{"product_id":"carl-barks-surviving-comic-book-art","title":"CARL BARKS' SURVIVING COMIC BOOK ART","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery few of Carl Barks' original comic book pages have survived to the present day. Some may find it strange to learn that just a fraction of the thousands of pages have actually survived, but there is a reason: In the days when Barks drew his stories, comic magazines were not considered being of lasting value. In fact, Barks himself just regarded comic books to be nothing but a passing fad, so there was no incentive to save the originals.\nAt the time, Barks' publisher, Western, employed dozens of artists, who were producing a broad variety of comic book titles, and Western had no room for storing the humongous number of finished art sheets. And they didn't think there was any reason to do so. After they had received the material from the artists, the large sheets were photographed for printing and thus became redundant. They were simply taken to the publisher's incinerator and unceremoniously burned!\n\nToday, we may find some consolation in the fact that about 3% of Barks' artwork has been saved for posterity. There are several reasons for this: some of the artwork was rejected by the publisher (and consequently stayed with Barks), some pages or panels were scrapped (and then returned to and filed by Barks), and some pages were rescued from a fiery end by employees at Western.\n\nPublished for Barks' European tour, with a list of known pages of surviving comic book art (at the time) — 200 pages of surviving artwork from roughly 6,700 pages of comic book production art by Barks. Includes some interesting interviews with Barks.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Print.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Fine Plus. \u003c\/strong\u003eLight yellowing and cover wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59641340952862,"sku":"RB5192","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB5192-carl-barks-surviving-comic-book-art.jpg?v=1784504564","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/carl-barks-surviving-comic-book-art","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}