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Issue: The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[9]
Publication Date: June 2015
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Issues: #[9] of 19 Issues
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck - The Pixilated Parrot
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/06/2015
Volume: none
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781606998342
UPC/EAN: 978160699834252999
Price: $29.99 USD
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Content Items: 20 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gary Groth; J. Michael Catron
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 7.5" x 10.25" (19.05 cm x 26.03 cm)
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Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Hewey; Dewey; Louie
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Pages: 1
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck - The Pixilated Parrot

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story submitted February 23, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Wild About Flowers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 10
Disclose 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).
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Donald Duck in Ancient Persia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Vacation Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 33
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on January 5, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Talking Parrot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank McSavage
Inker(s): Frank McSavage
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Frank McSavage
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck
First Line: Say: "Polly wants a cracker!"
Synopsis: Donald desperately attempts to get his parrot to talk.
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Pages: 1
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Donald's Grandma Duck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Grandma Duck
Character(s): Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Huey; Dewey; Louie
First Line: Gus! Gus Goose! I heard you slam that cupboard door!
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.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on January 19, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Camp Counselor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 8
Disclose 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)
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The Magic Hourglass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Story submitted on March 16, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Big-Top Bedlam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Story submitted on April 20, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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You Can't Guess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 24, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover submitted February 23, 1950.
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Story Notes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alberto Becattini; Joseph Cowles; Craig Fischer; Leonardo Gori; Rich Kreiner; Bill Mason; Ken Parille; Frank Stejano
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
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.
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Pages: 9
Disclose 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!")
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Ancient Persia

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 2 and 3 of Story Notes. Cover submitted November 10, 1949.
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Rags to Riches

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck
Synopsis: Donald looks into his mirror and imagines himself as wealthy.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 4 and 5 of Story Notes. Cover submitted on May 24, 1951.
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Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Donald Ault
Penciller(s): Alan Light (photo)
Inker(s): Alan Light (photo)
Colorist(s): Alan Light (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Pages: 2
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Contributors

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Synopsis: Biographies of all contributors to Story Notes article.
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Pages: 1
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When did these Duck stories first appear?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): Rich Tommaso
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Bibliography of all stories and covers reprinted in the volume.
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Pages: 1

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