On Giveaways

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

GREGER:
 
> The hardcover B/W version of Barks' Xmas story is indeed redrawn
> very badly. Another Rainbow had no good stats (as I think such
> printing proofs are called) of this and a few other stories.
> How come, then, that the CBL Xmas Giveaways in Color album had
> much better versions of these stories? ? I know why. 

"These" stories? Isn't it only "Santa's Stormy Visit" that is 
published better in the color-CBL? 

> "Santa's Stormy Visit" was one of three giveaways published in
> 1987 for the first time in Sweden. It appeared in a special Xmas
> album together with "New Toys" and "Donald's Best Christmas".
> I don't know where the publisher got their fine stats from.

"New Toys" and "Best Christmas" were already published in their 
original form in the B/W CBL.

Now there are still four give-aways waiting for a good reprint: 
"Race to the South Seas", "Darkest Africa", "Atom Bomb" and "Donald 
Duck Tells about Kites".

The first printing of those give-aways, back in the 40's, is of a
very good quality. I saw that on xeroxes this week. This really made
me wonder why Another Rainbow didn't reprint them by color-xeroxing
the pages of the original comics (just like they did with a gag in
another set). The B/W CBL also printed other stories (in other sets)
in color, so I don't think colors were a very big problem. 

> I'm one of the founders of NAFS(k), the Swedish Donaldist Society,
> which will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year. Since a good
> many years I'm the society's Treasurer.

What does "Treasurer" exactly mean? Someone who goes searching in 
archives to find lost material? 

Greetings,

--- Daniel