Walt Disney's Donald Duck Vol. 2: "A Christmas For Shacktown"

Walt Disney's Donald Duck Vol. 2: "A Christmas For Shacktown"
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Anchored by the Dickensian â€œA Christmas for Shacktown,â€ this volume collects the universally beloved comics adventures of Donald Duck, his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, and his Uncle Scrooge.
The second volume of Fantagraphicsâ€™ reprinting of Carl Barksâ€™s classic Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge work, like last springâ€™s Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man, focuses on the early 1950s, universally considered one of Barksâ€™s very peak periods. Originally published in 1951, â€œA Christmas for Shacktownâ€ is one of Barksâ€™s masterpieces: A rare 32-pager that stays within the confines of Duckburg, featuring a storyline in which the Duck family works hard to raise money to throw a Christmas party for the poor children of the cityâ€™s slums (depicted by Barks with surprisingly Dickensian grittiness), and climaxing in one of the most memorable images Barks ever created, the terrifying bottomless pit that swallows up all of Scroogeâ€™s money. But thereâ€™s lots more gold to be found in this volume (literally), which features both the â€œThe Golden Helmetâ€ (a quest off the coast of Labrador for a relic that might grant the finder ownership of America, reducing more than one cast member to a state of Gollum-like covetousness) while â€œThe Gilded Manâ€ features a hunt for a rare stamp in South Americaâ€”two more of Barksâ€™s thrilling full-length adventure stories. But thatâ€™s less than half the volume! This volume also features ten of Barksâ€™s smart and funny 10-pagers, including a double whammy of yarns co-starring Donaldâ€™s insufferable cousin (â€œGladstoneâ€™s Usual Very Good Yearâ€ and â€œGladstoneâ€™s Terrible Secretâ€), as well as another nine of Barksâ€™s rarely seen one-page Duck gagsâ€¦ all painstakingly recolored to match the original coloring as exactly as possible, and supplemented with an extensive series of notes and behind-the-scenes essays by the foremost Duck experts in the world. This is the second volume of Donald Duck, it's the official vol. 11 in the series chronologically.
Country USA
Brand Fantagraphics
Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781606995747
ReleaseDate 2012-11-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781606995747

Country	USA
Brand	Fantagraphics
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781606995747
ReleaseDate	2012-11-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781606995747

Walt Disney's Donald Duck Vol. 2: "A Christmas For Shacktown"

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