Perego's work for "export"

Sun Aug 5 14:41:08 CEST 2001

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At 15.19 31/07/2001 +0200, Armando.Botto at elsag.it wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>(regarding &quot;Topolino e i
fantasmi neri&quot;, I TL 466-B): 
The Inducks currently reports that the TM 27 reprint (which came out in 
1994) is 40 pages long, exactly like the original version - which seems to 
imply that no addition was made (maybe Marco Barlotti can
verify?).</blockquote> 
I indexed TM 27 using xerox copies of the issue index (!), kindly provided
by Frank Stajano. So I haven't ever seen that reprint of the story. Page
count for the TM 27 reprint is taken from the original version, hence it
gives no real information. 
However it would be VERY strange tha a censored verison would not be reused
in later reprints...! 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&nbsp;It seems 
strange, though, that the Finnish editors had an Italian artist perform
such 
a modification...</blockquote> 
Not at all! We have many examples of Perego's changes done for
&quot;abroad&quot;, probably commissioned by Mondadori but just for reuse
of the Italian stories in foreign countries. By &quot;we&quot; I mean the
members of this DCML: I remember examples being given here through the
years. 
I can quote in truth only ONE such example, that is 
I TL 385-A (14-04-1963) 
Archimede e il signor Scherzo 
/Chendi/Scala/Bottaro 
40/Archimede burlone/Archimede; QQQ, Zio Paperone, Paperino, Paperina, Edi 
[ristampe: CWD 27, CD 49, GCD 147, DT 3] 
where the gag about putting fingers in the electricity outlet was
replaced by 3 or 4 panels drawn by Perego. 
But I am sure that other examples were given... 
Note: I have checked (directly or indirectly) every Italian reprint of I TL
385-A and nowhere the Perego panels where included. This shows that censors
around Europe do not always think alike... 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Marco 
<a href="http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it/Comics"
eudora="autourl">http://marcobar.cce.unifi.it/Comics</a> 
 
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