From RoC

Tue May 17 12:06:11 CEST 1994

Bill Wright and "An Education for Thursday"
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 David:
>        I hope to clear up a few things about the Gottfredson story
>"An Education for Thursday."
>[...]
>        As far as I can figure out, Norway's special edition used the
>48-page 1950 version, with SOME added art by Bill Wright, but in fact
>very little.  It's important to note that the original version of
>"Thursday" was INKED by Bill Wright... so the style isn't SO
>different.  But if you compare the 1950 version with Wright's "MM and
>Pluto Battle the Giant Ants" of the same year, the difference is
>clear.

 Thanks, I guess I owe Norwegian DD an apology: the 1950 story is a
re-lay-outed version of the original 1940 strips. And in December, 1950
came a follow-up (panels are shown on the back of Norwegian issue)
where Mickey and Goofy, the Great Totem, visit Thursday and Friday,
by Bill Wright alone?

Daniel "DozenTrip" (a joke in German:)
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 Daniel:
>Hi everybody,
>[...................;]
>Did anyone notice that Gyro has *human* feet?
>
>Ulp! I realize that I have just written a sort of digest myself. Does my
>very long comment anger anyone? It's very long because I have to
>comment on lots of digests at once. I heard that some people here have to
>pay per byte, and I just don't want them selling their houses or cancel
>their vacations due to the costs they have to make for this.
>I hope you all will accept me on this list, if you don't... let me know.
>But if you do... see you next time! (About a couple of weeks.)

 Hi Daniel. Don't worry about the length of your letters: If you only
post twice a month, you are entitled to go on and on and on... :)
That's what I do anyway:

TRDitW
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 Don:
>        The "official" Egmont title to Lo$ #11 WAS "The Richest Duck in
>the World". Sometimes Byron and I don't quite agree on everything, but
>he's the boss; he chose that as the title for #11 and the title for #12
>will be "The Recluse of McDuck Mansion". If I ultimately decide I don't
>like those titles, I'll suggest others to Gladstone and see what they
>think when it comes time for them to reprint them. "TRDitW" has a very
>special ring to it, and I wanted that as the title of the final chapter;
>my title for #11 was "The Empire-Builder from Calisota".

 I think Byron is right, the title fits better that way, though the
"the-Somebody-of-Somewhere" title rule is bent a little.
Apparently they see chapter 11 as the end and chapter 12 as an epilog.
 I am looking forward to read the whole story again from start to end;
you wouldn't know when the last chapter is scheduled in Denmark?

>        By the way, are you saying that you've mailed those comics to me
>now? By air-mail? I look forward to receiving them! I'm sure you
>included your address so I can send you some CAPTAIN KENTUCKYs... but
>don't you want more, such as postage???

 I sent the WHITMANs this Friday, so they'll be back home soon.
Unless CAPTAIN KENTUCKY can fly over here by hisself, you'll have to
pay postage too. Throw in some rocks and wrap it all in used drawing
paper, if it makes you feel better=)

Young Americans
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 Mikko:
>    They also published a fan-letter right after your 'first'
>    story (not Son Of the Sun) in Finland was published. The
>    writer asked who the incredible artist-with-odd-style was
>    and they answered it was 'young American called Don Rosa.'

 I already mentioned two stories about a Norwegian viking, Grote Pyr
("Big Pete"), by Dutch artist Dick Matena here. A third album, drawn
in a much later style, and first published in 1988(?) is called...
"De Zoon van de Zon". Can you correct me on the date, Harry?

Eisner Awards:
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 Fabio:
>Instead, my vote would go to Roberta Gregory. Like her previous works on
>Wimmen's Comix, Naughty Bits by R.G. (published by Fantagraphics) is a
>really excellent read. Try it!!

 Would she be related to 'our' Bob Gregory?

Quiz
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 Norwegian DD runs a question each week in issues #16-21, with a
Barks lithography for prize. The first 5 questions are here:

1) Has both Carl Barks and Don Rosa done a Donald Duck story, where
   part of the action takes place in Norway?

2) Has Donald Duck #1/1948 - the first Norwegian Donald book - been
   reprinted more than one time?

3) Has Donald's dog, Bolivar, had the same name ever since he appeared
   in the March 1949 issue of Donald?

4) Is Grandma Duck a grandchild to Cornelius Coot?

5) Is the Phantom Blot 60 years old this year.

 ... more will follow.

Don Rosa: "Egmont is a @#$#&% big company"