Finally, after waiting 23 years, a story I wrote and storyboarded for Oberon is being published in The Netherlands this week (2017-13), more than 15 years after having been published in Germany and even USA! "The Greatest Hoax of All Time" (H 94215B). What I think is my funniest 10-pager has Uncle Scrooge (Oom Dagobert) being tricked by practical Joker, Donald, into sending his entire fortune to a hiding place not on The Earth. Originally drawn very well by Jan Gulbransson, it has been re-penciled and re-inked by inferior artists at Comic-Up Studios in Spain. But,it's still funny and nice visually. Please let me know what you think of it.
I see they decided to use the same code for it as the original story (the B is added by inducks). Do you know if the version drawn by González is created recenty, or was both versions drawn back in the 90's ?
I have the Gulbransson version (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 691) in my collection. I've been saving it along with a few other similar-themed stories to read them on this April Fool's Day. I'm really curious, what was the reason for remaking the story?
I see they decided to use the same code for it as the original story (the B is added by inducks). Do you know if the version drawn by González is created recenty, or was both versions drawn back in the 90's ?
There is a long history attached to this story. This new Comic-Up version was drawn last year. The original art was misplaced in 1994, and couldn't be found. Jan Gulbransson sent photostats of his original inks to Oberon in 2001, after we found out why the story had not been published in The Netherlands after so long. Oberon's editors felt that the lines of the inking would not be very good quality, when taken from the photostats, so they again "shelved the story". Last year, they decided to have the story redrawn. I had hoped they would have a Comic-Up artist ink over the photocopy of Jan's pencils or a copy of the photostats, just to make the lines consistent. But, I guess that process might have too much excess "dirt" residue left over from the photo process, that would be too much work to clean it up.
Post by Monkey_Feyerabend on Mar 26, 2017 21:20:04 GMT
But the German printing was based on those photostats? I mean, they could not be that bad if the story was published (as I read from the inducks) in an Hall of Fame volume, and even in WDCS!
But the German printing was based on those photostats? I mean, they could not be that bad if the story was published (as I read from the inducks) in an Hall of Fame volume, and even in WDCS!
Very true! I thought the inked lines in all three German printings and the US printing were fine. But, apparently, The Dutch editors have higher inking quality standards. Personally, I like Jan's art a lot better than the re-drawing. But, I'm still glad they published the story in The Netherlands, even with a new artist.
A friend of mine collected Gladstone/Gemstone books and I had him look for WDCS 692. Luckily he had it and I got to read "The Greatest Hoax of All Time". It is really good and really funny. What a great story!
Rob, what other stories have you had published in the US?
A friend of mine collected Gladstone/Gemstone books and I had him look for WDCS 692. Luckily he had it and I got to read "The Greatest Hoax of All Time". It is really good and really funny. What a great story!
Rob, what other stories have you had published in the US?
Thanks! I haven't had much at all, published in USA, I'm afraid. I think that is the only story, and otherwise 3 or 4 one-page gags. They just don't know about me there, despite American, Byron Erickson having been my Editor at Gutenberhus/Egmont for a large portion of my 26 years working for Danish Disney Comics.
A friend of mine collected Gladstone/Gemstone books and I had him look for WDCS 692. Luckily he had it and I got to read "The Greatest Hoax of All Time". It is really good and really funny. What a great story!
Rob, what other stories have you had published in the US?
Thanks! I haven't had much at all, published in USA, I'm afraid. I think that is the only story, and otherwise 3 or 4 one-page gags. They just don't know about me there, despite American, Byron Erickson having been my Editor at Gutenberhus/Egmont for a large portion of my 26 years working for Danish Disney Comics.
Another story by me drawn by Jan Gulbransson has been printed in Dutch Donald Duck Extra 2017 Nr. 5 (May) - It should be on the shelf this week! It is D 2015 - 286, an 8-pager Junior Woodchucks (Jonge Woudlopers) story. It's title is "Misdaad in de maak", English title: "The Defective Detectives".
D 2014-132, a 10-pager where Donald and Gladstone tries to impress a new hottie was published last week too.
The story is not yet properly added to inducks, and so far only listed in the Norwegian Donald Duck & Co 14/2017
Why have you listed this story on THIS particular thread? Was the story written by me and drawn by Jan Gulbransson? The entry for that story has no creators listed. I don't recall having one of my stories having the code 2014-132. Jan and I have a story with the code: 2013-132. Jan's and my story, "The Marriage of Scrooge" has the code 2013-132. Could you have confused those 2 story codes?
The reason for my starting this thread was to alert any Dutch members of this forum, when stories by myself, (a fellow forum member, part-time resident in The Netherlands, and friend of several of our Dutch members), when my stories are currently on the shelves, or will be issued in next week's Dutch comic book issues. IF the story to which you refer, is a story by me or Jan Gulbransson, then it belongs here. But, IF SO, please let us know its title. If the Norwegian magazine's story is by other creators, please make a new thread for it, and title it using the name or names of that creator or those creators, and also please explain why that story is newsworthy that it has been published in Norway, and likely soon to be published in other Egmont countries.
I assume that the Norwegian story is titled: Villmarksbeilere (English: "Villmark's Suitors"), and was written by someone other than myself, and drawn by someone other than Jan Gulbransson.
Why have you listed this story on THIS particular thread?
I probably should have posted it in the other thread you made ..that is both for Dutch readers and generally about your stories. If this thread is only about storie in the the Dutch DD weekblad, I guess the post about the story in Donald Duck Extra is off topic too
I assume that the Norwegian story is titled: Villmarksbeilere (English: "Villmark's Suitors"), and was written by someone other than myself, and drawn by someone other than Jan Gulbransson.
The printed credits for D 2014-132 could of course be wrong, but the writing is credited to you:
That's Jan's drawing alright! What are the odds we'd get Egmont story nr. 132 BOTH in 2013 AND in 2014??? Still, I can't remember which story that is that I wrote. Donald and Gladstone fight each other trying to impress a new character (beautiful young woman). I think Daisy should also be in the story, to be jealous, and angry at both Donald and Gladstone. But, I just cant remember that story. I don't know why it isn't in Inducks COA already. I wish Egmont stories could also be entered into COA once the story is accepted and assigned a D number (as happens with our Dutch stories, once Sanoma assigns them an H number).
Can you give me any more information about this story, other than that small portion of its first page? I'd like to know which story it is to be able to tell Jan it is being printed. Jan and I have produced several Donald/Gladstone rival stories involving Daisy and another woman, and most of them took place in the outdoors,parks, the woods, etc. So, I can't recognise the story from that small panel portion. Can you scan the entire first page, and also give a synopsis of the storyline?