Walt Disney Treasures -- Disney Comics

[lis]

Walt Disney Treasures -- Disney Comics: 75 Years of Inspiration is the print tie-in to Disney's Treasures DVD series. And it celebrates the anniversary with stories like
"Race to the South Seas" by Carl Barks (March of Comics 41, 1949): Scrooge mysteriously disappears in the tropics shortly after having given boats to both Donald and lucky Gladstone. Can they use them to save him?
"Mickey Mouse Music" (1930) and "Foray to Mount Fishflake" (1934) by Floyd Gottfredson: Mickey becomes an artiste by learning the flute, then struggles to climb a deadly mountain with Horace, Goofy, and Clarabelle in tow. The first of these stories sees its first-ever reprint here; the second appears complete with panels deleted from all previous comic book printings!
"Donald's Nephews" by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro (1937): The historic first visit of mischievous Huey, Dewey, and Louie means disaster for Donald and his friends. The nephews' famous origin story appears complete in one book for the first time in the United States!
"His Fortune On the Rocks" by Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge Adventures 11, 1989): When Scrooge buys historic Snee-Kah Peak from an Indian tribe, he searches it for ore with Donald and the boys -- only to meet deadly danger!

And that's not the half of it. Daan Jippes, Fred Milton, and Geoff Blum's "Sauce for the Duck" (Donald Duck 258, 1987) presents Donald as master chef. Romano Scarpa and Giorgio Cavazzano bring us Goofy and Ellsworth, "AKA Cormorant Number Twelve," foiling a jewel robbery by Pegleg Pete. Launchpad McQuack takes to the air in Gary Leach and William Van Horn's "Flights of Fancy" (DuckTales 3, 1988). Brer Rabbit is up to his old tricks down south in Paul Murry's "The Money Mint." Add in classic characters and creators like José Carioca, Gyro Gearloose, Zeke Wolf, Walt Kelly, Gil Turner, and Renato Canini and you know we're up to something big! Look forward to it -- soon!

Another great TPB, Don Rosa's "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion" was also officially announced.
Full article here: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop ... 113&si=121

[Lars Vermundsberget]

Not a DVD set this time.

Could a WDT DVD set about Disney comics make sense...?

[so it goes]

Is there a release date for the Treasures Comics? Perhaps I didn't read the article correctly but I only saw an August release mentioned for Scrooge McDuck set, nothing on a release for the other. Or are they being release at the same time?

My Dad is a huge comics fan and probably has some of the issues being reprinted here. I used to read some of the old Disney comics he had lying around when I was young, had some of my own as well. I'll most probably pick this up when it is released as long as I don't forget about it, hopefully there will be a front page announcement here at UD when it's released or available for preorder.

[Kossage]

This looks interesting. I'm kind of surprised what stories were chosen for that Treasures Comics, though, but at least they give a wide range of Disney comics published over the years.

Also, that Scrooge McDuck book looks promising. It's about time they got those extra episodes sorted in a companion book, and it's nice that they included "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek". I find it quite funny that they included "Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies" in that companion book, because even though many people consider that particular story to be Episode 0, Rosa himself never considered the episode as part of the Lo$ series but as sort of an 'alternate reality' story.

Also, I've managed to read the first two parts of "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek", and so far the story's been okay. Rosa view on the matter has been interesting to say the least, although I have to admit I wasn't expecting it to be as action-packed as it is. Still, there's the third part yet to be read, so maybe that one will get things going.

[lis]

Is there a release date for the Treasures Comics?

July 5, 2006 according to Amazon.com

There are also two other fantastic books on the way: two volumes of "Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales stories", the first one on May 24, and the second on July 26, 2006. 144 pages each.

Also, I've managed to read the first two parts of "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek", and so far the story's been okay.

I've only seen a few pages on the page mentioned in my first post... I get the impression that while Rosa's storytelling is getting better and better (e.g. GREAT "A Letter from Home"), his style of drawing has been getting worse in the recent years.

[Lars Vermundsberget]

I've got the complete hard-cover "Carl Barks Library", which I think is pretty close to "everything I need" in Disney comics. But there is other worthwhile material as well, of course, and quite a wide range is offered this time. What I'd like to see, though, is a complete set of Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson.

[JamesDFarrow]

WOW!

http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimate ... 6;t=005468

I didn't know this was coming out. Fantastic!

"I have got to get me one of these!" LOL!

Sorry if this has been posted before but I am to excited
to go searching in the archives.

James

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[so it goes]

Yes! This book is awesome. I picked it up just a little while ago on Amazon. Pre-ordered in July as that was when I heard it was coming out, wasn't actually released until August. Amazon, of course, was nice enough to inform me of that and show the date change on my order status so I wasn't just left waiting with no idea why my shipping date was almost a month past with out anything being shipped.

Anyway, my dad is a big comics fan and has been through a few Disney comic stages, so growing up I've had some of these around the house. I don't remember reading any of the stories from this WDT collection, but they are mostly really good.

I would highly recommend this to anyone with any interest in Disney comics. It also include a neat little history to the Disney comics as well.

[JamesDFarrow]

Check this - Due in July:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... /ref=nosim

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Gemstone Publishing (June 6, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN: 188847288X

Book Description
This print companion series to Disney's famous DVDs celebrates milestones in Disney comics history. In honor of Uncle Scrooge McDuck's 60th anniversary, this volume traces his comics career from 1947 to the present!

Great Stuff!

Hope they do one for Donald, Mickey, Pluto, Goofy, ......

James

[slave2moonlight]

Sounds awesome!!!

[adam_omega]

Sounds like the perfect companion to the other WDT graphic novel collection...

Walt Disney Treasures - Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation
http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Treas ... F8&s=books