Disney-comics digest #527.

James Williams James_Williams at ess.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov
Tue Dec 20 14:27:39 CET 1994


Jorgen wrote "In the earlier series there were made intermezzos by".
I've seen you mention those horrible intermezzos done in the Italian 
pocket books on multiple ocassions.  What exactly is an intermezzo?

Jorgen described a Detroit Electric:  "The cabin, or living room, has 
seats for four people. The front seats are heading backwards, and the 
back seats are heading forward. The driver is sitting in the back seat."
So there are two people sitting in front of the driver and facing 
them?  Where were the controls, just in the isle? 

Wilmer asked "[Bark's newest oil painting] appears to be a painting of
some kind of "money mine", with Scrooge hauling out carts full of
coins.  Has anyone seen this painting in more detail, or at least for
more than 3 seconds? What exactly is it all about? Is it an original
concept, or is it based on a Barks story?" I've seen the lithiograph
based on the oil painting.  Oddly enough, it and one based on "The
Golden Fleecing" appeared in the catalog for the Disney Store.  I
don't remember the name of the lithiograph, but I do distintly remember
not being able to tell which story it came from.  Scrooge and company
are standing in front of a gold mine inspecting a cart.  What's odd
is that the cart is full of gold coins instead of nuggets.

Harry wrote: "I'm eyeing a grouping of $crooge Comic, Photo of Carl, and 
his Autograph, all in a nice 11 x 14 frame under glass.  It's about the 
only thing close to my price range."  I've seen this and I thought it
was overpriced.  From what I remember, it isn't even a real issue of
US, just a facimilie made for this item.  If I remember correctly,
the comic is suppose to be "Only a Poor Old Man".

Don wrote: "Sorry... I do Disney comics. That means I'm among the only
freelance artists on earth who are not allowed to retain their art
despite the fact that it is our legal property."  I know this is a 
touchy subject with you and righfully so.  But, I like to know why
your artwork is your legal property.  I thought that when Egmont
purchased that artwork from you, that Egmont was now the legal owner of
the artwork.  Hence what happens at Egmont and Gladstone may be
immoral, it isn't illeagle.  I'm not trying to split hairs.  If Disney
is really breaking laws, then something should and can be done about it.
Also, a year ago, I would have agreed with you that Disney was unbeatable.
But recent events around here have shown that they can be forced to
change their policies.  Disney purchased land and got the proper
licenses to build a theme park in Virginia. But, the public
outcry and bad press against Disney was so bad that they changed
their minds and sold the land.  I'm pretty certain Disney lost
a bit of money in all of this.


James Williams



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