In a message dated 3/17/2003 3:43:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, Danehog writes:
> What other (non-manga) comics are available in this
> "pocket" format in America, if any?
almost every grocery and drug store in the USA carries the Archie digest comics.
Steven Rowe
SRoweCanoe at aol.com
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Topic: 200303
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SRoweCanoe
Other US Pocket Books?
Message 181 -
2003-03-17 at 22:56:32
Danehog
Sizes
Message 182 -
2003-03-17 at 23:12:12
In a message dated 3/17/2003 3:59:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
SRoweCanoe at aol.com writes:
> >What other (non-manga) comics are available in this
> >"pocket" format in America, if any?
>
> almost every grocery and drug store in the USA carries the Archie digest
> comics.
Right, but I was thinking of the "pocket" format--not the "digest" one.
Thanks anyway!
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
SRoweCanoe at aol.com writes:
> >What other (non-manga) comics are available in this
> >"pocket" format in America, if any?
>
> almost every grocery and drug store in the USA carries the Archie digest
> comics.
Right, but I was thinking of the "pocket" format--not the "digest" one.
Thanks anyway!
--
Thanks for reading this nonsense,
Dane Martin
SRoweCanoe
Sizes
Message 183 -
2003-03-18 at 01:37:39
In a message dated 3/17/2003 4:15:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Danehog at aol.com writes:
> Right, but I was thinking of the "pocket" format--not the "digest" one.
> Thanks anyway!
>
so what are the acutal sizes of pocket vs digest ?
I dont think that this is standard publisher talk - is it?
Digest is called that because READERS DIGEST was the most common magazine
using the format, Pocket books were originally called that, because CAPTN
BILLYS WHIZ BANG was small enough to put in a (coat) pocket --- it is however
the same size as what we know call digest.
the comic "POCKET COMICS" from the 1940s is bigger than an Archie Digest
Archie Digests are smaller than the old style USA Magna books, 6 x9, but
are bigger than the Dark Horse Lone Wolf and Astro Boy 4 1/2 x 7.
sr
Danehog at aol.com writes:
> Right, but I was thinking of the "pocket" format--not the "digest" one.
> Thanks anyway!
>
so what are the acutal sizes of pocket vs digest ?
I dont think that this is standard publisher talk - is it?
Digest is called that because READERS DIGEST was the most common magazine
using the format, Pocket books were originally called that, because CAPTN
BILLYS WHIZ BANG was small enough to put in a (coat) pocket --- it is however
the same size as what we know call digest.
the comic "POCKET COMICS" from the 1940s is bigger than an Archie Digest
Archie Digests are smaller than the old style USA Magna books, 6 x9, but
are bigger than the Dark Horse Lone Wolf and Astro Boy 4 1/2 x 7.
sr
Goofy313g
Question about Don Rosa's Duck family tree : Humperdink, Coots
Message 184 -
2003-03-18 at 04:36:18
Hi!
A while ago, Don Rosa told he took the name Humperdink Duck, used for Grandma deceased husband,
in a scrapbook scene in an old WDC&S story from the early 50's :
http://stp.ling.uu.se/pipermail/dcml/2002-January/017974.html
Can anyone tell which story it is?
Don, why is Humperdink called Dabney in some American publications of your stories, and where
does this name come from?
Now, about the Coot family, was this only your idea to make Cornelius be Donald's ancestor?
Was Donald's cousin Cuthbert from "Webfooted Wrangler" ( WDC 55-02, 1944), called Cuthbert Coot, or just Cuthbert, and if it was called Cuthber Coot, was it this detail which made you think that maybe, Cornelius could be an ancestor of this cousin ?
Now, about Ludwig, would Picsou Magazine allow you to do a story with Ludwig married to Matilda, or a story with the return of Matilda, Hortense and Quackmore, or a story with HDL's parents, or are all of these ideas are totally forbidden by any publisher? If Picsou gives you more liberties, I think it's too bad to not work with them anymore...
Gilles
A while ago, Don Rosa told he took the name Humperdink Duck, used for Grandma deceased husband,
in a scrapbook scene in an old WDC&S story from the early 50's :
http://stp.ling.uu.se/pipermail/dcml/2002-January/017974.html
Can anyone tell which story it is?
Don, why is Humperdink called Dabney in some American publications of your stories, and where
does this name come from?
Now, about the Coot family, was this only your idea to make Cornelius be Donald's ancestor?
Was Donald's cousin Cuthbert from "Webfooted Wrangler" ( WDC 55-02, 1944), called Cuthbert Coot, or just Cuthbert, and if it was called Cuthber Coot, was it this detail which made you think that maybe, Cornelius could be an ancestor of this cousin ?
Now, about Ludwig, would Picsou Magazine allow you to do a story with Ludwig married to Matilda, or a story with the return of Matilda, Hortense and Quackmore, or a story with HDL's parents, or are all of these ideas are totally forbidden by any publisher? If Picsou gives you more liberties, I think it's too bad to not work with them anymore...
Gilles
Wolfsong
Creators we'd like to see, was: Jeff Smith
Message 185 -
2003-03-18 at 04:42:52
I've been thinking one of the things I liked that Disney did when they
were publishing the comics themselves was to hire other name talent from
the comic field that wasn't generally associated with "funny animal"
books. Writers like Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Peter David. (Didn't
Wein also serve as EIC?) Can anyone else think of some of today's major
talent they'd like to see work on a Disney comic? I've already
mentioned Charles Vess. I believe Peter David's contributions were
restricted to Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid ( he even named one of
his daughters Ariel.), but I bet he could tell a could Duck story. Neil
Gaiman is diverse enough that I bet he could tell a Mickey Mouse in the
vein of the Floyd Gottfredson days. Who else? I think Brian Michael
Bendis writes people well, I wonder what he could do with ducks.
While I'm following these lines. I'm really proud of a duck painting I
came into possession of recently. If you don't know the work of Andy
Lee (www.findandy.com) he combines Chinese Cha'an Buddhist art with
fantasy and comic book themes. In addition to dragons and spiders he
also draws characters like Batman and Spider-Man. He'll paint just
about anything you request, and I wanted something different than what
most people were requesting, so I asked if he could do Donald Duck. To
my utter delight he said yes, and now a very unique interpretation of
Donald adorns my bedroom wall. I like style changes like this. To this
day I wish I could have bought that lithograph of Disney Villains in
cubist style that once appeared in the Disney catalog. But alas it was
beyond my wallet's grasp.
Klartekst wrote:
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://stp.ling.uu.se/mailman/listinfo/dcml
>
were publishing the comics themselves was to hire other name talent from
the comic field that wasn't generally associated with "funny animal"
books. Writers like Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Peter David. (Didn't
Wein also serve as EIC?) Can anyone else think of some of today's major
talent they'd like to see work on a Disney comic? I've already
mentioned Charles Vess. I believe Peter David's contributions were
restricted to Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid ( he even named one of
his daughters Ariel.), but I bet he could tell a could Duck story. Neil
Gaiman is diverse enough that I bet he could tell a Mickey Mouse in the
vein of the Floyd Gottfredson days. Who else? I think Brian Michael
Bendis writes people well, I wonder what he could do with ducks.
While I'm following these lines. I'm really proud of a duck painting I
came into possession of recently. If you don't know the work of Andy
Lee (www.findandy.com) he combines Chinese Cha'an Buddhist art with
fantasy and comic book themes. In addition to dragons and spiders he
also draws characters like Batman and Spider-Man. He'll paint just
about anything you request, and I wanted something different than what
most people were requesting, so I asked if he could do Donald Duck. To
my utter delight he said yes, and now a very unique interpretation of
Donald adorns my bedroom wall. I like style changes like this. To this
day I wish I could have bought that lithograph of Disney Villains in
cubist style that once appeared in the Disney catalog. But alas it was
beyond my wallet's grasp.
Klartekst wrote:
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://stp.ling.uu.se/mailman/listinfo/dcml
>
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Don Rosa and Picsou
Message 186 -
2003-03-18 at 06:24:59
Goofy313g at aol.com wrote:
> Now, about Ludwig, would Picsou Magazine allow
> you to do a story with Ludwig married to
> Matilda, or a story with the return of Matilda,
> Hortense and Quackmore, or a story with HDL's
> parents, or are all of these ideas are totally
> forbidden by any publisher?
No, it's only against Egmont's policy. Some time
ago Don Rosa said in a message to DCML that
Egmont won't let him do these stories for them,
but if he does them for an other publisher they
would probably have them published anyway - just
as with "The Coin" and "The Sharpie of the
Culebra Cut".
> If Picsou gives you more liberties, I think
> it's too bad to not work with them anymore...
There are at least two reasons Don Rosa might
not want to work for Picsou right now:
1) The old editor of Picsou, apparently a friend
of his, was replaced with people who seems to
give a damn about his work. The pin-ups are
gone, and they printed the wrong version of
"Gyro's First Invention".
2) The French are not very popular in the USA
nowadays, as many Americans now apparently
sees the French as Saddam Husseins "useful
idiots".
My guess is thus that Don Rosa for the time
being, would prefer to Work for Gemstone
before Picsou.
Sigvald :-)
> Now, about Ludwig, would Picsou Magazine allow
> you to do a story with Ludwig married to
> Matilda, or a story with the return of Matilda,
> Hortense and Quackmore, or a story with HDL's
> parents, or are all of these ideas are totally
> forbidden by any publisher?
No, it's only against Egmont's policy. Some time
ago Don Rosa said in a message to DCML that
Egmont won't let him do these stories for them,
but if he does them for an other publisher they
would probably have them published anyway - just
as with "The Coin" and "The Sharpie of the
Culebra Cut".
> If Picsou gives you more liberties, I think
> it's too bad to not work with them anymore...
There are at least two reasons Don Rosa might
not want to work for Picsou right now:
1) The old editor of Picsou, apparently a friend
of his, was replaced with people who seems to
give a damn about his work. The pin-ups are
gone, and they printed the wrong version of
"Gyro's First Invention".
2) The French are not very popular in the USA
nowadays, as many Americans now apparently
sees the French as Saddam Husseins "useful
idiots".
My guess is thus that Don Rosa for the time
being, would prefer to Work for Gemstone
before Picsou.
Sigvald :-)
Heyraymond1
Jeff Smith AND Mike Wierengo
Message 187 -
2003-03-18 at 07:01:10
YES, I also agree. I used to see Mike Wierengo's art when I used to read the FLASH comic from DC a few years back. Great comic-book style. For that matter, I would love to see Art Adams do a DUCK story. In the form of an analogy; Art Adams is to John Byrne as Don Rosa is to Carl Barks... or ... ART ADAMS:JOHN BYRNE::DON ROSA:CARL BARKS. What a great comic-book style. Anyone else have any suggestions as to mainstream artists that may be wonderful in the Duck world. Does anyone remember the story that BYRNE did for MMA in the 90's for DISNEY? LONG LIVE SCROOGE!!! art bow
Mateusz Lis
Tree & map
Message 188 -
2003-03-18 at 08:51:14
Gilles,
I've just found DD tree and Duckburg map in the sticker album "That's Donald".
Unfortunately, my version isn't complete - I don't have all stickers. Maybe
someone here on DCML has the complete one?
best wishes,
lis
I've just found DD tree and Duckburg map in the sticker album "That's Donald".
Unfortunately, my version isn't complete - I don't have all stickers. Maybe
someone here on DCML has the complete one?
best wishes,
lis
H.W.Fluks
Naples report (photos)
Message 189 -
2003-03-18 at 11:39:47
Sigvald wrote:
> > Here's a report of my short holiday to Napoli
> > of the past week. I went to the Napoli Comicon,
> > where Don Rosa and many Italian DCML-members
> > met.
> >
> > Photographs, without further explanation, can
> > now be found on:
http://dd50.inducks.org/fotos/p03-01.html
> Is this a normal Dutch way of presenting photos,
> or will you add the necessary info when you find
> time to do it?
I added some texts to the photos, as well as the report I posted here last week.
--Harry.
> > Here's a report of my short holiday to Napoli
> > of the past week. I went to the Napoli Comicon,
> > where Don Rosa and many Italian DCML-members
> > met.
> >
> > Photographs, without further explanation, can
> > now be found on:
http://dd50.inducks.org/fotos/p03-01.html
> Is this a normal Dutch way of presenting photos,
> or will you add the necessary info when you find
> time to do it?
I added some texts to the photos, as well as the report I posted here last week.
--Harry.
H.W.Fluks
Other US Pocket Books? [OT: Asterix]
Message 190 -
2003-03-18 at 11:44:10
Dane:
> I'm a big fan of "Asterix," which looks really nice in the album format.
> I can't imagine "Asterix" being printed at a "pocket" size.
There were a few short Asterix stories, written and drawn especially for the pocket books.
They are mainly gags, not adventures.
--Harry.
> I'm a big fan of "Asterix," which looks really nice in the album format.
> I can't imagine "Asterix" being printed at a "pocket" size.
There were a few short Asterix stories, written and drawn especially for the pocket books.
They are mainly gags, not adventures.
--Harry.
Vic Pratt
Asterix (off topic) Barks Conversations (on topic)
Message 191 -
2003-03-18 at 13:59:07
Hi all
I think it was Dane who wrote:
I mean, I'm
> a big fan of "Asterix," which looks really nice in
> the album format. I can't
> imagine "Asterix" being printed at a "pocket" size.
They printed them in pocket size here in the UK,
Dane...in scaled down colour editions (not bad) and
also for a while sideways in small black and white
paperbacks (crummy)...glad to hear from another
Asterix fan...
While I'm on here waffling... is Donald Ault on this
list? I just finished reading "Carl Barks
Conversations"...it's a great book...good work! Worth
the money for the excellent introduction
alone...everybody on the list ought to buy a copy!
Order it right now!
Cheerio
VIC
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I think it was Dane who wrote:
I mean, I'm
> a big fan of "Asterix," which looks really nice in
> the album format. I can't
> imagine "Asterix" being printed at a "pocket" size.
They printed them in pocket size here in the UK,
Dane...in scaled down colour editions (not bad) and
also for a while sideways in small black and white
paperbacks (crummy)...glad to hear from another
Asterix fan...
While I'm on here waffling... is Donald Ault on this
list? I just finished reading "Carl Barks
Conversations"...it's a great book...good work! Worth
the money for the excellent introduction
alone...everybody on the list ought to buy a copy!
Order it right now!
Cheerio
VIC
=====
A FINE ELECTRONIC PORTMANTEAU OF COMICS AND CURIOSITIES AT:
http://come.to/thefleacircus
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Everything you'll ever need on one web page
from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts
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Eta Beta
Guest Stars
Message 192 -
2003-03-18 at 14:37:30
>NeilGaiman is diverse enough that I bet he could tell a Mickey
>Mouse in the vein of the Floyd Gottfredson days.
Hmmm... for some reason I can't figure Neil Gaiman doing Disney...
but maybe rather a Magica De Spell story...
Alan Moore, now, I'm sure he could make something very original
with Disney characters...
Jeff Smith no, please. I'm sure he'd do well, but I'm just too
old to wait for him to finish anything (given up on Bone several
years ago).
Dave Sim would be great, imagine a Donald Duck vs. Cerebus story...
or the Hernandez bros. doing a punk Grandma Duck... :-)
But if Gemstone (or any publisher at that) would really try
with this idea of "Guest Stars" (which I find quite intriguing),
the very first name I would like to see invited is that of
Will Eisner. I'm sure he could do a "serious" Mickey and/or
a pretty convincing Scrooge.
Moebius is another guy who could do VERY good Disneys, I
believe, and writer Jean Van Hamme could do just about anything.
Cheers
Eta Beta
>Mouse in the vein of the Floyd Gottfredson days.
Hmmm... for some reason I can't figure Neil Gaiman doing Disney...
but maybe rather a Magica De Spell story...
Alan Moore, now, I'm sure he could make something very original
with Disney characters...
Jeff Smith no, please. I'm sure he'd do well, but I'm just too
old to wait for him to finish anything (given up on Bone several
years ago).
Dave Sim would be great, imagine a Donald Duck vs. Cerebus story...
or the Hernandez bros. doing a punk Grandma Duck... :-)
But if Gemstone (or any publisher at that) would really try
with this idea of "Guest Stars" (which I find quite intriguing),
the very first name I would like to see invited is that of
Will Eisner. I'm sure he could do a "serious" Mickey and/or
a pretty convincing Scrooge.
Moebius is another guy who could do VERY good Disneys, I
believe, and writer Jean Van Hamme could do just about anything.
Cheers
Eta Beta
JTorci3511
John Byrne on Mickey Mouse Adventures.
Message 193 -
2003-03-18 at 17:17:34
In a message dated 3/18/2003 8:00:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, dcml-request at stp.ling.uu.se writes:
> Does anyone remember the story that BYRNE did for MMA in
> the 90's for DISNEY?
It was not an actual story, just a cover... but what a SPECTACULAR COVER it was. It fronted an equally spectacular "Mickey vs. The Phantom Blot" story, written by a gentleman named LEE NORDLING.
He did one more MM that, unfortunately, ended up in Disney Adventures -- where NO ONE would have been looking for a story with his sophistication. How I wish we could have gotten an ongoing run of Mickey by Nordling! ...Are you reading this, Gary Leach or John Clark? :-)
Joe Torcivia.
> Does anyone remember the story that BYRNE did for MMA in
> the 90's for DISNEY?
It was not an actual story, just a cover... but what a SPECTACULAR COVER it was. It fronted an equally spectacular "Mickey vs. The Phantom Blot" story, written by a gentleman named LEE NORDLING.
He did one more MM that, unfortunately, ended up in Disney Adventures -- where NO ONE would have been looking for a story with his sophistication. How I wish we could have gotten an ongoing run of Mickey by Nordling! ...Are you reading this, Gary Leach or John Clark? :-)
Joe Torcivia.
Goofy313g
Tree & map
Message 194 -
2003-03-18 at 18:06:36
MATEUSZ LIS:
>>>I've just found DD tree and Duckburg map in the sticker album "That's Donald".
>>>Unfortunately, my version isn't complete - I don't have all stickers. Maybe
>>>someone here on DCML has the complete one?
Cool! What are the exact references of the album? Even if your version isn't complete, is it possible for you to provide scans? About the DD tree, which one is it? Don Rosa's? or another one? Is it in this list :
http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/maps/
? Is it a new one?
Thanks,
Gilles
>>>I've just found DD tree and Duckburg map in the sticker album "That's Donald".
>>>Unfortunately, my version isn't complete - I don't have all stickers. Maybe
>>>someone here on DCML has the complete one?
Cool! What are the exact references of the album? Even if your version isn't complete, is it possible for you to provide scans? About the DD tree, which one is it? Don Rosa's? or another one? Is it in this list :
http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/maps/
? Is it a new one?
Thanks,
Gilles
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Gemstone and Europe
Message 195 -
2003-03-18 at 18:46:22
Hi, all!
Lately there has been a broad focus here on DCML towards the coming
Disney-comics production from Gemstone. This focus has come from both
Americans and Europeans. There might however be a risk that many Europeans
won't see the Gemstone productions due to some stupid protectionist laws
within the EU. This is at least what I heard when I visited Copenhagen last
December. Can anyone here tell us more about this?
Sigvald :-)
Lately there has been a broad focus here on DCML towards the coming
Disney-comics production from Gemstone. This focus has come from both
Americans and Europeans. There might however be a risk that many Europeans
won't see the Gemstone productions due to some stupid protectionist laws
within the EU. This is at least what I heard when I visited Copenhagen last
December. Can anyone here tell us more about this?
Sigvald :-)