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I'd start with the core four: Comics and Stories, Scrooge, Donald and Mickey. No Darkwing is a purely personal issue. I'd rather throw in some pocket books or digests. I'd focus more on material that hasn't been published in English yet, and (unfortunately) publish very little Barks. Sure, they're good, but there are other good stories out there. Plus, us collectors probably have his stories at least once or twice. More Italian stories! More rare material!
Another question: So, you're the editor-in-chief of the new Disney comics publisher. First thing on the bucket list is Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 721. 32 pages to fill with comics. What do you want to put in that first issue?

Quote from user: Dutch Duckfan Down UnderAnother question: So, you're the editor-in-chief of the new Disney comics publisher. First thing on the bucket list is Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 721. 32 pages to fill with comics. What do you want to put in that first issue?
Assuming it's 32 pages of comics, I have a decent-sized budget, and the issue comes out this year:

I'd have a 10-page Egmont Donald, a short self-produced Phineas & Ferb, a short self-produced Darkwing Duck, possibly a very short self-produced Oswald... and end the issue with a 7-8 page Egmont Mickey.

Yes, I want super-digests. And like the German Lustiges Taschenbuch series, I'd vote for some that were thematic collections. Partly because I think they might be more attractive to new buyers than random collections of Disney comics... For instance, the LT series has had "underwater adventures" and "outer space adventures" and ghost stories. There could also be collections of stories about...

Whales:
2 Barks/Jippes JW stories: "Whale of a Good Deed" and "Wailing Whalers"
Geradts/Verhagen "Isabella"
Terry LaBan "The Great White Whale"
Paul Murry "The Monster Whale"
a story featuring Pinocchio's Monstro
(no, no Moby Duck stories, unless there's one where the whale eats him!)

Cats:
--a few Kinney/Hubbard stories with Fethry, Donald and Tabby (my favorite for Tabby's expressions and commentary is "Out of the Depths, Despair")
--Halas & Bartholomew/Vicar "Billyum" (HDL's kitten & Magica)
--Strobl "The Cat's Meow" or one or more of the three Brazilian stories prominently featuring Madam Mim's cat Spitfire
--stories featuring the Aristocats
--Barks' one-pager "Kitty-Go-Round" and the 2-page sequel by Gary Gabner & Craig Deeley
--Hubbard's "The Mischievous Kittens" (Scamp)
--one or more Pluto stories featuring a cat or kitten ("July Jubilee," "Multipli-cat-ions," etc.)
--are there comic versions of the cartoons "Mickey's Orphans" and "Lend a Paw"? (I thought there was one of Lend a Paw, but I can't find it by looking for character Pluto & keyword cat/kitten on INDUCKS.)
--the comic version of the movie "That Darn Cat"

Sherlock Holmes-inspired:
Lockman/Strobl "The Hound of Basketville"
Fallberg/Hubbard "The Case of the Pea-Soup Burglaries" (best of Mickey & the Sleuth)
Markstein/Noel Van Horn "Surefoot Jones"
Salvatori/Intini "Daisy Holmes e lo studio in rosso"
one of the Storck/Mebberson Muppet Sherlock Holmes stories
a Shamrock Bones story (my favorite is "The Case of the Talking Bone," but I haven't read them all)
an original story starring Basil of Baker Street (probably "The Great Train Robbery")
Transgaard "An Impossible Crime"

Oh, this is too much fun. Stop me before I go on to dog stories, and ghost ship stories, and lighthouse stories, and lake monster stories.... (But I do need to say that I wish an American publisher existed in order to commission stories about our North American lake monsters. Enough of Nessie already! I want a Minnie & Mickey story by Dave Rawson about Lake Champlain's Champ! Or a story about Ogopogo!)

Quote from user: GeoXI don't have anything against a DA comic, as long as it's not supplanting other things (which, in fairness, it doesn't seem to have for Boom). I agree that the core four are essential, but my real fantasy--as I've noted elsewhere--is a single digest, twice the length of Gemstone's DDA and MMA (ie, normal size for European digests). Gemstone's digests focused almost exclusively on modern Egmont material, but this one would include the best duck and mouse digest stories from all publishers and all eras--with good-quality paper and top-notch localizations, natch (I'd request separate duck and mouse digests along these lines, but hey, I'm not gonna be greedy). IMAGINE HOW GREAT THAT WOULD BE! IMAGINE IT, DAMMIT!
First thing I'd do is hire you as an editor. You know these Italian comics. And I do agree with your vision. But top-notch paper is a bit too much. The EU pockets have cheap paper, but that is what keeps them so cheap. Gemstone comics had awesome paper, but were expensive. I'd probably go back to the cheap paper of the Dell-Gladstone I era.

My first issue would look like this:
Cover: a mix of WDC 1 and the first EU comics. Drawn by me, if my skill is high enough.
Editorial bit by yours truly.
Fireman Donald, for traditional reasons.
RhuBarbara, because I have a soft spot for the RhuBarbarabarbarbarianbeardbarber.
YD 40-07-04 to YD 40-07-10, continuing Gladstone's way of publishing all DD comic strips.
One of the Don Rosa posters for Picsou Magazine in the middle of the comic.
The Health Nut, to reintroduce Fethry and Von Drake.
His Handy Andy, because it's a great story.
Remember This on the back cover. Okay, I'm cheating, that's the 33rd page.

Quote from user: MatildaYes, I want super-digests. And like the German Lustiges Taschenbuch series, I'd vote for some that were thematic collections. Partly because I think they might be more attractive to new buyers than random collections of Disney comics... For instance, the LT series has had "underwater adventures" and "outer space adventures" and ghost stories. There could also be collections of stories about...

Whales:
2 Barks/Jippes JW stories: "Whale of a Good Deed" and "Wailing Whalers"
Geradts/Verhagen "Isabella"
Terry LaBan "The Great White Whale"
Paul Murry "The Monster Whale"
a story featuring Pinocchio's Monstro
(no, no Moby Duck stories, unless there's one where the whale eats him!)

Cats:
--a few Kinney/Hubbard stories with Fethry, Donald and Tabby (my favorite for Tabby's expressions and commentary is "Out of the Depths, Despair")
--Halas & Bartholomew/Vicar "Billyum" (HDL's kitten & Magica)
--Strobl "The Cat's Meow" or one or more of the three Brazilian stories prominently featuring Madam Mim's cat Spitfire
--stories featuring the Aristocats
--Barks' one-pager "Kitty-Go-Round" and the 2-page sequel by Gary Gabner & Craig Deeley
--Hubbard's "The Mischievous Kittens" (Scamp)
--one or more Pluto stories featuring a cat or kitten ("July Jubilee," "Multipli-cat-ions," etc.)
--are there comic versions of the cartoons "Mickey's Orphans" and "Lend a Paw"? (I thought there was one of Lend a Paw, but I can't find it by looking for character Pluto & keyword cat/kitten on INDUCKS.)
--the comic version of the movie "That Darn Cat"

Sherlock Holmes-inspired:
Lockman/Strobl "The Hound of Basketville"
Fallberg/Hubbard "The Case of the Pea-Soup Burglaries" (best of Mickey & the Sleuth)
Markstein/Noel Van Horn "Surefoot Jones"
Salvatori/Intini "Daisy Holmes e lo studio in rosso"
one of the Storck/Mebberson Muppet Sherlock Holmes stories
a Shamrock Bones story (my favorite is "The Case of the Talking Bone," but I haven't read them all)
an original story starring Basil of Baker Street (probably "The Great Train Robbery")
Transgaard "An Impossible Crime"

Oh, this is too much fun. Stop me before I go on to dog stories, and ghost ship stories, and lighthouse stories, and lake monster stories.... (But I do need to say that I wish an American publisher existed in order to commission stories about our North American lake monsters. Enough of Nessie already! I want a Minnie & Mickey story by Dave Rawson about Lake Champlain's Champ! Or a story about Ogopogo!)
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The Shamrock Bones story, "The Shattered Glass Mystery" was very good, as well.

That's no surprise, but I'd like (no, I'm fighting for!) a TaleSpin comic before anything else.
As previously said, Disney Afternoon comics would be supplementary, not a replacement to "classics characters". They proved they could be a big success at Boom! Studios (bigger than "classics" actually), and they're a great way to attract the older audience AND the younger one to Disney comics.

I think the problem with Donald, Scrooge and Mickey books is that :

- the older audience see them as "kiddy books" (which is totally untrue, but that's another debate)

- the younger audience see them as "outdated/old fashioned". It's not a "brand" like Cars or Princesses (I HATE brands... XD)

The Disney Afternoon books have both a nostalgic appeal to the older audience, and a "fresh" one to the younger audience. Also, there have been Disney classics for YEARS, even I grew tired of them. (believe me, I read Donald & Scrooge comics for about 10 years! I still like reading one, once in a while, but it's not the same appeal anymore)

As for why a Talespin book? Because that's the only major Disney Afternoon series that hasn't being revived, yet the best and most underrated one...(IMO) and 1500+ people want that to happen!!!

http://www.animationsource.org/talespin/en/petition/&id_film=9

To be honest, I think making a new "Disney Afternoon" monthly book, with several comics for some of the series each month chosen randomly (like the old Disney Adventures book) would be even better than making individual books for each, because I fear TaleSpin will once again be totally and unfairly neglected. That could also allow crossovers more easily!

Quote from user: steetthe older audience see them as "kiddy books" (which is totally untrue, but that's another debate)
I have very grave doubts that anybody who's a fan of DA properties would dismiss the classic stuff as "kiddy books."

Quote from user: steetthe younger audience see them as "outdated/old fashioned". It's not a "brand" like Cars or Princesses (I HATE brands... XD)
But why would they see DA shows from before they were born as any less "outdated/old fashioned?" Yes, I suppose Tailspin and Darkwing Duck are "brands," but it's not like The Kidz have a Pavlovian reaction to branding per se.

Quote from user: steetAlso, there have been Disney classics for YEARS, even I grew tired of them. (believe me, I read Donald & Scrooge comics for about 10 years! I still like reading one, once in a while, but it's not the same appeal anymore)
I cannot help but note that you are extrapolating your own sensibilities outward with, as far as I can see, no justification.