IDW Classic Disney Comic Solicitations April 2018

[Ramapith]

The two things are not connected.

That said, I'm not sure where the distribution issue in Europe originated. I'm trying to learn.

The delay in the IDW comics (not just Scrooge, but others as well) came about for several reasons. First serious flu and related illness effectively shut down our Disney approvals office for about a month (i. e. the people who supervise and greenlight our comics for printing; except DuckTales which is run from Italy, so it is less delayed).

Since then there has been a domino effect preventing things from getting back on track, including illness also taking out some IDW employees for awhile—and difficulties acquiring some of our Scrooge 70th birthday material (which postponed the January issue in particular, but has again had a domino effect on others).

At this point, I think we'll catch up with our schedule later in the spring.

[thadwell]

Feb 28, 2018 11:31:09 GMT Spectrus said:

Feb 14, 2018 14:44:31 GMT radef said:

Vicar wrote about something else (IDW titles beyond "DuckTales" are available in Poland)
According to previewsworld.com next issues of "Uncle Scrooge" are very delayed.
US #34 (January) - previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV170432 - In Shops: Mar 14, 2018
US #35 (February) - previewsworld.com/Catalog/DEC170498 - In Shops: Apr 04, 2018
etc.

Those two things coul be connected though - which is why I wish Ramapith would get on this thread www.comicforum.de/showthread.php?159758-Import-Verbot-f%FCr-US-Disneys and answer people's concerns.

Some extracts: "if that is the case, then the end of IDW's Disney tenure will be there soon." "it was clear to everyone that IDW won't last any longer than the other publishers." "IDW's Disney demise was obvious from the beginning. Why should it be any different?"

I'm not registered at the other board, but someone should post over there that this is a load of crap. There is NO imminent "demise" for the IDW Disney titles. As David said, we've had setbacks, but we're still chugging along surely.

[Horace]

Mar 1, 2018 23:51:51 GMT thadwell said:

Feb 28, 2018 11:31:09 GMT Spectrus said:

Those two things coul be connected though - which is why I wish Ramapith would get on this thread www.comicforum.de/showthread.php?159758-Import-Verbot-f%FCr-US-Disneys and answer people's concerns.

Some extracts: "if that is the case, then the end of IDW's Disney tenure will be there soon." "it was clear to everyone that IDW won't last any longer than the other publishers." "IDW's Disney demise was obvious from the beginning. Why should it be any different?"

I'm not registered at the other board, but someone should post over there that this is a load of crap. There is NO imminent "demise" for the IDW Disney titles. As David said, we've had setbacks, but we're still chugging along surely.

So, is it not true then that nearly half of the IDW Disney comics are sold to (comic shops in) Europe? I think it was Jano (who works for Egmont in Germany) who stated something like that on the other forum.

[Ramapith]

I'm aware we have/had significant sales in Europe, but half? No offense to Jano (a personal friend), but I'm guessing that was just speculation.

While our projects have obviously seen various highs and lows, please try to avoid doomsaying and constant worst-case scenarios. It can actually be damaging.

[Deleted]

I live in Germany and have problems getting IDW titles since October (Uncle Scrooge IDW 31 onwards). My local comic shops says he does not get any Disney comics anymore (including Star Wars).

Fantagraphics titles are no problem (at least with Amazon Germany).

[Spectrus]

Mar 1, 2018 23:51:51 GMT thadwell said:

Feb 28, 2018 11:31:09 GMT Spectrus said:

Those two things coul be connected though - which is why I wish Ramapith would get on this thread www.comicforum.de/showthread.php?159758-Import-Verbot-f%FCr-US-Disneys and answer people's concerns.

Some extracts: "if that is the case, then the end of IDW's Disney tenure will be there soon." "it was clear to everyone that IDW won't last any longer than the other publishers." "IDW's Disney demise was obvious from the beginning. Why should it be any different?"

I'm not registered at the other board, but someone should post over there that this is a load of crap. There is NO imminent "demise" for the IDW Disney titles. As David said, we've had setbacks, but we're still chugging along surely.

Which is why I brought that thread to David's attention.

Mar 2, 2018 18:00:29 GMT Ramapith said:

I'm aware we have/had significant sales in Europe, but half? No offense to Jano (a personal friend), but I'm guessing that was just speculation.

While our projects have obviously seen various highs and lows, please try to avoid doomsaying and constant worst-case scenarios. It can actually be damaging.

I hope you're aware that I didn't post any of that (I didn't post in that thread at all), but supplied a quick translation of what several people said in that thread, for those who don't understand German.

[squeakyboots]

Uncle Scrooge has unfortunately been delayed even further as issue 34 has been pushed back to April 18th. The other issues don't look like they've been updated yet.

For the record, the Tangled comic has been pushed back a lot as well. Issue 1 came out at least a month later than the date it was solicited for and issue 2 has also been pushed back a month.

It doesn't look like any of the other Disney IDW books are being majorly affected except Walt Disney Showcase issues 3 and 4 are currently scheduled for the same day which I doubt will actually be the case.

[squeakyboots]

So Uncle Scrooge #'s 34 and 35 are both currently listed for next week. I have no idea if they actually plan on releasing two issues on the same day but that's what they have out there for now.

[hex]

Apr 12, 2018 0:07:28 GMT squeakyboots said:

So Uncle Scrooge #'s 34 and 35 are both currently listed for next week. I have no idea if they actually plan on releasing two issues on the same day but that's what they have out there for now.

Rigt now Uncle Scrooge #35 Cover A is listed for April 11 (yesterday) on Previews, while Cover B is listed for June 27... They use to set the last Wednesday in the half-year when the date is unknown. But also interesing is that the image for the Cover B variant looks like it's actually scanned from a printed copy! Maybe this one was done before #34 and is just waiting in storage somewhere. US #35 was originally planned to get on sale on Valentine's day (February 14th), and have a valentines cover too.

[Matilda]

Right now Comiclist lists for next week U$ 34, U$ 35, and Showcase. They have changed this since their initial preview for next week (18th) put out on Monday, so at least we know it's been updated this week.

(The first Comcilist list for this week, the 11th, had Showcase and Donald & Mickey on it, but both those were removed when the list was updated several days later. The first list for next week, the 18th, had U$ 34 and WDCS on it, but it's been updated to list those mentioned above.)

[squeakyboots]

Apr 12, 2018 5:41:15 GMT hex said:

It looked like that when the issue was first solicited. Looking at it closely, it seems to be just the artwork that looks like a scanned copy with the Uncle Scrooge logo and issue number on top of it. I'm not sure if that was an artistic choice or if they're cleaning it up before the issue gets released. Is this pre-existing artwork from somewhere or was it newly made? I can't imagine it looking very good if they released printed copies of the cover looking like that.

[hex]

Apr 12, 2018 19:25:06 GMT squeakyboots said:

Apr 12, 2018 5:41:15 GMT hex said:

It looked like that when the issue was first solicited. Looking at it closely, it seems to be just the artwork that looks like a scanned copy with the Uncle Scrooge logo and issue number on top of it. I'm not sure if that was an artistic choice or if they're cleaning it up before the issue gets released. Is this pre-existing artwork from somewhere or was it newly made? I can't imagine it looking very good if they released printed copies of the cover looking like that.

Ah, I didn't notice that a clean logo was put on top of the scan. Looks like the scan is the same as the one for the Norwegian calendar uploaded to inducks. Just cropped and used as a placeholder.
inducks.org/story.php?c=DC+AA2006B52C

So it's not from a printed copy of US #35 as I first thought then.

[hex]

Both Uncle Scrooge #34 and Uncle Scrooge #35 got on sale on comiXology today, on the same day! Can anyone confirm if this is the case for the printed version in the comic shops too?

[drleevezan]

Apr 18, 2018 14:52:09 GMT hex said:

Both Uncle Scrooge #34 and Uncle Scrooge #35 got on sale on comiXology today, on the same day! Can anyone confirm if this is the case for the printed version in the comic shops too?

I can confirm that U.S. 34 is definitely on sale in stores, but I'm not sure about 35. Seems likely, though, if they are on comiXology.

Edit: They're both available on Amazon today, too.

[Matilda]

My local comic store had U$ 34 today, but not U$ 35. They did also have Showcase.