Italian Gottfredson reprints

[Fabio Gadducci]

Dear folks,

David wrote:

>        Fabio said:  "Well, the newstands edition [of a completely
>uncut "In Search of Jungle Treasure," made from original proofs, which
>also was published in 1991 in Germany] came out in the late-Eighties,
>but the whole 1930-1945 run first appeared as a collector's edition
>some years before, around mid-Eighties."
>
>        Please, Fabio, tell me the name of this collector's edition,
>who published it, and most importantly, what the printing quality is
>like on the earliest (1930-33) strips.  I think this would be very
>useful to Gladstone, PARTICULARLY if the strips are in black and
>white.  If the strips are as clear and as perfect-looking as those for
>"In Search of Jungle Treasure," well, here's Gladstone's source for
>proofs.  (Never mind that they're in Italian, I know how to get around
>that...)  Is the quality of the strips all good?

Well, it was published by Mondadori and distributed to bookstores.
It was never sold at newstands.

Years 1930-1943 were published in four colours, with few pages (usually a
complete story) for each volume. Later, Mondadori published years 1944-1955
in big, b&w volumes, one for each year.
The quality of the strip is really good. I think they made the b&w proofs
from the original newspapers (the editor of that edition, Ernesto Traverso,
lives in Genova, where there is a big group of collectors, and a club, Anni
Trenta, mainly interested in classical comics)

Still David, on Bucky and Sunday pages

>        FABIO:  How is Comic Art reprinting these Sunday pages?  Are
>they reproduced from black-and-white proofs (with the color added
>fresh), or from yellowing old newspapers?  Are the strips left in
>English?  (Doesn't sound like it, since you mention Bucky being called
>Buci.)
>        Most important:  IF THESE STORIES ARE BEING REPRODUCED FROM
>PROOFS (as were the Sunday strips in _Mickey Mouse in Color_), DOES
>COMIC ART HAVE ACCESS TO ENGLISH VERSIONS?  That's presumably what
>they're working from...

Well, as for the Mondadori edition I told you before, I think Comi Art made
the b&w proofs from the original newspapers, and then added the color.
Obviously, those books are in Italian... :-). Since CA print less than 1000
copies for issues, they are not interested at all in the foreign market.

That's all for now.

See you next week...

Fabio

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