AW: Walt Kelly

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In a message dated 7/13/2003 10:49:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cord at wiljes.de writes:

> IMO Kelly can and should be recognized as one of the giants of the field. 
> But today he is no longer popular with the general public.
>   
        of course, 
here in the USA when you are dead your popularity plumets...(with a handful 
of exceptions in the perfoming arts - the usa audience only likes modern 
things) 
 and Kelly  has been dead for several decades - and he didnt do tons of 
liscencing work to keep his characthers alive....
        this still doesnt dimish his enormous  popularity then, and the  
still there fanbase he has 

> But then how could he? The Fantagraphics edition is out of print and 
> foreign editions of his works are scarce probably because his humor is difficult to 
> translate. Only very few of his strips have been printed here in Germany.
> 
  even worse: the Simon and Shuster books are all out of print --
   (and some of the Fantagraphics books may still be in print)
        the Fantagraphics were just small potatoes in terms of sales and more 
importantly distribution through book stores.  Its possible that the number 
of S&S books available used is all the market can bear ....thus making it 
unlikely for new reprints of those books


     on the other hand, his record album is back in print and available - 
through Amazon and the other usual outlets 

Hey Don Rosa, can we expect a musical CD from you???
    

steven rowe
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