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>Second, those letters in the letters columns have been *selected* by
>the comic's editorial staff themselves. So, as a matter of fact, it's
>highly debatable if such letter columns provide a neutral source of
>information.

Honestly, I can't argue this fact, as I suspect it myself. But, it does prove that there are at least some newer readers. Regardless of the book that it's printed in, I do think that it's important for there to be an *affordable* source for young/new readers to gain access to these stories. From what I've seen, the easiest reprint of Only a Poor Old Man that I've seen is the one in US 195, and anyone who's seen that knows that it's so muddy and unattractive that it buries the charm of the story. Personaly, I think I've got about 6 different copies of that story, and I could live without another one, but knowing that a few readers (at least) will read it for the first time makes it worthwhile to me.

>What bothers me is that re-reprints are published as fillers in
>an expensive prestige format comic. For me, it makes both the stories
>and the $6,95 prestige format look *very* cheap.

I agree to a certain extent (the new WDCS issues are lacking Murray, which I'd love to see), and I think it's just a matter of the Gemstone staff getting the photo-stats from Western for some of these lesser seen gems. Still, I was worried that the first few prestige issues were so full of new material (much of it that I'm not particularly fond of, though there has been some unsuspected non-Rosa, Barks, Van Horn gems).

I think that the 32 page titles should contain an *occasional* Barks story, but I don't see that happening at the moment. There's no better way to expose young audiences to classic material than by slipping it into the titles that are geared toward them once in awhile.

rodney.

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Daniël van Eijmeren wrote:

>>> I think those prestige format comics should contain rarities,
>>> like *facsimiles* of Barks stories that have never been
>>> reprinted in their original form.

It's probably just me being ignorant, but... What's the difference
between a facsimile and a reprint?

>> What about everyone else? According to the letter columns,
>> there are people reading these new books that have never read
>> a Disney comic book before.
>
> [...] those letters in the letters columns have been *selected* by
> the comic's editorial staff themselves. So, as a matter of fact, it's
> highly debatable if such letter columns provide a neutral source of
> information.

You're strongly implying Gemstone are deceiving their customers in order
to justify reprinting Barks stories. What's your source for this?

And happy holidays to everybody.

Lars

To all the friends and members in the list I wish
Merry Christmas
Georgios

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RODNEY BOWCOCK to me, 22-12-2003:

> Regardless of the book that it's printed in, I do think that it's
> important for there to be an *affordable* source for young/new
> readers to gain access to these stories.

I agree that there should be an affordable source for young/new readers
to get old stories. That would be great. But why does it need to be
done by reproducing re-reprints in a prestige format comic which also
contains fresh, new material, like stories by Rosa and Van Horn?

I think comics/albums should be divided into "fresh-only" and
"reprint-only" series, *unless* the reprints come from a better and/or
more faithful source, in comparison with the previous reprints.

> From what I've seen, the easiest reprint of Only a Poor Old Man that
> I've seen is the one in US 195, and anyone who's seen that knows that
> it's so muddy and unattractive that it buries the charm of the story.

COA mentions the following reprints for the USA:

Gladstone Comics Album 4 [1980s/1990s]
One Shots (a.k.a. Four Color Comics) 456 (1953)
The Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck 1 (1966)
Uncle Scrooge 142 (1977)
Uncle Scrooge, His Life and Times 1 (1981)
Carl Barks Library (hardcover, b/w) 3 (1984)
Uncle Scrooge Adventures 26 (1994)
The Adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in Color 2 (1996)

See: http://coa.inducks.org/coa/c1/story.php/0/W+OS++456-02

> There's no better way to expose young audiences to classic material
> than by slipping it into the titles that are geared toward them once
> in awhile.

If the old audience is being chased away by having to buy exactly the
same material twice, they will stop buying the comics. This will result
in less sales, resulting in the comic being discontinued. This way,
*neither* old or young audiences will be exposed to any new comic book
publications anymore.

Only time will tell. Apart from complaining, all I can do is stop buying
material that I don't find worthwhile/affordable enough for my budget.

--- Dani?l

GARY LEACH, 22-03-2003:

> On the whole, I wouldn't argue with what's been said in the past
> couple of digests about Gemstone's reprintings. (Except about
> going to e-Bay - I don't remotely agree with that reasoning.)

I didn't necessarily mean auction sites alone. I should have mentioned
the second-hand market as a whole. And via internet, it's relatively
easy to find old publications of material by - for example - Barks,
Rosa, Van Horn, etc.

Trying to get old comics on the second-hand market is a very important
(and enjoyable) part of comic book collecting, at least here in The
Netherlands. And so far, most Barks stories are still available in
some form or another. Also in English.

> As to the print quality of some of the Barks we have reprinted,
> I would like to see that improve, too. We're working on it?and not
> entirely alone, either. If all goes well, this next year may well
> bring about some significant developments concerning the entire
> Barks canon.

What do you mean?

--- Dani?l

"Yikes! How can anything that stuffs itself with HAY be so HARD?"
Which Barks story?
Hint #1: cowboys
Hint #2: Donald's nephews
Hint #3: wolf

Lars wrote:
> I mentioned your post to Stefan Petrucha, who let me know you can find
> information about him on his website at http://www.petrucha.com/ .
>
> Alternatively, you can email him directly at stefan at petrucha.com .

Thank you very much for your help, Lars.

Mateusz Lis

>>>> "Yikes! How can anything that stuffs itself with HAY be so HARD?"
>>>> Which Barks story?

From the start, i thought of cowboys. This somewhat rings a bell.

>>>> Hint #1: cowboys
>>>> Hint #2: Donald's nephews

I had thought of Donald at first.

>>>> Hint #3: wolf

I've been thinking of the Grandma's farm story for some time; in one of
the episodes, the nephews play cowboys and ride sheep, and find them hard
once Grandma has shaved their wool away. This wolf hint seems to confirm my
guess-- the big bad wolf rustles sheep; at the end, Grandma leaves
saddle-shaped spots of wool on the sheep for the boys to ride.
I don't remember the original title. I think it was reprinted in Gladstone
album which I missed.
I would very much like such stories as this and the Junior Woodchuck stories
to be reprinted.

Have a very nice day!

Olivier

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