The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library

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The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library
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Cover to the first published volume, Lost in the Andes
Publication information
Publisher Fantagraphics Books
Schedulebiannual
FormatHardcover
Genre Funny animals
Adventure
Publication dateDecember 2011
No. of issuesabout 30
Main character(s) Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Daisy Duck, Gyro Gearloose, Gladstone Gander, Grandma Duck
Creative team
Created by Carl Barks
Written by Carl Barks
Artist(s) Carl Barks
Colourist(s) Rich Tommaso, Tom Ziuko, Joseph Robert Cowles
Editor(s) Gary Groth

The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library is a series of books collecting all of the comic book Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge stories written and drawn by Carl Barks, originally published between 1942 and Barks' retirement in June 1966. [1] The series was launched in late 2011, and will comprise 6,000 plus pages over roughly 30 [2] [3] 200- to 240-page volumes when it is finished.

Contents

The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library has been translated and published in Italy, Brazil, Russia, and Germany.

From March 2024, Disney restricted access to the Kindle editions outside of North America, making the entire digital collection unavailable to purchase officially outside of North America.

Background

The rights to Barks' works were licensed from Disney by Gemstone Publishing from 2003 until the end of 2008, when they ceased publishing Disney titles. When Fantagraphics Books publisher Gary Groth heard this, he contacted Disney and secured the publishing rights to Floyd Gottfredson's work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip, resulting in the Floyd Gottfredson Library series that began publication in mid-2011. [4] Groth also tried to obtain the publishing rights to Barks' duck stories. Disney at first announced they would publish the stories themselves, but eventually changed their minds and passed the work on to Fantagraphics. In 2014, Fantagraphics also began publishing a companion series, The Don Rosa Library, collecting the Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck stories written and drawn by Don Rosa.

Format

Barks' duck stories have been reprinted extensively, especially in Europe. Before Fantagraphics there were two complete collections in English published by Another Rainbow. The first was the expensive, scholarly Carl Barks Library (1984–1990) in 30 hardcover volumes collected in ten slipcase volumes with three books in each, which was in black-and-white. [5] The second was Carl Barks Library in Color in softcover album format with modern colouring.

Fantagraphics' 7.5 inches × 10.25 inches (19 cm × 26 cm) hardcover volumes are published in full color, as the stories originally were. When the series is complete, it will represent a chronological collection of Barks' stories. However, the volumes of the stories are being published out of order, starting with the volumes that the publishers believe will attract the most attention, starting with Lost in the Andes!, a volume containing stories from what is considered to be Barks' "peak" period (the late 1940s to the mid-1950s), including the title story "Lost in the Andes", which many fans consider to be representative of Barks' best work, and was Barks' own favorite. [3]

The design work was done by Fantagraphics' lead designer, Jacob Covey. The pages are recolored by Rich Tommaso, [6] using the original comics as a coloring guide, unlike some of Fantagraphics' more scholarly reprints, as the books are aimed at a more general audience than many of Fantagraphics' other offerings, which are often aimed at the comics cognoscenti. [3]

The books are about 240 pages each—about 200 pages of comics, with the remaining pages made up of supplementary material, such as cover reprints and essays. [3] [7]

Restoration

Fantagraphics chose to have the artwork computer-recolored, using the original comics as color guides, rather than reprinting with the original off-register colors as they have in many of their other archival projects. Colorist Rich Tommaso has stuck closely to the original colors, although muting the originally garish ones somewhat in a concession to modern readers. [8] Sometimes the colors were changed when it was known that Barks hadn't liked them, or when it was felt they could be corrected or improved. Some stories are printed from recently rediscovered original artwork. [9]

Censorship

Volumes 5-20 were completely uncensored, including the racial caricatures that appeared in the originals that had been retouched in later printings. Starting from Volume 21, some stories were edited or removed.[ citation needed ]

Recognition

Volumes and boxed sets

Volumes
Vol.Release order & dateTitle figureTitlePeriodPage countISBNInducks link
128: 2025-06-03Donald Duck"Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold"240 979-8-8750-0113-0 CBDL 1
227: 2024-11-12 [13] Donald Duck“Frozen Gold”1943–1945238 978-1-68396-988-4 CBDL 2
326: 2024-08-20 [14] Donald Duck“Mystery of the Swamp”1945–1946238 978-1-68396-972-3 CBDL 3
425: 2023-10-10Donald Duck“Maharajah Donald”1946–1947224 978-1-68396-900-6 CBDL 4
55: 2013-11-10Donald Duck“Christmas on Bear Mountain”1947210 978-1-60699-697-3 CBDL 5
64: 2013-05-16Donald Duck“The Old Castle's Secret”1948226 978-1-60699-653-9 CBDL 6
71: 2011-12-05Donald Duck“Lost in the Andes”1948–1949250 978-1-60699-474-0 CBDL 7
86: 2014-05-02Donald Duck“Trail of the Unicorn”1949–1950224 978-1-60699-741-3 CBDL 8
98: 2015-05-15Donald Duck“The Pixilated Parrot”1950210 978-1-60699-834-2 CBDL 9
1010: 2016-05-07Donald Duck“Terror of the Beagle Boys”1951225 978-1-60699-920-2 CBDL 10
113: 2012-11-07Donald Duck“A Christmas For Shacktown”1951–1952234 978-1-60699-574-7 CBDL 11
122: 2012-07-17Uncle Scrooge“Only a Poor Old Man”1952–1954240 978-1-60699-535-8 CBDL 12
139: 2015-10-26Donald Duck“Trick or Treat”1952–1953236 978-1-60699-874-8 CBDL 13
147: 2014-11-05Uncle Scrooge“The Seven Cities of Gold”1954–1955244 978-1-60699-795-6 CBDL 14
1511: 2016-09-13Donald Duck“The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp”1953–1955242 978-1-60699-953-0 CBDL 15
1612: 2017-08-15Uncle Scrooge“The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan”1956–1957232 978-1-68396-013-3 CBDL 16
1713: 2017-09-19Donald Duck“Secret of Hondorica”1955–1956200 978-1-68396-045-4 CBDL 17
1814: 2018-03-27Donald Duck“The Lost Peg Leg Mine”1956–1958192 978-1-68396-093-5 CBDL 18
1915: 2018-09-05Donald Duck“The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama”1957–1958200 978-1-68396-123-9 CBDL 19
2016: 2019-05-21Uncle Scrooge“The Mines of King Solomon”1957–1958200 978-1-68396-187-1 CBDL 20
2117: 2019-10-08Donald Duck“Christmas in Duckburg”1958–1959200 978-1-68396-239-7 CBDL 21
2218: 2020-06-09Uncle Scrooge“The Twenty-Four Carat Moon”1958–1962200 978-1-68396-291-5 CBDL 22
2319: 2020-11-10 [15] Donald Duck“Under the Polar Ice”1959–1960200 978-1-68396-383-7 CBDL 23
2420: 2021-03-16Uncle Scrooge"Island in the Sky"1959–1960,
1990∗		210 978-1-68396-401-8 CBDL 24
2521: 2021-11-16Donald Duck"Balloonatics"1960–1961,
1969–1970∗∗		210 978-1-68396-474-2 CBDL 25
2622: 2022-05-17Uncle Scrooge"The Golden Nugget Boat"1960–1962208 978-1-68396-565-7 CBDL 26
2723: 2022-09-27Donald Duck"Duck Luck"1960-1961,
1971**		202 978-1-68396-653-1 CBDL 27
2824: 2023-06-20Uncle Scrooge"Cave of Ali Baba"1960-1962,
2006*		208 978-1-68396-763-7 CBDL 28

∗ The Pied Piper of Duckburg: pages 1–3 script and pencils by Carl Barks in 1959; pages 4–8 script and finished art by Don Rosa in 1990, respectively Daan Jippes in 2006.
∗∗ Only scripts done by Barks; for Junior Woodchucks stories, art by Daan Jippes.

Box sets

Boxed sets
Release order
& date		Title figureTitleVol.ISBN
1:  2013-11-10Donald Duck"Christmas Treasury Gift Box Set"5 & 11 978-1-60699-714-7
2:  2014-10-18Donald Duck"Lost In The Andes" & "Trail Of The Unicorn"7 & 8 978-1-60699-796-3
3:  2015-11-23Uncle Scrooge"Only A Poor Old Man" & "The Seven Cities Of Gold"12 & 14 978-1-60699-875-5
4:  2016-09-13Donald Duck"Christmas On Bear Mountain" & "The Old Castle's Secret"5 & 6 978-1-60699-979-0
5:  2017-09-19Donald Duck"The Pixilated Parrot" & "Terror of The Beagle Boys"9 & 10 978-1-68396-046-1
6:  2018-09-25Donald Duck"A Christmas for Shacktown" & "Trick or Treat"11 & 13 978-1-68396-124-6
7:  2019-10-15Donald Duck"The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp" & "Secret of Hondorica"15 & 17 978-1-68396-240-3
8:  2020-10-20Donald Duck"The Lost Peg Leg Mine" & "The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama"18 & 19 978-1-68396-384-4
9:  2021-12-07Uncle Scrooge"The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" & "The Mines of King Solomon"16 & 20 978-1-68396-475-9
10:  2022-10-25Donald Duck"Christmas in Duckburg" & "Under the Polar Ice"21 & 23 978-1-68396-662-3
11:  2023-10-10Uncle Scrooge"The Twenty-four Carat Moon" & "Island in the Sky"22 & 24 978-1-68396-898-6
12:  2024-10-15Donald Duck"Balloonatics" & "Duck Luck"25 & 27 978-1-68396-987-7

Softcovers

Fantagraphics has also published three paperback titles containing selected stories from the hardcover line. In comparison to the full size hardcover series which features stories in Barks' typical four-row format, the paperback line present the material in a two-row format at a page size of 7.3 × 5.5 inches.

Free Comic Book Day 2012

In 2011 it was announced that Fantagrapics would participate in the Free Comic Book Day promotion campaign in May, 2012. For this occasion they would release a comic book titled, Walt Disney's Donald Duck Family Comics, an issue featuring reprinted duck stories by Carl Barks. [16] [17] The issue contained the three stories: The Round Money Bin, Donald Duck's Worst Nightmare and Somethin' Fishy Here, as well as eight one-page gag comics.

Foreign versions

Brazilian version

The Brazilian version is titled Coleção Carl Barks Definitiva and was initially published by Editora Abril from 2016 to 2018, when the publisher ended its contract with Disney. In November 2019, Panini Comics resumed the collection. [18]

Volumes
Vol.ReleasedTitle figureTitlePeriodPage countPublisherISBNInducks link
42024-01Donald Duck“O Tigres Reais”1946–1947224Panini 978 65 2592 196 9 CCBD 4
52016-11Donald Duck“Natal nas Montanhas”1947220Editora Abril 978 85 5579 243 4 CCBD 5
62016-10Donald Duck“O Segredo do Castelo”1948244Editora Abril 978 85 5579 098 0 CCBD 6
72016-08Donald Duck“Perdidos nos Andes!”1948–1949244Editora Abril 978 85 5579 065 2 CCBD 7
82016-12Donald Duck“Em Busca do Unicórnio”1949–1950244Editora Abril 978 85 5579 111 6 CCBD 8
92017-04Donald Duck“O Papagaio Contador”1950220Editora Abril 978 85 5579 172 7 CCBD 9
102017-07Donald Duck“O Vil Metal e os Vilões”1951236Editora Abril 978 85 5579 203 8 CCBD 10
112020-01Donald Duck“O Trenzinho da Alegria”1951-1952200Panini 978 85 426 2394 9 CCBD 11
122020-02Uncle Scrooge“Nadando em Dinheiro”1952-1954200Panini 978 85 426 2698 8 CCBD 12
132017-09Donald Duck“A Noite das Bruxas”1952–1953228Editora Abril 978 85 5579 225 0 CCBD 13
142020-06Uncle Scrooge“As Cidades do Ouro”1954-1955200Panini 978 65 5512 083 7 CCBD 14
152017-02-24Donald Duck“A Cidade Fantasma”1953–1955252Editora Abril 978 85 5579 139 0 CCBD 15
162019-11Uncle Scrooge“A Coroa Perdida de Genghis Khan”1956-1957200Panini 978 85 426 1711 5 CCBD 16
172018-01Donald Duck“O Segredo de Hondorica”1955-1956200Editora Abril 978 85 5579 258 8 CCBD 17
182018-03Donald Duck“A Mina Perdida do Perneta”1956-1957200Editora Abril 978 85 69522 53 9 CCBD 18
192020-10Donald Duck“O Tabu das Pérolas Negras”1957–1958200Panini 978 65 55123 15 9 CCBD 19
202020-09Uncle Scrooge“As Minas do Rei Salomão”1957–1958200Panini 978 65 55124 42 2 CCBD 20
212020-12Donald Duck“Natal em Patópolis”1958–1959200Panini 978 65 55125 52 8 CCBD 21
222021-03Uncle Scrooge“A Lua de Vinte e Quatro Quilates”1958-1962200Panini 978 65 55126 99 0 CCBD 22
232021-05Donald Duck“Sob o Gelo Polar”1959-1960200Panini 978 65 59600 41 0 CCBD 23
242021-07Uncle Scrooge“A Ilha no Espaço”1959-1960216Panini 978 65 59821 73 0 CCBD 24
252022-02Donald Duck“Folias Aéreas”1960-1961,
1969-1970		208Panini 978 65 59605 21 7 CCBD 25
262024-04Uncle Scrooge“O Navio de Ouro”1960–1962216Panini 978 65 25918 60 0 CBDL 26
272024-08Donald Duck“Um Pato Sem Sorte”1960-1961,
1971		202Panini 978 65 25915 44 9 CBDL 27

German version

The German version is titled Onkel Dagobert und Donald Duck von Carl Barks and started November 2022. It was published by Egmont Comic Collection. As of 2024, only the first two volumes were published.

Onkel Dagobert & Donald Duck von Carl Barks Volumes
US Vol.Release order & dateTitlePeriodISBNBoxed set ISBN
51: 2022-11-10“Die Mutprobe”1947 978-3-7704-0446-9 978-3-7704-0487-2
62: 2023-01-18“Das Gespenst von Duckenburgh”1948 978-3-7704-0447-6
73: 2023-10-10“Im Land der viereckigen Eier”1948–1949 978-3-7704-0499-5 978-3-7704-0503-9
84: 2024-01-16“Die Jagd auf das Einhorn”1949–1950 978-3-7704-0502-2
95: 2024-12“Familie Duck auf Ferienfahrt”1950 978-3-7704-0627-2 978-3-7704-0638-8
106: 2024-12“Gefährliches Spiel”1951 978-3-7704-0637-1

Italian version

Two volumes were published by Rizzoli Lizard in 2012-2013 before being canceled after the second volume. In November 2019, Panini Comics resumed the collection publishing "Le Storie di Natale di Barks", a box set that is the translation of the first Fantagraphics box set with volumes 5 and 11. In November 2022 Panini continued with volume 6.

Volumes
Vol.Release order & dateTitle figureTitlePeriodPage countISBNInducks link
53: 2019-11Donald Duck“Il Natale di Paperino sul Monte Orso”1947224 978-88-287-0875-9 DCLA 2B
65: 2022-11Donald Duck“Paperino e il segreto del vecchio castello” 978-88-287-0884-1
71: 2012-11Donald Duck“Il mistero degli Incas”1948–1949240 978-88-17-06065-3 CBRL 1
114: 2019-11Donald Duck“Paperino e il decino fatale”1951-1952248 978-88-287-0876-6 DCLA 2C
122: 2013-6Uncle Scrooge“La disfida dei dollari”1952–1954240 978-88-17-06684-6 CBRL 2

Box sets

Boxed sets
Vol.Release order & dateTitle figureTitleVolumesISBN
N/A1: 2019-11Donald Duck"Le storie di Natale"5 & 11 978-88-912-8094-7

Russian version

The Russian version is titled Библиотека Карла Баркса and is published by АСТ since 2017.

Volumes
Vol.Release order & dateTitle figureTitlePeriodPage countISBNInducks link
121: 2017-04-03Uncle Scrooge“Всего лишь бедный старичок”1952–1954248 978-5-17-101749-1 CBDL 12
52: 2017-11-01Donald Duck“Рождество на Медвежьей горе”1947216 978-5-17-102848-0 CBDL 5
143: 2017-12-07Uncle Scrooge“Семь золотых городов”1954–1955240 978-5-17-102847-3 CBDL 14
64: 2018-03-26Donald Duck“Тайна старого замка”1948232 978-5-17-106038-1 CBDL 6
75: 2018-08-15Donald Duck"Затерянные в Андах"1948-1949240 978-5-17-107862-1 CBDL 7
86: 2018-12-04Donald Duck"След единорога"1949-1950224 978-5-17-107861-4 CBDL 8
97: 2019-02Donald Duck"Ужасные Братья Гавс" 978-5-17-110924-0 CBDL 9
118: 2019Donald Duck"Рождество в Беднотауне" 978-5-17-112211-9 CBDL 11
169: 2019Uncle Scrooge"Пропавшая корона Чингисхана" 978-5-17-115067-9 CBDL 16
1310: 2019Donald Duck"Шутка или угощение" 978-5-17-117585-6 CBDL 13
2011: 2020Uncle Scrooge"Копи царя Соломона" 978-5-17-117611-2 CBDL 20
1512: 2020Donald Duck"Призрачный шериф" 978-5-17-120383-2 CBDL 15
1013: 2020Donald Duck"Безумный попугай" 978-5-17-121138-7 CBDL 10

See also

References

  1. ↑ De Haven, Tom (2011-11-09). "Donald Duck "Lost in the Andes"". The Comics Journal . Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  2. ↑ Boucher, Geoff (2011-10-11). "Donald Duck and Carl Barks: Fantagraphics goes on classics quest". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mautner, Chris (2011-01-02). "Exclusive: Fantagraphics to publish the complete Carl Barks". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  4. ↑ Clabaugh, Rich (Nov 21, 2011). "Walt Disney's Donald Duck: "Lost in the Andes" (The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library)". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Carl Barks Library at Inducks
  6. ↑ Spurgeon, Tom. "A Few Notes On The Fantagraphics Carl Barks Duck Comics Announcement". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Hoffman, Eric (March 6, 2015). "Classic Comics Cavalcade: Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Trail of the Unicorn (The Carl Barks Library Volume Eight)". Comics Bulletin . Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  8. ↑ Spurgeon, Tom. "CR Sunday Interview: Rich Tommaso". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Wivel, Matthias (2012-01-24). "Donald Duck "Lost in the Andes"". The Comics Journal . Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  10. ↑ CBR Staff (16 April 2013). "2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced". CBR. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. ↑ Asselin, Janelle (22 April 2015). "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced". Comics Alliance. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "And Your 2022 Eisner Award Nominees Are". www.gizmodo.com.au. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-10.[ title missing ]
  13. ↑ "Walt Disney's Donald Duck".
  14. ↑ "Walt Disney's Donald Duck".
  15. ↑ "Walt Disney's Donald Duck".
  16. ↑ "Full Free Comic Book Day 2012 Comic List Released". www.cbr.com. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  17. ↑ "We've got Donald Duck and Barnaby for Free Comic Book Day 2012!". fantagraphics.com. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  18. ↑ "Panini retoma coleções da Disney canceladas pela Editora Abril". October 2019.
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