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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The main thread regarding the Gemstone
Cancellations has been the call for more new stories--mainly of Egmont origin--
and /or the call for more old stories-- primarily of Western Printing origin but
also some of the King Features Gottfredson stories. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The general consensus, however is that present
Disney comics will remain a small niche market within the world of english
language comics. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a fear that even with new titles
there may be an implosion as with the Disney Comics of the 1990's or worse a
total cessation that occured with Gladstone II.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Available for many years with wide sales and
usually prominently displayed in bookstores are the large number of volumes
of reprints, both B/W and colorized, of the daily newspaper gag-a-day
strips of the popular and well known comic characters of Peanuts and Garfield
(but I doubt as popular and well known as Mickey
and Donald).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a vast reserve of King Features Disney
daily strips just "itching" to be reprinted. If volumes of these were also
widely sold, advertisements within could call the attention to and whet
appetites for WDC&S and other Disney comics.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dark Horse Comics has recently taken a fairly big
bite of the Disney comics field. They have had issues of The Incredibles as well
as now the classic Gremlins characters--following a beautiful reprint of the
original Disney/Dahl book.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also Disney Press has reentered the comic
book field with several issues that they refer to as Junior Graphic
Novels. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, if at all possible, I would expect and
hope that Gemstone would consider the reprint of the daily strips, and
particularly with the motivation of Mr.Geppi to explore new channels to
revitalize pop culture. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marvin Winitz</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>