<P>Greetings!<BR><BR><STRONG>Olaf wrote:</STRONG><BR><EM>First: Why Gemstone? Gemstone clearly has not had a budget for developing<BR>new stories, which is why they've based most of their publications on<BR>reprints and European material. Why should Gemstone be responsible for<BR>finding a successor to Don Rosa when Don Rosa never worked for Gemstone?</EM></P>
<P>That is not clear to me at all: a company which sells comic books needs to worry about developing artists for the future.<BR><BR><BR>I wrote:<BR>> There must be some budding young artist doodling away<BR>> somewhere who could assume the throne!</P>
<P><STRONG>Olaf wrote:</STRONG><BR><BR><EM>But... There ARE many great artists and writers currently making Disney<BR>comics. Vicar. Marco Rota. Bill Van Horn. Kari Korhonen. Giorgio<BR>Cavazzano. Rodriques. Maximino. And that's just the artists, don't forget<BR>John Lustig, Janet Gilbert and a ton of other great writers. All of them<BR>and more make comics in the tradition of Barks, what's wrong with them?<BR></EM><BR>I do not believe they approach the level of Don Rosa or Carl Barks. Van Horn and Pat Block are very nice, just not on the same "epic" level.</P>
<P>I wrote:<BR><EM>> Why has the development of a new generation of artists for Uncle Scrooge<BR>> and company not happened?</EM></P>
<P><EM><BR></EM><STRONG>Olaf wrote:<BR></STRONG><EM>It has happened, and it's still happening. It's just not happening in the<BR>United States.<BR></EM><BR>Since Gemstone is an American company, that was precisely my concern!</P>
<P>I wrote:<BR><EM>> Answer: bad, short-sighted management!<BR></EM><STRONG>Olaf wrote</STRONG><EM>:<BR>Rubbish. There clearly are great artists and writers out there. Gemstone<BR>aren't producing and finding them, but Gemstone never did.</EM> </P>
<P>I will repeat: they should be! It is their business!</P>
<P>I wrote:<BR><EM>> Let us hope this is not the end of the Barks/Rosa Universe!<BR></EM></P>
<P>I will now add for clarity: "In America."<BR><BR><BR>Best Wishes!</P>
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<P>L. Schulte<BR></P><BR>
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