Hi Dean,
> I have a question for Gary Leach, David Gerstein, and/or Travis
> Seitler: Can you give us any hints about what we might expect from
> Gemstone in 2007? Pretty please! :) I realize though that it may
> be too early to give out hints and "reveal your hand". The one
> thing I had heard is that you plan on producing a deluxe version of
> Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck with *all* of the chapters
> included. Can you tell us any more plans past this? Two rather
> more specific question. One, is a Carl Barks library in a TPB
> format at least a twinkling in your eye yet? I don't think I have
> to say how much fanfare and acclaim such a project would get. Two,
> in 2007 or beyond is there a plan to publish TPBs on a regular basis.
Here's what I can offer from my remote outpost in Prescott, AZ:
First, a deluxe LoS is being planned, with nifty extras - though I'd
say it's highly unlikely to contain any actual chapters not included
in the two softbound LoS volumes. Next, TPBs are working out well as
an ongoing project of one-shots/mini-series; they really aren't meant
to be "regular" publications. As for a TPB CBL, that's still at best
a notion for the distant future; an American - i.e. English -
version, in any format, awaits the completion of Egmont's version,
which is still in the middle of production.
Ah, here come the contractors to bash some more holes in our house.
Gotta run!
Gary
Author
Topic: 200606
(47 messages)
Gary Leach
Gemstone 2007
Message 1 -
2006-06-01 at 19:03:25
Anthvvuono
Deluxe LoS
Message 2 -
2006-06-02 at 06:08:31
Dear Mr. Leach and list:
>First, a deluxe LoS is being planned, with nifty extras - though I'd
>say it's highly unlikely to contain any actual chapters not included
>in the two softbound LoS volumes.
I am greatly looking forward to purchasing this special edition. However, I
wanted to suggest that if Gemstone does decide to include any extra chapters
beyond the ones already included in the first two books, I would think either
or both "A Little Something Special" and "A Letter from Home" would make
worthy entries. I particularly enjoyed "A Little Something Special," because it
features so many characters that influenced McDuck's life in the past,
especially Blackheart Beagle and Glittering Goldie. The story additionally ties
Scrooge's anniversary with his 1902 arrival in Duckburg, a historic occasion
that Rosa dedicated an entire chapter to in his series. With regard to "A Letter
from Home," that tale obviously brings back Matilda McDuck and finally
demonstrates quite clearly the real meaning behind Scrooge's wealth and
relationship with his family. In my opinion, both these stories can serve as epilogues
to the overall scope of the LoS series. I merely mention their possible
inclusion in case you get a chance to read my comments and are also in the process
of finalizing material for the book. I can't wait to buy the book and am
highly anticipating "Prisoner of White Agony Creek" for the end of this summer!
Sincerely,
Anthony
>First, a deluxe LoS is being planned, with nifty extras - though I'd
>say it's highly unlikely to contain any actual chapters not included
>in the two softbound LoS volumes.
I am greatly looking forward to purchasing this special edition. However, I
wanted to suggest that if Gemstone does decide to include any extra chapters
beyond the ones already included in the first two books, I would think either
or both "A Little Something Special" and "A Letter from Home" would make
worthy entries. I particularly enjoyed "A Little Something Special," because it
features so many characters that influenced McDuck's life in the past,
especially Blackheart Beagle and Glittering Goldie. The story additionally ties
Scrooge's anniversary with his 1902 arrival in Duckburg, a historic occasion
that Rosa dedicated an entire chapter to in his series. With regard to "A Letter
from Home," that tale obviously brings back Matilda McDuck and finally
demonstrates quite clearly the real meaning behind Scrooge's wealth and
relationship with his family. In my opinion, both these stories can serve as epilogues
to the overall scope of the LoS series. I merely mention their possible
inclusion in case you get a chance to read my comments and are also in the process
of finalizing material for the book. I can't wait to buy the book and am
highly anticipating "Prisoner of White Agony Creek" for the end of this summer!
Sincerely,
Anthony
Germund Von Wowern
Tony Strobl ?
Message 3 -
2006-06-02 at 13:05:41
Hi all,
I wonder if anybody here knew or know anything about
Tony Strobl, in addition to what has been written in
books and fanzines the last 30 years. I have started
gathering and compiling information about his work and
would love to hear from anybody with previously
unearthed information.
/Germund
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I wonder if anybody here knew or know anything about
Tony Strobl, in addition to what has been written in
books and fanzines the last 30 years. I have started
gathering and compiling information about his work and
would love to hear from anybody with previously
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Deanmary
Gemstone 2007
Message 4 -
2006-06-02 at 19:44:20
Gary, thanks so much for the quick response. I really appreciate it.
So the deluxe edition of LoS is only going to included the chapters that Don has already produced?!? That is an outrage!!! Why not just get Gyro to invent a time machine, go to the future, and then bring back all of the chapters that Don is ever going to produce? Boy, some people just don't want to do any work... :)
While I wish Gemstone would publish TPBs on a regular basis, I will take each and any that they do produce. Have you thought of having a few TPBs in 2007 of Don's non-LoS stories or, even better, a Don Rosa TPB library? I think they would sell very well.
As for a TPB CBL, I am glad that it is at least a notion for the future. We all need something to look forward to.
Good luck with contractors and your home. I hope they are 100 times better than when Donald was a "contractor" in "Master Wrecker" and that all the holes they bash in your house are where you want the holes to be! :)
Dean Rekich
So the deluxe edition of LoS is only going to included the chapters that Don has already produced?!? That is an outrage!!! Why not just get Gyro to invent a time machine, go to the future, and then bring back all of the chapters that Don is ever going to produce? Boy, some people just don't want to do any work... :)
While I wish Gemstone would publish TPBs on a regular basis, I will take each and any that they do produce. Have you thought of having a few TPBs in 2007 of Don's non-LoS stories or, even better, a Don Rosa TPB library? I think they would sell very well.
As for a TPB CBL, I am glad that it is at least a notion for the future. We all need something to look forward to.
Good luck with contractors and your home. I hope they are 100 times better than when Donald was a "contractor" in "Master Wrecker" and that all the holes they bash in your house are where you want the holes to be! :)
Dean Rekich
Jonathan H. Gray
Questions for Don Rosa (Concerning Universal Solvent)
Message 5 -
2006-06-02 at 21:04:09
I just finished reading "The Black Knight Glorps Again" and I really liked
it. It prompted me to reread "The Universal Solvent" and "The Black Knight"
and in doing so I have three large questions.
1. Is the trademark thing after Omnisolve simple a gag or does someone own
the actual trademark?
2. You're always really good about accounting for things in your Scrooge
continuity. All of the omnisolve that was in the Diamond Jar from Universal
Solvent is now on the Black Knight's armor and according to HDL, the only
other thing left on the planet omnisolve wise is Gyro Gearloose's Omnisolve
Beach Umbrella. However, while re-reading the original Black Knight story I
noticed that theres one other Omnisolve item that seems to have fallen into
limbo so to speak: The Omnisolve Feather Paintbrush that Arpin Lusene used
to coat the armor with in the first place. From the way it was drawn, that
paintbrush (and the diamond coated paintbucket) should still have a thin
layer of Omnisolve on it. Since the suit of armor is now in orbit, this
leads me to:
2A: Its probably grasping at straws, but do you have plans to use the
paintbrush on anything?
2B. Isnt there a possibility that the armor could drift towards the sun and
totally extinguish it if the bike saucer is still on, or would gravity keep
the bike saucer from escaping orbit? If the bike saucer was powerful enough
to get that high up off the ground I'd imagine that it may be able to do
just that...but perhaps I am overthinking it.
2C. In the case that it CANT escape orbit, since the armor isnt totally
secured to the saucer (its just tied up by a really good knot to a hook
^__^) couldnt it also fall to earth should the knot ever come loose, and
wouldnt that be as equally as disastrous as the omnisolve falling into the
sun?
3. I had this conversation with someone else online and in the scene with
Donald in the diamond dust coated trophy room, were your intentions that
Arpin Lusene was actually willing to go so far as to kill Donald Duck (due
to his frantic movements waving around the sword wildly didnt seem to
dismiss this) or was he insteadextremely bluffing. I dont think you'd have
ever written Lusene as willing to kill due to his backing off from complete
anger at the end of the story but it certainly was cutting it close during
the locked room sequence. :)
The existance of Omnisolve, story wise, is quite possibly the single most
dangerous thing in the entire combined Disney Comics duck/mouse universes
when you think about it. Personifying it through the Black Knight armor
makes it all the more frightening...kind of like an inatimate villian of
sorts. I suppose that Lusene being a not completely evil character nullifies
this - but if a *truly* villianous Disney character like say The Phantom
Blot (I remembered reading somewhere, though I dont know where, that he was
the original intention for Lusene or am I wrong about that?) were to get
inside the suit (or anyone of truly malicious intent for that matter) it
would make the personification of the Omnisolve all the more vicious.
Perhaps I am reading too much into it, but it makes for interesting
discussion. :)
Jonathan H. Gray
it. It prompted me to reread "The Universal Solvent" and "The Black Knight"
and in doing so I have three large questions.
1. Is the trademark thing after Omnisolve simple a gag or does someone own
the actual trademark?
2. You're always really good about accounting for things in your Scrooge
continuity. All of the omnisolve that was in the Diamond Jar from Universal
Solvent is now on the Black Knight's armor and according to HDL, the only
other thing left on the planet omnisolve wise is Gyro Gearloose's Omnisolve
Beach Umbrella. However, while re-reading the original Black Knight story I
noticed that theres one other Omnisolve item that seems to have fallen into
limbo so to speak: The Omnisolve Feather Paintbrush that Arpin Lusene used
to coat the armor with in the first place. From the way it was drawn, that
paintbrush (and the diamond coated paintbucket) should still have a thin
layer of Omnisolve on it. Since the suit of armor is now in orbit, this
leads me to:
2A: Its probably grasping at straws, but do you have plans to use the
paintbrush on anything?
2B. Isnt there a possibility that the armor could drift towards the sun and
totally extinguish it if the bike saucer is still on, or would gravity keep
the bike saucer from escaping orbit? If the bike saucer was powerful enough
to get that high up off the ground I'd imagine that it may be able to do
just that...but perhaps I am overthinking it.
2C. In the case that it CANT escape orbit, since the armor isnt totally
secured to the saucer (its just tied up by a really good knot to a hook
^__^) couldnt it also fall to earth should the knot ever come loose, and
wouldnt that be as equally as disastrous as the omnisolve falling into the
sun?
3. I had this conversation with someone else online and in the scene with
Donald in the diamond dust coated trophy room, were your intentions that
Arpin Lusene was actually willing to go so far as to kill Donald Duck (due
to his frantic movements waving around the sword wildly didnt seem to
dismiss this) or was he insteadextremely bluffing. I dont think you'd have
ever written Lusene as willing to kill due to his backing off from complete
anger at the end of the story but it certainly was cutting it close during
the locked room sequence. :)
The existance of Omnisolve, story wise, is quite possibly the single most
dangerous thing in the entire combined Disney Comics duck/mouse universes
when you think about it. Personifying it through the Black Knight armor
makes it all the more frightening...kind of like an inatimate villian of
sorts. I suppose that Lusene being a not completely evil character nullifies
this - but if a *truly* villianous Disney character like say The Phantom
Blot (I remembered reading somewhere, though I dont know where, that he was
the original intention for Lusene or am I wrong about that?) were to get
inside the suit (or anyone of truly malicious intent for that matter) it
would make the personification of the Omnisolve all the more vicious.
Perhaps I am reading too much into it, but it makes for interesting
discussion. :)
Jonathan H. Gray
Elaine Ramshaw
Wished-for future Gemstone TPBs
Message 6 -
2006-06-03 at 04:05:01
I'd like to second Dean Rekich's motion for more Rosa TPBs. Perhaps a Donald
Duck collection, since Gladstone albums concentrated on the U$ material.
What I personally would most welcome, though, is TPBs with the stories that
Gladstone serialized in WDC 601 ff. I couldn't afford to subscribe to WDC in
those days (though I did get U$), and I don't have copies of most of those
stories. And though I do own a copy of U$A 27, I very, very much want a
hardier edition of one of my all-time favorite stories, Guardians of the
Lost Library.
And how about a "brittle mastery of DD" TPB? One would have to give it a
more accessible title ("Master of Disaster"?), but it would be fun to have a
collection updating the Gladstone album. They could reprint Barks's
Rainmaker, Mover, Glasser and Wrecker (with the current terrific production
values), and include some of the best of the recent additions to the genre:
Rosa's Master Landscapist, William Van Horn's It's Bats, Man! (Master of
Pest Removal), and perhaps (I've not yet seen it, but I presume it fits the
genre) the Master Chef story that's going to be in the 75 Years book.
Elaine
Duck collection, since Gladstone albums concentrated on the U$ material.
What I personally would most welcome, though, is TPBs with the stories that
Gladstone serialized in WDC 601 ff. I couldn't afford to subscribe to WDC in
those days (though I did get U$), and I don't have copies of most of those
stories. And though I do own a copy of U$A 27, I very, very much want a
hardier edition of one of my all-time favorite stories, Guardians of the
Lost Library.
And how about a "brittle mastery of DD" TPB? One would have to give it a
more accessible title ("Master of Disaster"?), but it would be fun to have a
collection updating the Gladstone album. They could reprint Barks's
Rainmaker, Mover, Glasser and Wrecker (with the current terrific production
values), and include some of the best of the recent additions to the genre:
Rosa's Master Landscapist, William Van Horn's It's Bats, Man! (Master of
Pest Removal), and perhaps (I've not yet seen it, but I presume it fits the
genre) the Master Chef story that's going to be in the 75 Years book.
Elaine
Victor
Thailand Don Rosa Family Tree...
Message 7 -
2006-06-03 at 23:09:34
Hello!
I browsed the web and found this:
http://www.wolfstad.com/dcw/images/comics/225px/th_mickey.jpg
It is a picture of Rosas family tree on the front.
Have anyone else heard or seen the thai Family tree?
I bet Rosas stories are pivlished on much more places than listed in
inducks.
Too bad all local comic publishers arn't helping Inducks with indexing...
Victor
I browsed the web and found this:
http://www.wolfstad.com/dcw/images/comics/225px/th_mickey.jpg
It is a picture of Rosas family tree on the front.
Have anyone else heard or seen the thai Family tree?
I bet Rosas stories are pivlished on much more places than listed in
inducks.
Too bad all local comic publishers arn't helping Inducks with indexing...
Victor
Robert Hutchings
Questions for Don Rosa (Concerning Universal Solvent)
Message 8 -
2006-06-05 at 09:28:59
Dear Jon,
Excellent points you brought up regarding the latest
Black Knight story. I had totally forgotten about that
paintbrush
perhaps it can be used again somehow. Where
on earth (or space) do you suppose it is, if not in
the vault formerly housing the suit of armor?
2B. Isnt there a possibility that the armor could
drift towards the sun and
totally extinguish it if the bike saucer is still on,
or would gravity keep
the bike saucer from escaping orbit? If the bike
saucer was powerful
enough to get that high up off the ground I'd imagine
that it may be able to
do just that...but perhaps I am overthinking it.
Nah, you?re not overthinking. That?s one of the great
things Mr. Rosa does with his stories?provoke
thoughts. That?s my view, anyway. And it?s a pretty
thought, too. The obvious out, of course, would be for
Mr. Rosa to do another story in which the Black Knight
recovers the armor before it ever gets that near the
sun (which obviously wouldn?t happen for quite
awhile). Certainly, Mr. Rosa?s protestations not
withstanding, the door is totally open for another
sequel. And then, if with that story he wants to be
done, he can kill the armor off Arthur Conan
Doyle-style and move on. (Whereupon us adoring fans
would clamor for an amazing revival!)
I also wondered if Arpin Lusene was willing to kill
Donald. He called it unsporting when Donald threatened
to knock him off his scooter and send him to the
center of the earth. I suppose one could say that no
captive who has a hostage is checkmated; therefore,
Mr. Lusene had to do something, and that was convince
all he was willing to do Donald in, whether he really
would have or not.
This all does make for great discussion. I second
that.
Robert Hutchings
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Excellent points you brought up regarding the latest
Black Knight story. I had totally forgotten about that
paintbrush
perhaps it can be used again somehow. Where
on earth (or space) do you suppose it is, if not in
the vault formerly housing the suit of armor?
2B. Isnt there a possibility that the armor could
drift towards the sun and
totally extinguish it if the bike saucer is still on,
or would gravity keep
the bike saucer from escaping orbit? If the bike
saucer was powerful
enough to get that high up off the ground I'd imagine
that it may be able to
do just that...but perhaps I am overthinking it.
Nah, you?re not overthinking. That?s one of the great
things Mr. Rosa does with his stories?provoke
thoughts. That?s my view, anyway. And it?s a pretty
thought, too. The obvious out, of course, would be for
Mr. Rosa to do another story in which the Black Knight
recovers the armor before it ever gets that near the
sun (which obviously wouldn?t happen for quite
awhile). Certainly, Mr. Rosa?s protestations not
withstanding, the door is totally open for another
sequel. And then, if with that story he wants to be
done, he can kill the armor off Arthur Conan
Doyle-style and move on. (Whereupon us adoring fans
would clamor for an amazing revival!)
I also wondered if Arpin Lusene was willing to kill
Donald. He called it unsporting when Donald threatened
to knock him off his scooter and send him to the
center of the earth. I suppose one could say that no
captive who has a hostage is checkmated; therefore,
Mr. Lusene had to do something, and that was convince
all he was willing to do Donald in, whether he really
would have or not.
This all does make for great discussion. I second
that.
Robert Hutchings
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Star-struck duck
Message 9 -
2006-06-05 at 17:08:18
Has it been published in the "Hall of fame"?
Michele
Michele
Olaf Moriarty Solstrand
Star-struck duck
Message 10 -
2006-06-05 at 17:30:13
Mickey <mickey at iol.it> skreiv Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:08:18 +0200
> Has it been published in the "Hall of fame"?
Yes. It was published in ... what us Scandinavians know as volume 5 (or
the second Don Rosa volume).
--
Olaf Moriarty Solstrand
> Has it been published in the "Hall of fame"?
Yes. It was published in ... what us Scandinavians know as volume 5 (or
the second Don Rosa volume).
--
Olaf Moriarty Solstrand
Mickey
Star-struck duck
Message 11 -
2006-06-05 at 17:38:48
Olaf:
> Yes. It was published in ... what us Scandinavians know as volume 5 (or
> the second Don Rosa >volume).
Oh. Thanks. O_O
May anybody scan and put it on-line? You won't break the law, I suppose: the
foreigners like me simply will never read that story :-(((
Michele
> Yes. It was published in ... what us Scandinavians know as volume 5 (or
> the second Don Rosa >volume).
Oh. Thanks. O_O
May anybody scan and put it on-line? You won't break the law, I suppose: the
foreigners like me simply will never read that story :-(((
Michele
DoomaR
Identify This Character
Message 12 -
2006-06-06 at 00:05:48
Hello everybody
Can anybody identify the character beside Mimmie in the attached picture??
Can anybody identify the character beside Mimmie in the attached picture??
Stefan Persson
Star-struck duck
Message 13 -
2006-06-06 at 02:14:51
On 2006-06-05 23:38, Mickey wrote:
> Olaf:
>
>> Yes. It was published in ... what us Scandinavians know as volume 5 (or
>> the second Don Rosa >volume).
>
> Oh. Thanks. O_O
> May anybody scan and put it on-line? You won't break the law, I suppose: the
> foreigners like me simply will never read that story :-(((
Why don't you just buy the book? This story wasn't translated, but kept
its original text.
Stefan
> Olaf:
>
>> Yes. It was published in ... what us Scandinavians know as volume 5 (or
>> the second Don Rosa >volume).
>
> Oh. Thanks. O_O
> May anybody scan and put it on-line? You won't break the law, I suppose: the
> foreigners like me simply will never read that story :-(((
Why don't you just buy the book? This story wasn't translated, but kept
its original text.
Stefan
Stefan Persson
Identify This Character
Message 14 -
2006-06-06 at 12:17:50
On 2006-06-06 06:05, DoomaR wrote:
> Can anybody identify the character beside Mimmie in the attached picture??
Looks like an upside-down Montmorency Rodent.
Stefan
> Can anybody identify the character beside Mimmie in the attached picture??
Looks like an upside-down Montmorency Rodent.
Stefan
Mickey
Star-struck duck
Message 15 -
2006-06-06 at 16:27:54
Stefan:
> Why don't you just buy the book? This story wasn't translated, but kept
> its original text.
I didn't know this detail... very interesting :-D
Only, I have no idea how to buy a Scandinavian book....
Michele
> Why don't you just buy the book? This story wasn't translated, but kept
> its original text.
I didn't know this detail... very interesting :-D
Only, I have no idea how to buy a Scandinavian book....
Michele