tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post3150435656524013359..comments2023-10-31T05:13:39.415-04:00Comments on 2719 HYPERION: Hey Kids! Comics! Hopefully . . .Jeffrey Pepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-91646380247796346392008-07-30T14:03:00.000-04:002008-07-30T14:03:00.000-04:00Natalie's comment shows how far Gemstone has to go...Natalie's comment shows how far Gemstone has to go to reach people like her and her son. I don't really know what the answer is, when, as far as I'm aware, Gemstone has been trying hard to get a broader market. Unfortunately, the six titles they originally had have been whittled down to two, albeit those are supplemented by a larger number of special issues. The other difficulty is getting parents in particular to accept that comics aren't 25 and 30 cents any more. They seem to grudgingly accept price increases in popular magazines - which also sell hundreds of thousands of copies thereby keeping the prices increases smaller, economies of scale, folks - but heaven forbid that a small press publication that provides high quality printing and square-bound issues(Walt Disney Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge) need to sell for a mind-bending 7.99 just to keep the presses flowing. My daughter knows of Scrooge, Donald and Mickey because they supplement our bedtime reading. I fear that she'll be one of the few of her generation to know of these great stories and adventures.<BR/><BR/>Chuck MunsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-13390899098823316752008-07-27T09:15:00.000-04:002008-07-27T09:15:00.000-04:00I hope that this will revitalize Disney comics for...I hope that this will revitalize Disney comics for kids in the United States. Besides manga, Disney is still the largest publisher of children's magazines and comics in the world. Disney comics and magazines are published in 85 languages in 75 countries. 27 countries have a weekly Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck magazine that together sold a total of 114.9 million copies in 2005.<BR/><BR/>Here in Europe Disney comics are part of culture. Almost every family has grown up with them. Many families have had a subscription for decades and you can find them at every grocery store and book store. In Germany, for instance, nearly one million kids read Micky Maus magazine every week. And Italy has over 50 different Disney periodicals, including weekly Topolino, which is in the top five of all publications in the country. Summer specials sometimes drive sales of Topolino to over one million copies per week! <BR/><BR/>Distribution is key for these new comics to succeed in the United States. Unless they can find some shelf space at Wal-Marts and Targets I think they're going to have the same struggle as Gladstone, Disney Comics Inc and Gemstone Publishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-61311810088844232172008-07-26T21:26:00.000-04:002008-07-26T21:26:00.000-04:00Well, with Mark Waid in charge of BOOM!, there wil...Well, with Mark Waid in charge of BOOM!, there will certainly be high quality stories. He didn't talk about any other format than the monthly floppies, but they would do best to put things into "trades" (paperbacks that collect 5 or 6 issues at a time) or "digests" (which are like trades, but have a 5½ x 7½ size) and push them thru Amazon, B&N, Borders, etc.Johnny Jackhammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549584759248940104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-35319169626344154642008-07-26T19:07:00.000-04:002008-07-26T19:07:00.000-04:00I would love to buy Disney character comics for my...I would love to buy Disney character comics for my young son. I think if they aim them young enough, and sell them at discount retailers, bookstores, and drugstores, it will work. "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" has done amazing things for the Fab 5 characters and this can easily piggyback.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com