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<P>Recent issues of the <EM>Wall Street Journal </EM>have carried articles of tangential interest: on Thursday an article detailed the career of the recently Joseph Barbera, co-creator with William Hanna, of Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones, Yogi Bear, the Jetsons, etc. Friday's issue had an article on <EM>Archie</EM> comic books, and how the characters are being re-designed. Archie and company are similarly "frozen in time" like the Duckburg Universe, and there is some controversy about the updating of the characters.</P>
<P>The article mentions that <EM>Archie </EM>isssues sell between 15,000 and 75,000, with some digests hitting 100,000! This is down from the good ol' days 50 years ago when sales of 1 million were not uncommon.</P>
<P>Again, I have mentioned that <EM>Archie</EM> comics are quite visible in the major book stores, and at grocery stores: look at the sales numbers in comparison to our Disney Comics! </P></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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