Gemstone Disney Comics Shonen Jump?

[Matt Zimmer]

With the price of Disney Comics prestige format going up I was excited to hear from David Gerstein in a recent editorial that Gemstone would be offering a "cheap" magazine of black and white Disney Comics modeled after the B&W pulp manga Shonen Jump. Does anyone have any idea when this will hit stores? I'd like to get a subscription starting with the first issue and I want to know when it will be coming out.

Little help, David?

[David Gerstein]

Wak! At the time we wrote that editorial (last November—not so recent!), it seemed like everything was in line to publish that series.
Unfortunately, economic realities have since made it unfeasible to put these black and white books out, at least for right now. It's a pity, not least because we'd already announced them... and we never like being unable to deliver on a preview.
These same problems have slightly stalled the release of our MARV WOLFMAN'S DUCKTALES and WALT DISNEY TREASURES VOL. 2, now coming out in the fall rather than the summer. But rest assured that they're still on the schedule.

[Thad]

What exactly has warranted a special release of DuckTales comics?

TK

[David Gerstein]

The 20th anniversary of DuckTales itself.
Like it or not, the series had a huge influence on the survival of Scrooge McDuck in the North American public consciousness. It was also groundbreaking in its day, insofar as it was a TV cartoon with uncommonly high production values and what at the time amounted to greater sophistication than the norm.
Of course, everything is relative. Even as a kid, I could have done without the cliched TV cartoon elements that DuckTales seemed to feel obliged to include (stereotypically girly female characters; treacly morals; the bungling superhero; the caveman in modern times). I think also the show looked far better compared to its competition in 1987 than it looks alongside many more recent TV cartoons.
That said, DuckTales was an obvious inspiration to many, if not you and me; it introduced Launchpad McQuack, IMHO a great character; and as particularly entails the Gemstone reprint volume, a lot of Marv Wolfman fans among our readers have asked for this particular story.
I can't imagine a better time to collect it than for this anniversary.

[Matt Zimmer]

The 20th anniversary of DuckTales itself.
Like it or not, the series had a huge influence on the survival of Scrooge McDuck in the North American public consciousness. It was also groundbreaking in its day, insofar as it was a TV cartoon with uncommonly high production values and what at the time amounted to greater sophistication than the norm.
Of course, everything is relative. Even as a kid, I could have done without the cliched TV cartoon elements that DuckTales seemed to feel obliged to include (stereotypically girly female characters; treacly morals; the bungling superhero; the caveman in modern times). I think also the show looked far better compared to its competition in 1987 than it looks alongside many more recent TV cartoons.
That said, DuckTales was an obvious inspiration to many, if not you and me; it introduced Launchpad McQuack, IMHO a great character; and as particularly entails the Gemstone reprint volume, a lot of Marv Wolfman fans among our readers have asked for this particular story.
I can't imagine a better time to collect it than for this anniversary.Scrooge's Quest, right? It was a little bit too melodramatic for a Duck story but I think it was one of the first real multiple part Disney Stories I've read.

Any plans for any more reprints of early nineties Disney Comics stories i.e. Chip 'N' Dale: Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck? I ESPECIALLY want to see the stories from Mickey Mouse Adventures reprinted as outside of Gottfredson the early nineties version was my favorite take on the character.

What other specials and trade paperbacks are on the schedule? And could you give us a preview of upcoming stories for Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories? Also, What stories will be in the second Treasures?

[Robert Hutching]

I concur with David's view of DuckTales and its impact on younger generations. Many of my friends growing up, and people I meet now, know of Uncle Scrooge through the TV show more than anything else. And for those of us who did read the comic books as well, the show introduced characters like Launchpad (as David mentioned) who more fully developed the world of Duckburg. Van Horn, among others, did pretty amazing things with these characters. I personally was extremely fond of the "domestic" characters the show introduced: Mrs. Beakley, Webby, and Duckworth. I don't recall the latter ever appearing in comics, but the others made regular appearances in the better-than-merely-acceptable Gladstone DuckTales comics. I have to admit that the Marv Wolfman serials had me on the edge of my seat, and eagerly awaiting my next copy (and bemoaning the monthly printing schedule!).

[Thad]

I guess that's true, but I'm just so turned off by DuckTales that I had to ask.

Actually I HATED Ducktales even as a kid. Something about the stilted, lifeless animation of classic Disney characters just turned me off. (I didn't get into the Disney comics until I was a teenager.)

TK

[Studio Toledo]

I guess that's true, but I'm just so turned off by DuckTales that I had to ask.

Actually I HATED Ducktales even as a kid. Something about the stilted, lifeless animation of classic Disney characters just turned me off. (I didn't get into the Disney comics until I was a teenager.)

TK
Heh, I used to beg my mom for a buck to get the Gladstone reprints as a 10 year old (back when it was still possible to get those issues at the local drug store and food mart just a couple blocks from my house.

[Studio Toledo]

With the price of Disney Comics prestige format going up I was excited to hear from David Gerstein in a recent editorial that Gemstone would be offering a "cheap" magazine of black and white Disney Comics modeled after the B&W pulp manga Shonen Jump. Does anyone have any idea when this will hit stores? I'd like to get a subscription starting with the first issue and I want to know when it will be coming out.
Kinda intersting if that was what they wanted to do. Of course in Japan, the kind of books they do print tend to be nearly 500 pages long, either published weekly or monthly, and sometimes are printed in different colors of newsprint stock (peach, green, red, etc.) I wish we had books like this, but the whole anthology thing hasn't really catched on it seems (let alone any real interest in comics the same way it has continued to populate Japan's newsstands).

[bj_wanlund]

These same problems have slightly stalled the release of our MARV WOLFMAN'S DUCKTALES and WALT DISNEY TREASURES VOL. 2, now coming out in the fall rather than the summer. But rest assured that they're still on the schedule.
David, when is WDT v2 coming out? Liked the first one, although I could have used alot more Taliaferro than was actually in there.

BJ

[Harukuro]

Off topic: I agree with David and Thad about DuckTales. I find it be enjoyable and a great way to show the classic Barks stories and characters in the form of animation. But I also didn't like some of the episodes very much and only a few of the show's original characters are really likable to me. But I haven't seen as much of the show as you guys have so what do I know.:p
Looking forward to these new releases by the way!!:)

(P.S: Sorry for being off topic)