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Show Us Your Ducks!
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On 12/29/2022 at 12:11 PM, tth2 said:

Even as a pure licensing deal, where the gross profit margin is close to 100%, someone needs to spend time and effort to monitor it for compliance with their standards, licensing terms, etc.  The total dollars they would receive just wouldn't be worth that time and effort.  

Well, they already do these stuff for the foreign Disney editions/stories, not so much extra effort. 

On 12/29/2022 at 2:20 PM, dikran said:

I honestly don’t get it either… why bother licensing? Keep it in-house, synergy, all that corporate speak they are so fond of… target younger readers… give them a «Carl Barks» of their own, I’m sure he’s out there chomping at the bit. 

Perhaps because they always did it that way? I think you underestimate the complexities involved here. They have no experience doing comics, and it would require a lot new people to produce the, And honestly, I see no advantage in doing so.  IMO, makes more sense using stuff already made than producing their own material. Still, it would need a colossal marketing effort to make this things to sell outside their thematic parks. Perhaps they could tie it to other products, such as Disney +.

Probably too much effort for a doubtful return of what probably is a fairly small amount for them.

 

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On 1/2/2023 at 7:39 PM, Kromak said:

They have no experience doing comics

But they already own the biggest comic company in the world… why license to another company when they can do it in house under the Marvel banner or Star Comics like they had in the 80s? 

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On 1/2/2023 at 11:29 PM, dikran said:

But they already own the biggest comic company in the world… why license to another company when they can do it in house under the Marvel banner or Star Comics like they had in the 80s? 

Do you mean to produce the stories from scratch? Or to Marvel to deal with the logistics,distribution,business side of things? If it's the second ok, makes sense to me, might be more profitable than hiring someone else to do so.

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On 1/5/2023 at 6:11 PM, Kromak said:

Do you mean to produce the stories from scratch? Or to Marvel to deal with the logistics,distribution,business side of things? If it's the second ok, makes sense to me, might be more profitable than hiring someone else to do so.

Why not both?…

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I just read that there will no longer be some re-printings of some Don Rosa stories due to an appearance by Bombie the Zombie. Sadly one of those stories is the last in the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck 12 issue epic. So that may no longer see print. I had just pulled out my beater copy of Voodoo Hoodoo over the Christmas Holiday to re-read and found it enjoyable as always. Yeah, it's a product of its time but still a great Barks tale; one of many favorites.

For anyone thinking this is something new don't forget about the unpublished pages of Back to the Klondike!

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On 3/2/2023 at 12:40 AM, OtherEric said:

Not actually ducks, but a fairly famous Carl Barks drawn story in this one:

 

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Which Barks story is?

 

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Disney Especial might very well be the most successful new Disney publication released from the 70's and up anywhere in the world :)

 

As a curiosity, very strong results for Disney books in our local auctions, especially for Uncle Scrooge books. In a few weeks, several ultra scarce 50' Mickey will go on auction. Expect to see very strong results on it.

 

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On 3/7/2023 at 7:58 AM, Kromak said:

Which Barks story is?

"Porky of the Mounties" was the only Looney Tunes story Barks worked on.  I called it famous rather than classic because it's mostly known as a curiosity rather than how good it it, but it's pretty well known.

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On 3/15/2023 at 8:32 AM, DavideD said:

And here another nice book from Barks, that I always loved, but it's not easy to find one at an affordable price: March of Comics 20.

This one missing a piece on front low-right and the back cover not great, however it can fill the hole for the time being.

 

 

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Some books, you just have to take the copy you can find, not the copy you want.  Great pickup!

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