Its not about Barks but its Fantagraphics related, reading this morning on couple of local forums I always find people saying how they dont have first Rosa boxset and mickey sundays boxset and people have more or less lost hope this will get reprinted. I m actually one of people that missed these as I started collecting in late 2014. Does anyone know if there is a chance these might get reprinted? I see Barks books in their third print so why not a second one for something so popular? I wonder do I hope for these or start saving money for absurdly overpriced copy that pops up here and there
[...] people saying how they dont have first Rosa boxset and mickey sundays boxset and people have more or less lost hope this will get reprinted.
I didn't know this was a problem with the other series, but the limited print of box sets for the Don Rosa collection is the reason I haven't bought any of the books yet. When the series first started I didn't buy it as I already had multiple copies of all of the stories. But soon after the 3rd box set was on sale I finally decided that I wanted this definitive collection after all. But then I was unable to find the first box for a resonable price anywhere, and as long as that's not possible I won't get the rest of the books either.
I guarantee there is at least 20 people that would buy both boxsets in my little country and the couple near by, I just dont get how come your average Barks book gets 3rd reprint and these special books are stuck on first print. I saw at least a dozen pics of peoples disney books where they have everything in boxsets except these two. So I m pretty sure it would sell quite well. Maybe they do it when they finish the series. For example first volume of Rip Kirby was out of print for a long while(I wanted to get it) and now its back in stock, this is IDW though
[...] people saying how they dont have first Rosa boxset and mickey sundays boxset and people have more or less lost hope this will get reprinted.
.... But then I was unable to find the first box for a resonable price anywhere, and as long as that's not possible I won't get the rest of the books either.
The only problem with this reasoning is, IF/WHEN they re-release the 1st Box Set, others in the collection (that are currently available) may not be available at that time or the same time.
I missed a couple of box sets in the Peanuts collection but still decided to get the rest in box sets. Fantagraphics did decided to re-release the 2 box sets (4 volumes) that became rare, and I snapped them up when they became avaialbe. So I am now the proud owner of a complete boxed set.
Post by Monkey_Feyerabend on Nov 24, 2017 13:57:58 GMT
Hello! Sorry if the following question came up already in the previous posts.
Do you have an idea of what is the schedule/policy of the box set release for the CB Fantagraphics library? With Gottfredson and Rosa they always publish the box as soon as the second of the two volumes is available. Which is nice, for it give you the choice if buying the set or the single volumes without the painful Hamletic dilemma "shall I wait for the box set or not?". But with Barks's library I do not see a pattern. Honestly, I am buying mostly the single volumes, for it seems that you have to wait too long for the boxset. Anyhow, Christmas for Shacktown and Trick or Treat (two volumes whose purchase I postponed so far, because I already know many stories within them) are consecutive Donalds' volumes...so maybe there is a forthcoming box set...but when?
Dont count on these volumes coming in boxsets in a logical manner, yes they will all be chronologically in boxsets but in what order? It would be no surprise if they put out another scrooge book and do scrooge boxset next year. Personally I dont care what logic they use as long as they get it all done. I collected single books for a year and a half and then since year ago I got everything in boxsets and sold 7 single books I had. So I havent got last three single books, might get at least the scrooge book
Dont count on these volumes coming in boxsets in a logical manner, yes they will all be chronologically in boxsets but in what order? It would be no surprise if they put out another scrooge book and do scrooge boxset next year. Personally I don't care what logic they use as long as they get it all done. I collected single books for a year and a half and then since year ago I got everything in boxsets and sold 7 single books I had. So I haven't got last three single books, might get at least the scrooge book
I was never informed that ALL the Barks set volumes will end up in box sets. So, I've been buying all the single books, and then having to find people to sell the extra single books when I buy the box sets. It's not nice of Fantagraphics to do this to its loyal customers. They should have made a plan ahead of time delineating pairs of books to be included in the individual boxes, and announced that ahead of time, along with at least a tentative schedule, so customers could decide whether or not to buy individual books or wait for boxed sets. There is the danger of getting stuck with extra duplicate books, or having the series stop printing with the purchaser having waited on buying individual books that are later out of print. I have had to put in much time and effort to find people to purchase my duplicate books.
I also don't like the random combinations of books in the boxes. It would be much better if they were placed into boxes chronologically. It is too late for that now. But, I hope that all books in the set will end up in boxes, and I will not get stuck with any duplicates.
I also hope that the last Gottfredson boxed set will come as re-scheduled soon as possible after January 23rd. I would also like The Gottfredson series to continue through the entire Day-to-Day years, and also to print a Manual Gonzales set for the Sunday dailies and any stories he has drawn.
Vol. 12 is it for the Mickey newspaper strips from Fantagraphics.
I have to hand it to David for his stellar work over the last eight years, and to Gary Groth for sticking it out to the end of the continuities. Pretty much any other publisher would've canned it around Vol. 7, including Disney itself.
Vol. 12 is it for the Mickey newspaper strips from Fantagraphics.
I have to hand it to David for his stellar work over the last eight years, and to Gary Groth for sticking it out to the end of the continuities. Pretty much any other publisher would've canned it around Vol. 7, including Disney itself.
I guess you mean US publisher. Because in 2010 the Italians published all the Gottfredson material in their library, starting from 1938 up to 1975, and then in the last volumes from 1931 to 1938. (They began with 1938 because that period was more appealing to the audience.) The library was sold week by week with the most read generalist newspaper and the most read sport newspaper. Then on these newspapers's websites for one year or two. The same whole library has been translated in French by Glénat, and it is still available in any bookshop (not only comics shop) in France.
By the way, even the Fantagraphics library is now translated in French by Glénat...I saw Race to Death Valley in the shelfs some weeks ago. Congrats to David G., I guess!
RobbK, I do share your disappointment on the Barks's boxsets issue. At this point I do not care not having the boxsets, it's too annoying to sell the old volumes. I did this only when I realized the existence of the box sets for Gottfredson, re-buying the first two volumes in the box and giving the old two copies as a present to my younger brother. He is not much of a reader of comics but is a fan of the 'animation' Mickey, especially the vintage one, hence particularly pleased by the early Gottfredson's strips. He loves those books also since he's a great fan of Horace, mainly because of his memorable interpretation in this cartoon:
Yes, U.S. publisher. I don't know what the conditions were for the Italian sets, but I can say with certainty they weren't done with the level of care David put into the Fantagraphics library, so they were probably more uninvolved and therefore it was feasible to put out 20 years worth of dull gags.
Yes, U.S. publisher. I don't know what the conditions were for the Italian sets, but I can say with certainty they weren't done with the level of care David put into the Fantagraphics library, so they were probably more uninvolved and therefore it was feasible to put out 20 years worth of dull gags.
Well, of course. Honestly, I have never seen that level of care in any comics collection! Maybe some other Fantagraphics big libraries are comparable for the number and quality of essayes within? The Pogo one? The Peanuts?
I worked on the Italian sets too. In 2008-2009, I was hired by Disney to supervise the rescanning and restoration of the Gottfredson strips from Disney's proof-and-negative vaults in California, and from the Bruce Hamilton collection then held in Baltimore; and it was *only* because Italy funded that remastering that we had such high quality materials to work with later at Fantagraphics.
As Thad notes, the Italian sets weren't done with quite the same level of precision, but it was in no way a hack job either; it was only relatively rushed because the team only had two years to complete the work, as opposed to six (publisher wanted to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the strip in 2010).
The 2010 Italian team did have the luxury of a MUCH larger staff than Fantagraphics. On some level, the extra staffers were simply kept busy relettering the stories in Italian; but the extra staff also enabled editorial pages to be edited and assembled faster, so there were still lots of excellent essays mixed in with the stories (including quite a few by the same Italian talents who've written for Fantagraphics). And the designer on those Italian books was awesome; different from Fanta but still quite nice.