the cubic eggs from Plain Awful
Message 156 -
2003-03-15 at 23:27:48
Hi all!
I have never before seen any calculations
concerning the size of the cubic eggs from
Plain Awful, so I decided to find out myself.
My calculations are based on the assumption
that the cubic eggs from Plain Awful are indeed
close to 100% cubic in their shape, and that
they have the same volume as the eggs we are
used to. To find out the lenght of each side
of the cubic eggs I first had to find the volume
of an egg. To do that I used the principles of
the law of Archimedes:
1) First I filled 150 millilitres of water into
a measuring cup.
2) Then I put a rather large egg into the water.
3) The water raised to ca. 220 millilitres.
4) This tells me that the volume of a rather
large egg is ca. 70 millilitres.
5) By calculating the cubic root of 70
(=4,1212853) I have found that each side of
a cubic egg is ca. 4 centimetres (or ca. 1
+9/16 inches).
As I know there are both well educated engineers
and even at least one professor in mathematics
reading this, we might see some qualified
comments about this.
Sigvald :-)
I have never before seen any calculations
concerning the size of the cubic eggs from
Plain Awful, so I decided to find out myself.
My calculations are based on the assumption
that the cubic eggs from Plain Awful are indeed
close to 100% cubic in their shape, and that
they have the same volume as the eggs we are
used to. To find out the lenght of each side
of the cubic eggs I first had to find the volume
of an egg. To do that I used the principles of
the law of Archimedes:
1) First I filled 150 millilitres of water into
a measuring cup.
2) Then I put a rather large egg into the water.
3) The water raised to ca. 220 millilitres.
4) This tells me that the volume of a rather
large egg is ca. 70 millilitres.
5) By calculating the cubic root of 70
(=4,1212853) I have found that each side of
a cubic egg is ca. 4 centimetres (or ca. 1
+9/16 inches).
As I know there are both well educated engineers
and even at least one professor in mathematics
reading this, we might see some qualified
comments about this.
Sigvald :-)
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
The size of the cubic eggs from Plain Awful
Message 157 -
2003-03-16 at 14:01:55
Hi all!
I have never before seen any calculations
concerning the size of the cubic eggs from
Plain Awful, so I decided to find out myself.
My calculations are based on the assumption
that the cubic eggs from Plain Awful are indeed
close to 100% cubic in their shape, and that
they have the same volume as the eggs we are
used to. To find out the lenght of each side
of the cubic eggs I first had to find the volume
of an egg. To do that I used the principles of
the law of Archimedes:
1) First I filled 150 millilitres of water into
a measuring cup.
2) Then I put a rather large egg into the water.
3) The water raised to ca. 220 millilitres.
4) This tells me that the volume of a rather
large egg is ca. 70 millilitres.
5) By calculating the cubic root of 70
(=4,1212853) I have found that each side of
a cubic egg is ca. 4 centimetres (or ca. 1
+9/16 inches).
As I know there are both well educated engineers
and even at least one professor in mathematics
reading this, we might see some qualified
comments about this.
Sigvald :-)
I have never before seen any calculations
concerning the size of the cubic eggs from
Plain Awful, so I decided to find out myself.
My calculations are based on the assumption
that the cubic eggs from Plain Awful are indeed
close to 100% cubic in their shape, and that
they have the same volume as the eggs we are
used to. To find out the lenght of each side
of the cubic eggs I first had to find the volume
of an egg. To do that I used the principles of
the law of Archimedes:
1) First I filled 150 millilitres of water into
a measuring cup.
2) Then I put a rather large egg into the water.
3) The water raised to ca. 220 millilitres.
4) This tells me that the volume of a rather
large egg is ca. 70 millilitres.
5) By calculating the cubic root of 70
(=4,1212853) I have found that each side of
a cubic egg is ca. 4 centimetres (or ca. 1
+9/16 inches).
As I know there are both well educated engineers
and even at least one professor in mathematics
reading this, we might see some qualified
comments about this.
Sigvald :-)
Ari Seppi
COA in Working Order
Message 158 -
2003-03-16 at 16:14:21
Probably many people on the mailing list use Inducks interface COA
( http://coa.duckburg.dk/ ) and have noticed that lately it has been very-
very slow and its Inducks data out-of-date (from December). So I
thought that you might want to know that now everything is supposed to
be in order.
From now on the data is updated every night if there is something to
update. Also the response times should be back to where they were
before the slowdown, which was - almost funnily - caused by Google
recursively indexing COA (huh, those overzealous indexers :-) ).
--
Ari Seppi (ari.seppi at iki.fi)
http://www.iki.fi/mani/
( http://coa.duckburg.dk/ ) and have noticed that lately it has been very-
very slow and its Inducks data out-of-date (from December). So I
thought that you might want to know that now everything is supposed to
be in order.
From now on the data is updated every night if there is something to
update. Also the response times should be back to where they were
before the slowdown, which was - almost funnily - caused by Google
recursively indexing COA (huh, those overzealous indexers :-) ).
--
Ari Seppi (ari.seppi at iki.fi)
http://www.iki.fi/mani/
Danehog
The Take-Along Books' Art
Message 159 -
2003-03-16 at 23:18:50
In a message dated 3/16/2003 2:53:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
malines24 at hotmail.com writes:
> I also took a couple low-quality scanns from both of these
> two:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d2000083.html
> http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d99272.html
While the Ducks look a little "off" in both of those scans--they just seem
too distorted, and the expressions are odd--I like the attempt at drawing
"unique" panel-layouts. This is definitely a change from Barks' traditional
four-teir layout that has been used so many times in Duck stories. (That
format works, but I like seeing unique panel-layouts in my Duck stories.)
And this especially works for a digest format. While the artist(s?) seem to
draw the Ducks awkwardly, they have a talent for knowing the "feel" of how a
comic book story should be done.
Or something.
At any rate, I'll be buying these books no matter how mediocre they are.
(What can I say? I'm biased...)
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
malines24 at hotmail.com writes:
> I also took a couple low-quality scanns from both of these
> two:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d2000083.html
> http://www.geocities.com/gearlost/n/d99272.html
While the Ducks look a little "off" in both of those scans--they just seem
too distorted, and the expressions are odd--I like the attempt at drawing
"unique" panel-layouts. This is definitely a change from Barks' traditional
four-teir layout that has been used so many times in Duck stories. (That
format works, but I like seeing unique panel-layouts in my Duck stories.)
And this especially works for a digest format. While the artist(s?) seem to
draw the Ducks awkwardly, they have a talent for knowing the "feel" of how a
comic book story should be done.
Or something.
At any rate, I'll be buying these books no matter how mediocre they are.
(What can I say? I'm biased...)
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
Danehog
Jeff Smith
Message 160 -
2003-03-16 at 23:21:04
In a message dated 3/16/2003 2:57:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lpj at forfatter.dk writes:
> If [Jeff Smith] has time to do Captain Marvel, maybe he also
> has time to do the Ducks.
That's true!
Am I the only one that thinks Jeff would make a great Duck artist? "Bone" is
about as close to a Barks story you can get without *being* a Barks story.
It's almost certain that Barks was one of Jeff's influences for "Bone,"
especially when looking at the earlier stuff.
On an related-yet-off-topic note, it's unfortunate to see that "Bone" is
ending soon. (Of course, at the rate at which issues are produced, the
fabeled last issue might be a few *years* off yet!)
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
lpj at forfatter.dk writes:
> If [Jeff Smith] has time to do Captain Marvel, maybe he also
> has time to do the Ducks.
That's true!
Am I the only one that thinks Jeff would make a great Duck artist? "Bone" is
about as close to a Barks story you can get without *being* a Barks story.
It's almost certain that Barks was one of Jeff's influences for "Bone,"
especially when looking at the earlier stuff.
On an related-yet-off-topic note, it's unfortunate to see that "Bone" is
ending soon. (Of course, at the rate at which issues are produced, the
fabeled last issue might be a few *years* off yet!)
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
Danehog
Stories Drawn For A Specific Format
Message 161 -
2003-03-16 at 23:22:09
In a message dated 3/16/2003 2:57:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lpj at forfatter.dk writes:
> >Hopefully. I haven't seen any art of the stories appearing in the
> >premiere issue; does anyone know if it's particularly detailed?
>
> The stories were drawn for that very format. It'll look just fine.
Looking at the scans someone posted, I can definitely see that. It must be
difficult to draw stories for a specific format, without ruining the art
entirely, but the artists here seem to have pulled it off fairly well.
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
lpj at forfatter.dk writes:
> >Hopefully. I haven't seen any art of the stories appearing in the
> >premiere issue; does anyone know if it's particularly detailed?
>
> The stories were drawn for that very format. It'll look just fine.
Looking at the scans someone posted, I can definitely see that. It must be
difficult to draw stories for a specific format, without ruining the art
entirely, but the artists here seem to have pulled it off fairly well.
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
Shaun Craill
Frankfurt Comic Stores?
Message 162 -
2003-03-17 at 01:48:44
Hi everyone,
Can anyone please tell me if there are any good comic stores in Frankfurt,
Germany, where I may be able to obtain back issues of the German Micky Maus?
I wish to try and obtain the issues with my stories in while I'm in
Frankfurt visiting the ISH trade fair.
Best regards
Shaun Craill
Can anyone please tell me if there are any good comic stores in Frankfurt,
Germany, where I may be able to obtain back issues of the German Micky Maus?
I wish to try and obtain the issues with my stories in while I'm in
Frankfurt visiting the ISH trade fair.
Best regards
Shaun Craill
Kriton Kyrimis
The size of the cubic eggs from Plain Awful
Message 163 -
2003-03-17 at 09:22:27
> As I know there are both well educated engineers
> and even at least one professor in mathematics
> reading this, we might see some qualified
> comments about this.
Well, your method sounds perfectly sound from an engineer's point of view
(though probably not a mathematician's!) and the result matches what I
remember of the size of the "square egg device" that has been distributed
with some comic books, where you squeeze a peeled, freshly boiled egg
inside a cube and let the egg take the cube's shape as it cools.
Kriton (e-mail: kyrimis at cti.gr)
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis)
-----
"Why did the chicken cross the Moebius strip?"
-----
> and even at least one professor in mathematics
> reading this, we might see some qualified
> comments about this.
Well, your method sounds perfectly sound from an engineer's point of view
(though probably not a mathematician's!) and the result matches what I
remember of the size of the "square egg device" that has been distributed
with some comic books, where you squeeze a peeled, freshly boiled egg
inside a cube and let the egg take the cube's shape as it cools.
Kriton (e-mail: kyrimis at cti.gr)
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis)
-----
"Why did the chicken cross the Moebius strip?"
-----
Gerstein, David DK - ECN
COA in Working Order
Message 164 -
2003-03-17 at 11:28:57
Dear Ari,
>So I
>thought that you might want to know that now everything is supposed to
>be in order.
I'm not sure what you've done, Ari, but now I can't access Inducks
at all. duckburg.dk appears to be up and running, but I simply can't access
the files; when I try to get at them directly using Bolderbast, I get a
permission-denied error.
I can only imagine that whatever you've done to block Google from
getting in is now blocking me (and others?) too. I hope it can be fixed
soon.
Best, David
>So I
>thought that you might want to know that now everything is supposed to
>be in order.
I'm not sure what you've done, Ari, but now I can't access Inducks
at all. duckburg.dk appears to be up and running, but I simply can't access
the files; when I try to get at them directly using Bolderbast, I get a
permission-denied error.
I can only imagine that whatever you've done to block Google from
getting in is now blocking me (and others?) too. I hope it can be fixed
soon.
Best, David
Klartekst
Jeff Smith
Message 165 -
2003-03-17 at 12:01:17
Dane Martin wrote:
<Am I the only one that thinks Jeff (Smith) would make a great Duck artist?>
I think that's a brilliant idea. But please: Not until he has finished the
Bone saga. We have waited long enough for that.
Another artist whom I would love to see drawing duck stories is Mike
Wieringo. Although he does mostly super hero stuff, he has a nice, clean
line and a suitably 'cartoony' drawing style. For list members not familiar
with his work, I recommend Tellos (available as a two-volume TPB) and
Adventures of Superman #592 through 595 plus 598 and 600.
Nils from Norway
<Am I the only one that thinks Jeff (Smith) would make a great Duck artist?>
I think that's a brilliant idea. But please: Not until he has finished the
Bone saga. We have waited long enough for that.
Another artist whom I would love to see drawing duck stories is Mike
Wieringo. Although he does mostly super hero stuff, he has a nice, clean
line and a suitably 'cartoony' drawing style. For list members not familiar
with his work, I recommend Tellos (available as a two-volume TPB) and
Adventures of Superman #592 through 595 plus 598 and 600.
Nils from Norway