Carl Barks Library
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Carl Barks Library is a series of 30 books with all Disney comics
and covers written and/or drawn by Carl Barks
. A few stories were modified, sometimes for production reasons and sometimes in an attempt to remedy censorship in the original publication, restoring the published work to Barks' original intent. The books are collected in ten sets with three books in each, a total of about 7400 pages. It was published from 1983 to 1990 in the United States
by Another Rainbow Publishing
under license from The Walt Disney Company
. The comics were printed (with a few exceptions) in black and white. In addition to the comics, there are numerous articles with background information.
Carl Barks Library is also a series of 141 comic book albums published 1991-1996 by Gladstone Publishing
. In this version all stories are in full color.
Disney comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring Walt Disney characters.The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on . In 1940, Western Publishing began producing Disney comic books in the United States...
and covers written and/or drawn by Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , The Junior Woodchucks , Gyro Gearloose , Cornelius Coot , Flintheart Glomgold , John D...
. A few stories were modified, sometimes for production reasons and sometimes in an attempt to remedy censorship in the original publication, restoring the published work to Barks' original intent. The books are collected in ten sets with three books in each, a total of about 7400 pages. It was published from 1983 to 1990 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by Another Rainbow Publishing
Another Rainbow Publishing
Another Rainbow Publishing is a company dedicated to the re-publication and greater recognition of the work of Carl Barks that was created in 1981 by Bruce Hamilton and Russ Cochran. Its name references Barks's saying that there would be "always another rainbow" for his character Scrooge McDuck,...
under license from The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
. The comics were printed (with a few exceptions) in black and white. In addition to the comics, there are numerous articles with background information.
| Set | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| I | July 1984 | Four Color Four Color Four Color, also known as Four Color Comics and One Shots, was a long-running American comic book anthology series published by Dell Comics between 1939 and 1962... Donald Duck 9-223 |
| II | November 1986 | Four Color Donald Duck 238-422 and Donald Duck 26-138 |
| III | December 1984 | Four Color Uncle Scrooge 386-495 and Uncle Scrooge Uncle Scrooge Uncle Scrooge is a comic book with the stingy Scrooge McDuck "the richest duck in the world" as the main character. The series also featured Donald Duck and his nephews as supporting characters. The first 70 issues mostly consisted of stories written and drawn by Carl Barks, the creator of Scrooge... 3-20 |
| IV | November 1985 | Uncle Scrooge 21-43 and The Lemonade King |
| V | April 1989 | Uncle Scrooge 44-71 and The Christmas Carol |
| VI | May 1990 | Miscellaneous |
| VII | March 1988 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, sometimes abbreviated WDC or WDC&S, is an anthology comic book series that has an assortment of Disney characters, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Lil Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and... 31-94 and Large Feature Comics #7 Pluto Saves the Ship Pluto Saves the Ship is a comic book story scripted by writers Carl Barks, Jack Hannah and Nick George from a plot devised possibly by a publisher, and drawn by an unidentified illustrator. It was originally printed in Large Feature Comics #7 in 1942, and is one of the first American Disney comics... |
| VIII | August 1983 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 95-166 |
| IX | June 1985 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 167-229 |
| X | August 1990 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 230-312 and an Index |
Carl Barks Library is also a series of 141 comic book albums published 1991-1996 by Gladstone Publishing
Gladstone Publishing
Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. The company had its origins as a subsidiary of "Another Rainbow", a company formed by Bruce Hamilton and Russ Cochran to publish the Carl Barks Library and produce limited edition...
. In this version all stories are in full color.
External links
- 30 Volume Carl Barks Library - by Another Rainbow
- Carl Barks Library on I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
- http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/cbl.html
- http://www.seriesam.com/barks/deta_text_s_cblh.html