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Hi G.E.<BR>
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Thank you for your comments.<BR>
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I am not complaining about America per se. I have a second career as a teacher, hockey/soccer coach and counselor. I have fought with the local three network stations to put some children-friendly shows on tv during the 0400~0600 pm time slot. I work mostly with abandonned and/or impoverished children in the North Eastern states. I just made some observation as I was looking 30 years back.<BR>
Believe me, I am all for Disney, old Hanna Barbera, Warner Brother comics - I have pushed for the Scholastic Books, I manned the town library after church to "catch" kids that could be brought by their parents.<BR>
<BR>This is a trend I have noticed. I have to deal with children that are (to my knowledge) much more "damaged" than what I saw 30 years ago. I am not blaming the kids, I am blaming marketing, commercialism (legal ads on TV during children hour), etc...<BR>
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I am glad that in your part of the country things are as you describe them. Up here, either I am getting too old or we are loosing ground. I also have to defend (or protect) children for many problems I rarely dealt with in the past, at least at that age (rape, pregnancy, incest, drugs +++, alcohol...) I am talking about kids here, not adolescents. It hurts, I see their pain having to face issues that would challenge an adult. One network removed "Bugs Bunny" because it was too violent for children - now, they can enjoy "Judge Alex" instead, much better...<BR>
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Sincerely, L<BR>
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<BR> <BR>From: dcml-request@nafsk.se<BR>Subject: DCML Digest, Vol 86, Issue 13<BR>To: dcml@nafsk.se<BR>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:13:12 +0200<BR><BR><PRE>Send DCML mailing list submissions to<BR> dcml@nafsk.se<BR> <BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> <A href="http://nafsk.se/mailman/listinfo/dcml">http://nafsk.se/mailman/listinfo/dcml</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> dcml-request@nafsk.se<BR> <BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR> dcml-owner@nafsk.se<BR> <BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of DCML digest..."<BR></PRE><BR><BR>--Forwarded Message Attachment--<BR>From: pacrat100@hotmail.com<BR>To: dcml@nafsk.se<BR>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:40:46 -0500<BR>Subject: [SPG, Suspected, pattern=3.60]RE: Mr. Erlend's message about Disney comics sales inthe US...<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><EM>I am not Mr. Leach but I am American and have lived in Europe several <BR>years (France, Italy, and Spain).</EM><BR><EM>This is what I have noticed. <BR><BR>1- The average American youth does not read much on their own, TV, video <BR>games, computer (games mostly) and Internet surfing has displaced books as a <BR>past time. As a teacher, for many students, the only reading will be what <BR>they do in the classroom. There is no incentive for them to read on their <BR>own and consequently, they have problems reading, i.e. it is hard/slow <BR>process for them to read.<BR>2- I have not found the broad selection of <BR>quality comic or illustrated books/magazines in the likes of Journal de <BR>Tintin (defunct), Journal de Mickey, Spirou, and all the hard cover illustrated <BR>books that included an entire story from these magazines (Adventures of Blake <BR>and Mortimer and Tintin stories come to mind).<BR>3- Finally, the American <BR>family is going through a transition with half my students from single parent <BR>families. This, along with the stresses involved makes it difficult for the <BR>child to have a stable, mind stimulating environment. The TV (especially <BR>since "bad" TV, talk shows, confrontations, etc... replaced the children <BR>hours 1600~1800) has replaced the baby sitter or the parent at home.<BR>I hope <BR>it helps,<BR>Lancelot<BR><BR><BR></EM><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Actually, I would like to disagree with that. <BR> Maybe it's just the area you're in. I don't collect comic books <BR>much, but I buy the collections and treasuries. Not because of the <BR>price and availability, but because of the durability. Hardbound and "soft <BR>cover" treasuries and collections just last longer for me and finding the actual <BR>older comic books would be very difficult. And with a 5 year old and <BR>9 year old + their friends reading them, I need the durability factor. If <BR>they asked me to order a subscription, I would. But my first personal <BR>choice to be bought is any collection that I haven't bought yet.</FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri> As to kids not getting out from in front of the <BR>brain drain machine, I live in a pretty bad area. Over half the <BR>kids in my town are disadvantaged and many of them stay at my home <BR>more then they do at their house since there is no one there for them. But <BR>out of the 25-30 kids in the area under the age of 12, a sizable fraction of my <BR>older Disney collection (10-15 books) are constantly borrowed to read on their <BR>own time with more kids waiting for the books to be returned so they can borrow <BR>them. The newer collections (1995-present) don't seem to get borrowed <BR>so much, but the older Disney collections always out enough that I've been <BR>planning on finding and buying second books to stay in my <BR>library. And it's not only Disney comic collections that are asked <BR>for. The Richard Halliburton collections, Tom Swift Jr, and older Hardy <BR>Boys and Nancy Drews, as well as many others are being borrowed as <BR>well. Some kids may have never been introduced to good reading, I have to <BR>agree. But there seems (at least in my area) a lack of things kids will <BR>read that they enjoy. After reading the above when it came into my email, <BR>I asked one of the kids why he came to my place to borrow books (2 Hardy <BR>Boys and Carl Barks 1978 Mickey Mouse collection) and he told me that the books <BR>I had were more enjoyable then the ones in the library........ With an <BR>answer like that, I'll keep lending them out as much as they want me to. <BR>If the books becomes too worn or damaged to give out, I'll replace them if I can <BR>find them.</FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>G.E. Craig</FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>BTW, while I'm here in my second post to the <BR>newsletter..... Is there a good site that list older collections? <BR>Right now, my collecting process is very shoddy. If I see a collection and <BR>I recognize that I don't own it, I try to buy it if it's for sale ($230 for a <BR>unopened/perfect Carl Barks Donald Duck (1978?).... Yikes!!!! But I bought <BR>it for a non-lendable book), but I know there are gaps in what I have and what <BR>has been issued.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Calibri></FONT></EM> </DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR>--Forwarded Message Attachment--<BR>From: shadslists@gmail.com<BR>To: dcml@nafsk.se<BR>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:21:52 -0600<BR>Subject: A review of Hero Squad<BR><BR><BR>Just ran across this:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20100415.shtml">http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20100415.shtml</A><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Shad Z. ^Q^<BR><BR>My Blog: <A href="http://www.livejournal.com/~shadzane/">http://www.livejournal.com/~shadzane/</A><BR>My Web Site: <A href="http://shadz.homestead.com/files/">http://shadz.homestead.com/files/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>--Forwarded Message Attachment--<BR>From: abeenget@online.no<BR>To: dve@kabelfoon.nl; dcml@nafsk.se<BR>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:04:16 +0200<BR>Subject: [SPG,Suspected,pattern=3.60]Re: Don't people read anymore?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Daniël wonders why kids read so little when the several <BR>thousand pages of Harry Potter rates so high on book sales and popularity. Well, <BR>I've read them all myself, and I am 40 years old. First of all, they hit kids in <BR>all ages perfectly. I bet there are more kids in all ages watching the films <BR>rather than reading the books, though. The huge numbers of pages is one cause. <BR>Another cause is, I think, that reading is a downpointing activity. My son <BR>starts 1st grade come August, and we've been told at parents meeting now to <BR>read 15 minutes per day in order to help the development of his reading <BR>abilities. Unless parents have taught their kids to read books, they are less <BR>likely to sit down with any book, Harry Potter or not! Being brought up on good <BR>books and Donald Duck weekly, I certainly hope my kids will love <BR>reading...</FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Erlend, Norway</FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR>--Forwarded Message Attachment--<BR>From: TheGuy@DRawson.Com<BR>To: dcml@nafsk.se<BR>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:42:18 -0700<BR>Subject: Re: Disney Sales<BR><BR>I'm wondering if it might have anything to do with whether or not parents read aloud to their young children?<BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:08 AM, <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:UNDBKB@aol.com">UNDBKB@aol.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>How come Disney comics sell so bad in the US compared to the good <BR>numbers in Europe, among them Norway? </FONT></DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>I guess as a Norwegian American I would have to say Norwegians are <BR>"Smarter" than the average American! <IMG src="http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/02"></FONT></DIV><BR>
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