Fantagraphics to publish the complete Carl Barks

Tony Leopold tonyleopold at gmail.com
Tue Jan 4 21:16:48 CET 2011


Keep in mind that most people don't pay full price these days. The 25 dollar
volume of Barks will likely be 18 or so on Amazon. And my local Borders
gives out 30% off coupons like crazy.


On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Matt Yaklin <myaklin at g4.net> wrote:

>
> It is good news for people that have not read the majority of
> his material, have problems finding some material, etc...
>
> I have read way too much of his material multiple times to be
> spending more money on the same stories to get excited.
>
> 15 years to complete the set? That seems, well, odd. Plus
> to come out with volume seven first will indeed get people
> hooked but may discourage new readers buying future volumes
> who expect that A grade type material every time they buy going
> forward.
>
> Maybe I am a pessimist about these things because it is just
> more stuff for 30 and up year olds to get excited about... while
> the real children in the US just do not have easy access to this
> stuff. It will be tough to convince mom or dad to buy a 25 dollar
> volume. Even tougher for kids to know it exists in the first place.
>
> Bring back cheap comics under a buck at eye level for kids and
> that will be exciting to me. (Remember penny pincher comics?)
> Or get involved with schools that do those book selling things
> and get offerings in there. I liked seeing Duck/Mickey comics
> on sale at toys r us. Now that is the place to get them involved
> again.
>
> I try to practice what I preach by giving away comics to small
> children by the short/long box. Naturally my dog eared disney
> comics are well represented along with DC/Marvel. I am at the
> point I only have a few long boxes left and really expensive
> material.
>
> I grew up with the Disney channel and every time I have the chance
> at home I get the kids who are here watching old disney cartoons.
> They love them!
>
> Eh, enough rambling... I just either need the next Rosa to come
> along or my place in comics will just be delegated to sharing with
> others what I have and basically stop buying unless for kids. 25
> bucks a pop is just too much for me to give away.
>
> matt
>
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> On Sun, 2 Jan 2011, Tony Leopold wrote:
>
>  Let me amend that, as the year is only 2 days old.:
>> That is the best news I have heard in a long time!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Tony Leopold <tonyleopold at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>      This is the best news I have heard all year!
>>
>>      Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Arthur <arthurdewolf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>      Fantagraphics announced today that it will publish a definitive
>> collection of Carl Barks stories! Two
>>      hardcover volumes will come out every year starting this fall, at a
>> price of about $25 per volume. Every
>>      page will be recolored using the original comics as a color guide.
>>
>>      For more information see:
>>
>> http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/exclusive-fantagraphics-to-publish-the-complete-carl-barks/
>>
>>      Arthur
>>
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