The Don Rosa Library

The Don Rosa Library
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

Volumes
Volume & date Title Period Page count ISBN Inducks link
1:  2014-10-04“The Son of the Sun”1987–1988208 978-1-60699-742-0DRL 1
2:  2014-11-16“Return to Plain Awful”1988–1990216 978-1-60699-780-2DRL 2
3:  2015-09-06“Treasure Under Glass”1990–1992196 978-1-60699-836-6DRL 3
4:  2015-11-09“The Last of the Clan McDuck”1992–1995196 978-1-60699-866-3DRL 4
5:  2016-06-06“The Richest Duck in the World”1993–1994196 978-1-60699-927-1DRL 5
6:  2016-10-22“The Universal Solvent”1994–1995212 978-1-60699-961-5DRL 6
7:  2017-07-25"The Treasure of the Ten Avatars"1996–1998192 978-1-68396-006-5DRL 7
8:  2018-01-09"Escape From Forbidden Valley"1997–1999208 978-1-68396-053-9DRL 8
9:  2018-07-24"The Three Caballeros Ride Again!"1999−2002224 978-1-68396-102-4DRL 9
10:  2018-11-13"The Old Castle's Other Secret"TBA224 978-1-68396-134-5DRL 10

Box sets

Box sets
Volume & date Title Period ISBN
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.

Volumes
Volume & date Title Period Page count ISBN Inducks link
1:  2017-02-07“Сын Солнца”1987–1988208DRL 1
2:  2017-05-30“Возвращение в ужасную долину”1988–1990216DRL 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.

Volumes
Volume & date Title Period Page count ISBN Inducks link
1:  2017-09“O Filho do Sol”1987–1988212BDR 1
2:  2017-10“Volta a Quadradópolis”1988–1990212BDR 2
3:  2017-11“O Tesouro na Bolha de Vidro”1990–1992196BDR 3
4:  2017-12“O Último Membro do Clã Mac Patinhas”1992–1995196BDR 4
5:  2018-02“O Pato Mais Rico do Mundo”1993–1994204BDR 5
6:  2018-04“O Solvente Universal”1994–1995208BDR 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.

Volumes
Volume & date Period Page count ISBN Inducks link
1:  2017-11-1019871409772532922006-70001DRLI 1
2:  2017-12-1019881169772532922006-70002DRLI 2
3:  2018-01-10[nb 1]1988–19891169772532922006-80003DRLI 3
4:  2018-02-10[nb 2]1989–19901169772532922006-80004DRLI 4
5:  2018-03-101990–19911169772532922006-80005DRLI 5
6:  2018-04-101991–19921169772532922006-80006DRLI 6
7:  2018-05-101992–19951169772532922006-80007DRLI 7
8:  2018-06-1019931169772532922006-80008DRLI 8
9:  2018-07-101993–19941169772532922006-80009DRLI 9
10:  2018-08-1019941169772532922006-80010DRLI 10

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The date on the back of the cover mistakenly says 2017 instead of 2018
  2. ↑ The date on the back of the cover mistakenly says 2017 instead of 2018

References

  1. ↑ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/03/fantagraphics-to-collect-complete-don-rosa-duck-adventures-and-more/ Bleeding Cool article - Retrieved 2018-04-27
  2. ↑ https://www.cbr.com/legendary-uncle-scrooge-artist-rosa-builds-a-library-in-duckburg/ Comic Book Resources article - Retrieved 2018-04-27
  3. ↑ http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=53526
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  5. ↑ http://www.comicbookdaily.com/championing_comics/reviews/uncle-scrooge-donald-duck-son-sun-don-rosa-library-vol-1/
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
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