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Lately I have been rereading many of the Pocketbooks that I skipped out on because of price woes or story quality complaints that I'd expressed in other threads prior. I only have three volumes left within the Donald Duck set to get and upon reading prior undiscovered materials I have developed an absolute adoration for the work of Flemming Anderson outside of his TNT material which was my initial exposure. I really almost wish we'd gotten some of his regular duck stuff before we got TNT (which I like quite a lot on its own, but this stuff was different).
If you can get used to his *VERY* distinct style which looks like no other duck artist (and I like that a lot) and take it for what it is, the man's layout and sense of manicness even with the most mundane subjects are absolutely brilliant. Honestly, even some of the most mediocre stories in that book under his style are just plain fun to read and a breath of fresh air to look at if nothing else as opposed to some of the other talent that was showcased in the book. So much expression! It's a shame I discovered his work all too late due to my ignoring many of the more subpar material we'd seen in the book prior. Particularly my latest reads "The Bathtub at the End of the Universe" (why was the original title changed on this? Was it the Star Trek reference?), "Where's the Bin Been?", "Inside Donald Duck" (which I think was by far my favorite), and "The Search For Bigfoot" really struck me as being top quality representations of exactly what the man can do when given a good scipt that complements his work.
Not all the stories could be saved, but I think the ones I didn't like had more to do with lackluster scripting than anything else. Otherwise though, darn good stuff.
Opinions?

Your links aren't working, Charlie Brown. :)
Either way, it kind of goes back to that old comment that good art can salvage a bad script but bad art can instantly kill a good script.
In this case, I think a few of the stories that I personally did not like boiled down to the "good art, terrible script" rule. Even if a story is a joy to look at, it can unfortunately still be a chore to slog through. =\"

I think Flemming Andersen's style looks a lot like Cavazzano's early style.

Quote from user: OlivierQuote from user: WB"The Bathtub at the End of the Universe" (why was the original title changed on this? Was it the Star Trek reference?)
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction series by Douglas Adams".
(Wikipedia)
The original title of the story was "The Bathtub at the Edge of Forever" which was a riff on "The City on the Edge of Forever" - one of the more popular episodes of Classic Star Trek. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_on_the_Edge_of_Forever

For whatever reason, when printed in the states, it was changed to "The Bathtub at the End of the Universe" which led to the Hitchhiker's Guide reference. Either way, you wind up with a pop culture reference. :)

Flemming Andersen is my heeeeero. Always a pleasure to color his stuff. Very fun work.

Quote from user: KneonFlemming Andersen is my heeeeero.
High five, man! :)