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The Carl Barks Library in Color

The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color

CBLC-WDC 1

WDC 31/1 »The Victory Garden«, WDC 32/1 »The Rabbit's Foot«, WDC 33/1 »Lifeguard Daze«, WDC 34/1 »Good Deeds«, WDC 35/1 »The Limber W Guest Ranch«

Geoffrey Blum: The Carl Barks Legacy. [An introduction to Carl Barks' life and work, combined with a report on the ceremony of 22 October 1991 where the Disney Legends Award was given to Barks. Includes a storyboard sketch for the animated cartoon »Sea Scouts« (1939).]

Trading card: Donald Duck.

CBLC-WDC 2

WDC 36/1 The Mighty Trapper, WDC 38/1 Good Neighbors, WDC 39/1 Salesman Donald, WDC 40/1 Snow Fun, WDC 41/1 The Duck in the Iron Pants

Geoffrey Blum: A Conversation with Carl Barks. [Excerpts from an interview with Barks on 11 December 1991. Main themes: his origin and working methods.]

Trading card: Hermit.

CBLC-WDC 3

WDC 42/1 Kite Weather (10-page version), WDC 43/1 Three Dirty Little Ducks, WDC 44/1 The Mad Chemist, WDC 45/1 Rival Boatmen, WDC 46/1 Camera Crazy

Thomas Andrae, Donald Ault: A Career with Ducks. [Excerpts from an interview with Barks on 4 August 1975. Main themes: influences, character design, political attitude. Includes a reproduction of Barks' oil painting »Who's Out There« (20-73), a study sketch for a comic with human characters (late 1940's), and a cartoon for the San Diego Comic Con (1980).]

Trading card: Yellow Beak.

CBLC-WDC 4

WDC 47/1 »Farragut the Falcon«, WDC 48/1 »The Purloined Putty«, WDC 49/1 »High Wire Daredevils«, WDC 50/1 »Ten Cents Worth of Trouble«, WDC 51/1 »Donald's Bay Lot«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part One: First Contact. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with his first fans, John Spicer, Malcolm Willits, and Larry Ivie (1960). Includes 2 unpublished panels from US 8/2 and an advertisement designed by Barks for the Chamber of Commerce in Hemet, California.]

Trading card: Neighbor Jones.

CBLC-WDC 5

WDC 52/1 »Thievery Afoot«, WDC 53/1 »The Tramp Steamer«, WDC 54/1 »The Long Race to Pumpkinburg«, WDC 55/1 »Donald Learns the Ropes«, WDC 56/1 »The Icebox Robber«

Geoffrey Blum: New Frontiers for Old Ducks. [Report on Barks' designs for Duck porcelaine figurines. Includes a color photo of »Always Another Rainbow« and design sketches for »Always Another Rainbow«, »Hi, I'm Donald Duck«, and »Lavender and Old Lace«.]

Trading card: Bolivar.

CBLC-WDC 6

WDC 57/1 »Pecking Order«, WDC 58/1 »Taming the Rapids«, WDC 59/1 »Days at the Lazy K«, WDC 60/1 »Eyes in the Dark«, WDC 61/1 »Thug Busters«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Two: Corn Poppers and Eye-Openers. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Joe Cowles, Ron Goulart, Malcolm Willits, and John Coulthart (1961) on his work for the Calgary Eye-Opener and other themes. Includes 2 cartoons from the Calgary Eye-Opener.]

Geoffrey Blum: Lost Prospectors. [6 pages of storyboard sketches for the unfinished animated cartoon »Lost Prospectors« (1938).]

Trading card: Bey of El Dagga.

CBLC-WDC 7

WDC 62/1 »The Great Ski Race«, WDC 63/1 »Ten-Dollar Dither« (reconstructed version), WDC 64/1 »Donald Tames His Temper«, WDC 65/1 »Joe from Singapore«, WDC 66/1 »The Master Ice-Fisher«

Geoffrey Blum: The Forgotten Barks? [Analysis of the early WDC ten-pagers. Includes a storyboard sketch for the animated cartoon »Trombone Trouble« (1944) and an early caricature.]

Trading card: Huey, Dewey & Louie.

CBLC-WDC 8

WDC 67/1 »Jet Rescue«, WDC 68/1 »Donald's Monster Kite«, WDC 69/1 »Biceps Blues«, WDC 70/1 »The Smugsnorkle Squatty«, WDC 71/1 »Swimming Swindlers«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Three: A Sense of Fandom. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Don Thompson, Craig Hayes, Michael J. Cronin, and Malcolm Willits (1961/1962) on Western's formal regulations and other themes. Includes a sketch of Scrooge by Barks for Michael J. Cronin (»Fortuna Favet Fortibus«, 1961).]

Trading card: Black Pete.

CBLC-WDC 9

WDC 72/1 »Playing Hookey«, WDC 73/1 »The Gold Finder«, WDC 74/1 »Donald Duck and the Boys«, WDC 75/1 »Turkey Trouble«, WDC 76/1 »The Cantankerous Cat«

Bruce Hamilton, Geoffrey Blum: The Many Hats of Donald Duck. [Speculations about the reasons for Donald's unsual hats on WDC covers of the 1940's, illustrated by several covers by Carl Buettner and Walt Kelly.]

Trading card: Daisy Duck.

CBLC-WDC 10

WDC 77/1 »Going Buggy«, WDC 78/1 »Jam Robbers«, WDC 79/1 »Picnic Tricks«, WDC 80/1 »Donald's Posy Patch«, WDC 81/1 »Donald Mines His Own Business«

Donald Ault: Comic Karma. [Analysis of the plot structure of the early WDC ten-pagers.]

Trading card: Gneezles.

CBLC-WDC 11

WDC 82/1 »Magical Misery«, WDC 83/1 »Vacation Time«, WDC 84/1 »The Waltz King«, WDC 85/1 »Atonal Terror«, WDC 86/1 »Fireman Donald«

Geoffrey Blum: Fire Chief. [4 pages of storyboard sketches for the animated cartoon »Fire Chief« (1940).]

Trading card: Gladstone Gander.

CBLC-WDC 12

WDC 87/1 »The Terrible Turkey«, WDC 88/1 »Wintertime Wager«, WDC 89/1 »Watching the Watchman«, WDC 90/1 »Wired«, WDC 91/1 »Going Ape«

Geoffrey Blum: Watchman Times Three. [Examination of the night-watchman motif in Barks' work. Includes 2 pages of storyboard sketches for the unfinished animated cartoon »Nightwatchman Donald« (1937).]

Trading card: Ghost of the Grotto.

CBLC-WDC 13

WDC 92/1 »Spoil the Rod«, WDC 93/1 »Rocket Race to the Moon«, WDC 94/1 »Donald of the Coast Patrol«, WDC 95/1 »Gladstone Returns«, WDC 96/1 »Links Hijinks«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Four: From Duckburg to Middle-Earth. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Malcolm Willits, Don Thompson, and Barbara Anderson (1963, 1965) on J. R. R. Tolkien and other themes. Includes a reproduction of Barks' letterhead of the 1980's and a sketch of a hobbit for Barbara Boatner (1965).]

Trading card: Plain Awfultonians.

CBLC-WDC 14

WDC 97/1 »Pearls of Wisdom«, WDC 98/1 »Foxy Relations«, WDC 99/1 »The Crazy Quiz Show«, WDC 100/1 »Truant Officer Donald«, WDC 101/1 »Donald Duck's Worst Nightmare«

Geoffrey Blum: A Sudden Surge of Barks. [Analysis of Barks' emancipation from the formalisms of the animated cartoon around 1948. Includes 4 storyboard sketches for the animated cartoon »Truant Officer Donald« (1941).]

Trading card: Blacksnake McQuirt.

CBLC-WDC 15

WDC 102/1 »Pizen Spring Dude Ranch«, WDC 103/1 »Rival Beachcombers«, WDC 104/1 »The Sunken Yacht«, WDC 105/1 »Managing the Echo System«, WDC 106/1 »Plenty of Pets«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Five: A Fan with a Difference. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with his later biographer Michael Barrier (1966). Includes a rejected cover sketch for US 62 (»The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack«, AC US 62/1, 1965) and a reproduction of a letter by Barks to Del Connell from 21 February 1966.]

Trading card: Uncle Scrooge.

CBLC-WDC 16

WDC 107/1 »Super Snooper«, WDC 108/1 »The Great Duckburg Frog Jumping Contest«, WDC 109/1 »Dowsing Ducks«, WDC 110/1 »The Goldilocks Gambit«, WDC 111/1 »Donald's Love Letters«

John Clark: Carl Barks Cover Gallery: 1948-1949. [Barks' covers for WDC 95, WDC 96 (unpublished version), WDC 104, and WDC 108.]

Trading card: Bombie the Zombie.

CBLC-WDC 17

WDC 112/1 »Rip van Donald«, WDC 114/1 »Mission to Codfish Cove«, WDC 117/1 »Wild about Flowers«, WDC 124/1 »Billions to Sneeze at«, WDC 125/1 »Operation St. Bernard«

Thomas Andrae, Geoffrey Blum: Deconstructing the Ducks. [About the deconstruction of traditional plot structures in Barks' WDC ten-pagers of the late 1940's.]

Trading card: Junior Woodchuck Commander-in-Chief.

CBLC-WDC 18

WDC 126/1 »A Financial Fable«, WDC 127/1 »April Foolers«, WDC 128/1 »Knightly Rivals«, WDC 129/1 »Pool Sharks«, WDC 130/1 »The Trouble with Dimes«

Bruce Hamilton: In Terms of Black and White. [Richly illustrated essay on the use of silhouettes in Barks' comics. Includes a silhouette drawing of a firecar which was used for the slipcase cover of set VII of the CBL.]

Trading card: King Nevvawaza.

CBLC-WDC 19

WDC 131/1 »Gladstone's Luck«, WDC 132/1 »Ten Star Generals«, WDC 132/2 »Welcome Guests«, WDC 133/1 »The Truant Nephews«, WDC 134/1 »Terror of the Beagle Boys«

Thomas Andrae, Geoffrey Blum: Barks' Darkening Vision. [About the increasing complexity of Barks' stories in the late 1940's. Includes 14 studies of human characters by Barks (1946-1950).]

Trading card: Grandma Duck.

CBLC-WDC 20

WDC 135/1 »The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill«, WDC 136/1 »Gladstone's Usual Very Good Year«, WDC 137/1 »The Screaming Cowboy«, WDC 138/1 »Statuesque Spendthrifts«, WDC 139/1 »Rocket Wing Saves the Day«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Six: Barks' Boswell. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Michael Barrier (1966-1968) with many details about his working methods. Includes a sketch of Donald by Barks for Jim Pepper and a page of pencil sketches for DD 117/1.]

Trading card: Maharajah of Howduyustan.

CBLC-WDC 21

WDC 140/1 »Gladstone's Terrible Secret«, WDC 141/1 »The Think Box Bollix«, WDC 142/1 »Houseboat Holiday«, WDC 143/1 »Gemstone Hunters«, WDC 144/1 »Spending Money«

Geoffrey Blum: A Case of Identity. [Examination of the personalities of the most important characters in Barks' Duck stories. Includes Barks' cover drawing for WDC 291 and a drawing of Scrooge from a model sheet from 1950.]

Trading card: Rolando & Panchita.

CBLC-WDC 22

WDC 145/1 »The Hypno Gun«, WDC 146/1 »Omelet«, WDC 147/1 »A Charitable Chore«, WDC 148/1 »Turkey with All the Schemings«, WDC 149/1 »Flip Decision«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Seven: Retirement of a Sort. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Steve Eng and Dick Blackburn (1966-1968) on the development of Scrooge, Barks' inspirational sources like the National Geographic magazine and the Encyclopedia Britannica, and other themes. Includes a self-caricature by Barks for the cover of Funnyworld 10 (»Barks and the Duck Syndrome«, 1968).]

Trading card: Madame Triple-X.

CBLC-WDC 23

WDC 150/1 »My Lucky Valentine«, WDC 151/1 »The Easter Election«, WDC 152/1 »The Talking Dog«, WDC 153/1 »Worm Weary«, WDC 154/1 »Much Ado about Quackly Hall«

Geoffrey Blum: Scrooge and the Barksian Extreme. [Analysis of the evolution of Scrooge's personality.]

Trading card: Gyro Gearloose.

CBLC-WDC 24

WDC 155/1 »Some Heir over the Rainbow«, WDC 156/1 »The Master Rainmaker«, WDC 157/1 »The Money Stairs«, WDC 158/1 »Bee Bumbles«, WDC 159/1 »Wispy Willie«

Dana Gabbard: Why Barks? [Examination of the Barks appeal and the origins of fandom. Includes a self-caricature by Barks for Mark J. Cohen (»The Face behind the Laugh«, 1977) and a sketch of Donald and the nephews for a Finnish fan (»Finland, Here We Come!«, c. 1970).]

Trading card: Azure Blue and Lawyer Sharky.

CBLC-WDC 25

WDC 160/1 »Donald Duck and the Hammy Camel«, WDC 161/1 »Fix-Up Mix-Up«, WDC 162/1 »Turkey Trot at One Whistle«, WDC 163/1 »Raffle Reversal«, WDC 164/1 »Flour Follies«

Steve Eng: The Barks Factor. [Speculations about Barks' attitude towards his comic-book work. With a preface by Geoffrey Blum.]

Trading card: Glittering Goldie.

CBLC-WDC 26

WDC 165/1 »The Price of Fame«, WDC 166/1 »Midgets Madness«, WDC 167/1 »Salmon Derby«, WDC 168/1 »Cheltenham's Choice«, WDC 169/1 »Travelling Truants«

Geoffrey Blum: Barks Cover Gallery: 1951-54. [Barks' covers for WDC 152, WDC 130, WDC 131, WDC 135, WDC 137, WDC 140, WDC 142 (reconstructed version), WDC 144, WDC 149, WDC 155, WDC 159, WDC 161, and WDC 168.]

Trading card: Witch Hazel.

CBLC-WDC 27

WDC 170/1 »Donald Duck Rants about Ants«, WDC 171/1 »The Too-Safe Safe«, WDC 172/1 »Search for the Cuspidoria«, WDC 173/1 »New Year's Revolutions«, WDC 174/1 »Worst Class Mail«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Eight: Voices from Abroad. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Alberto Maduar, Carlo Chendi, and Klas H. Reimers (1967-1969, 1971) on Italian Duck comics, the changes in the look of the Ducks over the years, and other themes. Includes a black and white photo of Barks' oil painting »Ramona's Decision« (1968) and a pencil sketch of Donald, Daisy, and the nephews for E. Barbara Boatner (»The Once and Future King«, mid-1960's).]

Trading card: Donald Duck.

CBLC-WDC 28

WDC 175/1 »The Daffy Taffy Pull«, WDC 176/1 »The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp«, WDC 177/1 »A Descent Interval«, WDC 178/1 »Donald's Raucous Role«, WDC 179/1 »Good Canoes and Bad Canoes«

Geoffrey Blum: Pulling the Taffy Story Together. [The unpublished 1 1/4 pages of WDC 175/1.]

Geoffrey Blum: The Cornelius Cole Connection. [About Barks' character Cornelius Coot and his model, American prospector, lawyer, and politician Cornelius Cole.]

Trading card: Chisel McSue.

CBLC-WDC 29

WDC 180/1 »Trouble Indemnity«, WDC 181/1 »The Chickadee Challenge«, WDC 182/1 »The Unorthodox Ox«, WDC 183/1 »The Custard Gun«, WDC 184/1 »Three Un-Ducks«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Nine: Ink Art and Ocarinas. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Donald Ault (1970) on story-writing techniques and other themes. Includes a reproduction of Barks' oil painting »What's the Hurry?« (1970) and the unpublished version of WDC 96/0.]

Trading card: Gladstone Gander.

CBLC-WDC 30

WDC 185/1 »Secret Resolutions«, WDC 186/1 »The Ice Taxis«, WDC 187/1 »Searching for a Successor«, WDC 188/1 »The Olympic Hopeful«, WDC 189/1 »Gopher Goof-Ups«

Freddy Milton: Doing It the Barks Way. [Report on the development of a Duck story for Dutch publisher Oberon. With an afterword by Daan Jippes. Includes a part of Barks' model sheet for Donald Duck.]

Trading card: Larkies.

CBLC-WDC 31

WDC 190/1 »In the Swim«, WDC 191/1 »Camping Confusion«, WDC 192/1 »The Master«, WDC 193/1 »A Whale of a Story«, WDC 194/1 »Smoke Writer in the Sky«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Ten: The Start of Something Big. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Glenn Bray and Donald and Lynda Ault (1970/1971) on his first Duck oil paintings and other themes.]

Trading card: Fulldrip Pulpbugle.

CBLC-WDC 32

WDC 195/1 »The Runaway Train«, WDC 196/1 »Statues of Limitations«, WDC 197/1 »Borderline Hero«, WDC 198/1 »Knight in Shining Armor«, WDC 199/1 »Donald's Big Imagination«

Donald Ault: Educating the Imagination. [About the imagination-stimulating elements in Barks' Duck stories. With a short essay by Gary Gabner.]

Trading card: Terries & Fermies.

CBLC-WDC 33

WDC 200/1 »Donald's Pet Service«, WDC 201/1 »The Dye Is Cast«, WDC 202/1 »Kakimaw Country«, WDC 203/1 »Special Delivery«, WDC 204/1 »Losing Face«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Eleven: Banquet at the Berkeley House. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Donald and Lynda Ault and Glenn Bray (1971), mainly on the work on his Duck oil paintings. Includes color photos of Barks' oil paintings »A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her by« (13-71) and »Sheriff of Bullet Valley« (15-71) and a pencil sketch of Scrooge for Geoff Blum (1971).]

Trading card: Huey, Dewey & Louie.

CBLC-WDC 34

WDC 205/1 »Red Apple Sap«, WDC 206/1 »Sagmore Springs Hotel«, WDC 207/1 »The Tenderfoot Trap«, WDC 208/1 »The Code of Duckburg«, WDC 209/1 »The Persistent Postman«

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Twelve: The Painting Factory. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Michael Barrier and Donald Ault (1971) on his work at the Disney Studio and his oil paintings. Includes a color photo of Barks' oil painting »Hay Day« (1969).]

Trading card: Abominable Snowman.

CBLC-WDC 35

WDC 210/1 »The Half-Baked Baker«, WDC 211/1 »Wishing Stone Island«, WDC 212/1 »Around the World in Eighty Minutes«, WDC 213/1 »Dodging Miss Daisy«, WDC 214/1 »Fearsome Flowers«

Thomas Andrae, Geoffrey Blum: Working Class Hero. Part One: The Born Loser. [Essay on the Calvinist attitude of a Horatio Alger and its reductio ad absurdum by Barks.]

Trading card: Peeweegahs.

CBLC-WDC 36

WDC 215/1 »Mocking Bird Ridge«, WDC 216/1 »Old Froggie Catapult«, WDC 217/1 »Dramatic Donald«, WDC 218/1 »Noble Porpoises«, WDC 219/1 »The Littlest Chicken Thief«

Geoffrey Blum: Barks Cover Gallery: 1955-58. [Barks' covers for WDC 199, WDC 172, WDC 175, WDC 177, WDC 183, WDC 200, WDC 204, WDC 207, WDC 218, and WDC 214.]

Trading card: Flintheart Glomgold.

CBLC-WDC 37

WDC 220/1 »Weemite«, WDC 221/1 »Tracking Sandy«, WDC 222/1 »The Master Mover«, WDC 223/1 »First Day of Spring«, WDC 224/1 »The Beachcomber's Picnic«

Thomas Andrae, Geoffrey Blum: Working Class Hero. Part Two: The Master Craftsman. [Analysis of Barks' Duck stories in which Donald is a master of his profession.]

Trading card: Uncle Scrooge as Matey McDuck.

CBLC-WDC 38

WDC 225/1 »Donald Duck: Volunteer Fireman«, WDC 226/1 »The Floating Island«, WDC 227/1 »A Tracking Frenzy«, WDC 228/1 »No Rest for the Rescued«, WDC 229/1 The Good Deeds

Thomas Andrae, Geoffrey Blum: Working Class Hero. Part Three: The Dubious Success. [Analysis of Barks' increasing pessimism in the late Duck stories.]

Trading card: Brutopian Ambassador.

CBLC-WDC 39

WDC 230/1 Black Wednesday, WDC 231/1 The Wax Museum, WDC 232/1 Under the Polar Ice, WDC 233/1 Knights of the Flying Sleds, WDC 234/1 Riding the Pony Express

Geoffrey Blum: An Artist to His Fingertips. [About character design and differing beak lengths. Includes Barks' model sheets for Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews.]

Trading card: King of Tangkor Wat.

CBLC-WDC 40

WDC 235/1 Want to Buy an Island?, WDC 236/1 Froggy Farmer, WDC 237/1 Mystery of the Loch, WDC 238/1 The Dog-Sitter, WDC 239/1 The Village Blacksmith

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Thirteen: The Trouble with Bombie. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Glenn Bray (1972) on the work on his oil painting »Bombie the Zombie« and other themes. Includes a pencil sketch for Glenn Bray (»Sylmar«, 1971) and a reproduction of Barks' oil painting »Bombie the Zombie« (10-72) along with several studies.]

Trading card: Islanders in the Sky.

CBLC-WDC 41

WDC 240/1 The Fraidy Falcon, WDC 241/1 Rocks to Riches, WDC 242/1 Balloonatics, WDC 243/1 Turkey Trouble, WDC 244/1 Missile Fizzle

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Fourteen: Thieves and Other Nuisances. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Donald and Lynda Ault, Scott Matheson, and Peter Greenstein (1972/1973) on drawing methods, selling strategies, and other themes.]

Trading card: General Snozzie.

CBLC-WDC 42

WDC 245/1 Sitting High, WDC 246/1 Lost Frontier, WDC 247/1 The Madcap Mariner, WDC 248/1 Terrible Tourist, WDC 249/1 Stranger than Fiction

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Fifteen: The Graphic Gallery Gambit. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Len Brown, Glenn Bray, Malcolm Willits, William Blackwood, and Chris Kuchler (1972/1973) on oil-painting sales and other themes. Includes reproductions of the oil paintings »Reading the Scandal Sheet« (14-72) and »Another Long Day's Work« (8-73), a color sketch for the oil painting »In Uncle Walt's Collectery« (1984), and a sketch of Scrooge for a high-school teacher (1973).]

Geoffrey Blum: Carolers and Serenaders. [Comparison of Barks' unpublished Christmas story UNP WDC 64/1 and its remake WDC 248/1.]

Geoffrey Blum: Barks' First Fan Letter. [Reproduction of a letter by film star Esther Williams to Barks (20 October 1946).]

Trading card: Professor Slyrat.

CBLC-WDC 43

WDC 250/1 Boxed-In, WDC 251/1 Duck Luck, WDC 252/1 Mr. Private Eye, WDC 253/1 Hound Hounder, WDC 254/1 Jet Witch

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Sixteen: The Money Bin Men. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Donald Ault, Robert and Vicki Kuebler, John Verpoorten, Chuck Fiala, and David Kunzle (1973/1974) on the book »How to Read Donald Duck« by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart and other themes. Includes a black and white photo of Barks' oil painting »Student Witch« (3-74), reproductions of the oil paintings »Secret Safe« (5-73) and »This Dollar Saved My Life at Whitehorse« (24-73), and a pencil sketch of Donald for Glenn Bray (»Thanksgiving Day Dream of a Long Island Duckling«, 1974).]

Trading card: Gyro Gearloose.

CBLC-WDC 44

WDC 255/1 Boat Buster, WDC 256/1 Northeaster on Cape Quack, WDC 257/1 Movie Mad, WDC 258/1 Ten-Cent Valentine, WDC 259/1 Jungle Bungle

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Seventeen: A Spate of Students. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with David Kunzle, Freddy Milton, Don Rosa, Harry Gladstone, and Arn Saba (1975/1976) with comments on the work of other artists. Includes a layout sketch of Donald and the nephews for Harry Gladstone (1975).]

Trading card: Magica de Spell.

CBLC-WDC 45

WDC 260/1 Merry Ferry, WDC 261/1 Medaling Around, WDC 262/1 Way Out Yonder, WDC 262/2 Rags to Riches, WDC 263/1 The Candy Kid, WDC 264/1 Master Wrecker

Geoffrey Blum: Letters from the Duck Man. Part Eighteen: All Good Things. [Excerpts from Barks' correspondence with Marty and Elouise Martin, Malcolm Willits, Richard Pryor, Scott Shaw, and Bill Peckmann (1976) on the references in US 7/2, bootleg copies of his oil paintings, and other themes. Includes a reproduction of Barks' oil painting »July Fourth in Duckburg« (3-76) and a self-caricature for Bill Peckmann (»The New Yorker«, 1976).]

Trading card: Mythic Valhallians.

CBLC-WDC 46

WDC 265/1 Raven Mad, WDC 266/1 Stalwart Ranger, WDC 267/1 Log Jockey, WDC 268/1 Christmas Cheers, WDC 269/1 A Matter of Factory

Geoffrey Blum: Family Values. [About Barks' design for the porcelaine figurine »Lavender and Old Lace« (1995). Includes photographic reproductions.]

Trading card: Beagle Boys.

CBLC-WDC 47

WDC 270/1 The Jinxed Jalopy Race, WDC 271/1 A Stone's Throw from Ghost Town, WDC 272/1 Spare That Hair, WDC 273/1 A Duck's Eye View of Europe, WDC 274/1 Gall of the Wild

John Clark: Carl Barks Cover Gallery: 1959-1962. [Barks' covers for WDC 226, WDC 228, WDC 230, WDC 235, WDC 242, WDC 243, WDC 250, WDC 253, WDC 256, and WDC 261.]

Trading card: Fanny Featherbrain.

CBLC-WDC 48

WDC 275/1 Zero Hero, WDC 276/1 Beach Boy, WDC 277/1 The Duckburg Pet Parade, WDC 278/1 Have Gun, Will Dance, WDC 279/1 Once upon a Carnival

Thomas Andrae: The Animation Years. Part One: Birth of a Storyman. [About Barks' beginnings at the Disney Studio. Includes one storyboard sketch each for the animated cartoons »Modern Inventions« (1937), »Northwest Mounted« (1936), and »Donald's Ostrich« (1937).]

Trading card: Dangerous Dan McShrew.

CBLC-WDC 49

WDC 280/1 Double Masquerade, WDC 281/1 Feud and Far Between, WDC 282/1 Bubbleweight Champ, WDC 283/1 Cap'n Blight's Mystery Ship, WDC 286/1 The Olympian Torch Bearer

Thomas Andrae: The Animation Years. Part Two: A Family for Donald. [About Barks' time as a storyman at the Disney Studio and the cartoon debuts of Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Gus Goose, and Daisy. Includes 2 storyboard sketches for the animated cartoon »Lost Prospectors« (1938) and one sketch each for »Donald's Nephews« (1938), »Interior Decorators« (1937), »The Hockey Champ« (1939), and »Donald's Cousin Gus« (1939).]

Trading card: Junior Chickadees.

CBLC-WDC 50

WDC 288/1 Hero of the Dike, WDC 289/1 Unfriendly Enemies, WDC 291/1 Delivery Dilemma, WDC 292/1 Instant Hercules, WDC 294/1 Duck Out of Luck

Thomas Andrae: The Animation Years. Part Three: The Barks-Hannah Films. [About Barks' final years at the Disney Studio and his collaboration with Jack Hannah. Includes 3 storyboard sketches for the animated cartoon »Donald Gets Drafted« (1942) and one sketch each for »Chef Donald« (1941), »Donald's Snow Fight« (1942), and »Timber« (1941).]

Trading card: Phantom of Notre Duck.

CBLC-WDC 51

WDC 297/1 Monkey Business, WDC 297/2 Million-Dollar Shower, WDC 308/1 The Beauty Business, WDC 312/1 The Not-So-Ancient Mariner, UNP WDC 64/1 »Silent Night«, UNP WDC 1957/1 »The Milkman«

Thomas Andrae: A Carl Barks Filmography. [A list of the animated cartoons to which Barks contributed. Includes one storyboard sketch each for the animated cartoons »Window Cleaners« (1940), »Donald Munchausen« (1938), and »Donald's Tank« (1942).]

Trading card: Micro-Ducks.

Bonus trading card: Mr. McSwine.