Disney Comics Library. Carl Barks’s Donald Duck. Vol. 1. 1942–1950, 9783836596367
Hardcover
Donald Duck soars! Barks’ comics reinvented the quacker as icon.

Disney Comics Library. Carl Barks’s Donald Duck. Vol. 1. 1942–1950

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  • Hardcover

    636 pages

  • Release Date

    17 April 2026

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Summary

Suave yet short-tempered, Donald Duck was Walt Disney’s cartoon bad boy, a more complex foil to the ever-optimistic Mickey Mouse and a box-office draw from his earliest silver screen appearances. It was in comics that Donald continued to soar creatively, thanks to Carl Barks, the self-taught cartoonist whose masterful and imaginative work turned the quarrelsome quacker into a cultural icon.

Spanning 1942 to 1950, this deluxe volume collects some of Barks’s earliest and most iconic tal…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9783836596367
ISBN-10:3836596369
Author:Taschen
Publisher:Taschen GmbH
Imprint:Taschen GmbH
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:636
Release Date:17 April 2026
Weight:4.30kg
Dimensions:395mm x 280mm x 71mm
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Critics Review

A monument to the ‘Duck Man.’ This volume is also a piece of comic history. Restored, illustrated, and accompanied by essays from Disney historians, it shows why Barks is revered as the ‘Duck Man. * Rolling Stone *Donald is a very outrageous fellow, with bad manners and a worse temper, and everyone is very fond of him, including me. * Walt Disney *I think the reason Carl Barks’ stories have endured and have had such international appeal is primarily their strength as good stories. Yet on a deeper level, they display American characteristics that are readily recognizable to the reader: ingenuity, integrity, determination, a kind of benign avarice, boldness, a love of adventure, and a sense of humor. * George Lucas *Donald is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make. * Carl Barks *

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