Tri-Color Brian Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Actually, I'm just way behind on reading what I've picked up in the last 2 years...and a lot of my Disneys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 16 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Don't know...never read one... I think it's more fun to accumulate books, rather than actually read them all... Well if you get a chance crack one open and try it; you might like it!! Tri-Color Brian and Robot Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) Speaking of Ducks did anyone else follow Malcolm Willits' bound volume of Christmas and Vacation Parade #1-2 in Sunday's Heritage Auction? It had a nice front page signature by Barks. I was interested but it got too pricey and then I was shocked to see the final hammer at $3600! Take a Look! Edited December 7, 2020 by 50YrsCollctngCmcs Jasonmorris1000000, waaaghboss and Tri-Color Brian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Speaking of Ducks did anyone else follow Malcolm Willits' bound volume of Christmas and Vacation Parade #1-2 in Sunday's Heritage Auction? It had a nice front page signature by Barks. I was interested but it got too pricey and then I was shocked to see the final hammer at $3600! Take a Look! 4320 with bp, whoa. The note from barks was touching. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 10:53 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Well if you get a chance crack one open and try it; you might like it!! I love duck stories, and even Mickey stories...I just haven't read the Silly Symphonies books yet. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 15 years ago this thread was one letter away from becoming an area with a bunch of very inappropriate images... Thankfully, 15 years later, we can all gaze upon each other's ducks and do so with joy. No harm, no fowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Picked up some low grade Barks on eBay last night. Old California is full of inappropriateness Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 14 hours ago, dikran1 said: Picked up some low grade Barks on eBay last night. Old California is full of inappropriateness I not only need to upgrade my Luck of the North I need to re-read it! Great bunch of stories there for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 7:47 PM, AJD said: So here's a bit of fun. This is WDC&S #193. The artist (GCD says Paul Murry) has included a fake newspaper headline about a sugar crop failure and 'candy crisis'. The Australian editions of Disney books often replaced "Americanisms" with local dialogue, visible as obvious paste-ins. The reprint of this issue has favor --> favour in several places, for example. But in this case I suspect there was a discussion that went like this: D: Hey, Bruce, do you know of any local papers called the Morning Star? B: Nah, Doug, never heard of it. Must be a Yank paper. D: Hmm, that's what I thought - better replace it with something. Have you got today's Tele handy? (Daily Telegraph) B: Yeah, but I haven't read it. D: That's OK, just give me a chunk of a bit you won't read. The classified ads will do. B: No worries, here ya go... *rip*. D: Hey, what's a lubritoriam? Lub job is an oil change, the guy who does the work or the garage where it is done. AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 1:05 PM, comicginger1789 said: 15 years ago this thread was one letter away from becoming an area with a bunch of very inappropriate images... Thankfully, 15 years later, we can all gaze upon each other's ducks and do so with joy. No harm, no fowl. What letter was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: What letter was that? y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Just now, Badger said: y Y? Because inquiring minds want to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tri-Color Brian Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 14 minutes ago, Badger said: Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be here all week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 11:32 AM, waaaghboss said: 4320 with bp, whoa. The note from barks was touching. I think that volume went cheap! Back in 1960, Willits was the first person to learn Barks' name and address. That volume is an incredibly significant bit of comic history documenting, in Barks' own hand, the moment when the "good duck artist" was discovered by the nascent comic fandom then coalescing, and, most importantly, how much it meant to him! That volume, my friends, is a foundational historical document regarding the birth of comic fandom and the ground zero for the then anonymous Carl Barks' becoming one of Disney's biggest legends. Too cheap? No ... a steal. Wish it were mine. waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/18/2018 at 8:47 PM, sfcityduck said: Another WDC&S subscription variant from the same OO collection. Also a keeper for me in 9.0 white ( 1 of 4; two 9.4 and two 9.2 higher) with a nice Barks cover: As I mentioned above, CGC noted in the grading comments that there was a "stamp" with the subscribers name and address on the back cover. I really hope that does not mean they downgraded it because it was a subscription variant. That'd be adding injury to the insult of not noting subscription variants as such. Why would this be a variant rather than just a copy with a subscription mailing sticker on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, the blob said: Why would this be a variant rather than just a copy with a subscription mailing sticker on it? Two reasons: (1) WDC&S of this period do not have subscription mailing stickers, they have a printed (dot matrix?) address in a special rectangular white space left on the back cover (and later the front for a short while) for that purpose. (2) WDC&S of this period often not only have the white space for the address on the back cover which is not present in regular copies, but also different back cover art. They are true variant printings. Here's what Heritage has to say about a subscription variant of issue 137: Quote Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #137 (Dell, 1952) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. A subscription copy in Near Mint is a remarkable find indeed! This has an address printed on the back and a different ad from the one that appeared on newsstand editions. Yet it has no subscription crease! Tied with one other copy (which only has off-white pages) for CGC's highest-grade for the issue, this is just the fourth certified copy that we have ever encountered, and is quite possibly the nicest copy of #137 in existence. Carl Barks provided the cover art, and a Donald Duck story and art for this impressive duck-filled issue. Huey, Dewey, and Louie appear. Overstreet 2018 NM- 9.2 value = $215. CGC census 11/18: 2 in 9.4, none higher. That copy of 137, by the way, sold for 14x the guide value for a 9.2. Here's a back cover showing the printed address on a subscription variant of WDC&S 97: Edited December 10, 2020 by sfcityduck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 1 hour ago, sfcityduck said: I think that volume went cheap! Back in 1960, Willits was the first person to learn Barks' name and address. That volume is an incredibly significant bit of comic history documenting, in Barks' own hand, the moment when the "good duck artist" was discovered by the nascent comic fandom then coalescing, and, most importantly, how much it meant to him! That volume, my friends, is a foundational historical document regarding the birth of comic fandom and the ground zero for the then anonymous Carl Barks' becoming one of Disney's biggest legends. Too cheap? No ... a steal. Wish it were mine. Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 1 hour ago, sfcityduck said: I think that volume went cheap! Back in 1960, Willits was the first person to learn Barks' name and address. That volume is an incredibly significant bit of comic history documenting, in Barks' own hand, the moment when the "good duck artist" was discovered by the nascent comic fandom then coalescing, and, most importantly, how much it meant to him! That volume, my friends, is a foundational historical document regarding the birth of comic fandom and the ground zero for the then anonymous Carl Barks' becoming one of Disney's biggest legends. Too cheap? No ... a steal. Wish it were mine. Yes, but would you have paid that price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Yes, but would you have paid that price? I would have if I had been detailed enough to read the description. Instead, I saw "bound volume," thought that is sort of neat, and missed the notation about the Barks inscription. If only I had known ...! That volume deserved some hype! Edited December 10, 2020 by sfcityduck waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
