Walt Disney's Comics And Stories #681

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories

by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson (Artist), Merrill De Maris

When Donald Duck's nephews get lost in the Grand Canyon, Donald tries to rescue them - and ends up "Taming the Rapids" on the way to a lost village of cavemen Then, in part two of Floyd Gottfredson's "The Gleam," Mickey struggles to outwit the jewel-robbing swami... but falls at the feet of his hypnotic power In the feature-length "Quacked Quest," Donald sends up Tolkien by commanding the evil "Sourron" at a fantasy fair. And "Green Ice Cream and a Trampoline" shows us the perfect gifts for Goofy... in honor of his 75th anniversary in comics and cartoons

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 2007

About the author

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist". In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961).
He has been named by animation historian Leonard Maltin as "the most popular and widely read artist-writer in the world". Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." Beginning especially in the 1980s, Barks' artistic contributions would be a primary source for animated adaptations such as DuckTales and its 2017 remake.

Reviews

[Asser Mattar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of information about Goofy and his first appearance. Also a story about how he became the World Champion in Boxing.