$49.99 (Different in Canada)
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.
by AL TALIAFERRO
1939 TO 1942
A
fter a try-out as part of the Silly Symphonies series,
Donald Duck was given his own Sunday comics page in late 1939 and it became an instant hit. This premiere volume includes more than three full years of rare Sunday comics, from the first strip from December 10, 1939 through the end of 1942… all reproduced from pristine original material in the Disney Vaults! Drawn by Al Taliaferro and written by Bob Karp, these early Donald Duck color Sunday strips are collected in an archival edition for the first time ever!
THREE COMPLETE YEARS OF DONALD DUCK SUNDAY COMICS —— FROM THE VERY BEGINNING! $49.99 • IDWPUBLISHING.COM • LIBRARYOFAMERICANCOMICS.COM
AL TALIAFERRO SCRIPTS BOB KARP ART
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS EDITOR /CO-DESIGNER
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ISBN: 978-1-63140-530-3 First Printing, February 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 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.
ABOVE: Al Taliaferro cover for Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (Vol. 2, No. 7, April 1942).
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 Germund von Wowern, 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 Niels Houlberg Hansen. 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.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: These comic strips were created in an earlier time and may contain cartoon violence and occasional historically-dated content, such as gags about smoking, drinking, gunplay, and racial stereotypes. Needless to say, Donald wouldn’t mix it up with these elements today; we include them here with the understanding that they reflect a bygone era. Enjoy the show!
8 • December 10, 1939
9 • December 17, 1939
10 • December 24, 1939
11 • December 31, 1939
12 • January 7, 1940