DCML digest, Vol 1 #12 - 19 msgs

[bhc@primenet.com]

It is now the effective one-year anniversary of the publication of the last
Gladstone Disney comics.

A year ago we expected a relatively short hiatus, a month or two, in the
publication of Disney comics in the US. Some of us here at Gladstone, by
dint of experience, were inclined to double our even triple that estimate,
but to have an entire *year* go by...

The reasons for the holdup will make fascinating reading for future law
students, I'm sure. For those of us who just want to get on with doing
comics, all we want to know is 1) will we? and 2) if so, how soon? That's
something not even the lawyers can tell us at this point.

But the negotiating process continues, and it is a great credit to Steve
Geppi and his people that they have stuck with it.

STEFAN DIOS:

You wrote:
>Finally, if some countries (like Denmark, as it seems) choose not to use
>the runometer at all, it's a pity for the Rosa fans and other mature
>readers in that country... but it has to be that publisher's decision.
>Maybe they think it would be too strained for the kids to read (and maybe
>they would be right, at that?!); maybe the translator doesn't feel he can
>handle the runometer well enough in his language (just as I'm not
>comfortable with all the details in some technical stories); maybe they
>haven't the time to do a proper job about it; maybe they can use some other
>tricks to lend a proper atmosphere to their dialog... or whatever their
>reasons may be. I always enjoy putting a little poetry or pseudo-poetry in
>the stories when needed, but I wouldn't expect every translator and
>publisher in the world to work in exactly the same way that I do. For
>better or for worse.

I like this paragraph. I like it so much I decided to make sure it appears
more than once on the mailing list. Hope you don't mind.

Gary

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