Carl Barks' Samlede Vaerker

[Ole Damgaard]

For those of you, who haven't heard about this:

The release date for Egmonts "Carl Barks' Samlede Vaerker" (Carl Barks 
Complete series) is getting closer. It's a scandinavian co-production, and 
comes out at approximately the same time in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The 
deluxe-Barks collection is only available in subscription directly from 
Egmont Serieforlaget. The danish version, limited to 1800 copies, is just 
about sold out. The 8000-pages Barks-collection is a completely new version 
of Barks' comics, with new colouring, revised translation (at least in the 
danish version), and about 1500 pages of articles and Barks biography, 
written by Geoffrey Blum. It also contains Barks' Barney Bear and Benny 
Burro stories, among other things. Starting this August a box with three 
books will be issued every two or three times a year, continuing till 2008, 
when it is planned to be finished off with a portfolio (is that he right 
word for "kunstmappe", Poul Spaerhage?)  with reproductions of 10 of Barks' 
covers. Each with their own special background story.

Need I say, that discussions about this collection goes on and on and on in 
scandinavian Disney comics circles...?  :-)

/Ole