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INDUCKS
World-wide database about Disney comics
URL http://inducks.org/
Commercial? no
Type of site comics database
Registration optional
Available language(s) Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it In the Philosophy of language, a natural language (or ordinary language) is a Language that is spoken or written in phonemic-alphabetic or phonemically-related Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the
Owner collective
Created by Harry Fluks
Launched 1994

INDUCKS or Inducks is a freely available database aiming to index all Disney comics ever printed in the world. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Disney comics are Comic books and Comic strips featuring Walt Disney characters It is an international project[1] which provides indexes of around 80,000[2] Disney comics publications worldwide. It is distributed with its own licence. The verb license or grant license means to give permission The noun license is the document demonstrating that permission [3]

Contents

Origin

Efforts to catalog Disney comic stories on a large scale date back to the late 1970s and early 1980s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Among the most important works are an index of Disney comics published in Denmark,[4] a list of stories produced in Italy,[5] a list of American daily strips and sunday pages,[6] an index of American Dell Disney comics[7] and a Carl Barks index. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Dell Comics was the Comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in Pulp magazines. Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who [8] All these lists include artists and writer credits that were previously unknown.

In August 1992, Per Starbäck (from Sweden) created the Disney Comics Mailing List. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. [9] Members soon contributed lists of Disney comics and gave references for printed indexes. In May 1994, expanding on information exchanged on the mailing list, Harry Fluks (from the Netherlands) created a database to organize comic indexes, and called it the Disney Comics Database. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands [10]

In 1999, a German member suggested the name Inducks as a cross between "index" and "duck" (for Donald Duck). Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) For duck as a food see Duck (food; for other meanings see Duck (disambiguation. Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company. It was playfully written I. N. D. U. C. K. S. to resemble acronyms seen in Junior Woodchucks comics. In Disney 's fictional universe The Junior Woodchucks are the Boy Scouts of America -like youth organization to which Donald Duck 's nephews Huey Dewey [11] While the administrators claim "I. N. D. U. C. K. S. " is supposed to stand for something, no meaning has been selected to date, though several suggestions have been offered by the administrators themselves, including "Internet Database for Uncle Walt's Comics and Stories", "International Network for Disney Universal Comic Knowledge and Sources", and even "Inducks: The Name for the Disney Universe Comics Knowledge System". A backronym (or bacronym) is a Phrase that is constructed "after the fact" from a previously existing word or Abbreviation, the abbreviation Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter [12]

Over the years, a web search interface was introduced, later replaced by a second search engine, COA,[13] in 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

Data details

The INDUCKS database lists publications, stories, characters and creators which are cross-referenced. Disney comics are Comic books and Comic strips featuring Walt Disney characters Each story is given a unique "storycode"[14] so that reprints (often from all over the world) may be found for any story. A large number of Disney comics publications are indexed for the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and USA. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Among countries with a significant Disney comics tradition, indexes for Greece, Mexico, United Kingdom and (ex-)Yugoslavia are still very incomplete. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian [15]

INDUCKS integrates previous studies and research works, with permission of the authors,[16] as well as its own research. Thanks to contacts with creators,[17] it provides credits to anonymous (or wrongly-credited) stories. In particular, most Disney comics weren't given credits until the 1980s or 1990s. Disney comics are Comic books and Comic strips featuring Walt Disney characters It also contains information about unpublished Disney comics stories. [18]

Nowadays the main interface to INDUCKS is a search engine, browser and website abbreviated COA, which is daily updated based on Inducks data, and is available in thirteen languages. While COA uses Inducks data, it is not part of Inducks itself, but it enables users to navigate and search data which in its raw form consists of very user-unfriendly text files. [19] It has a few other features not part of Inducks, like a collection management system and an error tracker tool. [20]

Use as a source and in publications

Although parts of the database have been published in book form[21] and in specialized journals,[22] Inducks is most often used as a source by comic book historians in articles devoted to Disney comics. Disney comics are Comic books and Comic strips featuring Walt Disney characters [23]

INDUCKS is also used by Disney editors around the world. [24] It is mentioned as a source by scholars[25] and is referenced in books about comics in general. [26] It has once been criticized for being a catalog of data rather than true (semantic) indexing work. [27]

INDUCKS sometimes gave talks and held meetings in comic-book fairs in Italy, such as in Lucca in 1997 with Don Rosa and Marco Rota[28] and in Reggio Emilia in 2007[29] and 2008. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on the Ligurian Sea Keno Don Hugo Rosa (often just called Don Rosa) (born June 29, 1951) is a comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge Marco Rota (born September 18, 1942) is an Italian Disney comic artist who served as editor-in-chief of Disney Italia from 1974 to 1988 For the city in the southern Italy See Reggio Calabria. For the basketball club "Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia" see Pallacanestro Reggiana. In 2004, it won an Internet award from afNews, an association of Professional cartoonists in Italy. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [30]

References

  1. ^ As of January 2008, 26 contributors have provided more than 1,000 indexes, see the full list here.
  2. ^ As of January 1, 2008, see the statistics at Inducks.
  3. ^ H. Fluks, F. Stajano, Inducks Licence Version 4B (a kind of permissive, "copyleft" "free" licence). Copyleft is a play on the word Copyright and describes the practice of using copyright law to remove restrictions on distributing copies and modified versions
  4. ^ M. Olsen, Det Store Index, Carl Barks & Co. 13-15, 17-18, 1979-1983. (Danish)
  5. ^ F. Fossati, Disney made in Italy, IF 1 (2a serie), 1982 (Italian).
  6. ^ A. Becattini, L. Boschi, La produzione sindacata (1930-1980), Al Fumetto Club, 1984 (Italian).
  7. ^ A. Becattini, Disney Index, Comic Books - Vol. 1 & 2, Al Fumetto Club, 1990 (vol. 2 undated).
  8. ^ M. Barrier, Carl Barks and the art of the comic-book, M. Lilien, 1982, ISBN 0960765204 (published earlier in a shorter form in the fanzine Funnyworld in the 1970s).
  9. ^ Commonly referred to as the DCML.
  10. ^ Interviews of H. Fluks in the fanzines Ankkalinnan Pamaus 2000-02 (Finnish) (online English version), in DDF(R)appet 5, 2004 (Danish) and on a fan website, 2005.
  11. ^ The word Inducks is a combination of Index and Ducks. Brix Lichtenberg came up with this name as a replacement for the (more boring) name Disney comics Database. He intended it to be an abbreviation (I. N. D. U. C. K. S. ) like the ranks in the Junior Woodchuck stories, but we haven't figured out yet what it is supposed to mean. . . in Ankkalinnan Pamaus 2000-02.
  12. ^ From the Bolderbast, an Inducks website.
  13. ^ A precise time-frame is as follow (from messages in the Disney comics mailing list): Disney comics indexes were exchanged as early as 1992 (e. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) g. Sep. 11); the first mention of the Disney comics database (DcD) is from Apr. 18, 1994; its first public release is in May 25, 1994; the first mention of a web search program is from Mar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) 22, 1995; the first mention of Inducks is from Feb. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 9, 1999; the first mention of the COA search engine is from Apr. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 9, 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
  14. ^ Details at Inducks.
  15. ^ As of January 2008 - figures from Inducks.
  16. ^ M. Barlotti, Da Fossati al'Inducks: il progetto I.N.D.U.C.K.S., Notiziario della Anonima Fumetti, 1999 (Italian); a complete list is given at Inducks.
  17. ^ The Brazilian "branch" of Inducks lists about 30 authors who provide information (Portuguese); see also the biographical notice of comic writer Leonardo Gori (Italian) or the "book work" of archivist and editor David Gerstein. David Gerstein (born 1974) is a Comics author and editor as well as an Animation Historian.
  18. ^ As of January 2008, about 2,000 shelved stories are listed.
  19. ^ Technical details at Inducks.
  20. ^ Interview with the creator of COA, DDF(R)appet 10, 2007 (Danish).
  21. ^ A. Becattini, L. Gori, F. Stajano, H. Fluks, Don Rosa e il Rinascimento Disneyano, Comic Art, 1997 (Italian); P. Castagno, Luciano Bottaro - Un "gioviale" omaggio and Rodolfo Cimino - Dalla Tana del Bestio all'Angolo dei Salici two books published by Papersera for the Reggio Emilia comic-book fair, 2007 (Italian).
  22. ^ P. Starbäck, G. Nässén, Carl Barks index (4th edition), NAFS(k)uriren 5 (Swedish); T. Lapoussière, F. Willot, Carl Barks: Bibliographie, Backup 8, 2001 (French); M. Angot, F. Willot, Les belles histoires Walt Disney, Le collectionneur de bandes dessinées 81, 91, 1996, 2000 (French).
  23. ^ To name a few: F. Willot, Giovan Battista Carpi, Le collectionneur de bandes dessinées 89, 1999 (French); F. Stajano, Disney-serier i Italien, NAFS(k)uriren 30-32, 1999-2000 (Swedish) (revised English version); F. De Salvia, La via Italiana a Topolino, Rivista di storia e storiografia 5, 2004 (Italian); T. Lapoussière, Phil DeLara, bibliographie en France et aux États-Unis, Backup 12, 2002 (French); F. Phil DeLara (1914 - 1973 was a Warner Bros animator and Disney comics, MGM and Hanna-Barbera artist Castanet, Romano Scarpa, Pimpf 13, 2006 (French).
  24. ^ See e. g. Mickey Mouse And Friends 287; Roope-setä 2006-02 (Finnish); I Maestri Disney 20 (Italian).
  25. ^ A. D'Arcangelo, F. Zanettin, Dylan Dog Goes to the USA, Across Languages and Cultures 5, 2004.
  26. ^ J. -P. Gabilliet, Des comics et des hommes: Histoire culturelle des comic books aux Etats-Unis, 2005, ISBN 2842743091 (French); H. Matla, Stripcatalogus (9th ed. ), 1998 (Dutch).
  27. ^ S. Brügger, L. Peyraud, M. Schmid, Les images ne sont pas des mots, study presented to the Haute École de Gestion de Genève, 2002 (French).
  28. ^ Photos of the events at INDUCKS.
  29. ^ News report from the fair administration, 2007 (Italian).
  30. ^ Link at fumetti. org (Italian).

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