> Uh... I don't know what the "Lexibook" salesman told you, but what your
> messages appear in is not quite English. The words are grossly misspelled
> and sometimes undecipherable. I thought such programs understood and
> recognized and reproduced standard words but I don't know what yours is
> doing. Why does it spell "use" as "usse", "button" as "buton", "I'm" as
> "Im", translate the Polish word for "word" into "world" or create nonwords
> like "routh"? And that's just the errors in the last sentence you
"routhed"
> (whatever that means). Your meaning is generally clear, but not
sparklingly.
> Whatever your "Lexibook" is doing, it's not doing it quite right.
> But I don't mean you should stop. I just wanted to let you know that what
> we're getting on this end is pretty daggone weird looking. Your messages
> read like the dialogue I write for Arpin Lusene. It's cute.
Thank's. :-)
But thous mistakes like "Im" or "use" are made by me : I just usse theat
Lexibook wen I want/ned to rith a word and I dont now how it is In English.
End by the Arpin Lusene way :
NOT "ROUTHED" YOU FULL! ROUTHED!!! Ow, never mind... ;-))
Yours
Maciek
Author
Topic: 200310
(424 messages)
KUR
DCML Digest Issue 19
Message 136 -
2003-10-08 at 14:28:30
Don Rosa
DCML Digest Issue 20
Message 137 -
2003-10-08 at 16:12:11
> From: Chuck Munson <chuckm_1962 at yahoo.com>
> Don, I'd like to inquire if you'll be visiting the
> Baltimore/DC area any time soon.
I go just about anywhere that I'm invited (and they pay airfare and gimmee a
table). I never pay my own way due to the fact that if my appearance was so
beneficial to my Duck comics that it succeeded in selling an extra
*trillion* copies, that would only put money in other people's pockets,
never mine. But if someone invites me to a convention, I sit at my table
100% of the time that the show is open, never stopping for breaks. As I am
myself first a comics fan, my duty to other comics fans is of paramount
importance to me. It's just too bad that I can't do nice drawings like I
used to. But I still do color drawings for people I know... such as if Katie
showed up -- I know she's a fer real true-blue fan and not an eBay lout.
There is a nice annual show in Baltimore (just held it a few weeks back)
that I'm puzzled I don't get an invitation to. It's run by Mark Nathan whom
I've known for many years as a big Duck/Barks fan (as are all the American
comic dealers/fans over 40). But actually I think I've always been already
invited to another show on his weekends so he might have known that and
that's why I don't hear from him. If you know how to contact the Baltimore
Comic Con people, you can suggest me as a guest for next year. (I never
contact show sponsors to get myself invited anywhere even if I'm anxious to
go to see friends or such... another of my no-self-promotion policies.)
> Don, I'd like to inquire if you'll be visiting the
> Baltimore/DC area any time soon.
I go just about anywhere that I'm invited (and they pay airfare and gimmee a
table). I never pay my own way due to the fact that if my appearance was so
beneficial to my Duck comics that it succeeded in selling an extra
*trillion* copies, that would only put money in other people's pockets,
never mine. But if someone invites me to a convention, I sit at my table
100% of the time that the show is open, never stopping for breaks. As I am
myself first a comics fan, my duty to other comics fans is of paramount
importance to me. It's just too bad that I can't do nice drawings like I
used to. But I still do color drawings for people I know... such as if Katie
showed up -- I know she's a fer real true-blue fan and not an eBay lout.
There is a nice annual show in Baltimore (just held it a few weeks back)
that I'm puzzled I don't get an invitation to. It's run by Mark Nathan whom
I've known for many years as a big Duck/Barks fan (as are all the American
comic dealers/fans over 40). But actually I think I've always been already
invited to another show on his weekends so he might have known that and
that's why I don't hear from him. If you know how to contact the Baltimore
Comic Con people, you can suggest me as a guest for next year. (I never
contact show sponsors to get myself invited anywhere even if I'm anxious to
go to see friends or such... another of my no-self-promotion policies.)
Stefan Persson
DCML Digest Issue 19
Message 138 -
2003-10-08 at 16:41:49
>From: "KUR" <ggk at wp.pl>
>To: "Don Rosa" <donrosa at iglou.com>, <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
>Subject: Re: DCML Digest Issue 19
>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:28:30 +0200
>But thous mistakes like "Im" or "use" are made by me : I just usse theat
>Lexibook wen I want/ned to rith a word and I dont now how it is In English.
>End by the Arpin Lusene way :
Rith: Use? Write? Read? Anything else?
Stefan
_________________________________________________________________
Hitta r?tt k?pare p? MSN K?p & S?lj http://www.msn.se/koposalj
>To: "Don Rosa" <donrosa at iglou.com>, <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
>Subject: Re: DCML Digest Issue 19
>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:28:30 +0200
>But thous mistakes like "Im" or "use" are made by me : I just usse theat
>Lexibook wen I want/ned to rith a word and I dont now how it is In English.
>End by the Arpin Lusene way :
Rith: Use? Write? Read? Anything else?
Stefan
_________________________________________________________________
Hitta r?tt k?pare p? MSN K?p & S?lj http://www.msn.se/koposalj
Rodney-selfhelpbikeco
Dedications on drawings
Message 139 -
2003-10-08 at 16:46:05
Don Rosa:
>Even now, I must
>insist on putting dedications on the free drawings...
My Gosh! Why would I prefer a drawing without a dedication? As a fan, that would make the drawing that much more precious.
Sounds like the convention is really something to think about. Should be a good time. I'll have to see what else is going on that weekend, and maybe some of us other DCML'ers will meet!
rodney.
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>Even now, I must
>insist on putting dedications on the free drawings...
My Gosh! Why would I prefer a drawing without a dedication? As a fan, that would make the drawing that much more precious.
Sounds like the convention is really something to think about. Should be a good time. I'll have to see what else is going on that weekend, and maybe some of us other DCML'ers will meet!
rodney.
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Ludwig
Message 140 -
2003-10-08 at 16:56:42
Rob:
>I doubt that there is a prohibition on printing stories with Ludwig.
No, there doesn't seem to be since Egmont keeps selecting Italian
stories where he appears to their pocket book compilations. Usually
just one story per book and not to all books, but still pretty
regularly.
--
Ari Seppi (ari.seppi at iki.fi)
http://www.iki.fi/mani/
>I doubt that there is a prohibition on printing stories with Ludwig.
No, there doesn't seem to be since Egmont keeps selecting Italian
stories where he appears to their pocket book compilations. Usually
just one story per book and not to all books, but still pretty
regularly.
--
Ari Seppi (ari.seppi at iki.fi)
http://www.iki.fi/mani/
Thorsten Bremer
Individual Rosa paintings selling at eBay
Message 141 -
2003-10-08 at 23:10:26
Hello Don,
> I'll just be signing and doing free head drawings. I stopped doing the
> lavish full-color drawings that I used to do for folks at American comic
> shows for $30-$40 each... when I started with eBay I saw that some of them
> were being immediately put on there and fetching the phony fans who bought
> them $400-$700 each! I can't let people use me like that! Even now, I must
> insist on putting dedications on the free drawings... several of the
> freebies I did at the Gemstone booth in San Diego were on eBay within days
> fetching $60 apiece. Wotta country.
(Attention, only humor and satire following... :->)
Well, but that crazy behaviour of "fans" sounds to be a chance for all
the fanzines you draw covers for. Just for getting money in the "bin"...
Possible text of an eBay-auction:
----------
Full coloured print from Don Rosa, FANTASTIC! Limited edition, only
600 prints were made and there will be NO REPINT in the future. Printed
SIGNATURE by the Author included!!!
The condition of this fantastic signed and limited print is mint, it
was never framed! No damaging, perfectly clear.
The included fanzine this print was made for will be delivered, too!
It's also in mint condition, never read!
----------
Only humour? Yes and no. From time to time people try this at eBay:
Selling an issue of our "Der Donaldist" and say in big letters that it
have an Barks-Cover... But fortunately I've never seen an auction
where such a "fan" will get more than 4-5 Euro.
--
Bis denne,
Thoddi
> I'll just be signing and doing free head drawings. I stopped doing the
> lavish full-color drawings that I used to do for folks at American comic
> shows for $30-$40 each... when I started with eBay I saw that some of them
> were being immediately put on there and fetching the phony fans who bought
> them $400-$700 each! I can't let people use me like that! Even now, I must
> insist on putting dedications on the free drawings... several of the
> freebies I did at the Gemstone booth in San Diego were on eBay within days
> fetching $60 apiece. Wotta country.
(Attention, only humor and satire following... :->)
Well, but that crazy behaviour of "fans" sounds to be a chance for all
the fanzines you draw covers for. Just for getting money in the "bin"...
Possible text of an eBay-auction:
----------
Full coloured print from Don Rosa, FANTASTIC! Limited edition, only
600 prints were made and there will be NO REPINT in the future. Printed
SIGNATURE by the Author included!!!
The condition of this fantastic signed and limited print is mint, it
was never framed! No damaging, perfectly clear.
The included fanzine this print was made for will be delivered, too!
It's also in mint condition, never read!
----------
Only humour? Yes and no. From time to time people try this at eBay:
Selling an issue of our "Der Donaldist" and say in big letters that it
have an Barks-Cover... But fortunately I've never seen an auction
where such a "fan" will get more than 4-5 Euro.
--
Bis denne,
Thoddi
Matthew Williams
My First Disney Comic!
Message 142 -
2003-10-09 at 02:28:25
Since some other folks are reminiscing about the first Disney comics that
they ever bought, I've got to share mine too! I love nostalgia! Walt
Disney's Comics and Stories 525 was the first Disney comic that I bought AND
read. I remember that the Milton/Jippes story mostly went over my
eight-year old head. The Pooh gag was great, though, and I loved the last
part of Fallberg and Murray's "The Golden Touch." The first Uncle Scrooge I
ever bought AND read was #226. It reprinted the Cornelius Coot statue
story, and it hooked me on Barks for life!
I say "bought AND read" because my parents would often buy me Gold Key/Dell
comics before, and I would just look a little at the pictures. Then I would
take a pair of scissors and cut out all of the pictures of the characters.
Many, many fine Disney comics met their doom that way. I shudder to think
of those poor lost comics! I know that I chopped up an original printing of
"The Golden Nugget Boat" for sure. Dear me!
So what issues or stories hooked the rest of you?
Matthew A. Williams
they ever bought, I've got to share mine too! I love nostalgia! Walt
Disney's Comics and Stories 525 was the first Disney comic that I bought AND
read. I remember that the Milton/Jippes story mostly went over my
eight-year old head. The Pooh gag was great, though, and I loved the last
part of Fallberg and Murray's "The Golden Touch." The first Uncle Scrooge I
ever bought AND read was #226. It reprinted the Cornelius Coot statue
story, and it hooked me on Barks for life!
I say "bought AND read" because my parents would often buy me Gold Key/Dell
comics before, and I would just look a little at the pictures. Then I would
take a pair of scissors and cut out all of the pictures of the characters.
Many, many fine Disney comics met their doom that way. I shudder to think
of those poor lost comics! I know that I chopped up an original printing of
"The Golden Nugget Boat" for sure. Dear me!
So what issues or stories hooked the rest of you?
Matthew A. Williams
H.W.Fluks
Ludwig von Drake vs. Egmont
Message 143 -
2003-10-09 at 10:34:26
I wonder how people can catch up with the amount of mail on DCML...
I have no time lately to send mails to DCML, because I need all my time to *read* DCML mails. 8-)
L. Schulte wrote:
> if there is perhaps an
> anti-German sentiment in Egmont's decision, [..] perhaps the Dutchmen do
> not want to include Ludwig for political reasons (?).
Egmont (Copenhagen, Denmark) has nothing to do with Holland (and the Dutchmen). So you're talking about 2 different publishers here, with 2 possibly different policies.
And so is Rob Klein, in his later mail. He wrote stories for both publishers!
So Rob is not contradicting himself.
About political reasons: especially after WWII, there is no reason to *not* make fun of the Germans in Holland...
But Ludwig has no German accent in the Dutch translations.
He was dropped in 1974 because he resembled Gyro too much. Also, at the time, they were (re-)introducing other characters like Brer Rabbit, Joe Carioca, Izzy, and Horace Horsecollar. So Ludwig and Fethry (and Belle Duck, Witch Child, and some others) "died".
--Harry.
I have no time lately to send mails to DCML, because I need all my time to *read* DCML mails. 8-)
L. Schulte wrote:
> if there is perhaps an
> anti-German sentiment in Egmont's decision, [..] perhaps the Dutchmen do
> not want to include Ludwig for political reasons (?).
Egmont (Copenhagen, Denmark) has nothing to do with Holland (and the Dutchmen). So you're talking about 2 different publishers here, with 2 possibly different policies.
And so is Rob Klein, in his later mail. He wrote stories for both publishers!
So Rob is not contradicting himself.
About political reasons: especially after WWII, there is no reason to *not* make fun of the Germans in Holland...
But Ludwig has no German accent in the Dutch translations.
He was dropped in 1974 because he resembled Gyro too much. Also, at the time, they were (re-)introducing other characters like Brer Rabbit, Joe Carioca, Izzy, and Horace Horsecollar. So Ludwig and Fethry (and Belle Duck, Witch Child, and some others) "died".
--Harry.
Olivier
My First Disney Comic!
Message 144 -
2003-10-09 at 11:48:58
Hello everyone!
Matthew:
>>> Since some other folks are reminiscing about the first Disney comics
that
>>> they ever bought, I've got to share mine too! I love nostalgia! Walt
>>> Disney's Comics and Stories 525 was the first Disney comic that I bought
AND
>>>
I don't remember. I remember, and still have, Disney children's books. "The
Three Little Pigs", for instance.
Many issues of Le Journal de Mickey & other comics were thrown away, much
to my horror.
The earliest oldest memory I think is of Bill Walsh & Floyd Gottfredson's
"Doctor X" story, which I only gor to read again (in the oft-mentionned MM
anthology) a few months ago, ie more than 20 years later. I still have a
couple of other Gottfredson stories, though, which I stapled.
Barks-wise, stories like "The Waltz King", the swimming contest, Donald vs
salesmene come to mind.
A one point in the mid-80's, and even more so when Le Journal de Mickey &
Picsou Magazine started to "modernize" (you know, the dreadful "hip" look,
the bad stories, the replacement of interesting articles with the least
interesting things possible, ...), I went through my comics and ripped out
the stories I loved most, to staple them together; I also kept the articles,
and threw away the rest.
A good ten years later (now, "ago"), I found out who the author/artists
were: Gottfredson, Barks, Jippes, Milton, ...-- the best.
My first Rosa comic was "His Majesty, McDuck", printed in the 20th
Anniversary issue of Picsou Magazine. It's also in that issue I learned
about Barks.
For some years I desperately wished to have those comcis in English.
Eventually, in '94 (not my first time in the Us, btw), I chanced upon a few
Gladstone issues somewhere in California or Arizona: U$ 287 (Part 3 of
L&T), U$A 28 ("Land Beneath the Ground"), DDA 28 ("Sheriff of Bullet
Valley"-- or did I get this one in '95? It's the Oct issue, which means it
was released in September; I was tehre in the summer).
I had faint memories of "Land Beneath the Ground", discovered "Bullet Valle
y", loved "The Life and Times of Scrooge Mc Duck", and-- O joy!-- there
were ads for The Carl Barks Library in Color.
In '95, back in the South West, we stopped in Gladstone's office in
Prescott, Az. got a few back issues, bought the regular edition of Mickey
Mouse in Color, subscribed to the DDA Library (and took the first 10 issues
already published). Later, I subscribed to the WDC&S U$A Libraries.
And I got my first Gemstone Disney comica few weeks ago ;) .
Olivier
Matthew:
>>> Since some other folks are reminiscing about the first Disney comics
that
>>> they ever bought, I've got to share mine too! I love nostalgia! Walt
>>> Disney's Comics and Stories 525 was the first Disney comic that I bought
AND
>>>
I don't remember. I remember, and still have, Disney children's books. "The
Three Little Pigs", for instance.
Many issues of Le Journal de Mickey & other comics were thrown away, much
to my horror.
The earliest oldest memory I think is of Bill Walsh & Floyd Gottfredson's
"Doctor X" story, which I only gor to read again (in the oft-mentionned MM
anthology) a few months ago, ie more than 20 years later. I still have a
couple of other Gottfredson stories, though, which I stapled.
Barks-wise, stories like "The Waltz King", the swimming contest, Donald vs
salesmene come to mind.
A one point in the mid-80's, and even more so when Le Journal de Mickey &
Picsou Magazine started to "modernize" (you know, the dreadful "hip" look,
the bad stories, the replacement of interesting articles with the least
interesting things possible, ...), I went through my comics and ripped out
the stories I loved most, to staple them together; I also kept the articles,
and threw away the rest.
A good ten years later (now, "ago"), I found out who the author/artists
were: Gottfredson, Barks, Jippes, Milton, ...-- the best.
My first Rosa comic was "His Majesty, McDuck", printed in the 20th
Anniversary issue of Picsou Magazine. It's also in that issue I learned
about Barks.
For some years I desperately wished to have those comcis in English.
Eventually, in '94 (not my first time in the Us, btw), I chanced upon a few
Gladstone issues somewhere in California or Arizona: U$ 287 (Part 3 of
L&T), U$A 28 ("Land Beneath the Ground"), DDA 28 ("Sheriff of Bullet
Valley"-- or did I get this one in '95? It's the Oct issue, which means it
was released in September; I was tehre in the summer).
I had faint memories of "Land Beneath the Ground", discovered "Bullet Valle
y", loved "The Life and Times of Scrooge Mc Duck", and-- O joy!-- there
were ads for The Carl Barks Library in Color.
In '95, back in the South West, we stopped in Gladstone's office in
Prescott, Az. got a few back issues, bought the regular edition of Mickey
Mouse in Color, subscribed to the DDA Library (and took the first 10 issues
already published). Later, I subscribed to the WDC&S U$A Libraries.
And I got my first Gemstone Disney comica few weeks ago ;) .
Olivier
Mateusz Lis
New pocket book
Message 145 -
2003-10-09 at 13:12:17
Hi all,
I've just seen description of the new Norwegian pocket book on
www.andebyonline.com, and, even though I don't understand Norwegian, I've
noticed that the story "Donlech Duckowitz" (I-2439-2, written by Fabio
Michelini, drawn by Roberto Marini) take place in Poland. I just can't wait
to read this story, and since it will be published here in November, I'll
be faithful if you could write a short summary for me.
Thanks in advance,
Mateusz Lis
I've just seen description of the new Norwegian pocket book on
www.andebyonline.com, and, even though I don't understand Norwegian, I've
noticed that the story "Donlech Duckowitz" (I-2439-2, written by Fabio
Michelini, drawn by Roberto Marini) take place in Poland. I just can't wait
to read this story, and since it will be published here in November, I'll
be faithful if you could write a short summary for me.
Thanks in advance,
Mateusz Lis
Niels Houlberg Hansen
Interviews with Chase Craig and Del Connell
Message 146 -
2003-10-09 at 16:14:24
Does anyone know if Chase Craig or Del Connell have given any interviews?
It would be very interesting to read their recollections of the years when
they worked for Western Publishing.
Niels
It would be very interesting to read their recollections of the years when
they worked for Western Publishing.
Niels
Ari Seppi
Micky Mouse - 75th anniversary
Message 147 -
2003-10-09 at 18:13:04
Sigvald:
>However so far I have not seen any kind of Mickey anniversarybook,
>anniversarybooklet, anniversarymagazine or anything else published here in
>Norway by Egmont to celebrate this anniversary. Is the situation the same in
>other countries?
We just had one in Finland. It is a 290 paged soft cover book reprinting
stories from Mickey Mystery series. I *really* hope it sells well (though
am not having my hopes too up). Maybe then we'd get a book series
printing previously unpublished stories from that series.
--
Ari Seppi (ari.seppi at iki.fi)
http://www.iki.fi/mani/
>However so far I have not seen any kind of Mickey anniversarybook,
>anniversarybooklet, anniversarymagazine or anything else published here in
>Norway by Egmont to celebrate this anniversary. Is the situation the same in
>other countries?
We just had one in Finland. It is a 290 paged soft cover book reprinting
stories from Mickey Mystery series. I *really* hope it sells well (though
am not having my hopes too up). Maybe then we'd get a book series
printing previously unpublished stories from that series.
--
Ari Seppi (ari.seppi at iki.fi)
http://www.iki.fi/mani/
Marco Barlotti
Fair use of Don Rosa's drawings ;-)
Message 148 -
2003-10-09 at 19:34:14
At 01:26:17 08/10/2003 -0400, Don Rosa <donrosa at iglou.com> wrote:
>I stopped doing the
>lavish full-color drawings that I used to do for folks at American comic
>shows for $30-$40 each... when I started with eBay I saw that some of them
>were being immediately put on there and fetching the phony fans who bought
>them $400-$700 each! I can't let people use me like that!
Don is right, of course. I am very proud of the two drawings he made for
me, and I even made a T-shirt out of one! A really unique piece, look:
http://www.cce.unifi.it/~marcobar/DCML/Rosa_T_shirt.jpg
Now that you made me think of it... How much would that sell for, on eBay...?
(Just joking of course... and besides:
(1) offering a Disney T-shirt for sale would get Disney Corporation after
me in 30 seconds, and
(2) probably NOBODY would buy a Disney T-shirt with a math theme...)
Jokes apart, I just wanted to get another chance to say "thanks" to Don for
this really beautiful drawing!
Marco
http://www.cce.unifi.it/~marcobar/Comics
>I stopped doing the
>lavish full-color drawings that I used to do for folks at American comic
>shows for $30-$40 each... when I started with eBay I saw that some of them
>were being immediately put on there and fetching the phony fans who bought
>them $400-$700 each! I can't let people use me like that!
Don is right, of course. I am very proud of the two drawings he made for
me, and I even made a T-shirt out of one! A really unique piece, look:
http://www.cce.unifi.it/~marcobar/DCML/Rosa_T_shirt.jpg
Now that you made me think of it... How much would that sell for, on eBay...?
(Just joking of course... and besides:
(1) offering a Disney T-shirt for sale would get Disney Corporation after
me in 30 seconds, and
(2) probably NOBODY would buy a Disney T-shirt with a math theme...)
Jokes apart, I just wanted to get another chance to say "thanks" to Don for
this really beautiful drawing!
Marco
http://www.cce.unifi.it/~marcobar/Comics
Olivier
Fair use of Don Rosa's drawings ;-)
Message 149 -
2003-10-09 at 20:21:35
Marco:
>>> Don is right, of course. I am very proud of the two drawings he made for
>>> me, and I even made a T-shirt out of one! A really unique piece, look:
>>> http://www.cce.unifi.it/~marcobar/DCML/Rosa_T_shirt.jpg
Nice. I like the maths in it. Funny, especially with Donald.
>>> Now that you made me think of it... How much would that sell for, on
eBay...?
>>> (2) probably NOBODY would buy a Disney T-shirt with a math theme...)
Yes! Me! Me! Me!
How about, uh, a ruby-stripped candy?
Olivier
>>> Don is right, of course. I am very proud of the two drawings he made for
>>> me, and I even made a T-shirt out of one! A really unique piece, look:
>>> http://www.cce.unifi.it/~marcobar/DCML/Rosa_T_shirt.jpg
Nice. I like the maths in it. Funny, especially with Donald.
>>> Now that you made me think of it... How much would that sell for, on
eBay...?
>>> (2) probably NOBODY would buy a Disney T-shirt with a math theme...)
Yes! Me! Me! Me!
How about, uh, a ruby-stripped candy?
Olivier
Mark A. Semich
Rith
Message 150 -
2003-10-09 at 20:28:53
At 09:41 AM 10/9/2003 +0200, Stefan wrote:
>Rith: Use? Write? Read? Anything else?
>
>Stefan
My theory:
Rith = Write
Routh = Wrote
- M
>Rith: Use? Write? Read? Anything else?
>
>Stefan
My theory:
Rith = Write
Routh = Wrote
- M