Don Rosa wrote:
> 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.
Aww... :-D Thanks! I may be on eBay but I'm no lout! ;)
(Although these days my dad does more eBay-ing than I do.)
I've only been to one comic book convention so far, but it was
soooo much fun--even without a duck artist to meet. It was also
expensive, but we won't discuss that. ("Honestly, all those
comics, posters and book just jumped into my bag when I wasn't
looking! Really! I swear!) ;D
Matthew Williams wrote:
> 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!
Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggg!!! *thump*
The horror! The horror!
;)
Ari Seppi wrote:
> Both of the Don-calendars are also scanned on Kai Saarto's
> Rosa site:
>
> http://www.perunamaa.net/donrosa/gallery_pictures.shtml
Ooh, neat! Thanks for the link!
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Topic: 200310
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Katie Sullivan
Of cons, scissors and scans
Message 151 -
2003-10-09 at 22:21:05
Anthony Vuono
Convention ?
Message 152 -
2003-10-09 at 22:37:15
Dear Don Rosa,
Do u see yourself traveling to the Pennsylvania/Delaware area for a
comics convention in the foreseeable future?
Sincerely,
Anthony
Do u see yourself traveling to the Pennsylvania/Delaware area for a
comics convention in the foreseeable future?
Sincerely,
Anthony
Don Rosa
No, do u?
Message 153 -
2003-10-10 at 08:39:57
From: Anthony Vuono (avuono at UDel.Edu)
Subject: Convention ?
>>>>>> Do u see yourself traveling to the Pennsylvania/Delaware area for a
comics convention in the foreseeable future?
No, I've received no invitations to that area.
By the way, I found these on the floor... I think they belong to you: y
o
Subject: Convention ?
>>>>>> Do u see yourself traveling to the Pennsylvania/Delaware area for a
comics convention in the foreseeable future?
No, I've received no invitations to that area.
By the way, I found these on the floor... I think they belong to you: y
o
Lars Jensen
Where does Scrooge sleep? / Barks' Junior Woodchucks stories
Message 154 -
2003-10-10 at 11:20:14
Frank Bubacz wrote:
> If people didn't know that [certain Junior Woodchuck stories] are
> based on Barks' scripts/storyboards, I'm sure nobody would care about
> them and they would have long been forgotten.
Actually, I clearly remember reading "Let Sleeping Bones Lie" and
"Bottled Battlers" back in the 1970s and being impressed by the stories,
even though I didn't know at the time who wrote them. In fact, Barks' JW
stories made a sufficiently large impression on readers back then that
these tales got a mention in Jon Gisle's Donaldism book, even though
Gisle didn't know Barks was the writer.
Lars
> If people didn't know that [certain Junior Woodchuck stories] are
> based on Barks' scripts/storyboards, I'm sure nobody would care about
> them and they would have long been forgotten.
Actually, I clearly remember reading "Let Sleeping Bones Lie" and
"Bottled Battlers" back in the 1970s and being impressed by the stories,
even though I didn't know at the time who wrote them. In fact, Barks' JW
stories made a sufficiently large impression on readers back then that
these tales got a mention in Jon Gisle's Donaldism book, even though
Gisle didn't know Barks was the writer.
Lars
Lars Jensen
Ludwig von Drake vs. Egmont
Message 155 -
2003-10-10 at 11:25:23
L. Schulte wrote:
> Don Rosa made a comment here that Egmont considered Ludwig von
> Drake "officially dead", and it made me wonder - (I teach German and
> several other things in a Catholic boys' high school) - if there is
> perhaps an anti-German sentiment in Egmont's decision, although Ludwig
> is - I would suppose - not really German, but an Austrian from
> Vienna. Still, a German accent is a German accent, and given past
> history, perhaps the Dutchmen do not want to include Ludwig for
> political reasons (?).
> Or is there a solid business/"literary" basis for the ban? Do they
> believe it is too difficult to explain the genetic connection between
> a family of Ducks with Scotch ancestry and someone from Vienna?
I asked Byron Erickson why Egmont have banned Ludwig. His answer:
"Ludwig and Launchpad ran off to Las Vegas, where they came out as
transvestites and joined a drag show." Obviously, this doesn't go over
well in a Disney magazine, so Egmont decided to ban these two
characters.
Whether this is the real explanation, I'll leave up to you to decide.
:-)
But, knowing Egmont, I sure banning Ludwig has nothing to do with his
ethnicity, his Austrian accent or his genetic connection to the Ducks.
And, as Harry Fluks pointed out, Egmont is Danish, not Dutch.
Lars
> Don Rosa made a comment here that Egmont considered Ludwig von
> Drake "officially dead", and it made me wonder - (I teach German and
> several other things in a Catholic boys' high school) - if there is
> perhaps an anti-German sentiment in Egmont's decision, although Ludwig
> is - I would suppose - not really German, but an Austrian from
> Vienna. Still, a German accent is a German accent, and given past
> history, perhaps the Dutchmen do not want to include Ludwig for
> political reasons (?).
> Or is there a solid business/"literary" basis for the ban? Do they
> believe it is too difficult to explain the genetic connection between
> a family of Ducks with Scotch ancestry and someone from Vienna?
I asked Byron Erickson why Egmont have banned Ludwig. His answer:
"Ludwig and Launchpad ran off to Las Vegas, where they came out as
transvestites and joined a drag show." Obviously, this doesn't go over
well in a Disney magazine, so Egmont decided to ban these two
characters.
Whether this is the real explanation, I'll leave up to you to decide.
:-)
But, knowing Egmont, I sure banning Ludwig has nothing to do with his
ethnicity, his Austrian accent or his genetic connection to the Ducks.
And, as Harry Fluks pointed out, Egmont is Danish, not Dutch.
Lars
Lars Jensen
Ludwig and Character Combinations
Message 156 -
2003-10-10 at 11:31:48
Daniel J. Neyer wrote:
> With the return of Jose Carioca and Panchito Pistoles, maybe it's
> possible that characters like Ludwig and Launchpad could make a
> comeback as well?
José and Panchito were absent from the books for years simply because
nobody used them. A week or so ago, David Gerstein posted here on the
DCML that Launchpad had been actively "killed off" when the publishers
realized he was unpopular amongst readers. Your two examples are totally
incomparable.
Launchpad will only ever return in Egmont comics if the publishers
decide to give him a chance, possibly due to a surge in his popularity.
I can't see that happening.
> Of course, it would be really great someday to see the dual universe
> barrier torn down, and Mickey and Donald sharing adventures as they
> did in the thirties, but that will probably never happen. Or can it?
> Is there some rule against using Mice and Ducks in the same story?
There is a rule, yes, but it doesn't eliminate crossovers altogether --
it just reserves them for special occasions. For instance, Egmont just
rolled out a 9-part limited series teaming up Duck characters with Mouse
characters.
Lars
> With the return of Jose Carioca and Panchito Pistoles, maybe it's
> possible that characters like Ludwig and Launchpad could make a
> comeback as well?
José and Panchito were absent from the books for years simply because
nobody used them. A week or so ago, David Gerstein posted here on the
DCML that Launchpad had been actively "killed off" when the publishers
realized he was unpopular amongst readers. Your two examples are totally
incomparable.
Launchpad will only ever return in Egmont comics if the publishers
decide to give him a chance, possibly due to a surge in his popularity.
I can't see that happening.
> Of course, it would be really great someday to see the dual universe
> barrier torn down, and Mickey and Donald sharing adventures as they
> did in the thirties, but that will probably never happen. Or can it?
> Is there some rule against using Mice and Ducks in the same story?
There is a rule, yes, but it doesn't eliminate crossovers altogether --
it just reserves them for special occasions. For instance, Egmont just
rolled out a 9-part limited series teaming up Duck characters with Mouse
characters.
Lars
SRoweCanoe
Where does Scrooge sleep? / Barks' Junior Woodchucks stories
Message 157 -
2003-10-10 at 11:56:24
<<In fact, Barks' JW
stories made a sufficiently large impression on readers back then that
these tales got a mention in Jon Gisle's Donaldism book, even though
Gisle didn't know Barks was the writer.>>
odd - why didnt he know? here in the usa at least, that info was out at the
time...
did usa and european duck fandom not communicate?
steven rowe
stories made a sufficiently large impression on readers back then that
these tales got a mention in Jon Gisle's Donaldism book, even though
Gisle didn't know Barks was the writer.>>
odd - why didnt he know? here in the usa at least, that info was out at the
time...
did usa and european duck fandom not communicate?
steven rowe
Daniel J. Neyer
Barks' Woodchuck Stories and Character Combinations
Message 158 -
2003-10-10 at 16:03:06
Maybe it's due in part to the wonderfully bouncy Jippes artwork, but I
look forward to reading all of the Barks Woodchucks tales. "Hound of the
Moaning Hills" was hilarious and scary at the same time, and I liked the
"New Zoo Brews Ado" story as well.
Lars wrote:
>Jos? and Panchito were absent from the books for years simply because
>nobody used them. A week or so ago, David Gerstein posted here on the
>DCML that Launchpad had been actively "killed off" when the publishers
>realized he was unpopular amongst readers. Your two examples are totally
>incomparable.
I see what you mean; though it seems that Launchpad has more fans (at
least here on the DCML) than Egmont thinks. I've lost count of the
posters who have said they'd like to see a return of Launchpad. On the
subject of Jose and Panchito, I understand that Paul Murry drew a Jose
Carioca comic strip for several years; I've always wanted to see some of
those stories, but I guess they're not covered under Gladstone's new
non-comic strip license?
look forward to reading all of the Barks Woodchucks tales. "Hound of the
Moaning Hills" was hilarious and scary at the same time, and I liked the
"New Zoo Brews Ado" story as well.
Lars wrote:
>Jos? and Panchito were absent from the books for years simply because
>nobody used them. A week or so ago, David Gerstein posted here on the
>DCML that Launchpad had been actively "killed off" when the publishers
>realized he was unpopular amongst readers. Your two examples are totally
>incomparable.
I see what you mean; though it seems that Launchpad has more fans (at
least here on the DCML) than Egmont thinks. I've lost count of the
posters who have said they'd like to see a return of Launchpad. On the
subject of Jose and Panchito, I understand that Paul Murry drew a Jose
Carioca comic strip for several years; I've always wanted to see some of
those stories, but I guess they're not covered under Gladstone's new
non-comic strip license?
Arie Fachrisal
Fair use of Don Rosa's drawings
Message 159 -
2003-10-10 at 17:49:22
> From: Marco Barlotti <marcobar at ds.unifi.it>
> 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:
Hey, that's a very great idea. I'm sure someday gonna try to follow suit too
:-D That tee certainly looks good on you, but i'm sure it'll look better if
it were on me j/k ;-P
btw did you yourself scan the pic and print it on the special paper then
"ironize" (sorry, dont know the exact word) it to a blank tee-shirt? or did
you use a 3rd party service to get that?
Keep On Quacking,
Arie Fachrisal
> 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:
Hey, that's a very great idea. I'm sure someday gonna try to follow suit too
:-D That tee certainly looks good on you, but i'm sure it'll look better if
it were on me j/k ;-P
btw did you yourself scan the pic and print it on the special paper then
"ironize" (sorry, dont know the exact word) it to a blank tee-shirt? or did
you use a 3rd party service to get that?
Keep On Quacking,
Arie Fachrisal
Katie Sullivan
Fandrawings and Funny Stuff
Message 160 -
2003-10-10 at 21:06:24
> From: Marco Barlotti <marcobar at ds.unifi.it>
> 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!
Oh, that math drawing belongs to you? Cool. I printed it off
the Internet back in High School to be the cover for my Algebra
binder/notebook! ;-D LOL!
> >>>>>> Do u see yourself traveling to the
> Pennsylvania/Delaware area for a
> comics convention in the foreseeable future?
Don Rosa:
> No, I've received no invitations to that area.
> By the way, I found these on the floor... I think they belong
> to you: y
> o
LMAO!!!! U R funny! ;-D
Lars wrote:
> I asked Byron Erickson why Egmont have banned Ludwig. His
> answer:
> "Ludwig and Launchpad ran off to Las Vegas, where they came
> out as
> transvestites and joined a drag show." Obviously, this doesn't
> go over
> well in a Disney magazine, so Egmont decided to ban these two
> characters.
LOL!!!!! o_0
That explains a lot... ;)
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> 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!
Oh, that math drawing belongs to you? Cool. I printed it off
the Internet back in High School to be the cover for my Algebra
binder/notebook! ;-D LOL!
> >>>>>> Do u see yourself traveling to the
> Pennsylvania/Delaware area for a
> comics convention in the foreseeable future?
Don Rosa:
> No, I've received no invitations to that area.
> By the way, I found these on the floor... I think they belong
> to you: y
> o
LMAO!!!! U R funny! ;-D
Lars wrote:
> I asked Byron Erickson why Egmont have banned Ludwig. His
> answer:
> "Ludwig and Launchpad ran off to Las Vegas, where they came
> out as
> transvestites and joined a drag show." Obviously, this doesn't
> go over
> well in a Disney magazine, so Egmont decided to ban these two
> characters.
LOL!!!!! o_0
That explains a lot... ;)
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Rich Bellacera
Gemstone: About Trudy and others?
Message 161 -
2003-10-10 at 23:48:07
I know that Brigitta MacBridge has crossed over from European/Brazilian Disney
comics and made her way into American Disney comics, via reprints from Italian
stories, but I wonder if we Americans will be soon seeing comics featuring other
well known characters from other countries such as Dugan Duck (Biquinho), Trudy,
Atomo Bleep-Bleep (Atomino Bip-Bip), Little Gum, Moguls Bertie & Clarissa, Super
Donald/Paperinik, Super Daisy/Paperinika, Gloria (Fethry's girlfriend), Profs.
Marlin & Zapotec, Bruto (Mikey's bird-friend), Gideon McDuck, Kildare Coot
(Sgrizzo Papero), Plottigat, and others. Is there some sort of guideline
designating which "foreign-borne characters" can and cannot crossover into the
American marketplace?
For those who think so, Fethry is not a cross-over character. He has always been
an American character. He just remained unused in the American market for decades
after his brief introduction here (re-appearing only at the end of Gladstone's 2nd
run).
Thanks,
Rich Bellacera
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comics and made her way into American Disney comics, via reprints from Italian
stories, but I wonder if we Americans will be soon seeing comics featuring other
well known characters from other countries such as Dugan Duck (Biquinho), Trudy,
Atomo Bleep-Bleep (Atomino Bip-Bip), Little Gum, Moguls Bertie & Clarissa, Super
Donald/Paperinik, Super Daisy/Paperinika, Gloria (Fethry's girlfriend), Profs.
Marlin & Zapotec, Bruto (Mikey's bird-friend), Gideon McDuck, Kildare Coot
(Sgrizzo Papero), Plottigat, and others. Is there some sort of guideline
designating which "foreign-borne characters" can and cannot crossover into the
American marketplace?
For those who think so, Fethry is not a cross-over character. He has always been
an American character. He just remained unused in the American market for decades
after his brief introduction here (re-appearing only at the end of Gladstone's 2nd
run).
Thanks,
Rich Bellacera
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Matthew Williams
Barks' Woodchuck Stories and Character Combinations
Message 162 -
2003-10-10 at 23:51:26
Daniel J. Neyer wrote:
>Maybe it's due in part to the wonderfully bouncy Jippes artwork, but I
>look forward to reading all of the Barks Woodchucks tales. "Hound of the
>Moaning Hills" was hilarious and scary at the same time, and I liked the
>"New Zoo Brews Ado" story as well.
Allow me to clarify what I said earlier: despite my earlier comments, I look
forward to seeing all of the Jippes Woodchuck stories too. Jippes's bouncy
artwork is nothing short of wonderful, and even though the stories are Barks
at his lowest point, I still dig the stories out of an unhealthy Barks
completist attitude. I think "Hound of the Moaning Hills" is a much better
story than "New Zoo Brews Ado." I like the one about the beached whale too.
And I love the villainous, more cantankerous version of Scrooge that shows
up in a few of the stories!
On a similar matter, is Jippes still writing comics at all? I've always had
a lot of respect for his writing in addition to his skill as an artist.
Matthew A. Williams
>Maybe it's due in part to the wonderfully bouncy Jippes artwork, but I
>look forward to reading all of the Barks Woodchucks tales. "Hound of the
>Moaning Hills" was hilarious and scary at the same time, and I liked the
>"New Zoo Brews Ado" story as well.
Allow me to clarify what I said earlier: despite my earlier comments, I look
forward to seeing all of the Jippes Woodchuck stories too. Jippes's bouncy
artwork is nothing short of wonderful, and even though the stories are Barks
at his lowest point, I still dig the stories out of an unhealthy Barks
completist attitude. I think "Hound of the Moaning Hills" is a much better
story than "New Zoo Brews Ado." I like the one about the beached whale too.
And I love the villainous, more cantankerous version of Scrooge that shows
up in a few of the stories!
On a similar matter, is Jippes still writing comics at all? I've always had
a lot of respect for his writing in addition to his skill as an artist.
Matthew A. Williams
Ramapith
Gemstone: About Trudy and others?
Message 163 -
2003-10-11 at 02:46:30
RICH:
> I wonder if we Americans will be soon seeing comics featuring other
> well known characters from other countries such as [...]
> Super Donald/Paperinik
When DISNEY ADVENTURES featured this character several years ago, he was called the Duck Avenger. More recently, a Ubi Soft video game called him PK (as in Italian, though its English use was explained away by making it an acronym for a Latin name).
The DISNEY ADVENTURES version of the character was read by more than a million kids. The video game sold to many more. So there are two good names for the character in American English; two that many Gemstone readers will already recognize and that actually don't preclude each other ("PK, the Duck Avenger" doesn't sound bad at all).
In light of this, why are you calling him "Super Donald"?
David
> I wonder if we Americans will be soon seeing comics featuring other
> well known characters from other countries such as [...]
> Super Donald/Paperinik
When DISNEY ADVENTURES featured this character several years ago, he was called the Duck Avenger. More recently, a Ubi Soft video game called him PK (as in Italian, though its English use was explained away by making it an acronym for a Latin name).
The DISNEY ADVENTURES version of the character was read by more than a million kids. The video game sold to many more. So there are two good names for the character in American English; two that many Gemstone readers will already recognize and that actually don't preclude each other ("PK, the Duck Avenger" doesn't sound bad at all).
In light of this, why are you calling him "Super Donald"?
David
Rich Bellacera
Donald as "Super Donald"
Message 164 -
2003-10-11 at 03:03:27
David asked:
RE: Disney Adventures/DUCK AVENGER
: In light of this, why are you calling him "Super Donald"?
Well, I'm fully aware of the Duck Avenger comic, but I was hesitant to call him by
that name since the "origin" story was so different, even changing the details to
suit characters not in the New PK stories, such as Ludwig von Drake and adding the
sidekick Spike the Bee. I chose to call him more generically "Super Donald" so as
not to carryover all that baggage which could possibly be a perfect reason NOT to
include any PK stories.
I'm not familiar with the Ubi Soft version of PK or how it explains Donald's Duck
Avenger and PK names. I'm curious as to what they did with the identity of
Everett Ducklair vs. Ludwig von Drake, and other assorted inconsistencies.
Thanks,
Rich Bellacera
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RE: Disney Adventures/DUCK AVENGER
: In light of this, why are you calling him "Super Donald"?
Well, I'm fully aware of the Duck Avenger comic, but I was hesitant to call him by
that name since the "origin" story was so different, even changing the details to
suit characters not in the New PK stories, such as Ludwig von Drake and adding the
sidekick Spike the Bee. I chose to call him more generically "Super Donald" so as
not to carryover all that baggage which could possibly be a perfect reason NOT to
include any PK stories.
I'm not familiar with the Ubi Soft version of PK or how it explains Donald's Duck
Avenger and PK names. I'm curious as to what they did with the identity of
Everett Ducklair vs. Ludwig von Drake, and other assorted inconsistencies.
Thanks,
Rich Bellacera
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Stefan Persson
Donald as "Super Donald"
Message 165 -
2003-10-11 at 11:41:42
Rich Bellacera wrote:
> I'm not familiar with the Ubi Soft version of PK or how it explains Donald's Duck
> Avenger and PK names. I'm curious as to what they did with the identity of
> Everett Ducklair vs. Ludwig von Drake, and other assorted inconsistencies.
I think that someone once pointed out some official game-related web
site here on DCML and that it was possible to download a comic story
from that web site, which probably was related to the game in at least
some way. The comic told a story similar to that of I PK3 1-1.
Stefan
> I'm not familiar with the Ubi Soft version of PK or how it explains Donald's Duck
> Avenger and PK names. I'm curious as to what they did with the identity of
> Everett Ducklair vs. Ludwig von Drake, and other assorted inconsistencies.
I think that someone once pointed out some official game-related web
site here on DCML and that it was possible to download a comic story
from that web site, which probably was related to the game in at least
some way. The comic told a story similar to that of I PK3 1-1.
Stefan