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Mostre, Fiere e esposizioni / Re: Raduno Papersera

« il: Mercoledì 20 Apr 2011, 08:44:05 »

Sono gia' sei le richieste di libro da parte da chi non aveva detto di volerlo nei tempi previsti...), e io tenderei a privilegiare le richieste secondo quest'ordine:

1. Chi ha partecipato alla realizzazione del libro

Qui! Qui! *faccio un cenno*

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In English / "Zio Paperon - Progetto DUCK" book

« il: Giovedì 1 Dic 2011, 21:43:40 »

Hey guys,

does anyone here own the "Progetto DUCK" book (Don Rosa's Lo$) and could do a hi-res 300 dpi scan of the cover for me?
http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=IC+TD++++9

Now, the problem with the silver cover is that it's not very easy to scan without showing up in black. So, here's a trick: If you *do* have it and can scan it, please lay some clear plastic folder/sheet protector thingy on the scanner (something like this) or put the book in a comic protection bag before scanning it. This will make you able to scan the book without problems from the shiny silver cover because the plastic helps to remove the glare.

Thank you very much in advance, any help would be greatly appreciated. (It's for the "Don Rosa Collection" book set.)

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Martedì 9 Ott 2012, 23:02:49 »

For all of you who are still undecided on whether or not to buy the Don Rosa Classics books, here's a quick hands on with the first two classics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw0LWcwx6Eo

Orders (and preorders for the third book) are open till Friday night at http://www.indiegogo.com/donrosa-art?a=148782.

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Sabato 15 Set 2012, 01:23:31 »

It means that he got too old around the 1900, doesn't it? If I'm not mistaken, then the Italian version "translates" this terribly, saying that the age limitation is from 0 to 99 years old, and implying that Scrooge is much older than 100! It has always been so odd to read!

Yes, it means what you assumed. The translator was either just careless and didn't read correctly, or he/she had no idea that the stories are supposed to be set in the 1950s and thought that "turn of the century" couldn't possibly mean 19th century/20th century, but Scrooge's age instead.

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Sabato 8 Set 2012, 01:05:47 »

Hey everyone! We've got a new exciting project for you that will mark the final chapter in the "Don Rosa Classics" series. Here's the info mail that went out to all buyers of the first two Classics earlier tonight:

Dear Don Rosa fans and friends,

I'm very happy to let you know that both DR Classics books are now being printed and will be shipped, just like planned, in October. Both Don and I are very proud of the result and we hope you are going to enjoy the classics. (I can't wait to get the first copies myself!)

Thank you so much again for having made this possible!

But ... we've got one more thing for you! (No, no iPhone 5.)

Today it is my great pleasure to announce the third and last book in the "Don Rosa Classics" series: "The Early (So-Called) Art of Don Rosa"

This book was planned even before we thought of PP and CK, but now we're finally getting around to doing it. This is going to be a must read for any Don Rosa fan (even for those who didn't buy the first two Classics because of the old Norwegian editions). We'll include ALL of Don's fanzine illustrations from "Rocket's Blast Comicollector" etc., all of which have NEVER been reprinted before in a collected format! You'll see a variety of comics from Don's childhood and youth, cartoons he did for his school and college papers, ads, covers, newsletter mastheads and MUCH more. This book will be about 300 pages (probably even more), a lot of them in color (we'll do ALL illustrations in color that Don originally did in color and still has a color copy of). And of course, this comes directly from Don's own archive, so all art will look absolutely stunning! When I first saw the material that is now going to be in this book, even I was excited (and I've known Don long enough to not get excited sooo easily), so I'm sure you might want to check this out, too!

http://www.indiegogo.com/donrosa-art?a=148782

We've once again started an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, and all contributions will be directly used for this book (it is somewhat more expensive to produce than the last ones since it has more color pages and more pages in general). And again, there are some exclusive limited goodies as well (e.g. postcards, a limited CK print etc.). For those of you missed out on one of the items from the last campaign, we're offering them again here (while stocks last) and they'll be shipped as soon as they arrive in October. The new artbook will be ready in early 2013, probably February (we haven't started working on it yet, so it takes some time). It will be the same size as PP and have the same cover design style, so it will be a perfect conclusion to this series. Samples of the contents are available on the "gallery" part of the campaign page and will be updated regularly.

Oh, and there are even two packages that include an ebook of the FULL Information Centers!! Read all of Don's old question and answer columns, all of which have NEVER been reprinted!

Shipping is, once again, included to all destinations! And this time, all contributions are even TWICE as valuable. Why is that?

This campaign is part of a competition run by Indiegogo and the German branch of Google for Entrepreneurs (that's why the currency is EUR this time, I couldn't change that). And every campaign that reaches its goal and gains a high enough "GoGo Factor" will get it's goal matched by Google (until they've given out all of their 150,000 EUR award money). Which means: If we reach the 10,000 goal, we'll get another 10,000 by Google!!!

In the preparation of the DR Classics, I've started a small startup comic book publishing company, and this award money would be *incredible* helpful for future projects (to cover license and printing costs etc.). So if you like what I'm doing with the Rosa Classics, PLEASE preorder the new book and spread the word with the link given above. ALL tweets and Facebook shares done on the campaign page help us get a higher "GoGo Factor", and if this campaign is just half as successful as the one for the first two books, I'm sure we'll rock this competition! Together we can make this happen!

http://www.indiegogo.com/donrosa-art?a=148782

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask, I'll be very happy to give you any information I can.

Thank you very much again for being a supporter of the Don Rosa Classics, it's deeply appreciated!

Best wishes,
Jano

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Martedì 31 Lug 2012, 23:30:15 »

There's an interesting question in there that I recently came across on German Wikipedia where people weren't sure whether Glomgold is really an "Englishman", as that's how Scrooge calls him in your The Terror of the Transvaal (either that, or your free indirect speech in textboxes does it there, as I remember most of the time in the original English, Scrooge calls him an Afrikaaner), or if "Englishman" is just a Scotsman's insult for the Boer that Glomgold really is? I figured the latter.

Uh... where did you read that? This is certainly neither the case in the completely overhauled DRC translation nor in the corrected blue 2008 hardback edition. You're obviously refering to that very last panel of the story. Both times, I used "and a devious African called... Flintheart Glomgold". What sense would it make to refer to him as an Englishman? I don't have the previous editions at hand at the moment since I'm not at home, but if he was called that there, it was clearly a translation problem.

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Sabato 28 Lug 2012, 08:56:42 »

Here's a rendering of a Pertwillaby book stack:



... and a five pages preview on German site MyComics.de:
http://mycomics.de/comics/funny/don-rosa-classics-complete-pertwillaby-papers.html

Preorders are open till Wednesday.

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Giovedì 19 Lug 2012, 20:16:29 »

By the way: There are two more weeks to preorder the new editions of "The Pertwillaby Papers" and "Captain Kentucky" that Don mentioned earlier in this thread.

http://www.indiegogo.com/donrosa?a=148782

Might be a good opportunity for all of you who bought Andamar's Italian paperback edition of CK back in 2006 and always wanted to know how the story continues in the remaining 100 strips. (This time, it's all English, of course, not Italian -- but maybe some of you are interested in these books anyway?)

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Sabato 14 Lug 2012, 01:23:07 »

il Don parlerà e risponderà a tanti in simil-conferenze stampa.

Well, there isn't actually anything happening besides the actual signing sessions. Don will - and always has - use all of his time for doing signatures and drawings. There'll probably be some interviews for local press etc. before or after some of these, but nothing public, and certainly no public talk rounds in front of a crowd or something.

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Don Rosa

« il: Mercoledì 13 Apr 2011, 19:52:04 »

Finally ready and on-line, sunday's Q&A session!

http://www.vimeo.com/22336330

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

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Commenti sugli autori / Re: Francesco Artibani

« il: Giovedì 9 Ago 2012, 20:34:37 »

Hi Francesco!

Do you know whom I could contact regarding Foreign Rights for "Monster Allergy"? I've loved the series since the first Carlsen newsstand issues, and if the German translation rights aren't with my friends at Egmont anymore, I'd really love to do a reboot of the series in paperback collection form at my newly founded independent comic book publishing company.

Best wishes,
Jano