It was bad enough in April when we lost the Nick Jr. Magazine. Now we're losing another olde fashioned reading periodical. This November will be the last time you see Disney Adventures on the racks at the checkout line. The colorful digest packed with comics and Disney promotional material thinly veiled as "articles" is another recent victim of this whole internet thingy. It's sad to see it go. I always made a point to pick up the special Comic Zone issues for my daughter (It was perfect for car trips). The comics were fun stuff from a lot of genuinely talented folks. Jeff Smith, Evan Dorkin, Mark Evanier and Art Adams were just some artists and writers who were able to bring their work out of the comic shops and into kids' hands. I think I'll especially miss Glenn McCoy's Tall Tails, his offbeat take on Mickey and Goofy.
Heidi MacDonald at The Beat (Publishers Weekly's comics blog) offers a nice send-off. She also links to remembrances from past contributors. Check it out HERE.
There's more depressing news attached to this. Roger Langridge, New Zealand's answer to Don Martin, produced a Muppets comic for DA. The Muppet Newsflash blog reports that the mag's cancellation has left Roger's cheese in the wind. Read about that HERE.
UPDATE!
I just wanted to mention that the issue currently on stands (pictured above) reprints a rarely seen Jack Kirby adaptation of The Black Hole! Here's a taste-
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I haven't read it in a long time but I used to subscribe to Adventures when I was like ages 5-10. My favorite issue was one that came out around the time of T2, and it was an interview with Arnold himself. He talked about why this movie is OK for kids to see (ITS REALLY AN ANTI NUCLEAR WAR MOVIE WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN YA), and then he talked about his childhood, and how when he liked a girl, he would ask her to the diner for a coke. BULLSHIT LIES
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