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<DIV>Several days ago the <EM>Wall Street Journal </EM>ran an article about the Virgin Company (airlines, records) entering the comic book business with a series of comic books based on Indian Mythology with female "superheroes". One issue already hit 20,000 in sales. </DIV>
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<DIV>You can read about it here:</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-09/2006-09-27-voa24.cfm">http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-09/2006-09-27-voa24.cfm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>What I thought was fascinating was the entry of this company into the incredibly overcrowded superhero comic field. Given the sexual undertones - and overtones - in these comics it is possibly unfair to compare their success with the problems in marketing Duck adventures. On the other hand, how many kids outside of India would seemingly be interested in such stories?</DIV>
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<DIV>You can say that as a mythology the stories from India fit certain Jungian archetypes, etc. and therefore are easily grasped. But would that same argument not apply to the humor in the Uncle Scrooge/Donald Duck stories as well?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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