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Especially for those Dutch members of this forum who don't read The McDrake.NL Forum: A 10-page story by me and Jan Gulbransson has been printed in this week's DD Weekblad Nr. 36 ("Wiskunde op leven en dood"). Also, Jan has finished drawing our long-awaited 24 page Uncle Scrooge story, in which he actually gets married (NOT to Glittering Goldie). It is inked, and just has to be scheduled for printing (first in Egmont countries).
I also have had a recent story, drawn by Tim Artz (McDuck Menu), printed in June's "Donald Duck Liefdesspeciaal".

Quote from user: Roger NorthIt's too bad that story is not going to be released in America. Not unless a new company starts publishing Traditional Disney Comics.
A sad fact. There just aren't enough traditional style Disney Comic book fans in USA. American Duck fans will just have to learn to read Dutch and/or German, Finnish, or one of The Scandinavinan languages, and also Italian.

Bump up for our Dutch readers to see this thread.

If you read the story, I'd like to read what you think of it (if you don't comment on it on McDrake).

Quote from user: ScroogerelloI just read 'Wiskunde op Leven en Dood' (http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=H+94151), and I truly did enjoy it. I think Jan Gulbransson's artwork in this story is amazing, as he almost didn't use empty backgrounds throughout the story (it happens too often in Dutch stories that the artist only shows the characters and no background or a very simplistic one, which, to me, makes the comic look as if it was drawn too quicky and without much effort) and his inking was brilliant (he DID ink this himself, right?. The build up of tension was also done well in this story, even though it wasn't a long adventure story. Also funny that Donald and the nephews are both truants--very original! I do think that, maybe, the part in which the nephews and Donald start calculating with lengths and angles could have been shortened a little. It's cool for older readers to see an actual mathematical theory in a Donald Duck comic (and it does contribute to the magazine's informative part), but the younger public that mostly doesn't understand the theory, is already satisfied with the 'idea' that the nephews are calculating. It could make things a little boring for them.
Anyway; it sure is my favorite story from the issue. I wish more stories like that would be published in the Donald Duck weekly...

About that Uncle Scrooge story you mentioned--do you think it will be published in the Netherlands soon? It really sounds interesting, but the DD weekly doesn't publish many long comics anymore (usually ten-pagers).
Bedankt voor je lovende woorden.

Yes, Jan did ink that story himself. If you want more stories like that published in Het Weekblad, you can send an E-mail to the Redactie saying how much you liked "Wiskunde op Leven en Dood', and that you know that Germany's Ehapa and USA Disney have both printed the following Rob Klein/Jan Gulbransson story: "The Greatest Hoax of All Time"-H94215, and yet, Dutch Disney Comics has not printed it, despite it being finished in 1994. Have your friends do that as well. I've already alerted some of the editors that that story is still unpublished, but maybe fans asking for the story will help more. Jan and I have sometimes have had to wait 15, to now 20 years, to have our Dutch stories printed.

Jan and I produced The Uncle Scrooge getting married story for Egmont -NOT Sanoma Uitgevers. So, that story must be printed in The Scandinavian countries and Germany first (as they paid for its production). It should be printed in The Netherlands from about 9 months to a year after it has been first printed in The Egmont countries. We divided the story into two 12-page halves, for the very purpose of it being printed in 2 separate consecutive weekly issues. So, both for The Egmont countries AND for Dutch Disney, it should be printed in two consecutive weeklies. Then, later, it will also be printed intact (all 24 pages in one piece) in a special hardbound book in Germany, as Jan's work is especially featured there, as he is the only German regular Duck story artist (Ulrich Schröder has only drawn one story over many years of working, and Volker Reiche hasn't drawn for Disney since the 1980s). This long story should ALSO be reprinted in one piece (maybe a year or 2 after its printing in Donald Duck Weekblad) in Donald Duck Extra, or in "Donald Duck Groot Winterboek" or "Donald Duck Groot Vakantieboek", and, surely, it will be printed in Jan's second volume in "De Grappigste Avonturen van Donald Duck". The inking was completed a few months ago, so it should soon be scheduled for 2 upcoming Danish, German, Swedish and Norwegian issues. Then, it should be printed in The Netherlands and Finland within 9 months to one year later.