CARL BARKS COMICS & STORIES Original Art Edition

This volume collects nine complete Carl Barks stories in the full size they were originally drawn, in black and white, reproduced from high quality stats made by the original publisher, Dell Comics. There are 2 Happy Hound (Droopy) stories, 3 Benny Burro solo stories, and 4 stories of the combined Barney Bear and Benny Burro feature. These all appeared in Our Gang Comics. The earliest (1943-44) and lesser known stories here were done at the same time Barks was doing stories in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #38-42 and "The Mummy's Ring" in Four Color #9. The book measures over 14 inches wide and 20 inches tall and weighs over 5 pounds. Looking at these pages as printed in this book is like looking at the pages fresh from Barks' drawing board. Five early stories from 1943 are printed one page to a page in the book with an image size of about 12.5 by 17.75 inches, the size that Barks drew his original art in 1942 and most of 1943. Beginning in December 1943, Barks started drawing in the larger size of 16 by 23.25 inches and continued to draw that size for the rest of his career, with only very rare exceptions. These pages are so large that in order to fit them into this already large book, it required printing each half page sideways on a single page so that if you turn the book sideways you can see each full page at the size it was drawn. Entirely printed from proofs which are derived from the 7x10 inch photo negatives taken of the original art between 1943 and 1947. Barks didn't make many mistakes that needed correction in his art. His main use of white ink was not to correct errors, but to delineate details in black on black images or add pie cuts to the ducks' eyes. Two Introductions (to Parts one and two of the book) by Kim Weston. Afterword by John Garvin. This book was obviously a real labor of love from a great number of Barks scholars who did their part to make it the best possible. Note: We tried to bring in plenty of copies but as always, we depend on reorders to keep  books like this in stock. We can get caught short, i.e. we can quickly sell out, on specialized books such as this, from a new publisher who may find that demand can quickly outstrip the print run. So be aware, this could sell out without advance notice, like Fantagraphic's Prince Valiant and similar artist's editions. - Bud Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge.