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Lars Jensen <lpj at forfatter.dk> wrote:

> It's unfair to single you out, Sigvald, but...
> What happened between 23:16:45 and 23:34:10?

I read Stefan's mail and then wrote a reply to it.

Sigvald

Daniel wrote:
>How many pages will the issue contain?
>Will it only contain letters and (not-yet-written?) articles, or will
>there also be (lots of) unique art?

My guess is that it will be similar to previous issues.
http://www.seriesam.com/barks/bibliousafan.html

I've only had one issue (around 1985 or so?). It
contained text only. No artwork.

Best,

Eric

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TIMO:
> No they don't. I agree. There's very little manga in these.
> But they were presented as manga for Japanese audience. I wonder how
> they were selling in Japan..

I have to agree too. I don't get much of a manga-feeling while reading
these. Still I presume the layouts were planned a Japanese person. Inducks
shows that the writer of the story is Kawade, which sounds Japanese enough
for me (although not long ago we learned that one's name doesn't reveal
one's nationality). Since Barks had already written the story, the only
job I can think for Kawade to do is the new layouts. Definately this isn't
a traditional Disney layout. Still it makes me wonder why Egmont didn't
order the art from Japan too as the artist is a "normal" Egmont-artist
Miguel. Then it might have looked a bit more like manga.

--
Petri Kanninen (pkannine at cc.hut.fi)
Aku Ankan taskukirja -tietokanta: http://www.perunamaa.net/taskarit/

"AAUGH! It's a half-hour later than it was half an
hour ago! Run! Run!" -Calvin

I don't know if this rates as anything tending toward an official
endorsement, but it would appear that at least the Disney "Marketing"
department considers Moby Duck to be a relative of Donald's.

See:
http://disney.store.go.com/DSSectionPage.process?Merchant_Id=2&Section_id=14418&Product_Id=133747&Searchstr=Scrooge&Page=1

If that doesn't work try
http://disney.store.go.com/
and search for "Family Tree" or "Donald"

Thanks,

Rich Bellacera

OLIVIER, 09-09-2003:

> Here's a link to an article on CNN about duck quacks-- do they echo or not?
> http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/09/08/duck.quack/index.html
> However, there's something odd, which they would know about if they (had)
> read Barks' WDC&S 105 ten-pager (June '49): a duck's quack echoes only if
> said duck drops a dime in a box. ;)

I've pasted the text at the end of this email, because I'm curious if this
urban myth may have *inspired* Barks to write the echoes practice story
(WDC 105).

Some time ago someone mentioned that the echoes practice story is in error
because it doesn't contain any real echoes for Donald. This urban myth would
be a perfect explanation for those missing echoes. And even though the myth
has been debunked, the article still mentions that it remains difficult to
notice a duck's echo.

Maybe there's a chance that Barks has heard about this, too, and then got
inspired in thinking of his own way to produce duck echoes?

Please let me know if this thought makes sense.

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Science 'quacks' urban duck myth

<Picture: Daisy takes to the microphone>

LONDON, England -- A British study has debunked an urban myth -- that a
duck's quack does not echo.

A farmyard duck called Daisy was at the center of the acoustic research,
carried out at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester, north-west
England.

Acoustic expert Trevor Cox tested the popular myth -- often the subject of
television quiz shows and Internet chat rooms -- by first recording Daisy's
quack in a special chamber with jagged surfaces that produces no sound
reflections.

She was then moved to a reverberation chamber with cathedral-like acoustics
before the data was used to create simulations of Daisy performing at the
Royal Albert Hall and quacking as she flew past a cliff face.

The tests revealed that a duck's quack definitely echoes, just like any
other sound, but perhaps not as noticeably.

"A duck quacks rather quietly, so the sound coming back is at a low level
and might not be heard," Cox told the UK Press Association.

"Also, a quack is a fading sound. It has a gradual decay, so it's hard to
tell the difference between the actual quack and the echo. That's
especially true if you haven't previously heard what it sounds like with no
reflections."

He said ducks were normally found in open-water areas and didn't usually
congregate around echoey cliffs, which may have fueled the theory that
their quacks don't produce an echo.

"You get a bit of reverberation -- it's distinctly echoey," Cox said.

The research was being discussed Monday at the British Association Festival
of Science at the University of Salford.

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/09/08/duck.quack/index.html

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--- Dani?l

SHAUN CRAIL to FABIO BLANCO, 09-09-2003:

> Someone noticed I had put a note on the bottom of the mugs, and
> poor old Sergio brought the house down when he announced that his
> said "Other way up stupido"

I know a variation of this. A card with a cord hanging on a wall,
with the text: "If there's a fire, please turn over."

People who get curious and look on the overleaf, will read the text:
"Only if there's a fire, sucker!"

--- Dani?l

Quoting Hoy Murphy <hoymurphy at charter.net>:
> Are there any more
> Three C stories in the pipeline?

Since this story came to Europe three and a half years ago, there hasn't been
any other, no...

.from Rosa, that is.

And since Rosa is so open and sharing on his upcoming stories, I think we can
say for sure that any new Caballeros stories from Rosa is not produced yet.

I can recommend Brazilian Carioca stories, though.