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Paul Andreas	Jun 30 2008, 05:30 AM
Singh Leader Posts: 2,101 Group: Team CC Member #5 Joined: April 4, 2006	Dougy Jun 29 2008, 09:09 PM Quote: I can not for the life of me imagine that there will be two companies publishing the Phantom in the US at the same time... Well, there are two companies currently producing Zorro stories - Moonstone and (ironically) DE so it's not impossible. Yes, but Moonstone are only publishing Zorro in the prose format (I think)... It would seem very strange to me to have two companies putting out Phantom comic books in the same country. Off course, I pray this is actually the case, but I remain pessimistic about the whole thing... It amazes me that King F can have such a (seemingly) strict way of controlling Moonstone's stories, carefully watching that the Phantom does not do anything "un-Phantom" (like driving too fast!) and then they go away giving away the licence to somebody who obviously just doesn't have any kind of clue. I think this quote sums up their approach quite nicely: Quote: He will come to the concrete jungle of New York City....One of the things we felt with the Phantom is, you can only have so many adventures in the jungle. It’s about time we put him back in civilization, and we pit him against the animals of New York City. First and foremost, they can't have any imagination at all if they feel there can only be "so many jungle adventures". Look at what Mike Bullock's been doing all along; making modern jungle adventures based on problems people actually face in Africa (like kids being trained as soldiers). Second, "put him back in civilization". Have they read any Phantom stories at all? He is a globetrotter in every sense of the word, seemingly spends a great deal of time in cities like Mawitaan in Bengalla, and fights crime wherever he finds it. Until they prove otherwise, I think their approach seems careless and disrespectful, and it angers me to no end that Moonstone may not be allowed to do more work with the character. Edited by Paul Andreas, Jun 30 2008, 06:07 AM.


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