I think part of the Fantomius intrigue is due to its connection to the Duck Avenger - Gervasio places a lot of cues towards Martina in the stories like that Latin motto or the Sleeping Beauty painting. And those Duck Avenger stories mostly haven't been released in English yet.
Not saying It's impossible to understand the Fantomius stories without having read the Paperinik stories first, but it helps to have that knowledge so stuff makes more sense.
I wonder if I have the timeline wrong; don't the Fantomius stories take place in the 1920s and the Paperinik stories come historically later?
You're right, the Paperinik / Duck Avenger stories were written first. Fantomius was originally a minor character that served as an origin for the Duck Avenger lore. Only in the last ten years did Gervasio develop him into a full-fledged character, for his own period piece spin-off.
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Can we please get some nice 4-tier comics in an upcoming Scarpa volume? Such as:
D/E 2000-003 - A Quiet Day at the Beach F JM 98235 - It's a Wonderful Christmas Story D 99156 - History Re-Petes Itself (although this one apparently just got reprinted in the Disney One Saturday Morning Adventures book. Huh?)
Can we please get some nice 4-tier comics in an upcoming Scarpa volume? Such as:
D/E 2000-003 - A Quiet Day at the Beach F JM 98235 - It's a Wonderful Christmas Story D 99156 - History Re-Petes Itself (although this one apparently just got reprinted in the Disney One Saturday Morning Adventures book. Huh?)
As editor, I needed stories that captured the spirit of the Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse programs, which were an integral part of the One Saturday Morning block. Sadly, there were never any official comics tie-ins to those programs, and only one actual comic story—Jippes' "Donald's Lighthouse"—was ever even adapted directly from one of the shorts on them, so I had to find some more.
Beyond the Jippes Donald story, I chose the other stories based on the following criteria. I wanted:
• a Mickey conflict with Mortimer (which became "Sabotage at Sea") • a Goofy story that opened like a How To-type situation, then went in a different direction, often with a modern or hi-tech theme ("How to Succeed Online") • a Big Bad/Li'l Bad Wolf story, since BBW was a regular on House of Mouse and—with Li'l Wolf—was the only character outside of the main gang to have a new short of his own there • ...and a Mickey drama with Peg Leg Pete and the extended cast, ideally drawn by a fan favorite artist: to attract traditionalists to this very un-traditional book. I'd already prepared "History Re-Petes Itself" for an upcoming Scarpa Masters, but realized this book needed it more, so in it went...
I was a little sorry, as "Re-Petes" had been my own only collaboration with Scarpa. I'd really wanted it in a Masters. But One Saturday Morning Adventures was a sentimental book for me too: it would be the only time I could publish much material related to Pepper Ann, a TV cartoon created by a personal friend, unveiled to the public at a 1997 animation convention where I'd been at the presentation.
So—at least I got to share some creative space with my old friend and her character again.
Ramapith Thank you for explaining the inclusion of "History Re-Petes Itself" in the Disney One Saturday Morning Adventures book. It makes perfect sense. I wasn't familiar with Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse.
Would anyone like any of these three series being included in a potential Ferioli Disney Masters volume? If so, which one would you prefer?
Shambor Millennium Orb Mythos Island
I LOVE Cesar's artworks (who doesn't) and I think that Patrick (McGreal) was a great author. And both are great people with whom you could talk and talk about their work (and not only). But, I am not really fond of Disney fantasy comic stories (or even fantasy stories in general, I guess), so I'd rather not have them collected. Yet, I know they are widely appreciated, just not my cup of tea.
I'm actually with sim, here. I also enjoy McGreal's writing and love Ferioli's art, but I'm not enthusiastic about any of these fantasy series. I would love to see a Ferioli Disney Masters volume, though! Top requests: Maya Astrup's Unlucky in Luck and Twice Upon a Time, Per Hedman's The Substitutes (one of my top three favorite AMJ stories), Dave Rawson's Vacation Brake (European raters on Inducks don't get this story because they've never seen autumn in Vermont!), the McGreals' Key to the Loch, and Don Markstein's King of the Bungaloos Strikes Back.
Would anyone like any of these three series being included in a potential Ferioli Disney Masters volume? If so, which one would you prefer?
Shambor Millennium Orb Mythos Island
Shambor is by far the best of them. Millenium Orb was interesting as a running series of slightly interconnected standalone stories, but it doesn't work that well as a serial. Mythos island is just mediocre in general.
Can we please get some nice 4-tier comics in an upcoming Scarpa volume? Such as:
D/E 2000-003 - A Quiet Day at the Beach F JM 98235 - It's a Wonderful Christmas Story D 99156 - History Re-Petes Itself (although this one apparently just got reprinted in the Disney One Saturday Morning Adventures book. Huh?)
As editor, I needed stories that captured the spirit of the Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse programs, which were an integral part of the One Saturday Morning block. Sadly, there were never any official comics tie-ins to those programs, and only one actual comic story—Jippes' "Donald's Lighthouse"—was ever even adapted directly from one of the shorts on them, so I had to find some more.
Beyond the Jippes Donald story, I chose the other stories based on the following criteria. I wanted:
• a Mickey conflict with Mortimer (which became "Sabotage at Sea") • a Goofy story that opened like a How To-type situation, then went in a different direction, often with a modern or hi-tech theme ("How to Succeed Online") • a Big Bad/Li'l Bad Wolf story, since BBW was a regular on House of Mouse and—with Li'l Wolf—was the only character outside of the main gang to have a new short of his own there • ...and a Mickey drama with Peg Leg Pete and the extended cast, ideally drawn by a fan favorite artist: to attract traditionalists to this very un-traditional book. I'd already prepared "History Re-Petes Itself" for an upcoming Scarpa Masters, but realized this book needed it more, so in it went...
I was a little sorry, as "Re-Petes" had been my own only collaboration with Scarpa. I'd really wanted it in a Masters. But One Saturday Morning Adventures was a sentimental book for me too: it would be the only time I could publish much material related to Pepper Ann, a TV cartoon created by a personal friend, unveiled to the public at a 1997 animation convention where I'd been at the presentation.
So—at least I got to share some creative space with my old friend and her character again.
The Mickey/Goofy/Donald stories plus the Winnie the Pooh material are what sold me on “One Saturday Morning Adventures”, as I really had little to no emotional connection to most of the shows in that block. That and the quality of the Disney Afternoon Adventures material are what made me take a chance on what is actually quite a fun book. Not all of it is my thing, but I did quite enjoy some of the Pepper Ann, Doug and Recess material more than I thought I would.
I'd love to see a Midthun Disney Masters volume collecting the Norwegian Christmas Special stories out so far. With an interview of the creators, specifying among other things where in Rosa's Life & Times they see their historical stories fitting in. Plus an essay by someone else who admires the stories but points out where they don't accord with Rosa here and there, and also compares them to other stories written since L&T attempting to fill out Scrooge's backstory. Korhonen's, of course, which are much more intentionally making free with the Rosa storyline, using it or discarding it at will; but also other stories from the Netherlands, Egmont or Italy. And saying how the post-Rosa stories on Scrooge's life all at least are written in conscious counterpoint to Rosa, and how that makes them different from pre-L&T stories focusing on Scrooge's early life (Saidenberg! Martina, Pavese? Vic Lockman?!). Different, at least, in their reception.
But the stories are of course far more important than the commentary! Among other reasons, I like them for the prominence of female characters along with the main Ducks: Brenda, Goldie, Miss Quackfaster. Even "Northern Blight" stands out in this area for including what may have been the first female Woodchuck since Jan Gulbransson's ahead-of-its-time female Woodchuck thirty years earlier! At least, no one on this forum has identified any female Woodchucks between Gulbransson's in 1984 and the Norwegian team's in 2014.
Could such a Disney Masters volume be timed to come out proximate to Christmas? Then it could be marketed like the Bear Mountain volume, as a Christmas present.
Matilda I wish Midthun and his writer partners were allowed to create more longer Duck comics that aren't Christmas themed. I mean 12 out of his 15 comics that are at least 20 pages long are Christmas themed (only "The Treasure of Webfoot Walk", "Hansa Hazard" and "Donaldus' Locket" aren't). I get that those Chistmas stories were created for a series of yearly Christmas albums, but being told to write specifically a Christmas story is a big creative restriction. Imagine how much worse Barks' or Rosa's overall bibliography would be if the vast majority of their long adventure comics were Christmas comics because that's what they had to do!
On a different note, did you know that Midthun's first comic created for Italy was published last month? inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+3552-4
So I just read the Shambor series for the first time (I only read the first chapter before, many years ago), and I definitely think it should be included in a Disney Masters - Ferioli book. These four chapters have only been collected once before, in France ("Mickey - L'épée magique d'Excalidor") and they are well above average for Egmont comics in my opinion. Anyway, my dream Ferioli book would include:
The Shambor Saga (82 pages) Snow Use (24 pages) - probably my favourite Mickey story from my childhood maybe: Stories Untold (23 pages) - a new Scrooge story, have not read it yet Portrait of a Gander (12 pages) - one of the highest rated Ferioli comcis on Inducks, and one of only 2 that were written by him Twice Upon a Time (12 pages) - another one with high rating Mickey's Trailer (8 pages) - the other Disney comic that was written by Ferioli, very nice art! ...and a couple more.
"A Mickey Mystery" and "The Mystery of Freefer Hall" are also very nice, but they were already included in the Gottfredson Library as bonus stories.
I wonder what the next two Disney Masters books will be. I predict Donald Duck by Marco Rota, followed by Mickey Mouse by Paul Murry.
Btw, according to my calculations it will take 9 Disney Masters volumes in total to reprint all of Murray's WDC&S serials + there already was a Phantom Blot book + maybe there will be a Super Goof book too (reprinting Murry's W SG coded stories) = 11 Murray books in total. 5 down, 6 more to go?
So I just read the Shambor series for the first time (I only read the first chapter before, many years ago), and I definitely think it should be included in a Disney Masters - Ferioli book. These four chapters have only been collected once before, in France ("Mickey - L'épée magique d'Excalidor") and they are well above average for Egmont comics in my opinion. Anyway, my dream Ferioli book would include:
The Shambor Saga (82 pages) Snow Use (24 pages) - probably my favourite Mickey story from my childhood maybe: Stories Untold (23 pages) - a new Scrooge story, have not read it yet Portrait of a Gander (12 pages) - one of the highest rated Ferioli comcis on Inducks, and one of only 2 that were written by him Twice Upon a Time (12 pages) - another one with high rating Mickey's Trailer (8 pages) - the other Disney comic that was written by Ferioli, very nice art! ...and a couple more.
"A Mickey Mystery" and "The Mystery of Freefer Hall" are also very nice, but they were already included in the Gottfredson Library as bonus stories.
Along with Astrup's Twice Upon a Time, I'd vote for her & Ferioli's Unlucky in Luck.