Archive for April, 2006

Disney-style Sudoku Magazine in France: Picsoudoku

Posted by Arthur in Disney comics, New Titles

PicsoudukoThis month saw the release of a new title in France, filled with 182 sudoku puzzles and 16 meters of comics: Picsoudoku, a special edition of the popular monthly Picsou Magazine.

The sudoku puzzles come in all shapes and sizes, and the magazine also includes some alternative sudoku puzzles. The comic stories run in one row of panels along the bottom of each page. More »

April 21st 2006 | 2:29 pm CET | No Comments »

Voting for Disney comic stories added to I.N.D.U.C.K.S.

Posted by Arthur in Disney comics

A new feature was added to the completest database of Disney comic stories in the world: I.N.D.U.C.K.S.. For each of the 170,000+ stories in the database you can now cast your vote of 1 to 10. You can already view a top 100 of stories, similar to the top 100 of titles, here at Disney Comics Worldwide. More »

April 19th 2006 | 5:35 pm CET | 1 Comment »

New park rumor: Disneyland in Spain?

Posted by Arthur in Disney parks

This weekend, the Sunday Times reported that Disney is talking with Spanish officials about building on farmland near the Spanish town of Manilva, on the Costa del Sol, a popular tourist area. Disney said it was investigating various possibilities, from a summer camp for children, to a full-scale theme park. More »

April 17th 2006 | 6:25 pm CET | 14 Comments »

Coming from Gemstone Publishing in the United States in May

Posted by Arthur in Americas, Disney comics

Here is a line up of the May 2006 Disney comics from Gemstone Publishing in the United States, featuring a new trade paperback: Carl Barks’ Greatest DuckTales Stories Volume 1. More »

April 17th 2006 | 12:48 am CET | No Comments »

Coming from Sanoma Uitgevers in the Netherlands in April and May

Posted by Arthur in Disney comics, Europe

Here is a list of the albums and pockets from Sanoma Uitgevers that will be released in April and May 2006 in the Netherlands. More »

April 15th 2006 | 8:28 pm CET | No Comments »

Carl Barks’ Greatest DuckTales Stories, coming this summer from Gemstone

Posted by Arthur in Americas, Disney comics, New Titles

Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales StoriesFollowing the DVD release of Disney’s DuckTales television series, Gemstone Publishing in the United States is releasing two special trade paperbacks titled Carl Barks’ Greatest DuckTales Stories.

The two 144-page books collect the vintage Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge adventures that were adapted to animation for DuckTales. More »

April 14th 2006 | 7:00 pm CET | No Comments »

Dutch publisher Sanoma to ramp up pocket book production

Posted by Arthur in Disney comics, Europe

Due to the tremendous success of the 256-page Donald Duck Pocket and 512-page Donald Duck Dubbel Pocket, Dutch publisher Sanoma Uitgevers has decided to increase the number of books published each year.

Until now, Sanoma published 8 issues of the regular pockets, and 2 issues of the double-sized pockets per year. These numbers will soon be increased to 12 and 4 respectively, bringing the total to 16 pocket books per year, encompassing over 5,000 comic book pages! More »

April 13th 2006 | 6:30 pm CET | No Comments »

Sanoma brings Super Donald back to the Netherlands

Posted by Arthur in Disney comics, Europe, New Titles

Sanoma Uitgevers in the Netherlands will revive the popular Italian PK stories this year, with a new series titled Super Duck starting later this month. A second issue of Super Duck featuring Donald Duck as a superhero is scheduled for October. The publisher had originally introduced PK in the Netherlands in 1997, with Duck Power, but that series was cancelled from poor sales after just two issues. More »

April 11th 2006 | 6:53 pm CET | No Comments »

Gemstone to publish Life of Scrooge Companion in September

Posted by Arthur in Americas, Disney comics, New Titles

Last year, Gemstone Publishing published a reprint of the original twelve chapters of Don Rosa’s epic story The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

This September, the publisher is releasing a Companion book that will include all the pre-chapters, post-chapters and in-between chapters that were missing from the first book. More »

April 10th 2006 | 11:45 am CET | No Comments »

Two new Nemo-themed attractions revealed

Posted by Arthur in Disney parks

Finding NemoAt the official opening of the brand-new Expedition Everest this weekend, President Al Weiss revealed two new attractions to be added to the list of upcoming attractions at the World, both based on the popular Pixar animated film Finding Nemo. The two new attractions will open by the end of this year. More »

April 9th 2006 | 9:23 am CET | No Comments »
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