Scrooge's 75th anniversary / Bear Mountain Tales book

[caballero]

The preliminary cover of the Bear Mountain book is now on Amazon. I hope Fanta will keep that Marco Rota illustration for the final cover art as it looks really good. So these are the stories that have been confirmed for the book so far:

Christmas on Bear Mountain
The Richest Duck in the World
Return to Bear Mountain
Another Christmas on Bear Mountain
Never Say Never
...and it appears that the cover confirms this story too: The Man Who Drew Ducks

And the other Bear Mountain themed stories that were mentioned in this thread and might be included:

When Xmas Went Crackers
Christmas Magic
Terug naar de Berenberg
Holiday Hideaway on Bear Mountain

Also, I hope the book will contain a nice selection of related covers and illustrations too, such as these:

Daan Jippes covers: inducks.org/story.php?c=D+25974 , inducks.org/story.php?c=HC+BV++97 and inducks.org/story.php?c=HC+OD++29
Barks painting: inducks.org/story.php?c=CB+OIL+145
Barks illustration: inducks.org/story.php?c=CB+WAT+++7
The original Christmas on Bear Mountain cover: inducks.org/story.php?c=W+OS++178-00
Cavazzano cover: inducks.org/story.php?c=D+24504
Korhonen cover: inducks.org/story.php?c=D%2FSAN+2007-065

Apologies for the OCD comment, I haven't been this excited about a Disney book in ages. (Well, the Lo$ Deluxe edition was pretty exciting too but in a different way.)

[Matilda]

Mar 19, 2022 20:29:39 GMT caballero said:

The preliminary cover of the Bear Mountain book is now on Amazon. I hope Fanta will keep that Marco Rota illustration for the final cover art as it looks really good. So these are the stories that have been confirmed for the book so far:

Christmas on Bear Mountain
The Richest Duck in the World
Return to Bear Mountain
Another Christmas on Bear Mountain
Never Say Never
...and it appears that the cover confirms this story too: The Man Who Drew Ducks

And the other Bear Mountain themed stories that were mentioned in this thread and might be included:

When Xmas Went Crackers
Christmas Magic
Terug naar de Berenberg
Holiday Hideaway on Bear Mountain

Also, I hope the book will contain a nice selection of related covers and illustrations too, such as these:

Daan Jippes covers: inducks.org/story.php?c=D+25974 , inducks.org/story.php?c=HC+BV++97 and inducks.org/story.php?c=HC+OD++29
Barks painting: inducks.org/story.php?c=CB+OIL+145
Barks illustration: inducks.org/story.php?c=CB+WAT+++7
The original Christmas on Bear Mountain cover: inducks.org/story.php?c=W+OS++178-00
Cavazzano cover: inducks.org/story.php?c=D+24504
Korhonen cover: inducks.org/story.php?c=D%2FSAN+2007-065

Apologies for the OCD comment, I haven't been this excited about a Disney book in ages. (Well, the Lo$ Deluxe edition was pretty exciting too but in a different way.)

I wouldn't say that the cover confirms the inclusion of the story "The Man Who Drew Ducks"--since it only shows the Bear Mountain Scrooge/scenes, it could just have been chosen as a fine illustration of the story (which it is!). 

I also hope that a bunch of the great covers are included. The one I cited above, from WDC 608, is based on the Barks painting but stands on its own for overall cover design, including the coloring of the logo.

[stefan07]

I was under the impression that this volume is the one dedicated to Scrooge’s 75th birthday. Guess I need to buy both now

Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: The Diamond Jubilee Collection www.amazon.com/dp/1683966856/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EW8DR8Y7R5YP0BDV2H7E

[Ramapith]

Our Bear Mountain Tales book has gone to press now—and since Disney has now formally approved our final selection of content, let it be known that almost everything you all asked for is there in one form or another, plus a little more besides.

Fingers (and webbed toes) crossed!

[caballero]

So is any publisher producing any new comic for this anniversary (apart from the Glenat book "Picsou, le dragon de Glasgow")?

[sergei]

I’m sure there will be some stories in Italy. I heard that Celoni has written a big story with Scrooge (first time he has written a Disney-comic himself) but I don’t know if it’s for the anniversary.

[caballero]

My copy of the Bear Mountain Tales book hasn't arrived yet, but the table of contents is available on Amazon (some stories are titled differently in the book):

Christmas on Bear Mountain
Ducking Out
a DD Sunday strip
Return to Bear Mountain/Crazy Christmas On Bear Mountain
Alone In The Wilds
When Xmas Went Crackers
A Job for Bernhard
The Man Who Drew Ducks
Spoor-lopers
The Richest Duck in the World/The Recluse Of McDuck Manor
Lost on Bear Mountain
New Years Daze
Another Christmas on Bear Mountain
Christmas Magic
Paperino e il papero delle nevi
Holiday Hideaway on Bear Mountain
Terug naar de Berenberg
Nightmare on Bear Mountain!
The Wonderful Wishing Crown!

It seems that every single comic that was suggested in this thread is included in the book (and more)! Thank you, David!

[sim]

Nov 16, 2022 13:17:35 GMT caballero said:

My copy of the Bear Mountain Tales book hasn't arrived yet, but the table of contents is available on Amazon (some stories are titled differently in the book):

Christmas on Bear Mountain
Ducking Out
a DD Sunday strip
Return to Bear Mountain/Crazy Christmas On Bear Mountain
Alone In The Wilds
When Xmas Went Crackers
A Job for Bernhard
The Man Who Drew Ducks
Spoor-lopers
The Richest Duck in the World/The Recluse Of McDuck Manor
Lost on Bear Mountain
New Years Daze
Another Christmas on Bear Mountain
Christmas Magic
Paperino e il papero delle nevi
Holiday Hideaway on Bear Mountain
Terug naar de Berenberg
Nightmare on Bear Mountain!
The Wonderful Wishing Crown!

It seems that every single comic that was suggested in this thread are included in the book (and more)! Thank you, David!

Quite surprised that Ducking Out (which I mentioned last January) was actually included. Not for the quality of the story, but because it hasn't got reprinted often in the last 40+ years (except, as I am seeing now on INDUCKS, in Scandinavia).

[TheMidgetMoose]

I'm going to love reading through Bear Mountain Tales so much. Definitely near the top of my Christmas list for this year! Thank you, Ramapith and the whole Fantagraphics team for putting this together! And thank you guys on the Feathery Society for making suggestions for it!

[Ramapith]

Thanks everyone for the encouragement! I think I like this book every bit as much as you do...

[Matilda]

Just picked up my copy today, and the cover gallery alone makes me very happy! So looking forward to reading the stories that are new to me, so happy to have some of my personal favorites in a hardcover with such beautiful production values. That includes “Christmas Magic,” my favorite of all the Christmas stories including Magica I’ve seen, and “The Wonderful Wishing Crown”—what luck that its ending at the cabin made it qualify for this collection! Because it is certainly appropriate for Scrooge’s 75th anniversary as the best “Scrooge’s birthday” story ever.

[Ramapith]

Thanks! Beyond the basic cover gallery, I also liked having both versions of Jippes' album cover art on the endpapers (if you look closely, Donald and Scrooge trade places, as in the two different Dutch albums that used the motif).

If people like the book, it might help us to have more reviews on Amazon; many of our recent books have had tons of talk here, but very little there!

[Matilda]

Nov 17, 2022 23:10:59 GMT Ramapith said:

Thanks! Beyond the basic cover gallery, I also liked having both versions of Jippes' album cover art on the endpapers (if you look closely, Donald and Scrooge trade places, as in the two different Dutch albums that used the motif).

If people like the book, it might help us to have more reviews on Amazon; many of our recent books have had tons of talk here, but very little there!

Showing my ignorance: Can we review it on Amazon if we didn't buy it on Amazon?

[fredj]

Nov 18, 2022 0:10:47 GMT Matilda said:

Nov 17, 2022 23:10:59 GMT Ramapith said:

Thanks! Beyond the basic cover gallery, I also liked having both versions of Jippes' album cover art on the endpapers (if you look closely, Donald and Scrooge trade places, as in the two different Dutch albums that used the motif).

If people like the book, it might help us to have more reviews on Amazon; many of our recent books have had tons of talk here, but very little there!

Showing my ignorance: Can we review it on Amazon if we didn't buy it on Amazon?

Yes, it just won’t be marked as a ”verified purchase”.

[skritter]

Unfortunate error on the Contents pages
'Holiday Hideaway' is actually on Page 205.    Listed as 215
'Scaredy Showdown' is actually on Page 217.  Listed as 205

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