Interesting that it won’t be an all-Andold volume. The very good news is that it will include the great “ Paperino pendolare”!
Are there enough Andold stories to fill a whole volume? Also, given that some of these artists only get one book, they probably wanted to include a representative sample of Marco Rosa’s work.
So glad that vol 26 is confirmed to be Rota!! And I'm also happy about the inclusion of the commuter story. Will be interested to see which "manic McDuck treasure hunts" are included.
Meanwhile, my copy of vol 24 just arrived at my local indie bookstore this morning, yay!
Interesting that it won’t be an all-Andold volume. The very good news is that it will include the great “ Paperino pendolare”!
Are there enough Andold stories to fill a whole volume? Also, given that some of these artists only get one book, they probably wanted to include a representative sample of Marco Rosa’s work.
200 pages. I would have loved having them collected in one volume.
Fellas, new Andold stories are still coming out now. An attempt at a "complete" collection could be incomplete a year or two later.
As editor, I originally considered an all-Andold volume, but felt it was a better solution to include a mix of Andold and other stories, which a hypothetical second Rota volume could do as well. This format also enables us to introduce Rota to the Masters series with a varied look at his output across the board—and appeal to Scrooge partisans as well as Donald fans.
(Scrooge has an equivalent in Andold's era—the king who is Andold's boss—but there's very little of him in the series as a whole, mentioned in one or two stories and only shown in one.)
Fellas, new Andold stories are still coming out now. An attempt at a "complete" collection could be incomplete a year or two later.
As editor, I originally considered an all-Andold volume, but felt it was a better solution to include a mix of Andold and other stories, which a hypothetical second Rota volume could do as well. This format also enables us to introduce Rota to the Masters series with a varied look at his output across the board—and appeal to Scrooge partisans as well as Donald fans.
(Scrooge has an equivalent in Andold's era—the king who is Andold's boss—but there's very little of him in the series as a whole, mentioned in one or two stories and only shown in one.)
I honestly like the idea of doing a collection of different stories rather than putting all of the existing Andold stories in one volume. The variety is nice, and we get a good look at Rota’s work in general.
The Vol. 26 cover looks terrific! I would say, though, that I don't particularly care for the Andold stories (as I don't care for the literary parody stories); I'm here for the Duckburg Ducks. And I love Rota's art. So I'm very pleased that this volume will have a mix of Andold and other stories. Probably as soon as I see which stories are included in it, I'll post my hopes for what will be included in the hoped-for second Rota volume!
Thoughts on vol. 24 Branca: Very glad to see some favorite stories, The Green Attack, Two in One, What About 65? (Korhonen! More Korhonen!!). Tip-Top Topiary has been one of my favorite Brittle Mastery stories since I read it in WDC 533 in 1988. I had a beloved brother who was a landscaper, so among the Brittle Mastery stories I'm particularly fond of Tip-Top Topiary and Rosa's Master Landscapist! Of the new-to-me stories, I probably enjoyed That's...Entertainment?! the most. Also happy to see a new-to-me Garvey Gull story; since Branca was the artist who created the character with Halas and Martin, it makes sense to include a Garvey Gull story in a Branca volume. Both "The Hi-Tech, Low-Down Blues" and "World Wide Witch" show how stories focusing on current technology get dated faster than any others. Though I do really like Magda Marshbird and her tea shoppe; she has taken up permanent residency in my mental Duckburg. I love the fact that she calls Magica "Sunshine"!
Altogether, this is one of my favorite Disney Masters volumes so far. So great to get the Branca art of magicked plant growth, fancy topiary, hypnotized python, train wreck and all, printed beautifully on paper that will last!
I would say, though, that I don't particularly care for the Andold stories (as I don't care for the literary parody stories)
I dislike literary parody stories too but the Andold stories aren’t literary parodies!
Yes, I know, I meant that I am unmoved by Andold stories and by literary parody stories for the same reason: I'm basically only interested in the Ducks as I know and love them in Duckburg. There are very few exceptions to this for me. I do like Carpi's Les Miz and Mottura's Moby Dick for the art...and Scarpa's Robin Hood, but then, that one actually starts with the Duckburg Ducks taking on the roles.
The new Branca book is truly a beautiful job. Definitely evokes the joys of reading those Gladstone and Gemstone comics when they were new. The lack of Branca's cartooning has been hugely devastating to the last two decades of Duck comics - a talent gone way, way too soon.
The new Branca book is truly a beautiful job. Definitely evokes the joys of reading those Gladstone and Gemstone comics when they were new. The lack of Branca's cartooning has been hugely devastating to the last two decades of Duck comics - a talent gone way, way too soon.
Adding it soon to my collection. Too bad that the Heymanses one seems to be sold-out everywhere, it would have been a great piece to read and to proudly display on my bookshelf!
I’m very pleased that the great “What about 65?” Is included in the new Disney Masters - Daniel Branca volume! Especially considering that this is its first ever English language publication.
Playing Fantasy Fantagraphics again.... here are the three Duck stories I would most like to see in the next Cavazzano volume:
Maya Astrup's Once Upon a Sorceress (please, with a different title in English!). I have been a Magica fan since childhood, and I find this Magica backstory very satisfying. It accords much better with my own sense of Magica's personality and world than does Stabile's il patto della luna.
Cimino's il piffero variabile. I have read a bunch of the old Cimino/Cavazzano stories (e.g. the transparent mountain, the three mountains, the cave of opposite personalities) and il piffero variabile is my favorite for strength of story--perhaps I feel that the goal of unseating a tyrant is particularly relevant these days? Purely for art, I suppose the story of Donald among the Amazons might have a claim, but I'm not particularly fond of the story.
Martina's il vascello fantasma. This is the only Martina story I have re-read. For one thing, I am drawn to nautical stories and particularly to ghost ships (Geradts' Ringtail, Rota's Nightmare Ship, Kruse's Shiver Me Timbers!, Halas's Ghost of the Glen). Nice nautical art, here! Also, maybe the presence of the actual Devil in the story meant that Martina didn't have to make Scrooge quite so mean and nasty as he usually did. I like the nephews' role in bringing about an unexpected happy ending.
Of Cavazzano stories already published in English, there's the first Reginella story and the first two Artibani/Arena Magica's family stories. I wouldn't mind seeing one of the other Reginella stories in English; IIRC, il matrimonio de Reginella gave her the most active role. Also previously published in English: Another Christmas on Bear Mountain, but that was reprinted in Bear Mountain Tales, so it's already had the prestige printing treatment, and I'm happy to already have it in a hardcover!