Sigurdur and Mikko / Dutch DD Weekly this week

[Harry Fluks]

Sigurdur:
> I was kinda surprised when I saw that the last chapter of the LO$ saga 
> appeared in the Icelandic issue.

I think it was published in Denmark and Norway too. Only in Sweden they have
to wait till Christmas. So feel free to write about it, maybe after saying
"spoiler" - for us poor American, Swedish and Dutch members.

> Concerning Gladstones relation to Scrooge, you asked me what were the exact
> stories I were talking about.

I remember at least two Barks stories: Race to the South Seas (where 
Gladstone's relation with Scrooge is first explained) and the 10-page story
about the rainbow's end (WDC 155 if I'm not wrong). The latter had been
used in a re-make drawn by Tony Strobl (quite a good story on its own, IMHO).

Mikko:
> The second story, 'in darkest africa' is by Barks from 1948. The story 
> code is 'M.O.C. 20'.

This stands for (Boys' and Girls') March Of Comics. A rare 'giveaway'
comic. The original stats appear to be lost.

> Some of the panels are definetely fixed. They look
> like somebody else inked 'em. He didn't do very good job, because  
> he used much bolder lines than Barks. 

The story was entirely re-inked by the Dutch in the early 80s. (We 
discussed this here before, but failed to put the results of the discussion
in an ftp file.) Daan Jippes started the re-inking in about 1980. He did
the first 4 pages (and a few more, according to David Gerstein, who can
actually see the difference between Vlottes' and Jippes' inking style!).
After that, he left the Dutch Disney editor and went to America. The Dutch
couldn't find anyone better than Dick Vlottes to re-ink the rest.
The story was published in Holland in 1982. Apart from the re-inking, one
panel (showing a close-up of the cannibals) was removed.
In Another Rainbow's Carl Barks Library, this version of the story is used,
but with some extra censoring: on the remaining panels the cannibals got
more 'civilised' lips and teeth.
I understand it is this CBL version that is being reprinted in Scandinavia.

BTW: This week's issue of the Dutch DD Weekly was also a "60 years" issue.
No trace of a Rosa story (of course..), but an almost all-Heymans issue.
The comic opens with a special 60-years story where Donald sees Duckburg
and its inhabitants after having slept for 20 years.
Then ANOTHER Heymans story, a very good one! Not a special 60-years story,
though.
The back cover has a Heymans gag every week. In this week's gag, Donald
meets Peter Pig after a long time. They exchange experiences: Donald has
been a film star without having any money left, Peter became a computer
expert, and has big houses and a lot of money. The gag ends with Donald
saying "I've got a belly ache again"...

--Harry

Harry         PTT Research       ()_()     Dutch computer expert 8-)
Fluks         Leidschendam        (_)      H.W.Fluks at research.ptt.nl

              "Yeah... I've _heard_ of coral barques!"