Post by That Duckfan on Aug 3, 2021 15:04:14 GMT
In the history of Disney comics, many popular titles have evolved so drastically that their original forms have become almost unrecognisable. The French and Italian weeklies started out in newspaper format back in the 1930s, and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories was originally an all-color comic-filled makeover of the popular monthly Mickey Mouse Magazine. In some of these cases, the changeover from one format to another was gradual, but it's still possible to point to an issue #1.
Enter Donald Duck Extra, a 32-page quad-weekly magazine that has been a mainstay in the Netherlands for well over thirty years. INDUCKS lists its first issue from January 1987, and following the cover gallery we can see that it celebrated its 10th anniversary in June 1997, its 20th anniversary in 2005, and its 30th anniversary in October 2016. Curious.
It's not as though we're talking ancient history. A number of senior editors in the 2010s had been with the department since the '70s or '80s. They were around when the title was launched. Why the confusion?
When did Donald Duck Extra launch?
To understand what's going on, we have to start in early 1982, when a bi-annual magazine called Stripgoed was first launched. In its early days, Stripgoed published mainly Italian stories of circa 30 pages, with a front cover by Mark de Jonge. The title of the magazine alternated between Op avontuur met Donald Duck and Op avontuur met Dagobert Duck, printing either Donald or Scrooge stories. These were later bundled into a title called Disney Avonturen. By early 1984, Stripgoed was successful enough that it began to run monthly. This was made explicit the following year, when #24 gained the sub-heading Nr. 1, januari 1985. Stripgoed lasted for 47 issues, folding in December of 1986.
In order to drum up some interest in Donald Duck Extra's final issue of 1999, it was advertized as the 175th issue. The same was done with #10-2005, the 250th issue. But according to INDUCKS, they're only the 165th and 240th issue of the magazine, respectively. Where did the other ten come from?
On the back cover of Stripgoed 2-1986, a complete makeover of the magazine was announced. Starting in March, Stripgoed would be rechristened Donald Duck Extra. The commencement issue of March 1986 was added as a freebie to readers of the Donald Duck weekly. Donald Duck Extra was essentially a totally different magazine from its predecessor, with a different header, a different cover artist, and filled with 10-15 page stories from Denmark, rather than Italy. However, the remaining ten issues of 1986 were still subtitled Stripgoed #38-47 and listed as such in the indices. Essentially, they belonged to both titles, until Stripgoed finally disappeared completely by year's end.
The start of Donald Duck Extra, for all intents and purposes, begins on 10 March 1986. And a happy 35 years it has been.
Enter Donald Duck Extra, a 32-page quad-weekly magazine that has been a mainstay in the Netherlands for well over thirty years. INDUCKS lists its first issue from January 1987, and following the cover gallery we can see that it celebrated its 10th anniversary in June 1997, its 20th anniversary in 2005, and its 30th anniversary in October 2016. Curious.
It's not as though we're talking ancient history. A number of senior editors in the 2010s had been with the department since the '70s or '80s. They were around when the title was launched. Why the confusion?
When did Donald Duck Extra launch?
To understand what's going on, we have to start in early 1982, when a bi-annual magazine called Stripgoed was first launched. In its early days, Stripgoed published mainly Italian stories of circa 30 pages, with a front cover by Mark de Jonge. The title of the magazine alternated between Op avontuur met Donald Duck and Op avontuur met Dagobert Duck, printing either Donald or Scrooge stories. These were later bundled into a title called Disney Avonturen. By early 1984, Stripgoed was successful enough that it began to run monthly. This was made explicit the following year, when #24 gained the sub-heading Nr. 1, januari 1985. Stripgoed lasted for 47 issues, folding in December of 1986.
In order to drum up some interest in Donald Duck Extra's final issue of 1999, it was advertized as the 175th issue. The same was done with #10-2005, the 250th issue. But according to INDUCKS, they're only the 165th and 240th issue of the magazine, respectively. Where did the other ten come from?
On the back cover of Stripgoed 2-1986, a complete makeover of the magazine was announced. Starting in March, Stripgoed would be rechristened Donald Duck Extra. The commencement issue of March 1986 was added as a freebie to readers of the Donald Duck weekly. Donald Duck Extra was essentially a totally different magazine from its predecessor, with a different header, a different cover artist, and filled with 10-15 page stories from Denmark, rather than Italy. However, the remaining ten issues of 1986 were still subtitled Stripgoed #38-47 and listed as such in the indices. Essentially, they belonged to both titles, until Stripgoed finally disappeared completely by year's end.
The start of Donald Duck Extra, for all intents and purposes, begins on 10 March 1986. And a happy 35 years it has been.