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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The relatively small interest
in Disney comics of perhaps the greatest creator of all, namely
Floyd Gottfredson, is unfortunate and I believe it is mainly due to lack of
exposure, at least in the Gemstone english language publications. I
enthusiastically purchase the Gemstone Mickey, Donald, Scrooge, and WDC&S
regular size comics, but reluctantly buy the Take-Along comics when
available. In my opinion, the long stories of the latter have
their plot needlessly stretched out and are not particularly
entertaining.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> As I recall, David Gerstein (the Archival
Editor for Gemstone) wrote an article or message in which he detailed which
of the Gottfredson newspaper stories have been/not been republished in
comics. The stories are fairly long but of various lengths, and
I am sure David is familiar with their extent. Gladstone produced
large size album trade paper backs with stories by Gottfredson and
others, but I gather they were not big sellers compared to the
regular size comics. However, Gemstone now with their Take-Along
comics have a format which should be quite suitable to many of the
Gottfredson stories. I would hope the Gary Leach would take note and maybe start
the ball rolling to use that format to reintroduce us to the great Gottfredson
stories.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marvin
Winitz </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>