Bill Peckmann &Comic Art &Disney 01 Dec 2011 08:02 am
Barks’ DUCK ALBUM
- It was a treat to open Bill Peckmann‘s email scans of the following Carl Barks material. It’s always fun to read a Donald story, and here we have two. I’ve posted Bill’s comments just under the images.
As kids, a Carl Barks Donald Duck comic book story or comic book
cover never, ever disappointed. (True, we didn’t even know Barks’
name at the time, but even friends not into art could tell the
difference between a Barks Duck story and a non Barks piece.)
Disappointment came when there was a Barks comic book cover
and no Barks story inside the comic.
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Such was the case with the first two issues of Dell’s “Duck Album”,
but the covers are still a treat because here are the eight Ducks
that Carl gave life to for about half a century.
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The first cover was published in 1951,
this second issue cover came out in 1952.
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1It was wonderful in a Barks Duck story when the story’s location
was one of the key parts of the tale. Carl would pull out all of the
stops and give that locale all the tender, loving care it deserved.
This 10 page Duck story “Donald of the Coast Patrol” is from 1948.
(The story shown here is a Gladstone reprint.)
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2The story takes place at the seashore and the background scenes
are so beautifully done, (you can smell the salt air) especially this
second page. It’s the introduction to the beach and IMHO one of
the best realized comic book pages ever done.
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11Barks always delighted himself and us annually with his seasonal
winter Donald Duck stories and their beautiful snowy landscapes.
Originally printed in 1950 and reprinted here by Gladstone, in the
“Mission to Codfish Cove” story he masterfully plumbed the
snowy depths and heights to new levels.
(The story also has a madcap Al Capp or Harvey Kurtzman feel to it.)
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on 02 Dec 2011 at 6:42 pm 1.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
Wow! A great story! And you’re right, it does have a Kurtzmanesque feel!