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Hello all,

I have a question to Egmont (or anyone else who knows the answer): What is the
name of the artist who has so beautifully drawn the story D/D 2004-003? His
(or her) style of drawing is suberb - very regerdful (like Rosa's) and at the
same time the characters are very... I dont know how to say that... dynamic,
I think. It looks like the artist does his drawings with great ease. I'm
wainting for more!
According to the credits printed in the Polish edtition of the weekly, this
story was written by Kai Vainiomaki and draw by Kari Korhonen, so mayby mr.
Vainiomaki is the artist of D/D 2004-003?
I have no doubt this story wasn't drawn by Kari Korhonen, especially when I
compare it with another story from the weekly (a doble issue, so most Egmont
readers will get half of these stories next week), D 2004-305. I really like
Korhonen's style, but this one looks very sloppy - more like a sketch, not
the published story. I get the impression that it was done in a hurry.
And by the way, I was also very surprised to see the characters from "The Lady
and the Tramp" (and a direct-to-video sequel of it) in the weekly. I must
admit that I prefer the ducks and mice universes, but it's nice to see some
variety in the comic book. Accordind to the credits, this certain story (D
2004-341) was written by Lars Jensen, so thank you Lars for (re)introducing
characters from Disney animated features to the weekly.

Best regards,
Mateusz Lis

Hey Mateusz,

> What is the name of the artist who has so beautifully drawn the
> story D/D 2004-003? His (or her) style of drawing is suberb -
> very regerdful (like Rosa's) and at the same time the characters
> are very... I dont know how to say that... dynamic, I think.
> It looks like the artist does his drawings with great ease. I'm
> wainting for more!

I haven't seen the story yet, so I can't be sure it's the same story, but
I'm guessing the answer to your question is Norway's very own Arild
Midthun. I know for sure that his first story is written by Vainiomaki,
and it will be published in Scandinavia next week, so it's not very
unlikely it's the same story.

This is Arild's first Disney story, although he has been drawing almost
all the covers for the Scandinavian weeklies for the last nine months. His
line is clearly inspired by French-Belgian masters like Uderzo and
Franquin, and most comic readers in Norway knows his style, as he's one of
the best comicbook artists we have, and he's drawn practically everything
from funny newspaper strips to historical biographies.

For comparition, a fandrawing Arild has made of Donald can be seen on the
bottom of this article:
http://www.raptus.no/profiler/Midthun_Arild.html

Olaf

> > name of the artist who has so beautifully drawn the story D/D
> > 2004-003?
>
>According to Inducks, the artist is Arid Midthun.

That's strange, I can't find that story at all."No story found" ???

Timo

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> I am about to write a text about the use of
> Shakespeare in Disney comics

Just a couple of stories directly inspired by Shakespeare
writings:

I TL 226-B Paperino principe di Dunimarca

and

I TL 2237-1 Paperon Bisbeticus domato

Ciao,

- Paolo

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On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 09:43:46 +0200, Larry Giver <lgiver at pacbell.net> wrote:

> So which Rosa stories still have not been published in
> English by Gladstone or Gemstone? I believe "Escape from
> Forbidden Valley (D98346) has not yet been published. Is it
> on Gemstone's schedule? Are there any others?

According to INDUCKS, three DR stories are not yet published in the USA:

- Escape from Forbidden Valley (D 98346)
- The Black Knight glorps again (D 2003-235)
- The magnificent seven (minus four) caballeros (D 2004-032)

/OTB

Thanks to Harry and Olaf for their answers to my question. Following the url
provided by Olaf I'm now pretty sure that DD 2004-003 is an Arild Midthun's
story. Now Norway has not only talented Disney writer, but also the
artist. ;-)

Best regards,
Mateusz Lis

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Hi all!

I found a few articles about Disney comics in Comic Buyer's Guide #1599
(December 2004) that I thought were pretty interesting from a historical
perspective. One bad thing I can see is the the circulation figures of WDCS from the
darkest days of Gladstone, is still better than Gemstone's current sales.

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Retraining Readers: Several big ideas in comics have involved chaniging the
format. But even if you lead a horse to Perrier...

The idea: NEWSPRINT COVERS.--- It's hard to imagine after a decade of
publisher oneupmanship in the realm of paper quality, but some publishers have
actually tried going in the other direction. Seeking to make cheaper comics
avaliable, Gold Key in the 1960's offered titles including Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
#1 (Sep 65) with a newsprint cover. Gladstone did the same in late 1995 with
Uncle Scrooge and several other titles, hoping to hold the line on its comics
at $1.50.

What went wrong: Readers, who had only been exposed to newsprint covers with
giveaway comics such as Adevntures of the Big Boy, rejected both attempts.
After a year and a half -- in which the average paid circulation of Uncle Scrooge
went from 80,235 copies per month in 1995 to 33,698 in 1997, Gladstone also
went back to standard covers, raising the price to $1.95.

20/20 hindsight: While readers might be willing to go back to an earlier,
cheaper format, they draw the line at going to something they never had to begin
with. Slick covers were a customary embellishment for comics and probably
always will be.

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High Concepts Brought Low... A variety of big ideas that met with less than
total success.

The idea: DISNEY COMICS... BY DISNEY --- Hey, The Walt Disney Company
apparently said one day, Bruce Hamilton's Gladstone publishing company is making
money by licensing our characters for U.S. comics, why don't we cut out the
middleman and keep all the loot for ourselves?

What went wrong: Hamilton had built a following by producing high-quality
hardcover reprints of the work of Uncle Scrroge creator Carl Barks and parlayed
that into regular comic books. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories came from
Galdstone for #547 (Apr 90) and Disney for #548 (Jun 90), finally returning to
Gladstone in late 1993. Gladstone couldn't recover from the break in production.
After Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #600 (Dec 95), for example, it took the
series exclusively to the direct market and switched to an upscale, prestige
format, with a price raise from the previous $1.50 to $5.95, finally ending in
February 1999 with a cover price of $6.95 and a paid circulation of 5,375,
almost exclusively in the direct market.

20/20 hindsight: If it works, don't break it. If you're not schooled in the
comics market, be cautious when you work out projections. (Maintaining the
$6.95 price, Gemstone retained the prestige format for WDC&S and began releasing
new issues in July 2003).

Derek Smith