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Edit: The website is live! http://donaldinternational.com

My name is Sam, a Dutch Donald Duck fan. I am working on a project called Donald International, an experimental online magazine. Its goal is to unite Duck fans, artists and publishers from all over the globe.

Now you might think: how is this any new? There are dozens of fanzines about the Duck universe! That??s true. And we don??t have any means of replacing these excellent publications. Donald International's intent is to gather artists, fans and publishers from all over the world. Our goal is simple: uniting people. We gathered a lot of talented and intelligent folks who all share a love and passion for the little duck.

We are looking for people who would like to represent their country in Donald International! These people will be called ambassadors. Now, what are the duties of a position with a job title that fancy? As ambassador you provide the readers with news and updates from your country. For example: the German ambassador writes about the opening of the new Donald Duck museum, the Italian one reports their annual donaldism meeting and the Swedish gives insight in the collection of one of the craziest Duck-collectors, living in his country. All these items will be published in a separate section of the magazine, so people get an idea of what's happening in the complex and diverse Duck-universe. We are looking for a vast amount of ambassadors, and not just in North-America and Europe, but also in South-America, Asia, and so on. With so many Donald Duck publications all over the world, the list is almost endless! To name a few, we are looking for an Austrian, Belgium, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and US ambassador.

Donald International is an experimental, non-profit project. Depending on the response, we??ll decide wether to create a follow-up. If you show interested in contributing to the magazine, please let us know! We are still looking for writers, artists, and web gurus.

An overview of the first issue could look like this:

Quote:- Editorial: What is Donald International? - by editor-in-chief)
- Meet the ambassadors (Short introduction of every ambassador with a photo: the German ambassador tells about himself, then the Finnish, etc.)
- Feature: Ducks around the globe (Article about the globalization of the Ducks: what are they called in Italy? How does the Greek publication look like? Do they appear on television in Spain, as they do in Holland?)
- News (Short news, what??s happening where? Every ambassador contributes by providing some news from his country)
- Interview (With a comic artist)
- Report (A report of - for example - the Dutch Donald Duck exhibition in the museum)
- Background check (History of a Duck-character. Who created him? Where does he appear?)
- Fan art (Comics and drawings by fans)
- Donaldistic research article (A typical Donaldistic research article. For example the history of Duckburg, or the discussion about its location, etc.)
- Interview with a fan or collector
I attached a preview cover, to give an idea of what an issue would look like.

I am also looking for editors who would like to write articles for the magazine, and conduct interviews with artists, fans, etc. If you are interested in writing, researching, drawing or if you feel like contributing to the magazine in any other way, please let me know!

http://i.imgur.com/oPNYy.jpg

The website is live! http://donaldinternational.com
We are still looking for contributors.

Quote from user: DebbieWhile I am not sure how much time I can contribute, I would be willing to help out. I am a big fan of Carl Barks, DuckTales and the Disney Ducks, I can draw the Ducks (and Mickey Mouse) fairly well, and would be happy to contribute some sort of written or drawn material.
Same goes for me.

Thanks for the replies. I sent Debbie and MrCleveland an email.
Since Dutch Duckfan Down Under didn't leave any contact info, could you send an email to sam [at] donaldinternational [dot] com, describing in what way you would like to contribute? We are still looking for writers, fan artists and ambassadors. For more information, check out our website: http://donaldinternational.com/. I look forward to hearing from you!
We are looking for writers: http://donaldinternational.com/82/we-are-looking-for-writers

Interesting idea. I will think about how I can help you)

Thanks for all the emails so far!

We already have ambassadors for the following countries: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Russia and Switzerland.
However, we're still looking for ambassadors of these countries:

- Denmark
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Spain
- Sweden
- USA
- So on and so forth...

Check the website for more information: http://donaldinternational.com/9/do-you-want-to-become-ambassador

Thanks!