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Quote from user: sirtaoQuestion: how likely is for IDW to publish PKNA?
It's a very good idea, but these albums are too little to publish it.

Quote from user: The Rhyming ManQuote from user: sirtaoQuestion: how likely is for IDW to publish PKNA?
It's a very good idea, but these albums are too little to publish it.
what do you mean "too little"?
Quote from user: NectariaWell, I prefer him to be called as Duck Avenger because there are many duck characters called Super Duck.
I'm personally partial to Phantom Duck, it ties better with the origin of the Italian name and it also starts with a P and ends with a K

Quote from user: The Rhyming ManQuote from user: sirtaoQuote from user: The Rhyming ManIt's a very good idea, but these albums are too little to publish it.
what do you mean "too little"?
The IDW albums have got 40 pages; a Pk story is 70-pages-long.
Yeah, I thought that would have been the biggest problem- I guess a Direct-to-TPB format combining two or three Italian issues might be a solution, but it would have its own share of problems
Quote:Another problem, they should print the original Martina, Pezzin and Leoni stories, before PkNA.
Reading PKNA without them is not really a problem, though I'm sure the USA readers would be happy to read them.

Quote from user: sirtaoQuote from user: NectariaWell, I prefer him to be called as Duck Avenger because there are many duck characters called Super Duck.
I'm personally partial to Phantom Duck, it ties better with the origin of the Italian name and it also starts with a P and ends with a K
We??er, I??prefer the diabolical Duck Avenger!

"Phantom Duck" has been used in USA comics as the name for the Fantomas-like character whose mantle Donald effectively took over (as Duck Avenger). He's also been called Fantomallard, however...

I'm sorry to say so, but I find 'Duck Avenger' rather generic sounding.

Quote from user: Baar Baar JinxQuote from user: Dean RekichI was kind of disappointed to see that for one year WDC&S will be consumed with one LOOOONG Disney story (perhaps the longest Disney story ever?). While I am glad that this story is being printed, it seems to me that it would be better suited as 2 or 3 TPBs. I realize that printing it straight to TPB might not be feasible, but I wish WDC&S had more room for shorter stories.
I would have liked to see the unprinted William Van Horn Duck stories as the lead-off feature in WDC&S, until they're exhausted. I think they would have fit very well in that cherished slot.

Quote from user: Dean RekichAs for which creators I wish to be published, of course I would like stories by both Van Horns, Rota, Jippes, and many more. I especially would love to see some stories by the late, great Vicar. Sometimes though I feel I am in the minority when it comes to liking his art. I should say that I *love* his art and there are literally *hundreds* of stories of his that have never been printed in North America. If I were running the world (not very likely to happen! :) ), I would have a monthly Disney title devoted to just stories by Vicar!
I have to admit that I was never excited by Vicar's art. Disney Comics used his work a lot when they published the books in the early 90s, since Bob Foster was a self-avowed fan of his work, much to my disappointment. He's okay in small doses, but somehow his art always seemed to me to lack spirit or verve. Branca has always been my personal favorite; his work is lively and dynamic, Barks' best cranked up a couple of notches. Daan Jippes impresses me with his ability to mimic several different styles, and is a close second to Branca in my book. Where I might differ from most is with respect to Rota; I've seen him feted lavishly and I think even Rosa has hailed him as the artist he admires the most, but to me he's always seemed only slightly better than Vicar; adequate but not exceptional.
I'm probably the opposite. I like the more "realistic" approach of Rota and Rosa, and to a less extent Branca.

I tend not to like when the artists get too stylized. I often find the end result to either be too rubbery, or too juvenile looking for my preferences.

I realize that my preferences carry over into animation as well - which is one reason why I just can't get into the new Disney shorts. It's also why I tended to favor the animation style of Ducktales over Darkwing Duck.

The longer I go the more I realize now much I appreciate what Gemstone offered. The only downside was the blasted price - especially all the launch titles.

I liked Vicar's artwork, it always seemed more in line with Barks style than Rosa's. I will always defend Vicar's work, his art style complemented Barks, van Horn and Jippes rather well.
Rosa's art has more detail than I need to see in a Disney comics. His ducks are kinda 'ugly' compared to Barks, Vicar and van Horn. While I appreciate his artistic skill he's not one of my top faves. I bet Rosa's work looks better on the larger pages of the new collections. Life and Times was great, his writing can be a little too 'fan-fictiony' at times. Both of the van Horns do great work imo. Stylized to a degree but they look enough like the Disney ducks.

Quote from user: MightyJoeI'm sorry to say so, but I find 'Duck Avenger' rather generic sounding.
Haha! I kind of agree but, unfortunately, there's also the little matter that Duck Avenger is the name that was already pre-established in the states much prior to IDW (in Disney Adventures as I recall and in one or two Gemstone books. The pockets I think?) so, as that's the one people (and more importantly Disney) have accepted, we kinda can't get around that...

The name DOES sort of work with what he's supposed to be anyway.

Quote from user: AzureBlueQuote from user: MustangRockstarI'm probably the opposite. I like the more "realistic" approach of Rota and Rosa, and to a less extent Branca.

I tend not to like when the artists get too stylized. I often find the end result to either be too rubbery, or too juvenile looking for my preferences.

I realize that my preferences carry over into animation as well - which is one reason why I just can't get into the new Disney shorts. It's also why I tended to favor the animation style of Ducktales over Darkwing Duck.

The longer I go the more I realize now much I appreciate what Gemstone offered. The only downside was the blasted price - especially all the launch titles.
Agreed. I can appreciate stylized art as being quality if it's well done, but I simply don't like the look as much as a more straightforward approach in general.
I grew up on Rosa/Van Horn so I'm biased, but I personally LOVE the work of Cavazzano (my absolute favorite), early Scarpa (I don't really care too much for his wide-bottomed ducks of the 60's), Branca/Gattino, DeVita, Rota (Money Ocean era - his later work looks great too but I just enjoy that era more for some reason), Van Horn and I like LATE Vicar which he got more wild with his art. His earlier stuff, while very Barksish in tone all feels very samey -- at least in many of the stories we got here in the Bob Foster era.

I personally love stylization within reason -- that last bit is key. One of the best things about Disney Comics is that they're so diverse in styles. Because each country has a sort-of house style, when you put everything together it all looks fascinating. No story looks the same as another. It's part of the reason why I tend not to go for people who blatantly ape Barks because even Barks changed his own style quite a few times. As a result there's nothing else that really makes thier work stand out...if that makes any sense. Rosa is iffy with me. I **LOVE** his attention to detail, but that same detail makes his work VERY stiff. In the rare time's he's loose he's great. But... while I am in awe of his draftsmanship and the insane devotion to making sure his references are right, I think I actually prefer some sort of inbetween. A good example of this is late 90's early 2000's Van Horn which is where I feel he was at his peak. His earliest stuff is kind of WHOA and his latest stuff doesnt quite capture the same OOMPH, but it's still very good.

As far as the animation styles of Ducktales VS Darkwing I attribute that solely to the loss of TMS and the advent of Kennedy plus a bigger push on Wang Studios. Anything animated by Disney Australia or Disney Japan back then was GOLD. But Kennedy and Wang? EEEUUUUGH. And AKOM was flat out the pits. Darkwing to Aladdin actually got lucky. They came right in that "inbetween period" where you got a decent mix of both but didn't all suffer. Ducktales' consistency in animation quality is what made it better though.

At least up until Bubba Duck.

Beecause we don't discuss Bubba Duck here.

EVER. @____@