dennis books wrote:
> In the Standard Casting Directory ( July 1930 ) for movie stars looking
> for work, Walt Disney the agent of Mickey Mouse listed Mickeys height as
> 2 feet three inches
According to http://www.ibdprince.com/metric.shtml that would be around
68 cm which is actually quite short. If Donald is app. 85% of Mickey's
height, he would be only app. 58 cm which is much shorter than Tristan's
estimate that Donald's height is around half of that of Walt Disney. I
don't know Walt Disney's height, but assuming he is 180 cm, Donald would
be app. 90 cm.
I wonder if Barks' dog-nose characters are supposed to be the height of
humans, but if so, it seems like Barks saw the ducks as being just above
half height of humans.
--
Thomas Pryds Lauritsen
Author
Topic: 200401
(338 messages)
Thomas Pryds Lauritsen
Height of Mickey,Donald,Goofy
Message 331 -
2004-01-31 at 16:45:26
Gary Leach
Rosa's 329
Message 332 -
2004-01-31 at 16:55:22
> To Gemstone:
> I saw a preview of Uncle Scrooge 329 and noticed that there
> isn't a
> Rosa cover despite the fact that a good European one does exist for
> "Dream of a
> Lifetime," which is sceduled to appear in that same issue. I think
> this epic
> story deserves one of Rosa's great covers. If anyone is wondering what
> I'm
> talking about, go to http://westfieldcomics.com/wow/hub.html, look
> under comics,
> and select Gemstone to view upcoming Disney stories. I hope Gemstone
> considers
> this fan's opinion before the particular title comes out months from
> now.
> Sincerely,
> Anthony
We are using that cover. Our front cover logo, however, would intrude
far too much into the art - would completely ruin it, to be blunt - so
we're putting the art on the back cover. This way it is left
uncluttered, and can be presented as large as possible.
And no, shrinking or altering our front cover logo is not an option.
Gary
> I saw a preview of Uncle Scrooge 329 and noticed that there
> isn't a
> Rosa cover despite the fact that a good European one does exist for
> "Dream of a
> Lifetime," which is sceduled to appear in that same issue. I think
> this epic
> story deserves one of Rosa's great covers. If anyone is wondering what
> I'm
> talking about, go to http://westfieldcomics.com/wow/hub.html, look
> under comics,
> and select Gemstone to view upcoming Disney stories. I hope Gemstone
> considers
> this fan's opinion before the particular title comes out months from
> now.
> Sincerely,
> Anthony
We are using that cover. Our front cover logo, however, would intrude
far too much into the art - would completely ruin it, to be blunt - so
we're putting the art on the back cover. This way it is left
uncluttered, and can be presented as large as possible.
And no, shrinking or altering our front cover logo is not an option.
Gary
Erik Bergwall
Height of Mickey,Donald,Goofy
Message 333 -
2004-01-31 at 17:59:59
> dennis books wrote:
> > In the Standard Casting Directory ( July 1930 ) for movie stars looking
> > for work, Walt Disney the agent of Mickey Mouse listed Mickeys height as
> > 2 feet three inches
in Barks "For Old Dime's Sake", I think Magica measured Scrooge and said he
was about three feet tall. Is that correct? This is what I always have had
as an opinion when it comes to the height of the ducks,...
Erik
> > In the Standard Casting Directory ( July 1930 ) for movie stars looking
> > for work, Walt Disney the agent of Mickey Mouse listed Mickeys height as
> > 2 feet three inches
in Barks "For Old Dime's Sake", I think Magica measured Scrooge and said he
was about three feet tall. Is that correct? This is what I always have had
as an opinion when it comes to the height of the ducks,...
Erik
Anthvvuono
Reply: Rosa's 329
Message 334 -
2004-01-31 at 19:18:43
Dear Gary Leach,
Thanks for the reply. Although Rosa's picture understandably cant be
on the front cover, I'm glad you are still using it in some form. It is a great
piece of artwork. Good luck with this issue and others!
Sincerely,
Anthony
Thanks for the reply. Although Rosa's picture understandably cant be
on the front cover, I'm glad you are still using it in some form. It is a great
piece of artwork. Good luck with this issue and others!
Sincerely,
Anthony
Olivier
Donald's Height
Message 335 -
2004-01-31 at 21:43:28
Hi everyone!
----- Original Message -----
sdebeer:
(What's your name, please? I must have missed it)
>>>> Not sure if this has been discussed before but how tall are Donald &
Mickey (& fgor that matter Goofy)? Has the
>>>>Disney Co. ever indicated their heights?
This isn't a very useful reply to your question, but I have a faint
recollection of such a discussion about 2-3 years ago-- more like 3. You
may be able to find it in the log if the messages were titled explicitly
enough.
Olivier
----- Original Message -----
sdebeer:
(What's your name, please? I must have missed it)
>>>> Not sure if this has been discussed before but how tall are Donald &
Mickey (& fgor that matter Goofy)? Has the
>>>>Disney Co. ever indicated their heights?
This isn't a very useful reply to your question, but I have a faint
recollection of such a discussion about 2-3 years ago-- more like 3. You
may be able to find it in the log if the messages were titled explicitly
enough.
Olivier
Olivier
Gemstone Name-of-City "rules"
Message 336 -
2004-01-31 at 21:49:42
Rich
>>>> I can't recall where, but I seem to remember the name "Mickeyville"
>>>> used somewhere also. That, IMHO, is far more contrived
I don't know if that was in an English language story, but "Mickeyville" is
the name used in France; and Donald lives in "Donaldville".
As you say, it's more contrived, and I have always found it illogical (as
far as I can remember) that a town should be named after a character that
was born decades or centuries after its foundation (ruling out coincidence).
As for Mouseton, I slightly prefer Mousetown for the simple & silly reason I
sometimes tend to "read" a "w" in the name.
Olivier
>>>> I can't recall where, but I seem to remember the name "Mickeyville"
>>>> used somewhere also. That, IMHO, is far more contrived
I don't know if that was in an English language story, but "Mickeyville" is
the name used in France; and Donald lives in "Donaldville".
As you say, it's more contrived, and I have always found it illogical (as
far as I can remember) that a town should be named after a character that
was born decades or centuries after its foundation (ruling out coincidence).
As for Mouseton, I slightly prefer Mousetown for the simple & silly reason I
sometimes tend to "read" a "w" in the name.
Olivier
Anders Christian Sivebæk
Translators and others
Message 337 -
2004-01-31 at 22:31:50
Thomas:
>
>> [Sonja Rindom] translated from 1949 (the start) to
>> sometimes in the 80'es and thus also made the translation of Barks?' The
>> Old castles secret" - she gave Scrooges forefathers names in this story.
>
>She translated from 1949, the first year of Anders And & Co. in Denmark,
>yes, but according to herself, she did not translate the first few issues.
Okay - I didn't remember that - heard it once though, but guess I forgot.
Thanks for the enlightment :-)
>
>> In 1991 Don's little masterpiece King Scrooge came out here - Mrs.
>Rindom
>> had retired at the time, and we had another translator (I don't wiosh to
>> know her name - i don't even know if it's a she) - she did not do her
>job,
>> as some donaldists would have wanted her to do.
>
>In fact, there were two translators between Rindom and the current Niels
>S?ndergaard. The translators are these:
>
>1982 - 1988 J?rgen Sonnergaard (JSo)
J?rgen Sonnergaard translated the dansih weekly?? He?'s the famous (in
Denmark)
translator of Tintin, who went through a trial with the publisher here
(Carlsen) and lost
- they were reprinting the albums in alrge number swithout giving
royalties...
He was the one from whom Herg? got the idea to let Haddock swear
alphabetically...!
>
>1989 - 1992-23 Yanne Reich (YRe)
That's the name. She's the one who made Scrooge quote danish grundtvig
about danish
nature while he was on his way throug Alaska with his sled in "Last Sled
to Dawson"... :-)
>
>> The pocket books has another translator...
>
>And she has been on the job for quite a long time. Here are the issue
>numbers of "Jumbobog":
>
>JB 1-20 Unknown
>JB 20- Birgit Trenckner (BTr)
She's been doing it for so long? Well, we're dealiong with an experinced
lady here then.
Sorry that i took herfor unqualified as she made up names for one of my
favorite themes -
if it has been for another story i wouldn't have noticed that much.
BTW it's not only the duck-references about Scotland (they can be hiding
quite much) -
she's left out. Its also Micke?'s professor friend, the one we call Kosmo
Kvantemose
she calls him Dr Statik (I take it his name is doctor Static in english?)
I'm sorry again - I know there?s many stories who have to be done before
certain deadlines -
I'm sure one simply can't take the time to look up all the details. This
is also the reason why
the colorist (from ecn) made the eye of Iku-Turso in the Kalevala story.
You who have a
scandinavian or german edition can check this. - in the end of the story,
something is
supposed to be the golden snow of the Sampo - it isn't.
(I hope this is corrected in the french, dutch, greek versions - and will
be in the american one)
>She started in 1975 and has since then translated all pocket products in
>Denmark.
great work all in all - she thought up Little Gum, Vildmule (Indiana Goff)
and many of my other favorites.
>
Hilsen/Yours
Anders Christian Siveb?k
Donaldist
>
>> [Sonja Rindom] translated from 1949 (the start) to
>> sometimes in the 80'es and thus also made the translation of Barks?' The
>> Old castles secret" - she gave Scrooges forefathers names in this story.
>
>She translated from 1949, the first year of Anders And & Co. in Denmark,
>yes, but according to herself, she did not translate the first few issues.
Okay - I didn't remember that - heard it once though, but guess I forgot.
Thanks for the enlightment :-)
>
>> In 1991 Don's little masterpiece King Scrooge came out here - Mrs.
>Rindom
>> had retired at the time, and we had another translator (I don't wiosh to
>> know her name - i don't even know if it's a she) - she did not do her
>job,
>> as some donaldists would have wanted her to do.
>
>In fact, there were two translators between Rindom and the current Niels
>S?ndergaard. The translators are these:
>
>1982 - 1988 J?rgen Sonnergaard (JSo)
J?rgen Sonnergaard translated the dansih weekly?? He?'s the famous (in
Denmark)
translator of Tintin, who went through a trial with the publisher here
(Carlsen) and lost
- they were reprinting the albums in alrge number swithout giving
royalties...
He was the one from whom Herg? got the idea to let Haddock swear
alphabetically...!
>
>1989 - 1992-23 Yanne Reich (YRe)
That's the name. She's the one who made Scrooge quote danish grundtvig
about danish
nature while he was on his way throug Alaska with his sled in "Last Sled
to Dawson"... :-)
>
>> The pocket books has another translator...
>
>And she has been on the job for quite a long time. Here are the issue
>numbers of "Jumbobog":
>
>JB 1-20 Unknown
>JB 20- Birgit Trenckner (BTr)
She's been doing it for so long? Well, we're dealiong with an experinced
lady here then.
Sorry that i took herfor unqualified as she made up names for one of my
favorite themes -
if it has been for another story i wouldn't have noticed that much.
BTW it's not only the duck-references about Scotland (they can be hiding
quite much) -
she's left out. Its also Micke?'s professor friend, the one we call Kosmo
Kvantemose
she calls him Dr Statik (I take it his name is doctor Static in english?)
I'm sorry again - I know there?s many stories who have to be done before
certain deadlines -
I'm sure one simply can't take the time to look up all the details. This
is also the reason why
the colorist (from ecn) made the eye of Iku-Turso in the Kalevala story.
You who have a
scandinavian or german edition can check this. - in the end of the story,
something is
supposed to be the golden snow of the Sampo - it isn't.
(I hope this is corrected in the french, dutch, greek versions - and will
be in the american one)
>She started in 1975 and has since then translated all pocket products in
>Denmark.
great work all in all - she thought up Little Gum, Vildmule (Indiana Goff)
and many of my other favorites.
>
Hilsen/Yours
Anders Christian Siveb?k
Donaldist
Klartekst
Donald and the Girls
Message 338 -
2004-01-31 at 23:29:24
LARS JENSEN worote:
<Doing a sequel to "The Odyssey" certainly has
possibilities, but I'm not
sure it's a good idea (...) Donald and the pearl diver would
have to split up at the end
of the story, we would be reducing the girl from being a
mysterious
"lost love" to merely being some girl Donald was interested
in>
You're right. Donald and the pearl diver could never meet.
So what if she met Daisy instead and Daisy somehow found out
about her and Donald? The story would then centre around
Daisy who now has a tough decision to make: Should she tell
Donald about the girl or not? Then something happens that
forces Daisy's hand and ...
Well, I guess that wouldn't work either, but it's fun to
think about. And it could be poignant while at the same time
giving the reader a chance to explore the relationship
between Daisy and Donald from a different angle.
Nils Smeby
<Doing a sequel to "The Odyssey" certainly has
possibilities, but I'm not
sure it's a good idea (...) Donald and the pearl diver would
have to split up at the end
of the story, we would be reducing the girl from being a
mysterious
"lost love" to merely being some girl Donald was interested
in>
You're right. Donald and the pearl diver could never meet.
So what if she met Daisy instead and Daisy somehow found out
about her and Donald? The story would then centre around
Daisy who now has a tough decision to make: Should she tell
Donald about the girl or not? Then something happens that
forces Daisy's hand and ...
Well, I guess that wouldn't work either, but it's fun to
think about. And it could be poignant while at the same time
giving the reader a chance to explore the relationship
between Daisy and Donald from a different angle.
Nils Smeby