Remembering Carl Barks - Collector's Treasure of the Day

Before He Became the Duck Man Set of Two Limited Edition Prints Autographed by Carl Barks

Today marks the birthday of Carl Barks (1901 - 2000), the Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck, the Beagle Boys, and Gyro Gearloose. Our Collector's Treasure of the Day is this set of two limited edition art prints of cartoons drawn by Carl Barks before he joined the Walt Disney Studio in 1935. Both are numbered "114/120" and signed in full by Carl Barks below the image. The set was published by Another Rainbow for the International Museum of Cartoon Art. Included are the Museum's numbered Certificate of Authenticity and envelope in which the set was distributed. On the back of each print is a label that states: "this drawing, submitted to Disney's in 1935 helped get me hired. Carl Barks." Blue and black ink on two 10.5 x 14inch heavyweight paper sheets. In Fine condition. Authenticity guaranteed for life by Collector's Shangri-La.

Remembering Walt Disney - Collector's Treasure of the Day

Walt Disney reads to his grandson / Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse in Color Signed by Carl Barks and Floyd Gottfredson

Today marks the birthday of Walt Disney (1901-1966), animation pioneer and founder of Disney Studios and Theme Parks. Our Collector's Treasure of the Day is this limited edition book, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse in Color signed by Carl Barks (1901 - 2000) and Floyd Gottfredson (1905 - 1986). Barks was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck, the Beagle Boys, and Gyro Gearloose. Gottfredson was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. Prescott, AZ: Another Rainbow Publishing, [1988]. Special edition limited to 3,000 copies, this being number 992, signed by Floyd Gottfredson and Carl Barks; with a picture disc containing an interview with Gottfredson and Barks conducted in the spring of 1983. Oblong folio. 248 pages. Fine in acetate cover. Authenticity guaranteed for life by Collector's Shangri-La.