Disney-Published Comics

[Robert Hutchings]

Hey, I'm just really curious here what the deal was
with the Disney-published comics circa 1990. As this
forum and others have demonstrated, there is a lot of
resentment, anger, and generally unhappy feelings
about Disney publishing. A short while ago I believe
it was Bob Foster who wrote a rather scathing piece on
Disney's desire for marketability at the expense of
quality. Don Rosa also once wrote that he only did
"The Money Pit" (the story in the first Disney issue
of "Donald Duck Adventures") as a goodwill gesture.
It's funny, because I was introduced to Disney
character comics in 1990 with the beginning of this
run, and I thought they were fantastic. Good paper,
good coloring, great stories (so I thought, anyway).
They were almost completely responsible for the
appreciation I currently hold for the comics of Donald
Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and so on. So, my question is:
what was the deal? Why does everybody older than 25,
especially people like Bob Foster and Don Rosa, hold
Disney and their comics in such contempt? 

Robert Hutchings

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