DCML Digest Issue 32

[Don Rosa]

>>>>>>>I don't understand why you need Barks's ingredients and legency, to
build your "own" li'l Universe. That's an impossible thing to do. It
will never be your Universe, because many of your stories are based
on the work of *someone else*.

A *perfect* example of what I mean, eh? Even when I tried to diffuse what
someone else wrote, tried to make sure nobody interpreted his wording to
imply that he or I claim that my view of this Duck Universe is anything
other than only MY personal view, even when I do that, someone complains
that I didn't even word that *precisely* to his particular liking. So......

>>>>>>I think that such criticism is something to expect. And why not?

As I have frequently told people, I *do* expect it. As a passionate Barks
fan, if I were looking at the undeserved popularity of my work, I think I'd
resent me, too.

>>>>You're known to throw a tantrum when a translator misinterprets some
parts of your dialogue, or when a colourist doesn't follow your
instructions when colouring this-or-that historical boat, uniform or
building.

"Throw a tantrum"? You are so charitable with your interpretations of
"objecting". And I will *always* object to errors made on one of my
stories -- no one else can, no one else knows when the error was made. I'm
supposed to say "thank you for that error"? I also lavish editors and
colorists and translators and letterers with praise when they have done a
good job. But have it your way, I "throw a tantrum". Uh-oh -- look! -- I'm
throwing one now by reacting at all.

From: Eta Beta (psersimmon at eega.net)
Subject: Re: Andrea si e' perso... :-)
>>>>I receive DCML messages in the digest "edition", and in recent issues
I can't quite understand what Don Rosa and Andrea Salimbeti are talking
about, since I've never seen Andrea's messages in any of the previous
issues... how's that ?

I finally noticed that myself! Hm. A Google newsgroup search alerts me when
my name appears on other newsgroups than this one, so as to get a broader
view of fans. And sometimes when doing that I'll see "advance" messages
(before they appear in a Digest) sent to the DCML and if I am asked a
question in such a message I will reply to it from there so that my reply
will efficiently appear in the same DCML Digest as the query. Andrea's
messages are appearing in the Google list, definitely sent to the DCML, but
perhaps some filter is blocking them from the Digest. I dunno. If he sends
anymore, I'll assume he'll want me to echo them onto the Digest for him...