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Hi all!

Here are the previews for Disney comics from Previews Volume XIV, #12:

Donald Duck and Friends #325 --- One of Carl Barks' most beloved and
legendary tales, "Lost in the Andes," is reprinted in its entirety in this issue.
Follow Donald and the nephews as they discover the lost city of "Plane Awful"
where the natives are real squares and everything is built on the square. 32
pages, FC $2.95

Mickey Mouse and Friends #274 --- "The Ruby Eye of Omar Guy-Am," one of the
most requested of all of Paul Murry's Golden Age Mickey stories, is reprinted
in this issue, along with Stefan Petrucha and Cesar Feroli's "Steamboat
Willies," a tribute to guess who, and a Donald Duck short, "Fifty-Cent Frenzy,"
written by John Lustig. 32 pages, FC $2.95

Mickey Mouse Adventures #2 --- (Yayyyy!!!!!!!!!) Three long Disney adventure
stories: in "Trouble Afoot," Mickey investigates mysterious footprints found
in the snow around town; and in "River of Time," our dauntless Mouse delves
into the past as we learn more about Steamboat Willie. Donald Duck in "Arctic
Antics," rounds out the book. Cover by Noel Van Horn. SC, 128 pages, FC $7.95

Uncle Scrooge #339 --- Don Rosa's "Crown of the Crusader Kings," leads this
issue which wraps with "The Great Wig Mystery," one of the later Scrooge
stories by the great Carl Barks. And if that weren't enough, you also get "In Quest
of the Green Hope," written and drawn by Daniel Branca and Wanda Gattino. 64
pages, FC $6.95

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #654 --- Carl Barks' great, early Duck
adventure, "Frozen Gold," is the cover feature this issue, with a new cover by Daan
Jippes. William Van Horn's latest ten-pager, "Busy Bodies," is the lead
story, with L'il Bad Wolf and Goofy stories by Paul Murry, along with Grandma and
Mickey tales rounding out the book. 64 pages, FC $6.95

Disney offerings by Tokyopop (no Lizzie McGuire?!?!):

Bambi --- Reflecting an age of innocence and a time of wonder, no film better
captures the pure magic of Disney than Bambi, the world's most endearing
animated tale about the beauty of nature and the miracle of life. Nominated for
three Academy Awards, this immortal blend of classic storytelling and
unforgettable characters is most fondly remembered as Walt Disny's all-time favorite
picture. FC, 96 pages, 5x7 7/16" $7.99

Lilo & Stitch: The Series Volume 3 --- Lilo and Stitch have always had fun
together- but working together is a different story! When expriments 501 and 502
wreak havoc on the island, the quarreling couple must learn about the
co-operative forces of yin and yang before trouble reaches the breaking point! Things
really get shaken up when expriment 513, an earthquake-causing monster,
"tremorizes" the island! FC, 96 pages, 5 x 7 7/16" $7.99

All in all looks like a great month. Not so sure about "Lost in the Andes"
taking up all of DDF 325 though. If you've read the story like I have, there's
nothing new in the book. Then again, splitting up the story over multiple
issues would be bad too. Hopefully this type of reprint is the exception, because I
think such long reprints would be more suited to the 64 page books.

And the Steamboat Willie stories are intriguing. Be interesing to see how
it's all treated in the comic book format.

MMA and DDA, something big to look forward to every month!

Derek Smith

Hi,

Would anyone have access to the Tony Strobl interview by Klaus Strzyz that was published in the Duckburg Times (probably issue 16) ? I am looking for scans.

Thanks a million in advance for your help on this and thanks for the answers about the best Mickey script writer in activity (that might be the start of a small but interesting official Disney project that I will tell you about if it is confirmed).

Didier

AAAAhhh !!! the brassica, in Spanish "repollitos de Bruselas". I catch the
word "brassica" because Asterix chez les belges.
Thanks, Olaf!

FABIO
? Arr?te avec les histoires belges ! :-)
bonvolu postu al longtom at oeste.com.ar

> Fabio Blanco <longtom at oeste.com.ar> skreiv Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:21:41 -0300
>
> > "An Eye for detail" by Don Rosa, include rutabagas too. What the heck
are
> > rutabagas????????
>
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=rutabaga
>
>
> /OTB

Wdposter at aol.com wrote:

>I rarely reply to messages on the list, but Timo, I think you are off base
>here. Sure conversations about scanning may be off topic, but helping another
>member by answering a question about scanning comics for the best image is
>not.
>
I agree. Off-topic diversions on this list are pretty rare, and not a
problem at all. I wouldn't worry about such things unless a thread
starts to dominate the mailings in a given day.

>
> A Tiff file is another image format, like Jpeg or bitmap. Scanning and
>saving an image in tiff format results in a smaller file size than if you saved it
>as a jpg, adobe pdf or bitmap image. (bitmap and pdf images are huge in file
>size)
>
>
I find the tiff format takes up MB in size rather than jpg which
compacts down to mere KB. Could scanner software affect this? I don't
know.

>Any USA members go see Don Rosa at the Columbus comic con this weekend? I
>had planned to go but didn't make it. I am glad Mr. Rosa is making appearances
>at US shows and hope he continues. Martin
>
>
Regarding Mr. Rosa, I am very curious as to why Gemstone has been
running so many issues with either NO Rosa or reprints of previously
available English stories. I thought there was a glut of new
unpublished (in English) stories just waiting for the light of day.

Dave Fenske

> Wdposter at aol.com wrote:

>> A Tiff file is another image format, like Jpeg or bitmap. Scanning
>> and saving an image in tiff format results in a smaller file size
>> than if you saved it as a jpg, adobe pdf or bitmap image. (bitmap
>> and pdf images are huge in file size)

In my eager I completely forgot to mention Adobe's PDF and PS.

Those two are models as well, but "strict" ones. In the light of my
previous mail, we could call them 3a) or something.

PS is based on vector graphics (used for drawing text, boxes, arrows,
lines and schematical figures). You can zoom into infinity without
losing the quality. Saving scanned images as PS (or PDF) is a silly idea
though, since the models used are not "geared" for that, mostly you
might end up with files, which are larger that the scanned image
uncompressed.

PDF can be considered a zip-like version of PS. Strange thing is
however, that if you zip a PS file you'll often turn out with something
smaller than the PDF.

The most important vector graphic formats are:
PDF, PS, DXF, CGM, HPGL and the new interesting SVG, which can be
embedded directly into your HTML files/sites.

Enough of this. Hope it nevertheless gave an overview :-)

S?ren