MrBedrock Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Who was the crappy duck artist who did these covers and others in the same style...? I can't stand them... I'm not a great fan of Kelly's duck covers. Don't really like the heavy line work -- if that's the correct term. Also not crazy about the mayhem depicted on some of them (a point I've made a couple of times before), although these are pretty mild. Kelly's themes often seemed to reflect more the content of the DD movie shorts than the Barks DD 10-pagers, which Kelly didn't give much indication of having bothered to read. Great minds think alike... Tony and who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrBedrock Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I will post a Duck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) One day in 1979 at SDCC I decided to buy a GA Bark's book. Ducks were hot then, and there were a lot of high grade copies at the con. I grabbed this and one other for the astronomical price of $50 each. That seemed like a lot of money for a Disney comic back then, and it probably was, but I've never regretted my decision... This is the other one... Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... Edited January 28, 2017 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 One day in 1979 at SDCC I decided to buy a GA Bark's book. Ducks were hot then, and there were a lot of high grade copies at the con. I grabbed this and one other for the astronomical price of $50 each. That seemed like a lot of money for a Disney comic back then, and it probably was, but I've never regretted my decision... This is the other one... Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... The Golden Helmet is one of the best Barks stories, certainly in my top 5. He followed it up with the Gilded Man (FC 422), another great one. Those two ended his DD FC run with a bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 My LCS has a gilded man issue for $25. Maybe I'll buy it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 One day in 1979 at SDCC I decided to buy a GA Bark's book. Ducks were hot then, and there were a lot of high grade copies at the con. I grabbed this and one other for the astronomical price of $50 each. That seemed like a lot of money for a Disney comic back then, and it probably was, but I've never regretted my decision... This is the other one... Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... The Golden Helmet is one of the best Barks stories, certainly in my top 5. He followed it up with the Gilded Man (FC 422), another great one. Those two ended his DD FC run with a bang. One of my favorite comic panels ever is the one where the ducks find the helmet, seen through the binoculars of Azure Blue. I love the point of view switch just before the discovery of the helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm not a great fan of Kelly's duck covers. Don't really like the heavy line work -- if that's the correct term. Also not crazy about the mayhem depicted on some of them (a point I've made a couple of times before), although these are pretty mild. Kelly's themes often seemed to reflect more the content of the DD movie shorts than the Barks DD 10-pagers, which Kelly didn't give much indication of having bothered to read. It's funny, I love Kelly's WDCS covers from the first 100 issues... #34, #36, #44, #69, #87 to throw out some random ones. There's probably a few dozen I like. But they were not consistently winners, and after #100 or so his style seems to get sketchier and sloppier. I will admit this is a good cover, not the best condition, but a good cover: One of my all time favorites! I need a nice mid-grade copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm not a great fan of Kelly's duck covers. Don't really like the heavy line work -- if that's the correct term. Also not crazy about the mayhem depicted on some of them (a point I've made a couple of times before), although these are pretty mild. Kelly's themes often seemed to reflect more the content of the DD movie shorts than the Barks DD 10-pagers, which Kelly didn't give much indication of having bothered to read. It's funny, I love Kelly's WDCS covers from the first 100 issues... #34, #36, #44, #69, #87 to throw out some random ones. There's probably a few dozen I like. But they were not consistently winners, and after #100 or so his style seems to get sketchier and sloppier. I will admit this is a good cover, not the best condition, but a good cover: One of my all time favorites! I need a nice mid-grade copy. I recently sold a copy of that book and thoroughly regret it! I don't think there's too many Disney covers with prominent use of firearms, certainly not in recent times, no? It's a very Loony Tunes cover on a Disney book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... Just got a (low grade) copy of this one at a local used book store a few hours ago for the extravagant price of $4. Looking forward to reading it, I'm not sure I've actually read this one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... Just got a (low grade) copy of this one at a local used book store a few hours ago for the extravagant price of $4. Looking forward to reading it, I'm not sure I've actually read this one before. You're in for a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... Just got a (low grade) copy of this one at a local used book store a few hours ago for the extravagant price of $4. Looking forward to reading it, I'm not sure I've actually read this one before. You're in for a treat. I still laugh over Barks' pig Latin in this story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 One day in 1979 at SDCC I decided to buy a GA Bark's book. Ducks were hot then, and there were a lot of high grade copies at the con. I grabbed this and one other for the astronomical price of $50 each. That seemed like a lot of money for a Disney comic back then, and it probably was, but I've never regretted my decision... This is the other one... Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... While the Golden Helmet is one of the Barks' classics, it is much more difficult to find a high grade copy of FC #282 with nice colors. Yours looks beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 One day in 1979 at SDCC I decided to buy a GA Bark's book. Ducks were hot then, and there were a lot of high grade copies at the con. I grabbed this and one other for the astronomical price of $50 each. That seemed like a lot of money for a Disney comic back then, and it probably was, but I've never regretted my decision... This is the other one... Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... While the Golden Helmet is one of the Barks' classics, it is much more difficult to find a high grade copy of FC #282 with nice colors. Yours looks beautiful! I must be lucky Rich as I have a beautiful copy of 282 but a great copy of 408 has eluded me. I'll try to post my best later for grins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5465/8806178746_3565854503_z.jpg' alt='8806178746_3565854503_z.jpg'>IMG WALT DISNEY #74 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marty Mann Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 You could be right...it looks like he got to close to the cage. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8125/8699586050_e6a4f76e0a_z.jpg' alt='8699586050_e6a4f76e0a_z.jpg'>IMG WALT DISNEY #81 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tri-Color Brian Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 One day in 1979 at SDCC I decided to buy a GA Bark's book. Ducks were hot then, and there were a lot of high grade copies at the con. I grabbed this and one other for the astronomical price of $50 each. That seemed like a lot of money for a Disney comic back then, and it probably was, but I've never regretted my decision... This is the other one... Sadly, I stopped buying high grade Disney's after those two. I was more interested in completing my Amazing Spiderman run.... While the Golden Helmet is one of the Barks' classics, it is much more difficult to find a high grade copy of FC #282 with nice colors. Yours looks beautiful! Thanks! I'm sure there were more high grade issues back in the 70s than there are now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
