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Does anybody know where to find a scan of Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro's
version of Donna? (As seen in the 1951 Donald Duck strip.)

Lars

Just a short note updating you about Don Rosa in San Diego.
Don met with 2 Digest Friends from Finland on Wednesday,
Riku Perala and Jukka Heiskanen. We had a very nice visit and evening meal.
Plenty of Walking and plenty of comics and "Pop" culture to see.
Gemstone will have Don signing at their Booth Friday and Saturday.
Disney also has a booth here. I will try to take some pictures and post next
week.
I said, short, so that's all.

Barry

Well, I am less than pleased to see so many reprints in the
October Gemstone issues. :( I was wondering if Gary could tell us if
this is an exception, or if this is now going to be par for the
course? I afraid due to comments such as, "In response to numerous
requests that Donald Duck and Friends contain more vintage material"
and a similar one for Mickey Mouse and Friends, that we will be seeing
a lot more reprints than we did see in the first 16 months or so of
Gemstone titles. At least the reprint stories in these issues of MM&F
and DD&F are stories that have not been reprinted to death...

As far as Rosa's "Son of the Sun" being reprinted in US#335 and
the requests for it, I am as baffled as Derek Smith is. Why reprint
this when is was just printed in 1987 and then re-reprinted *4* times
later in various albums?!? I realize that there are many fans of
Rosa's work. I am a huge fan of his work myself. And it would be
great if *every* issue of US had a new Rosa story. However since Don
only creates 2 or 3 stories a year, there can only be 2 or 3 issues a
year of new Rosa stories. Do people really want to read reprints of
Rosa stories in US each month instead of new European stories that
have never been printed in the USA? I am afraid that Gemstone will
start reprinting *all* of Don's stories rather frequently in upcoming
issues! :( Are there really a lot of people who want to see say "Cash
Flow" reprinted in the December US and then say "Last Sled to Dawson"
in the February 2005 issue? I don't think so, but I would love to
hear from members on the list who agree or disagree with me on that.

It seems to me that readers of almost no other comics series than
Disney comics readers have to put up with the re-re-reprints like
Disney comic readers do. I realize that there are HUGE differences
between Disney comics and superhero comics from DC and Marvel. Still
though, imagine if issues of Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, etc. had on
a regular basis reprints of stories from the past. I think very few
fans of these comics would buy these issues that had all of these
reprints. If they don't have to settle for old stories, why should
Disney comic readers? Plus it is all the worse with Disney comics in
that there are literally *thousands* of European stories that have
never been printed in North America before! Gemstone could publish
all their titles for *years* without once using a reprint if they
wanted to.

I think the saddest thing is that this does not have to be a
problem. There are at least two ways to make fans of new and old
stories both happy. One if for Gemstone to start publishing TPBs of
classic Disney stories. I am so emphatic about that that I would have
written the whole last sentence in capital letters except that it
would be very annoying to read! :) I was surprised that Gemstone did
not very early on start publishing such TPBs. Then I thought they
might start early in 2004. It seems that in at least one letter
column a month that Gemstone mentions publishing them someday. Well,
I have been reading that month after month for so long that I am
starting to think of Gemstone in this regard as "The Boy Who Cried
Wolf"! Maybe someday we will see such TPBs, but I am not exactly
holding my breath...

The other option would be a "Walt Disney Classics" monthly title.
Imagine if in October Gemstone had a "Disney Classics" 64 page
prestige format issue like US and WDC&S. They could have reprinted
"Son of the Sun", "Westward Whoa", and "Snow Day" in this *one* issue!
Then the other titles could have new European stories in them. In
this case, wouldn't fans of old and new stories both be satisfied?

I can understand why many European members on the list don't have
this as a big issue one way or another. However, for North America
and the English reading population, Gemstone is our only outlet for
these stories. It is not like if they publish a lot of reprints that
we have the option of getting new Disney stories from someplace else.
So I would really appreciate if members on the list gave their
thoughts on this reprints issue pro or con. It wouldn't have to be a
long piece, just a few sentences saying how you see the issue and why.
And if anyone from the list or from Gemstone for that matter want to
tell me why my views on this subject are wrong, unfeasible, etc. I
would *love* to hear that! I may still not like there being so many
re-reprints, but perhaps then I would at least understand why.

Dean Rekich

The next round of Treasures in America has already been talked about on
many Disney forums, and the men behind the DVDs has reviled that it will
be:

Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2
The Mickey Mouse Club
The Complete Pluto
True Life Adventures

There must be some pretty special events for this line to change, so I
guess we have to wait another year or so for the next Donald.

I have tried to send another two emails about the Donald box when I was
on vacation but I always get a message that it needs approval and I
never see it turn up. I do hope that I have found the problem now, and
trying another time with this. If anybody with approval privileges could
approve my 2 first emails then I would be grateful because I wrote them
away from home so I don't have any record of them on my computer.

Lars Olav Karlsen
Oslo, Norway

I already have 1 reprint of this book (in one of the rare Comics In Color books), so I'm not clamoring to get another copy, but I must respond to this:

>Tell them to be
>financially prudent and get the back issue in NM/MInt condition for >$2-3 instead
>of
>blowing $7 on it, for it taking up space in a new issue.

Where can you find a copy of US219 for $2-$3? The copy at my local shop is $19.

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I don't really mind reprints of stories that haven't been seen
in decades or are otherwise rare. But I'd much prefer all-new
material--*especially* the Rosa stories that haven't been
published in America yet!! I guess as long as there's a mix
it's acceptable. Although it would be a nice idea to have the
reprint in trade paperback size books and more new stuff in the
prestige titles. *shrug*

On the other hand, I'd like it even more if I could get the
Donald Duck title *without* the comic being 1/3 Mickey Mouse. I
know there are lots of Mickey fans. I'm just not one of them.
I'm not going to buy the Mickey Mouse title to get one duck
story, either. So I miss one duck story every month and get one
mouse story that I don't really care about. I'll admit I'm so
Disney-comics-starved that I do read the Mickey stories, and
some of them are entertaining, but I'd still rather have ducks.
Maybe it's just me, but it irritates me to buy "Donald Duck" and
find a third of the comic is mice. (And yes, I know it's
"Donald Duck *and Friends*" but it's still "Donald Duck" as far
as the numbering system and my pocketbook are concerned.) What
is so wrong about having one of the "non-prestige" titles be all
mice, and one all ducks? We already get a mix in WDC&S.

Pet peeve of mine. ;)

My $00.02,

Katie Sullivan
http://www.sullivanet.com/

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I've been under the impression that Gemstone operates trying to make
publishing Disney Comics as economical as possible. (For them) That's
why we in the US we'll mainly see Egmont and Barks material because
Gemstone won't have to pay to produce it, because it already exists.
(Three years worth of Egmont material that's never seen print in the
USA or in English.) I don't know how the Disney license works out for
them or what the schedule at Gemstone is, (I assume every now and then
the staff gets a little behind in their work schedule. It happens. :P)
but I'm left scratching my head as to why stories like "Son of the Sun"
and "His Majesty Mc Duck", which you can find them in a non-yellowed
"in-color" album over at Gladstone, when there is such a back-log of
material from Europe. I think there would be a greater appreciation if
the U$ title featured Rosa/Vicar/Branca material that hasn't seen print
here in the US.

Barks is sort of a different matter, there is such a vast collection
of his work, it's probably very easy to re-re-reprint his work. What
some fans may have seen, others haven't. In his case, I would suggest
reprinting work that hasn't been seen in the past 10-20 years. I also
agree with the idea of a classics title or special collection/library
in TPB dedicated to Rosa, Bark, etc. Gemstone could easily keep them
in print for months if not years at a time.

I'm also not much of a fan of mixing Mouse and Duck material in both
"the Friends" and "Adventure" titles, but I'm assuming Gemstone wants
to maximize sales with this strategy. I don't know if this has been a
success compared to both the Gladstone and Disney runs. (For
Gladstone's second run, you had to purchase WDC&S, D and M, or DD and
MM titles if you wanted to read any mouse stories. Otherwise, the Duck
titles had been kept segregated from Mouse stuff.)

Nonetheless, selling Disney comics here in the US is a tuff bit. I
remember towards the end of Gladstone's second run, shops here in San
Antonio just quit carrying them. Although back issues of Disney Comics'
run are still in ample supply, compared to Gladstone and other runs.
But comic shops haven't been as enjoyable since most of them have
converted over to being collector stores. On top of that, over the
years comic stores have become few and farther between. So ordering
online and through mail order has become more and more of an attractive
alternative.

Speaking of ordering online, can anyone recommend an online Italian
comic shop that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for shipping?

Chris

Hi all!

Just a quick post about the Eisners for work published in 2003. The Uncle
Scrooge comic book won Best Title for a Younger Audince. Yay!!! I wonder who
accepted the award in San Diego. BTW, the guy who won Best Lettering, his initials
are T. K. That's probably all the explanation that's needed. ;)

http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=002541

Derek Smith