Hi,
I was wondering if there would be a Spanish collector on the list that could give me in-depth information about the Disney titles published by publisher Saturnino Calleja in the '30s or that would know someone that would have that info.
Thanks a million in advance.
Didier
Author
Topic: 200307
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Didier Ghez
Mickey by Saturnino Calleja (Spain)
Message 286 -
2003-07-22 at 23:18:28
SRoweCanoe
Secret message in Stranger Than Fiction?
Message 287 -
2003-07-23 at 17:14:40
In a message dated 7/23/2003 9:21:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, dve at kabelfoon.nl writes:
> In panel 1.1 of Barks's "Stranger Than Fiction" (WDC 249),
> Donald
> reads a comic book titled "RIP ROARING COMICS".
>
> Could "RIP" be a pun on the abbreviation "R.I.P."?
No it isnt.
"rip roaring" is (or was) slang for something exciting or thrilling or adventuresome.
Steven Rowe
SRoweCanoe at aol.com
> In panel 1.1 of Barks's "Stranger Than Fiction" (WDC 249),
> Donald
> reads a comic book titled "RIP ROARING COMICS".
>
> Could "RIP" be a pun on the abbreviation "R.I.P."?
No it isnt.
"rip roaring" is (or was) slang for something exciting or thrilling or adventuresome.
Steven Rowe
SRoweCanoe at aol.com
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Secret message in Stranger Than Fiction?
Message 288 -
2003-07-23 at 17:21:49
In panel 1.1 of Barks's "Stranger Than Fiction" (WDC 249), Donald
reads a comic book titled "RIP ROARING COMICS".
Could "RIP" be a pun on the abbreviation "R.I.P."?
"R.I.P." means "rest in peace". So, if "RIP" is a pun, the issue
title would mean "Rest in peace roaring comics".
At the time, Barks had to work with cheaper paper and some of his
stories - like this very story - were cut down to make room for
advertisements. I remember early 1960s correspondence in which Barks
was worried about the future of comics. So, maybe this "RIP" title
was an expression of his concern as well?
Ripping (as verb) means "tearing something apart". If this is a
reference to the cutting (ripping) of comic book material, then "RIP"
could even be a double pun.
My English is not good enough to be sure if these thoughts make sense.
I'm curious for comments.
--- Dani?l
reads a comic book titled "RIP ROARING COMICS".
Could "RIP" be a pun on the abbreviation "R.I.P."?
"R.I.P." means "rest in peace". So, if "RIP" is a pun, the issue
title would mean "Rest in peace roaring comics".
At the time, Barks had to work with cheaper paper and some of his
stories - like this very story - were cut down to make room for
advertisements. I remember early 1960s correspondence in which Barks
was worried about the future of comics. So, maybe this "RIP" title
was an expression of his concern as well?
Ripping (as verb) means "tearing something apart". If this is a
reference to the cutting (ripping) of comic book material, then "RIP"
could even be a double pun.
My English is not good enough to be sure if these thoughts make sense.
I'm curious for comments.
--- Dani?l
Lgiver
Hatching from eggs??
Message 289 -
2003-07-23 at 20:41:11
Here's an interesting quote from a Barks story relating to
extensive prior discussion about whether or not Disney
ducks hatch from eggs like real birds. Who knows which
story this quote is from?
"I was fighting snow battles while you infants were still
in the egg! Ta ta, boys!"
-----Larry Giver
extensive prior discussion about whether or not Disney
ducks hatch from eggs like real birds. Who knows which
story this quote is from?
"I was fighting snow battles while you infants were still
in the egg! Ta ta, boys!"
-----Larry Giver
Fabio Blanco
Gemstone's mix?
Message 290 -
2003-07-23 at 20:53:07
I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or Baby disney...
I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff for that
nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my subscription...
Fabio
I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff for that
nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my subscription...
Fabio
Olivier
Hatching from eggs?? / Matterhorn
Message 291 -
2003-07-23 at 21:14:42
Hi everyone!
Dani?l:
Well, the question has already been answered. Seems like I made a mistake
back then, and assumed the story took place on the real mountain. Well, at
least, apart from this reference, there isn't anything actually setting the
action in the park; it can be any mountain.
Answer to Larry's quiz:
>>> Here's an interesting quote from a Barks story relating to
>>> extensive prior discussion about whether or not Disney
>>> ducks hatch from eggs like real birds. Who knows which
>>> story this quote is from?
>>> "I was fighting snow battles while you infants were still
>>> in the egg! Ta ta, boys!"
"The Duck in the Iron Pants", p 2 panel 6.
All the best,
Olivier
Dani?l:
Well, the question has already been answered. Seems like I made a mistake
back then, and assumed the story took place on the real mountain. Well, at
least, apart from this reference, there isn't anything actually setting the
action in the park; it can be any mountain.
Answer to Larry's quiz:
>>> Here's an interesting quote from a Barks story relating to
>>> extensive prior discussion about whether or not Disney
>>> ducks hatch from eggs like real birds. Who knows which
>>> story this quote is from?
>>> "I was fighting snow battles while you infants were still
>>> in the egg! Ta ta, boys!"
"The Duck in the Iron Pants", p 2 panel 6.
All the best,
Olivier
Fabio Blanco
Hatching from eggs??
Message 292 -
2003-07-23 at 21:22:59
Is a comic!!! Ducks don't talk!!!
> Here's an interesting quote from a Barks story relating to
> extensive prior discussion about whether or not Disney
> ducks hatch from eggs like real birds. Who knows which
> story this quote is from?
> "I was fighting snow battles while you infants were still
> in the egg! Ta ta, boys!"
> -----Larry Giver
> Here's an interesting quote from a Barks story relating to
> extensive prior discussion about whether or not Disney
> ducks hatch from eggs like real birds. Who knows which
> story this quote is from?
> "I was fighting snow battles while you infants were still
> in the egg! Ta ta, boys!"
> -----Larry Giver
Søren Krarup Olesen
Gemstone's mix?
Message 293 -
2003-07-23 at 21:24:39
FABIO:
> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or Baby
> disney... I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive
> stuff for that nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my
> subscription...
Was that a threat or something, Fabio? :-) You are of course allowed to put
forward any opinion of yours, but I must admit--reading your mail--that my first
reaction was "I pity you! What an ignorance!"
I am once again sorry to hear, that people here are so dwelled on Rosa and
Barks (note the order) stories only, inable to realize that the Disney comics
universe is much wider than what those two otherwise brilliant story tellers
represent.
If you cannot see the beauty of Mickey, Goofy, Scamp, Li'l Wolf and many more,
why are you on a Disney comics mailing list anyway? Sure, we all have preferences,
me too. And in my case, I'd only be interested if the artists you mentioned above
were *not* in the Gemstone issues. Not that I don't like their stories or anything,
but I've seen it all before...a zillion times...
Long live Li'l Wolf and Zeke!
S?ren
> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or Baby
> disney... I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive
> stuff for that nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my
> subscription...
Was that a threat or something, Fabio? :-) You are of course allowed to put
forward any opinion of yours, but I must admit--reading your mail--that my first
reaction was "I pity you! What an ignorance!"
I am once again sorry to hear, that people here are so dwelled on Rosa and
Barks (note the order) stories only, inable to realize that the Disney comics
universe is much wider than what those two otherwise brilliant story tellers
represent.
If you cannot see the beauty of Mickey, Goofy, Scamp, Li'l Wolf and many more,
why are you on a Disney comics mailing list anyway? Sure, we all have preferences,
me too. And in my case, I'd only be interested if the artists you mentioned above
were *not* in the Gemstone issues. Not that I don't like their stories or anything,
but I've seen it all before...a zillion times...
Long live Li'l Wolf and Zeke!
S?ren
Rich Bellacera
Gemstone's mix?
Message 294 -
2003-07-23 at 21:33:07
Fasbio Blanco said:
> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or
> Baby disney...
> I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff
> for that nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my
> subscription...
I'm not sure I understand your outrage. I mean, Rosa & Barks
stories are a guarentee, but I would be outraged if that was
ALL that the titles offered. I, for one, don't look forward to
more Barks reprints, though I am willing to live with "some"
reprints. I mean, I'm pretty certain I have EVERY single Barks
story ever printed for Disney in one form or another (including
special editions, libraries and even foreign Disney comics).
I enjoy Barks' stories, but I'm not clamouring for more reprints,
though I do realize there is a market for them and as such they
should be a staple in one or more of the current titles offered
by Gemstone... most notably, UNCLE SCROOGE or DONALD DUCK.
Rosa, on the other hand, has only had a few years of publication
in the USA and there are many of his stories that have never seen
print in the US so I look forward to those. Still, those are
Duck stories, so they certainly fit in with UNCLE SCROOGE and
DONALD DUCK titles.
That leave three other titles: DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES (digest),
WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES and MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS. If
these three titles are completely full of only Barks & Rosa
stories, then I think Gemstone is going to have some problems,
not just with me (who is more of a Mouse fan than Duck fan),
but with Disney, who is licensing their Mouse characters too.
WDC&S has a tradition of featuring not just Donald and Scrooge,
but Goofy, Mickey, Pluto, and yes, Li'l Wolf, too. As well as
a plethora of other characters like Li'l Hiawatha, Silly Symphony
characters like Bucky Bug, Snow White, Gremlins and many, many
others.
I think it is very unfair of you to insist that ALL FIVE titles
be filled with only Barks & Rosa stories, and I guarentee I would
be one of the first to write in and complain to Gemstone if that
were indeed all they published.
I hope to see many creators' works pass through the pages of
these titles, including Scarpa, Branca, Gerstein, Taliaferro,
Marin, Gottfredson, Murry, Stobl, Van Horn, Cavazzano, Di Vita,
Ferrari, Carpi, the Jaime Diaz Studio, Bottaro, Rota, Gilbert,
and so many others besides just Barks & Rosa....
For me, Disney comics are more than just Donald & Scrooge and
more than just Rosa and Barks. I want to experience as much
of Disney comics as publication can give me.
Just my humble opinions.
-Rich Bellacera
(Email removed)
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> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or
> Baby disney...
> I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff
> for that nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my
> subscription...
I'm not sure I understand your outrage. I mean, Rosa & Barks
stories are a guarentee, but I would be outraged if that was
ALL that the titles offered. I, for one, don't look forward to
more Barks reprints, though I am willing to live with "some"
reprints. I mean, I'm pretty certain I have EVERY single Barks
story ever printed for Disney in one form or another (including
special editions, libraries and even foreign Disney comics).
I enjoy Barks' stories, but I'm not clamouring for more reprints,
though I do realize there is a market for them and as such they
should be a staple in one or more of the current titles offered
by Gemstone... most notably, UNCLE SCROOGE or DONALD DUCK.
Rosa, on the other hand, has only had a few years of publication
in the USA and there are many of his stories that have never seen
print in the US so I look forward to those. Still, those are
Duck stories, so they certainly fit in with UNCLE SCROOGE and
DONALD DUCK titles.
That leave three other titles: DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES (digest),
WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES and MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS. If
these three titles are completely full of only Barks & Rosa
stories, then I think Gemstone is going to have some problems,
not just with me (who is more of a Mouse fan than Duck fan),
but with Disney, who is licensing their Mouse characters too.
WDC&S has a tradition of featuring not just Donald and Scrooge,
but Goofy, Mickey, Pluto, and yes, Li'l Wolf, too. As well as
a plethora of other characters like Li'l Hiawatha, Silly Symphony
characters like Bucky Bug, Snow White, Gremlins and many, many
others.
I think it is very unfair of you to insist that ALL FIVE titles
be filled with only Barks & Rosa stories, and I guarentee I would
be one of the first to write in and complain to Gemstone if that
were indeed all they published.
I hope to see many creators' works pass through the pages of
these titles, including Scarpa, Branca, Gerstein, Taliaferro,
Marin, Gottfredson, Murry, Stobl, Van Horn, Cavazzano, Di Vita,
Ferrari, Carpi, the Jaime Diaz Studio, Bottaro, Rota, Gilbert,
and so many others besides just Barks & Rosa....
For me, Disney comics are more than just Donald & Scrooge and
more than just Rosa and Barks. I want to experience as much
of Disney comics as publication can give me.
Just my humble opinions.
-Rich Bellacera
(Email removed)
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SRoweCanoe
Gemstone's mix?
Message 295 -
2003-07-23 at 21:39:11
In a message dated 7/23/2003 1:24:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, raptus at stofanet.dk writes:
> I'd only be interested if the artists you mentioned above
> were *not* in the Gemstone issues. Not that I don't like
> their stories or anything,
> but I've seen it all before...a zillion times...
I'm inclined to agree on Barks - why do i need another reprinting? Although i can put up with it, because i know that a) some folks will only buy US and WDC&S if there is Barks, and b) new readers need to see them
but I am currently past the point of buying a comic because it has another Barks reprint.
So Gemstone better show me what else they got!
(and rosa in english is a good start)
:-)
Steven Rowe
SRoweCanoe at aol.com
> I'd only be interested if the artists you mentioned above
> were *not* in the Gemstone issues. Not that I don't like
> their stories or anything,
> but I've seen it all before...a zillion times...
I'm inclined to agree on Barks - why do i need another reprinting? Although i can put up with it, because i know that a) some folks will only buy US and WDC&S if there is Barks, and b) new readers need to see them
but I am currently past the point of buying a comic because it has another Barks reprint.
So Gemstone better show me what else they got!
(and rosa in english is a good start)
:-)
Steven Rowe
SRoweCanoe at aol.com
Fabio Blanco
Gemstone's mix?
Message 296 -
2003-07-23 at 21:44:01
S?ren
Any time I ask about the gemstone contents nobody tell me nothing.
I live in Argentina, thirld world, you know?. I love comics, I work for have
money for can buy'em.
I like the ducks comics, I like Barks and Rosa, Rosa and Barks and I really
can't see the beauty of Lil' Bad Wolf and his drunk father or that
desemployed mouse Mickey.
The books price is around seven dollars, I pay 8 to my comic shop. Multiply
that for 3 for the cost in pesos and I tell what you have.... Is too much
money.
I only want know what Gemstone magazine have the stuff I want. I imagine you
cant put a Carl Barks story in the same magazine with a Moby Duck or Winnie
Puh story drawn for... who know...
Now, sorry if you feel like a threat. But is funny that anytime somebody
suggest something the others don't like, the question is "why are you in
this group?"
I am going now. I have the flu, maybe is fever...
FABIO
bonvolu postu al longtom at oeste.com.ar
Any time I ask about the gemstone contents nobody tell me nothing.
I live in Argentina, thirld world, you know?. I love comics, I work for have
money for can buy'em.
I like the ducks comics, I like Barks and Rosa, Rosa and Barks and I really
can't see the beauty of Lil' Bad Wolf and his drunk father or that
desemployed mouse Mickey.
The books price is around seven dollars, I pay 8 to my comic shop. Multiply
that for 3 for the cost in pesos and I tell what you have.... Is too much
money.
I only want know what Gemstone magazine have the stuff I want. I imagine you
cant put a Carl Barks story in the same magazine with a Moby Duck or Winnie
Puh story drawn for... who know...
Now, sorry if you feel like a threat. But is funny that anytime somebody
suggest something the others don't like, the question is "why are you in
this group?"
I am going now. I have the flu, maybe is fever...
FABIO
bonvolu postu al longtom at oeste.com.ar
Gary Leach
Gemstone mix
Message 297 -
2003-07-24 at 02:14:24
Well, folks, Gemstone is clearly in danger of losing copulating cash if
we dare print stories that aren't by Don Rosa or Carl Barks. Now, while
I would hate to lose a reader for any reason, I'm afraid we are going
to be printing stories by other than Don Rosa and Carl Barks. We think
that it is a good idea, and quite a whole lot of our readers think so,
too, and we do quite like to please quite a lot of our readers. We're
funny that way.
Too bad, it would've been diverting to have such virile money charging
around the office.
(Baby disney? Wot's dat? Some kind of canasta?)
By the way, it's been asked what I mean by a comic "shipping" on
such-and-such a date. What I mean is the date the comic leaves the
shipping dock of the printer and heads out to the various regional
distribution points that serve the retailers. This is important to me
and those who work with me, as it is the date on which the comic
officially leaves the production workflow and becomes actual product.
Gary
we dare print stories that aren't by Don Rosa or Carl Barks. Now, while
I would hate to lose a reader for any reason, I'm afraid we are going
to be printing stories by other than Don Rosa and Carl Barks. We think
that it is a good idea, and quite a whole lot of our readers think so,
too, and we do quite like to please quite a lot of our readers. We're
funny that way.
Too bad, it would've been diverting to have such virile money charging
around the office.
(Baby disney? Wot's dat? Some kind of canasta?)
By the way, it's been asked what I mean by a comic "shipping" on
such-and-such a date. What I mean is the date the comic leaves the
shipping dock of the printer and heads out to the various regional
distribution points that serve the retailers. This is important to me
and those who work with me, as it is the date on which the comic
officially leaves the production workflow and becomes actual product.
Gary
Anders Christian Sivebæk
DCML Digest, Vol 5, Issue 29
Message 298 -
2003-07-24 at 03:20:43
Hi all
Fabio
> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or Baby
disney...
Now do mind your langauge, my friend :-)
Who says you'll only get those charetcers - in the oppinion I've evolved in
the
past years varriation menas a lot. I don't mind seeing the wolves and pigs,
or brer rabbit, or any charecter i haven't seen for long, as long as these
are combined
with good stories with the charecters we know the most, and love.
Baby disney, it's a long time since I saw them last - I guess it was mostly
short gag stories
and silly posters I've seen, but if some artists (and I just have a slight
feeling my
favorite artist wont do it) could make them an interesting group of
charecters,
actually giving a reason that these figures knew eachother back then, then
it would be fun.
But then rather the Donny duck stories - they aren't all that bad, to say it
in my dialect (ironic)
some have been quite funny - the indicator of goodness on many duck comics.
> I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff for that
> nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my subscription...
You can't only have Barks and Rosa - if they print all the Rosas in
on-each-other-following issues,
they they would have to start reprinting to fast, and barks will only be
reprinting.
Let's *also* see some of the new good artists, and the older classics - in a
good mix.
That's what I want, that's what I will pay for.
With the wishes you have, in all due respect you should have subsribed to
the Picsou in certain
periods of it's recent past, where french friends of mine has called it
Barks, Rosa and Co.(rephrasing)
Yours ac
Fabio
> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or Baby
disney...
Now do mind your langauge, my friend :-)
Who says you'll only get those charetcers - in the oppinion I've evolved in
the
past years varriation menas a lot. I don't mind seeing the wolves and pigs,
or brer rabbit, or any charecter i haven't seen for long, as long as these
are combined
with good stories with the charecters we know the most, and love.
Baby disney, it's a long time since I saw them last - I guess it was mostly
short gag stories
and silly posters I've seen, but if some artists (and I just have a slight
feeling my
favorite artist wont do it) could make them an interesting group of
charecters,
actually giving a reason that these figures knew eachother back then, then
it would be fun.
But then rather the Donny duck stories - they aren't all that bad, to say it
in my dialect (ironic)
some have been quite funny - the indicator of goodness on many duck comics.
> I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff for that
> nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my subscription...
You can't only have Barks and Rosa - if they print all the Rosas in
on-each-other-following issues,
they they would have to start reprinting to fast, and barks will only be
reprinting.
Let's *also* see some of the new good artists, and the older classics - in a
good mix.
That's what I want, that's what I will pay for.
With the wishes you have, in all due respect you should have subsribed to
the Picsou in certain
periods of it's recent past, where french friends of mine has called it
Barks, Rosa and Co.(rephrasing)
Yours ac
Anders Christian Sivebæk
DCML Digest, Vol 5, Issue 29 - Fabio
Message 299 -
2003-07-24 at 03:20:57
Hi all
Fabio
> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or Baby
disney...
Now do mind your langauge, my friend :-)
Who says you'll only get those charetcers - in the oppinion I've evolved in
the
past years varriation menas a lot. I don't mind seeing the wolves and pigs,
or brer rabbit, or any charecter i haven't seen for long, as long as these
are combined
with good stories with the charecters we know the most, and love.
Baby disney, it's a long time since I saw them last - I guess it was mostly
short gag stories
and silly posters I've seen, but if some artists (and I just have a slight
feeling my
favorite artist wont do it) could make them an interesting group of
charecters,
actually giving a reason that these figures knew eachother back then, then
it would be fun.
But then rather the Donny duck stories - they aren't all that bad, to say it
in my dialect (ironic)
some have been quite funny - the indicator of goodness on many duck comics.
> I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff for that
> nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my subscription...
You can't only have Barks and Rosa - if they print all the Rosas in
on-each-other-following issues,
they they would have to start reprinting to fast, and barks will only be
reprinting.
Let's *also* see some of the new good artists, and the older classics - in a
good mix.
That's what I want, that's what I will pay for.
With the wishes you have, in all due respect you should have subsribed to
the Picsou in certain
periods of it's recent past, where french friends of mine has called it
Barks, Rosa and Co.(rephrasing)
Yours ac
Fabio
> I will not pay 8 fucking dollars for Lil' Bad Wolf stories or Baby
disney...
Now do mind your langauge, my friend :-)
Who says you'll only get those charetcers - in the oppinion I've evolved in
the
past years varriation menas a lot. I don't mind seeing the wolves and pigs,
or brer rabbit, or any charecter i haven't seen for long, as long as these
are combined
with good stories with the charecters we know the most, and love.
Baby disney, it's a long time since I saw them last - I guess it was mostly
short gag stories
and silly posters I've seen, but if some artists (and I just have a slight
feeling my
favorite artist wont do it) could make them an interesting group of
charecters,
actually giving a reason that these figures knew eachother back then, then
it would be fun.
But then rather the Donny duck stories - they aren't all that bad, to say it
in my dialect (ironic)
some have been quite funny - the indicator of goodness on many duck comics.
> I want Don Rosa and Carl Barks comics. Is too expensive stuff for that
> nonsense. If is I'll have for my money, I'll cut my subscription...
You can't only have Barks and Rosa - if they print all the Rosas in
on-each-other-following issues,
they they would have to start reprinting to fast, and barks will only be
reprinting.
Let's *also* see some of the new good artists, and the older classics - in a
good mix.
That's what I want, that's what I will pay for.
With the wishes you have, in all due respect you should have subsribed to
the Picsou in certain
periods of it's recent past, where french friends of mine has called it
Barks, Rosa and Co.(rephrasing)
Yours ac
Vic Pratt
No chipmunks please
Message 300 -
2003-07-24 at 12:10:58
Greetings comic chums
My fears about the availability of the new comics in
the UK were unfounded...picked up the new titles
easily in the end...nice production, enjoyed Don
Rosa's new story, especially when I'd read his new
introduction...enjoyed the Barks...and the Van Horn
stuff...and the Gilbert Gladstone Gander story...nice
printing,too...though personally it doesn't bother me
if the pages go yellow, if the comics are cheaper...
On the negative side...the mouse is getting short
shrift, isn't he? Where's the Gottfredson, the
Scarpa...? Also noticed that there's already signs of
"padding"...some very humdrum filler stuff...and I
agree with Fabio's comments to some extent,
though,perhaps, I wouldn't have worded them quite as
he did... I don't want "Baby Disney" or any lame L'il
Bad Wolf bilge, or any dumb stuff about Mad Madam Mim,
or Tramp Jnr., or any cutesy rubbish about the
crocodile out of Peter Pan etc. And keep those rotten
chipmunks well out of it, I say. Those kind of things
enfeebled the Gladstone WDCS and digests, where you
forked out the cash 'cos you wanted one story, then
had to put up with various unreadable old rubbish. I
remember buying an Uncle Scrooge digest with "The
Second Richest Duck", one of Barks' finest moments I
reckon, but much of the rest of the issue was dull as
ditchwater. And I had to read it with a magnifying
glass. But that was a long, long time ago.
I'll get down off my soapbox now....glad we got all
those contentious issues sorted out...cheerio
VIC
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My fears about the availability of the new comics in
the UK were unfounded...picked up the new titles
easily in the end...nice production, enjoyed Don
Rosa's new story, especially when I'd read his new
introduction...enjoyed the Barks...and the Van Horn
stuff...and the Gilbert Gladstone Gander story...nice
printing,too...though personally it doesn't bother me
if the pages go yellow, if the comics are cheaper...
On the negative side...the mouse is getting short
shrift, isn't he? Where's the Gottfredson, the
Scarpa...? Also noticed that there's already signs of
"padding"...some very humdrum filler stuff...and I
agree with Fabio's comments to some extent,
though,perhaps, I wouldn't have worded them quite as
he did... I don't want "Baby Disney" or any lame L'il
Bad Wolf bilge, or any dumb stuff about Mad Madam Mim,
or Tramp Jnr., or any cutesy rubbish about the
crocodile out of Peter Pan etc. And keep those rotten
chipmunks well out of it, I say. Those kind of things
enfeebled the Gladstone WDCS and digests, where you
forked out the cash 'cos you wanted one story, then
had to put up with various unreadable old rubbish. I
remember buying an Uncle Scrooge digest with "The
Second Richest Duck", one of Barks' finest moments I
reckon, but much of the rest of the issue was dull as
ditchwater. And I had to read it with a magnifying
glass. But that was a long, long time ago.
I'll get down off my soapbox now....glad we got all
those contentious issues sorted out...cheerio
VIC
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