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Charles Alfred Taliaferro was born in Montrose, Colorado on August 29, 1905 and moved with his family to Glendale, California in 1918. “I knew I was going to be a cartoonist,” he told interviewer Jim Korkis in 1968. “I’ve always believed that if you want anything bad enough and you work hard enough for it, eventually you’ll get it.” In the middle of the Great Depression in 1931 he learned that the Walt Disney Studio had jobs available. “I went in and was hired on the spot: January 5, 1931,” he recalled. At first he inked Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse newspaper strip. He then went on to draw the Silly Symphonies Sunday page, where on September 16, 1934 he first drew Donald Duck, the character with whom he would become forever associated. He would draw the Donald Duck newspaper series from its inception in 1938 until his death in 1969.
DIRECT FROM THE DISNEY VAULTS!
by AL TALIAFERRO
1943 TO 1945
THREE COMPLETE YEARS OF VINTAGE DONALD DUCK SUNDAY COMICS FROM THE 1940S!
F
rom deeper in the Disney Vaults, this second
Library of American Comics volume collects three more complete years of Sunday fun—every color page from January 1943 through December 1945. By the end of the book, World War II is (literally) history and Donald, Daisy, and those incorrigible nephews find more than their share of joy—and mayhem—in Duckburg. Disney scholar Alberto Becattini provides an introduction that puts the strips in historical perspective, and tells us about George Waiss, who joined the creative team in 1943, taking on the inking chores over Al Taliaferro’s pencils.
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AL TALIAFERRO SCRIPTS BOB KARP ART
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS EDITOR /CO-DESIGNER
DEAN MULLANEY
ART DIRECTOR /CO-DESIGNER INTRODUCTION
LORRAINE TURNER
ALBERTO BECATTINI
COLOR RE-CREATION
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
DIGIKORE STUDIOS
CONSULTING EDITOR
PUBLISHED BY
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BRUCE CANWELL DAVID GERSTEIN
TED ADAMS
REBEKAH CAHALIN
ISBN: 978-1-63140-781-9 First Printing, October 2016 Published by: IDW Publishing a Division of Idea and Design Works, LLC 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego CA 92106 www.idwpublishing.com LibraryofAmericanComics.com Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer/President Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer Laurie Windrow, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services Jeff Webber, VP of Licensing, Digital and Subsidiary Rights Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development
Distributed by Diamond Book Distributors 1-410-560-7100 A NOTE ON SOURCE MATERIAL: The black-and-white artwork in this book was scanned from the Disney Licensed Publishing collection. The color reference material was photographed from original bound volumes at the Walt Disney Archives. Special thanks to: —Curt Baker, Ken Shue, Iliana Lopez, Julie Dorris, and Danielle Digrado at Disney Licensed Publishing —Becky Cline, Kevin Kern, and Joanna Pratt at the Walt Disney Archives —Holly Brobst at the Walt Disney Archives Photo Library Additional thanks to Sarah Gaydos, Justin Eisinger, and Alonzo Simon. All contents, unless otherwise specified, copyright © 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of Library of American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved. Text Introduction © 2016 Alberto Becattini. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the comic strips in this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Disney Enterprises, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Disney Enterprises, Inc. Printed in Korea.
ABOVE: Bucky and June Bug, drawn by Al Taliaferro for Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #39 (December 1943).
FAR LEFT: A “Li’l Bad Wolf”page drawn and lettered by George Waiss, from WDC&S #70 (July 1946). LEFT: Three strips, three different inkers. Top to bottom: June 24, 1942 daily, inked and lettered by Karl Karpé; November 28, 1942 daily, inked and lettered by Dick Moores; June 19, 1944 daily, inked and lettered by George Waiss.
TURN THE PAGE TO READ THE 1943-1945 COLOR SUNDAY PAGES!
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8 • January 3, 1943
9 • January 10, 1943
10 • January 17, 1943
11 • January 24, 1943