Hi Cord.
Sorry it's taken me so long to email you back. I've been pretty busy the past
few weeks. As far as I know, the only comic sales figures are the ones from
Diamond, which take into account sales to comic book shops, etc.
I don't believe it takes into account subscriptions, though if you live near
a comics shop, there's no reason to subscribe to the Disney comics(since
Gemstone charges you the same amount whether you buy it in a store or by
subscription, instead of a discount for subscribers like nearly every other comic
title). So I imagine subscriptions are mostly done for the overseas readers.
I think your comment about half the readers of the Carl Barks Library being
European may not apply as much to the Gemstone comics. Obviously the CBL was a
very big deal and as far as I know, the first time all his stories had been
published in one collection. Whereas the Gemstone comics are mostly reprinting
stories that have been out in Europe for years. So unless you're an
English-only reader in Europe or you just like how Gemstone does the comics, there's no
real incentive to subsrcibe to the Gemstone line(you're not getting anything
new). I'm sure there are more than a few in the latter category, but I can't see
it being half(with the CBL being such a special event in that sense).
And far as all this has to do with sales, the Gemstone comics may have a bit
higher foreign subscriber list than other comics, thus helping them, but I
would assume that most of the other comics have at least a certain number of
overseas subscribers as well, thus negating some of the positive effect for
Gemstone somewhat. That's a lot of thus' in one sentence. ;)
I hope Gemstone's efforts to get the comics into bookstores, grocery stores,
newstands, etc. comes true fairly soon, for the long term health of the line.
Derek Smith
Author
Topic: 200312
(236 messages)
ZeldasTriforce
AW: October 2003 US Comic Book Sales
Message 16 -
2003-12-03 at 02:04:36
Fabio Blanco
Tommy Kirk
Message 17 -
2003-12-03 at 03:02:23
Ditto, thanks for the info. I remember a lot of movies I was to see at the
theaters, of course with a bunch of Goofie's cartoons...
I have the same questions (of Matt) about Tommy Kirk. Cassually I was
reading about the vision of homosexuals like perverts or almost criminals
time ago when the Tommy Kirk name pop up in the text. But only was that
mention...
FABIO
bonvolu postu al longtom at oeste.com.ar
http://virusmental.blogspot.com
> Thanks to Dan for the fascinating info on Tommy Kirk. I have a lot of
> nostalgia wrapped up in the live-action Disney films, and I found the post
> quite fascinating. I was just curious if you could point me in the
direction
> of a book or article about Kirk and/or the firing. How clear was it that
he
> was fired because he was homosexual? Was this a Walt decision? How
openly did
> Kirk come out of the closet?
>
> Disney company history fascinates me, and I'm fascinated by all of the
> personalities involved. I had been curious about Kirk and biographical
stuff
> for a while, but I have seen little info out there about him. Like Steven
> Rowe, I had just figured that the studio just had no use for Kirk after
the mid-
> sixties. He's a pretty good actor, but after Old Yeller, they really put
him
> in some really crappy roles.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the info!
>
> Matt
>
theaters, of course with a bunch of Goofie's cartoons...
I have the same questions (of Matt) about Tommy Kirk. Cassually I was
reading about the vision of homosexuals like perverts or almost criminals
time ago when the Tommy Kirk name pop up in the text. But only was that
mention...
FABIO
bonvolu postu al longtom at oeste.com.ar
http://virusmental.blogspot.com
> Thanks to Dan for the fascinating info on Tommy Kirk. I have a lot of
> nostalgia wrapped up in the live-action Disney films, and I found the post
> quite fascinating. I was just curious if you could point me in the
direction
> of a book or article about Kirk and/or the firing. How clear was it that
he
> was fired because he was homosexual? Was this a Walt decision? How
openly did
> Kirk come out of the closet?
>
> Disney company history fascinates me, and I'm fascinated by all of the
> personalities involved. I had been curious about Kirk and biographical
stuff
> for a while, but I have seen little info out there about him. Like Steven
> Rowe, I had just figured that the studio just had no use for Kirk after
the mid-
> sixties. He's a pretty good actor, but after Old Yeller, they really put
him
> in some really crappy roles.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the info!
>
> Matt
>
ZeldasTriforce
Previews of Upcoming Disney Comics
Message 18 -
2003-12-03 at 07:02:13
Hi everyone!
I came across some previews of the Gemstone Disney comics for the next 2 or 3
months. Maybe some of it will be news to you.
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #311 by Various Donald Duck tries to escape to a
world with no TV, but finds the challenge worthy of any adventure on the tube!
Then Mickey Mouse takes us back to the world of swords and sorcery in the first
part of "The Return to Shambor," written by Pat and Carol McGreal! FC, 32pg
$2.95
MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #260 by Various Noel Van Horn provides the cover and
the accompanying Mickey Mouse story for this issue ? "The Planet Muncher," a
space adventure with the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance! Then Donald
encounters typical problems when he tries to start his own business in "Mr.
Fix-It!" FC, 32pg $2.95
UNCLE SCROOGE #325 by Various Carl Barks' classic "Only a Poor Old Man" ? the
first full-length Uncle Scrooge adventure ever produced by the Old Duck Man ?
is reprinted in its entirety! Also featured is a new tale by Don Rosa, "The
Beagle Boys vs. The Money Bin," in which Scrooge's arch-nemeses discover
blueprints to the Bin! Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC $6.95
WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES #640 by Various In William Van Horn's "The
Purloined Toys," Donald and the boys try to solve a crime spree in which
someone is stealing all of Duckburg's Christmas toys in a post-holiday rampage!
Also: A Gyro Gearloose short by Carl Barks, plus Mickey, Li'l Bad Wolf, and
Grandma stories. Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC $6.95
-----------------------------------------------
DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES VOLUME 4 TP by Various Three long Disney adventure
stories: Donald Duck and Cousin Fethry star in "Blue Rain," the first of a series
of adventures in which our heroes become agents of T.N.T., a secret
organization dedicated to investigating the paranormal; Mickey Mouse stars in "The Road
to Hoola-Hoopa," a jungle adventure featuring the plucky mouse hero; and
Uncle Scrooge stars in "Another Day, Another Dollar," in which Donald bets his
Uncle he can bankroll a single dollar into a million! SC, 5x7, 128pg, FC $7.95
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #312 by Various Donald is outstanding in his new job
of caregiver at the Duckburg Zoo in "Emergency Duck," written by Janet
Gilbert. Mickey continues his sword-and-sorcery adventures in the second part of Pat
and Carol McGreal's "Return to Shambor." And Donald and Jones are up to their
old habits in "Kings of Chaos!" FC, 32pg $2.95
MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #261 by Various Noel Van Horn provides the cover and
Mickey Mouse tale for this issue. "Surefoot Jones, the Detective," is a
take-off on the classic Holmes/Watson stories, written by Don Markstein; Donald
takes the kids on a camping misadventure in "Back to Nature"; and Morty and
Ferdie star in their own soccer adventure, "The Riverside Rovers!" FC, 32pg $2.95
UNCLE SCROOGE #326 by Various This issue features Carl Barks' classic "A
Financial Fable," the Duck Man's legendary thesis on consumer economics,
originally presented in WDC&S #126. Also featured is "Old Jack Island," a tale of
swashbuckling pirate action by European master Marco Rota; and a classic William
Van Horn story from DuckTales, "The Whistling Ghost." Prestige Format. SC, 7x10,
64pg, FC $6.95
WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #641 by Various This issue features "Eagle
Savers," a Junior Woodchucks story originally written in the 1960's for Western
Publishing by Duck Master, Carl Barks, now re-drawn for the new century by Daan
Jippes! Also featured is a new William Van Horn "Donald Duck" 10- pager,
"Duos and Don'ts," and a new Van Horn cover. Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC
$6.95
---------------------------------------------------
DONALD DUCK & FRIENDS #313 In "The Lost Suburb," Donald proves he'll go
anywhere to get the perfect gift for Daisy ? even Atlantis! This issue also
features Mickey in the first installment of "Showdown in Shambor," the third story in
this epic fantasy/adventure. And Gyro Gearloose wraps up the book with
"Lessons in Loafing." FC, 32pg $2.95
MICKEY MOUSE & FRIENDS #262 Mickey and Goofy star in the two-part adventure,
"The Bermuda Triangle Amusement Park," in which they discover the secrets
behind the mysterious disappearances in the 'Devil's Sea.' Morty and Ferdie also
appear in "Touch-Line Terror," the second adventure of the Riverside Rovers
soccer team! Donald is also featured in "Interactive Media." FC, 32pg $2.95
UNCLE SCROOGE #327 This issue includes Carl Barks' classic "Chugwagon Derby,"
a re-telling of his own earlier "The Hard Loser," along with a reprinting of
Don Rosa's classic "Curse of Nostrildamus," from his Gladstone years. Also in
this issue are the Scrooge adventures "The Golden Throne Legend" and "Gall in
the Family," plus a bonus Gyro Gearloose story! Prestige Format. SC, 7x10,
64pg, FC $6.95
WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #642 William Van Horn's latest Donald Duck
ten-pager, "Higher Learning," leads this issue, along with two vintage Western
Publishing stories featuring Li'l Bad Wolf and Bucky Bug! Plus: "X Marks the
Earth," a Donald sci-fi adventure, and stories featuring Mickey and Goofy.
Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC $6.95
A few stories in the lineup that I've already read, but all in all, quite a
few 'new' stories. I especially can't wait to read the Shambor stories.
I came across some previews of the Gemstone Disney comics for the next 2 or 3
months. Maybe some of it will be news to you.
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #311 by Various Donald Duck tries to escape to a
world with no TV, but finds the challenge worthy of any adventure on the tube!
Then Mickey Mouse takes us back to the world of swords and sorcery in the first
part of "The Return to Shambor," written by Pat and Carol McGreal! FC, 32pg
$2.95
MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #260 by Various Noel Van Horn provides the cover and
the accompanying Mickey Mouse story for this issue ? "The Planet Muncher," a
space adventure with the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance! Then Donald
encounters typical problems when he tries to start his own business in "Mr.
Fix-It!" FC, 32pg $2.95
UNCLE SCROOGE #325 by Various Carl Barks' classic "Only a Poor Old Man" ? the
first full-length Uncle Scrooge adventure ever produced by the Old Duck Man ?
is reprinted in its entirety! Also featured is a new tale by Don Rosa, "The
Beagle Boys vs. The Money Bin," in which Scrooge's arch-nemeses discover
blueprints to the Bin! Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC $6.95
WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES #640 by Various In William Van Horn's "The
Purloined Toys," Donald and the boys try to solve a crime spree in which
someone is stealing all of Duckburg's Christmas toys in a post-holiday rampage!
Also: A Gyro Gearloose short by Carl Barks, plus Mickey, Li'l Bad Wolf, and
Grandma stories. Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC $6.95
-----------------------------------------------
DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES VOLUME 4 TP by Various Three long Disney adventure
stories: Donald Duck and Cousin Fethry star in "Blue Rain," the first of a series
of adventures in which our heroes become agents of T.N.T., a secret
organization dedicated to investigating the paranormal; Mickey Mouse stars in "The Road
to Hoola-Hoopa," a jungle adventure featuring the plucky mouse hero; and
Uncle Scrooge stars in "Another Day, Another Dollar," in which Donald bets his
Uncle he can bankroll a single dollar into a million! SC, 5x7, 128pg, FC $7.95
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #312 by Various Donald is outstanding in his new job
of caregiver at the Duckburg Zoo in "Emergency Duck," written by Janet
Gilbert. Mickey continues his sword-and-sorcery adventures in the second part of Pat
and Carol McGreal's "Return to Shambor." And Donald and Jones are up to their
old habits in "Kings of Chaos!" FC, 32pg $2.95
MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #261 by Various Noel Van Horn provides the cover and
Mickey Mouse tale for this issue. "Surefoot Jones, the Detective," is a
take-off on the classic Holmes/Watson stories, written by Don Markstein; Donald
takes the kids on a camping misadventure in "Back to Nature"; and Morty and
Ferdie star in their own soccer adventure, "The Riverside Rovers!" FC, 32pg $2.95
UNCLE SCROOGE #326 by Various This issue features Carl Barks' classic "A
Financial Fable," the Duck Man's legendary thesis on consumer economics,
originally presented in WDC&S #126. Also featured is "Old Jack Island," a tale of
swashbuckling pirate action by European master Marco Rota; and a classic William
Van Horn story from DuckTales, "The Whistling Ghost." Prestige Format. SC, 7x10,
64pg, FC $6.95
WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #641 by Various This issue features "Eagle
Savers," a Junior Woodchucks story originally written in the 1960's for Western
Publishing by Duck Master, Carl Barks, now re-drawn for the new century by Daan
Jippes! Also featured is a new William Van Horn "Donald Duck" 10- pager,
"Duos and Don'ts," and a new Van Horn cover. Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC
$6.95
---------------------------------------------------
DONALD DUCK & FRIENDS #313 In "The Lost Suburb," Donald proves he'll go
anywhere to get the perfect gift for Daisy ? even Atlantis! This issue also
features Mickey in the first installment of "Showdown in Shambor," the third story in
this epic fantasy/adventure. And Gyro Gearloose wraps up the book with
"Lessons in Loafing." FC, 32pg $2.95
MICKEY MOUSE & FRIENDS #262 Mickey and Goofy star in the two-part adventure,
"The Bermuda Triangle Amusement Park," in which they discover the secrets
behind the mysterious disappearances in the 'Devil's Sea.' Morty and Ferdie also
appear in "Touch-Line Terror," the second adventure of the Riverside Rovers
soccer team! Donald is also featured in "Interactive Media." FC, 32pg $2.95
UNCLE SCROOGE #327 This issue includes Carl Barks' classic "Chugwagon Derby,"
a re-telling of his own earlier "The Hard Loser," along with a reprinting of
Don Rosa's classic "Curse of Nostrildamus," from his Gladstone years. Also in
this issue are the Scrooge adventures "The Golden Throne Legend" and "Gall in
the Family," plus a bonus Gyro Gearloose story! Prestige Format. SC, 7x10,
64pg, FC $6.95
WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #642 William Van Horn's latest Donald Duck
ten-pager, "Higher Learning," leads this issue, along with two vintage Western
Publishing stories featuring Li'l Bad Wolf and Bucky Bug! Plus: "X Marks the
Earth," a Donald sci-fi adventure, and stories featuring Mickey and Goofy.
Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC $6.95
A few stories in the lineup that I've already read, but all in all, quite a
few 'new' stories. I especially can't wait to read the Shambor stories.
Don Rosa
DCML Digest Issue 3
Message 19 -
2003-12-03 at 08:06:15
> From: "KUR" <ggk at wp.pl>
> Subject: The Day wen Scrooge ern his first Dime
> In *The Last of Clan McDuck* it was shown theat Fergus was spay'ing on
> Scrooge whaile he was erning his first Dime. How do you think did he sow
> what happent : Theat Magica did give Scrooge the Dime not theat guy with
> dirty shues. I wonder what he was thinking wen he seen it.
I don't show Fergus actually seeing the moment when the dime was put into
$crooge's hand. Also, as I choose to interpret that story (since one can
play fast and loose with time travel and magic), since Magica's interference
in history ultimately changed nothing, her whole escapade "disappears" from
reality -- she was actually never truly involved at all.
> And in "Dream of Life Time" (I only sow dis Story once sow maby Im wrong)
> Fergus was in home while Scrooge were erning his First Dime.
That's because $crooge thought that's where his father was. Don't you
realize that the events seen in that story were all in $crooge's mind as he
perceived or imagined them? It was not reality.
> Subject: The Day wen Scrooge ern his first Dime
> In *The Last of Clan McDuck* it was shown theat Fergus was spay'ing on
> Scrooge whaile he was erning his first Dime. How do you think did he sow
> what happent : Theat Magica did give Scrooge the Dime not theat guy with
> dirty shues. I wonder what he was thinking wen he seen it.
I don't show Fergus actually seeing the moment when the dime was put into
$crooge's hand. Also, as I choose to interpret that story (since one can
play fast and loose with time travel and magic), since Magica's interference
in history ultimately changed nothing, her whole escapade "disappears" from
reality -- she was actually never truly involved at all.
> And in "Dream of Life Time" (I only sow dis Story once sow maby Im wrong)
> Fergus was in home while Scrooge were erning his First Dime.
That's because $crooge thought that's where his father was. Don't you
realize that the events seen in that story were all in $crooge's mind as he
perceived or imagined them? It was not reality.
Fabio Blanco
Previews of Upcoming Disney Comics
Message 20 -
2003-12-03 at 08:07:41
thanks, but I can't pay so many and expensive comics. I'll be happy only with Picsou...
FABIO
FABIO
Dan Shane
More Kirk....
Message 21 -
2003-12-03 at 14:03:29
MATT (the mighty King of Duckburg) WRITES:
> Thanks to Dan for the fascinating info on Tommy Kirk. I have a lot of
> nostalgia wrapped up in the live-action Disney films, and I found the post
> quite fascinating. I was just curious if you could point me in the
> direction
> of a book or article about Kirk and/or the firing. How clear was it that
> he
> was fired because he was homosexual? Was this a Walt decision? How
> openly did
> Kirk come out of the closet?
AND I RESPOND:
Here's a link to an in-depth interview with Tom Kirk that details his
dismissal (apparently at Walt's insistence) and subsequent life.
http://www.hunkvideo.com/library/kirk/kirk.html
According to an interview in Sean Griffin's book "Tinker Belles and Evil
Queens" it wasn't just Kirk's honesty that got his contract suspended in
1963. Griffin writes: "Supposedly [Kirk] got too frisky with a boyfriend at
a public pool in Los Angeles, and the other boy's mother found out about it
and went to Disney," he says. "They called Tommy in and fired him."
So it was really growing public awareness of Kirk's orientation that caused
Walt to end his contract. Bringing this topic back on track, Walt had
publicly defended one of his animators in the 1930s who had been brought up
on charges for homosexuality. (This may be what Fabio was thinking of in
his original question.) But once Walt had live-action actors representing
him on the silver screen he became more sensitive to public opinion.
Annette Funicello has often told the story about how Walt asked her not to
show her navel in the BEACH PARTY movies, citing her responsibility to
present a wholesome image as a "Disney girl".
> Thanks to Dan for the fascinating info on Tommy Kirk. I have a lot of
> nostalgia wrapped up in the live-action Disney films, and I found the post
> quite fascinating. I was just curious if you could point me in the
> direction
> of a book or article about Kirk and/or the firing. How clear was it that
> he
> was fired because he was homosexual? Was this a Walt decision? How
> openly did
> Kirk come out of the closet?
AND I RESPOND:
Here's a link to an in-depth interview with Tom Kirk that details his
dismissal (apparently at Walt's insistence) and subsequent life.
http://www.hunkvideo.com/library/kirk/kirk.html
According to an interview in Sean Griffin's book "Tinker Belles and Evil
Queens" it wasn't just Kirk's honesty that got his contract suspended in
1963. Griffin writes: "Supposedly [Kirk] got too frisky with a boyfriend at
a public pool in Los Angeles, and the other boy's mother found out about it
and went to Disney," he says. "They called Tommy in and fired him."
So it was really growing public awareness of Kirk's orientation that caused
Walt to end his contract. Bringing this topic back on track, Walt had
publicly defended one of his animators in the 1930s who had been brought up
on charges for homosexuality. (This may be what Fabio was thinking of in
his original question.) But once Walt had live-action actors representing
him on the silver screen he became more sensitive to public opinion.
Annette Funicello has often told the story about how Walt asked her not to
show her navel in the BEACH PARTY movies, citing her responsibility to
present a wholesome image as a "Disney girl".
L. Schulte
Disney Actor Kirk
Message 22 -
2003-12-03 at 15:23:26
Disney teenaged actor Tommy Kirk was also one of the "Hardy Boys" with Tim
Considine on the "Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950's. This mini-mystery was
based on the series of books that began in the 1920's
He is 62 years old today! As to whether or not he is a "good" actor, crank
up an epic called Mars Needs Women that he starred in with Yvonne Craig
(aka Batgirl from the TV series). Hysterically bad!
Considine on the "Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950's. This mini-mystery was
based on the series of books that began in the 1920's
He is 62 years old today! As to whether or not he is a "good" actor, crank
up an epic called Mars Needs Women that he starred in with Yvonne Craig
(aka Batgirl from the TV series). Hysterically bad!
Ola Martinsson
Donald Duck christmas giveaway 1944
Message 23 -
2003-12-03 at 15:56:21
Hi Don and thanks for your answer. Some other questions follows from
your answer
though, I hope that you don't think that I'm nitpicky here.
Are the Taliaferro pages daily strips or Sunday pages or maybe both ?
Is the name of the toy stores stamped on the back as for March of comics
or how is that shown ?
I assume that you mean that the total number of pages including the
cover is 16 ?
Are there comics on all pages ?
AND the biggest one of them, how can the Thumper story that is 64 pages
according to INDUCKS fit in this comic ???
Ola in a dark Stockholm and the time is 14.55
> Got one right here...
> It's a 16 page "self-covered" (cover is same newsprint paper as interior)
> giveaway for toy stores at Xmas 1944. It opens with 6 pages of Taliaferro
> Donald Duck newspaper strips, and then contains the first story from FOUR
> COLOR #19 ("The Seven Dwarfs meet Thumper").
your answer
though, I hope that you don't think that I'm nitpicky here.
Are the Taliaferro pages daily strips or Sunday pages or maybe both ?
Is the name of the toy stores stamped on the back as for March of comics
or how is that shown ?
I assume that you mean that the total number of pages including the
cover is 16 ?
Are there comics on all pages ?
AND the biggest one of them, how can the Thumper story that is 64 pages
according to INDUCKS fit in this comic ???
Ola in a dark Stockholm and the time is 14.55
> Got one right here...
> It's a 16 page "self-covered" (cover is same newsprint paper as interior)
> giveaway for toy stores at Xmas 1944. It opens with 6 pages of Taliaferro
> Donald Duck newspaper strips, and then contains the first story from FOUR
> COLOR #19 ("The Seven Dwarfs meet Thumper").
Fabio Blanco
Disney Actor Kirk
Message 24 -
2003-12-03 at 16:58:57
>He is 62 years old today! As to whether or not he is a "good" actor, crank up an epic called >Mars Needs Women that he starred in with Yvonne Craig (aka Batgirl from the TV series). >Hysterically bad!
Strange, but real. A local tv channel (Retro) will show that movie this week. I'll try to see... Yvonne Craig... Anette Funicello... Stop boys... I am just a human, you know? (mmm yummy)
FABIO
bonvolu postu al longtom at oeste.com.ar
Strange, but real. A local tv channel (Retro) will show that movie this week. I'll try to see... Yvonne Craig... Anette Funicello... Stop boys... I am just a human, you know? (mmm yummy)
FABIO
bonvolu postu al longtom at oeste.com.ar
Arie Fachrisal
DCML Digest, Vol 9, Issue 45
Message 25 -
2003-12-03 at 18:44:00
Hi Don,
I understand that you made prints of the parodic covers. how much does it
cost for each print? I would like to buy the prints if it's somewhere within
my reach. though i am not someone who collects old american comic books, i
work part-time in a hobby shop and thus understand the covers that are being
parodied.
as a Rosa collector, i also want to collect the prints, which in some early
emails i sent you, i refer to as "photostats". after reading your message in
dcml, i understand you made "prints" of them.
i still owe you $10 for the lovely CK books and $10 for the s/h cost i've
burdened you with the Lo$ sets along with a bunch of goodies you sent me. i
will send the payment along with the payment for the prints if you dont
mind. also, what kind of other prints you might have in stock? and did you
also made "prints" or "reference photocopied page of original covers" that
you make the parody covers of. i can recognize some of the old american
super hero comic book covers and ec covers, such as hulk, amazing spidey,
but some i really cant recognize such as the "sensation comics". i know it's
parody of wonder woman, but i never actually saw any reproduction of the
original cover in "Wizard" or any other sources.
The local Lo$ has been re-scheduled for next year. they said that they still
havent receive the materials to work on. oh well, another wait.
Best regards,
Arie Fachrisal
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 07:52:22 -0500
> From: "Don Rosa" <donrosa at iglou.com>
> Subject: RE: DCML Digest Issue 44
> To: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
> Message-ID: <NHBBKFHAOLHDBCINGIHFCECLDMAA.donrosa at iglou.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> > From: "Hoy Murphy" <hoymurphy at charter.net>
> > Subject: Don Rosa at Mid-Ohio Con
> > Don, will you have any of your prints for sale this year, and will one
of
> > them feature the Three Caballeros? That's been my favorite comic
> > book story
> > of any I've read this year (and I read a lot!), so I'd like to be able
to
> > get a print if you will have one available.
>
> No, sorry, I don't have any prints of published art. The only thing I make
> prints of are things I've done for friends or special reasons that no one
> would have seen anywhere, f'rinstance the comic cover parodies that I do
for
> occasions like the annual AACC banquet. About half of the prints are such
> parodies of DC or Marvel or EC or other comic covers (with Ducks).
> When I stopped doing drawings at American conventions and decided to see
if
> anyone would want prints of these cover parodies that I had keep copies of
> in my files, I thought fans would go wild over them. They really *are*
> pretty funny and I enjoy doing them and put a *lot* of work into them to
> make them *exact* duplicates of the original cover layouts. But strangely,
> while they attract lots of attention (since they make a very colorful
> display of dozens of large full-color prints) not many people are
interested
> in having copies. And I think the reason is how the American market has
> developed. I do these because I am a Barks fan *and* a collector of all
> other old American comics. But I am one of the exceptions. I think the
> American comic collectors recognize the famous old covers I'm parodying
and
> think they're funny... but they don't understand why Donald Duck is in the
> scene. And generally speaking, the Duck/Barks fans recognize the Ducks,
but
> they don't recognize the classic old comic covers and therefore don't
> understand the joke.
>
>
> ------------------------------
I understand that you made prints of the parodic covers. how much does it
cost for each print? I would like to buy the prints if it's somewhere within
my reach. though i am not someone who collects old american comic books, i
work part-time in a hobby shop and thus understand the covers that are being
parodied.
as a Rosa collector, i also want to collect the prints, which in some early
emails i sent you, i refer to as "photostats". after reading your message in
dcml, i understand you made "prints" of them.
i still owe you $10 for the lovely CK books and $10 for the s/h cost i've
burdened you with the Lo$ sets along with a bunch of goodies you sent me. i
will send the payment along with the payment for the prints if you dont
mind. also, what kind of other prints you might have in stock? and did you
also made "prints" or "reference photocopied page of original covers" that
you make the parody covers of. i can recognize some of the old american
super hero comic book covers and ec covers, such as hulk, amazing spidey,
but some i really cant recognize such as the "sensation comics". i know it's
parody of wonder woman, but i never actually saw any reproduction of the
original cover in "Wizard" or any other sources.
The local Lo$ has been re-scheduled for next year. they said that they still
havent receive the materials to work on. oh well, another wait.
Best regards,
Arie Fachrisal
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 07:52:22 -0500
> From: "Don Rosa" <donrosa at iglou.com>
> Subject: RE: DCML Digest Issue 44
> To: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
> Message-ID: <NHBBKFHAOLHDBCINGIHFCECLDMAA.donrosa at iglou.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> > From: "Hoy Murphy" <hoymurphy at charter.net>
> > Subject: Don Rosa at Mid-Ohio Con
> > Don, will you have any of your prints for sale this year, and will one
of
> > them feature the Three Caballeros? That's been my favorite comic
> > book story
> > of any I've read this year (and I read a lot!), so I'd like to be able
to
> > get a print if you will have one available.
>
> No, sorry, I don't have any prints of published art. The only thing I make
> prints of are things I've done for friends or special reasons that no one
> would have seen anywhere, f'rinstance the comic cover parodies that I do
for
> occasions like the annual AACC banquet. About half of the prints are such
> parodies of DC or Marvel or EC or other comic covers (with Ducks).
> When I stopped doing drawings at American conventions and decided to see
if
> anyone would want prints of these cover parodies that I had keep copies of
> in my files, I thought fans would go wild over them. They really *are*
> pretty funny and I enjoy doing them and put a *lot* of work into them to
> make them *exact* duplicates of the original cover layouts. But strangely,
> while they attract lots of attention (since they make a very colorful
> display of dozens of large full-color prints) not many people are
interested
> in having copies. And I think the reason is how the American market has
> developed. I do these because I am a Barks fan *and* a collector of all
> other old American comics. But I am one of the exceptions. I think the
> American comic collectors recognize the famous old covers I'm parodying
and
> think they're funny... but they don't understand why Donald Duck is in the
> scene. And generally speaking, the Duck/Barks fans recognize the Ducks,
but
> they don't recognize the classic old comic covers and therefore don't
> understand the joke.
>
>
> ------------------------------
Arie Fachrisal
Sorry,. my mistake.
Message 26 -
2003-12-03 at 19:33:52
Hi,
sorry for the last message i sent to dcml. i used reply function in order to
send to Don a private message and i guess i was a bit stoned that i forgot
to changethe reply address to Don's email address. sorry for the confusion
and my mishap.
Best regards,
Arie Fachrisal who knows he already made lots of goofs before in the past.
sorry for the last message i sent to dcml. i used reply function in order to
send to Don a private message and i guess i was a bit stoned that i forgot
to changethe reply address to Don's email address. sorry for the confusion
and my mishap.
Best regards,
Arie Fachrisal who knows he already made lots of goofs before in the past.
KUR
DCML Digest Issue 3
Message 27 -
2003-12-03 at 20:37:00
> That's because $crooge thought that's where his father was. Don't you
> realize that the events seen in that story were all in $crooge's mind as
he
> perceived or imagined them? It was not reality.
Ow rith. Sorry.
And by the way, I love sene in this Story wen Donald meet his mother. It was
just sow swet... :-)
Yours
Maciek
> realize that the events seen in that story were all in $crooge's mind as
he
> perceived or imagined them? It was not reality.
Ow rith. Sorry.
And by the way, I love sene in this Story wen Donald meet his mother. It was
just sow swet... :-)
Yours
Maciek
Anthony Vuono
US Publication of Crown of Crusader Kings/10B of LOS
Message 28 -
2003-12-03 at 20:57:40
To all:
Does anyone know when Gemstone will publish Don Rosa's "Crown of the
Crusader Kings" or Chapter 10B of Life of Scrooge in the United States?
Anytime within the next six months or later?
Sincerely,
Anthony
Does anyone know when Gemstone will publish Don Rosa's "Crown of the
Crusader Kings" or Chapter 10B of Life of Scrooge in the United States?
Anytime within the next six months or later?
Sincerely,
Anthony
Kingofduckburg
Call Me ?Tom? Kirk
Message 29 -
2003-12-04 at 05:52:06
First of all to Dan Shane, THANK YOU for the link to this fascinating
interview! I would have never guessed that the star of Merlin Jones was so
articulate! Scrambled egghead Tommy Kirk is not! I must admit that I was
really depressed after reading the interview, though. I guess the bright side
is that Kirk must have rebounded a bit from crippling depression and
homelessness?he gave commentary on the Old Yeller DVD, anyway. I know all of
my problems would be solved if could be on the Old Yeller audio commentary (my
tongue is sort of in my cheek).
To L. Schulte, I?m not sure it?s fair to label Kirk a bad actor because he was
in such an endless array of terrible, terrible movies. Could Marlon Brando
have saved Mars Needs Women, Bon Voyage, or The Catalina Caper? Would Jack
Nicholson have brought credibility to the character of Merlin Jones? I would
credit much of Old Yeller?s success to Kirk?s moving performance. I like to
think (and maybe I?m being too optimistic) that Kirk could have been better if
he had been given better material.
And to Fabio, I am a wearied survivor of Mars Needs Women, and I would not wish
the viewing experience on anyone. NOTHING saves the film?not the beautiful
women Tommy Kirk and his space comrades are trying to purloin, not the
cosmically bad acting and writing, and certainly not the appearance of poor
tired Tommy Kirk. I can really get into some ridiculously bad movies, but I
found Mars Needs Women excruciating. Once you?ve heard Tommy/Tom say, ?Mars
needs women,? the thrill of the film is gone!
Matt Needs Sleep
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interview! I would have never guessed that the star of Merlin Jones was so
articulate! Scrambled egghead Tommy Kirk is not! I must admit that I was
really depressed after reading the interview, though. I guess the bright side
is that Kirk must have rebounded a bit from crippling depression and
homelessness?he gave commentary on the Old Yeller DVD, anyway. I know all of
my problems would be solved if could be on the Old Yeller audio commentary (my
tongue is sort of in my cheek).
To L. Schulte, I?m not sure it?s fair to label Kirk a bad actor because he was
in such an endless array of terrible, terrible movies. Could Marlon Brando
have saved Mars Needs Women, Bon Voyage, or The Catalina Caper? Would Jack
Nicholson have brought credibility to the character of Merlin Jones? I would
credit much of Old Yeller?s success to Kirk?s moving performance. I like to
think (and maybe I?m being too optimistic) that Kirk could have been better if
he had been given better material.
And to Fabio, I am a wearied survivor of Mars Needs Women, and I would not wish
the viewing experience on anyone. NOTHING saves the film?not the beautiful
women Tommy Kirk and his space comrades are trying to purloin, not the
cosmically bad acting and writing, and certainly not the appearance of poor
tired Tommy Kirk. I can really get into some ridiculously bad movies, but I
found Mars Needs Women excruciating. Once you?ve heard Tommy/Tom say, ?Mars
needs women,? the thrill of the film is gone!
Matt Needs Sleep
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Kingofduckburg
Looking For WDC&S 635
Message 30 -
2003-12-04 at 06:14:43
Pardon me if you already knew about this, but you can order back issues from
Gemstone directly at the original price of the comic plus $5.00 shipping. I
just ordered WDC&S 635 myself from their website,
http://www.gemstonepub.com/disney/, last week. WDC&S 635 is the only issue I
have missed so far too!
By the way, if you folks out there at Gemstone are reading, remember my aid to
your marketing department when it comes time to renew my subscription in June!
Matt
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Gemstone directly at the original price of the comic plus $5.00 shipping. I
just ordered WDC&S 635 myself from their website,
http://www.gemstonepub.com/disney/, last week. WDC&S 635 is the only issue I
have missed so far too!
By the way, if you folks out there at Gemstone are reading, remember my aid to
your marketing department when it comes time to renew my subscription in June!
Matt
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