Rob Klein schreef:I have also written some stories starring non-Duck characters (Mickey Mouse, Goofy, José Carioca, and Bre'r Rabbit) that I plan to submit to Sanoma Uitgevers, and possibly other Disney Comics publishers. I have written the stories and drawn their storyboards in their classic 1940s style. I hope to capture that feeling I had as a reader (fan), when first reading them in my childhood. I hope that the publishers will like that, and not have a problem with their story length. Sanoma uses mainly 3-page story size for José Carioca (and my 2 short stories are 8 pages), and I also have written a 32-page adventure story with him, in the style of his original newspaper strip, which could be chopped up into 4-page "mini-chapters"/episodes, for publication in our weekly magazine. Of course, I'd rather that it be published, intact as one long adventure story (but that is not likely to happen (at least not until it could be placed in a special book (such as "Big Fun" or another collection of reprinted stories book). My 2 Bre'r Rabbit stories are also 8 pages, and Sanoma's are usually only 4 or 5. Generally, only lead stories with major characters (Donal, Scrooge, Mickey) can be 8-12 pages. But, I hope the classical feeling, and my finishing artist partner's classical drawing style will make the Editors want the stories badly enough to print them intact, and not split them in half.
Ik ben zeer benieuwd naar Robs lange ongepubliceerde verhalen!