Although this is probably not true, it may be due to controversial depictions and/or takes on certain topics. Keep in mind, political correctness is growing and it might be responsible for this ban. Disney is usually very careful with what content they pass on so that it does not get them in trouble.
Disney isn’t going anywhere, dp. Yes, they won’t be able to print money anymore as interest in Marvel and Star Wars wanes, but a company with so many valuable IPs and properties isn’t in the least danger of disappearing. Disney will be around for a long time.
Although this is probably not true, it may be due to controversial depictions and/or takes on certain topics. Keep in mind, political correctness is growing and it might be responsible for this ban. Disney is usually very careful with what content they pass on so that it does not get them in trouble.
They would be in no trouble.
They are the trouble.
And want to cause trouble to conservative and generally non-woke groups.
One of the worst consequences of political correctness is that many people who are willing to conform to the PC newspeak, people who feel guilty and concerned enough to always avoid possibly being offensive, fail to grasp when they are being target of bigotry themselves. People fail to realize when someone playing the victim card is actually bullying you and being evil towards you, and you are much less "privileged" than you think. Look at Chicago. If the same amount of light-skinned people engaged in certain behaviors, it would be treated the right way and treated as what it is: violence and intolerance. Not everybody is equally avoiding to be offensive, there are groups being allowed to offend without same level of accountability.
Not sure if I am getting what is going on with all these seemingly new users... btw, Disney characters are Disney property and it's up to them to decide what kind of depiction of them they would like to see around, it is perfectly understandable to me. Sure, Rosa's work is great and we all love it, but if the legitimate owner of those IPs and stories doesn't feel like they reflect the company, it is ok they stop the production of them. I think that everybody here has at least one copy of those stories, and can read them there. New readers could: 1. try to find old copies (and I think it would not be difficult, since he is one of the most reprinted Disney authors around the globe); 2. never read them...
Again, if what Rosa wanted was 100% control on the stories he wrote/drew, and that nobody could decide whether one day they would have been unpublishable, maybe he should have created comics with his own characters...
btw, Disney characters are Disney property and it's up to them to decide what kind of depiction of them they would like to see around, it is perfectly understandable to me. Sure, Rosa's work is great and we all love it, but if the legitimate owner of those IPs and stories doesn't feel like they reflect the company, it is ok they stop the production of them
I mean. It's legally okay, no one can stop them, but that doesn't mean it's morally okay that there even is a corporate entity which places random executives in control of so much art to which they had no personal ties. Copyright in its current form is one of the great evils of the age, etc. etc. etc. The world be a better place if Don Rosa's comics could be creator-owned, with Disney having merely granted him a license to use the characters, rather than belonging to them wholesale. But so it goes.
Would it be out of line to suggest that this thread should be capped? I don’t think anything useful has come out of it for awhile and it’s just become a dumping ground for people’s political views.
Jesus, sim, aren’t you here because you have an appreciation for the art of Don Rosa and Carl Barks and all the Disney artists, and wouldn’t you like for others to be able to enjoy them as you have?
Yes, and this is why I signed the letter. I have NEVER said that I am happy with this banning or that I support it, but just that I can understand it from Disney's perspective.
jesus christ caballero, shut up and cool down. no one here likes this being done, that doesn't mean going on about "THE EVIL DISNEY CORPORATION, AND THREE PEOPLE SUPPORT IT!" I already removed the posts of and deleted someone who was using this to start rambling about "the wokes" and whatever.
There is a need or space to discuss these things happening. No point pretending they aren't- Disney IS supressing specific comic elements for cultural reasons that have shifted in recent years. Are we able to have a thread about this, keeping track of what's happening and possible other future changes, without it devolving into a twitter reply thread about how "they" are coming for the children or whatever? Or do I just have to close the thread?
This forum does not assume people can say what they want to, and I don't know where people got that idea. It's for courteous discussion, which is impossible when people are making inflammatory nonsensical claims about fatshaming pete, wokeness, and Epstein. Thread remains open for now, so people can post if there's further removed stories etc. Otherwise, behave. Very simple- are you posting just to provoke others? If so, don't.
it is ok they stop the production of them. I think that everybody here has at least one copy of those stories, and can read them there. New readers could: 1. try to find old copies (and I think it would not be difficult, since he is one of the most reprinted Disney authors around the globe); 2. never read them...
That's great. Now if we want to present Lo$ to our children and grandchildren, we have to resort to second-hand bookstores to buy astronomically-priced old copies with moldy, smelly paper, that will eventually turn to sand and as corporate copyright of movies and comics will never quite work the same way as it works with books, Disney's arguably greatest graphic novel will eventually be lost to history. All because Disney doesn't like our presonal religion, traditions and conservative ideology. That's progress, diversity and inclusion for ya. Land of the free.
it is ok they stop the production of them. I think that everybody here has at least one copy of those stories, and can read them there. New readers could: 1. try to find old copies (and I think it would not be difficult, since he is one of the most reprinted Disney authors around the globe); 2. never read them...
That's great. Now if we want to present Lo$ to our children and grandchildren, we have to resort to second-hand bookstores to buy astronomically-priced old copies with moldy, smelly paper, that will eventually turn to sand and as corporate copyright of movies and comics will never quite work the same way as it works with books, Disney's arguably greatest graphic novel will eventually be lost to history. All because Disney doesn't like our presonal religion, traditions and conservative ideology. That's progress, diversity and inclusion for ya. Land of the free.
I suspect that, much like other “banned” media, people will make copies and preserve the stories. Fortunately, with scanning technology now, such unauthorized editions won’t likely end up looking like the old “Barks Bear Book” or “Carl Barks’ Big Book of Barney Bear”.
That's great. Now if we want to present Lo$ to our children and grandchildren, we have to resort to second-hand bookstores to buy astronomically-priced old copies with moldy, smelly paper, that will eventually turn to sand and as corporate copyright of movies and comics will never quite work the same way as it works with books, Disney's arguably greatest graphic novel will eventually be lost to history. All because Disney doesn't like our presonal religion, traditions and conservative ideology. That's progress, diversity and inclusion for ya. Land of the free.
I suspect that, much like other “banned” media, people will make copies and preserve the stories. Fortunately, with scanning technology now, such unauthorized editions won’t likely end up looking like the old “Barks Bear Book” or “Carl Barks’ Big Book of Barney Bear”.
Even better than scans: Comixology sold DRM-free digital copies and Jack Sparrow preserved them.
Admittedly, I don’t know anything about non-English digital versions of Don Rosa’s stories. But I suspect that someone has probably archived them in a format that won’t crumble into dust. More so than other Disney stories, I think Rosa’s library will have plenty of backups, both official and by fans.