Carl Barks Library

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

DIXON: 

> Any opinions on the Complete Carl Barks in Hardcover--fifteen volumes,
> isn't it?  VS. the softcover volumes coming out as Donald Duck Adventures,
> et al?  

I own the "concentional CBL" in black/white. I'm sure Another 
Rainbow wants to get as much money as possible for their rights to 
print Barks' stories. So they also came with colored comic-book 
versions. And of course, those albums read much nicer than those 
heavy books for most people.

Recently, someone here said that they also want to reprint the CBL, 
while I thought that the CBL was meant as a "limited edition"...
 
> I'd like to have _all_ the great Barks adventure stories, ultimately. 
> (The non-adventure stories are a lesser priority, altho the Gyro Gearloose
> stories would be nice.)

Why not the 10-page stories? A matter of taste? Or do you have most 
of them already in other prints? Or... or...
 
> BUT of course there's the question of money, which I don't have in
> abundance.  Do the paperback volumes REPRINT the notes from the hardcovers
> (by Geoffrey O'Brien, I think?), or are these new notes entirely?  

I don't know. I would also like to know if there's Barks-material in 
CBLinC that is not in the conventional CBL. Is there? 

> What about the colors?  I sort of prefer the color versions, simply 
> since my kids enjoy them more that way, and the hardcovers aren't 
> entirely in color, are they?  

The "old" CBL is in black/white, except for "Trick or Treat", Sherrif 
of Bullet Valley" and "Christmas Carol". I didn't like it that those 
stories were colored, I prefer much more having those beautiful 
artistic black/white pages. (I can read the colored versions in a 
comic, if I want to.)

> Sorry if this is a topic that's been covered ad nauseum;  I just
> discovered this list, and would be interested in any feedback on this.

Well, here's my answer, and (not to forget): Welcome!


--- Daniel