As I am not in the employ of Disney or IDW, take my words with a grain of salt, as I'm going by what I've heard and some of this post is speculative. The editorial change boils down to: David Gerstein and his usual crew (translators/scripters Thad Komorowski, Jonathan Gray, Joe Torcivia and others) are off the monthly issues (but have a few specials and paperbacks coming out still).
Ok, thanx. That's really sad as they did a very good job with the IDW issues. Especially the MM series was great, also the few WDC issues I got. I wish we had such nicely edited Disney comic books in Germany instead of the multitude of paperbacks which mostly seem to be more about quantity than quality.
As I am not in the employ of Disney or IDW, take my words with a grain of salt, as I'm going by what I've heard and some of this post is speculative. The editorial change boils down to: David Gerstein and his usual crew (translators/scripters Thad Komorowski, Jonathan Gray, Joe Torcivia and others) are off the monthly issues (but have a few specials and paperbacks coming out still).
Ok, thanx. That's really sad as they did a very good job with the IDW issues. Especially the MM series was great, also the few WDC issues I got. I wish we had such nicely edited Disney comic books in Germany instead of the multitude of paperbacks which mostly seem to be more about quantity than quality.
The "Lustige Taschenbücher" filled with cheap cheesy-made Italian stories?
Making dialogue bland and simplistic to appeal to kids is just ridiculous.
Calvin and Hobbes was always popular among kids-- I certainly loved it-- and it quite often delved into vocabulary (occasionally fictional!) that was well above what schools teach kids at that age.
A principal appeal of the comics for me as a kid to this day is that they were always the one medium where the principal Disney characters *weren't* bland. I really hate to see any step in that direction.
I dislike a *lot* of what Disney's been doing as a whole regarding some of their films and particularly their parks over the last year or so, and it's just getting increasingly demoralizing. Iger had such a good thing going for a while.
Making dialogue bland and simplistic to appeal to kids is just ridiculous.
Calvin and Hobbes was always popular among kids-- I certainly loved it-- and it quite often delved into vocabulary (occasionally fictional!) that was well above what schools teach kids at that age.
A principal appeal of the comics for me as a kid to this day is that they were always the one medium where the principal Disney characters *weren't* bland. I really hate to see any step in that direction.
I dislike a *lot* of what Disney's been doing as a whole regarding some of their films and particularly their parks over the last year or so, and it's just getting increasingly demoralizing. Iger had such a good thing going for a while.
I get your point, but I used to love watching the classic Disney shorts as a kid. Especially the Donald ones, early Mickey is surprisingly good and Goofy is usually a treat (the 'How to' series not 'Geef'). The duck comics took something good (Donald Duck) and made it great (the whole comic Duck-universe).
Making dialogue bland and simplistic to appeal to kids is just ridiculous.
Calvin and Hobbes was always popular among kids-- I certainly loved it-- and it quite often delved into vocabulary (occasionally fictional!) that was well above what schools teach kids at that age.
A principal appeal of the comics for me as a kid to this day is that they were always the one medium where the principal Disney characters *weren't* bland. I really hate to see any step in that direction.
I dislike a *lot* of what Disney's been doing as a whole regarding some of their films and particularly their parks over the last year or so, and it's just getting increasingly demoralizing. Iger had such a good thing going for a while.
I agree. I hate being "talked down to". I enjoyed reading adult literature even as a young child. That's how you learn more about life, and increase your vocabulary, learn grammar and facility with language. Children are much more capable than the average adult thinks they are.
Ok, thanx. That's really sad as they did a very good job with the IDW issues. Especially the MM series was great, also the few WDC issues I got. I wish we had such nicely edited Disney comic books in Germany instead of the multitude of paperbacks which mostly seem to be more about quantity than quality.
The "Lustige Taschenbücher" filled with cheap cheesy-made Italian stories?
Yes, they've become really like a flood over the last years as there is not only the regular monthly series anymore but also a dozen or more spin-offs that are published more or less regularly, too. In some weeks there are 2 or 3 new books. To keep up with that quantity they fill them with mostly "cheap" stories. The problem is that you had to buy some/many of them to get the few good stories (i.e. by Casty) that are also only published in that books in German. So I really prefer the concept of selecting the best stories for the American market that IDW follows. (Of course there are also some good LTB spin-offs in Germany like the "Maus-Edition" - filled entirely with mostly good Mickey stories but published only once a year - and the "Premium" with more adult Disney comics like X Mickey or Mickey (Mouse) Mystery (Magazine).)
The "Lustige Taschenbücher" filled with cheap cheesy-made Italian stories?
(Of course there are also some good LTB spin-offs in Germany like the "Maus-Edition" - filled entirely with mostly good Mickey stories but published only once a year - and the "Premium" with more adult Disney comics like X Mickey or Mickey (Mouse) Mystery (Magazine).)
Not to forget PKNA.
Speaking of which, does this change affect the US publication of PKNA? Anyone know anything?
At the moment, I'd sooner not lose Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge than worry about PKNA/Duck Avenger: New Adventures. Without the "core four" (now "core two") titles, ancillary books like PKNA or the Great Parodies start to feel empty, in my opinion.
At the moment, I'd sooner not lose Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge than worry about PKNA/Duck Avenger: New Adventures. Without the "core four" (now "core two") titles, ancillary books like PKNA or the Great Parodies start to feel empty, in my opinion.
Sure, but if they want something modern, PKNA, besides DoubleDuck, is about the most modern Disney comic produced in Italy...
Seems like another case of lost in translation... When I said "done in the U.S. for now", I meant that PKNA was no longer being imported to the U.S. for the foreseeable future. The last trade paperback was unceremoniously it.
Yeah, "done in the US" can mean different things, I naturally read it the way it makes sense and didn't even think about how it could be misunderstood!
By the way, a new PK(NE) story arc is just being released on Topolino. At least we German-speaking people know we will get those stories sooner or later... when PkNA and Pk² are through (which will take a few more years).