Gemstone's Donald Duck Halloween Ashcan comic book

Travis Seitler travis at webseitler.com
Thu Nov 3 23:05:36 CET 2005


As I understand it, those ashcans were primarily meant to be given away by
retailers (comic book shops) -- which is why they weren't listed for sale on
our site. I apologize for the lack of an e-mail response, though; someone
sure dropped the ball there!

I'm glad the books were a hit! We'll have to plan on doing it again next
year... =)

Travis Seitler
Art Director, Disney Comic Books
Gemstone Publishing

On 11/3/05, david.skoglund at att.net <david.skoglund at att.net> wrote:
>
>  This year I gave out comic books for Halloween. Gemstone put out a Donald
> Duck Halloween Ashcan issue. It was a 16 page mini sized issue that reprints
> a Carl Barks story from 1952 (Donald Duck #26).
>
>  I saw them mentioned on this list when someone posted the Disney portion
> of Diamond's previews. I emailed Gemstone through their website asking if
> they would be available directly from Gemstone. I never got a response and
> they were never offered for sale on Gemstone's website.
>
>  Gemstone made them available in bundles of 25. I ended up getting four
> bundles. I gave them out at work (the company sponsors a trick or treat
> afternoon for the children of employees) and at church (we had an open house
> in the church library on the Sunday before Halloween and had treats on
> hand).
>
>  They seemed to be a big hit. I got lots of positive comments from kids
> and parents. I hope Gemstone does something similar next year.
>
>  If so, I think they need to promote the idea a lot more than they did
> this year. If I wasn't subscribed to this list I never would have known
> about this comic. Gemstone should sell the bundles through the website. They
> should make the bundles available for purchase in early September at the
> latest so that they'll get shipped in time for Halloween.
>
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