The Don Rosa Library
The Don Rosa Library | |
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The cover of the first volume of the series, Son of the Sun | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
Schedule | Biannual |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Anthropomorphic animals, Adventure |
Publication date | October 4, 2014 – 2018 |
No. of issues | 10 |
Main character(s) | Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, Gyro Gearloose, Gladstone Gander |
Creative team | |
Written by | Don Rosa |
Artist(s) | Don Rosa |
Colorist(s) | Rich Tommaso, Kneon Transitt |
Editor(s) | David Gerstein |
Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Don Rosa Library is a series of books published by Fantagraphics Books, collecting all of the Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck comic book stories written and drawn by Don Rosa[1], originally published between 1987 and 2006. Following up Fantagraphics' Floyd Gottfredson Library and The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library, this series was launched in 2014, and will comprise ten volumes, each volume having about 200 pages.[2]
Since 2017, Fantagraphics' The Don Rosa Library is being translated and published in Russia, Brazil and Italy by editors ACT, Editora Abril and Panini Comics respectively.
Format
The Don Rosa Library volumes are 8.5 × 11 inches (216 × 279 mm), making them a little bigger than the volumes of The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library measuring 7.5 × 10.25 inches (191 × 260 mm). The library will consist of 10 volumes. When the series is complete it will represent a complete chronological collection of Rosa's Disney stories. The volumes are published in chronological order starting with Don Rosa's first Disney story: "The Son of the Sun" (1987), this volume was published in 2014.
The pages are colored by Rich Tommaso and Kneon Transitt under the supervision of Disney expert David Gerstein and Gary Groth, with the artistic input of Don Rosa as well. Rosa has stated that he checks every page and panel offering valuable insight and assistance to the Fantagraphics team in restoring the stories as they were originally intended to be published.
The books are approximately 200 pages each containing about 160 pages of comics, with the remaining pages made up of supplementary material, which include comments on the stories by Don Rosa, story covers by the artist and a biography written by Rosa himself. [3][4][5]
The volumes are sold separately with a suggested retail price of $30 each, but are also available in bundled sets by the pair in chronological order with a provided slipcase. The boxed sets are suggested to have a retail price at $50 and has therefore "a bargain price worthy of Scrooge McDuck himself!" according to the publisher. [6] From 2014 on, two volumes are published yearly. The boxed set become available with the release of the second volume of that year.
Volumes and box sets
Volume & date | Title | Period | Page count | ISBN | Inducks link |
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1: 2014-10-04 | “The Son of the Sun” | 1987–1988 | 208 | 978-1-60699-742-0 | DRL 1 |
2: 2014-11-16 | “Return to Plain Awful” | 1988–1990 | 216 | 978-1-60699-780-2 | DRL 2 |
3: 2015-09-06 | “Treasure Under Glass” | 1990–1992 | 196 | 978-1-60699-836-6 | DRL 3 |
4: 2015-11-09 | “The Last of the Clan McDuck” | 1992–1995 | 196 | 978-1-60699-866-3 | DRL 4 |
5: 2016-06-06 | “The Richest Duck in the World” | 1993–1994 | 196 | 978-1-60699-927-1 | DRL 5 |
6: 2016-10-22 | “The Universal Solvent” | 1994–1995 | 212 | 978-1-60699-961-5 | DRL 6 |
7: 2017-07-25 | "The Treasure of the Ten Avatars" | 1996–1998 | 192 | 978-1-68396-006-5 | DRL 7 |
8: 2018-01-09 | "Escape From Forbidden Valley" | 1997–1999 | 208 | 978-1-68396-053-9 | DRL 8 |
9: 2018-07-24 | "The Three Caballeros Ride Again!" | 1999−2002 | 224 | 978-1-68396-102-4 | DRL 9 |
10: 2018-11-13 | "The Old Castle's Other Secret" | TBA | 224 | 978-1-68396-134-5 | DRL 10 |
Box sets
Volume & date | Title | Period | ISBN |
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1: 2014-11-30 | “The Don Rosa Library Vols. 1 & 2” | 1987–1990 | 978-1-60699-781-9 |
2: 2015-11-09 | “The Don Rosa Library Vols. 3 & 4” | 1990–1995 | 978-1-60699-867-0 |
3: 2016-10-25 | “The Don Rosa Library Vols. 5 & 6” | 1993–1995 | 978-1-60699-962-2 |
4: 2018-01-09 | “The Don Rosa Library Vols. 7 & 8” | 1996–1999 | 978-1-68396-054-6 |
5: 2018-11-13 | “The Don Rosa Library Vols. 9 & 10” | 1999– | 978-1-68396-135-2 |
Translated versions
Russian version
The Russian version is published by ACT under the title Библиотека Дона Росы. It started in February 2017, with each Russian volume corresponding to an American volume. The price of each Russian volume is RUB 750.
Volume & date | Title | Period | Page count | ISBN | Inducks link |
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1: 2017-02-07 | “Сын Солнца” | 1987–1988 | 208 | DRL 1 | |
2: 2017-05-30 | “Возвращение в ужасную долину” | 1988–1990 | 216 | DRL 2 |
Brazilian version
The Brazilian version is published by Editora Abril under the title Tio Patinhas e Pato Donald - Biblioteca Don Rosa. It started in September 2017, with each Brazilian volume corresponding to an American volume. The price of each Brazilian volume is R$ 79.90.
Volume & date | Title | Period | Page count | ISBN | Inducks link |
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1: 2017-09 | “O Filho do Sol” | 1987–1988 | 212 | BDR 1 | |
2: 2017-10 | “Volta a Quadradópolis” | 1988–1990 | 212 | BDR 2 | |
3: 2017-11 | “O Tesouro na Bolha de Vidro” | 1990–1992 | 196 | BDR 3 | |
4: 2017-12 | “O Último Membro do Clã Mac Patinhas” | 1992–1995 | 196 | BDR 4 | |
5: 2018-02 | “O Pato Mais Rico do Mundo” | 1993–1994 | 204 | BDR 5 | |
6: 2018-04 | “O Solvente Universal” | 1994–1995 | 208 | BDR 6 |
Italian version
The Italian version is published by Panini Comics under the title The Don Rosa Library - Zio Paperone & Paperino. It started in November 2017 and will end in June 2019, for a total of 20 volumes, published monthly. Each American volume is divided into two Italian volumes, and the latter don't have titles. The prices of each Italian volume is € 8.90.
Volume & date | Period | Page count | ISBN | Inducks link |
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1: 2017-11-10 | 1987 | 140 | 9772532922006-70001 | DRLI 1 |
2: 2017-12-10 | 1988 | 116 | 9772532922006-70002 | DRLI 2 |
3: 2018-01-10[nb 1] | 1988–1989 | 116 | 9772532922006-80003 | DRLI 3 |
4: 2018-02-10[nb 2] | 1989–1990 | 116 | 9772532922006-80004 | DRLI 4 |
5: 2018-03-10 | 1990–1991 | 116 | 9772532922006-80005 | DRLI 5 |
6: 2018-04-10 | 1991–1992 | 116 | 9772532922006-80006 | DRLI 6 |
7: 2018-05-10 | 1992–1995 | 116 | 9772532922006-80007 | DRLI 7 |
8: 2018-06-10 | 1993 | 116 | 9772532922006-80008 | DRLI 8 |
9: 2018-07-10 | 1993–1994 | 116 | 9772532922006-80009 | DRLI 9 |
10: 2018-08-10 | 1994 | 116 | 9772532922006-80010 | DRLI 10 |
See also
- The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library
- Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (aka The Floyd Gottfredson Library)
Notes
References
- ↑ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/03/fantagraphics-to-collect-complete-don-rosa-duck-adventures-and-more/ Bleeding Cool article - Retrieved 2018-04-27
- ↑ https://www.cbr.com/legendary-uncle-scrooge-artist-rosa-builds-a-library-in-duckburg/ Comic Book Resources article - Retrieved 2018-04-27
- ↑ http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=53526
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
- ↑ http://www.comicbookdaily.com/championing_comics/reviews/uncle-scrooge-donald-duck-son-sun-don-rosa-library-vol-1/
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
External links
- Fantagraphics Books - The Don Rosa Library
- The Don Rosa Library at the INDUCKS
- Biblioteca Don Rosa at the INDUCKS
- Библиотека Дона Росы at the INDUCKS
- The Don Rosa library - Zio Paperone & Paperino at the INDUCKS