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RETURN TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM: IS GLADSTONE COMING BACK?
(B. YARBOUGH:COMICRESOURSES.COM) In most respects, the characters and concepts developed in the Walt Disney studios are the most successful entertainment properties in the world. Where then, are the comic book versions?
It wasn't always thus: Once Gladstone's Disney comics were among the industry's most acclaimed and best-read worldwide.
And soon, they may be again.
Gladstone's Bruce Hamilton wrote former subscribers this week to tell them that the troubled company may soon be bringing Disney comics to the market:
"I'm personally very pleased to tell you that I believe the wait is about over. I have just learned this week that serious and substantive discussions are underway between Stephen A. Geppi of Gemstone Publishing, Inc., Timonium, Maryland and the New York offices of The Walt Disney Company concerning Gemstone's anticipated acquisition of the Disney Comics license. It is also my understanding that in an effort to speed up negotiations and the resumption of subscription fulfillment the two companies, at least in principle, have agreed to exchange Letters of Intent. If this is done quickly and the final commitments are made in June - as all indicators are pointing that they will - the chances are excellent that new issues of Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories will ship late this summer.
"Steve Geppi, best known as CEO of Diamond Comic Distributors, is probably the only potential publisher who could effect such a rapid relaunch of the Disney line. Former Gladstone editor, John Clark, tells me that two month's worth of books are mostly done and approved and only the processing of color film and the setting of final printing dates remain to be done. John and the Gladstone husband/wife team of production professions, Gary Leach and Susan Daigle-Leach, are conducting dialogues to hopefully resume their respective roles. It is my belief subscribers will be pleased to see no fall-off in the quality of the Disney comic books this team will produce."
Renowned Comic Artist Alex Ross Debuts "SUPERMAN: Peace On Earth" Image At Warner Bros. Flagship Studio Store in New York
- Original Art to be Auctioned at Sotheby's June 28 -
BURBANK, Calif. - (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) - June 11, 1999 - Renowned comic artist Alex Ross debuted a limited edition lithograph from the DC Comics graphic novel
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