New Comic Books for WDW and DL

MartyMouse

MartyMouse

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I was on a comic book website and found this interesting article.

SLG Publishing founder and president Dan Vado told ICv2 he was "ecstatic" about an agreement with the Walt Disney Company, which will allow SLG to create a number of comic book series based on Disney properties. The four titles announced at the Book Expo America show in New York include Haunted Mansion (based on the theme park ride), Gargoyles (taken from the animated TV series), Wonderland (a follow-up to the Disney animated feature Alice in Wonderland), and Tron (based on the innovative feature film about characters trapped in a computer).

Haunted Mansion, which is due out in the fall, will be the first of the new SLG/Disney comics. The bi-monthly black-and-white comic anthology will feature stories about the various characters from the Haunted Mansion thrill rides at Disneyland and Disney World and will have a cover price of $2.95. A back-story that doesn't currently exist for the property will be will be developed as part of the creation of the comics.

All the SLG Disney titles will feature ISBNs and will be collected into graphic novel compilations. SLG has plans to sell both the comics and graphic novels at Disney parks and specialty retail chains as well as via the direct market, while making the graphic novel collections available to bookstores as well.

I just thought it was interesting that the comic book for HM is based on the ride not the movie.
 
netenyahoo

netenyahoo

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Try this link for some more info, I cannot guarantee that everything on the site is kid friendly -
SLG/Disney deal

I think the Wonderland title will be very interesting. I think I may pick up the HM one too.
 
Skippy

Skippy

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i head about this a while back (i think on 'inside the magic') it's great to see the haunted mansion one. i'm really excited to get a copy of it, black and white stories about some of the main happy haunts in the theme park ride. it will be nice to get some more story that wasn't out in the open before..
 
Connor002

Connor002

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i remember hearing about this a while ago

i'm not really a comic book kind of person, but i hope these are a good tribute to the ride, i'd hate for a repeat of the movie, eddie+mansion= bad
 
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NewHigh

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Yeah this news came out at the beginning of summer. Im really excited! Roman Dirge is one of the artists and he is amazing but I DOUBT this stuff is for kids. Actually I know it isnt for kids at all. Disney isnt even putting their logo on it so it doesnt attract kids. Haunted Mansion comic is coming out this October and Wonderland is coming out next Spring.

Click the link to see the first cover:

http://www.spookyland.com/images/H_mansion.jpg
 
PixyDust

PixyDust

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I finally subscribed to the Disney Comics they are reprinting. They are so expensive, it took me several months before I decided I'd go ahead and go for the Donald Duck series. I'm hoping when I get my first issue next month I won't be disappointed.

Anyone else out there subscribe to any of the Gemstone comics? Here is the link. http://www.gemstonecomics.com/

I didn't mean to threaddrift. Sorry to the OP!
 
aeillill

aeillill

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NewHigh said:
Yeah this news came out at the beginning of summer. Im really excited! Roman Dirge is one of the artists and he is amazing but I DOUBT this stuff is for kids. Actually I know it isnt for kids at all. Disney isnt even putting their logo on it so it doesnt attract kids. Haunted Mansion comic is coming out this October and Wonderland is coming out next Spring.

Click the link to see the first cover:

http://www.spookyland.com/images/H_mansion.jpg
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Doesn't Roman Dirge do the Lenore series?
 
MartyMouse

MartyMouse

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unkadug said:
Hey, it's a little early to trash it, don't you think?
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I think so.
Here’s a little blurb I found about the Gargoyles series, it sounds real cool.

The SLG Gargoyles comic series will feature contributions from the creators of the 36-episode Gargoyles animated series, who came to Disney with the idea of creating a Gargoyles comic book and were referred to SLG. The bi-monthly Gargoyles comic series will launch in December or January as a full color comic with a 3.50 cover price.

I thought there were more than 36 episodes???
 
wdwishes2005

wdwishes2005

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unkadug said:
Hey, it's a little early to trash it, don't you think?

It's got to be better than the movie! :wave:
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true, but i was just saying it doesnt seem like it wouldnt get repetitive after about the third issue.
 
DisJosh

DisJosh

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aeillill said:
Doesn't Roman Dirge do the Lenore series?
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Yes. He'll only be doing a cover for one of the Haunted Mansion comics I believe. :D

H_mansion.jpg
 
Wilt Dasney

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I'm intrigued by these books. I might search 'em out.

Haunted Mansion and Wonderland sound like great ideas. They both have so much color and also a lot of room left for development and exploration.

I used to watch Gargoyles as a kid and remember liking it a lot, but it's been a long time. Maybe checking out a few episodes again would whet my interest for the comic.

Tron...I just don't know. But kudos for not going for the obvious.
 
MartyMouse

MartyMouse

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The Wonderland comic sounds like it may have no direction what-so-ever I found this little blurb on a comic book site –

The Wonderland comic book will take place after the events created by Lewis Carroll in his immortal Alice in Wonderland children's classic and will feature the colorful, sumptuous and smooth renderings of the characters used in the Disney animated Alice in Wonderland feature film from 1951. The full color Wonderland comic should debut in the spring of 2006.

Unless they bring Alice or another “central” character into Wonderland, I can’t see it being all that good.
 
Number_6

Number_6

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The Tron comic just got released on Wednsday and I picked it up. Looks like it might end up being a good series. Picks up a few months after the events of the Tron 2.0 game. Decent artwork and a good start to the plot, IMO.
 
H

HoW

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I've actually been looking forward to these. I haven't been a comic fan for years, but have been picking the occasional one here or there recently. When I heard about the new Disney books I was thrilled. I'm definitely interested in HM and I have high hopes for Wonderland, but I fear it may be too far away from the original Alice to be a solid read.
 

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