Kite_Fun_Books

108 Kite Fun Books Current Goal is 130. 22 short For complete collection by utility as well as a seperate set of best I can find. (Goal is subject to change, depending on what variety shows up on ebay next week.)

I submit the following for your consideration I got my information here: http://bb.mcdrake.nl/engdisney/viewtopic.php?id=106 and here: http://www.seriesam.com/barks/comicsgwkt.html as well as my own collection and notes in overstreet price guide. Here is how I suggest history goes (I tried to fit all the facts together.) June 17th, 1954: First version created (8 pages), probably the "Generic" Version July 8th, 1954: PG&E and SCE want some customization. 1.PG&E gets an eighth kite flying rule (making the list match the one in Pinocchio Kite Fun Book) Panels 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 8.3 are modified. 2.SCE gets their name put on the truck, and "call edison company" instead of "call electric company. (Panels 7.3 and 7.4) 3.First six pages need no modifications, so pages 1-6 are inked. {This would explain the 8 panels of roughs and 6 inked pages this date.) {Well, most of the 8 panels} Nov 29, 1954: Publication date on base of blank/generic copy in Heritage auction (now in my possession but sealed in plastic) Feb 5, 1955: Date on PG&E Library copy (Comiclink, also now in my possession.) I propose there are THREE versions 1. Generic: This is shown in CBL, includes the FP&L copy, the blank indicia box copy, and the "label" copy mentioned in overstreet this year. Western probably made these avalable to other utilities, either blank or with their name printed on. Some utilities may have left blank, others put a label over blank box, and at least FP&L probably paid extra to have their name printed on. 2.SCE: As described. SCE logo on truck should match the logo on last page of brer rabbit book below. 3.PG&E: PG&E has more modifications, as described. If you looks through Pinocchio, you'll notice the last page has PG&E all over it. Makes the DD pages look expected. Western probably knew going in they would be creating different versions. The did the year before. Finally, why I am saying all these, I am intersted in any information on PINOCCHIO LEARNS ABOUT KITES. If somewhere here buys the lot at heritage, please share that information with me. So far I have only come across 3 1/2 copies of Pinocchio, all PG&E. The only other mention I have is the FP&L mention on that FP&L donald photocopy. And the prize for anyone who got these far (and didn't peek earlier:) Pinocchio Learns about Kites (pdf) (PG&E Disney File Copy) Brer Rabbit - A Kite Tail (Southern California Edison)

Is anyone here going for this auction lot Sunday in Heritage: "Robert Overstreet Comic Memorabilia (undated). A bevy of photocopied rare giveaway comics, photostats of early comic book art, correspondence, and other unusual ephemera, from the collection of Robert Overstreet, the publisher of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, make up this interesting lot. Included are photocopies (some in color) of rare Carl Barks Donald Duck comics, including Donald Duck Tells About Kites and the legendary unpublished Silent Night Christmas story banned by Disney; photocopies of obscure variant Super Book comic giveaway covers and pages; photocopied pages from If An A-Bomb Falls and Candid Tales (featuring a splash page drawn by Wally Wood); stats of early gag pages by George Peter (Wonder Woman artist H. G. Peter); plus correspondence from Phil Levine and Ron Evry, and a few other odds and ends. Fascinating stuff, from one of the prime movers and shakers in the collectible comics business. Not listed in Overstreet. From the Robert M. Overstreet Collection." I am interested in getting copies of the Kite stuff for my research. Don't want to bid a bunch for a bunch of photocopies, but I am unsure if there is something there that's driving up the price. Already at $24, which is like $40 delivered. Lot on Heritage

Score Got me TWO Kite Fun Books : First was last thursday. A PG&E library file copy from COMICLINK And then today, best of all. This is a WESTERN file copy and is a New, fourth variant. The SCE and PG&E are well known. There is one known of Florida Power and light. The difference between FP&L and SCE are few, the biggest is supposed to be a truck on SCEthat has SCE logo on the door and it's gone on FP&L copy. I would guess this one is similar to FP&L and was created without a utility name in the box to use to try and sell copies to other utilities. I've been watching it since January, when it showed up in heritage's coming soon. Now it's coming here. I wanted for my Kite Fun collection, and figured it I didn't get today it would disappear overseas without a second chance to ever get it. It is probably unique. Someday I will bust it out of the holder to get a look inside. Dave is Happy Today (wife not so much)

What is the premium, if any, of this comic? (Note: It is neither a SCE or PG&E edition, although the artwork is the same as SCE edition) (It is in Heritage’s auction upcoming) Background: 1952 PG&E issued it’s own kite safety comic 1953 Western issued Pinocchio Kite safety comic. Exist with and without PG&E in story line (I think) Only other utility I know of is FP&L. 1954 Western issued Donald Duck Kite safety book Exist with out without PG&E in story line. Without PG&E: SCE, reportedly FP&L, and now blank (Multipies known of PG&E/SCE, perhaps unique FP&L/Blank) 1955 Western issued Brer Rabbit Kite Fun Book All copies same except utility name in indicia box. It looks to me like there is a major difference in the first two having PG&E editions. That probably isn’t surprising, as perhaps Western started out preparing for PG&E and tried to make more money on the side selling to other utilities. I have or know of about 10 different issues with blank indicia box. It looks like they were either used as sales examples or sold to utilities that didn’t want to pay extra to have their name printed on. I saw a printing plate for the 1978 Kite Fun Book, and PG&E was on the printing plate itself. I know how us Kite Fun Book people feel about it (at least I who collects all by utility.) How do you Carl Bark fans feel? Is it an important Unique item I will be outbid on next month, or is it a minor curiosity and similar to a different shoe store on a March of Comics indicia box?

Hope the Kite Fun Book is not off to Europe. The two pinocchio's I have had in the past, as well as my Donald Duck PG&E were all sold to Europe. Next ones I get, I am keeping for a very long time. Hoping to get one May 23rd.

Good, finally getting it out of my desk today. Private Message your mailing address. Thanks Dave

Free to good home Nobody bought on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110173864517&ssPageName=STRK:MEUS:IT&ih=001 Sent free today to first person in the USA who calls dibbs.