Post by Spectrus on Feb 19, 2019 21:08:02 GMT
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few more De Vita volumes. After all he is still severely underpublished in the USA, despite being one of the 3-4 best Italian Disney artists and of eminent importance for characters such as Duck Avenger (he basically defined DA from 1971 to 1993), Arizona Goof (who's supposedly his favourite character) and the two profs Zachary Zapotek (actually invented by De Vita and introduced in two very impressive adventures) and Spike Marlin, not to mention legendary series like "Mickey-Kid", "Lords of the Galaxy" (hands down the best Disney space epic), "Once Upon a Time in America..." and the "Mouser Chronicles" - all of which really deserve being printed and cherished in the USA.
..."Lords of the Galaxy" might present a problem though, as only the first two chapters were drawn by De Vita. But maybe such collections could also be headlined by author names? In this case Giorgio Pezzin would be the thread that runs through all four stories. Same goes for "Once..." (two of the fourteen episodes weren't drawn by De Vita but instead by Silvia Ziche and Fabrizio Petrossi, respectively).
(If you don't believe me, just take a look at the Inducks Top 100 pages for each decade. Massimo De Vita has entries in the top 100 of the 60s, 70s (over twenty entries!), 80s (thirty! entries!), 90s (just under twenty), 00s (still over ten) and 10s! The only other artists to show such longevity are Scarpa and Cavazzano.)
This is the total list of all De Vita storys published in the US so far:
inducks.org/comp2.php?code=&keyw=&keywt=i&exactpg=&pg1=&pg2=&bro2=&bro3=&exactparts=&parts1=&parts2=&kind=0&rowsperpage=0&columnsperpage=0&hero=&xapp=&univ=&xa2=&creat=Massimo+De+Vita&creat2=&plot=&plot2=&writ=&writ2=&art=&art2=&ink=&ink2=&excludeCZ=on&pub1=&pub2=&zus=on&ser=&xref=&mref=&xrefd=&repabb=&repabbc=al&reppub1=&reppub2=&imgmode=1&vdesc2=on&vdesc=en&vus=on&sort1=auto
And this is the first 200 entries when I do the same search for William Van Horn:
inducks.org/comp2.php?code=&keyw=&keywt=i&exactpg=&pg1=&pg2=&bro2=&bro3=&exactparts=&parts1=&parts2=&kind=0&rowsperpage=0&columnsperpage=0&hero=&xapp=&univ=&xa2=&creat=William+Van+Horn&creat2=&plot=&plot2=&writ=&writ2=&art=&art2=&ink=&ink2=&excludeCZ=on&pub1=&pub2=&zus=on&ser=&xref=&mref=&xrefd=&repabb=&repabbc=al&reppub1=&reppub2=&imgmode=0&vdesc2=on&vdesc=en&vus=on&sort1=auto
I rest my case.
..."Lords of the Galaxy" might present a problem though, as only the first two chapters were drawn by De Vita. But maybe such collections could also be headlined by author names? In this case Giorgio Pezzin would be the thread that runs through all four stories. Same goes for "Once..." (two of the fourteen episodes weren't drawn by De Vita but instead by Silvia Ziche and Fabrizio Petrossi, respectively).
(If you don't believe me, just take a look at the Inducks Top 100 pages for each decade. Massimo De Vita has entries in the top 100 of the 60s, 70s (over twenty entries!), 80s (thirty! entries!), 90s (just under twenty), 00s (still over ten) and 10s! The only other artists to show such longevity are Scarpa and Cavazzano.)
This is the total list of all De Vita storys published in the US so far:
inducks.org/comp2.php?code=&keyw=&keywt=i&exactpg=&pg1=&pg2=&bro2=&bro3=&exactparts=&parts1=&parts2=&kind=0&rowsperpage=0&columnsperpage=0&hero=&xapp=&univ=&xa2=&creat=Massimo+De+Vita&creat2=&plot=&plot2=&writ=&writ2=&art=&art2=&ink=&ink2=&excludeCZ=on&pub1=&pub2=&zus=on&ser=&xref=&mref=&xrefd=&repabb=&repabbc=al&reppub1=&reppub2=&imgmode=1&vdesc2=on&vdesc=en&vus=on&sort1=auto
And this is the first 200 entries when I do the same search for William Van Horn:
inducks.org/comp2.php?code=&keyw=&keywt=i&exactpg=&pg1=&pg2=&bro2=&bro3=&exactparts=&parts1=&parts2=&kind=0&rowsperpage=0&columnsperpage=0&hero=&xapp=&univ=&xa2=&creat=William+Van+Horn&creat2=&plot=&plot2=&writ=&writ2=&art=&art2=&ink=&ink2=&excludeCZ=on&pub1=&pub2=&zus=on&ser=&xref=&mref=&xrefd=&repabb=&repabbc=al&reppub1=&reppub2=&imgmode=0&vdesc2=on&vdesc=en&vus=on&sort1=auto
I rest my case.