Disney Masters

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Disney Masters
Publication information
Publisher Fantagraphics
FormatHardcover
Genre Anthropomorphic animals
Adventure
Publication dateMay 2018
Main character(s) Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse
Creative team
Written byvarious
Artist(s)various
Editor(s) Michael Catron, David Gerstein

Disney Masters is a series of books collecting anthologies of critically acclaimed Walt Disney Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse international comic artists. Italian artist Romano Scarpa was the first featured creator in the series, in the volume titled The Delta Dimension. The publisher behind the project is Fantagraphics. The first book of the series was released in May 2018. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Format

Each book in the series is hardcover with dimensions measuring 7.5 inches × 10.25 inches, (191 mm × 260 mm). Each volume is printed in full color and contains about 200 pages. Supplementary materials such as art, biographies of the artists [5] and essays are included as well. The MSRP for each single volume is set at $29.99 for volumes collecting around 200 pages and $34.99 for volumes collecting near 250 pages. [6] [7]

While the volumes are titled with one central figure, some volumes also include stories from a secondary main character. [8]

Volumes of the series are primarily sold separately and in boxed sets, but the first five volumes are also available for purchase as a set via a subscription from the publisher. [4] The release schedule for the series is five volumes a year, starting in May 2018. There are two types of boxed collections; one type collecting the volumes in chronological release order, and the other collecting volumes by the books' main character. [9] [10]

Volumes and box sets

Volumes
Vol.Release dateTitle FigureTitleArtist(s)Featured stories with INDUCKS linksPeriodPage countISBNINDUCKS link
12018-05-09Mickey MouseThe Delta Dimension Romano Scarpa Mickey Mouse in the Delta Dimension , The Bleep-Bleep 15 , The Fabulous City of Shan-Grilla 1959-1961208 978-1-68396-096-6 DM 1
22018-06-05Donald Duck Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Luciano Bottaro Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket , The Return of Rebo , TV Trickery 1960-1995192 978-1-68396-109-3 DM 2
32018-07-03Mickey MouseThe Case of the Vanishing Bandit Paul Murry The Last Resort , The Lens Hunters , The Case of the Vanishing Bandit , The Mysterious Crystal Ball , The Lost Legion , The Magic Rope , Ridin' the Rails 1953-1955184 978-1-68396-113-0 DM 3
42018-08-07Donald DuckThe Great Survival Test Daan Jippes & Freddy Milton The Great Survival Test , The Success Test , A Clean Case of Competence , The Do-Gooders' League , Donald's Happy Birthday , Copious Quantities of Cod Liver Oil , Disco-Ducks , Haste Makes Waste , Allworth and No Play , Going to Sea , Rewarding Formula , Sauce for the Duck , Arrested Development , Coat of Harms , The Right Man on the Wrong Spot , Scooting to Success , Bet You Didn't , The Briefcase Case 1976-1982192 978-1-68396-111-6 DM 4
52018-10-09Mickey MouseThe Phantom Blot's Double Mystery Romano Scarpa The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery , The Last Balaboo , The Eternal Flame of Kalhoa 1955-1961187 978-1-68396-136-9 DM 5
62019-02-12Uncle ScroogeKing of the Golden River Giovan Battista Carpi King of the Golden River , Mickey the Kid and Six-Shot Goofy! , Me, Myself, and Why 1961-1974190 978-1-68396-170-3 DM 6
72019-03-12Mickey MouseThe Pirates of Tabasco Bay Paul Murry The Lost City , Yesterday Ranch , Mickey Mouse and the Marvelous Magnet , The Vanishing Railroad , The Case of the Hungry Ghost , The Pirates of Tabasco Bay , The Great Stamp Hunt 1955-1956184 978-1-68396-181-9 DM 7
82019-06-18Donald Duck Duck Avenger Strikes Again! Romano Scarpa Duck Avenger Strikes Again , Ellsworth's Ornery Orphan , Captured in Bananaland 1971-1976184 978-1-68396-197-0 DM 8
92019-08-14Mickey MouseThe Ice Sword Saga: Book 1 Massimo De Vita The Sword of Ice , The Tournament of Argaar 1982-1983189 978-1-68396-198-7 DM 9
102020-04-15Donald DuckScandal on the Epoch Express Bas Heymans & Mau Heymans Scandal on the Epoch Express , Big Brain Blowout , Scent-imental Romeos , Winifred's Revenge , Don Quiduck de la Mancha , Nothin' Beats the Classics , Healers of the Andes! , The Daisy Chain , Trapdoor Trick , Regulationary War , Forty-Wink Zeke , Bargain Battle! , The Laurels of Julius Pecunius , Over Easy , Daisy Duck's Diatribe! , Family Feud , Dieu Dieu Duck 1988-2015192 978-1-68396-249-6 DM 10
112020-06-09Mickey MouseThe Ice Sword Saga: Book 2 Massimo De Vita The Prince of Mists Strikes Back , The Sleeping Beauty in the Stars! , The Secret of 313 , Arizona Goof and the Tiger's Fiery Eye 1984-2008192 978-1-68396-250-2 DM 11
122020-10-20Donald DuckThe Forgetful Hero Giorgio Cavazzano Plantastic Voyage , The Dazzling Duck She-Venger , The Case of the Cut-Off Calls! , The Forgetful Hero 1973-1991200 978-1-68396-312-7 DM 12
132020-11-03Mickey MouseThe Sunken City Paul Murry The Sunken City , Legend of Loon Lake , The Phantom Fires , The Crystal Ball Quest , The Mystery of Lonely Valley , The Castaways of Whale Bay , The Idol of Moaning Island 1957-1958176 978-1-68396-330-1 DM 13
142020-11-17Donald DuckFollow the Fearless Leader Al Hubbard The Health Nut , Weaving and Ducking , The Big Dig , It’s Music? , Haste Makes Waste , The Case of the Purloined Pearls , The Frontiersman , Time to Duck , The Blackboard Bungle , Pop Goes the Art , The Whopper Stopper , It’s Magic , Follow the Fearless Leader , Must the Show Go On? , Jumping Pup , A Hutch Is Not a Home , The Big Cabbage Field in the Sky , The Heck Ship , The Cat Caper , Hot and Cold Running Ducks , Put It On the Diners , Ditch Day , The Retriever 1958-1973196 978-1-68396-362-2 DM 14
152021-02-09Mickey MouseNew Adventures of the Phantom Blot Paul Murry The Phantom Blot Meets the Mysterious Mr. X , The Phantom Blot Meets Super Goof , Oh, What a Tangled Rope We Wield! , Culprits, Inc. , Safe Surprise , The Phantom Blot Meets Madam Mim , Me and My Shadow-Boxing , Hi-Yo, Beagle! Away! , The Crown of Tabash , Tough Old Bird , Dogged Pursuit , Secret Sea Raider , Blotless Blot , Blotsa Laughs , The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds , By a Waterfall , Stairways to Seeing-Stars 1964-1966252 978-1-68396-411-7 DM 15
162021-05-04Donald DuckJumpin' Jupiter! Luciano Bottaro Fear the Wrath of Rebo! , Jumpin' Jupiter! , The Washed-Up Witch , Voyage to the Bottom of the Hole 1960-2007180 978-1-68396-414-8 DM 16
172021-07-20Mickey MouseThe Man from Altacraz Romano Scarpa The Man from Altacraz , Risky Bees-Ness , Kali's Nail , The African Queen 1958-1983188 978-1-68396-428-5 DM 17
182021-09-14Uncle ScroogePie in the Sky William Van Horn Pie in the Sky , A Prickly Relation , Tightrope Gag , A Sound Deal , Fly Now - Pay Later , Dime Collector , Backyard Bet , Floating Alone , Large Deduction , Tents, Anyone? , Lost On a Dog , His Money's Worth , Poisoned Palate , The Bright Side , Shaping Up , Heavy Duty , Duel Personalities , The Three Bs , Seafood Blues , Quick Trim , Tree's a Crowd , Be My Gust , Shooting to the Top , False Economy , Another Vine Mess , Call Off the Wild , The Amazon Queen , Rootin', Tootin' Duck , Beachhead Bathos , The Bees Have It! , Snore Losers , It's Bats, Man! 1988-1990200 978-1-68396-441-4 DM 18
192022-05-24Mickey MouseTrapped in the Shadow Dimension Casty Trapped in the Shadow Dimension , The Terrible, Terrible Triple-Dimensional Beagle Boy , The World To Come 2008-2014192 978-1-68396-448-3 DM 19
202022-08-16Donald Duck20.000 Leaks Under the Sea Al Hubbard It’s Only Money , Mountain Magic , Do It Yourself , The Missing Hair , Matador-to-Door Salesman , Flock Together , Bah Wilderness , Water Sports , The Contest , Out of the Depths of Despair , Vet Day , Suds in Your Eye , The Piggy Bank , The Case of the Renegade Circus , The Superior Intellect , Old Trusty’s Scent , A Midsummer’s Nightmare , 20.000 Leaks Under the Sea , Satisfied Customer , A Goofy Look at the Newspaper , The Bouncing Ball , The Carpet Baggers , The Pioneer , Fall Guy , Chased Chaser , Law Trouble , There’s No Place Like Home 1950-1965+
1973		188 978-1-68396-567-1 DM 20
212022-10-25Mickey MouseThe Monster of Sawtooth Mountain Paul Murry The Fantastic Fog , The Threat of the Stone-Eaters , The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain , Alaskan Adventure , Pineapple Poachers , The Trail to Treasure , Mickey’s Strange Mission , The Moon-Blot Plot 1958-1961184 978-1-68396-568-8 DM 21
222023-06-06Uncle ScroogeOperation Galleon Grab Giorgio Cavazzano Operation Galleon Grab , The Snacking Sleuths , Brother From Another Earth , Here Today, Gone Apollo , There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool 1973-1995192 978-1-68396-764-4 DM 22
232024-03-26Mickey MouseThe Riddle of Brigaboom Romano Scarpa The Riddle of Brigaboom , Remotely Impossible , The Unsinkable Kildare Coot , The Famed Jumping Frog of Queen Zenobia 1964-2000192 978-1-68396-880-1 DM 23
242024-05-21Uncle ScroogeWorld Wide Witch Daniel Branca World Wide Witch , The Quest for the Curious Constable , Feline Fellini , The Green Attack + more TBATBA204 978-1-68396-466-7 DM 24
252024-08-27Mickey MouseThe River of Time Corrado Mastantuono The River of Time , The Case of the Amazing Brain , Mouse in the Mirror , + more TBATBA200 978-1-68396-940-2 DM 25
262025-04Donald DuckTales of Andold Wild DuckMarco RotaTBATBATBA 979-8-8750-0044-7
272025-07GoofySuper Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. SyclocksPaul MurryTBATBATBA 979-8-8750-0114-7


Box sets

Collector's Box Sets
Vol.Release dateTitle FigureTitleArtist(s)VolumesISBN
12018-10-09Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes One and Two Romano Scarpa, Luciano Bottaro 1 & 2 978-1-68396-151-2
22018-10-09Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Three and Four Paul Murry, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton 3 & 4 978-1-68396-152-9
32019-10-01Mickey Mouse, Uncle ScroogeVolumes Five and Six Romano Scarpa, Giovan Battista Carpi 5 & 6 978-1-68396-268-7
42019-10-01Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Seven and Eight Paul Murry, Romano Scarpa 7 & 8 978-1-68396-269-4
52020-10-27Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Nine and Ten Massimo De Vita, Mau Heymans & Bas Heymans 9 & 10 978-1-68396-360-8
62020-10-27Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Eleven and Twelve Massimo De Vita, Giorgio Cavazzano 11 & 12 978-1-68396-361-5
72022-11-15Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Thirteen and Fourteen Paul Murry, Al Hubbard 13 & 14 978-1-68396-251-9
82022-11-15Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Fifteen and Sixteen Paul Murry, Luciano Bottaro 15 & 16 978-1-68396-665-4
92023-09-26Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Seventeen and Eightteen Romano Scarpa, William Van Horn 17 & 18 978-1-68396-875-7
102023-09-26Mickey Mouse, Donald DuckVolumes Nineteen and Twenty Andrea “Casty” Castellan, Al Hubbard 19 & 20 978-1-68396-876-4
112024-09-10Mickey Mouse, Uncle ScroogeVolumes Twenty-one and Twenty-two Paul Murry, Giorgio Cavazzano 21 & 22 978-1-68396-991-4
Gift Box Sets
Vol.Release dateTitle FigureTitleArtist(s)VolumesISBN
12018-10-09Mickey MouseDisney Masters Box Set 1 Romano Scarpa, Paul Murry 1 & 3 978-1-68396-153-6
22018-10-09Donald DuckDisney Masters Box Set 2 Luciano Bottaro, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton 2 & 4 978-1-68396-154-3

Free Comic Book Day 2020

In December 2019 it was announced that Fantagraphics was going to be participating in the promotion campaign Free Comic Book Day on May 2, 2020; with an issue showcasing their Disney Masters series. The free comic book released for the promotion would be titled Disney Masters: Donald Duck, and would feature reprints of the stories: "It's Bats Man" starring Donald Duck by William Van Horn, "The Health Nut" by Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard, which is the story that introduced Fethry Duck into the duck universe, and a story with Scrooge McDuck, "Much Ado About Telepathy" by Evert Geradts and Mau Heymans. [11] [12] [13]

Due to the 2020 pandemic the Free Comic Book Day event was postponed and changed from its regular one day-event in May to be a Summer event taking place over several weeks from July to September. Fantagraphics Books' Disney Masters FCBD issue was released August 19, 2020. [14]

Free Comic Book Day 2022

For FCBD of 2022 Fantagraphics released a new free issue, with once again the title, Disney Masters: Donald Duck; this time featuring: The Scrooge McDuck tale "Snore Losers" by William Van Horn, the Super Goof adventure "Here Today, Gone Apollo" by Giorgio Cavazzano and the Fethry Duck story "Fall Guy" written by Dick Kinney with art by Al Hubbard. [15]

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