Comments on: Adventure on! http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Sic ‘em up, li’l buddy « Picture Poetry http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-942054 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:32:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-942054 [...] **Speaking of tapping into my childhood. Bone (via Disney Adventures) and Sam & Max are two of the reasons I work in comics today — and, I realize, two of the reasons why the division between “mainstream” and “indie” comics has never made sense to me. [...] […] **Speaking of tapping into my childhood. Bone (via Disney Adventures) and Sam & Max are two of the reasons I work in comics today — and, I realize, two of the reasons why the division between “mainstream” and “indie” comics has never made sense to me. […]

]]> by: Peter Ambrose http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-394024 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:40:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-394024 I saw a pok'emon comic for the sixth episode of the very first season! I saw a pok’emon comic for the sixth episode of the very first season!

]]> by: Landry Walker http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-388380 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:03:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-388380 Thanks for putting all those comments/discussions/eulogies about Disney Adventures in one place Heidi. For me at least, it helps keep things in perspective to read what everyone else has to say. The magazine had a huge impact on both readers and professionals for almost two decades, and journal entries like yours remind me to be proud I could participate for as long as I did, rather than just escape into self pity. Don't get me wrong, self pity is awesome too. I'll get to it eventually. Thanks for putting all those comments/discussions/eulogies about Disney Adventures in one place Heidi. For me at least, it helps keep things in perspective to read what everyone else has to say. The magazine had a huge impact on both readers and professionals for almost two decades, and journal entries like yours remind me to be proud I could participate for as long as I did, rather than just escape into self pity.

Don’t get me wrong, self pity is awesome too. I’ll get to it eventually.

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-388018 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:33:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-388018 Torsten, funny you should mention that.... Torsten, funny you should mention that….

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-386120 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:10:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-386120 Heidi, any chance of reprinting the Disney guide to drawing comics? I have a photocopy somewhere... I await the resurgance of kids comics, if only so I can read more Kid Blastoff stories! Heidi, any chance of reprinting the Disney guide to drawing comics? I have a photocopy somewhere…
I await the resurgance of kids comics, if only so I can read more Kid Blastoff stories!

]]> by: Matt Roseboom http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-384991 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:44:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-384991 I'm starting Orlando Attractions Magazine. We're going to cover all of the theme parks and attractions in Orlando. It's sort of a replacement for the old Disney Magazine. We were always planning a puzzle/comics page, but now that Disney Adventures has stopped publishing, we're thinking about expanding on that. You can read more about the magazine at http://www.attractionsmagazine.com I’m starting Orlando Attractions Magazine. We’re going to cover all of the theme parks and attractions in Orlando. It’s sort of a replacement for the old Disney Magazine.
We were always planning a puzzle/comics page, but now that Disney Adventures has stopped publishing, we’re thinking about expanding on that.

You can read more about the magazine at http://www.attractionsmagazine.com

]]> by: Nat Gertler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-384882 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:55:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-384882 You're right, I should have noticed that 2003 was way later than I first saw it; it was a reprint, just came up in a Googling. Jan '93 would appear to be the first appearance of "Captain EE-I-EE-I-OH", pages 26-29. You’re right, I should have noticed that 2003 was way later than I first saw it; it was a reprint, just came up in a Googling. Jan ‘93 would appear to be the first appearance of “Captain EE-I-EE-I-OH”, pages 26-29.

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Sept. 5, 2007: Hell, I’ll volunteer to kill Northstar myself http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-384658 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:31:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-384658 [...] [Publishing] Heidi MacDonald presents a behind-the-scenes look at the late Disney Adventures magazine. [...] […] [Publishing] Heidi MacDonald presents a behind-the-scenes look at the late Disney Adventures magazine. […]

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382866 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:58:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382866 Matt - Heidi's accordion playing is the stuff of legend - she nearly puts Angelo DiPippo to shame. She's just too modest to admit it. ~ Coat Matt -

Heidi’s accordion playing is the stuff of legend - she nearly puts Angelo DiPippo to shame.

She’s just too modest to admit it.

~

Coat

]]> by: Lea Hernandez http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382836 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:35:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382836 Like Nat said, DA would just have these wacky treasures. Also, Hyperion Books--fantastic. Like Nat said, DA would just have these wacky treasures.

Also, Hyperion Books–fantastic.

]]> by: Matt M. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382523 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:35:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382523 Heidi has an accordion? Who knew? Heidi has an accordion?

Who knew?

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382401 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:52:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382401 Couldn't have been 2003, unless it was a reprint. We did it when I was in LA...I think it ran in...1993 more like it. It was a fumetti with photos of Al. In one he was holding MY accordion, which he played way better than I ever did. Couldn’t have been 2003, unless it was a reprint. We did it when I was in LA…I think it ran in…1993 more like it. It was a fumetti with photos of Al. In one he was holding MY accordion, which he played way better than I ever did.

]]> by: Nat Gertler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382398 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:50:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382398 The Weird Al story was in the January 2003 issue. Just the sort of unexpected prize one would find in DA from time to time. While the editorial quality of DA and Comic Zone were variable over the years, the value of having an easily-accessible, affordable, and high-selling comics-heavy mag for kids was always high. Would that there were something to take their place. The Weird Al story was in the January 2003 issue. Just the sort of unexpected prize one would find in DA from time to time.

While the editorial quality of DA and Comic Zone were variable over the years, the value of having an easily-accessible, affordable, and high-selling comics-heavy mag for kids was always high. Would that there were something to take their place.

]]> by: Laura Miello http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382289 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:50:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382289 I am fairly certain that I still have the issue with William Shatner on the cover some place. Now I have to go and find it so I can get all nostalgic. I probably have some others too. I doubt I have the Weird Al one anymore, but I do remember the comic. DA was so much fun, and it's a shame it's not going to be aroud anymore. I am fairly certain that I still have the issue with William Shatner on the cover some place. Now I have to go and find it so I can get all nostalgic. I probably have some others too. I doubt I have the Weird Al one anymore, but I do remember the comic. DA was so much fun, and it’s a shame it’s not going to be aroud anymore.

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382204 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:44:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382204 As children we have different tastes, I guess. As children we have different tastes, I guess.

]]> by: Red Stapler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382179 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:28:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-382179 Why the hate-on for Goof Troop? I remember that being one of my favorite shows as a kid. Or did it just translate that poorly onto the page? Why the hate-on for Goof Troop?

I remember that being one of my favorite shows as a kid.

Or did it just translate that poorly onto the page?

]]> by: Andrew James http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-381945 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:17:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-381945 On a related (and not at all self-publicising...) note, the market for children's comics is undergoing a bit of a boom in the UK at the moment. The majority (95%, if not more) is licensed titles, but there's a huge variety propping up the shelves of newsagents at the moment - from American reprints like The Simpsons and Star Wars to originated titles like DreamWorks Tales, TMNT, Shaun the Sheep and Transformers - and that's just the Titan titles. On a related (and not at all self-publicising…) note, the market for children’s comics is undergoing a bit of a boom in the UK at the moment. The majority (95%, if not more) is licensed titles, but there’s a huge variety propping up the shelves of newsagents at the moment - from American reprints like The Simpsons and Star Wars to originated titles like DreamWorks Tales, TMNT, Shaun the Sheep and Transformers - and that’s just the Titan titles.

]]> by: Josh Elder http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-381859 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:53:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/04/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/#comment-381859 There's a Weird Al comic? I need to know the issue number, Heidi, because clearly my life cannot be complete without it. There’s a Weird Al comic? I need to know the issue number, Heidi, because clearly my life cannot be complete without it.

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