50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 5 hours ago, AJD said: Far from the highest grade duck book I own, but this one got me to 96/100 of the first century. I'm down to 1, 2, 3 and 5. Easy peasy. Congratulations. I haven't seen that one too often. Boy the remaining books will be tough; good luck on the search!! waaaghboss and Marty Mann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tri-Color Brian Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) On 12/11/2020 at 2:48 PM, sfcityduck said: The Willits letter to Barks is dated May 25, 1960. Barks' responded on June 2, 1960, by inviting Willits to come visit. Willits did visit. The notation on the Bound volume presented by Barks to Willits makes clear that Willits visited Barks later in June 1960 (which makes perfect sense since Barks sent the invitation on June 2, 1960, and I would not expect Willits to have sat on the invite). So I don't see the mystery. Memories can be inaccurate, which is why I tend to trust the dates on documents more. Interesting bit of history. Very cool. In 1974, my friend Pat Ford and I knocked UN-announced on Bark's door in Goleta, CA. I don't know how we learned his address, but he invited us into the living room and graciously signed some of our Disney comics. He also spoke with us for at least a half hour. He was a really nice guy. He probably didn't mind the intrusion since he was retired at that time and just doing special request oil paintings. I wish I had spent the money on a painting back then...In fact, I wish I'd bought a house in Goleta back then, but I digress... Edited December 15, 2020 by Tri-ColorBrian Badger, Jasonmorris1000000, dikran and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jasonmorris1000000 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Interesting bit of history. Very cool. In 1974, my friend Pat Ford and I knocked UN-announced on Bark's door in Goleta, CA. I don't know how we learned his address, but he invited us into the living room and graciously signed some of our Disney comics. He also spoke with us for at least a half hour. He was a really nice guy. He probably didn't mind the intrusion since he was retired at that time and just doing special request oil paintings. I wish I had spent the money on a painting back then...In fact, I wish I'd bought a house in Goleta back then, but I digress... What a cool story. You’re lucky he didn’t age into Clint Eastwood and greet you at the door with a shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Interesting bit of history. Very cool. In 1974, my friend Pat Ford and I knocked UN-announced on Bark's door in Goleta, CA. I don't know how we learned his address, but he invited us into the living room and graciously signed some of our Disney comics. He also spoke with us for at least a half hour. He was a really nice guy. He probably didn't mind the intrusion since he was retired at that time and just doing special request oil paintings. I wish I had spent the money on a painting back then...In fact, I wish I'd bought a house in Goleta back then, but I digress... Pretty fun; Goleta is a small place. Was he living in the hills or just in a smaller development in the town. Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Pretty fun; Goleta is a small place. Was he living in the hills or just in a smaller development in the town. He lived in a nice housing tract in the flat area below the hills. I think it was a corner house. Jasonmorris1000000 and 50YrsCollctngCmcs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I picked this one up on HA over the summer. I was scratching my head over how much the books were going for. Before the auction started, I had hoped to pick up several. Badger and mlansdown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 22 hours ago, AJD said: Far from the highest grade duck book I own, but this one got me to 96/100 of the first century. I'm down to 1, 2, 3 and 5. Easy peasy. Congratulations on another step down the yellow brick road. You're almost there, Andrew, it's just a matter of time. I completed my set by getting a copy of #2 from a young convention dealer, Steve Geppi, at a Chicago Con in the early 1970's. I look forward to seeing that you completed the run. Badger and sfcityduck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 27 minutes ago, Yellow Kid said: Congratulations on another step down the yellow brick road. You're almost there, Andrew, it's just a matter of time. I completed my set by getting a copy of #2 from a young convention dealer, Steve Geppi, at a Chicago Con in the early 1970's. I look forward to seeing that you completed the run. Don't hold your breath Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Yellow Kid said: Congratulations on another step down the yellow brick road. You're almost there, Andrew, it's just a matter of time. I completed my set by getting a copy of #2 from a young convention dealer, Steve Geppi, at a Chicago Con in the early 1970's. I look forward to seeing that you completed the run. The first time I met Steve Geppi was when Seuling moved his summer convention from New York to Philadelphia. Geppi bought an original owner collection that day and was displaying books like Detective 27 and Batman 1 he had just purchased. He was really nice to me and while there was no way I could afford those books he was really generous with his time and talking about them. Great memory. dikran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, AJD said: Don't hold your breath Rich. I wouldn't worry about it. There are millions of Disney books out there...just grab the issues you need from a different duck title and pretend they are WDC&S... Edited December 16, 2020 by Tri-ColorBrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickie Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I just bumped this in the "Anybody know where this art is?" thread. Maybe someone here can help? " On 3/5/2020 at 10:07 AM, Pickie said: I'm seeking additional pages by Daan Jippes from the story "Donald Duck's Atom Bomb" (Barks 1946/recreation by Jippes 1975). There are 8 pages altogether, I have page 7 (panel from that page). There's page 3 on CAF.com. I look especially for page 1. Expand " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 In case I don't get back to the boards in the next few days, Merry Christmas everyone! waaaghboss, Badger and Jasonmorris1000000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, sfcityduck said: In case I don't get back to the boards in the next few days, Merry Christmas everyone! Merry Christmas! Jasonmorris1000000 and sfcityduck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, sfcityduck said: In case I don't get back to the boards in the next few days, Merry Christmas everyone! One of the best! Merry Christmas!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2020 I always like when you find clues on books as to their owner or origin. I noticed this early WDCS on my EBay alert this morning and it had a unique stamp. With a cross street like Snelling and MInnehaha I figured it had to be Minnesota and a quick Google search located the corner in St. Paul with a pharmacy still in business! This book can probably tell some tales!! OtherEric, Microchip, sfcityduck and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: I always like when you find clues on books as to their owner or origin. I noticed this early WDCS on my EBay alert this morning and it had a unique stamp. With a cross street like Snelling and MInnehaha I figured it had to be Minnesota and a quick Google search located the corner in St. Paul with a pharmacy still in business! This book can probably tell some tales!! What a cool stamp. The address even sounds Disneyesque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Is anyone else creeped out by this Donald Duck mask? OtherEric and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: Is anyone else creeped out by this Donald Duck mask? Yeah I always thought that was an awful depiction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
