>>>>>> I read a few posts but it does not mean much to me. [...]
>>>>>> I have not read the 100s of pages and with quite a few being in
Italian
>>>>>> I am not sure how much I would get out of it for my time spent.
Too much to sift through, indeed.
>>>> And to be honest I am not even sure what I would ask him.
>>>> I know his name because of what he produced for me to read.
>>>> I suppose I really have no wish to know much more then that.
>>>> I guess I am odd like that. The works are more important then the man?
(Is that possible?)
>>>> matt
Do you skip the notes he has written on certain stories, whether for
Gladstone, Gemstone or Boom?
If not, then that's the sort of thing one might ask; the writing of a
story can be as interesting as the story itself, and you may also easily
miss some references, so being able to discuss the stories (and their
various printed versions) with the author is a wonderful thing.
However, as you said, while the Internet makes such exchanges a lot easier,
the good stuff can easily be drowned under silly things, and the authors may
eventually shun such exchanges-- which already are very time-consuming when
only considering quality contributions.
Olivier
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DCML Digest, Vol 99, Issue 1
Message 16 -
2011-09-26 at 15:08:57
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Don Rosa Forum
Message 17 -
2011-09-27 at 18:35:03
(Matt Yaklin)
Just thinking out loud. This list needs more of that ;-)
Matt
>>> I wonder if Don Rosa still reads this list.
Matt talked about (Or thought about) A Don Rosa Forum.
There is a nice Don Rosa page on Facebook, Not run by Don, But read by Don.
It is generally a nice interaction of fans who know or have recently seen
Don and discuss that, It allows Don to see what is being discussed without
the normal pestering you discussed.
Barry
Just thinking out loud. This list needs more of that ;-)
Matt
>>> I wonder if Don Rosa still reads this list.
Matt talked about (Or thought about) A Don Rosa Forum.
There is a nice Don Rosa page on Facebook, Not run by Don, But read by Don.
It is generally a nice interaction of fans who know or have recently seen
Don and discuss that, It allows Don to see what is being discussed without
the normal pestering you discussed.
Barry
Cato Elder
What Would You Ask Don Rosa? OR Carl Barks?
Message 18 -
2011-09-29 at 01:45:02
Many thanks to Matt Yacklin for his letter!
Matt Yacklin asked whether the works are not more important than the man
(or woman) behind them.
In that context I think of composer Richard Wagner a self-centered,
ungrateful, adulterous proto-Nazi, who created, however, some of the
world's most wonderful music in the operas The Flying Dutchman, Tristan
und Isolde, Der Ring der Nibelungen, etc.
As a person Wagner seems to have been fairly dreadful, although one
assumes that he was at least occasionally lovable, gracious, and
considerate, or perhaps even a majority of the time.? But his dreadful
moments - anti-Semitic outbursts, womanizing, etc. - evince a very dark
side.
And yet...do we destroy his music because he could be a dreadful person??
And more to the point: do we have any greater enjoyment and understanding
of his music, if we know his biography?
This could vary from person to person, but I think for the enjoyment of a
work, no, knowing the biography is not necessary.? For understanding a
work, yes, the author's life story can shine light on certain things in
the work, e.g. reading that Thomas Mann seems to have been a bi-sexual
explains many things in works such as Death In Venice, The Magic
Mountain, and Doctor Faust.
I have an impression that Don Rosa does not suffer fools gladly and can
be rather impatient at times with people: is that why he was attracted to
the world of rather irascible ducks?? Carl Barks might have had similar
traits: how much of Uncle Scrooge is Carl Barks?
Would I want to ask them such a personal question?? [IMAGE]
The answer (for me) is irrelevant: to enjoy their creation of The
Duckburg Universe I only need the stories!
Best Wishes!
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Matt Yacklin asked whether the works are not more important than the man
(or woman) behind them.
In that context I think of composer Richard Wagner a self-centered,
ungrateful, adulterous proto-Nazi, who created, however, some of the
world's most wonderful music in the operas The Flying Dutchman, Tristan
und Isolde, Der Ring der Nibelungen, etc.
As a person Wagner seems to have been fairly dreadful, although one
assumes that he was at least occasionally lovable, gracious, and
considerate, or perhaps even a majority of the time.? But his dreadful
moments - anti-Semitic outbursts, womanizing, etc. - evince a very dark
side.
And yet...do we destroy his music because he could be a dreadful person??
And more to the point: do we have any greater enjoyment and understanding
of his music, if we know his biography?
This could vary from person to person, but I think for the enjoyment of a
work, no, knowing the biography is not necessary.? For understanding a
work, yes, the author's life story can shine light on certain things in
the work, e.g. reading that Thomas Mann seems to have been a bi-sexual
explains many things in works such as Death In Venice, The Magic
Mountain, and Doctor Faust.
I have an impression that Don Rosa does not suffer fools gladly and can
be rather impatient at times with people: is that why he was attracted to
the world of rather irascible ducks?? Carl Barks might have had similar
traits: how much of Uncle Scrooge is Carl Barks?
Would I want to ask them such a personal question?? [IMAGE]
The answer (for me) is irrelevant: to enjoy their creation of The
Duckburg Universe I only need the stories!
Best Wishes!
L. Schulte
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