Post by Mesterius on Nov 30, 2022 18:03:00 GMT
Nov 30, 2022 15:13:45 GMT @sylvesterww said:
The Wikipedia page of Complete Carl Barks Library claims that volumes 21 and 23 have been reprinted uncensored:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Carl_Barks_Disney_Library
"Volumes 5-20 were completely uncensored, including the racial caricatures that appeared in the originals that had been retouched in later reprintings. The first printing of Volume 21 includes the statement "Some dialogue in this edition has been updated." An example of updated text can be seen in the story "The Lovelorn Fireman" at page 108. However in the second printing (released late 2022, but dated January 2023), the disclaimer regarding altered dialogue is removed, and the original text is restored. The story "The Flying Farm Hand" has been removed from the second printing of Volume 21. The table of contents in volume 23 includes the statement "The artwork in these comics stories is reproduced here in its entirety as first created in 1959-1960. Some dialog has been modified." Specifically, some dialog concerning Native Americans has been rewritten in the stories "Trail Tycoon" and "The Wax Museum". In the second printing all the original text is restored."
Is this true?
Just so you know, though, you could have found the answers to all these questions by reading back in the thread a bit. These topics were just discussed here a couple of weeks ago.
EDIT: The Wikipedia text is correct, but also phrased inaccurately. In Volume 21, "The Lovelorn Fireman" was the ONLY story to have dialogue changed. So it's misleading to describe that story as "an example of" the changes. It was literally the only thing that was modified.