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Last April, Joakim Gunnarsson's always terrific and informative Sekvenskonst blog featured a post about a new 4-page Gyro story scripted by Carl Barks around 1964: New Barks-Jippes story!

Well, it looks like the serious collector or fan can purchase the original artwork from a German Art Dealer, Galerie Laqua. All four pages are available to view, here's a smaller image of the first page:

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/DuckburgUSA/JippesBild_032a.jpg

The price for all 4 pages of original art is ?¬1.750. - ($2,415).
Here's a link to the page with the art (plus a great deal of more outstanding Jippes original art), scroll down near the bottom: Daan Jippes - 67.) The Doorman Doormat

I almost like the B&W art better than the full color version. Beautiful stuff.

That story was written, fairly recently(last few years) from an old, few page written story scenario, written by Carl Barks in the late 1950s. Had Barks drawn it for the Gyro Gearloose story in "Uncle Scrooge" comic books, it would NOT have included Donald Duck. That is because at least one of the stories could NOT include main characters from the other stories, for the magazine to continue to receive 2nd Class postage status.
So, I have to assume that Daan assumed that this story would have been used in a Dell Giant book (annual).

Quote from user: Robb_KHad Barks drawn it for the Gyro Gearloose story in "Uncle Scrooge" comic books, it would NOT have included Donald Duck. That is because at least one of the stories could NOT include main characters from the other stories, for the magazine to continue to receive 2nd Class postage status.

So, I have to assume that Daan assumed that this story would have been used in a Dell Giant book (annual).
I think GeoX is right: Jippes probably wasn't thinking about those issues. otherwise it might feature some of Barks' lost citizens of Duckburg, like:

Speedy! (the pre-Launchpad McQuack Donald Duck stand-in):

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/DuckburgUSA/GyroSpeedy.jpg

Morty & Ferdie! Mickey's unfortunately named nephews:

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/DuckburgUSA/GyroMortyFerdie.jpg

I think everyone here probably knows why they had to surface for a while due to Postal restrictions of the time. In case you don't, here's the article that explains it, which also provided the images I used above... scroll down jes' 'bout halfway: COMIC LEGEND: Postal restrictions led to some strange characters appearing in a couple of Carl Barks?? Gyro Gearloose tales

Quote from user: GeoXOh ho! I always thought it was bizarre that Mortie and Ferdie appeared in that story, but I never made the connection with the postal-regulations thing. All becomes clear! Is this the only time Barks ever drew those two? Interesting to see them for that reason, at any rate.
Barks was handed back these first two Gyro Gearloose stories in Uncle Scrooge comics (they were only even thought of to meet the postal regulations. Apparently someone at Western hadn't told Barks initially about the rule that required at least one story with no characters from the other stories. So, rather than having to redraw the whole stories, he replaced Donald with "Speedy", a dogfaced little guy, who was as short as Donald, and who waddled; and he replaced the three Duck Nephews with the two Mouse nephews, and erased the third in each panel that had all three. Interesting that Morty and Ferdie were drawn off-model, as they had perfectly round faces (which is not correct) due to using Huey, Dewey and Louie's head circles. They just look WRONG.

But, thank goodness for those rules, so we can now look back on 40 or so short, gag-run classic Gyro stories. On the other hand, we may have lost many Barks epic long stories because of that requirement for more than 2 stories and one with different characters.

That regulation was the reason that Donald Duck had 4-page Pluto or Goofy? stories in their midst, and Mickey Mouse had 4-page fillers as well (L'il Bad Wolf?). I forget now, which filler strips were in which magazine in the non-Barks comic books.

Quote from user: GeoXIs this the only time Barks ever drew those two?
Yep. Barks seldom mixed ducks and mice (but compare this somewhat unsettling cover).

What's more, that postal peculiarity was the reason why he had to cut five pages from "Land Beneath the Ground".

Quote from user: Dutch Duckfan Down Underby 1945's "Riddle of the Red Hat" all of his Mickey heads had to be redrawn.
Aren't you confusing this with his Porky/Bugs Bunny comic?