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Hoy, Fabio:<BR>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>A Disney comics distribution deal through Dark Horse, a la Gladstone/Marvel? Won't happen. Dark Horse is doing Disney projects on a case-by-case basis, and they have no interest at this time in doing a "line", which would the only (barely) sane reason for A) buying the newsstand print runs of Disney comics produced by another publisher and B) taking the resultant hit on returns.<BR>
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However, a deal where Dark Horse assumes the management of newsstand distribution for Disney comics without buying the print runs outright might not be out of the question. If they could even manage to make newsstand distribution pay, more power to 'em, because if somebody could actually figure that out, it would be a tremendous boon to the U.S. comics industry.<BR>
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Gary
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