The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library
#[9] - Walt Disney's Donald Duck - The Pixilated Parrot
(June 2015)
Fantagraphics,
2011 Series
- Price
- 29.99 USD
- Pages
- 224
- On-sale Date
- 2015-05-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
FB
- ISBN
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978-1-60699-834-2
- Barcode
- 9781606998342 52999
- Editing
- Gary Groth (editor); Mike Catron (editor)
[no title indexed]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Hewey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
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in Coleção Carl Barks Definitiva (Editora Abril, 2016 series) #9 - O Papagaio Contador (Abril 2017) [cover]
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck - The Pixilated Parrot
credits, title page / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
title and artist page; production, copyright and publisher credits page; book title and artist page
Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot"
Donald Duck / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald gives Uncle Scrooge a parrot that only counts, instead of talking, and Scrooge has the parrot memorize the combination to his safe; which Scrooge has been forgetting. However the parrot first gives the combination to two burglars and then flies away to a boat bound for Latin America.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story submitted February 23, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Wild About Flowers]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Gladstone Gander
- Synopsis
- Donald and Gladstone compete to find the first daisy and so be Daisy's partner at the Wildflower Club's picnic lunch.
- Reprints
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from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v10#9 (117) (June 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Art submitted on October 27, 1949. Last Barks Donald Duck story until #124. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Donald Duck in Ancient Persia
Donald Duck / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- The ducks are kidnapped by a mysterious scientist and flown to Persia, where they dig into an ancient city, Itsa Faka. The inhabitants of the city have been dehydrated while still living and the scientist restores the royal entourage to life by pouring its dust into a special mixture. Donald is mistaken for the prince who jilted King Nevvawaza's daughter and a marriage ceremony is ordered by the king.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Vacation Time
Donald Duck / comic story / 33 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald takes the nephews camping in a wilderness area, where they encounter a bullying camper who is careless with his cigarettes and his campfire. The camper sets fire to the woods, but saves himself by stealing Donald's car. The ducks, trapped by the blaze, save themselves by burying themselves in trenches. The camper tells the forest rangers that the ducks started the fire.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Dell, 1950 series) #1 (July 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Art submitted on January 5, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
[Talking Parrot]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say: "Polly wants a cracker!"
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald desperately attempts to get his parrot to talk.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #356 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Rags to Riches (November 1951)
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[Donald's Grandma Duck]
Grandma Duck / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gus! Gus Goose! I heard you slam that cupboard door!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- The nephews, visiting Grandma, have trouble adjusting to country ways, especially the quiet at night, but Grandma is not sympathetic. They find a letter from one of Grandma's creditors and mistakenly think that she is about to lose her farm.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Dell, 1950 series) #1 (July 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Art submitted on January 19, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Camp Counselor
Donald Duck / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald, humiliated in his efforts to teach the nephews and other boys woodcraft, finally fools them into believing a bearskin rug is a real bear.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Dell, 1950 series) #1 (July 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Art submitted on January 27, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). Script inspired from the animated short Good Scouts (July 8, 1938)
The Magic Hourglass
Donald Duck / comic story / 28 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Scrooge gives his nephews an hourglass that he later discovers is the source of his great wealth. Carrying a billion dollars to buy the hourglass back, he follows the ducks to Africa, where they have gone to fill the hourglass with fresh sand from the oasis of No Issa -- the only kind of sand that will keep perfect time in the hourglass and so make its owner richer by the hour.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #291 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in The Magic Hourglass (September 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Story submitted on March 16, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Big-Top Bedlam
Donald Duck / comic story / 28 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald loses Daisy's heirloom brooch on the way to hock it for enough money to buy circus tickets for himself and the nephews. The brooch turns up mysteriously in the hands of a quick-change artist at the circus, and Donald gets a job as a clown so that he can try to get the brooch back.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #300 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Big-Top Bedlam (November 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Story submitted on April 20, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
You Can't Guess
Donald Duck / comic story / 25 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Gladstone Gander; Grandma Duck; Jarvis
- Synopsis
- Donald promises to buy the nephews what they want for Christmas--a spectacular building set--if they can guess what he wants for Christmas. As they try to guess, Donald's friends and relatives become involved, and each independently decides to buy Donald a new car to replace his worn-out jalopy. They also buy the nephews building sets. Finally, the nephews guess correctly that Donald wants a new car for Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell, 1949 series) #2 (November 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Art submitted on May 24, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- Keywords
- blunderbusses; parrots; vaults
Indexer Notes
Cover submitted February 23, 1950.
Story Notes
text article / 9 pages
- Script
- Alberto Becattini; Joseph Cowles; Craig Fischer; Leonardo Gori; Rich Kreiner; Bill Mason; Ken Parille; Frank Stejano
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Brief commentary on each story (see notes). Accompanied by single panels from most stories. Also included are the cover reprints listed above and below.
Indexer Notes
Commentary written by:
* Kreiner ("The Pixilated Parrot", "Vacation Time")
* Stejano/Gori ("Wild About Flowers")
* Mason ("Ancient Persia", "Donald's Grandma Duck")
* Cowles ("Talking Parrot", "Big-Top Bedlam")
* Beccatini ("Camp Counselor")
* Parille ("The Magic Hourglass")
* Fischer ("You Can't Guess!")
Ancient Persia
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fezzes; pith helmets; scepters; slingshots; thrones
Indexer Notes
Between pages 2 and 3 of Story Notes. Cover submitted November 10, 1949.
Rags to Riches
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald looks into his mirror and imagines himself as wealthy.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #356 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Rags to Riches (November 1951)
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- Keywords
- currency; dressing mirrors
Indexer Notes
Between pages 4 and 5 of Story Notes. Cover submitted on May 24, 1951.
Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Donald Ault
- Pencils
- Alan Light (photo)
- Inks
- Alan Light (photo)
- Colors
- Alan Light (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
- Reprints
Contributors
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Biographies of all contributors to Story Notes article.
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Table of Contents
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Donald Duck -
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck - The Pixilated Parrot
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Contents
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Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot"
Donald Duck -
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[Wild About Flowers]
Donald Duck -
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Donald Duck in Ancient Persia
Donald Duck -
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Vacation Time
Donald Duck -
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[Talking Parrot]
Donald Duck -
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[Donald's Grandma Duck]
Grandma Duck -
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Camp Counselor
Donald Duck -
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The Magic Hourglass
Donald Duck -
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Big-Top Bedlam
Donald Duck -
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You Can't Guess
Donald Duck -
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Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot
Donald Duck -
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Story Notes
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Ancient Persia
Donald Duck -
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Rags to Riches
Donald Duck -
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Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks
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Contributors
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When did these Duck stories first appear?
This issue was modified by
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- Steve Clark
- Katy Hayhurst
- Alan Hutchinson
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Stangas
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