Scoop and Gemstone Release Dates

[ZeldasTriforce@aol.com]

Hi all!

This is a sort of observation/complaint/question post. I'm sure probably a 
few of you check out Scoop, Gemstone's online comics newsletter. Query: Why 
can't they ever get the release dates right for Gemstone Disney comics? I mean, 
does the rest of Gemstone/Diamond purposely keep them in the dark? Examples 
below:

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=7283&si=121 

Traditionally, the two $3 comics come out in the same week, though Scoop 
previews them seperately. Says MMF 273 is due out on January 5th. Didn't happen. 
Which is fine, delays happen. But...

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=7346&si=121 

The article itself doesn't mention the release date, but look at Scoop's 
January 7th archives and it says DDF 324 is due out next week (meaning January 
12th). Again, did not happen. But no problem, delays happen. But then...

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=7408&si=121 

US 338 being released on January 19th. But Diamond doesn't have it scheduled 
and the $3 comics have yet to come out yet. So the real release date for US 
338 (assuming DDF/MMF do come out on the 19th as scheduled by Diamond) is 
January 26th. So even when the US article was written, Scoop, just by the process of 
deduction, had to know the date was wrong. And yet the article says the 19th 
for US 338 anyway. Why? 

I can't wait for Friday's article previewing WDC saying it'll be released 
next week (January 26th). That'll be the first time Scoop's been right about a 
Gemstone Disney release in a good while. :p

I just don't see how they can be so consistently wrong about release dates 
from their own company. When it comes to profiling the latest "Thank goodness 
Dad and Mom are finally dead so I can sell off all they had for maximun profit 
on eBay" auctions*, Scoop is accurate. But when it comes to Disney comics, heck 
no.

I'd just like to know what's the cause of all this. **

Derek Smith

*Yes I realize kids, grandkids sometimes sell their ancestors stuff out of 
sheer necessity (gotta pay the estate tax/property tax or else the gov't will 
make you wish you weren't born) or because some of the stuff simply isn't useful 
or means anything to anyone in the family. Buit it seems more and more that 
people sell their parents, etc. stuff simply to get all they can, without 
thought to their own heritage and sentimalism.

**All the above about Scoop is hereby retracted if for some reason my comics 
shop hasn't gotten the comics in yet/Diamond's scehdule has been wrong for 
weeks (not saying a Disney comic was released, when it was).
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