Comics are for children?

[Sigvald Grøsfjeld jr.]

Donald D. Markstein <ddmarkstein at cox.net> wrote:

> If more people did that, maybe we could get
> past the incorrect notion that comics are just
> for children.

I don't get this - you are not much familiar with the Disney weeklies in
Scandinavia or in Germany, are you?

The truth is that the Scandinavian and German weeklies are regarded
childish, because that's ecsactly what Egmont wants.

Why do you think that HD&L are drawn like "dipshits" on the covers of the
German Mickey Moyse Magazine - if not to be sold to young kids?

Why do you think that "childish toys" are included with the Scandinavian
weeklies - if not to be sold to young kids?

Why do you think that those stupid "Svinesen" pages are included with the
Scandinavian weeklies - if not to be sold to kids?

If you want a Disney magazine for grown up people it should look like old
Picsou Magazine and feature stories by artists like Barks, Rosa, Murry,
Gottredson, Rota, Scarpa, Van Horn along with some local and young creators
like Olaf Solstrand, Lars Jensen, etc. Instead of kids-stuff the magazine
should instead feature interesting readers letters and well qualified stuff
about Disney creators, characters, etc.

So my conclusion is that as long as a magazine are made to be sold to kids -
it's probably fair to believe that it's just kids stuff.

Sigvald