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Captain Jim
05-26-2009, 08:17 PM
From today's Lying in the Gutters (green light):

I understand that Boom Studios has won the comic book license for "Walt Disney Comics And Stories," "Mickey Mouse And Friends," "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck," "Donald Duck" and more.

Boom has recently shown much promise with its well received Disney Pixar and "Muppet Show" comic books, and this seems reward for its efforts,

Both titles were previously published by Steve Geppi's Gemstone, a publisher that has been seen to be suffering of late.

Expect to see this reflected in solicitations shortly.

This is exciting news. I haven't looked at BOOM's Pixar or Muppet books, but I'm happy someone else is interested in acquiring the license. Because despite Gemstone's statements to the contrary, I think it was pretty obvious they were done with the thing. So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping they don't make these $7.99 titles.

Polar Bear
05-30-2009, 09:28 PM
Hey, Captain! I figured you & I would end up discussing this topic.

I know no more than you do, but Boom has been intelligent enough about their Disney stuff to make me think they'd have a sensible business model. Hopefully, they'll start out with some trades or hardcovers (like the Complete Don Rosa Library or Complete Carl Barks Library that Gemstone was planning) and then start issuing new stuff. Just my preference, I guess.

Captain Jim
05-31-2009, 07:43 PM
Hi PB, Good to hear from you again. I'm a bit surprised that nobody else has posted anything in reply to this (though I guess there isn't a whole lot to say yet).

CaptChucky
05-31-2009, 08:24 PM
Well, I'm glad to hear that. Now I'm interested in how they plan to sell them. I hope they have a plan other than comic shops and a hand full of bookstores.

Slam_Bradley
06-01-2009, 08:37 AM
Hey, Captain! I figured you & I would end up discussing this topic.

I know no more than you do, but Boom has been intelligent enough about their Disney stuff to make me think they'd have a sensible business model. Hopefully, they'll start out with some trades or hardcovers (like the Complete Don Rosa Library or Complete Carl Barks Library that Gemstone was planning) and then start issuing new stuff. Just my preference, I guess.


I'm with you in hoping we get some comprehensive trades or hard-covers or Rosa's and Barks' work. I'm not that concerned about new stuff simply because I'm not likely to have access to it.