did gladstone ever consider releasing the jippes woodchucks stories, barks grandma duck and daisy duck in the large bark library in color albums? (fantagraphics is collecting those stories correct?)
Would have nice if they had. I’m not an insider, maybe someone else might know.
According to Inducks the Uncle Scrooge in Color album 56 (last one) came out in December 1998. While the last 2 Gladstone issues Uncle Scrooge 318 and WDC&S 633 both had February 1999 dates. We could surmise that this may have something to do with their Disney license ending.
Yep, last 2 Donald Fantagraphics volumes have Junior Woodchuck stories with Jippes redraws’. BONUS. The next Uncle Scrooge volume Cave of Ali Baba is slated to have Daan Jippes version of the Pied Piper of Duckburg!
I don't think I've seen "Donald Duck's Atom Bomb" since Gemstone's Barks/Rosa collection.
It appears to have been re-inked by Daan Jippes in the 70's. Does anybody know why? Censorship or has the original roto-scope of the artwork been lost by Disney/Dell? I must have read this story a thousand times because it was in 'Donald Duck Weekly' and a 'Best of Carl Barks' comic book that we had at home. Very good one. Relevant links:
The Fantagraphics book will probably contain Jippes's version, don't y'all think? Do you tink Fantagraphics will provide (honest) info on the re-drawing?
I don't think I've seen "Donald Duck's Atom Bomb" since Gemstone's Barks/Rosa collection.
It appears to have been re-inked by Daan Jippes in the 70's. Does anybody know why? Censorship or has the original roto-scope of the artwork been lost by Disney/Dell? I must have read this story a thousand times because it was in 'Donald Duck Weekly' and a 'Best of Carl Barks' comic book that we had at home. Very good one. Relevant links:
The Fantagraphics book will probably contain Jippes's version, don't y'all think? Do you tink Fantagraphics will provide (honest) info on the re-drawing?
I'm not so sure about that. Inducks doesn't say anything about the 2008 reprint in "The Barks / Rosa Collection 2" being a redrawn version. So my first question is, how was the story presented there?
Secondly: if good printing proofs have not been recovered for this story, another possibility is to do a facsimile reproduced from the original 1947 publication. This was Egmont's solution for stories missing original proofs when they did their European Carl Barks Collection in the 2000s. I honestly think that's a much better way than using redrawn art by Jippes or anyone else... and I wish Fantagraphics would have done this for some earlier volumes in their edition. The printing quality may not be optional, but we WOULD at least be getting Barks' original art.
From what I understood, the censorship to "Atom Bomb" consisted of changing the art at the end of the story to show Donald and the Nephews giving away hair restorer instead of selling hair restorer: www.seriesam.com/barks/comicsgwch.html
did gladstone ever consider releasing the jippes woodchucks stories, barks grandma duck and daisy duck in the large bark library in color albums? (fantagraphics is collecting those stories correct?)
Would have nice if they had. I’m not an insider, maybe someone else might know.
According to Inducks the Uncle Scrooge in Color album 56 (last one) came out in December 1998. While the last 2 Gladstone issues Uncle Scrooge 318 and WDC&S 633 both had February 1999 dates. We could surmise that this may have something to do with their Disney license ending.
Yep, last 2 Donald Fantagraphics volumes have Junior Woodchuck stories with Jippes redraws’. BONUS. The next Uncle Scrooge volume Cave of Ali Baba is slated to have Daan Jippes version of the Pied Piper of Duckburg!
Hi all duck & Barks fans
As this is my 1st posting/query since I recently joined this forum, pls. forgive me if I unwittingly commit some protocol or etiquette faux pas! Now, I have a question re: the Fantagraphics Carl Barks Library of which I own all volumes that appeared so far: #5 - 27 (and have pre-ordered vols. #4 and #28): does anyone have any inside info on how many more volumes there will be after #28? Initially, rumour had it that it was going to be a total of approx. 30, but, considering how many pages of the Barksian duck oeuvre are still left, my ballpark estimate would be at least 32 volumes in all -- IF absolutely ALL Barks drawn and/or written duck stories are to be included....
As this is my 1st posting/query since I recently joined this forum, pls. forgive me if I unwittingly commit some protocol or etiquette faux pas! Now, I have a question re: the Fantagraphics Carl Barks Library of which I own all volumes that appeared so far: #5 - 27 (and have pre-ordered vols. #4 and #28): does anyone have any inside info on how many more volumes there will be after #28? Initially, rumour had it that it was going to be a total of approx. 30, but, considering how many pages of the Barksian Duck oeuvre are still left, my ballpark estimate would be at least 32 volumes in all -- IF absolutely ALL Barks drawn and/or written duck stories are to be included....
It's a very long topic. I don't think anybody will expect you to read through it's entirety.
Anyway, below is an estimation of the total amount of volumes. About 32 to 34.
I believe 30 volumes were announced. It's the usual number for a Barks collection, anyway.
I too think 30 volumes was mentioned when the Fantagraphics library launched... but if that was the plan, it seems to have changed. A member of the Carl Barks - The Good Artist Facebook group (today unfortunately private, meaning you'll have to be a logged-in member to view it) recently wrote the following in a thread where this topic was discussed:
In volume 9, page 199-201, they mention that "Wasted Words" (US61) is sceduled for volume 31 of the library. So there will be at least 32 volumes, maybe 34.
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Aha, many thanx f. your insights (the findings of another equally inquisitive and well-read duckologist, I see
Another thing that has me --and perhaps others-- wondering is why FANTAGRAPHICS suddenly bounces back to vol. 4 instead of just continuing & first completing the latter series (#29 to final volume) after publishing over 20 consecutive volumes in sequence!?!
Just a far-fetched theory: but, could it be that they're waiting f. Daan Jippes to complete versions of Barks' final works up to and incl. "Horsing Around with History"(art by Van Horn) ?!?
The thing that perplexes me the most, is that Fantagraphics won't tell their loyal customers on what to expect, even after all these years. I mean, it's an easy enough thing to do.
Same here. I can't believe they are not able to catch up with the box sets including the already released single books.
Is it "that complicated" to create cardboard box sets for books that already exist - or why does it take so long to get even with the releases? it would be really cool if the missing box sets would be released to finally catch up with the already single released books.
Yes agree. I get it that times are tough. But making and selling more books would be a good thing....right ?? And catching up with the unreleased box sets is relatively easy, since all the pre-press work has already been done.
Aha, many thanx f. your insights (the findings of another equally inquisitive and well-read duckologist, I see
Another thing that has me --and perhaps others-- wondering is why FANTAGRAPHICS suddenly bounces back to vol. 4 instead of just continuing & first completing the latter series (#29 to final volume) after publishing over 20 consecutive volumes in sequence!?!
Just a far-fetched theory: but, could it be that they're waiting f. Daan Jippes to complete versions of Barks' final works up to and incl. "Horsing Around with History"(art by Van Horn) ?!?
Fantagraphics started somewhere in the middle because that's Barks' peak. They have to sell books and if they'd publish 'm in chronological order then too little people would buy the first or last volumes. Apparently the marketing people at Fantagraphics decided it that they produced more than enough of Barks' later work the last few years. I'm glad they are finally publishing his early work which, to me, has many classics I've been waiting for since the start of the series.
Fantagraphics started somewhere in the middle because that's Barks' peak. They have to sell books and if they'd publish 'm in chronological order then too little people would buy the first or last volumes. Apparently the marketing people at Fantagraphics decided it that they produced more than enough of Barks' later work the last few years. I'm glad they are finally publishing his early work which, to me, has many classics I've been waiting for since the start of the series.
David Gerstein has offered a more substantial explanation for why Fantagraphics decided not to do their Barks Library chronologically when launching it in 2011. The below comment was posted on November 17, 2022 on the Carl Barks - The Good Artist Facebook group.
They felt, to some degree, that Gladstone, Disney Comics, and Gemstone had relatively overexposed the 1942-1947 stories. And as a former Gemstone staffer, I know we did; Gladstone/Disney/Gemstone came after the 1970-80s when Whitman had used very few 1940s stories, so we resolved to use them as often as possible.
It was felt at Fantagraphics that, given all the recent reprints of earlier 1940s stories, starting in 1949 didn't mean just using more "high Barks" material, but avoiding earlier stuff that was at that time still very easily available.
Even WRT the Gladstone Carl Barks Library in Color, the mid-1940s volumes were in print longer and reprinted more often before their license shut down...
Personally, I love the 1940s Barks stories maybe most of all, but many feel the slightly later material is really the best and most accomplished of Barks—so given that, and the question of what had recently been in print, I see /why/ my Fanta bosses did what they did, even if I might have personally made a different choice.
News flash: Fanta initially considered doing the same with Gottfredson, whose mid-1930s stories had been relatively overexposed by Gladstone and Abbeville. At first, the plan was to start the FGL in 1938. But I preferred to start at the start because 1930-1932 had NOT seen much exposure, and Gary and Kim saw it my way.
The thing that perplexes me the most, is that Fantagraphics won't tell their loyal customers on what to expect, even after all these years. I mean, it's an easy enough thing to do.
Indeed, while Fantagraphics is to be unconditionally lauded by us Barks/Duck fans for stepping up and opting to publish this series in today's market, the very least they could do beyond that is provide a little more guidance on what will be published when, other than that "the volumes are not being published in strictly chronological sequence" (although the last 20+ were, so that it looked like Fantagraphics were first going to complete the latter segment BEFORE going back to the beginning to fill the gap/discrepancy of the 1st five volumes -- which they now seem poised to be starting on after vol. 29's publishing....)!
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There is a simple reason Fanta doesn’t announce the titles well in advance... for the same reason, say, Warners doesn’t announce cartoon collections well in advance. Legal at these companies is so capricious that producers probably can’t say for certain which titles will be released until the thing basically exists physically. Sad but true.