Disney-comics digest #238.

Don Rosa 72260.2635 at CompuServe.COM
Fri Feb 11 05:43:03 CET 1994


GIL:
	That was the second time you asked me for a comment about the
death of Jack Kirby. Apparently, at some time in the past, I made a
comment someplace that lead you to believe that I was a particular fan
of Jack Kirby. I don't think that's the case. I like Kirby's stuff of
the 50s & 60s, but no later. I recognize his being most responsible for
creating Marvel Comics as the industry leader, but I've never prefered
Marvel comics. I recognize him as being the root inspiration for
probably everything about modern American super-hero comics, even what
they've become today at the hands of many kids who don't really know who
Kirby is/was... but that's not something that everyone would consider a
great contribution to history. So, I like old Kirby comics mighty
fine... but no more than I like many other comic writers or artists.
Frankly, his style super-heroes just weren't my cuppa tea. 

ROC:
	That Olympic cover was sortuva rush job, though that's no excuse
for any errors in it. I am usually very sensitive to the "direction" of
the action; f'rinstance, in a story, if $crooge is penetrating a
tractless jungle, he must be traveling to the right -- when he returns,
it should be right to left. But I dunno why I didn't let the action on
that cover be left to right, leading "towards" the issue's interior. Was
I in a hurry? Anyway, the editors always have the oportunity to "flip"
the art, as they did with the "Return to Xanadu" cover a few years back.
As to the overlapping skis, I DO recall that problem: I drew the
characters first, then found the problem of fitting their long skis in
between the short distance between DD & HDL. At one point, I almost
decided the only answer was to put them all on ONE pair of skis... but
then why would DD be looking back with surprise? So I finally decided to
just squeeze them in there as best I could and hope no one would notice
how jammed up they were.

DISNEY STORES AND COMICS:
	We've discussed this before. There are two main reasons why
Disney Stores do not carry comics. First off, comics are periodicals and
would need to be provided by either the local news distributor or an
independant national comic distributor like Diamond. In the first case,
if the store took Disney Comics, it would be required to also take
Marvel and DC and Image, etc., comics, as well as TIME and NEWSWEEK and
EVERYTHING ELSE on the average super-market newsstand; they won't just
give them Disney comics. In the second case, taking just Disney comics
from a national distributor would require far, FAR more busywork, week
in and week out, than a Disney Store would have the vaguest interest in
undertaking. What a headache for what is basically a t-shirt/cheap-toy
store!
	The second reason why Disney Stores would not carry Disney
Comics is the clientele of the Disney Stores. I really don't think these
are people with an interest in READING. Y'knowhutahmean?




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