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By (author) Gerstein David; By (author) Kaufman J. B.; Edited by Kothenschulte Daniel

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Since 1934, Donald Duck, one ofthe most published comic book subjects, has been seen in more films thanany other Disney character. This volume includes rare animation drawings, vintage comics, behind-the-scenes photographs, charming memorabilia, and a vast tribute to “the Duck Man,” master storyteller Carl Barks.

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Nothing succeeds like success, as the saying goes, but in the case ofDonald Duck the opposite is true: the candor with which Donald revealshis weaknesses wins our hearts and stays with us forever.

Revisit Donald’s life’s work from nine decades in this vibrantly illustrated publication on the Disney universe. Following Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate Historyby TASCHEN, we witness the career of Mickey’s only rival for the throneas Disney’s most popular creation. From his debut in the Silly Symphonyshort film The Wise Little Hen on June 9, 1934, the authors trace Donald’s cartoons, groundbreaking adventures in comics and TV, and theme park appearances.

With unprecedented access to Disney’s vast historical archives and collections as well as public and private collections, the authors illuminate Donald’s life story with rare concept art, story sketches, background paintings, animation, and comic drawings as well as historical photographs.We encounter the work of all major Donald artists in both film andcomics who defined his character, including a vast tribute to the “DuckMan” himself, master storyteller Carl Barks, alongside unseen early storyboard drawings.

In the history of comics, Donald Duck is the most frequently printed figure outside the superhero genre,and has appeared on screen more often than any other Disney character.Since the 1950s, Duckburg has expanded into a truly global village, withAmerican artists being joined by a new generation of internationalcolleagues.

As Carl Barks once said of Donald: “He is everything,he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make.” He mayoften be unlucky, but this is precisely why everybody can relate to theworld’s most famous and best loved Duck, fittingly celebrated with thismonumental tribute.

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“Donald is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make.”

Biographical note:
David Gerstein is an independent animation and comics historian, writer, and editor working extensively with The Walt Disney Company and its licensees. His published work includes Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Don Rosa Library and the Floyd Gottfredson Library of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse. Gerstein has worked in efforts to locate lost Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Laugh-O-gram shorts and to preserve the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip.J. B. Kaufman is an author and film historian who has published and lectured extensively on Disney animation and American silent film history. His books include The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, South of the Border with Disney, and Pinocchio: The Making of the Disney Epic. Together with Russell Merritt he published the award-winning Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney.Daniel Kothenschulte is an author, curator, and lecturer on film and art history, and a lover of animation since he first saw The Jungle Book at the age of three. As a film journalist, he is responsible for the film section in the German national daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau. He has taught at various universities. He is the author of numerous books, including The Walt Disney Film Archives and Walt Disney”s Mickey Mouse.