tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post3396086107375359759..comments2024-03-28T18:49:48.571-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: R.I.P. Les Daniels.Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-6744414098412762802011-11-22T22:13:35.376-05:002011-11-22T22:13:35.376-05:00Yes, two of Gottfredson’s early strips are reprodu...Yes, two of Gottfredson’s early strips are reproduced. From a sequence where Mickey plays Cupid, complete with bow and arrow. This would have been the first time I saw Gottfredson, too! <br /> <br />And I read the book for the first time in 10th grade as well. It was my single most expensive book purchase to that point – and has remained “worth-it” uncountable times over!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-80524220090787250872011-11-22T21:10:55.787-05:002011-11-22T21:10:55.787-05:00Joe,
I think I first read COMIX when I was in hig...Joe,<br /><br />I think I first read COMIX when I was in high school, 9th or 10th grade, so I would have had very little acquaintance with Duck or Mouse comics. (There is also an early Gottfredson strip in there, correct?)<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-56519852074947077682011-11-22T20:09:18.278-05:002011-11-22T20:09:18.278-05:00‘Rehab:
I have all of those books by Daniels. It...‘Rehab:<br /><br />I have all of those books by Daniels. It was at the signing of one of them, that I had him sign my copy of “Comix”, because no single book has meant more to me. No single book could ever again take me from “near-zero-knowledge” and start me on my way! <br /><br />Imagine, in this day of the Internet, anyone having “near-zero-knowledge” on ANY such thing that interested them for a decade! Just the collective Blogs of those commenting on this post (You, David, Chris, and me) have contributed worlds-more knowledge to those seeing it, than I could ever have imagined possessing in those dark days of 1971. <br /><br />Regret nothing, David:<br /><br />…In fact, I’ll give you Extra Points for mentioning “The Hays Office” – an occasional topic on this Blog! <br /> <br />Yes, “Comix” did indeed highlight “The Fox and The Crow”. But, they were known characters to me, as were Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The difference was “Comix” (at long last) told me WHO “That Guy” was who did all those great stories. <br /><br />I’d seen just enough of them to know WHO Daniels was writing about (even the “cyclone story” had just been reprinted for the first time in WDC&S, so I knew definitively whom Daniels meant) – and was enticed by the prospect of there being MANY more such stories that I would enjoy over the decades. <br /><br />Glad to know you got a “first” from “Comix” too! <br /><br />Chris:<br /><br />In all our years of conversation and correspondence, I’m not certain I knew you had a history with this book. How young a reader were you – and how much accumulated comic book reading could you have logged – if you read the book in a similar timeframe to mine? If the revelation of Carl Barks failed to stir you, I’d suspect you were a true young ‘un! <br /><br />To all: Why was Les Daniels not better known and more celebrated as the pioneer researcher he was – to be spoken in the same breath as Don and Maggie Thompson, Roy Thomas, Jerry Bails, etc.? <br /><br />Joe.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-87355182522211053212011-11-22T17:11:10.952-05:002011-11-22T17:11:10.952-05:00Joe,
I read COMIX back in the 70s and enjoyed it ...Joe,<br /><br />I read COMIX back in the 70s and enjoyed it too -- though, at that time, knowing about Carl Barks wasn't that big of a deal to me. Definitely a pioneering work.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-39233395586557850652011-11-22T15:24:45.454-05:002011-11-22T15:24:45.454-05:00In high school, I may have already known about Bar...In high school, I may have already known about Barks—but Les Daniels introduced me to Jim Davis' FOX AND CROW! EEEEEE!<br /><br /><i><b>Crawford:</b> Keep yer pants on, Foxie... I can't stand ta look atcha widout 'em, unless I'm disguised as da Hays Office inspector... Hey! Yer not Foxie!</i><br /><br />No; just one of his biggest fans! Oh, the bliss of that high-school discovery!<br /><br /><i><b>Crawford:</b> Foxie! Foxie has fans! What kinda booshwah, stuck-up—</i><br /><br />I'm your fan too, Crow.<br /><br /><i><b>Crawford:</b> ...magnificent, indoobitable </i>genius<i> are youse, anyhoo? I sez we gotta have dinner—how late is yer fridge open?</i><br /><br />Why do I think I'm going to regret this?ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-36803629359547996802011-11-22T10:33:10.303-05:002011-11-22T10:33:10.303-05:00Sad news. Les Daniels also wrote DC's "Co...Sad news. Les Daniels also wrote DC's "Complete History" series of coffee table/art history books on Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Those are nice.Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.com