<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi all!<BR>
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Haven't posted here in a while. Here's some news:<BR>
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Among Top 300 Comics:<BR>
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231. Donald Duck and Friends #309 7,935<BR>
236. Mickey Mouse and Friends #258 7,560<BR>
243. Uncle Scrooge #323 7,127<BR>
257. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #638 6,353<BR>
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Among Top 50 Graphic Novels:<BR>
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17. Donald Duck Adventures #2 3,798<BR>
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Well DDA2 is a little disappointing considering it's debut at number 6 in August. As for the other comics, not too bad really, steady, slightly rising sales(except for MMF). Only problem is that it seems that the cheaper 32 page comics are appealing more or less to the same people who buy the 64 page "prestige" format. Doesn't seem like a lot of kids are buying them(since the sales numbers are so close. Being such a niche as it were, you know the overlap in buyers of the various titles is pretty large).<BR>
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I don't really know what Gemstone could do to get more sales, except for more advertising and of course, more distribution outside of the comics shops.<BR>
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Top 300 Comic Book Sales:<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3873.html">http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3873.html</A><BR>
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Top 50 Graphic Novel Sales:<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3875.html">http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3875.html</A><BR>
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Derek Smith<BR>
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