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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everyone!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1/ Naples / Napoli</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First, my belated thanks to Harry for posting his
pictures from the Naples Comic Con:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much, Harry!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2/ </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Albums</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>>></FONT>They're called albums after the
fashion of European publishers to refer to their volumes of </DIV>
<DIV>>>>such features as Asterix and Lucky Luke as "albums". (At least,
that's </DIV>
<DIV>>>>what the promoters putting these books into the
English-speaking </DIV>
<DIV>>>>markets call them - I've no idea what they may be called in any
of the </DIV>
<DIV>>>>European languages.)</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Again, my apologies for replying only now. I kept
the message to reply but forgot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That is indeed how we call the Tintin, Astérix,
Lucky Luke, ... books.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3/ Guests</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry, I don't remember who mentioned him (and
don't feel like going-- nor have time to go-- through all the
messages): I'm not sure wehther Alan Moore would be interested in writing a
ducks story; if he did, it would probably be interesting, and surely along
the lines of Don Rosa stories, a reflection on the ducks driven by
logic (what would be the consequences of..., howcome..., why..., what oes
it mean to be a talking duck, ...)</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>He might
make-- and may have already made-- a reference to the ducks in another comic. He
did such a tribute to Walt Kelly in Swamp Thing, chapter 6 of "Love and
Death" ("Pog"; art by Shawn McManus; "The Saga of the Swamp Thing" # 32, January
1985; reprinted in DC Comics Vertigo's "Swamp Thing" book 2 (1990).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nils:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could you take a picture of your painting,
please? I'm curious to see Donald drawn that way. Nothing fancy, just clear
enough so we can make out the painting.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4/ Van Horn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I love Van Horn's stories, especially his
ten-pagers. Good as they may be in both formats, I think Don Rosa is at his best
writing adventures, and Van Horn doing ten-pagers. His very lively art &
dialogue are perfectly appropriate to the comedy genre. It's another kind
of Donald, and I like it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for Rumpus turning out to be Scrooge's
half-brother, Sigvald, I don't like the idea, but I wouldn't say "<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>This is definitive evidence that William Van Horn
is *not* as true a successor to Barks as Don Rosa". Van Horn doesn't betray
Barks' character since Barks' stories never mentioned Scrooge's parents; Van
Horn is expanding the on the universe, just as Don Rosa
does.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5/ Square Eggs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I liked you square egg investigation, Sigvald. Yet,
as Theresa pointed out, what about the ducks? If the ratio duck/square egg
is the same as that of human/regular egg, and square eggs are about the same
size as regular eggs, does this mean the ducks are about our size (as in
Disneyland)?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think they're smaller too, like
Hobbits.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6/ OT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sigvald:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>>></FONT>I did never mean to insult
Monsieur Gilles Maurice or any French by referring a current observation of
US</DIV>
<DIV>>>>attitudes. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have
caused for Monsieur Gilles Maurice or any other</DIV>
<DIV>>>>French readers of the DCML.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No offense taken-- as much as it may surprise you
Gilles: it seemed clear to me in Sigvald's message that he was *referring* to
the point of view of *some* people only, and not directly attacking
anyone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One thing however really bothered me: the syllogism
leading to "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>My guess is thus that Don Rosa
for the time being, would prefer to Work for Gemstone before Picsou"-- a
ridiculous assumption (whether you actually made that assumption or not,
Sigvald, the fact is, it read like you did).</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was no need to reply-- only Mr Rosa was
entitled to reply.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I didn't want to broach this way off-topic subject,
but I felt like I had to reply to Gilles' & Sigvald's replies.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>7/ Gemstone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary & John:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is naturally way too early for such decisions,
but maybe the possibility has already been studied at Gemstone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Besides new Albums (Keno Don Rosa, William Van
Horn, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro, Daan Jippes, ...), would it be possible
for Gemstone to make another Barks paintings book (with a deluxe and a cheaper
version), and to reprint the original Barks Library (since Russ Cochran works
with Gemstone)?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another suggestion: "Covers" books-- "Barks
Covers", "Don Rosa Covers", "Daan Jippes Covers", ...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To conclude, my belated thanks (again) to Per, for
maintaining the list!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Olivier</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS: I'll try and make another "MM Strips Notes"
update soon--- have you seen the one I made on Monday
17?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>