" Inpending U.S. Deal "

WL Lilly liljerryandtheyadayadakiddz at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 23 20:31:21 CEST 2001


  So , will this inpending U,S. deal lead to COMIC
BOOKS being issued . I REALLY DON'T CARE - perhaps I'm
overemphasizing th' capitalizing , 'scyooze me - about
another expensive cpffe-table book , though I suppose
that's nice in its own right . Are there going to be
regular comic books - publications ( They don't HAVE
to be - alright , alright , alright - in the "
standard  U.S. format " , but they might as well be .
) I want to read Don's " Three Cabelleros Ride Again "
story !!!!! Heck , I'd like to get a look at those "
mangaized remakes " of Barks stories that've been
linked-to panel repros from here !!!!!
  Believe me , I can understand the problems that
there may be in financial viability in Disney Comics
in the U.S. ! But , another , " Art Of Walt Disney "
book - which , by my understanding of it , seemed to
be what Sue and Gary mentioned - is not what I'm
looking for !
  I can't seem to access the main DCML list at this
time , so , perhaps the more recent postings address
this , I don't know . 
  I will admit that , when I first heard
 about the " new negotiations " , that it was the
Gladstone people , trying for a third swing of the bat
. Since I've found out that it's Geppi , of Dianond -
which holds , basically , a 100% monopoly of
didtribution of comics to comics shops in the
U.S....But , I believe , has never actually PUBLISHED
comics...or anything else...with regularity , anyway !
Also , actually , I really don't think comics
shops-only Disney comics would be what Disney would
want - Or really be likely to make sufficient $ to
turn a profit . Revived U.S. Disney comics would have
to have some newsstand ( meaning - " non-comics shop "
, anyway ) distribution , I think . Would Geppi
propose to do that ? Actually mass market/mewsstand
distribution of " regular " magazines in the U.S. -
meaning TIME , VANITY FAIR , COSMO , READER'S DIGEST ,
etc. , let's not consider comic books , for now , at
all ! - has been going through a lot of
consolidation/losing money , lately , anyway !
I might say something in my next E that will REALLY
start the commotion going !      

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