My comic shop didn't hold one of the free Gemstone duck comics for me like
they said they would, unfortunately. Does anyone know of any way I can
still get one?
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Steve Crooks
Missed Gemstone Giveaway
Message 241 -
2003-05-13 at 16:44:31
Stefan Persson
Missed Gemstone Giveaway
Message 242 -
2003-05-13 at 16:54:59
Steve Crooks wrote:
> My comic shop didn't hold one of the free Gemstone duck comics for me
like they said they would, unfortunately. Does anyone know of any way I
can still get one?
From the Gemstone F.A.C.T.S. newsletter:
>>>>>
* How can I get a copy of the Free Comic Book Day Maharajah Donald if I
live overseas or do not have a local comic book retailer?
You may request a copy by sending $5.00 (to cover the cost of shipping and
handling), payable in US funds to:
Gemstone Publishing
RE: FCBD Maharajah Donald
1966 Greenspring Drive
Suite 400
Timonium, MD 21093
<<<<<
Stefan Persson
> My comic shop didn't hold one of the free Gemstone duck comics for me
like they said they would, unfortunately. Does anyone know of any way I
can still get one?
From the Gemstone F.A.C.T.S. newsletter:
>>>>>
* How can I get a copy of the Free Comic Book Day Maharajah Donald if I
live overseas or do not have a local comic book retailer?
You may request a copy by sending $5.00 (to cover the cost of shipping and
handling), payable in US funds to:
Gemstone Publishing
RE: FCBD Maharajah Donald
1966 Greenspring Drive
Suite 400
Timonium, MD 21093
<<<<<
Stefan Persson
Theresa Wiegert
OT - about DCML messages online
Message 243 -
2003-05-13 at 17:56:48
Donald:
> Theresa, how does that "REMOVE_THIS" code work? Does it tell the robots not
> to harvest that address, or simply obfuscate the address they do harvest? If
> the latter, how does the link still work? I can certainly see how altering
> the address that appears on the screen works without interfering with the
> operation, but would very much like to know how to keep them from getting
> the address inside the tag.
My guess is that the bots take everything that includes an @, but these
must turn out to be a humongous amount of addresses, so then the
REMOVE_THIS part is still there, so when trying to send of spam, it won't
reach the extended address. (perhaps one should use a less obvious
extension of the address, in case it can be filtered somehow by the
webvillains... or best, not use a link at all, and make the address an
image, so people will have to write it down themselves. It can't be too
hard. Perhaps not somehting you want if you have a commercial website. But
then, the website should be written in something else than html, in a way
that the page gets generated when you load it.
Now, how are the rules for dcml - if you write something that is on topic,
can you have a part that's OT also? :) Personally I think that OT
sidekicks can be very interesting, and perspectivebroadening, as long as
it doesn't go too far... But then again, I'm not the webmaster/sysop
what's the word??? maintainer of the list...
A question: if there's anyone among you who happens to be a duckfarmer -
do tame ducks fly? People do keep ducks, don't they? But why then - for
the meat? the down? because they are cute? (he, good enough reason for
me...). Fois de Canard! I think I've eaten that some time. And if people
keep geese and ducks, why not swans? Are they not tasty? Or perhaps that's
the thing - swans fly, so it would be hard to keep them.
Anyway, sorry for my rambling, I better go do something important now.
(I'm *really* tired, but I think that's obvious from this posting, which I
probably shouldn't post, but, ah, you always have the option to skip! :)
/Theresa, quacky wacky
> Theresa, how does that "REMOVE_THIS" code work? Does it tell the robots not
> to harvest that address, or simply obfuscate the address they do harvest? If
> the latter, how does the link still work? I can certainly see how altering
> the address that appears on the screen works without interfering with the
> operation, but would very much like to know how to keep them from getting
> the address inside the tag.
My guess is that the bots take everything that includes an @, but these
must turn out to be a humongous amount of addresses, so then the
REMOVE_THIS part is still there, so when trying to send of spam, it won't
reach the extended address. (perhaps one should use a less obvious
extension of the address, in case it can be filtered somehow by the
webvillains... or best, not use a link at all, and make the address an
image, so people will have to write it down themselves. It can't be too
hard. Perhaps not somehting you want if you have a commercial website. But
then, the website should be written in something else than html, in a way
that the page gets generated when you load it.
Now, how are the rules for dcml - if you write something that is on topic,
can you have a part that's OT also? :) Personally I think that OT
sidekicks can be very interesting, and perspectivebroadening, as long as
it doesn't go too far... But then again, I'm not the webmaster/sysop
what's the word??? maintainer of the list...
A question: if there's anyone among you who happens to be a duckfarmer -
do tame ducks fly? People do keep ducks, don't they? But why then - for
the meat? the down? because they are cute? (he, good enough reason for
me...). Fois de Canard! I think I've eaten that some time. And if people
keep geese and ducks, why not swans? Are they not tasty? Or perhaps that's
the thing - swans fly, so it would be hard to keep them.
Anyway, sorry for my rambling, I better go do something important now.
(I'm *really* tired, but I think that's obvious from this posting, which I
probably shouldn't post, but, ah, you always have the option to skip! :)
/Theresa, quacky wacky
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Ducks, eggs, human beings: the ultimate solution
Message 244 -
2003-05-13 at 18:16:05
Stefan Persson wrote:
> It's not even a universe in where people give
> birth to other people. It's a universe with
> Uncles and nephews, not a universe with fathers
> and sons.
This is *wrong*, *wrong*, *wrong*
We have indeed seen in the Duck Family Trees and in some stories that
Scrooge has parents (Fergus and Downy), Donald has parents (Quackmore and
Hortense), etc.
The only aspect correct in your statement above is that the members in the
Duck-family seems to live with Uncles or Aunts instead of with their
parents. Other kids - friends oh HD&L, at least Barks' stories, seems to
live with their parents, not uncles and aunts.
Sigvald :-)
> It's not even a universe in where people give
> birth to other people. It's a universe with
> Uncles and nephews, not a universe with fathers
> and sons.
This is *wrong*, *wrong*, *wrong*
We have indeed seen in the Duck Family Trees and in some stories that
Scrooge has parents (Fergus and Downy), Donald has parents (Quackmore and
Hortense), etc.
The only aspect correct in your statement above is that the members in the
Duck-family seems to live with Uncles or Aunts instead of with their
parents. Other kids - friends oh HD&L, at least Barks' stories, seems to
live with their parents, not uncles and aunts.
Sigvald :-)
Olaf Solstrand
Multiple Duckburg-Universes
Message 245 -
2003-05-13 at 18:23:47
> IMO there is only one explanation that can give every participant in this
> debate right - multiple Duckburg-Universes.
Of course - that's just obvious. That is what happens when several writers
and several publishers work on the same comic in this way.
> In the Marco Rota universe Scrooge and Grandma seems to be brother and
> sisters and the Ducks are birds being hatched from eggs.
Well - you haven't checked if Rota's view on the brother-sister-thing is the
same today, have you?
> In William Van Horn's Duckburg-Universe Scrooge has a half-brother named
> Guideon or something like that
Not at all. Rumpus and Gideone is not the same character.
> There's also other Duckburg-Universes. In some of them the world consist
of
> fantasy countries with fantasy names, etc.
Of course. Not to mention: EVERYBODY on this list has their own universe
like this.
> I think there is 4 basic sides that differs between the
Duckburg-universes:
I think there is many, many, many more.
> - The family relations between the Ducks
> Barks's view VS European view
...VS a million other views, including Don Rosa's, Romano Scarpa's, yours,
mine and everybody else's
> - The geography of the Duck's world
> real world VS fantasy world
VS something inbetheen VS something else inbetween VS what's beyond fantasy
VS what's beyond real
Well, most Duck stories can certainly NOT be in the real world, as they have
a city called "Duckburg" that certainly does not exist in the real world...
:-)
> - The history of the Duck's world
> real history VS fantasy history
What do you mean? Are there huge differences in history in the Ducks' world
and hours? In ANY stories?
Olaf the Blue
www.andebyonline.com
> debate right - multiple Duckburg-Universes.
Of course - that's just obvious. That is what happens when several writers
and several publishers work on the same comic in this way.
> In the Marco Rota universe Scrooge and Grandma seems to be brother and
> sisters and the Ducks are birds being hatched from eggs.
Well - you haven't checked if Rota's view on the brother-sister-thing is the
same today, have you?
> In William Van Horn's Duckburg-Universe Scrooge has a half-brother named
> Guideon or something like that
Not at all. Rumpus and Gideone is not the same character.
> There's also other Duckburg-Universes. In some of them the world consist
of
> fantasy countries with fantasy names, etc.
Of course. Not to mention: EVERYBODY on this list has their own universe
like this.
> I think there is 4 basic sides that differs between the
Duckburg-universes:
I think there is many, many, many more.
> - The family relations between the Ducks
> Barks's view VS European view
...VS a million other views, including Don Rosa's, Romano Scarpa's, yours,
mine and everybody else's
> - The geography of the Duck's world
> real world VS fantasy world
VS something inbetheen VS something else inbetween VS what's beyond fantasy
VS what's beyond real
Well, most Duck stories can certainly NOT be in the real world, as they have
a city called "Duckburg" that certainly does not exist in the real world...
:-)
> - The history of the Duck's world
> real history VS fantasy history
What do you mean? Are there huge differences in history in the Ducks' world
and hours? In ANY stories?
Olaf the Blue
www.andebyonline.com
Wdposter
DCML Digest, Vol 3, Issue 19
Message 246 -
2003-05-13 at 18:24:30
Someone ask for copies of the new gemstone giveaway? I know where there are
50 or so, if you want one send me shipping and the book is free. Contact me
personally off the list. Don are you going to the motor city comic con this
year? Regards all, Martin
50 or so, if you want one send me shipping and the book is free. Contact me
personally off the list. Don are you going to the motor city comic con this
year? Regards all, Martin
Stefan Persson
Ducks, eggs, human beings: the ultimate solution
Message 247 -
2003-05-13 at 18:27:17
Sigvald Gr?sfjeld jr. wrote:
> We have indeed seen in the Duck Family Trees and in some stories that
> Scrooge has parents (Fergus and Downy), Donald has parents (Quackmore and
> Hortense), etc.
First of all, Donald and the Duck family is a comic and animated cartoon; thus, family trees don't count.
Secondly, you recently reported that some rare characters by Scarpa were unimportant. Fergus, Downy, Quackmore and Hortense appear in just as few stories as the Scarpa characters; thus, these parents are also unimportant.
Regarding important characters, Donald and Scrooge do not have any parents.
Stefan
> We have indeed seen in the Duck Family Trees and in some stories that
> Scrooge has parents (Fergus and Downy), Donald has parents (Quackmore and
> Hortense), etc.
First of all, Donald and the Duck family is a comic and animated cartoon; thus, family trees don't count.
Secondly, you recently reported that some rare characters by Scarpa were unimportant. Fergus, Downy, Quackmore and Hortense appear in just as few stories as the Scarpa characters; thus, these parents are also unimportant.
Regarding important characters, Donald and Scrooge do not have any parents.
Stefan
Stefan Persson
Multiple Duckburg-Universes
Message 248 -
2003-05-13 at 18:29:52
Sigvald Gr?sfjeld jr. wrote:
> In William Van Horn's Duckburg-Universe Scrooge has a half-brother named
> Guideon or something like that
Rumpus McFowl. Gideon is a Scarpa character.
Stefan
> In William Van Horn's Duckburg-Universe Scrooge has a half-brother named
> Guideon or something like that
Rumpus McFowl. Gideon is a Scarpa character.
Stefan
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Who believe in flying Ducks?
Message 249 -
2003-05-13 at 18:34:45
Olaf Solstrand <olaf at andebyonline.com> wrote:
>> What wings? Donald and the other Ducks in
>> Duckburg don't have any wings.
>
> Sigvald, do you _really_ think that children
> have the same ways of logic as a man with your
> age and education? In that age, Disney comics
> aren't a historical masterpiece - they are FUN.
> Donald IS a Duck, so of course he can fly.
Actually I have once (in 1973) been a 6 year old kid myself, but I have
NEVER, EVER belived that Donald could or should fly - not even then or
before that.
Sigvald :-)
>> What wings? Donald and the other Ducks in
>> Duckburg don't have any wings.
>
> Sigvald, do you _really_ think that children
> have the same ways of logic as a man with your
> age and education? In that age, Disney comics
> aren't a historical masterpiece - they are FUN.
> Donald IS a Duck, so of course he can fly.
Actually I have once (in 1973) been a 6 year old kid myself, but I have
NEVER, EVER belived that Donald could or should fly - not even then or
before that.
Sigvald :-)
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Multiple Duckburg-Universes
Message 250 -
2003-05-13 at 19:00:38
Lately there have been several discussions regarding the basic ideas and the
basic natural laws of the Duckburg-Universe, going on.
IMO there is only one explanation that can give every participant in this
debate right ? multiple Duckburg-Universes. In the Marco Rota universe
Scrooge and Grandma seems to be brother and sisters and the Ducks are birds
being hatched from eggs.
In Don Rosa's version of Barks' Duckburg-Universe the Ducks seems to bee
born via some kind of mammal birth and Grandma Duck is Donald's father's
mother while Scrooge is Donald's mother's brother. In this universe the
Duck's live on an earth like ours, with the same history as our Earth, exept
that the US has an extra state in the ester Coast, and that the estern third
of Russia is called Brutopia.
In William Van Horn's Duckburg-Universe Scrooge has a half-brother named
Guideon or something like that
There's also other Duckburg-Universes. In some of them the world consist of
fantasy countries with fantasy names, etc.
I think there is 4 basic sides that differs between the Duckburg-universes:
- The species spesifications of the Ducks:
born VS hatched
- The family relations between the Ducks
Barks's view VS European view
- The geography of the Duck's world
real world VS fantasy world
- The history of the Duck's world
real history VS fantasy history
Sigvald :-)
basic natural laws of the Duckburg-Universe, going on.
IMO there is only one explanation that can give every participant in this
debate right ? multiple Duckburg-Universes. In the Marco Rota universe
Scrooge and Grandma seems to be brother and sisters and the Ducks are birds
being hatched from eggs.
In Don Rosa's version of Barks' Duckburg-Universe the Ducks seems to bee
born via some kind of mammal birth and Grandma Duck is Donald's father's
mother while Scrooge is Donald's mother's brother. In this universe the
Duck's live on an earth like ours, with the same history as our Earth, exept
that the US has an extra state in the ester Coast, and that the estern third
of Russia is called Brutopia.
In William Van Horn's Duckburg-Universe Scrooge has a half-brother named
Guideon or something like that
There's also other Duckburg-Universes. In some of them the world consist of
fantasy countries with fantasy names, etc.
I think there is 4 basic sides that differs between the Duckburg-universes:
- The species spesifications of the Ducks:
born VS hatched
- The family relations between the Ducks
Barks's view VS European view
- The geography of the Duck's world
real world VS fantasy world
- The history of the Duck's world
real history VS fantasy history
Sigvald :-)
Mas
Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles in a Thundering Typhoon!
Message 251 -
2003-05-13 at 19:21:37
At 03:08 PM 5/13/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Another funny detail: the name of the captain of the Carpathia, the
>ship that picked up the survivors [of the Titanic], was Haddock!
>(Or maybe it was another captain of another ship, but there was a
>capt. Haddock involved.)
I guess that explains why the ship sank in the first place.
- Mark
>Another funny detail: the name of the captain of the Carpathia, the
>ship that picked up the survivors [of the Titanic], was Haddock!
>(Or maybe it was another captain of another ship, but there was a
>capt. Haddock involved.)
I guess that explains why the ship sank in the first place.
- Mark
Søren Krarup Olesen
Multiple Duckburg-Universes
Message 252 -
2003-05-13 at 19:43:12
OLAF:
> Well, most Duck stories can certainly NOT be in the real world, as
> they have a city called "Duckburg" that certainly does not exist in
> the real world...
"This is not *entirely* correct". In Aalborg (the city I live in), there
is a large area officially called "Andeby". I believe it's pretty close
to where Thomas Pryds Lauritsen lives actually...
> Sigvald, do you _really_ think that children have the same ways of
> logic as a man with your age and education? In that age, Disney comics
> aren't a historical masterpiece - they are FUN. Donald IS a Duck, so
> of course he can fly.
"This is not *entirely* correct". In Carpi/Gatto's "Paperino e la giubba
spaziale" (I TL 548-A) from 1966 Donald actually tries to fly (on his
own) in the end of the story and fails to do so. See a scan here:
http://raptus.dk/tmp/icanfly.jpg
The text goes:
US: Well?! What are you waiting for?
DD: I can't take off, must have eaten too much.
Anyway, my point is only, that one can "prove" just about anything
depending on which story is picked.
Best,
S?ren
> Well, most Duck stories can certainly NOT be in the real world, as
> they have a city called "Duckburg" that certainly does not exist in
> the real world...
"This is not *entirely* correct". In Aalborg (the city I live in), there
is a large area officially called "Andeby". I believe it's pretty close
to where Thomas Pryds Lauritsen lives actually...
> Sigvald, do you _really_ think that children have the same ways of
> logic as a man with your age and education? In that age, Disney comics
> aren't a historical masterpiece - they are FUN. Donald IS a Duck, so
> of course he can fly.
"This is not *entirely* correct". In Carpi/Gatto's "Paperino e la giubba
spaziale" (I TL 548-A) from 1966 Donald actually tries to fly (on his
own) in the end of the story and fails to do so. See a scan here:
http://raptus.dk/tmp/icanfly.jpg
The text goes:
US: Well?! What are you waiting for?
DD: I can't take off, must have eaten too much.
Anyway, my point is only, that one can "prove" just about anything
depending on which story is picked.
Best,
S?ren
Dan Rosenberg
DCML Digest, Vol 3, Issue 21
Message 253 -
2003-05-13 at 22:43:31
Stefan wrote:
>I would like to meet the Duck family. Do you know which planet I should
> take my spaceship to? ;-)
Hehe! Beam me up, Gyro!
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>I would like to meet the Duck family. Do you know which planet I should
> take my spaceship to? ;-)
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UNDBKB
Free Comic?
Message 254 -
2003-05-13 at 22:51:06
> Steve Crooks wrote:
>
> >My comic shop didn't hold one of the free Gemstone duck comics for me
> like they said they would, unfortunately. Does anyone know of any way I
> can still get one?
>
> From the Gemstone F.A.C.T.S. newsletter:
>
> * How can I get a copy of the Free Comic Book Day Maharajah Donald if I
> live overseas or do not have a local comic book retailer?
>
> You may request a copy by sending $5.00 (to cover the cost of shipping and
> handling), payable in US funds to:
I am a local comic book dealer and I will ship the comic to any mailing list
member for $1.50 in the U.S.
and as cheaply as I can for overseas customers.
I will also send multiple copies to groups who ask, for the cost of my
shipping.
$5 from Diamond seems a little expensive for the company that produced the
comic!
Send me an e-mail
UNDBKB at aol.com
Barry Branvold
>
> >My comic shop didn't hold one of the free Gemstone duck comics for me
> like they said they would, unfortunately. Does anyone know of any way I
> can still get one?
>
> From the Gemstone F.A.C.T.S. newsletter:
>
> * How can I get a copy of the Free Comic Book Day Maharajah Donald if I
> live overseas or do not have a local comic book retailer?
>
> You may request a copy by sending $5.00 (to cover the cost of shipping and
> handling), payable in US funds to:
I am a local comic book dealer and I will ship the comic to any mailing list
member for $1.50 in the U.S.
and as cheaply as I can for overseas customers.
I will also send multiple copies to groups who ask, for the cost of my
shipping.
$5 from Diamond seems a little expensive for the company that produced the
comic!
Send me an e-mail
UNDBKB at aol.com
Barry Branvold
Stefan Persson
Multiple Duckburg-Universes
Message 255 -
2003-05-13 at 23:38:12
S?ren Krarup Olesen wrote:
> "This is not *entirely* correct". In Aalborg (the city I live in), there
> is a large area officially called "Andeby". I believe it's pretty close
> to where Thomas Pryds Lauritsen lives actually...
And in Stockholm there is a place called G?seborg (Goosetown). (Or is
it on the other side of the city border? Hm...)
Stefan
> "This is not *entirely* correct". In Aalborg (the city I live in), there
> is a large area officially called "Andeby". I believe it's pretty close
> to where Thomas Pryds Lauritsen lives actually...
And in Stockholm there is a place called G?seborg (Goosetown). (Or is
it on the other side of the city border? Hm...)
Stefan