Barks Comics & Stories comic books issue 3

The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color. Volumes in this series are squareboud, 8-1/2 x 11, 60-pgs full color on quality paper stock. Each a fitting tribute to the Carl Barks duck legacy of great comics story telling. Cover art by Carl Barks, all story scripts and art by Barks. A Career With Ducks interview with Carl Barks by Thomas Andrae and Donald Ault. "Kite Weather"; A disguised Donald enters a children's kite flying contest. "Three Dirty Little Ducks"; Donald attempts to give the nephews a bath. "The Mad Chemist"; A blow to the head makes Donald a genius. "Rival Boatmen"; Donald and the nephews compete as fishing guides. "Camera Crazy"; Donald and the nephews compete as news photographers. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $8.95.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Text by Kim Weston. Stories and art by and Carl Barks. This volume prints 13 complete, large 4-tier Carl Barks stories in the original, full size they were actually drawn in glorious black and white, one full page of art on each page of the book. These 13 stories of the combined Barney Bear and Benny Burro feature were originally published in Our Gang Comics #24-36. The stories from are printed one art page to the book page with an image size of 16" by 23 1/4", the size that Barks drew almost all his original art beginning in December, 1943 until he retired in 1966, with only very rare exceptions. These pages are printed from proofs which are derived from the 7" x 10" photo negatives taken of the original art between January, 1946 and January, 1947. Looking at these pages as printed in this book is like looking at the pages fresh from the master's drawing board. This book measures 18" wide and 26" tall and weighs about 8 pounds. Hardcover, 18 1/4-in. x 25 3/4-in., 108 pages, B&W. Cover price $220.00.