<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/11/2003 2:48:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, deanmary@worldnet.att.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">. Even though I have the entire<BR>
Barks library by Gladstone in the album format, I would love to buy<BR>
these stories again in a trade paperback format as this format appeals<BR>
to me more than the album format.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Really?! Any particular reason?<BR>
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Personally, I prefer the album format, as I like my comic book artwork to appear as large as possible, with as many details shown as possible. (I also like really large lettering!) This especially applies to Don Rosa's work, which has many details that are difficult to point out in the "normal"-sized books--and especially in the "take along" format!<BR>
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I'd really like to see the albums reprinted. They appeal to me--at this point--much more than a "trade paperback" format, even though that might be the more current approach. (It seems like EVERYthing eventually becomes a trade paperback collection these days!)<BR>
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In the end, if Gemstone decides to produce any of these types of books at all, I think they'll go for the more commonly-accepted trade paperback format. But you never know...!<BR>
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Thanks for reading this nonsense,<BR>
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Dane Martin</FONT></HTML>