UNCLE SCROOGE AND THE MAN WHO DREW DUCKS is the lead story in Uncle Scrooge #400. It was written by Rudy Salvagnini and drawn by Giorgio Cavazzano. I really enjoyed this story and thought it was both very clever and original. It was fun to read and captured many nostalgic moments for me. The ending was great!
Usually I mostly limit myself to just Barks and Rosa. I saw a few preview pages of this on Boom's site, though, and it made me curious enough to stop at a comic store and grab a copy. I'm glad I did. They only had one copy left which was the deluxe version with Carl's Money Lake painting on the cover. With that cover and this first story I'm very pleased!
It's a different kind of premise with Carl in the story but very tastefully done. I'm curious what other's think.
Patrick
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Patrick Hanifin
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Message 1 -
2011-03-04 at 21:14:31
Charlie Brown
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Message 2 -
2011-03-05 at 10:37:28
I read the story in a German book years ago. You post motivated me to read it again today.
It's a nice story. I like especially all the small reminders to Barks work. And - you're right - a really good ending. A good way to keep the real life and comic life together and apart in once.
It's a nice story. I like especially all the small reminders to Barks work. And - you're right - a really good ending. A good way to keep the real life and comic life together and apart in once.
Coolwater
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2011-03-05 at 11:03:11
The story is a nice homage to Carl Barks. And Giorgio Cavazzano is the greatest Italian Disney artist of all time. Blessed shall he be!
MustangRockstar
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Message 4 -
2011-03-05 at 16:54:46
I enjoyed it. Thought it was pretty clever.
Casmiki
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2011-03-05 at 18:40:42
The literal translation is available here http://www.papersera.net/public_html2/yabbfiles/Attachments/Luomo_dei_paperi.txt . This translation isn't written in proper english (i.e. "for interview you" instead of "to interview you") but it helps to find out the differences between the original and the "free translation" (in the sense of "not literal translation") by David Gerstain.
The translation is acceptable and I'm very happy they've decided to publish this story to celebrate the issue #400 of U$. However, confronting the original with the translated version (first 6 pages), I found out some changes that I don't understand:
- "In the space-time of our wishes" became "In an universe close, close to ours". In my opinion the original was better for the reference to the wishes of the reader.
-at page 3 the newspaper's content was changed (in the original the newspaper stated "Uncle Scrooge waited in Venice for the Film Festival!!"), perhaps to avoid references to Italian culture.
In other pages (I've read only the first six pages of the translated version) there are many changes but often and luckily the general meaning of the dialogue hasn't been altered. I've to admit that in many cases the script has been improved by the translator, for example it's better "Everybody hates me, and I hate everybody" (a quotation by Barks) than "Don't you like it? This is the face that I deserve to my debtors!" (literal translation). But IMHO the best translations are faithful ones (I got angry when in italian Floyd Gottfredson Library the kumquats were translated as "naftalina" ("moth balls") to respect the italian tradition (and the philology?)!), though the work of rewriting of Gerstein has improved the story.
The translation is acceptable and I'm very happy they've decided to publish this story to celebrate the issue #400 of U$. However, confronting the original with the translated version (first 6 pages), I found out some changes that I don't understand:
- "In the space-time of our wishes" became "In an universe close, close to ours". In my opinion the original was better for the reference to the wishes of the reader.
-at page 3 the newspaper's content was changed (in the original the newspaper stated "Uncle Scrooge waited in Venice for the Film Festival!!"), perhaps to avoid references to Italian culture.
In other pages (I've read only the first six pages of the translated version) there are many changes but often and luckily the general meaning of the dialogue hasn't been altered. I've to admit that in many cases the script has been improved by the translator, for example it's better "Everybody hates me, and I hate everybody" (a quotation by Barks) than "Don't you like it? This is the face that I deserve to my debtors!" (literal translation). But IMHO the best translations are faithful ones (I got angry when in italian Floyd Gottfredson Library the kumquats were translated as "naftalina" ("moth balls") to respect the italian tradition (and the philology?)!), though the work of rewriting of Gerstein has improved the story.
Lars Jensen
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2011-03-05 at 22:46:46
Casmiki, the reason much of the Barks dialogue has been changed in the American version is because David Gerstein chose to use Barks' actual words (from various interviews Barks gave).
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