IDW TO PUBLISH PKNA

http://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN160503

Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Alessandro Sisti & Various (A) Alberto Lavoradori (CA) Marco Ghiglione
"Evronians!" It's the start of a most-wanted Disney superhero epic! When Scrooge McDuck buys mysterious, ultra-hi-tech Ducklair Tower, Donald sneaks onto a forgotten floor-and as Duck Avenger, finds an amazing AI sending him into a breathless space alien battle!
• At last! IDW brings you the new-to-USA Disney thrillride that fans have requested most-the legendary "Duck Avenger New Adventures"!
• Adapted for our readers by fan favorite Jonathan Gray (Sonic the Hedgehog)!
• 72 action-packed pages for only $4.99!
Item Code: JUN160503In Shops: 8/31/2016SRP: $4.99

I just saw this Artibani's facebook! I MAY ACTUALLY CRY! DREAMS CAN COME TRUE! DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE DREAMED OF THIS SERIES BEING PUBLISHED OFFICIALLY IN ENGLISH?!

Im so scared and excited! I just hope they don't make banker take down his scans, but I kind doubt it since no one has hit up PKHack about having every issues uploaded already.

This comes out just 8 days after my birthday too! I CAN'T WAIT! I can only hope they translate the PKMail too, or atleast talk about the answers!

The cover looks so weird. Not only that they changed the background from red to blue for some reason, but there's this strange margin around the characters.

But I guess the logo looks kinda cool. Although I still prefer the old crest from the german/swedish releases. But that might be due to nostalgia. At least they didn't call him Superduck again...

Now comes the pain of getting a hold of those comics over here in Europe... *sigh*

Totally called this when IDW first published The Diabolical Duck Avenger. The only thing that had me wondering was just *how* they would publish it, seeing as PKNA's format isn't really suited for the American comic book market (standard issues being 32-40 pages and all, 72 pages would probably end up being too expensive on the market etc.). Glad to see they've taken to doing the series in the "real" way despite potential problems and hoping they commit to doing the entire run, including specials (which are for all intents and purposes annuals anyways) PK2/PKNE down the line. The only really sad thing is that it most definitely won't reach outside of US/Canada due to licensing, especially now that the digest reruns here seems to have been cancelled (at a measly #4, but that doesn't really surprise me). Unless IDW does some kind of TPB with them, which is easily imported.

So, cheers to the good news and also all pat yourself on the back a bit, because this is truly it! Along with PKNE, which surely has had part in this decision, what we've done here, whether by translating comics or just by talking about it certainly has had more than a bit to do with this all being possible!

*ahem*

WE DID IT GUYS, WE TOTALLY DID IT!!!!

This is really awesome Congratulations dear Americans! The collector in me somehow wants to have a copy of these too, but I think it's enough to have the print versions in three different languages. (Well, no, actually it isn't )

Catacomb Kitten wrote:

This is really awesome Congratulations dear Americans! The collector in me somehow wants to have a copy of these too, but I think it's enough to have the print versions in three different languages. (Well, no, actually it isn't )

Well, this doesnt come out until August 30th, so we still have to see if it is decent enough to collect! I know the English version won't be enough for me! I'm still saving to buy the whole collection in Italian, and then a few of the Pk Il Mito collection XD

Though the translator, Mr. Gray, seems very excited and loving of the series, so I have high hopes!

Just heard last night, so sad I didn't hear earlier Regardless - FUCK YEAH!

Mr Blotling wrote:

Totally called this when IDW first published The Diabolical Duck Avenger.

I was hoping it was one of those "water testing" releases. I mean, why else bother, right?

Mr Blotling wrote:

standard issues being 32-40 pages and all, 72 pages would probably end up being too expensive on the market etc.

Damn, what American Comics do you read at 30-40 pages?   everything I snag lately is 18-20.

Mr Blotling wrote:

The only really sad thing is that it most definitely won't reach outside of US/Canada due to licensing, especially now that the digest reruns here seems to have been cancelled (at a measly #4, but that doesn't really surprise me). Unless IDW does some kind of TPB with them, which is easily imported.

TPB's make sense. Has IDW made TPB's of their other new Disney runs yet?

Mr Blotling wrote:

So, cheers to the good news and also all pat yourself on the back a bit, because this is truly it! Along with PKNE, which surely has had part in this decision, what we've done here, whether by translating comics or just by talking about it certainly has had more than a bit to do with this all being possible!

*ahem*

WE DID IT GUYS, WE TOTALLY DID IT!!!!

HELL YEAH!

Zataro wrote:

I was hoping it was one of those "water testing" releases. I mean, why else bother, right?

Water testing and to serve as an introduc(k)tion to the character it's been said, which I sorta figured anyways.

Zataro wrote:

Damn, what American Comics do you read at 30-40 pages?   everything I snag lately is 18-20.

Total amount of pages in a standard comic book including non-comic pages, no? But yes, there's normally ~21 pages of actual comics in a standard American comic book or something like that. Which of course makes PKNA stand out even more.

Zataro wrote:

TPB's make sense. Has IDW made TPB's of their other new Disney runs yet?

Again something where I could imagine PKNA's lengthy issues can cause some problem. Thick four or more modest (but still quite large) three issue collections? But yes, TPB's should be a no-brainer anyways from a business standpoint, so hopefully it gets done.

Oh, right.

I get them all Digital or TPB these days, so no advert pages, heh. My bad ^^

2-3 issues per-TPB sounds about right though, yeah. When the Italians did those "PK Il Mito" reprints a few years back they did 3 issues per-volume as well, & those came out really bloody thick, even without counting the extras pages.

Although Panini also did a double-issue a while back as part of their PK Giant reprints lineup, merging the 1997 & 1999 PKNA specials into one volume called "PKNA Double Special Edition" so I think the Americans could go either way, 2 or 3.

UPDATE: https://twitter.com/jongraywb/status/755835617146265600
"Lila" It's likely an error in the solicit


BAD NEWS: RED Raider and Lila Lee(I get changing the surname, but the name?)





Duck Avenger #1
(W) Alessandro Sisti, Jonathan Gray (A/CA) Claudio Sciarrone
"When Blow the Winds of Time?" Supervillain Red Raider hits Duckburg with a crime spree-just as crook newsman Angus Fangus aims to ruin Duck Avenger's rep! Will Donald's superhero life crash and burn? Not if the mysterious Lila Lee has anything to say...
•  At last! IDW brings you the new-to-USA Disney thrillride that fans have requested most-the famous "Duck Avenger New Adventures" (known in Europe as "PKNA")!
•  Adapted for our readers by fan favorite Jonathan Gray (Sonic the Hedgehog)!
•  72 pages of action for just $5.99!
In Shops: Oct 26, 2016
SRP: $5.99

Shaking my fucken head. I am offended more at Red Raider thsn I am LIla LEE. Let's hope the dialogue translations are atleast decent, but I am dissapointed.

I am going to be screaming if/people stsrt writing fanfiction about this and use the dumb English names.

Lila was most likely a solicit error: the translato said it was officially Lyla the last he was told(and that he generally tries to keep the originals. "Lazy" names like Sam Plot are more likely to be changed, though nothing is certain until the book hits the press), but the last word on the names is Disney's

Lay->Lee is quite obvious....americans have dirty minds.


Red Raider, though, makes no sense whatsoever. I hope it's another solicit error.

Ah, I read Gray's tweets, it's not his fault it seems, its all just Disney being sticklers. I'm still upset, but I can just bat my eyes from it all since I know the real names and everything.

And look at all the covers that are coming! Very nice!

I have heard the Italians pronounce Lyla as "Lila", actually. I have yet to get used to that it's supposed to be that way, and I don't know if I will.

EDIT: And I've just read that, for now, it really is supposed to be LYLA. I did always have a feeling the surname would be changed, though.

Banker wrote:

I have heard the Italians pronounce Lyla as "Lila", actually.

"Lila" or "Laila" has been a point of discussion for a while for the Italians readers, until the PK Team gave an official answer: it's supposed to be pronounced "Lyla".

Here is a seven page preview: https://issuu.com/idwpublishing/docs/duckavenger_00-pr
I haven't read it yet, just wanted to leave the link here. I'm gonna wait for my printed issue to arrive

Not much of a preview. The first pages of "Evronians" don't have a lot of text in them.

a question, though: it's has been a while, but I don't remember the "maybe CENTURIES" part?

ankokudaishogun wrote:

a question, though: it's has been a while, but I don't remember the "maybe CENTURIES" part?

Yeah, the original version makes it ambiguous to how long it's been, so I don't know why this version gets so specific about it when it wasn't THAT long ago.

EDIT: Asked the translator about it. Apparently again the decision of the guys upstairs. They're insistent on the weirdest things. Like making the story inconsistent.

Uh, I have the feeling Disney USA did find what PKNA is about only at the last minute and they are going on deranged damage control.

Well, at least they're consistent about being inconsistent then :S

do anybody got this yet?

I got mine yesterday Just haven't found the time yet to read it more closely...
But the weirdest thing I came across until now was that coolflames are now freezeflames. However the translation of Pk's phrase "Quando il gioco si fa duro..." is actually nice: "When the going gets tough... this duck would rather get going".

I do like the change from Paperilla Starry to Saxony Starbright. Couldn't get more celebrity. In the porn business.

ankokudaishogun wrote:

Uh, I have the feeling Disney USA did find what PKNA is about only at the last minute and they are going on deranged damage control.

Mr Blotling wrote:

Well, at least they're consistent about being inconsistent then :S

Banker wrote:

I do like the change from Paperilla Starry to Saxony Starbright. Couldn't get more celebrity. In the porn business.

Lol'd ^^

But yeah, Lyla "Lay" was always going to get changed. Saxony Starbright though, LOL.

Although, they could have done something more discrete, like, Lyla Layson, or something.

Then again, as an Anime fan, I can tell you firsthand, the first round of dubbing is always fucked up in the US. If they give all this a second pass at some point in the future, then it'll go better, but for now, yeah, if it's considered a "risk" or whatever, it's gots to go!

It is after all a completely untested, unproven IP as far as they're concerned, regardless of how much we may have been "demanding" it.

P.S. "Red Raider" & "When Blow the Winds of Time?" - wtf? What, "The Winds of Time" sounded too much like an ASOIAF  ripoff or something? >.>