Due to distributor delays, some new comics that arrived late this week will be included in subscription shipments starting next week, December 10th.

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Comic books in 'Carl Barks Library (FB) Chronological Order'

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Donald Duck A Christmas for Shacktown HC (2012 Fantagraphics) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Story and Art by Carl Barks. The third volume of Fantagraphics' reprinting of Carl Barks' classic Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge work focuses on the early 1950s, universally considered Barks' peak period. Featured are one of Barks' masterpieces ("A Christmas for Shacktown") plus "The Golden Helmet," "The Gilded Man," and ten of his smart and funny 10-pagers - all supplemented with extensive notes and essays by the foremost Duck experts in the world. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $28.99.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Uncle Scrooge Only a Poor Old Man HC (2012 Fantagraphics) 1-REP

    2nd and later printings.

    Story and art by By Carl Barks. Introduction by George Lucas.

    Fantagraphics' second release in this series focuses on Carl Barks's other protagonist and perhaps greatest creation: Scrooge McDuck.

    Featured are four full-length stories plus over two dozen shorter stories and one-page gags. Newly recolored to combine the warm, friendly, slightly muted feeling of the original comic books with state-of-the-art crispness. Barks' comics are joined by fascinating essays about the creation of the stories and expert analysis of their content.

    Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

    Cover price $29.99.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Donald Duck Balloonatics HC (2021 Fantagraphics) 1-REP


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    2nd and later printings. Written by Carl Barks and Vic Lockman. Art by Carl Barks and Daan Jippes. Cover by Carl Barks. A loony balloon, a fraidy falcon, and a new Woodchuck series! Carl Barks delivers another superb collection of outrageous hijinks, preposterous puzzlements, and all-around comics brilliance. Carl Barks's stories of the Junior Woodchucks starring Huey, Dewey, and Louie - written and penciled by Barks with finishes by internationally acclaimed Duck artist Daan Jippes - debut in this volume! Other stories include: When Gyro Gearloose invents a ten-story-tall Donald Duck balloon - bigger than anything ever seen at the Macy's Parade! - Donald decides to take a ride. But Gyro's "new balloon gas" is stronger than he thought it was, and Donald finds himself out of control, sailing higher and higher, until... Then, Huey, Dewey, and Louie try to help a "fraidy falcon" overcome his fear of flying by getting Donald to help, but Donald has his own ideas... Next, somebody's blowing up experimental rockets at the launchpad, and the nephews are on the trail of the spy, but Donald's sure of who it's not - until he finds himself on board the next rocket to blast-off... 180 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored. Insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts. Hardcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.