disney-comics Packet for Gladstone?

[David A Gerstein]

	Dear Folks,

	I was hoping that I might be able to somehow connect
Gladstone's John Clark and Gary Gabner with our network, thinking that
this would be a fine way for us to give Gladstone ideas, thoughts,
etc. and perhaps suggest projects and stories for printing and
reprinting.

	Unfortunately, Gladstone's employees have no access to E-Mail
so I had the idea of putting together an extra-special digest for them
which I'd send by old-fashioned mail, with our comments about their
issues alone included (not our trivia and Duck-History discussions).

	I cut-and-pasted many letters from months and months and
months of archives and have the following packet prepared of
condensed, specialized letters in chronological order.  I prepared
them on a word-processing file, and if you guys give me the go-ahead,
I'll send 'em as listed to John and Gary at Gladstone.

	1. Rich Bellacera:  Are Gladstones all going to be reprints?
	2. James Williams:  Why are Donald and Scrooge more popular
than Mickey, and how can this be changed?
	3. Rich Bellacera:  More outlets for Mickey needed in comics.
	4. Torsten Adair:  Reply to #2.
	5. Harry Fluks:  Gladstone's schedule, relationship between
comics and TV, and reply to #2 (part only).
	6. Darin Reid:  Why bi-monthly schedule?
	7. Frederik Ekman:  Gottfredson given inadequate exposure,
hence MM's unpopularity.
	8. Per Starback:  Discussion of Paul Murry (critical).
	9. Andrew Krieg:  Saying that he won't want to buy re-reprints
of what's been in Gladstone's earlier run, Barks-wise.
	10. David Gerstein:  My elaboration on #7.
	11. Wilmer Rivers:  Response to #7.
	12. David Gerstein:  My response to #8.
	13. Andrew Krieg:  Request for the Barks "ice taxi" story.
	14. Harry Fluks:  Mild criticism for long Goofy "historical"
stories, quoting some of Per's opinions, related to D&M #20.
	15. Harry Fluks:  Discussion of Mickey and Scrooge together,
criticizing Murry Ducks, related to USA #22.
	16. Chris Lawton:  Praise for new Gladstones, but mixed
reaction to D&M #19.
	17. Per Starback:  Questioning re-reprints.
	18. Harry Fluks:  Continuing discussion begun in #17.
	19. Per Starback:  Barks stories in albums vs. comics.
	20. Torsten Adair:  Pepping up Gladstone's distribution;
suggestions.
	21. Frederick Ekman:  Praise for long Goofy "historical"
stories, and suggestion of long Mickey/Scrooge Italian story.
	22. Per Starback:  Tony Strobl's death, and his "eclipse"
since Whitman's closure, as discussed in the Comics List Weekly.
	23. Mark Semich:  Discussing upcoming D&M #22; criticism for
Mickey and the Sleuth.

	I took the liberty of cutting some letters slightly, or just
including the part relating to something Gladstone was doing.  I tried
not to let my own opinions interfere -- note the letters of praise for
the Diaz Goofy stories and for Tony Strobl's work, neither of which
reflects my own opinion.

	I didn't include any full letters from Don Rosa, and only two
brief quotes from him in other people's letters.  This was largely, 
because I suspected his editorial opinions which he gave us here on
a lot of moves by Disney and/or Gladstone weren't things he
necessarily wanted Gladstone to know he told us.  He also gave a lot of
pre-publication info, and I didn't know if he wants Gladstone to know
he told us these things (is there some rule that before it's
solicited, it's not to be told publicly?).  I wanted to maintain his
own privacy (not to mention everyone's, but here was an important
case).

	If I get the go-ahead, I'll go ahead and print this thing out
-- the "Gladstone-related digest" -- and we can give Gladstone our
collective voice.  If people want to write letters especially for me
to send to Gladstone, now's the time to do it, since I can add them to
this special dossier.

	Good night, folks.  Remember, I won't mail a thing unless you
guys agree that this is a good idea!!!!!

	Sincerely,

	David Gerstein

	P. S.  Per, can you please go back to sending me the digests?
The individual letters are, now that I'm mired in them again, a lot of
more confusion to deal with.  So I'll live with the digests, big as
they are.