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The Carl Barks Library In Color
''The Carl Barks Library in Color'' is a series of 141 Disney comics albums reprinting most of the Duck comics written and/or drawn by Carl Barks. The set was published by Gladstone Comics from 1992 to 1998. The series is a full-color reprinting of ''The Carl Barks Library'', a black-and-white collection published by Another Rainbow Publishing from 1983 to 1990. Each album also contains a two to six page essay on an aspect of Barks' life and work, a literary analysis of the stories in that album, or other related historical material. Some stories with Grandma Duck, Daisy Duck, and Junior Woodchucks are not included in the series. However, they are included in the similar German series, Die Barks Library. The series is divided in 6 subseries: * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Jan 1992-March 1996, 51 issues) * Uncle Scrooge One Pagers (Aug 1992, 2 issues) * 1940s Donald Duck Christmas Giveaways (Dec 1992, 1 issue) * Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers (Jan 1993-June 1993, 6 issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip. ''Mickey Mouse Magazine'', the first American newsstand publication with Disney comics, launched in 1935. In 1940, Western Publishing launched the long-running flagship comic book, ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', which reached 750 issues in September 2019. ''Uncle Scrooge'', launched in 1952, reached issue #450 in June 2019. In recent decades, Disney comics have seen a decline of popularity in the US. In the rest of the world Disney comics have remained very successful, especially in Europe, where weekly Disney comics magazines and monthly paperback digests are national best sellers. United States: Comic strips The first Disney comics appeared in daily newspapers, syndicated by King Features with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |