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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I do not own the Chrismas book, so cannot comment on it – BUT I do own
both the Valentines and the first Mickey volume… and they are high quality
products.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No problems with the
binding, and there’s a nice little red cloth bookmark attached, so that you can
always keep your place among all the goodies you’ll fond therein.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They’ll look attractive on anyone’s
bookshelf. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Boom! has done a very nice job with these.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Amazon’s price of 16.50 is actually
quite good, for a list of 25.00, and this is the way I’d recommend buying them.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s how I’ve done it, and will
continue to do it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Mickey book is worth it for the superb version of the
early Gottfredson tale “Mickey Mouse vs. Kat Nipp”!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not to mention “Seven Colored Terror”
and other works by Murry, Scarpa – and Barks’ “Riddle of the Red Hat”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Oddly, though, the Donald volume which I’ve heard is out
in comic shops as of last week, will not ship to me until sometime in April – so
I may be seeing my own dialoguing work after those patronizing their local comic
shops.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The price and (if you order
it in conjunction with something else to make 25.00) the free shipping still
make it very worthwhile.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">For those who do not care for Bob Gregory’s art – and
count me among them – “The Paper Route Panic” is only written by him and drawn
by Tony Strobl.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s an old
favorite “Donald causes chaos” story, that was the lead in the first Donald Duck
series comic I’ve owned as a very young child.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">David Gerstein translated (from the Italian) and I
dialogued “Moldfinger – or The Spy Who Ducked-Out on Me”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1966 was my favorite year of all time
for pop culture – and I loved the opportunity to work on something that
originated from that year!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I hope
you’ll enjoy it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do or don’t,
there’s some great Carl Barks in there that everyone will enjoy!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Joe Torcivia. </FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Here are Leo's original comments for reference. <BR><BR>Amazon sent
me an ad for a new hardbound edition of "classic Carl Barks stories,"<BR>which
BOOM has entitled Quack Up. At $16.50 it is not cheap, and some
<BR>reviewers have complained about the quality of the paper and the binding of
<BR>the previous effort of Christmas stories. Have others here experienced
similar problems?<BR><BR><BR>However, only two Carl Barks stories are involved:
Luck of the North (1949) and <BR>Donald the Milkman (1957). Four others are
included: one by Bob Gregory from 1959<BR>called Paper Route Panic, then The
Master's Touch by Bergstr?m and Olsen (1979),<BR>Mission: Moldfinger (1966) by
Carlo Chendi, and Nothing New by Lars Jensen.<BR><BR><BR>Susan Daigle-Leach, Joe
Torcivia, and David Gerstein are involved in the
production.<BR><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>