Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 2 (DONALD DUCK Daily Newspaper) Hardcover – January 5, 2016

Before Carl Barks started his legendary run of Donald Duck comics there were the newspaper strips by Al Taliaferro and Bob Karp starting in 1938. When I bought volume 1 I really wasn't expecting the quality produced by Barks and the strips are quite a bit different from the comics. For one thing they stick almost exclusively to the gag a day as opposed to Barks famous storylines. If you're going to do the gag a day the one requirement for success is to be funny and on that Bob Karp frequently scores. Even the best comic strip writers have a lot of mildly amusing comics along with a smaller number of laugh out loud comics. If I can get a handful of spontaneous laughs out of a book I consider it a success and Karp passes that threshold. Unlike the domesticated family duck of Barks, Karp's duck is more of a childish, self absorbed prankster. He's like an adult sized child.Here's an example of a comic that got a spontaneous laugh. Donald interrupts two boys fighting over a disagreement over whether a zebra is checkered or has spots. Donald angrily corrects them saying that a zebra is striped and in the last panel we see the results of an obvious beating Donald has received. There is an hilarious edginess to the comics and violence or physical harm is not uncommon. Daisy makes her first comic appearance and instantly becomes the second most utilized character. Here is an example that sums up their hilarious and tumultuous relationship. Skating on ice, Donald carves out a perfect heart shape around a blushing Daisy with his skate. In the last panel the heart shape gives way sending Daisy into the icy water. In another strip Daisy asks Donald to lay out all her freshly cleaned area rugs in high traffic areas so he simply piles them up in front of a mirror. The comics with Daisy are some of the best in the collection.When I read volume 1 I was surprised to see just how clean and professional Al Taliaferro's art was right from the get go. Usually when a new comic strip starts there is a period of awkwardness but Donald Duck looked good from day one. The character had only been created four years prior and undergone radical physical changes but the Taliaferro look pretty much established the look that has remained ever since. Although the jokes are from the 1940's they don't feel old and stale like a lot of 75 year old jokes. There is a lot of physical humor which tends to stay funny regardless of era and Karp avoids topical humor or references to pop culture. You won't see any smart phones or home PC's but that keeps the humor timeless. Sure, you're more likely to see livestock in the city or kids fishing at the old watering hole and the prices of items are a hell of a lot cheaper but that just makes the atmosphere nostalgic while avoiding the corny. Karp also shows a surprisingly modern level of irony in his humor and a great deal of cleverness in his jokes. In one comic Donald demands the boys mow the lawn despite a heavy wind saying, "If it's not too windy for me to paint [the house], it's not too windy to mow the lawn!" The last panel is a perfect punchline with Donald looking out the window dejected as all the grass clippings have blown up and become attached to the side of the house due to the wet paint.Disney fans are blessed to have Fantagraphics producing the Carl Barks comics as well as the Floyd Gottfredson Micky Mouse strips and now IDW has gotten into the show. Besides Donald Duck, IDW will also start producing Silly Symphonies in March. The book here is very attractive although somewhat light on extras as compared to what Fantragraphics produces. There is a 7 page introduction by David Gerstein although 3 pages are just illustrations. It's not a huge deal to me as the star of the show is clearly the comics. The IDW books are pretty much exactly the same size as the Fantagraphics Mickey Mouse books and look great next to each other. I highly recommend this collection for Disney fans and plan to pick up as many volumes as IDW is prepared to publish.

Brilliant comic strips featuring the brittle duck. A HUGE collection that presents over two years of Donald Duck dailies. Good quality reproduction and large enough to appreciate every detail. Good gags and great characterizations.

A gift for someone else

Great comic strips. Great packing. If you love Donald, you'll love this book.

12 year old son loves these!

excellent

Great book except the comic strips are not in color. Vol one was in color. What gives?

The book was completely destroyed

Eu não era nascido quando estas tiras saíram nos jornais,não sei se foram lançadas no Brasil,mas Donald fez parte da minha infância,infelizmente não fará parte da infância da maior parte das crianças. As crianças no futuro acharam que não perderam nada,mas nós sabemos que estas crianças terão uma infância vazia. Quem é Mickey? Tio Patinhas? Snoopy? Jogar bolinha de gude? Jogar pião? Pique escondi? Forte Apache? Etc... e Etc... Tudo que foi bom,um dia será totalmente esquecido. Até nossa história será esquecida,os livros deixaram de existir. Não deveríamos nunca,deixar o passado morrer........

Esse encadernado em capa dura e em inglês é muito bom para quem é fã da Disney e do Pato Donald. Aqui é mostrada as primeiras aventuras do Pato Donald produzidas nos Estados Unidos na década de 1930 e eram publicadas em tiras de jornal. É um tremendo achado histórico porque inclusive mostra muito do que acontecia naquela época. A qualidade das histórias é fantástica.

Tres bon,j'adore.J'avais deja achete le volume 1 chez amazon uk et je compte acheter ceux qui suivent .Le style et le coup de patte de Taliaferro sont exquis et meme en noir et blanc c'est un plaisir pour les yeux.Sa façon de dessiner les canards n'a jamais pour moi été égalée meme par le genial Don Rosa que je ne connaissais pas,que j'ai decouvert récemment et sur lequel j'ai craqué.Je suis d'une autre génération (je suis né en 1957 j'ai 58 ans) et ce Donald est pour moi le vrai Donald disneyen,le Donald historique,le premier que j'ai connu et celui de mon enfance.Je trouve qu'on ne rend pas assez justice à Taliaferro qui a "découvert " "inventé" et "promu" Donald Duck.Personne ne sait(et ne sauras sans doute jamais)qui exactement a imaginé le fameux canard qui apparait ,comme les amateurs le savent,en 1934 dans "une petite poule avisée " des Silly Symphonies.Sa morphologie est alors assez différente de celle à laquelle on est habitué:long cou,bec pointu jaune,bras en forme d'aile,doigts aux palmes.Sous cette forme Gottfredson l'utilisera à plusieurs reprises dans certaines bandes de Mickey Mouse ou il sert surtout de faire-valoir à la célèbre souris.Taliaferro va le "récupérer" lui donner sa forme "standard" reprise par tous les dessinateurs ulterieurs et faire des pieds et des mains auprès des frères Disney,Roy et Walt,réticents au début,et faisant le voyage lui-meme de Californie à New-York chez King Features Syndicate qui ne donnera son accord qu'au bout de la troisième fois pour imposer son "canard".Des lors la carriere de Donald Duck sera fulgurante et inexorable.Individualisé dans les Silly Symphonies en 1936(Silly Symphonies featuring Donald Duck) puis en vedette dans les strips des journaux quotidiens en 1938 et le Dimanche en planches couleurs,viendra s'y greffer tout l'arrière plan familial dont le fameux Picsou jusquà l'apothéose avec le chef d'oeuvre de Don Rosa véritable monument de la BD moderne.L'étrange obstination de Taliaferro a payé au-delà de ses éspérances:pressentait-il le fabuleux destin du canard au béret bleu?toujours est-il que sans Taliaferro Donald Duck n'eut peut-etre jamais existé.J'espère que IDW continuera sur sa lancée et sortira une intégrale "intégrale".Il est déjà prévu deux volumes des planches couleurs et quatre volumes des Silly Symphonies que je compte évidemment me procurer mais les quotidiennes et les dominicales de Donald par Taliaferro vont bien au-delà de 1945.J'adore ces BD patrimoniales que ce soit Mickey,Donald, Popeye ou autres:ce sont des collectors qui feront date pour les decennies à venir et tout amateur averti,bibliophile,vrai connaisseur se doit de les avoir dans sa bibliotheque.Ce sont également des témoignages historiques d'epoques révolues:l'Amérique profonde des années 30-40.

This is a unique opportunity to discover the original daily strips from Donald Duck, drawn by Al Taliaferro, the wonderful artist whose name is forever associated to Donald.The book includes the complete series of daily strips from 1940 to 1942, of course in black&white, a pleasure to read as well as an historical testimony of the comic strips. Highly recommended, as well as the Mickey Mouse volumes published by Fantagraphics.I cannot wait for the Volume 3 to be released!

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