Various stuff (again)

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      BOB:  "The  early Mickey was a gutsy little competitor who never 
gave up.  Kinda like U$."
      You never said a truer word!  It occurs to me at this very moment 
that my interpretation of Mickey is remarkably similar to Scrooge in the 
LO$ before (in chapter six) he acquires his meanness and before greed 
becomes a strong influence.
      And who said that this Mickey was restricted to the early Mouse 
tales?  I'm having a high old time writing stories like that by the 
bushel these days.

      FREDRIK:  In German, Ellsworth = Moses.  I just found that one 
out.  Seriously... Moses?  Just how do they explain this one?  A wiseguy 
raven named after a Biblical prophet?  Aside from brains, they sure 
don't have much in common.  ;-)

      JORGEN:  The U$ "Black Diamond" story D91392 is drawn by 
Scalabroni, who has been mistaken for Branca before (see U$ 260 and the 
corrected information in U$ 262).  The eyes of his characters are what 
look different to me, even though the general linework is pretty similar 
in a lot of cases.  Branca DID, however, draw D93258.  Also, you mention 
an artist named "David" -- do you mean Xavi here?
- Mickey Mouse (D93040, 7 pages). Noel van Horn?
      This is not by Noel Van Horn.  Stefan Printz-Pahlson gave me 
correct credits recently, but I forgot them.  I'll find out again when I 
talk to him next week.  I'm hoping this artist will draw some of my 
Mickey stories.  And in English, D93040 was super.  Maybe it lost 
something in the translation:
      "Gosh, sorry!  I thought ya were someone else!"
      "Nope!  I've always been Goofy!"
      And:  "You're gonna keep time while you're doin' time from now 
on!"  (Spoken to the clock/robot)
      I notice that this week's DD has a Vicar story including the 
jet-black duck cannibals from WDC&S 34.  While they're surprisingly 
friendly in this story, they have not changed visually and I don't think 
we're going to see this story in the States.  Despite its fine art, 
that's not such a bad thing.  Geez, these guys even have feet which are 
black on top and yellow on the bottom.

      DAVE RAWSON and JOHN LUSTIG:  If the format of DONALD DUCK were to 
change, there would be some room for our stories.  The format was Bruce 
Hamilton's decision, and John Clark can't really make a case to change 
it because while many write in saying they don't like the format, few of 
them actually say what they would prefer to see to Taliaferro strips.  
You see, ironically BECAUSE of the restrictive format, few people 
actually know what great foreign stuff does exist.

      David Gerstein
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