Disney-comics digest #679.

[Don Rosa]

>AUGIE:
        I draw the size that Egmont dictates its art be done -- I measure my
sheets with a guide that I prepared long ago, but I think the image area of
an entire page is about 12 1/2" X 18". The sheet of paper is somewhat larger
counting the borders. And I do each page in halves. This is smaller than
Barks and Block, though if Block ever manages to get on with Egmont, he'll
be required to reduce his page size. (Van Horn draws a bit larger due to
some understanding he had with a now-retired Egmont editor.) I have NO wish
to draw larger since my "work ethic" compels me to fill every iota of space
with as much "entertainment" as I possibly can cram in for the readers, and
the larger the space gets, the slower I would complete my work, filling the
larger areas with even more details.

DANNY:
        I could do a sequel to the MicroDucks easilly. Of course, my stories
take place in the past, so that's no problem. And even though I maintain
that $crooge died in 1967 and the MicroDucks said they'd be back in 8 years
after their first visit, that wouldn't be a problem either. Whose years were
they referring to? Our years or what they call years? Plus perhaps their
space travel would require much-much-faster-than-light speeds (and ANY
travel between our system and some other would require that)which would warp
their time values. PLUS smaller creatures operate on a much faster time
continuum than larger ones (that principal would take too much space here to
explain, but it's a fact). Obviously, I've put thought into this sequel
already, and it would be easy to do.
        I have it on my potential sequel list, but should I ever do it? If
someone at Egmont did a sequel several years back, good or bad, it would be
rather presumptious of me to do a separate sequel -- that would be rather
insulting to the other writer and artist, no? I should probably leave that
story alone -- there are LOTS of other Barks stories to do sequels to!

HARRY:
        The one-page gag in TEMPO magazine would be joint property between
Disney and TEMPO since it uses the TEMPO symbol. That would mean that no
other publication could use it, or would want to since the gag is based on
that symbol and would not make sense outside of TEMPO magazine. You'll need
to get a copy from Germany. As usual, I'll be lucky to get my own copy. I
haven't even been sent the last 2 or 3 "Rosa Library" albums yet!

ALL:
        That should be the last message I can send (unless I manage to get
one more in tonight sometime). I leave for my German tour tomorrow, and I
hope I can see as many of you folks as possible over there. If anyone has
some question they were on the verge of asking me, please ask NOW and maybe
I'll see it in tonight's Digest. If not, goodbye until around June 18.