MATTHEW (welcome - you must be the first who also brings his
mother to the list 8-):
> I've just started collecting the U$A barks library albums, and
> if I remember correctly, this is supposed to contain ALL on CB's
> work from his uncle $crooge title, right?
I think the gags and the Gyro Gearloose stories won't be reprinted again
in those albums, because as you said, they were reprinted in other
Gladstone CBL in Color albums.
I'm not sure about the short U$ stories, though.
> just as an aside, has anyone read the book _Carl Barks and the art
> of the comic book_?
Yes, I have that book (by Michael Barrier). It's entirely in b/w and it contains
a biography of Barks, and a (quite complete) bibliography.
Some of Barks' non-Disney work is printed in the book (and some of
it I have seen nowhere else).
The bibliography has a lot of comments on stories, by Barks himself and
by Kim Weston. This makes the bibliography also enjoyable to read.
--Harry.
Author
Topic: 199605
(235 messages)
Harry Fluks
U$ albums / Barrier book
Message 226 -
1996-05-30 at 23:56:33
Trygve Vatle
Disney comics Digest V96 #115
Message 227 -
1996-05-31 at 01:23:24
HENRI
>Do you mean the Mickey story was by *Noel* Van Horn?
The Scrooge story was by WILLIAM Van Horn (AR139).
Trygve
Student at the University of Trondheim, Norway
E-mail:(Email removed)
>Do you mean the Mickey story was by *Noel* Van Horn?
The Scrooge story was by WILLIAM Van Horn (AR139).
Trygve
Student at the University of Trondheim, Norway
E-mail:(Email removed)
David A Gerstein
Disney comics Digest V96 #115
Message 228 -
1996-05-31 at 03:19:01
RICH:
I have some sources at DC who inform me that DC's license for
LOONEY TUNES comics covers ALL related material, including that from
the Dell period.
Upon getting the license originally, a lot of funny animal
fans behind the scenes at DC were excited to reprint some hardback
books of the earliest WB comics (from early 1940s) and of course,
Barks' story, too.
But... the powers that ranked on top over there decreed that
NO old Looney Tunes-related comics from any period could be reprinted
in any form. For to reprint anything old is to admit that the
characters have been around for a LONG TIME, are thus old-fashioned,
and thus NOT cool... and kids won't buy the new issues anymore!
This is really the way the "logic" worked, according to my
friend (who as an old Barks fan, sounded a little bitter about it, as
am I... if this is really the way things are.)
I'd love to see Barks' Porky story in a new album reprint, of
course, along with his painting from the story as its cover. But it
looks like it may not happen for the present time.
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
"Y-y-you really think we should open 'em?"
"We gotta eat, don't we? Mebbe they're loaded with CARROTS!"
[Approximation of dialogue remembered from Barks Porky story]
I have some sources at DC who inform me that DC's license for
LOONEY TUNES comics covers ALL related material, including that from
the Dell period.
Upon getting the license originally, a lot of funny animal
fans behind the scenes at DC were excited to reprint some hardback
books of the earliest WB comics (from early 1940s) and of course,
Barks' story, too.
But... the powers that ranked on top over there decreed that
NO old Looney Tunes-related comics from any period could be reprinted
in any form. For to reprint anything old is to admit that the
characters have been around for a LONG TIME, are thus old-fashioned,
and thus NOT cool... and kids won't buy the new issues anymore!
This is really the way the "logic" worked, according to my
friend (who as an old Barks fan, sounded a little bitter about it, as
am I... if this is really the way things are.)
I'd love to see Barks' Porky story in a new album reprint, of
course, along with his painting from the story as its cover. But it
looks like it may not happen for the present time.
David Gerstein
<(Email removed)>
"Y-y-you really think we should open 'em?"
"We gotta eat, don't we? Mebbe they're loaded with CARROTS!"
[Approximation of dialogue remembered from Barks Porky story]
Ole R. Nielsen
Rip, Rap, Rup, & Dup
Message 229 -
1996-05-31 at 14:48:59
Just a quick unlurk before I hit the Big Summer Sleep;
I've intentionally been avoiding commenting on the Phooey/Barks
discussion, but since you requested it: In Denmark's most
popular TV show a phone-vote had the 4.th nephew named "Fup"
with a big margin over my favorite "Stub".
The Danish name of HDL being "Rip, Rap & Rup" both rhyme, but
whereas "Fup" just means "fake/phoney", a Danish idiom "rub og
stub" means something like "each and every" or "to the very last".
A while ago I asked, in jest, if Bob Gregory was related to
Roberta Gregory, but nobody knew that to be the case. Of course,
this being such a tiny world, it turns out to be true anyway.
Now that a Barks/Gregory connection has been revealed, it may
be interesting to be reminded that a Rosa/Gregory cooperation
also exists. Don made a drawing with Roberta called "Women Run
Over By Ducks" for, I think, a German fan. Has this been published?
Finally, I just acquired Barks' "The Pawns of the Loup Garou",
and even if it's drawn by Strobl, maintains some of the horror
feel associated with a werewolf story. The script is atypical for
Barks and well worth a read, even if it's from as late as 1968.
Those of you with a CBL can probably tell me in what form it
was made by Barks, there must be a rough pencil draft like the
JW stories, n'est ce pas? Would I like to see Jippes do *that*!
Oh, and there was some misunderstanding about a Van Horn story
in the latest Egmont issue, #22. The story in question is AR 137,
Duck Tales: "'Big Money'", by William VH, whereas the Mickey story
is by Esteban? Good issue by the way; it also has a Rota story with
a Copenhagen inspired splash page, and of course part two of Don's
"The Once and Future Duck" (there, I remembered the correct title!)
Next issue has Barks' "Adventure Down Under" as supplement, for the
first time in the regular title.
-- Brave, brave Sir Ole, Naught of the Sound Cable <(Email removed)>
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #116
******************************************
I've intentionally been avoiding commenting on the Phooey/Barks
discussion, but since you requested it: In Denmark's most
popular TV show a phone-vote had the 4.th nephew named "Fup"
with a big margin over my favorite "Stub".
The Danish name of HDL being "Rip, Rap & Rup" both rhyme, but
whereas "Fup" just means "fake/phoney", a Danish idiom "rub og
stub" means something like "each and every" or "to the very last".
A while ago I asked, in jest, if Bob Gregory was related to
Roberta Gregory, but nobody knew that to be the case. Of course,
this being such a tiny world, it turns out to be true anyway.
Now that a Barks/Gregory connection has been revealed, it may
be interesting to be reminded that a Rosa/Gregory cooperation
also exists. Don made a drawing with Roberta called "Women Run
Over By Ducks" for, I think, a German fan. Has this been published?
Finally, I just acquired Barks' "The Pawns of the Loup Garou",
and even if it's drawn by Strobl, maintains some of the horror
feel associated with a werewolf story. The script is atypical for
Barks and well worth a read, even if it's from as late as 1968.
Those of you with a CBL can probably tell me in what form it
was made by Barks, there must be a rough pencil draft like the
JW stories, n'est ce pas? Would I like to see Jippes do *that*!
Oh, and there was some misunderstanding about a Van Horn story
in the latest Egmont issue, #22. The story in question is AR 137,
Duck Tales: "'Big Money'", by William VH, whereas the Mickey story
is by Esteban? Good issue by the way; it also has a Rota story with
a Copenhagen inspired splash page, and of course part two of Don's
"The Once and Future Duck" (there, I remembered the correct title!)
Next issue has Barks' "Adventure Down Under" as supplement, for the
first time in the regular title.
-- Brave, brave Sir Ole, Naught of the Sound Cable <(Email removed)>
--------------------------------
End of Disney comics Digest V96 Issue #116
******************************************
JALustig
Goodbye--for now!
Message 230 -
1996-05-31 at 18:00:00
Everybody:
I've been on the mailing list for about a year and a half now and it's been
fun. However, my work and personal schedule have been been at odds for a long
time now and I need to drop off the list for awhile.
As to why, well...
My youngest daughter, Laura, has a variety of health problems--including
extremely low muscle tone which have caused a number of serious developmental
delays. (She just turned three and she's just beginning to walk and she's not
even close to being able to talk.) In addition she has a seriously
compromised immune system. I do spend a great deal of my time either caring
for her or taking her to doctors and/or therapy. We also do therapy at home
which is also very time consuming and exhausting.
I appologize for going into so much personal detail and it probably really
isn't necessary. But I wanted to explain why I've decided to drop off the
mailing list. I'm looking for as many ways as possible to free up my time.
The mailing list is not a huge time gobbler, but I do think it's best if I
drop out for awhile and concentrate on other matters.
I do hope to be back on the list at some point in the future. If any of you
wish to contact me I'm still available through private e-mail. (I won't be
around for about a week, however. We're taking our first real family vacation
since Laura was born. Unfortunately, Laura is somewhat sick at the moment,
but she's on antibiotics and hopefully she'll be feeling better in a day or
two. In any case, we either take a vacation now or we don't get one at all.)
By the way, to my surprise, I have decided to go to the San Diego comic book
convention this year after all. (That isn't a vacation. It's work and the
rest of my family will be staying home.) So maybe I'll see some of you folks
from the list. I still haven't heard if there's going to be a Disney panel
this year, though.
In any event, it's been fun and I hope to be back on the list in a few months
if I can just get caught up on my work and things stabilize a bit here on the
homefront.
Best Wishes,
John Lustig
I've been on the mailing list for about a year and a half now and it's been
fun. However, my work and personal schedule have been been at odds for a long
time now and I need to drop off the list for awhile.
As to why, well...
My youngest daughter, Laura, has a variety of health problems--including
extremely low muscle tone which have caused a number of serious developmental
delays. (She just turned three and she's just beginning to walk and she's not
even close to being able to talk.) In addition she has a seriously
compromised immune system. I do spend a great deal of my time either caring
for her or taking her to doctors and/or therapy. We also do therapy at home
which is also very time consuming and exhausting.
I appologize for going into so much personal detail and it probably really
isn't necessary. But I wanted to explain why I've decided to drop off the
mailing list. I'm looking for as many ways as possible to free up my time.
The mailing list is not a huge time gobbler, but I do think it's best if I
drop out for awhile and concentrate on other matters.
I do hope to be back on the list at some point in the future. If any of you
wish to contact me I'm still available through private e-mail. (I won't be
around for about a week, however. We're taking our first real family vacation
since Laura was born. Unfortunately, Laura is somewhat sick at the moment,
but she's on antibiotics and hopefully she'll be feeling better in a day or
two. In any case, we either take a vacation now or we don't get one at all.)
By the way, to my surprise, I have decided to go to the San Diego comic book
convention this year after all. (That isn't a vacation. It's work and the
rest of my family will be staying home.) So maybe I'll see some of you folks
from the list. I still haven't heard if there's going to be a Disney panel
this year, though.
In any event, it's been fun and I hope to be back on the list in a few months
if I can just get caught up on my work and things stabilize a bit here on the
homefront.
Best Wishes,
John Lustig
Michael Naiman
Carved Scrooge
Message 231 -
1996-05-31 at 18:34:27
To all: I've seen this carved U$ image at an animation retail outlet here
in San Diego. It is a rather crude blocky design that I believe originally
came from Thailand...there seems to be two different sizes...one about 15
inches tall and another about 3 feet (1 meter) in height. I have to agree
with Don that there are very few comicbook faithful U$ figures around. We
who have collected these have studiously avoided any type of listing,
grading and pricing of the figures so far...we all know what that brings
forth. Coming from the comicbook field, I can't tell you how much fun it is
to swap and trade for the illusive Scrooge toys...there is a freeflowing
informational highway between collectors that is truly refreshing. Now I'm
going to have to look in my display case and determine which are the "true"
U$ figures!
For the ultimate in Scrooge collecting one only has to look to Wes
Plumbtree of Canada. He has recently converted an entire basement into a
Scrooge Museum...quite a sight to behold...you name it... from paper
products to expensive figurines, he's got 'em all!
in San Diego. It is a rather crude blocky design that I believe originally
came from Thailand...there seems to be two different sizes...one about 15
inches tall and another about 3 feet (1 meter) in height. I have to agree
with Don that there are very few comicbook faithful U$ figures around. We
who have collected these have studiously avoided any type of listing,
grading and pricing of the figures so far...we all know what that brings
forth. Coming from the comicbook field, I can't tell you how much fun it is
to swap and trade for the illusive Scrooge toys...there is a freeflowing
informational highway between collectors that is truly refreshing. Now I'm
going to have to look in my display case and determine which are the "true"
U$ figures!
For the ultimate in Scrooge collecting one only has to look to Wes
Plumbtree of Canada. He has recently converted an entire basement into a
Scrooge Museum...quite a sight to behold...you name it... from paper
products to expensive figurines, he's got 'em all!
Marco Barlotti
Becattini Index
Message 232 -
1996-05-31 at 18:42:07
On 27th May Frank Stajano wrote, about Becattini's Index:
>Assuming that copies are still available, you may try writing to the
>publisher:
>
>AL FUMETTO CLUB
>Via G. Della Casa 12 R
>50142 Firenze
>Italy
>
>I bought mine in a bookshop (two bookshops, actually -- the 2nd volume
>didn't exist yet when I bought the 1st) and paid 30000 itL for each
>volume (approx US$20 I think).
>--
Wow! I immediately thought: so Becattini's index is available, and in my own
city (although not very near to where I live). I tried and made a telephone
call and discovered (for whoever is interested) that:
The Becattini Index (that's how they call it: "INDEX", so I suppose they
consider it to be in English, or maybe in latin?) is still available, at Lit
40000 per volume: about DM 40 or US$ 26, but hurry up since the Italian Lira
is getting better and better every day :-)
However the editor HAS MOVED so you will not reach him at the address Frank
gave but rather at the following (not far from the other anyway):
AL FUMETTO S.A.S.
via Giovanni da Montorsoli, 55
I 50142 Firenze FI
Italy
and if you speak Italian you might ring them up: +(39)(55)717049 so you can
ask for shipping and alia.
Marco
>Assuming that copies are still available, you may try writing to the
>publisher:
>
>AL FUMETTO CLUB
>Via G. Della Casa 12 R
>50142 Firenze
>Italy
>
>I bought mine in a bookshop (two bookshops, actually -- the 2nd volume
>didn't exist yet when I bought the 1st) and paid 30000 itL for each
>volume (approx US$20 I think).
>--
Wow! I immediately thought: so Becattini's index is available, and in my own
city (although not very near to where I live). I tried and made a telephone
call and discovered (for whoever is interested) that:
The Becattini Index (that's how they call it: "INDEX", so I suppose they
consider it to be in English, or maybe in latin?) is still available, at Lit
40000 per volume: about DM 40 or US$ 26, but hurry up since the Italian Lira
is getting better and better every day :-)
However the editor HAS MOVED so you will not reach him at the address Frank
gave but rather at the following (not far from the other anyway):
AL FUMETTO S.A.S.
via Giovanni da Montorsoli, 55
I 50142 Firenze FI
Italy
and if you speak Italian you might ring them up: +(39)(55)717049 so you can
ask for shipping and alia.
Marco
Donald D. Markstein
Junkville Journal
Message 233 -
1996-05-31 at 20:33:25
JOHN LUSTIG --
Thanx for the go-ahead on Phooey. Sorry Byron doesn't concur. Oh well.
Maybe we could name the Fourth Nephew "Rumpus", after his distinguished
and well-beloved elder relative.
DAVID GERSTEIN --
Surely, the original Bambi story is in the public domain by now? The
movie came out 54 years ago, and while I can't find the original date of the
book offhand, it must be a good deal older. And the author has been dead 51
years, so even if it's under a life-plus-fifty deal, it must have expired.
"it seems no one could decide if the "present" Bambi is a young deer or
an old one..."
Isn't the usual procedure to do comic book stories as if the movie ending
hadn't happened yet? Pinocchio appears as a puppet, Ariel as a mermaid, etc. The
precedent would seem to indicate a young Bambi.
One thing I don't understand about that "no Dell Looney Tunes material"
edict from DC is, if they don't TELL the kids it's old, they won't KNOW it.
Promotional material could emphasize Barks, who as we all know is still creating
new material, without saying a word about when he did it. Even if (as is not
always the case) they were to put the original copyright date on it -- hey,
anybody who looks that closely already knows it's old anyway. (I know, I know --
"But tell THEM that.")
RICH MORRISSEY --
Archie has licensed the Hanna-Barbera characters, but as far as I know,
those aren't mixed in with the MGM ones even if they are now owned by the same
company. The last comics company I know of to have licensed the MGMs is Harvey,
which WAS doing the Barks stories (tho in the form of translations back into
English of overseas reprints, thus losing his crisp, sparkling dialog). Sid
Jacobsen (sp?), late of Harvey, is packaging the H-B stuff for Archie, so
there's another tie-in, but I still don't think the MGMs are licensed for
American comics right now.
So, once again, how does one subscribe to the Ozzy Digest?
STEVEN ROWE --
"I'm sure you got all the Lusting jokes you ever needed, back
in Junior High School."
And I got all the "What's your middle initial stand for, 'Duck'?" I
needed long before that. But I still seem to encourage it by closing most
comics-community correspondence with the word "quack", just as I have for the
past quarter-century or so. I guess I'm a glutton for it.
DON ROSA --
Most books are printed in 16- or 32-page signatures, and what happens in
one of them wouldn't affect the others. Tho my aging eyeballs needed strong
light and a magnifying glass to see, it looks to me like the Gladstone albums
are that way. I guess one of the sigs is just flat-out missing.
PER STARBUCK --
Re: some people not being able to access a web site with the name
"Lustig" in it: Here in the U.S., we've just been saddled with a so-called
Communications "Decency" Act, which provides penalties for anyone who puts
naughty words where children can see them. ("Protecting the children" is, of
course, often used as the thin end of the censor's wedge.) I'd much rather have
the people who like restrictions of that sort damage their own access to the
world, than give them an excuse to think they have any business damaging mine.
Quack,
Don Markstein
Thanx for the go-ahead on Phooey. Sorry Byron doesn't concur. Oh well.
Maybe we could name the Fourth Nephew "Rumpus", after his distinguished
and well-beloved elder relative.
DAVID GERSTEIN --
Surely, the original Bambi story is in the public domain by now? The
movie came out 54 years ago, and while I can't find the original date of the
book offhand, it must be a good deal older. And the author has been dead 51
years, so even if it's under a life-plus-fifty deal, it must have expired.
"it seems no one could decide if the "present" Bambi is a young deer or
an old one..."
Isn't the usual procedure to do comic book stories as if the movie ending
hadn't happened yet? Pinocchio appears as a puppet, Ariel as a mermaid, etc. The
precedent would seem to indicate a young Bambi.
One thing I don't understand about that "no Dell Looney Tunes material"
edict from DC is, if they don't TELL the kids it's old, they won't KNOW it.
Promotional material could emphasize Barks, who as we all know is still creating
new material, without saying a word about when he did it. Even if (as is not
always the case) they were to put the original copyright date on it -- hey,
anybody who looks that closely already knows it's old anyway. (I know, I know --
"But tell THEM that.")
RICH MORRISSEY --
Archie has licensed the Hanna-Barbera characters, but as far as I know,
those aren't mixed in with the MGM ones even if they are now owned by the same
company. The last comics company I know of to have licensed the MGMs is Harvey,
which WAS doing the Barks stories (tho in the form of translations back into
English of overseas reprints, thus losing his crisp, sparkling dialog). Sid
Jacobsen (sp?), late of Harvey, is packaging the H-B stuff for Archie, so
there's another tie-in, but I still don't think the MGMs are licensed for
American comics right now.
So, once again, how does one subscribe to the Ozzy Digest?
STEVEN ROWE --
"I'm sure you got all the Lusting jokes you ever needed, back
in Junior High School."
And I got all the "What's your middle initial stand for, 'Duck'?" I
needed long before that. But I still seem to encourage it by closing most
comics-community correspondence with the word "quack", just as I have for the
past quarter-century or so. I guess I'm a glutton for it.
DON ROSA --
Most books are printed in 16- or 32-page signatures, and what happens in
one of them wouldn't affect the others. Tho my aging eyeballs needed strong
light and a magnifying glass to see, it looks to me like the Gladstone albums
are that way. I guess one of the sigs is just flat-out missing.
PER STARBUCK --
Re: some people not being able to access a web site with the name
"Lustig" in it: Here in the U.S., we've just been saddled with a so-called
Communications "Decency" Act, which provides penalties for anyone who puts
naughty words where children can see them. ("Protecting the children" is, of
course, often used as the thin end of the censor's wedge.) I'd much rather have
the people who like restrictions of that sort damage their own access to the
world, than give them an excuse to think they have any business damaging mine.
Quack,
Don Markstein
Wilmer Rivers
Carved Scrooge, other collectables
Message 234 -
1996-05-31 at 20:34:45
Michael Naiman writes of the "Carved Scrooge":
> I've seen this carved U$ image at an animation retail outlet here
> in San Diego.
Mike, thanks for that information about its availability. Could you
please provide the name of the store in San Diego where you saw it for
sale? I'd like to do some shopping, come Comic Con time!
In March I attended the 95th birthday party for Carl Barks, which
Diamond Comics Distributors held at their headquarters / library /
gallery. In addition to more CB oils than had ever been collected
in one place, they had on display all the porcelaine figurines and
some offbeat items, such as stained glass reproductions of some CB
paintings! An extraordinary experience altogether. I just wish I
were rich enough to own even one of the items in the gallery (to say
nothing of the comics on display, and the others in Steve Geppi's
library there). The birthday dinner was attended by some collectors
who had loaned **several** paintings each!!! The guy in front of
me in the autograph line had Barks sign a copy of "Pirate's Gold";
I wasn't too impressed with the condition of the comic, but then he
showed us that this had been in fact Jack Hannah's own personal copy!
I suppose those folks can identify with the owner of a money bin on
Killmotor Hill. As for me, I have a lot more in common with Donald...
Wilmer Rivers
> I've seen this carved U$ image at an animation retail outlet here
> in San Diego.
Mike, thanks for that information about its availability. Could you
please provide the name of the store in San Diego where you saw it for
sale? I'd like to do some shopping, come Comic Con time!
In March I attended the 95th birthday party for Carl Barks, which
Diamond Comics Distributors held at their headquarters / library /
gallery. In addition to more CB oils than had ever been collected
in one place, they had on display all the porcelaine figurines and
some offbeat items, such as stained glass reproductions of some CB
paintings! An extraordinary experience altogether. I just wish I
were rich enough to own even one of the items in the gallery (to say
nothing of the comics on display, and the others in Steve Geppi's
library there). The birthday dinner was attended by some collectors
who had loaned **several** paintings each!!! The guy in front of
me in the autograph line had Barks sign a copy of "Pirate's Gold";
I wasn't too impressed with the condition of the comic, but then he
showed us that this had been in fact Jack Hannah's own personal copy!
I suppose those folks can identify with the owner of a money bin on
Killmotor Hill. As for me, I have a lot more in common with Donald...
Wilmer Rivers
Harry Fluks
Gladstone Album "First Appearances"
Message 235 -
1996-05-31 at 21:40:50
Jonathan Markoff sends me a lot of additions for the database,
lately. One of the albums he indexed is called
"Walt Disney's Comics First Appearances #1".
The cover is by Barks, from WDC 140. The first feature is a text article,
"The World of Carl Barks," by Geoffrey Blum. Then the features are the
Barks stories from WDC 88, WDC 98, and WDC 125.
When I asked Jonathan about it, he wrote:
> What I know is that my mother bought it at a
> department store (in the USA) in 1994 (I think) where it had been lying
> unsold for some time. There is a clue to its date being 1993: the inside
> back cover has a "back issues" order form which includes for sale
> WDC&S 583, but only lists Disney's titles, not Gladstone's, for the
> "currently published" titles. Inside the front cover is an advertisement for
> the CBL series of US One-Pagers, DD Christmas Stories, and Gyro
> Gearloose. On the cover is the old-fashioned Gladstone logo in the top
> left and the Disney Comics logo in the bottom left. (Perhaps this is only
> a reprint edition, though, I wonder if the original actually was actually
> published earlier, perhaps before Gladstone realized they would be
> publishing the CBL in Color, which would re-include all the stories here.)
> My copy
> comes with an insert: a card with the article "The Legend of Carl Barks" on
> one side and the article "The Origin Tales" on the other. On the "Origin
> Tales" side is what appears to be a printer's stamp, reading "No. 07883."
I had never heard of this album. It looks like a try-out for the later
"CBL in Color" series. Does anyone have more (background) information?
Thanks (as always),
--Harry.
lately. One of the albums he indexed is called
"Walt Disney's Comics First Appearances #1".
The cover is by Barks, from WDC 140. The first feature is a text article,
"The World of Carl Barks," by Geoffrey Blum. Then the features are the
Barks stories from WDC 88, WDC 98, and WDC 125.
When I asked Jonathan about it, he wrote:
> What I know is that my mother bought it at a
> department store (in the USA) in 1994 (I think) where it had been lying
> unsold for some time. There is a clue to its date being 1993: the inside
> back cover has a "back issues" order form which includes for sale
> WDC&S 583, but only lists Disney's titles, not Gladstone's, for the
> "currently published" titles. Inside the front cover is an advertisement for
> the CBL series of US One-Pagers, DD Christmas Stories, and Gyro
> Gearloose. On the cover is the old-fashioned Gladstone logo in the top
> left and the Disney Comics logo in the bottom left. (Perhaps this is only
> a reprint edition, though, I wonder if the original actually was actually
> published earlier, perhaps before Gladstone realized they would be
> publishing the CBL in Color, which would re-include all the stories here.)
> My copy
> comes with an insert: a card with the article "The Legend of Carl Barks" on
> one side and the article "The Origin Tales" on the other. On the "Origin
> Tales" side is what appears to be a printer's stamp, reading "No. 07883."
I had never heard of this album. It looks like a try-out for the later
"CBL in Color" series. Does anyone have more (background) information?
Thanks (as always),
--Harry.