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Now that the IDW Disney line is up and running, I thought it'd be a good time to start a thread on what we'd like to see them publish, in the hopes that someone from IDW monitoring this forum might be able to make some of it happen.
To start, I hope to see the unpublished-in-the-US William Van Horn stories, The Duck who Came to Dinner, the Daan Jippes version of Pied Piper of Duckburg and the recent story that provides one possible version of Della's fate.

The Duck Dynasty (http://coa.inducks.org/comp2.php?writ=GMa&ser=Duck+Dynasty), I really want to sede how the Scrooge's parents will be used in English version.
And... The most Casty, Scarpa and Rota stories there are!

Mostly, I'm hoping for European stories, Scandinavian, Dutch, French and Italian (Rota, Casty, Korhonen, Ziche, Geradts, Cimino, Cavazzano, etc.) . "European" includes, of course, stories by North American creators done for Egmont that haven't been seen here (Dick Kinney, William Van Horn, Michael Gilbert, David Gerstein, Sarah Kinney, Don Markstein, etc.). Most stories that have already been published in the USA are available in old issues fairly cheaply, so the only point in reprinting them is to publish them on better paper with better color and all. There are some stories that deserve that, but in my mind that's not a priority.
Baar Baar Jinx, the "80 Jaar" story with Della is a mess, narratively speaking. I believe it was written for Donald's 80th, and the story apparently has Donald actually being 80 years old (though looking young), which is not at all a coherent idea, IMHO. Plus it's got everyone in it but the kitchen sink. I doubt we'll ever see it in English. You can see on Inducks that it hasn't been printed elsewhere in Europe. The only aspect of it that appeals to me is the idea of Della being in space. A then-10-year-old friend of mine decided more than 10 years ago that HDL's parents had to go on a mission to save the planet--a fine way to have them alive, heroic, but indefinitely out of touch. So I was tickled that Geradts put Della in space.

Quote from user: MatildaBaar Baar Jinx, the "80 Jaar" story with Della is a mess, narratively speaking. I believe it was written for Donald's 80th, and the story apparently has Donald actually being 80 years old (though looking young), which is not at all a coherent idea, IMHO. Plus it's got everyone in it but the kitchen sink. I doubt we'll ever see it in English. You can see on Inducks that it hasn't been printed elsewhere in Europe. The only aspect of it that appeals to me is the idea of Della being in space. A then-10-year-old friend of mine decided more than 10 years ago that HDL's parents had to go on a mission to save the planet--a fine way to have them alive, heroic, but indefinitely out of touch. So I was tickled that Geradts put Della in space.
Hmm ... well, I don't really know much about the story, but would it be possible to rewrite the dialog so that the underlying premise fits in a little better from an "in-universe" point of view? Is Donald being 80 years old integral to the art and an immutable part of the pacing of the story? Is he treated like a celebrity in the narrative (something that would also be at odds with the comics in general and may render the story unsalvageable for IDW)? At 29 pages, it seems like something that could fit nicely in an upcoming issue of Donald Duck, if it can be suitably edited and reimagined. Based on the story's Inducks page, the choice of characters that make an appearance appears quite bizarre ... a lot of faces from the Disney movies, rather than the comics, but we've seen similar stories adapted for the American comics before, like 70th Heaven.

I hope we can get mine and Jan Gulbransson's 24-page epic, "The Marriage of Scrooge" printed by IDW. We also have some good 10 and12 pagers that I hope they will print, that Gladstone and Gemstone didn't print.

Quote from user: Thomps2525If we're conducting a poll of people who would love to see that story, I vote "Yes." Carl Barks created Uncle Scrooge for the 1947 Christmas On Bear Mountain story. Scrooge initially was a wealthy old duck who lived alone in a huge mansion: "Here I sit in this big lonely dump, waiting for Christmas to pass! Bah! That silly season when everybody loves everybody else! A curse on it! Me, I'm different! Everybody hates me and I hate everybody!" Barks soon realized that he couldn't do much with such a surly misanthropic character. He started fleshing out Scrooge's Scottish ancestry...and then came the giant money bin, the "swims," the treasure hunts, the "number one dime" and even some traces of sentimentality, most notably in Back To The Klondike, which featured Goldie O'Gilt. Barks used Goldie in only one story but other artists have portrayed Scrooge and Goldie as being in love at one time but being afraid to tell each other. In Barks' stories, Scrooge never even had a girlfriend, let alone a wife.

So is The Marriage Of Scrooge an imaginary story? A dream? Does the marriage really take place and then get annulled? Or would I rather not know and just be surprised when the story finally gets printed? I can't imagine Scrooge getting married and allowing his five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantasticatrillion dollars and 16 cents to become jointly-owned "community property."
It's NOT a dream. Scrooge REALLY gets married in the story. It would ruin the story for readers, to reaveal why this marriage doesn't present a problem for future Scrooge McDuck stories. We hope to use the woman who he marries as an on-going character in future stories. You will be able to guess how, after reading the story.

Through the first four months, it appears that IDW is strongly focusing on Italian and/or 3 panel stories. While I do like those and want some of them to be printed, I would also like IDW to print a lot of more "traditional" 4 panel stories from Egmont.
These type of stories were the bedrock of Gladstone I, Disney, Gladstone II, and Gemstone when it came to stories from Europe. What I really like about 4 panel stories is that you get more "bang for your buck"! It seems like 3 panel stories can be read at a much faster pace than a 4 panel story.
I would like in the upcoming months if some issues instead of containing one long story, had say 3 shorter stories of say 8 to 12 pages. I love all of the "adventure" stories, but some good comedic ones would be very much welcomed by me.
I was kind of disappointed to see that for one year WDC&S will be consumed with one LOOOONG Disney story (perhaps the longest Disney story ever?). While I am glad that this story is being printed, it seems to me that it would be better suited as 2 or 3 TPBs. I realize that printing it straight to TPB might not be feasible, but I wish WDC&S had more room for shorter stories.
As for which creators I wish to be published, of course I would like stories by both Van Horns, Rota, Jippes, and many more. I especially would love to see some stories by the late, great Vicar. Sometimes though I feel I am in the minority when it comes to liking his art. I should say that I *love* his art and there are literally *hundreds* of stories of his that have never been printed in North America. If I were running the world (not very likely to happen! :) ), I would have a monthly Disney title devoted to just stories by Vicar!
One BIG thanks to what IDW has *not* been doing so far: re-re-reprints of Barks and others. With Barks, Rosa, and Gottfredson libraries being published, I love the fact that at least so far IDW has been concentrating on new to North America stories. While I loved what Gladstone I through Gemstone published, the one thing I think they did wrong is rely *too* much on re-re-reprints. Thankfully that is not the case with IDW.
I also would love TPB collections devoted to various creators.

Generally speaking, I find that I enjoy the Italian Disney stories least, so I'm hopeful they include other areas moving forward.