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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When all is said and done, including comments that
the price of the Disney comics is high relative to other media, Gemstone should
be given credit for providing us with a service. I doubt very much that Gemstone
is making any profit at the present level of circulation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Gladstone (Bruce Hamilton) was surely a lover
of the Disney characters and the Disney comic tradition, but under the
prevailing conditions with the comic book stores, he couldn't make a go of it.
He dealt mainly in the narrow field of Disney comics. At the end of his run,
both circulation and the price of the comics were similar to what they are now (
and the dollar was worth more then and I gather that production costs
were lower). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gemstone (Stephen Geppi) is
located within their owners much wider sphere of pop
culture and his willingness to give some balance that not just the
super hero comics are of importance. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is ironic that the super hero comics are
now apparently subsidising the return of the Disney comics. It was the
comics of Disney and others, all generally called the Funnies, that paved
the way for the appearance of the gritty and often gruesome super hero
"comics". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the long haul, improvement in circulation is
necessary for the survival of the Disney comics. The Disney Company is now
making a great comeback for Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc with their classic
cartoon DVD series and recent Toon Studio DVDs along with other direct to video
features.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It is the parents that buy these DVDs for the
kids, the same people that usually avoid the comic book shops where the
teens are present. I would suggest that a push for brief advertisements on these
DVDs would get good results to inform parents of web sites for purchase of
Disney comics and getting the the kids,and the kids in
us, to read them. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marvin
Winitz </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>