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Grimmy.com has a funny comic depicting Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, Aerial and Sleeping Beauty in a room complaining about their respective husbands.

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This is the second of three comics sent to me by Travis of Gemstone Publications. The first was reviewed here. This Volume 1 publication of Carl Barks’ Duck Tales Stories has 7 stories that all apparently were made into episodes of the popular TV series of Duck Tales. Again, the quality of the art and paper make this comic/graphic novel a collectible.

My review could never do justice to the passion that Gemstone has for these stories. After reading the introduction by Chris Barat and Joe Torcivia, I realized that they not only research the history of these comic series but have a passion for it and could likely talk for hours on the topic of Duck Tales alone.

Because of my novice status, I can’t quite tell the origins of the comics in this volume (I’m sure Travis could help out here). It appears that they were originally written by Carl Barks’ and Gemstone simple re-animated the cells. It does seem clear that the TV episodes of these stories were rewritten by the shows writers with some liberties toward Carl Barks’ originals. Maybe we can convince Travis to post a good description on his blog that I could link to.

I do remember a few of these stories as episodes on the TV show. The versions in this novel are much more exciting to read and seem to be more complete if that makes sense. Anyway, any casual fan of Duck Tales the TV series or Disney Comics will enjoy these as would any hard core fan like the guys over at Gemstone.

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Growing up, I missed out on the comic book experience. I was more into collecting sports trading cards and reading the sports section of the local paper. I think this is why my drawing skills are less than par. That is why I was excited to introduce my 3 year old daughter to comic books – I could experience it for the first time through her eyes. I posted about previous comics here and here and so Travis from Gemstone contacted me and asked if I would like to review some of there comics/graphic novels.

The comic starts with the story of “The Black Knight Gorps Again.” It ends in a cliff hanger and part two is found as the last story of the comic. Great idea! In between are “Sorceress’ Apprentice,” “No Thanks for The Memories,” “Generous to a Fault,” and “Passport to Lisbon.”

When I was in my early tweens, the Disney show Ducktales was on everyday after school. Reading these 5 stories was like watching those TV shows all over again. The biggest difference between this Uncle Scrooge comic and Ducktales is Donald Duck was rarely on Ducktales. He is in most of the stories in Uncle Scrooge.

I tried to read it to my daughter but I think she is still too young to enjoy this type of comic. The dialog changes quickly and I have to always narrate who is speaking which makes the story choppy and less interesting. I think kids learning to read – maybe 5 and up – as well as tweens would love this comic. Its retail price is $6.95 but the quality and length make it worth that price. Also, anyone who used to watch Ducktales – you know who you are and more then likely you are humming the theme song in your head right now – would get a kick out this comic.

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Travis from Gemstone Comics (posted here) sent me three comics to review. I will do a full review after I have read them but the picture/art quality is amazing. Travis, are these hand drawn or computer drawn? The colors are brilliant and the quality of the paper rivals the quality of the art work.

Here is a link to the Squidoo page where the comics are listed. He sent:

• Disney Presents Carl Barks’ Greatest DuckTales Stories Volume 1
• Walt Disney’s Comics And Stories #669 (Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (Graphic Novels))
• Uncle Scrooge #354 (Uncle Scrooge (Graphic Novels))

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Travis emailed to share inducks.org. From their website:

It contains a detailed list of more than 160,000 Disney comics stories and more than 50,000 publications, but it’s not just a simple list?it includes descriptions of the stories, artists, number of pages, appearances and much more.

When you get there you will want to click on the link COA to do a search. This is kind of like the IMDB of Disney Comics. It references which comics that character has been in, who else the character has appeared with and much more. It is a little hard to read but its pretty neat to waste some time on.

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After a recent eBay purchase of a 1990 Ducktales comic book, I decided to investigate Disney Comic books a little more. My 3 year old daughter has really taken a liking to the few I have and wanted to see what else was available. I found Gemstone/Disney Comics where you can subscribe to a few different series. $35 for 12 issues seems expensive to me but I’m not familiar with buying comics so maybe not.

I also found this site which tracks 1074 titles in 93 countries. Its pretty comprehensive and there is some really neat looking comic books.

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