Gemstone Reaction and Suggestion---Donald and Mickey title

Marvinw marvinw at zahav.net.il
Mon Dec 4 19:38:56 CET 2006


Although it is quite true that there was a Mickey and Donald comic of  Gladstone I, which reappeared as Donald and Mickey, and then Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse of Gladstone II, the "real deal" as Joe Torcivia indicates, is continuity from the Dell Mickey Mouse comic and the Donald Duck comic, both of which actually began as  Western Printing Four Color comics.
At least in my neck of the woods,  the Mickey Mouse character has a recognized very high profile and there is a virtual landslide of apparel on which he appears that is advertised at the shopping malls -- from childrens hats to their shoes to men's boxer shorts and even women's panties! 
I think a straight forward Mickey Mouse comic title should be no less of a winner than WDC&S, but also in the prestige format. I think the prefered solution therefore would be separate Mickey and Donald prestige comics. It was with about issue 600 of WDC&S and about issue 300 of Uncle Scrooge, that Bruce Hamilton decided to take the plunge and convert both of these to prestige comics.
Using the prestige format, not only would the MM and DD titles continue, but in effect we would have a combination of the old format with the take-along format, allowing a mix of reprints and new longer stories. 
( However even though there has been silence from the Gemstone staff,  I believe that the Garfield and Peanuts type newspaper reprints would still be the most popular for volume sales-- alas one can hope.) 
Marvin Winitz
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