Could someone please clarify the confusing Amazon listing?
"It's here - a ten-volume hardback set collecting Carl Barks' complete
Disney comics cycle! . . . This initial boxed set includes
Barks' very first 1940s adventures, including 'Donald Duck Finds
Pirate Gold,' 'The Mummy's Ring,' and 'Pluto Saves the Ship!'"
# Hardcover: 960 pages
# Publisher: Gemstone Publishing (November 5, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1603600639
# ISBN-13: 978-1603600637
# Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 3.2 inches
Is this _one_ boxed hardcover with 960 pages (not really a set, and
too large to really enjoy) or is it one box with several (three?)
hardcover volumes inside? Are there to be ten boxed sets of three
volumes each (as with an earlier Carl Barks collection) , for a total
of thirty volumes, or only ten volumes total in three or four boxes?
Or ten boxed volumes of 900+ pages each?
Also, if anyone here is familiar with the Egmont version, could you
please comment on its quality. Anyone know if we'll be seeing Barks'
original lettering--I certainly hope the text doesn't have to be
translated back into English and relettered.
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this.
--
Best wishes,
M-K
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Munango-Keewati
Carl Barks Collection Set 1
Message 1 -
2008-04-01 at 06:52:58
Stefan Persson
Carl Barks Collection Set 1
Message 2 -
2008-04-01 at 11:35:31
Munango-Keewati wrote:
> Could someone please clarify the confusing Amazon listing?
This appears to be identical to Egmont's "Collected Works of Carl
Barks", published in ten sets with three hardcover volumes in each set,
so 30 volumes in total (if you buy all ten sets). Each volume is
approximately 300 pages. See
http://coa.inducks.org/publication.php?c=se/CBSV for a contents listing.
Stefan
> Could someone please clarify the confusing Amazon listing?
This appears to be identical to Egmont's "Collected Works of Carl
Barks", published in ten sets with three hardcover volumes in each set,
so 30 volumes in total (if you buy all ten sets). Each volume is
approximately 300 pages. See
http://coa.inducks.org/publication.php?c=se/CBSV for a contents listing.
Stefan
Duckbusiness.Com
Carl Barks Meets His Fans - DVD
Message 3 -
2008-04-01 at 13:59:10
Hallo :-)
Maybe this will be interesting for members of this forum:
Pressrelease
Carl Barks Meets His Fans ? Now available on DVD
1994 was the year in which Carl Barks went on his first trip abroad ever,
on a European tour. During this trip, among other countries, he visited
Sweden in association to Donald Duck?s 60th birthday. When Barks visited
NAFS (k) and Seriefr?mjandet (comic organisations) to meet and talk to his
fans we had the oppurtunity to tape the event. The result was ?Carl Barks
Meets His Fans?, a 29 minutes interview with the greatest Donald Duck
cartoonist ever!
After receiving a large number of requests we have now finally succeded in
making ?Carl Barks Meets His Fans? available on DVD. Order your own copy
now, from LMB Media Productions on www.duckbusiness.com, with start Mars
31.
For more information, clip from the movie and to order, visit:
http://www.duckbusiness.com
Regards
Martin Birgerson
info at duckbusiness.com
Maybe this will be interesting for members of this forum:
Pressrelease
Carl Barks Meets His Fans ? Now available on DVD
1994 was the year in which Carl Barks went on his first trip abroad ever,
on a European tour. During this trip, among other countries, he visited
Sweden in association to Donald Duck?s 60th birthday. When Barks visited
NAFS (k) and Seriefr?mjandet (comic organisations) to meet and talk to his
fans we had the oppurtunity to tape the event. The result was ?Carl Barks
Meets His Fans?, a 29 minutes interview with the greatest Donald Duck
cartoonist ever!
After receiving a large number of requests we have now finally succeded in
making ?Carl Barks Meets His Fans? available on DVD. Order your own copy
now, from LMB Media Productions on www.duckbusiness.com, with start Mars
31.
For more information, clip from the movie and to order, visit:
http://www.duckbusiness.com
Regards
Martin Birgerson
info at duckbusiness.com
Stefan Persson
[Carl Barks Collection Set 1]
Message 4 -
2008-04-02 at 13:17:46
Seems that this mail was sent to me instead of the DCML list.
Gary Leach
The CBC
Message 5 -
2008-04-03 at 20:27:07
Munango-Keewati wrote:
> I'm curious. Does anyone know what technology is used today in
> producing this books? Years ago there would have been color
> separations done by hand for each of the four colors. Is it all
> digital now? Is coloring done on a computer?
Color is pretty much all done on computer now. The "traditional"
methods are definitely a thing of the past, at least in commercial
terms. It certainly is so with comics.
Gemstone would not have to go to the time and expense that once would
have been required to redo the color, but time and expense are still
involved.
And no, Barks did not color his comic book stories. Very few comics
artists did (or do). A key reason for this is that publishers, for a
good long while, saw coloring as production, not creation. Many still
do. And even today they want artists drawing, not doing something
that can be done much more quickly and at less cost by others.
Gary
> I'm curious. Does anyone know what technology is used today in
> producing this books? Years ago there would have been color
> separations done by hand for each of the four colors. Is it all
> digital now? Is coloring done on a computer?
Color is pretty much all done on computer now. The "traditional"
methods are definitely a thing of the past, at least in commercial
terms. It certainly is so with comics.
Gemstone would not have to go to the time and expense that once would
have been required to redo the color, but time and expense are still
involved.
And no, Barks did not color his comic book stories. Very few comics
artists did (or do). A key reason for this is that publishers, for a
good long while, saw coloring as production, not creation. Many still
do. And even today they want artists drawing, not doing something
that can be done much more quickly and at less cost by others.
Gary
Søren Krarup Olesen
The CBC
Message 6 -
2008-04-03 at 20:47:53
Gary Leach wrote:
> Munango-Keewati wrote:
>
>> I'm curious. Does anyone know what technology is used today in
>>
>> producing this books? Years ago there would have been color
>>
>> separations done by hand for each of the four colors. Is it all
>>
>> digital now? Is coloring done on a computer?
>>
>
> Color is pretty much all done on computer now. The "traditional" methods
> are definitely a thing of the past, at least in commercial terms. It
> certainly is so with comics.
Hey Gary,
You may not have noticed this (as an American) but in certain cases
Egmont's stories and others have been scanned at such a low quality that
the original, which might date back some 20+ years, looks much better
than the modern reprint itself.
Effectively we see new fancy colouring combined with the ability to
count the pixels.
So much for the "new" digital world.
S?ren
> Munango-Keewati wrote:
>
>> I'm curious. Does anyone know what technology is used today in
>>
>> producing this books? Years ago there would have been color
>>
>> separations done by hand for each of the four colors. Is it all
>>
>> digital now? Is coloring done on a computer?
>>
>
> Color is pretty much all done on computer now. The "traditional" methods
> are definitely a thing of the past, at least in commercial terms. It
> certainly is so with comics.
Hey Gary,
You may not have noticed this (as an American) but in certain cases
Egmont's stories and others have been scanned at such a low quality that
the original, which might date back some 20+ years, looks much better
than the modern reprint itself.
Effectively we see new fancy colouring combined with the ability to
count the pixels.
So much for the "new" digital world.
S?ren
Gary Leach
The Digital World
Message 7 -
2008-04-04 at 19:50:20
S?ren
> You may not have noticed this (as an American) but in certain cases
> Egmont's stories and others have been scanned at such a low quality
> that
> the original, which might date back some 20+ years, looks much better
> than the modern reprint itself.
>
> Effectively we see new fancy colouring combined with the ability to
> count the pixels.
>
> So much for the "new" digital world.
As a production person irrespective of nationality I've seen digital
reproduction all up and down the quailty scale. The mistake so often
made is believing that quality is determined by method, when that
factor is always up to the human beings who apply the method, the
time and resources they have to apply to it, and the source material
they're given to work with in the first place.
The digital world is here, in all it's still too often misunderstood
wonders. The sticking point is what we human beings make of it.
Gary
> You may not have noticed this (as an American) but in certain cases
> Egmont's stories and others have been scanned at such a low quality
> that
> the original, which might date back some 20+ years, looks much better
> than the modern reprint itself.
>
> Effectively we see new fancy colouring combined with the ability to
> count the pixels.
>
> So much for the "new" digital world.
As a production person irrespective of nationality I've seen digital
reproduction all up and down the quailty scale. The mistake so often
made is believing that quality is determined by method, when that
factor is always up to the human beings who apply the method, the
time and resources they have to apply to it, and the source material
they're given to work with in the first place.
The digital world is here, in all it's still too often misunderstood
wonders. The sticking point is what we human beings make of it.
Gary
Nils
Carl Barks Collected Works
Message 8 -
2008-04-07 at 09:41:22
There was a message flying by a little time ago
that I did not fully understand, and I'd appreciate
clarification of the matter. It concerns "Carl Barks
Collected Works", which is in the process of
coming out in Norway, Sweden, Denmark
(and Germany??), in ten luxuriously made boxes,
each containing three hardcover books. So
far we Scandinavian subscribers have received
eight out of these ten boxes. They are "numbered",
exquisitely made, expensive, and published
by Egmont.
And now the question -- are these now going
to be published in English too, i.e. in the original
barksian language? In the same set of boxes,
the same design, with prefaces and articles,
etc. etc.? (And, in that case, will the original
hand lettering be kept?)
Perhaps I do not quite feel "cheated" if these
are now published in English too, but I did have
the distinctive impression, when it all started out
some three years ago in Scandinavia, that "this
would be it", they would not be produced in the
original barksian. I belong to the presumably
big segment of Scandinavian Barks fans who
might then rather have waited for the US version.
Nils Lid Hjort
that I did not fully understand, and I'd appreciate
clarification of the matter. It concerns "Carl Barks
Collected Works", which is in the process of
coming out in Norway, Sweden, Denmark
(and Germany??), in ten luxuriously made boxes,
each containing three hardcover books. So
far we Scandinavian subscribers have received
eight out of these ten boxes. They are "numbered",
exquisitely made, expensive, and published
by Egmont.
And now the question -- are these now going
to be published in English too, i.e. in the original
barksian language? In the same set of boxes,
the same design, with prefaces and articles,
etc. etc.? (And, in that case, will the original
hand lettering be kept?)
Perhaps I do not quite feel "cheated" if these
are now published in English too, but I did have
the distinctive impression, when it all started out
some three years ago in Scandinavia, that "this
would be it", they would not be produced in the
original barksian. I belong to the presumably
big segment of Scandinavian Barks fans who
might then rather have waited for the US version.
Nils Lid Hjort
Frank Stajano
New: comics podcast, with Don Rosa interview
Message 9 -
2008-04-07 at 15:48:13
A new podcast is available at http://comicspodcast.blogspot.com/ .
It opens with an interview with Don Rosa from January 2008. I guess this
may be of interest to members of this list.
There are many interviews with Don on the net. The new thing here is
that you get to hear the man's voice, rather than just reading his
words. There are also a few previously unpublished nuggets, from the
reference material I collected when I was writing the book on him twelve
years ago.
If you visit the site and listen to what's currently there of the
interview, please leave a post on the blog. I'm sure Don will be pleased
to read your comments on his recollections when his eye condition allows
him to.
--
Frank Stajano http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/fms27/
It opens with an interview with Don Rosa from January 2008. I guess this
may be of interest to members of this list.
There are many interviews with Don on the net. The new thing here is
that you get to hear the man's voice, rather than just reading his
words. There are also a few previously unpublished nuggets, from the
reference material I collected when I was writing the book on him twelve
years ago.
If you visit the site and listen to what's currently there of the
interview, please leave a post on the blog. I'm sure Don will be pleased
to read your comments on his recollections when his eye condition allows
him to.
--
Frank Stajano http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/fms27/
Munango-Keewati
Carl Barks Collected Works
Message 10 -
2008-04-08 at 07:04:03
On Monday, April 7, 2008, 1:41:22 AM, you wrote:
> And now the question -- are these now going
> to be published in English too, i.e. in the original
> barksian language? In the same set of boxes,
> the same design, with prefaces and articles,
> etc. etc.? (And, in that case, will the original
> hand lettering be kept?)
I don't have any special knowledge about this, but the research I've
done indicated that they won't be exact reprints. I believe the
Egmont edition contains country-specific articles, which presumably
will be replaced.
Whatever they turn out to be like, I would guess that Scandanavians
who don't read English will still treasure the Egmont edition, and
that you'll be able to find a ready collector's market should you
decide to sell them.
--
Best wishes,
M-K
> And now the question -- are these now going
> to be published in English too, i.e. in the original
> barksian language? In the same set of boxes,
> the same design, with prefaces and articles,
> etc. etc.? (And, in that case, will the original
> hand lettering be kept?)
I don't have any special knowledge about this, but the research I've
done indicated that they won't be exact reprints. I believe the
Egmont edition contains country-specific articles, which presumably
will be replaced.
Whatever they turn out to be like, I would guess that Scandanavians
who don't read English will still treasure the Egmont edition, and
that you'll be able to find a ready collector's market should you
decide to sell them.
--
Best wishes,
M-K
Lars Jensen
Carl Barks Collected Works
Message 11 -
2008-04-08 at 14:10:05
Nils Lid Hjort wrote:
> And now the question -- are these now going to be published in English
> too, i.e. in the original barksian language? In the same set of boxes, the
> same design, with prefaces and articles, etc. etc.? (And, in that case,
> will the original hand lettering be kept?)
According to http://dcf.outducks.org/viewtopic.php?id=234&p=2 , Gemstone
have yet to make their final decisions regarding these things.
> Perhaps I do not quite feel "cheated" if these are now published in
> English too, but I did have the distinctive impression, when it all
> started out some three years ago in Scandinavia, that "this would be it",
> they would not be produced in the original barksian.
No need to feel cheated. Egmont announced that the Carl Barks Collection was
the definitive collection, yes. But how can Egmont guarantee that Gemstone
won't publish these books, too? It's not like Egmont can ban them from using
Barks stories, is it?
Lars
> And now the question -- are these now going to be published in English
> too, i.e. in the original barksian language? In the same set of boxes, the
> same design, with prefaces and articles, etc. etc.? (And, in that case,
> will the original hand lettering be kept?)
According to http://dcf.outducks.org/viewtopic.php?id=234&p=2 , Gemstone
have yet to make their final decisions regarding these things.
> Perhaps I do not quite feel "cheated" if these are now published in
> English too, but I did have the distinctive impression, when it all
> started out some three years ago in Scandinavia, that "this would be it",
> they would not be produced in the original barksian.
No need to feel cheated. Egmont announced that the Carl Barks Collection was
the definitive collection, yes. But how can Egmont guarantee that Gemstone
won't publish these books, too? It's not like Egmont can ban them from using
Barks stories, is it?
Lars
Eric Reinhardt
"Once upon a time... in America"
Message 12 -
2008-04-13 at 10:07:54
Does anyone know this series of comic books?
I live in Brazil, and in the first half of the 90's, lots of histories were
published with historical facts, mainly of american history.
The one I read lately was something like "Mickey and the Boston Outlaws"
(don't know the original title), about a Fabric Company that was built
ilegaly in the US in early 18th century and was starting a monopoly in the
Boston area without importing and paying the taxes for England.
I just wanted to know if you know what I'm talking about and if you can give
me exact names of the series and titles in English, so I can find more info
myself.
Sorry for my bad english, and if i was somehow incomprehensible.
Eric
I live in Brazil, and in the first half of the 90's, lots of histories were
published with historical facts, mainly of american history.
The one I read lately was something like "Mickey and the Boston Outlaws"
(don't know the original title), about a Fabric Company that was built
ilegaly in the US in early 18th century and was starting a monopoly in the
Boston area without importing and paying the taxes for England.
I just wanted to know if you know what I'm talking about and if you can give
me exact names of the series and titles in English, so I can find more info
myself.
Sorry for my bad english, and if i was somehow incomprehensible.
Eric
Stefan Persson
"Once upon a time... in America"
Message 13 -
2008-04-13 at 19:40:40
On 2008-04-13 09:07, Eric Reinhardt wrote:
> I just wanted to know if you know what I'm talking about and if you can
> give me exact names of the series and titles in English, so I can find
> more info myself.
There are no English names or titles, since none of the stories has been
published in English. The original Italian name of the series is "C'era
una volta... in America".
See http://coa.inducks.org/subseries.php?c=Once+America for more
information about this.
Stefan
> I just wanted to know if you know what I'm talking about and if you can
> give me exact names of the series and titles in English, so I can find
> more info myself.
There are no English names or titles, since none of the stories has been
published in English. The original Italian name of the series is "C'era
una volta... in America".
See http://coa.inducks.org/subseries.php?c=Once+America for more
information about this.
Stefan
Frank Stajano
"Once upon a time... in America"
Message 14 -
2008-04-13 at 22:23:42
Eric Reinhardt wrote:
> I just wanted to know if you know what I'm talking about and if you can
> give me exact names of the series and titles in English, so I can find
> more info myself.
It is a great series written by Giorgio Pezzin and drawn by Massimo De
Vita, two among the best Disney authors from Italy.
Giorgio Pezzin has now stopped working for Disney but he told me last
year that he considers this "C'era una volta... in America" series one
of the best things he did.
Interestingly, he has never been to America himself.
You can read something more about Giorgio Pezzin and Massimo De Vita
(though not specifically about this series) in my old and very long
essay for NAFS(k), of which a text-only version is available at
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fms27/disney/writings/disney-comics-from-italy.pdf
--
Frank Stajano http://comicspodcast.blogspot.com/
> I just wanted to know if you know what I'm talking about and if you can
> give me exact names of the series and titles in English, so I can find
> more info myself.
It is a great series written by Giorgio Pezzin and drawn by Massimo De
Vita, two among the best Disney authors from Italy.
Giorgio Pezzin has now stopped working for Disney but he told me last
year that he considers this "C'era una volta... in America" series one
of the best things he did.
Interestingly, he has never been to America himself.
You can read something more about Giorgio Pezzin and Massimo De Vita
(though not specifically about this series) in my old and very long
essay for NAFS(k), of which a text-only version is available at
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fms27/disney/writings/disney-comics-from-italy.pdf
--
Frank Stajano http://comicspodcast.blogspot.com/
Carl Lund
Gemstone's Schedule
Message 15 -
2008-04-13 at 23:50:40
Is there any word on the current state of Gemstone's publishing
schedule? I believe that according to Diamond's shipping archives the
last date for Uncle Scrooge or C&S was February 27. While Diamond's
upcoming releases says that US 374 is due this week, it was originally
supposed to have been on 2/27. This doesn't make me sleep easy at night.
Carl
schedule? I believe that according to Diamond's shipping archives the
last date for Uncle Scrooge or C&S was February 27. While Diamond's
upcoming releases says that US 374 is due this week, it was originally
supposed to have been on 2/27. This doesn't make me sleep easy at night.
Carl
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