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> From: Kriton Kyrimis <kyrimis at cti.gr>
> > ...I'd rather be slapped with a wet oolated squigg.
>
> Is there any other kind? :-)

Well, sure! What if oolating a squigg is like kippering a herring? (i.e. a
process of smoking and dehydration.) Being slapped with a wet oolated squigg
would be akin to being whipped with a wet cat-o-nine-tails.

Hi

I recently saw a WWII propaganda cartoon by Disney from 1943 which features
a character who looked remarkably like

Uncle Scrooge, he was wearing a kilt and spoke with a Scottish accent had
sideburns and a cane.

Does anyone know if Carl Barks created this character or maybe got his
inspiration from this cartoon?

Kindest Regards

Tristan B Breijer

tbbreijer at hotmail.com

One of the first Disney animators died at 94, Jules Engel. You can find
his obituary at:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/index.html

Also there is an article on DC Comics and the rise of new graphic novels:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/media/index.html

You will have to register with the NY Times to read these articles.

Thought:
Are there any Duck artists interested in doing a "graphic novel" of Uncle
Scrooge or Donald? I suppose in a sense the Life and Time of Scrooge
McDuck is already graphic novel length. Would Gemstone want to reissue
that as a large graphic novel?

Timo:

You wrote on Sun, 14 Sep 2003:

> I've seen a map, floor plan of early Hyperion studio on CD-Rom
> "Walt Disney - an Intimate History". It was drawn after
> recollections of old animators. It has detailed placement of
> animator's desks etc. during 1929-30. Animators worked in one big
> room. Ub Iwerks and Floyd Gottfredson sat their backs against
> together. There is also little room, closet even, that has text
> "Comic Strip" and name Win Smith. Is this map published in any
> book?

This map was included in a special issue of the German fanzine
"Der Donaldist", which was entirely devoted to Floyd Gottfredson.
Unfortunately no exact reference is given; it is just stated that this
map was drawn by Floyd Gottfredson for an issue of "Funnyworld".

(Sorry, I don't have any information regarding your other questions.)

-Hans-

Timo wrote:
>> I've seen a map, floor plan of early Hyperion studio on CD-Rom
>> "Walt Disney - an Intimate History". It was drawn after
>> recollections of old animators.

Hans wrote:
> This map was included in a special issue of the German fanzine
> "Der Donaldist", which was entirely devoted to Floyd Gottfredson.

I posted info where you can buy this issue to dcml-talk:

[url]http://www.dcml-talk.org/read.php?f=1&i=190&t=190[/url]

Cord

Hans wrote:
>>This map was included in a special issue of the German fanzine
>>"Der Donaldist", which was entirely devoted to Floyd Gottfredson.

Timo wrote:
> Could anyone get me a good scan of the map?
> Thanks in advance!

Here it is:
http://www.dcml-talk.org/read.php?f=1&i=191&t=190

Cord

From: YMH at aol.com
>>>>If I may ask a question, then:
Why *do* you draw?

There were no names in this question, but it seems to be addressed to me in
response to my saying that I hate drawing since it's tedious and I never
learned how to do it in the proper smooth & efficient manner necessary to
make it look nice and earn better (in that it's faster) pay.
I draw because I am a self-taught "creator of comics", as opposed to a
"cartoonist" or "artist" which I would be if I had studied the normal way
people approach this stuff. To me, creating a comic is all one process --
writing and drawing it are not separated in my mind, and in fact, the most
important central portion of the process wherein I create the
storyboard-script (essentially a mock-up of the entire comic story) is an
absolute combination of both writing and drawing which could not be done if
I was only a writer or only an artist. At this point I am writing (the
pacing, the dialogue, etc.) as well as drawing (designing the panel lay-out,
camera-angles, lighting effects, poses, expressions, action, etc.). For me,
it's all one process, like walking with both legs. I like to create comic
stories. So, even though one portion of the process is not to my liking, it
still would never occur to me to NOT perform that portion of the process. If
I only did one half of the work and left the other half to some other person
altogether, that would not be creating comics to me. If I didn't want to
walk with my right leg, I wouldn't be walking, I'd be hopping.
I don't know how to explain it. You're asking this of someone who didn't
decide to become a writer or artist or even writer/artist when he was 20 or
10 or even 5, as with someone who studies the various aspects of what they
consider different jobs in the process of making comics. I wanted to create
comic stories since my earliest memory... so my concept of the process is an
abstract thought formed perhaps when I was in the crib drooling on my big
sister's comics.
I'll "create comics" my way as long as I can. If time or physical ability
someday force me to do only the writing (or only the drawing, which seems
less likely), I guess I could do it... but I wouldn't take much pride in
it... and I think I might lose interest in the product. I believe I'd sooner
just quit and start selling my comic book collection and have some REAL
money!