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I, too, was looking for something similar. In the wake of Boom cancelling the classics line, I have thought about subscribing to Topolino and buying an Italian language beginner's guide and and an Italian-English dictionary (and if for some reason I had some issues but were up a creek without such references, it's not like I'd lack art to enjoy or the capacity to follow the action visually!) ... so it was interesting to find, in a recent tangent that the "Uh oh" thread morphed into, that others had similar thoughts.
Topolino's publisher doesn't seem to offer international subscriptions. I e-mailed them (taking a chance that they in all likelihood are far more versed in English than I am in Italian), but never got a response. If anyone has any experience with this type of thing and has some tips, I'd appreciate your input!

You could pick up Dutch comics in Curaçao or Surinaam. But, I don't think they ship to USA or Canada. I don't believe EHAPA (German Disney Comics)ships to North America. I remember Pat McGreal and Dave Rawson getting their subscriptions sent to USA because they are creators. I don't know if Egmont will send comic books by subscription to USA for a "customer". I imagine that IF they were to do so, the shipping and handling costs would be staggering. But, I doubt that they would even do it.
The difference between comics shops in Europe buying large stocks of US comic books and hardbounds and comics shops in Europe sending comics to USA is that there are large numbers of collectors in Europe who want comics written in the language of the author. Whereas, there are virtually no North Americans who want French, German, Italian, Dutch or Danish comic books. I think there will be no subscriptions available.
If a few stray individuals request being sent European comic books from individual European comic book shops, it may be possible. In The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, recent used weeklies sell for quite a bit less than new retail price. If shops that carry them were to package whichever issues they could come across in reasonably good condition, and sell them for several times higher price than they can get from walk-in locals, plus add in a factor for postage and handling, I imagine they might do it. But, I don't think it would be worth their time and effort to try to avoid sending you duplicate issues and to look at your collection fill-in "wants list" (after you've obtained a fair amount). So, it would behoove a small group of North American fans to agree to purchase 2nd hand issues from a single shop in whichever chosen country to swap duplicates.

Well, I'll be a blue-nosed gopher!!!
You North American European comic book seekers' problems are solved! For Canadians, it will cost you about $242 Canadian per year for 52 weekly issues of Dutch "Donald Duck Weekblad". That averages about $4.70 Canadian per issue. Admittedly, there are many less pages than the recent $7.95 Gemstone books. But the price per page, even including the one-time money exchange fee (through your credit card purchase) will not be all that painful. You must pay for one whole year (52 issues). They are good quality slick-paper books.
Americans will need to pay about $255 US, which averages about $5 US per book.
For those who want "Donald Duck Extra"-(one year of 13 issues)-(mostly Egmont stories), Canadians must pay about $65 Canadian ($5.00 CN) , Americans $67 US, about $5.15 US.
Not bad, for the best of Dutch production. Unfortunately, especially for us creators (but also for the fans) Sanoma doesn't list credits for the stories in their books. So, you'll have to look them up in COA, if you want to find out who has written or drawn a story.

Thank you, everyone! Gotta start planning some budget allotment ... ;)

Wonderful! I am going to get a subscription ASAP!
I'm not sure how things work in European comic shops, but here in Canada (and US, I suspect). Many comic shops will have a "pull" list for customers of every comic they want and then you can pick them up weekly, monthly, or have them shipped to you in a bunch. When I lived in a remote logging camp, I used to eagerly await my big box of 20-50 comics each month!

I'm surprised they don't sell Cross-Ocean Comics in German-American or Polish-American stores.
Since I live in an area that STILL keeps their European roots...they should have comics from other countries.