Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics

Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics is a series of hardcover books collecting the complete run of Disney's Donald Duck Sunday newspaper comic strip. Drawn by the American comic artist Al Taliaferro, it starts off with the first of Donald Duck's own Sunday strip page from 10 December 1939, after he had first been introduced in the successful Silly Symphony Sunday strip feature as well as in his own daily newspaper strip since 1938.[1] The publisher behind the project is IDW Publishing and their imprint (subdivision), The Library of American Comics. The first book of the series was released in March 2016.

Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics
Publication information
PublisherThe Library of American Comics
ScheduleInconsistent
FormatHardcover
GenreAnthropomorphic animals
Humour
Publication dateMarch 2016
No. of issues2 to date
Main character(s)Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Daisy Duck, Grandma Duck, Bolivar
Creative team
Created byBob Karp, Al Taliaferro
Written byBob Karp
Artist(s)Al Taliaferro
Penciller(s)Al Taliaferro
Inker(s)Al Taliaferro, George Waiss, Karl Karpé, Dick Moores
Editor(s)Dean Mullaney

Format

The hardcover books have a sewn binding, sewn linen bookmark and come with a dust jacket. The books measure 12 in × 8.5 in, approximately 305 mm × 216 mm, and are oriented in a landscape view to be able to fit each comic strip as close to their original published size as possible, given the set surface area. Each page accommodates one Sunday strip page.

The print is in full color throughout the book, the Sunday strips were published in full color originally and for these archival volumes the coloring has been recolored and remastered by Digikore Studios for the best possible reproduction.[2] Each volume of the series have about 170 pages and contain around 160 full-color Sunday strips (the equivalent to a little more than three years of an original Sunday newspaper run) as for supplementary material there are introductions included[3] just like in the Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics from the same publisher. The introduction for the Sunday collection is written by Alberto Becattini.

Volumes of the series are sold separately and have a suggested retail price set by the publisher at $49.99, ten dollars more expensive each compared to a volume of Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics. According to the publisher, the price increase is due to the restoration and recoloring necessary for the Sunday strips, something that was not needed for the black-and-white daily strips. The release schedule for the series has to this date been inconsistent—two volumes during 2016, but none during 2017[4] or 2018.

Volumes
Volumes
Vol. Release date Title Period Page count ISBN Inducks link
12016-03-23Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics 1939-19421939-1942168978-1-63140-530-3DDSC 1
22016-12-07Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics 1943-19451943-1945168978-1-63140-781-9DDSC 2

Upcoming volumes

In April 2018, it was announced that the series is on hold due to the publisher prioritizing work on their companion project Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Westfield Comics Blog » Bruce Canwell on The Library of American Comics/IDW's Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics Vol. 1". www.westfieldcomics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  2. "Book Review: Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics, Vol. 3 & The Complete Sunday Newspaper Comics, Vol. 2 (1943-1945) - Cinema Sentries". cinemasentries.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  3. "Disney Long Box Reviews: Donald Duck Sunday Newspaper Strips Volume 2 DisKingdom.com Disney Marvel Star Wars - Merchandise, Entertainment & Theme Park News". diskingdom.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  4. "Donald Duck Product categories Library of American Comics". loac.idwpublishing.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  5. "Episode 006 with special guest Michael Barrier Library of American Comics". loac.idwpublishing.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-11-30. 07:24−08:05
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