Quote from user: rodneyThat's right. Print comics targeted toward kids is a dead concept. That's why Archie sells over 80,000 issues a month of just one title. (sarcasm if you couldn't see it dripping from the words)
Seeking profits exclusively does not a quality product make. In fact just the opposite is almost always the case. There's no reason why the content cannot cater to a more intelligent audience. Kids would benefit from this as well. Like I stated previously: Boom is insulting the intelligence and sensibilities of the adult collector. Not to mention undermining the intelligence of children. Good luck to them. They are clearly in it purely for the money.
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Topic: Uncle Scrooge 384
(43 messages)
Morequack
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 31 -
2009-10-16 at 14:30:22
Rodney
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 32 -
2009-10-16 at 14:52:01
My comment was based largely on the remarks that print media is dead and no kids read comic books. I never said US 384 was a great comic. It isn't by a long stretch. But then again, I thought most of the new material that Gemstone printed wasn't very good either.
Kneon
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 33 -
2009-10-16 at 15:25:29
Though the difference here is that Archie comics are often sold as thick digests in grocery store checkout aisles. They're cheap and easy to grab for your kid as an impulse buy, and you really do get a lot of bang for your buck. Disney Adventures had a ridiculously high circulation when it was cancelled (over 1 million per month I think) but Disney just didn't want to continue publishing the magazine for whatever reason.
(I think, however, if Disney comics were available in digests in grocery stores and Walmarts, they'd probably sell ridiculously well. Established, well-loved characters in easy to find, thick, inexpensive volumes? What parent wouldn't plunk down a few dollars for that, if for no other reason than to keep the kids busy in the car on the way home?)
Gemstone tried selling Disney comics in a display at drugstores a few years ago, but I'm not sure how successful it was or why they stopped that program. It was fun to see all those Disney comics in my local CVS, if only for a few months. *sigh*
(I think, however, if Disney comics were available in digests in grocery stores and Walmarts, they'd probably sell ridiculously well. Established, well-loved characters in easy to find, thick, inexpensive volumes? What parent wouldn't plunk down a few dollars for that, if for no other reason than to keep the kids busy in the car on the way home?)
Gemstone tried selling Disney comics in a display at drugstores a few years ago, but I'm not sure how successful it was or why they stopped that program. It was fun to see all those Disney comics in my local CVS, if only for a few months. *sigh*
Rodney
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 34 -
2009-10-16 at 15:41:41
I think part of the problem with the CVS distribution was that even that was limited. For example, my nearest CVS never stocked them.
I also agree that a digest book would sell really, really well. And not like the ones that Gemstone did, though the stories would work. The book itself needs to be cheaper.
I also agree that a digest book would sell really, really well. And not like the ones that Gemstone did, though the stories would work. The book itself needs to be cheaper.
Kneon
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 35 -
2009-10-16 at 16:19:00
Yeah, I often wondered what would've happened if Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Adventures had been available next to Archies in the grocery store. I guess grocery store distribution is REALLY hard to get, though.
Joxer96
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 36 -
2009-10-16 at 17:16:24
Thanks for your post, Dean. Lots of information in there, in the end I'm left feeling a little sick myself. It's too early for me to make any final purchasing decisions on the new issues, but one thing is for certain, I refuse to buy chopped up stories no matter who prints them.
Dutch Duckfan Down Under
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 37 -
2009-10-16 at 17:33:04
After I heard your reactions on the Uncle Scrooge I'm sure about what I'm going to do: I'm going on with buying/collecting Uncle Scrooge comics, but I won't start on the Boom! issues until I've got some more Uncle Scrooges.
Kneon
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 38 -
2009-10-16 at 19:58:47
Chris Barat reviews Uncle Scrooge #384...
http://newsandviewsbychrisbarat.blogspot.com/2009/10/comics-review-uncle-crooge-384-october.html
http://newsandviewsbychrisbarat.blogspot.com/2009/10/comics-review-uncle-crooge-384-october.html
Kcduck
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 39 -
2009-10-17 at 14:10:26
I have decided not to purchase the Walt Disney Comics and only focus on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. I wasn't too pleased with the cliffhanger story at the end but I believe I would be remiss not having my run of Uncle Scrooge's and Donald Duck's continue. Perhaps the stories and the art will continue to improve.
Call me a somewhat apprehensive optimist but having Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck continue in some format could possibly lead to better things. I am looking forward to Boom's hardcovers in the near future. If nothing else comes out of this period in Duck comic history, Rosa's art/stories deserve the "archive" treatment%Pr
Call me a somewhat apprehensive optimist but having Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck continue in some format could possibly lead to better things. I am looking forward to Boom's hardcovers in the near future. If nothing else comes out of this period in Duck comic history, Rosa's art/stories deserve the "archive" treatment%Pr
Mcduck_Enterprises
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 40 -
2009-10-17 at 23:54:46
I didn't quote print IS dead. I wrote it was "about dead" and a concept on its way out in however many odd years. Through recent years, magazines have been going under, newspapers are for sale....Toy Shop? gone, news, available onlne.....If you want to pick apart a thread..... I think the point here is that unilaterally, #384 is very disappointing. I admit, I don't know anything about Archie Comics and I've never seen a kid reading one.
Alexander Knox
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 41 -
2009-10-18 at 01:17:40
Quote from user: Mcduck_EnterprisesI think the point here is that unilaterally, #384 is very disappointing. I admit, I don't know anything about Archie Comics and I've never seen a kid reading one.
Honestly, I've seen way more kids reading Archies than Disney comics. I don't think any children were buying Gemstone's expensive Uncle Scrooge or WDC&S books, only us old guys. Affordable Archie digests are available at literally every grocery store in America...I've never seen a Disney comic outside of a specialty shop or convention.
Honestly, I've seen way more kids reading Archies than Disney comics. I don't think any children were buying Gemstone's expensive Uncle Scrooge or WDC&S books, only us old guys. Affordable Archie digests are available at literally every grocery store in America...I've never seen a Disney comic outside of a specialty shop or convention.
MS
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 42 -
2009-10-18 at 08:51:49
Look at Carl Barks Conversations, p.106-107
Quote from user: "Unca Carl"I used to go to drugstores or wherever there was a newstand, [...] I was looking at "Popular mechanics" or sth and watch the kids [...] And I always hoped that I would see some kid buy a WDC or U$. I never did. They always picked up Superman or a Harvey comic or an Oswald Rabit. [...] I used to wonder what on earth did they do with these big stacks of WDC
To be honest, I think that Boom! will start to sell their Disney comics with gadgets, like Egmont does e.g. in Poland. These gadgets are awful and the smell of that kind of plastic makes me feel bad, but unfortunately they attract kiddies.
Quote from user: "Unca Carl"I used to go to drugstores or wherever there was a newstand, [...] I was looking at "Popular mechanics" or sth and watch the kids [...] And I always hoped that I would see some kid buy a WDC or U$. I never did. They always picked up Superman or a Harvey comic or an Oswald Rabit. [...] I used to wonder what on earth did they do with these big stacks of WDC
To be honest, I think that Boom! will start to sell their Disney comics with gadgets, like Egmont does e.g. in Poland. These gadgets are awful and the smell of that kind of plastic makes me feel bad, but unfortunately they attract kiddies.
Morequack
Uncle Scrooge 384
Message 43 -
2009-10-20 at 22:20:58
The only variant of the four that is even worth the paper that it's printed on is the Comic Con cover with the handsome Rosa art.