MM Sword and Sorcery Fantasy

[Ari Seppi]

Steven:
>a couple weeks ago, i emailed Gemstone complaining about those sword and 
>sorcery fantasy Mickey Mouse stories.  I dislike them intensely - and I 
>dont read them.  I do force myself to read the HD&L "lesson of the day" 
>soccer stories though.
>   If anyone tries to tell me that those Mickey Stories are cannon, I will 
> just smile  at you, and re-read those old Fallberg-Murray stories.

I won't tell you that they are canon (ha, you don't get to smile) since I 
don't know what that would actually mean. I do tell, however, that I mostly 
like them. For example Ice Sword -series was excellent.

Mickey Mouse fantasy stories are not perfect, naturally. The main flaw is 
that the plots are usually full of clichés, but that's not that important. 
I don't mean that originality not important at all, it's just not the main 
reason I read Disney comics. If it was, I wouldn't be reading them, they 
are Disney comics with all the Disney limitations after all.

I assume the story that (at least partially) made you write the mail was 
The Black Orb*). I don't remember exactly how I felt about it after I had 
read it, but I seem to have liked it. The fact that I have played role 
playing games myself might of course affect my judgement.

*) http://coa.inducks.org/coa/c1/story.php/0/D+98246

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Ari Seppi (ari.seppi at iki.fi)
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