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At the risk of sounding like a pessimist, I don't know what the future holds for Disney comics in the U.S.
Gladstone and Gemstone were pretty darn dedicated to the cause and they failed, and Boom has not shown me they have any new ideas to make things work.
I've held off on subscribing to the Boom series because I just don't see the appeal. Disney characters in Lord of the Rings, Justice League and James Bond settings just don't do it for me.
At this point, the only thing that does interested me would be the Ducks (in their traditional formats) and maybe WDC&S.
Though part of the problem is Disney, which hasn't taken advantage of it's opportunities to market it's old characters to a new generation.

The problem is basically that the US branch of Disney simply doesn't care anymore.
Mainstream entertainment companies like Disney market-test everything and simply don't give artists the same freedom that branches in other countries do. Notice how it took Square and Tokyo Disney, for example, to create Kingdom Hearts -- and when it was released in the US Disney kept silent and waited for reaction to it ?¢first?¢ before supporting it. They've been doing that with anything that they feel constitutes any sort of a "risk", including the movie Roger Rabbit.
Disney has left US comic branches to fend for themselves, and it's just ridiculous. Meanwhile, they go berserk promoting tween TV shows and music, not caring at all about Disney tradition. This is the US branch's idea of innovation. I remember once running into some of their Disney Channel network executives, and these were the most bland, nerdy, calculating, money-obsessed weirdos you can imagine, and they were insisting that "Phineas and Ferb" was what everyone wanted despite letters saying otherwise. They claimed no one cared about Disney cartoons and that Hanna Montana was "blazing new trails". One actually said to me that they weren't interested in traditional Disney because, and I quote, "the market is more important than talent".
If Disney would just get behind our comics branch here in the US again it could easily get back on track.

"There's definitely a market for this kind of material... it's just not the superhero crowd that makes up the bulk of the direct market."
That's what I say--Boom! should market these comics in the children's section of the bookstore.

I'm also sad to see the classic hardcovers go; but what's with the obsession with the older stuff in the current titles? Don't get me wrong, the material is great, but how ridiculous would it be for a company like Marvel to just print old Lee & Ditko stories every month? BOOM!'s at least fishing for things that are more up to date. I know the Italian stories aren't exactly Gottfredson, Barks and Rosa; but what about Casty's material in WDCS? and the Double Duck stuff was really fun (not for 12 issues, but you see my point!). Perhaps if we supported a little more and weren't so put off immediately by what's new and different, BOOM! can make it worth their while to do more original stuff, which should be the goal (Darkwing anyone?). Whaddya think?

Boom is cutting back on lots of hardcovers not just the Disney stuff. The current economic situation in the us simply cant support them. I wonder though if they would work in a the trade format since it seems that those will continue.

Quote from user: KneonThe hardcovers were gorgeous, but the price was pretty steep. $25 MSRP is a lot to ask for a single comic in today's economy.
But that was just the price printed on the books. The real price on the bill is between $15 and $20. That seems quite fair for the offered quality.