<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi all!<BR>
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Talking about Branca for a moment, I hope that Gemstone in some way acknowledges his death in a future issue. It would be good to let readers know about it/more about him as I think a fair amount of readers don't know much about the comics creators beyond say Barks, Rosa, etc. Even I don't know as much as I would like, so it would be nice if something was included about his life/passing.<BR>
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The Vacation Parade 2 ad in WDC 653 and US 338 is great. Like an ad for old serial movie. :)<BR>
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Congratulations to Gemstone on DDA's tenth issue. Let's face it, it's almost impossible for anything new to make it to its 10th issue in nowadays US comic market, so it's something of an accomplishment to reach that milestone.<BR>
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Questions: What is the story code for "Duck of the Deep" in WDC 653? Also, in the editor's corner, John Clark talks about how he bought the work-in-progress story from the Blocks just before Gladstone went kaput in 1999. Has the story been finished for years now or was it only recently fully completed when it was scheduled for publication? Thanks!<BR>
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Derek Smith</FONT></HTML>