To celebrate the year 2000
and the Third Millenium, the French Disney comics magazine "Mickey Parade"
( now called "Mickey Parade Géant", since the issue #265
from January 2002 ) created a special collection of 18 issues with covers
drawn by Giorgio Cavazzano, front and back, plus a series of three beautiful
lithographs by Cavazzano too (these lithographs were destinated to the
readers of Mickey Parade ; you had to cut out and collect stamps in each
magazine, and when you had 6, you sent them and a lithograph was sent back
to you), called "Planète 2000".
This collection was very special. Each issue
had two numbers : the normal number of the issue (236 to 253) plus
the number in the series (1 to 18). Then, there were drawings on the 4th
covers, which isn't the case of the other issues of Mickey Parade. Each
issue is dedicated to a Disney comics character, and each character speak
about itself on the fourth cover, right under the drawing ( its life, its
debuts, its original name, its project for the 3rd millenium...). Finally,
the series had 18 issues while the previous series used to have 12
issues, ie 12 months = 1year from January to December.
With each lithograph was given a certificate
of exceptionnal edition on which there is written : "This illustration,
which is a limited edition, drawn by Giorgio Cavazzano, for the readers
of Mickey Parade, is the first (second, third) of a series of three especially
realised on the occasion of the year 2000 and of the passage to the third
millenium. 5000 numbered copies of this illustration have been printed
off on 250g "rive" paper and it won't be reprinted anymore".
As the covers and
lithographs were really beautiful, I decided to share them with you
:-)
-The
Covers :
(Click on a picture to enlarge it and see
informations about it ! ! !)
#1 |
#2 |
#3 |
#4 |
#5 |
#6 |
#7 |
#8 |
#9 |
#10 |
#11 |
#12 |
#13 |
#14 |
#15 |
#16 |
#17 |
#18 |
-The
Lithographs :
(Click on a picture to enlarge it and see
informations about it ! ! !)
#1 |
#2 |
#3 |