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Probably Alice in Wonderland!! Honky Cat, thanks for posting that great collection of Quality Comics. That is a collection you don't see often. I got turned on to some of their characters back when DC starting reprinting their stories in the back pages of the 100 page issues in the 70's. I really enjoyed Kid Eternity. If you recall DC even had the Justice League meet the Quality gang in one of the summer team ups back in the early 70's. Then Freedom Fighters came out which was the JLA of the Quality Gang. I was loving it! I even had a letter published in issue #4. It is interesting in that Quality seemed to have had a line of books with a consistent look and feel; they must have been a good competitor to DC, Fawcett and Dell in the quality (groan) department. Production values seem high based on the two books I have; curious on your thoughts in regard to the line. It makes me want to go back and read their history in the Steranko books; I recall there were some details in there. Thanks for sharing again, made my morning. Frank

you say 'lots of work; Yeah, we have lots of work going on down at the Disneyland Resort. You need to connect with the contractors doing the work though. But it is one place in Socal with a lot of work going on these days. Also, have you been following the news in regard to the new high speed rail system in California? It is a ways away but it should result in some big contracts with big work. They want to have functional by 2020 and I have heard others say even sooner.

Thanks, always good to know these things.

Anyone been following this dealer on E-Bay: jj4802002 He has a lot of Duck four colors for sale as well as lots of early WDC & S. Has anyone dealt with him before. If you need a Pirate's Gold there are something like 4 available right now.

Would be fun but work is kicking me these days. No time for nothin' but work. Building new attractions at DCA in the Disneyland Resort. Fun work but lots of it!

Now that shot consists of ten of the best stories in all comics! OK, I exagerrate a bit, issue #3 (495) isn't that great but the rest are downright genius.

Another of the European artists who found employment at Disney was Albert Hurter. He was the first of the studio's "inspirational sketch artists." As noted in one online biography: "His job was to draw and sketch, to play with images and ideas. They'd tell him, "The Three Little Pigs" and he'd be off for days doodling and drawing and designing and the results were quickly passed to the other departments to be mined for ideas. His sketches were the foundations for most of the Disney films of the Thirties. He designed characters and settings for Silly Symphonies, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Reluctant Dragon, and even films that were to be made long after his death." He died of a weak heart caused by rheumatic heart disease in 1942. In his will, he arranged for the publication of a book on his work. Very interesting! I had not heard of him. Walt really had an eye for talent.

See below for the Barks - Foster comparison - Who can blame Barks for swiping that! He was surrounded by some pretty amazing artists at the Walt Disney Studio and he must have seen some amazing things. Last year I picked up an original sketch by Hovarth who was considered one of the great artists at the studio. He was very old school European though and didn't fit in with the other artists so he didn't stick around. Too bad; as his work is phenomenal although very dark. I will try to post someday. Yesterday, I got to view the painting that Walt Disney used to introduce America to Disneyland on his TV show. A couple amazing things about this painting by Peter Ellenshaw is that it was literally painted on a board torn off the wall, such was the speed with which it was needed and the transitory nature of the work at the studio. Another wild aspect of the painting is that they added flourescent paints to it so that under black light it appeared as though Disneyland was illuminated as at night. We got to view it under both normal and black light conditions. You can actually see it in the following You Tube video and then understand how they achieved the effect which is quite good for it's day:

there was a thread (maybe even in this thread) where we saw quite a few examples of this... imitation is the nicest form of flattery (unless copyrighted ) A cover swipe is one thing, but I think most artists use some form of reference for what they draw whether it be a photo or something else. I lived with an artist and his prof. would always convey how important it would be to find the right reference source. These are some fantastic examples. I wonder how many more there are out there? Rick, I remember seeing that thread as well. I distinctly remember the Action 8 and I think an Action 2 was found as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl Barks is well known for using National Geographic photos as reference, but at least once he was obviously 'inspired' by a Hal Foster panel (in The Golden Helmet). The Mummy's Ring (Four Color 29, 1943) has panels drawn almost straight from the October 1941 National Geographic and the inscriptions in the Pyramids comes from an earlier issue. The McDuck castle at Dismal Downs (FC 189, 1948) has elements of three different castles (including Macbeth's Cawdor) from NG issues the year before. Etc etc. I can scan some from the Barks Library if anyone is interested. 500th post Would love to see the Barks reference material either here or in the Duck thread!

Thats a nice picture. I always did like Ducks in rows It would actually make a great shooting gallery using the old fashioned arcade games where things flip back and go under. Points would be based on Overstreet NM values!

I think you clip the order coupon from the bottom of the book and send it in with a silver certificate dollar. Then they will send you a poster and 12 issues of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. Quite a deal, really.

I had posted this on the Duck thread but thought a photo belonged here as well. A cascade of ducks for your viewing pleasure!

The sea of fate was angry, my friends. Part two to follow. Gonna have to call you BustedGeorge after that last line!

Yes, I need a nice Ghost in the Grotto. But those are easy to find compared to the first two Barks issues. Then I have to upgrade some of the other copies, there is no end to this Barks collecting!!

The Frozen Gold has come home to roost, here is the scan of it flat. I don't know how long it will last in it's case. I suspect it won't make the month! Busted Flush will be posting pictures later of an impromtu Frozen Gold party and telling tall tales of how two Frozen Golds criss-crossed the mail and then the Los Angeles freeway system to arrive in one place at one time! Now it's on to Mummy's Ring and Pirate's Gold!

That's quite a cascade! Thanks, about half of my cascade came from an original owner collection back in '78. I saw a classified and went to a guys house and wiped him out of his duck four colors. Too bad I didn't pick up the super heroes but I was focused on ducks back then. I still have a bunch of doubles resulting from that purchase, all lower grade. Should I post them for sale here on the boards??

That my Frozen Gold was arriving at his house!! Soon to be nesting with the rest of the duck collection!!

LIttle did Busted Flush and I know that while we were creating a cascade of ducks on my steps this past New Years weekend.

It's all riding on Busted Flush's mailbox. We got to cut him some slack though as he is also buying a house now!! Way to go Busted Flush!

Cold in California, it's almost as if some rare precious metal in the hills could freeze!

It is going to be raining Frozen Golds around here any day now.

OK, I can start the story this way. A few Saturdays ago I was taking my usual walk before the kids get up and I was watching the bidding on the Heritage November Signature auction Four Color #62 on my Iphone. This is a book I had wanted to pick up for quite some time, and is only one of four Barks Duck Four Colors I need to finish out the run (9, 29, 62, 159.) I believe I bid the book up to $525. before commission. Time was running out and I thought about bidding again to $550. but did not. I continued my walk looking at the price a few times and it went up to $550. I did not realize that the next bid had to be $600. at that point, which made me feel really dumb for not bidding up to $550. Anyway, I continued walking getting closer to home when the thought occured to me to e-mail Busted Flush and ask, "Are you bidding on Frozen Gold?" (to be continued)

That Frozen Gold fever is catching and I'm also in deep. Quite a story coming!!

Way to go on the Pogos, those Animal Comics are hard to come by in general. I can usually count on one hand the number you might find at a show worth looking at. You also need to pick up the Simon and Schuster reprints of the strips in softbound paperback. Those are worth pursuing.

Hey, that works even better than the original intention! Would love to see you do that with the other Disney Four Color animated covers. Did you use Flash to create that?