Duffman_Comics Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Now, sometime back AJD showed a copy of WDC&S #53 and I made a few observations regarding the cover, mainly stating that not alot of it made sense- why was Donald riding Pluto, Mickey's dog? How on earth can a bridge be built that small? You get the drift. Anyway, to shut me up (and without telling me) this was included as a freebie: WDC&S #53 Anyway, here's to a true collector, AJD, a helluva guy that I've never met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Anyway, to shut me up (and without telling me) this was included as a freebie: Well, clearly that didn't work. Anyway, it's always nice to increase the number of Dell ducks in Australia. Incidentally, the first Dell I ever saw in the flesh was an Uncle Scrooge #12 I bought at Lee's Comics in California in the 1980s. It was probably a 1.5 or so, but I felt like I'd made an incredible find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkdrawer Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Here is a purchase I think I will enjoy and it was nothing more than timing. I had an ebay bucks certificate for $500 to spend this Wednesday and I had been recently looking all over ebay for some book to buy with my free money. Well I went a little deeper and now I have a well loved copy of WDC&S #1 with nice eye appeal (to me anyway). Funny its a book I never owned and always wanted. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-BISHOP-ESTATE-WALT-DISNEY-039-S-COMICS-AND-STORIES-1-Dell-1940-NO-RES-/301572385125?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=4jrCV1zcHxbrKAAjE7PTp2Zxzzs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Edited March 31, 2015 by Junkdrawer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Here is a purchase I think I will enjoy and it was nothing more than timing. I had an ebay bucks certificate for $500 to spend this Wednesday and I had been recently looking all over ebay for some book to buy with my free money. Well I went a little deeper and now I have a well loved copy of WDC&S #1 with nice eye appeal (to me anyway). Funny its a book I never owned and always wanted. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-BISHOP-ESTATE-WALT-DISNEY-039-S-COMICS-AND-STORIES-1-Dell-1940-NO-RES-/301572385125?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=4jrCV1zcHxbrKAAjE7PTp2Zxzzs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Awesome. I am somewhere in that bidder list. My plan was to get some leafcasting done on the cover, but it got a bit rich for that to be viable. Glad another boardie snagged it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The quest continues. This #15 is my 69th of the first 100. I have another on the way in the post, but progress is slow these days. Still, lots to like about this copy, and the colours are lovely. Congrats! Such a fun run to collect. I've accumulated 40 of the first 50 in a pedestrian way, but it has been enjoyable You never brought your Duck collection to the picnic. How come? My collection starts with WDCS 10 but the early group is a little ragged. We should have had a funny animal day with no barbarians or superheroes allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkdrawer Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Here is a purchase I think I will enjoy and it was nothing more than timing. I had an ebay bucks certificate for $500 to spend this Wednesday and I had been recently looking all over ebay for some book to buy with my free money. Well I went a little deeper and now I have a well loved copy of WDC&S #1 with nice eye appeal (to me anyway). Funny its a book I never owned and always wanted. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-BISHOP-ESTATE-WALT-DISNEY-039-S-COMICS-AND-STORIES-1-Dell-1940-NO-RES-/301572385125?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=4jrCV1zcHxbrKAAjE7PTp2Zxzzs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Awesome. I am somewhere in that bidder list. My plan was to get some leafcasting done on the cover, but it got a bit rich for that to be viable. Glad another boardie snagged it. I think I will enjoy it in its present state.For now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Here is a purchase I think I will enjoy and it was nothing more than timing. I had an ebay bucks certificate for $500 to spend this Wednesday and I had been recently looking all over ebay for some book to buy with my free money. Well I went a little deeper and now I have a well loved copy of WDC&S #1 with nice eye appeal (to me anyway). Funny its a book I never owned and always wanted. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-BISHOP-ESTATE-WALT-DISNEY-039-S-COMICS-AND-STORIES-1-Dell-1940-NO-RES-/301572385125?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=4jrCV1zcHxbrKAAjE7PTp2Zxzzs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Nice pick up. Such a great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Here is a purchase I think I will enjoy and it was nothing more than timing. I had an ebay bucks certificate for $500 to spend this Wednesday and I had been recently looking all over ebay for some book to buy with my free money. Well I went a little deeper and now I have a well loved copy of WDC&S #1 with nice eye appeal (to me anyway). Funny its a book I never owned and always wanted. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOB-BISHOP-ESTATE-WALT-DISNEY-039-S-COMICS-AND-STORIES-1-Dell-1940-NO-RES-/301572385125?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=4jrCV1zcHxbrKAAjE7PTp2Zxzzs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Nice pick up. Such a great book. It is indeed a great book. And that copy, believe it or not, is better than my copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Nice book and great score. Here's a picture of my copy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Nice book and great score. Here's a picture of my copy... I waited a few moments for that to load... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Well, at the risk of sinking this thread with a Duffman post, I'll venture "well done" to Junkdrawer and "I do love messy group shots" to BB-Gun. Kudos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I guess this qualifies as a "Duck" book....... always liked this cover. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I guess this qualifies as a "Duck" book....... always liked this cover. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Given that it's the first Scrooge, it's a Duck Book Primo Deluxe! I like the cover, too, although I think it may be the only FC where Barks did the story but not the cover. Or am I forgetting one (or more)? (There are number, of course, where he did the cover but not the story.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (actually there are many when he did the story but not the cover....). most of the early ones. Someone else will have better info more readily than me, but I'd say #189 is the first barks cover. This would be the last of the non barks covers. I used to think the early ones were barks too just because I'd never heard any different, and I used to wonder why they looked different than his normal style. There was the best of reasons, he didn't do them! They are mostly Buettner. as far as I can remember and tell from a 15 second google image search, only 189up are barks covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Here's a comparison for you. Post 189 - clean thin lines, art looks just like the interior panels, longer bill on donald has a sharp, almost 90 degree curve Pre 189 duck bill on donald is shorter and more rounded; more like a natural duck's beak. Donald's face in particular looks nothing like Barks' interior work. Less expressiveness in the face. (still expressive but less so). The long curiously posed fingers on donald on the 108 cover look nothing like barks as well. Faces on both don't look like barks and again both duck bills are naturalistic instead of exaggerated. Now look at the whites of the eyes. Post 189 they are white circles within black circles. Pre 189 they are slivers cut out from the black. Thicker linework. Seems like Buettner is used a slightly larger brush than Barks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I was on the fence about Bark's Ducks.....had never seen many....and then I saw Vacation Parade #1......and the veil parted. Now seems a good time to snag sharp mid grade copies.....prices aren't bad at all. Coming up in the 60's and 70's I was totally brainwashed about the importance of Bark's.... and that was a good thing. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I was on the fence about Bark's Ducks.....had never seen many....and then I saw Vacation Parade #1......and the veil parted. Now seems a good time to snag sharp mid grade copies.....prices aren't bad at all. Coming up in the 60's and 70's I was totally brainwashed about the importance of Bark's.... and that was a good thing. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I normally post in the Four Color thread, but there is a strong crossover with the Ducks Here are a few of my earliest Four Color Ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (actually there are many when he did the story but not the cover....). most of the early ones. Someone else will have better info more readily than me, but I'd say #189 is the first barks cover. This would be the last of the non barks covers. I used to think the early ones were barks too just because I'd never heard any different, and I used to wonder why they looked different than his normal style. There was the best of reasons, he didn't do them! They are mostly Buettner. as far as I can remember and tell from a 15 second google image search, only 189up are barks covers. I think I actually knew that at one time and was definitely having a moment. With help from our friends at GCD, these are non-Barks covers 9 29 62 108 147 158 178 Interestingly, 178 was by Dan Gormley rather than Buettner. I'm not otherwise familiar with Gormley, although I like the 178 cover. In my view, Buettner was actually a good artist who ended up being overshadowed by Barks among duck fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I was on the fence about Bark's Ducks.....had never seen many....and then I saw Vacation Parade #1......and the veil parted. Now seems a good time to snag sharp mid grade copies.....prices aren't bad at all. Coming up in the 60's and 70's I was totally brainwashed about the importance of Bark's.... and that was a good thing. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u As a kid, I was a big fan of the Barks WDC&S 10-pagers and could definitely tell when one was done by someone other than Barks, although I didn't know Barks's name at that point. I also liked the Barks reprints (Best of DD & US, some of the Christmas Parade issues, and some others) although I can't remember if I realized then that they were reprints. One of my first GA books was FC 422, which is still one of my favorite Barks stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
