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| There are several (linked) databases,
the aim of which is to provide rapid access to information (When
was the story published? In which album can I find it? When was this character
created? ...):
* illustrated contents of each Duck album * a list of the Mouse daily strips– a couple of images available, more later * a short summary of each story (Duck– Mouse in the making), with links to similar plots * a thematic index of the Duck stories (in the making) * an alphabetical index and a chronological index of all of Carl Barks' stories,complete with page count, publication information (comic book & date), Library reference, and similar plot cross-reference * an illustrated table of the main characters, including their names in 4 foreign languages * a "Who's Who", with short articles on characters, artists, objects and places * an illustrated timeline of Barks' creations * an illustrated chronological index of "The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck" chapters * illustrated contents of the four Gladstone "Don Rosa's First Two Years of U$A" albums * an e-mail exchange between Don Rosa and I on the subject of Time Travel, illlustrated with panels from "The Once and Future Duck" and "The Pertwillaby Papers" * a map of young Scrooge's travels around the world based on Don Rosa's L&T You will also find (in the treasure chest) a few tributes made for Anniversaries (only such as 50, 100, ...):
* Carl
Barks 100th Anniversary Special Feature NB: This example will show you how the site works, and especially the way the pages are linked together. The site is designed on and fits a 14" screen set to 1024*768, so it will work great on anything at least as large. I try and update the site as often as possible but cannot guarantee a regular frequency. The Mickey Mouse images, in particular, require much more work than the Ducks (literally setting things straight when scanning, as the strips rarely run parallel to the sheets' borders, then cleaning them up). Also, many updates are "transparent", ie they are not updates of the contents but of the site's structure (re-organization of the directories, new or enhanced pictures, new links, programming, tests & corrections,...). And several features are often a long time in the making and the same time. It's not a matter of lack of content or ideas, but of time. Thank you for your patience. |
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