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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Hi!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I agree with Mike Devery it's sad Gemstone no
longer publish the US Disney comics. For Egmont publishing the Norwegian,
Danish, Finnish, Swedish, German, Icelandic, and most other European editions as
well, it's all differnt. They have never had problems in the nordic countries,
all I know. But they have aimed their audience towards kids and adults, not only
adults, as I feel maybe Gemstone have done. Besides, superheros may be far more
popular as comic books in the US. If kids care reading anymore...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Yes, The UK publish a Mickey Mouse weekly. I've bought
it when over in the UK. I feel like buying porn from the newsstands as
people stare at me as if I did. Mickey Mouse is a big format magazine, and more
or less a kids' magazine, I feel. In Norway on the contrary, the weekly Donald
Duck & Co, published since Dec 1948, is an all age periodical, and face good
popularity. I think DD&Co is the number 2 best selling Disney comic book,
right after Aku Anka in Finland!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I grew up on Donald Duck & Co. My parents, being
teachers, bought it weekly. I taught to read by reading the issues. When I
discovered WDC and DD and US on newsstands in the nearest city around 1980,
they sold cheaper than the Norwegian edition, so on some point, after Gladstone
had gotten the licence, this flow of US Disney comic books ceded. I think
maybe Egmont protested against the sales of the US editions. Anyone that can
confirm this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I also have bought Gladstone's Disney comic books in
Australia, after your own editions also at some point drained out. My mate in
NSW have sent up some books on occations, too. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I hope someone with new ideas for bringing back the US
Disney comic books to good old times, or even below, is entering the scene as
soon as possible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Erlend, Norway</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>