Should Fanta produce similar lines like DC Compact Comics, specifically to target new audience (kids) and broader market instead of doing their current lineups of special oversized hardcover books that cost a bunch? No hate against the premium collected editions but sooner or later we gotta go back to the root of comics, mass-produced reading copies easily obtainable without breaking the bank.
I really believe most Italian Disney comics could be produced likewise and they wouldn't have suffered gutter loss like the superhero comic book versions. I'd certainly buy a compact edition of either b/w or Gladstone-colored-style complete Barks edition.
A similar cheap lineup like DC Compact Comics may be an alternative here. They're offering complete Watchmen in colored pages at $ 9.99. I'm not sure how many of those DC printed out and if they're received well but I figure I float it out here because a mass-produced not-for-collectors-but-purely-for-reading copies of Disney Comics would be a fresh change. The idea of a $ 9.99 300-pages of assorted Disney comics would be godsend in today's economy. And maybe it could attract little kids back into reading culture again. It sure wouldn't hurt their parents wallet.
I've seen that nobody has posted about it yet, but Glénat published a new Disney volume, Mickey contre l'Alliance Maléfique, in May. I couldn't help purchasing it and reading it and I loved it!
I got in contact with Nicolas Pothier, who is the author of the story and we did an interview about it, which you can find here. He also gave a preview about his next Disney/Glénat volume, which should be published in October.
I've seen that nobody has posted about it yet, but Glénat published a new Disney volume, Mickey contre l'Alliance Maléfique, in May. I couldn't help purchasing it and reading it and I loved it!
I got in contact with Nicolas Pothier, who is the author of the story and we did an interview about it, which you can find here. He also gave a preview about his next Disney/Glénat volume, which should be published in October.
What an incredible cover.
I love America and we won two World Wars, but I wish our Disney comics tradition was as vibrant as Europe's.
Excellent interview. I had to use Google Translate to read it but I believe I caught the gist!
Should Fanta produce similar lines like DC Compact Comics, specifically to target new audience (kids) and broader market instead of doing their current lineups of special oversized hardcover books that cost a bunch? No hate against the premium collected editions but sooner or later we gotta go back to the root of comics, mass-produced reading copies easily obtainable without breaking the bank.
I really believe most Italian Disney comics could be produced likewise and they wouldn't have suffered gutter loss like the superhero comic book versions. I'd certainly buy a compact edition of either b/w or Gladstone-colored-style complete Barks edition.
A similar cheap lineup like DC Compact Comics may be an alternative here. They're offering complete Watchmen in colored pages at $ 9.99. I'm not sure how many of those DC printed out and if they're received well but I figure I float it out here because a mass-produced not-for-collectors-but-purely-for-reading copies of Disney Comics would be a fresh change. The idea of a $ 9.99 300-pages of assorted Disney comics would be godsend in today's economy. And maybe it could attract little kids back into reading culture again. It sure wouldn't hurt their parents wallet.
I do not think your proposal is something up fantagraphics' alley... but someone else could produce these so called digests, but in digital versions for a lower price, where the reader himself can control the page size on their own screens. But in actual print I think it's a hard sell.
Excellent interview. I had to use Google Translate to read it but I believe I caught the gist!
Thank you! I actually don't know why I keep writing in Italian since very few Italian readers are interested in foreign productions and publications, which is the main focus of my research, but whatever... Google Translate is there for everyone!
The cover artwork is great, but so is the quality of the materials used. The spine has an incredible texture and the paper in the inside is thick. I applaude this collection with all of myself.