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Quote from user: Fritz BaughI'm very familiar with IDW thanks to their very well-done Ghostbusters series, which has just ended; I have high hopes for this new development.

I've often wondered about the lack of Marvel Disney comics post-Boom myself...honestly, one suspicion I've had is that Marvel just plain doesn't want to do them. I (mostly but not totally flippantly) suspect that it's because Disney wouldn't let them use their usual business model, namely putting Spider-Man, Iron Man, and/or Wolverine in all of them.
I am inclined to agree with you. Given the quality of the DISNEY AFTERNOON title they did about 20 years ago, I don't think that their hearts would be in such a project.

I am also very excited about the possibility of new Disney books being available in the US. I concur that the last three to four issues of Boom were good but, by then, it was too late. I think I remember the print runs of those issues were anywhere from 3,500 to 4,500 at most. Those books are genuinely scarce now.
IDW has a great opportunity. I just hope they don't try to have five different variants for each issue :( However, with the market as it is, I assume they will go the variant route to boost their sales. I wonder if they will continue the original numbering or being anew with a brand-new issue number one? I personally hope they continue the original numbering.
It is very rewarding to see the new interest in Barks' and Rosa's work as of late. Perhaps the success of the Fantagraphic publications has led to this renewal of interest. The Artist Edition books are absolutely amazing and I strongly encourage anyone interested to go ahead with the purchase. I have several from different artists. If you love art and story, this series captures both in a very unique manner.

I really hope they get this right...! What would you guys like to see in the new issues?

As much as you can't go wrong with Barks, Rosa, or Gottfredson, I genuinely think we've seen more or less enough of them in the regular comics. With Fantagraphics publishing their 'definitive' libraries, the last thing I want to spend my money on is another reprint.
Maybe this feeling is less with Stateside fans, but even there are probably many fans to have tried to collect some of the original printings, Gold Key reprints, Another Rainbow library, Gladstone color library, and now Fantagraphics editions of Barks' comics.

What would I like to see? I think Gladstone got it most right of all publishers. They may have made their mistakes, but I personally enjoy comics from the Gladstone era more than any others, for a number of reasons.
I would like to see the entire scope of Disney comics represented, from classic US comics, to contemporary Egmont productions, to the oft-neglected Italian comics. (But probably not best to start with something like Ultraheroes -- this is something they can do in Italy because they get like 100-150 pages of comics each week. I'd like to see their adaptation of Dracula from a few years back, though, that was beautiful.)
Personally, it would be nice to see a large-sized English language collection of the DoubleDuck comics, like a graphic novel series.

Actually, there's a lot of stories I'd like to see them do in some appropriate way. If only it were financially feasible, like in Europe. If only comics could be a mass medium again in the US. But from what I've read about the 90s, you'd need a proper miracle for that to happen. Like the two major companies making a move to the newsstands in some way. Or Disney actually making their US comics available the world over.

Well, one can dream...

I would like to see just about any type of Disney Comic Stories featuring characters from The Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Universes. and some comics based on The former Disney Afternoon shows if they can fit them in their line up.

Do you think there's a market for Disney comics outside North America?
I think many serious Disney comics fans would be interested, and a lot of them live in Europe.
I've come across back issues of Gladstone comics and albums, but they're very scarce around here. It might be different in places like Germany or Italy, but here in Holland almost every US comic you come across is from Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Image.

I've heard from comic book store owners that they were forbidden to sell them by Disney, but I'm not sure how much of that is true. I suppose Disney could reason that these sales would interfere with the sale of local comics, but they're hardly bought by the same audience, aren't they?

I genuinely wonder... looking at the myriad things that have been (made) popular recently, I think fans of any property can have some hope for the future. Just the right person with the right ideas and effort... I'm not saying we'll have something like the glory days of the 80s and 90s anytime soon, let alone what's going on in some European countries, but I wouldn't rule it out.
(Hmm... maybe it's just me, beginning to get hyped. Yay! 2015! That's near 2014!)

But then, the physical media market was dying, wasn't it?

And OH YES, digests of Italian stuff, PLEASE. And proper graphic novel albums. (Tell me something like this doesn't cry out for that kind of treatment. Look at it! It's so shiny!)

I have confidence in IDW. Along with Fantagraphics, I've loved what I've seen from them.
I'd like to see four standard titles - Uncle Srooge, WDCS, Donald Duck and Mickey & Friends, along with TPBs for longer stories and one shots.

I agree with you thogru. I think It's cool they are bringing back traditional Disney Comics.

Info on Artists and Archive editions -
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/129306-nycc-14-idw-disney-team-up-to-re-publish-comics.html
I'm intersted in seeing where this goes. I love Barks and Rosa, but I'd also like to see other avenues explored.