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I just picked up a copy of Gladstone's Disneyland Birthday Party album and was wondering about the identity of some of the stories' artists (since this album didn't have a credits page). I couldn't identify the artist of a Goofy and "Li'l Davy" story (I'm guessing he was a stranger to funny-animal comics, since his Goofy doesn't look too good but his human (not dogfaced!) characters--a crooked railroad crew foreman, Indians, and railroad tycoons) look excellent. I would also like to find out who drew the Snow White/Seven Dwarfs story--the artwork isn't familiar to me. If anyone knows who these artists are, let me know.

Dick Ruhl: " Was a native of Sapulpa, Oaklahoma, where in the third grade of school, his teachers and parents took notice of his natural talent in cartooning. Upon graduation from high school at the early age of 15, he attended the Choulinard School of Art in Los Angeles. Disney artists, teaching in the school, selected him as a student animator. His skill in drawing Donald Duck brought him fame in the 30's & 40's at the studio as being the fastest duck animator on the lot. He could draw a duck in less than a minute. However,as with all Disney animators, he possessed the skill to draw any of the characters. He painted with the unique technique of pastels." Before his death he sold or gave away some prints of his previous work. You can see images of originals in my gallery at comicartfans.com. Click on letter B, click BOOKS, DENNIS, click RUHL, DICK. ...anything for a duck or mouse, Dennis

Wonderful. Just as they were getting my attention back because they
started up with a new Darkwing Duck comic in the latest issue.

I'm guessing that Comic Zone will also go the way of the dodo since it
was the spin-off magazine of Disney Adventures.

Bleh.

August Paul Yang

deanmary wrote:
> At: http://us.imbd.com/news/sb/2007-08-23/
>
> I read:
>
> Despite a 17-year track record, circulation over 1 million, and a 4.6
> percent rise in ad sales over last year, Disney announced Wednesday
> that it will halt publishing /Disney Adventures/ magazine following
> the November issue. (The current issue has -- what else? -- the cast
> of High School Musical 2 <http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0810900/> on the
> cover.) /Advertising Age/ said that the company wanted "to better
> focus resources and maximize long-term growth potential through new
> magazine and book initiatives."
>
> Just thought some people might be interested to read this.
>
> Dean Rekich
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Hi, all!

Just started to post some old Disney model sheets on my blog,
and will continue to do so over the next week.
Not comics, but might interest some of you.

http://sekvenskonst.blogspot.com
(Click on the "Disney" label and you'll find all previous Disney
posts.)

/Joakim Gunnarsson

Seems too much like common sense... =\

Can't say that I'm not glad to see it go though. Back in the day, I used to
read DA solely for its comics - when it had a constant stream of Disney
Afternoon related materials from Ducktales to Roger Rabbit to the occasional
Mickey Mouse on down to Bonkers. *That* was DA at its prime. Certainly
nothing Barksian or Rosanian in quality but many of the stories were average
to pretty decent in quality and certainly no worse than anything you'd find
in the middle of your typical old school Comics & Stories books or random
DD/MM/G backup fillers that we've always gotten. It's quite funny to me as
we got Rosa's only Ducktales story, drawn by Cosme Quartieri (and recently
reprinted in the latest U$ issue) and eventually most of William Van Horn's
"Nervous Rex" series which predates his Disney work through DA. Heck I was
even introduced to Bone through it, so the book certainly wasn't useless.

Sad thing is, even through all that other neatness, I assume that the main
reason it won't be missed by many is that no matter how good the stuff was
in the past, the stuff they've been producing since the then has been just
about 100% garbage, and even if on the slim chance that the comic they're
producing IS Disney related, its so watered down and kiddie that it's
borderline insulting. The Disney Comics era of old is long gone and dead.
Talk about out with a whimper... =\

What were your favorite stories from the DA period? The only ones that I can
think of immediately would be Return to Blaggard Castle (Mickey Mouse), the
Space Mickey Trilogy (painted stories are few and far between), a couple of
Darkwing Duck and Ducktales stories whose plots I can recall but not names,
and especially "The Legend of the Chaos God" which up until "The Orb Saga"
and "Mythos Island" I think was the only major Disney Comics crossover in
existance (unless someone can prove otherwise).

It's too bad some of those stories - especially Return to Blaggard Castle as
a Mickey serial - may not be reprinted anytime soon
(HINTHINTNUDGENUDGEWINKWINKWHYHELLOTHEREGEMSTONEPEOPLEHOWAREYOUDOINGTODAYWINKWINKNUDGENUDGE).
The good ones I think would make somewhat decent C&S filler material,
especially if accompanied by a trademark Gemstone style article shedding
some light on its production. But perhaps that's blasphemy to the old school
purists who are too afraid to see a little new school on occasion...

**cough** :)

Jonathan H. Gray

>From: Leo Schulte <leeschulte at mac.com>
>To: dcml at nafsk.se
>Subject: Disney Adventures Cancelled
>Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:16:55 -0700
>
>Just typical of some of the "less than intelligent" decisions made by
>businesses, especially at times Disney.
>
>Were they losing money, or just not content with "small profits," like the
>greedy farmlady in Chicken Run?
>
>You would think they would at least find a buyer to take over the operation
>as a licensed product! Like Gemstone!
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Gary Leach wrote:
> As for finding a licensee to take it over, that would be a dim prospect
now.
> Disney's made it plain they no longer consider this particular publication
worthwhile,
> and that's just not an encouraging selling point.

Disney Adventures had a really good distribution network. You could find it
at many supermarkets in the U.S., often even at registers next to some of
the most popular magazines. It's a shame that they gave up this space, as I
remember reading when Disney Magazine got canceled a place like that is
difficult to get back. Would it have been possible for Disney to transfer
this shelf space to Gemstone? It would have been great if this space was
given to Gemstone's comics, at least for a trial run of several months. Sure
Walmart already sells Uncle Scrooge and WDC&S on their website, but there's
nothing like having those comics at regular stores where parents and kids
can see them every day.

Arthur

Gary:

Even if we resuscitated one of our digest titles, we'd lose several months
> of costs for that shelf space - which in fact are wire "pockets" - until we
> could get one shipped.
>

Not necessarily--since the digests were volume-numbered only (no cover
dates), we could have reprinted our combined 33 printed volumes while we
ramped up for production like that. The most we would have had to do--if we
were to run them under a common title--would be to have Quebecor swap out
the cover/indicia.

I'm not saying it would have been financially viable, mind you; just saying
that even with the little advance notice the public's received (final issue
dated November 2007) we *could* have potentially taken over that slot
without any downtime.

// Travis Seitler