Post by RobbK1 on Aug 11, 2017 7:47:13 GMT
Ok, let us clarify the situation more precisely. Sorry for such a long OT!
The magazine traditionally devoted to Brazilian and Northern European stories was Mega Almanacco, then renamed Mega 2000 in the 90's and Mega 3000 (and briefly Disney Comics) in the early 2000's. In this magazine the stories often had their dialogues re-arranged, maybe even changed. Moreover, starting from the late 90's Mega even re-edited those 4-strip stories into the 3-strips format! So RobbK, you may wanna have a better look at those stories of yours published in the early 2000's in Italy, they are most probably presented on 3-strips. (And maybe even with dialogues slightly different from what you wrote!)
This year, after some ten years of absence, the magazine has been rebooted with the original name of Mega Almanacco (and the original cover art by Rota from the 80's). But so far they have only republished stories that appeared in the previous version of the magazine, with the same translations and the same 3-strip re-editing. There is no sign that they will start translating all the stuff produced in the last ten years by Egmont. But that could change, of course. None is in the mind of the publisher.
Important remark: Mega did not publish the most famous creators, such as Barks, Rosa, Rota, Jippes, Kinney, the late D-coded Scarpa. These authors - together with a few selected stories by Branca, Veraghen, Korhonen - received a better treatment. They were published in Zio Paperone or in the monographical I Maestri Disney, two magazines conceived for adult collectors, hence having the greatest respect for the original source. Nowadays, the role of Zio Paperone and I Maestri Disney is played respectively by the magazines Uack! and Tesori International. But even these two new magazines so far did not present unpublished material.
To sum up: Panini is taking back foreign Disney authors into Italian magazines (which is very good!) But for the moment relying only on old material - re-edited or not depending on the reputation of the author - already seen before 2008.