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Will these be a similar format to the Barks Library books? I am not familiar with their European counterparts.

Does anyone know if The Life and Times series will be included again in this complete collection? Thank you.

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Quote from user: JanoAs with all Disney comics products, no royalties are allowed to be paid for the use of the any comic material. Don usually gets recompensed for the use of his texts and other stuff, though, as was the case with the Egmont editions.
In "Why I Quit", Don Rosa said that he trademarked his name, so he should also be getting royalties for the use of his name on the front cover, correct?

I preordered the first Rosa volume today along with the next Barks one. Looking forward to both!

You should remember, though, that the colors as seen in the Hall of Fame series (which were later improved for the Don Rosa Collection) are NOT the "original" coloring as seen in the Egmont weeklies. The later ones only had some small changes but the older ones were originally presented in the awful pink-green-blue chewing gum pastel shades that all Egmont stories came in during the late 80s and early 90s. And no, those really should NOT have that coloring (and won't), thank goodness. 8-) If anything, they will have the corrected DRC colors.
As mentioned before, I guess the Fantagraphics coloring will be similar to the one used by Gladstome/Gemstone since this is closest to what Don originally had in mind. Even the improved DRC colors are still a compromise to some extent, and I guess this new edition will pay attention to not making any compromises at all.

That sounds very good. I'm looking forward to the first book more every day.
Any announcement from Fantagraphics? I did find nothing on the website.

Quote from user: JanoYou should remember, though, that the colors as seen in the Hall of Fame series (which were later improved for the Don Rosa Collection) are NOT the "original" coloring as seen in the Egmont weeklies. The later ones only had some small changes but the older ones were originally presented in the awful pink-green-blue chewing gum pastel shades that all Egmont stories came in during the late 80s and early 90s. And no, those really should NOT have that coloring (and won't), thank goodness. 8-) If anything, they will have the corrected DRC colors.
Now you're making me interested in seeing a Rosa story in those awful 1980s Egmont colors. That would look hideous indeed. :)

The June release date is tentative, so don't take it as iron clad.
They do have three Disney releases set right now, with (I'm assuming, in the case of the Rosa collection) two volumes every year per release, making a total of six books annually. If the Rosa collection actually starts in 2014.
I'm sure they're staggering their release schedule the way they believe will work best, but even if you can't buy it on launch, nothing's stopping you from waiting a bit to purchase it.
If I'm not totally mistaken, discounting The Starstruck Duck and the Speedskating story, the amount of comics to be printed here total 1527 pages - assuming the stories he wrote but didn't draw, drew but didn't write, are also included. That number doesn't tally any of the half-page recap panels or the full-page recaps.
So it's probable this collection would be about 7 volumes, assuming the 248 pagecount is consistent throughout the series. Even if all 248 pages were used for comics (and they won't be), it's still more than can fit in six volumes of that size, and there will likely be some bonus features. Even if it's just commentary and a cover gallery.
I confess, if they wanted to have an 8th book to complete a box set or something, I would be quite happy to have it be an appendix of special art. Posters, calendars, other covers and the like.