Keskustelujen arkisto

I'm a German immigrant to the US. I visit every year to see my family and a few years ago I obtained some graphic novel editions of Lo$. I did compare them to the Gladstone printings at the time (although not recently, and it's pretty late now and I'm gonna hit the hay soon) and found them to be pretty loyal to the original script. I can say now with certainty that none of the names for characters were "kiddified", just altered to fit the German language. As far as dates go, they were also accurate. Hope that helps somewhat. Ta-Dan R.

Don Rosa:
>
> Say, are there any German Duckfans on here? Any that are willing to help me
> out?
> Ehapa (Germany) is planning a special presentation of my "Life of $crooge
> series... they are the only major Egmont company that did not go along with
> the Lo$ hardback of some years back, and they plan one now, an expanded
> edition including all of the extra chapters as well.
> What I need to be able to tell them is where the original German printings
> of those stories contained alterations of my original scripts. I have always
> been told in those days that the German editions of my stories were the most
> inaccurate, and I fear that all the dates in my Lo$ were changed or omitted
> and all of the names of actual people and places were changed to goofy names
> for kiddies and other elements may have been altered. Now Egmont/Ehapa has
> agreed to allow me to have more editorial control over how my work is
> presented, which would include guaranteeing that all presentations of my
> scripts are accurate, but I need help in this regard since Ehapa will
> probably reuse the same German scripts they used previously.
> All I can know for sure is that the accurate version was printed by
> Gladstone (since those are the ones I can read, and I supplied them with the
> original scripts directly). Is it at all possible that anyone here can do
> some comparisons between the German version (in the weekly or the Rosa
> albums) and the Gladstone version, at least where names and dates are
> mentioned? It would be a big help. Maybe I could get a free copy of the book
> for whoever can help.
>
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> >> - "All things come to him who sits and waits! That's my slogan!"
>
> > I think this is much Gladstone's style. Could it be from
> > "A financial fable" [WDC 126]?
>
> Not that I know. You're right about Gladstone.
>

Oh, oh... can it be... "Secret of Hondorica" (W DD 46)?

Not that I really have a clue. Have only read a few WDC's in American,
that's all the basic Barks quote knowledge I have. But that sounds like a
very "Secret of Hondorica" quote...

> "SCRAMBLED EGGS, anyone? Hee, hee!"
> (Beagle Boys)

Argh... I recognize that one... But from where?

Olaf

Hi!

Daniel:

>>> > 1/ "Donald, come ove rhere! I've got the world by its tail, and it's
>>> > too BIG to handle alone!"
>>> > 2/ "Uncle Scrooge, you rope us ducks ino some of the GOSHAWFULEST
>>> deals!"
> I... I... I don't know. (AAAAARGH!)

Probably because of the typos: "over here" & "into" ;)

1/ "Donald, come ove rhere! I've got the world by its tail, and it's too BIG
to handle alone!"
hint: 845 years!

2/ "Uncle Scrooge, you rope us ducks ino some of the GOSHAWFULEST deals!"
hint: Bless you!

Olivier

> "SCRAMBLED EGGS, anyone? Hee, hee!"
> (Beagle Boys)
>

"Delivery dilemma" (W WDC 291)?

In another long Scrooge story, "Oddball Odyssey", US #40,
Magica's perfumed letter put Scrooge and Donald into an
altered mental condition very similar to being hypnotised.
But Barks did not use that word. HDL avoid smelling the
perfume, and in page 4, panel 2, say "They've both been
KOOKIED by that witch's wily perfume."
So should we include this story on the list of stories
involving hypnotism? Or spells cast by witches are something
else? It's a matter of definition.
Best wishes, -----Larry Giver.

Arthur:
>My wife and I are going to Finland for a week in September to visit friends
>who have recently moved to Oulu. We will be in Oulu and Helsinki for a few
>days. Can someone tell me about some nice places in these two cities to look
>for Disney comics?

Welcome. A pity that you are not coming to Tampere where I could
show you some good places. I only have very limited experience
on buying comics from Helsinki and not at all experience about
Oulu. Anyway, it depends on what you want to get: new issues
of Aku Ankka and Aku Ankan taskukirja can be found from almost
anywhere. Other publications are a bit harder to come by - but only
a bit, varying selections of titles are sold in most kiosks and book
stores.

If you want to get a better view of Finnish Disney comics (past and
present) a second hand book store would be good place to visit.
Kulku-Katin poika (L?ntinen Brahenkatu 12) is said to be the best
in Helsinki.

There are also some actual comic stores in Helsinki (like The
Good Fellows), but I have no experience about them.

Hi Dani?l

> Spotted Barks stories with hypnotism
I just read the story King Scrooge the First (from Uncle Scrooge 71), here
the swami "sort of hynotises" the ducks and sends them 4000 years back...

-- Roy

Scrooge received another perfumed letter from Magica in
"Ten-Cent Valentine" C&S #258, March 1962. This time
smelling the valentine did not hypnotise him, but he worried
specifically that "She'll HYPNOTIZE me make me OPEN
the safe!" (where his #1 dime is), on page 2, panel 8.
Scrooge avoided being hypnotized, but Magica used a bottle
of "Attar of Arabeee" perfume to hypnotize Donald on
page 8, panel 5, and in panel 7 he tells her Dewey has
the #1 dime.
So Barks used the term "hypnotize" in this Magica story.
-----Larry Giver.