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Quote from user: Robb_KAs far as I know (as of last night, here in Denmark time), Freddy has not changed his mind, and will not allow this story to be reprinted (after he did make a deal to have it reprinted in colour by Dutch Disney publishers (Sanoma Uitgevers)). So, I'm afraid that we will only be able to read it in English on his website in black and white, and in colour only in Dutch language.
But if it is sold to a Disney Publisher (like Sanoma Uitgevers), it can be published by any other Disney Publisher?

Quote from user: Robb_KBut, today, after I posted my last post, he told me that he will give IDW permission to print it, using his new, better inked version he gave to Finnish Sanoma. So, it WILL be printed in English, after all.
Was Freddy Milton asked by IDW or is he just saying if they asked he would say yes?

Quote from user: ClaptonQuote from user: Robb_KBut, today, after I posted my last post, he told me that he will give IDW permission to print it, using his new, better inked version he gave to Finnish Sanoma. So, it WILL be printed in English, after all.
Was Freddy Milton asked by IDW or is he just saying if they asked he would say yes?
He has just told me today, that if they ask he will say yes, if they promise to use the new ink version that Sanoma Finland is currently using. The Finns are releasing the 31 page story in segments. He hopes The Americans will print the whole story intact, in one book, as we have done at Sanoma Uitgevers (Dutch Disney).

Quote from user: MustangRockstarI have a special place in my heart for Milton.

My first Disney comic story was drawn (but not written) by Milton.
He is a very good artist and storywriter. I had hoped that his complete Gnuff series would be printed in colour in English by Fantagraphics (who had printed about 2/3 of the series in black and white in USA's "Critters" comic book series. But, alas, Kim Thompson (ethnic Dane and good friend of Freddy's) has died, and the current Fantagraphics owners have many other projects in mind that are likely more commercially viable.

The Dutch printing of Gnuff fell way short, printing only 3 of the 19 Gnuff albums, due to poor sales. So, although I have all the albums in Danish, I'm stuck having only 3 colour albums, and the rest of the 2/3 published in black and white in Critters, in languages I can read well. I don't like reading comics in black and white (which is why having The new Fantagraphics Barks Collection is so nice). I have the Egmont Barks collection in colour, but it's in German, and I don't enjoy reading in German.

It is a shame that there is no US deluxe bound set of Freddy's Danish Woody Woodpecker production. He ran the Scandinavian and Dutch production for Semic Press in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and wrote Barkslike Donald Duck-type stories, and drew them in his Donald Duck style, using Woody as Donald, his nephew and niece Splinter and Knothead in Huey, Dewey and Louie's parts, and Woody's girlfriend in Daisy's part. Woody also had an "enemy" neighbour in Jones' part, and a host of his small town's (as in Duckburg) characters, including a mayor, rich industrialist, museum director (to send Woody on adventures), and others.

There were a few of Freddy's Danish Woodpecker stories (or unfortunately only story episodes) published in USA by the rightsholders of Walter Lantz productions during the 1990s, but they were only a handful, badly coloured, and packaged in books with stories from poorly-drawing Western artists, with weak stories, from the late 1950s and 1960s. There was quite a bit of Danish production, mostly by Freddy, but also with a couple stories drawn and written by friends of his, Frank Madsen and Jussi Oleson. There were enough stories, pages and covers to fill probably a 6 to 8 volume set. Unfortunately for me, I have only the complete Danish and one added Norwegian book(never printed in Denmark), as a complete set (and I'm not really fluent in Danish). I have all the Dutch production, but, alas, they only printed about 60% of the total production.

Some of Freddy's Gnuff and Woody Woodpecker stories have been translated to English and are on his website for fans to read and enjoy.