shiverbones Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Just got this one in. The Horseradish story was as fun as I had hoped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker-fish Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 (edited) this one came in today.CGC raped it IMO,the book doesnt have 1 crease anywhere Edited October 23, 2006 by joker-fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 the tanning on the edges is probably what led to the grade Is it tanned on the interior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker-fish Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 i think its just a dust shadow on the cover.th einside looked fine as i recall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Here's my newest gem courtesy of Joe Duran. Thanks, Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Apparently "just a dust shadow" holds the same weight as tanning with the CGC graders... BTW: what causes a 'dust shadow' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 That's a 9.4 with the sun-bleached (?) blot in the upper right corner? Or is that a reflection ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 That's a 9.4 with the sun-bleached (?) blot in the upper right corner? Or is that a reflection ? That's a reflection off my scanner. The book doesn't have any discoloration or sun-bleaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 That's a relief! BTW: According to Gemstone and the Disney Comics Mailing List, GEMSTONE is discontinuing 4 of its Disney titles because (according to GEMSTONE) the high cost of paper. My guess is that the sell-through numbers were poor. Here's the PR blurb. To be run in the November-shipped issues of Gemstone comics: You’ve stuck with us through several years of good news, readers—news about exciting stories, modern and classic writers and artists, comics and specials we’ve been bringing to market. Unfortunately, now we’ve got some bad news to deliver. We’re hoping you’ll stick with us through this, too. It all starts—like a lot of bad news—with the almighty dollar. Paper prices are going up... in fact, they’ve been going up for awhile. Until now we’ve dealt with the fallout as best we could, but at last it’s "put up or shut up" time: we must either take an unfeasible price hike on our $2.95 32-page comics and $7.95 Take-Along books, or else cease publishing Mickey Mouse and Friends, Donald Duck and Friends, Mickey Mouse Adventures and Donald Duck Adventures for right now. After serious cogitating, we’ve decided to take the latter option. Should paper prices fall, or better marketing opportunities present themselves, we might return to some of the suspended series. In the meantime, though, be of good cheer. For we have good news, too. Firstly, our prestige titles—Uncle Scrooge, Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, and various specials—are as successful as ever, and the economics of publishing in this format are such that we can get away with a relatively small price hike: the first since 1997, and only a matter of fifty-five cents per book (from $6.95 to $7.50, starting in two months). Secondly, we're moving full steam ahead with plans to make our Walt Disney Treasures TPBs an ongoing series; to introduce two new 80-page annuals; and to release several thick-but-inexpensive Shonen Jump-style black and white books per year—some specially targeted to collectors, others to all ages. Bringing these onto the schedule means that we’ll actually be publishing more Donald and Mickey in 2007 than we did in 2006! Watch for news about our new titles in the coming months. And look forward to the future; we do, even when—as Carl Barks once put it—"Times are tough, huh, bud?" - The Gemstone Staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I guess I knew it was just matter of time. I have been enjoying Donald Duck a lot more lately since its gone more barks then the earlier issues. I reall liked the loup garou issue last month. They just can't keep Disney comics in print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mica Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I guess I knew it was just matter of time. I have been enjoying Donald Duck a lot more lately since its gone more barks then the earlier issues. I reall liked the loup garou issue last month. They just can't keep Disney comics in print Sadly it's an American lack of interest. I hear it does well in places like Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 ..can't keep them being published in the States, that is. as long as the US readers (ignorant masses) see these comics as being "infantile" there will always be trouble promoting them. The cost per issue is also a drawback. Today's kids are just interested in being vidiots...plain and simple. You just cannot beat Barks & Rosa stories. too bad that it appears as if Rosa is slowing waaaaay down on his output. ...and, how many,many,many more times can you re-re-re-print them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I was going through my reader-grade run of Scrooges tonight and found several Whitman Scrooges from 96-109. I thought Whitman started publishing Scrooge with issue 174. What can anyone tell me about these earler copies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 did these Whitman issues have numbers on the exterior cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 did these Whitman issues have numbers on the exterior cover? No, they don't. They are all 15 & 20 centers with the issue number inside on the splash page. The exterior cover has the Whitman logo with no numbers at all beneath it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 These are called "Whitman NN" issues..for No Number... don't know why..maybe they were in pre-paks.. probably Mark Evanier would know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I still haven't been able to find out much about these early Whitman books. And I thought we needed to bump this thread so it doesn't get lost. Did you guys notice that Uncle Scrooge has been added to the Registry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrk Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 The duck's needed a bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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