Disney Masters

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Disney Masters
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Publication information
PublisherFantagraphics Books
FormatHardcover
GenreAnthropomorphic animals
Adventure
Publication dateMay 2018
Main character(s)Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse
Creative team
Written byvarious
Artist(s)various
Editor(s)Michael Catron, David Gerstein

Disney Masters is a series of books collecting anthologies of critically acclaimed Walt Disney Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse international comic artists. Italian artist Romano Scarpa was the first featured creator in the series, in the volume titled The Delta Dimension. The publisher behind the project is Fantagraphics Books. The first book of the series was released in May 2018.[1][2][3][4]

Format[]

Each book in the series is hardcover with dimensions measuring 7.5 inches × 10.25 inches, (191 mm × 260 mm). Each volume is printed in full color and contains about 200 pages. Supplementary materials such as art, biographies of the artists[5] and essays are included as well. The MSRP for each single volume is set at $29.99 for volumes collecting around 200 pages and $34.99 for volumes collecting near 250 pages.[6][7]

While the volumes are titled with one central figure, some volumes also include stories from a secondary main character.[8]

Volumes of the series are primarily sold separately and in boxed sets, but the first five volumes are also available for purchase as a set via a subscription from the publisher.[4] The release schedule for the series is five volumes a year, starting in May 2018. There are two types of boxed collections; one type collecting the volumes in chronological release order, and the other collecting volumes by the books' main character.[9][10]

Volumes and box sets[]

Volumes
Vol. Release date Title Figure Title Artist(s) Featured stories with INDUCKS links Period Page count ISBN INDUCKS link
1 2018-05-09 Mickey Mouse The Delta Dimension Romano Scarpa Mickey Mouse in the Delta Dimension [1], The Bleep-Bleep 15 [2], The Fabulous City of Shan-Grilla [3] 1959-1961 208 978-1-68396-096-6 DM 1
2 2018-06-05 Donald Duck Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Luciano Bottaro Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket [4], The Return of Rebo [5], TV Trickery [6] 1960-1995 192 978-1-68396-109-3 DM 2
3 2018-07-03 Mickey Mouse The Case of the Vanishing Bandit Paul Murry The Last Resort [7], The Lens Hunters [8], The Case of the Vanishing Bandit [9], The Mysterious Crystal Ball [10], The Lost Legion [11], The Magic Rope [12], Ridin' the Rails [13] 1953-1955 184 978-1-68396-113-0 DM 3
4 2018-08-07 Donald Duck The Great Survival Test Daan Jippes & Freddy Milton The Great Survival Test [14], The Success Test [15], A Clean Case of Competence [16], The Do-Gooders' League [17], Donald's Happy Birthday [18], Copious Quantities of Cod Liver Oil [19], Disco-Ducks [20], Haste Makes Waste [21], Allworth and No Play [22], Going to Sea [23], Rewarding Formula [24], Sauce for the Duck [25], Arrested Development [26], Coat of Harms [27], The Right Man on the Wrong Spot [28], Scooting to Success [29], Bet You Didn't [30], The Briefcase Case [31] 1976-1982 192 978-1-68396-111-6 DM 4
5 2018-10-09 Mickey Mouse The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery Romano Scarpa The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery [32], The Last Balaboo [33], The Eternal Flame of Kalhoa [34] 1955-1961 187 978-1-68396-136-9 DM 5
6 2019-02-12 Uncle Scrooge King of the Golden River Giovan Battista Carpi King of the Golden River [35], Mickey the Kid and Six-Shot Goofy! [36], Me, Myself, and Why [37] 1961-1974 190 978-1-68396-170-3 DM 6
7 2019-03-12 Mickey Mouse The Pirates of Tabasco Bay Paul Murry The Lost City [38], Yesterday Ranch [39], Mickey Mouse and the Marvelous Magnet [40], The Vanishing Railroad [41], The Case of the Hungry Ghost [42], The Pirates of Tabasco Bay [43], The Great Stamp Hunt [44] 1955-1956 184 978-1-68396-181-9 DM 7
8 2019-06-18 Donald Duck Duck Avenger Strikes Again! Romano Scarpa Duck Avenger Strikes Again [45], Ellsworth's Ornery Orphan [46], Captured in Bananaland [47] 1971-1976 184 978-1-68396-197-0 DM 8
9 2019-08-14 Mickey Mouse The Ice Sword Saga: Book 1 The Sword of Ice [48], The Tournament of Argaar [49] 1982-1983 189 978-1-68396-198-7 DM 9
10 2020-04-15 Donald Duck Scandal on the Epoch Express & Mau Heymans Scandal on the Epoch Express [50], Big Brain Blowout [51], Scent-imental Romeos [52], Winifred's Revenge [53], Don Quiduck de la Mancha [54], Nothin' Beats the Classics [55], Healers of the Andes! [56], The Daisy Chain [57], Trapdoor Trick [58], Regulationary War [59], Forty-Wink Zeke [60], Bargain Battle! [61], The Laurels of Julius Pecunius [62], Over Easy [63], Daisy Duck's Diatribe! [64], Family Feud [65], Dieu Dieu Duck [66] 1988-2015 192 978-1-68396-249-6 DM 10
11 2020-06-09 Mickey Mouse The Ice Sword Saga: Book 2 The Prince of Mists Strikes Back [67], The Sleeping Beauty in the Stars! [68], The Secret of 313 [69], Arizona Goof and the Tiger's Fiery Eye [70] 1984-2008 192 978-1-68396-250-2 DM 11
12 2020-10-20 Donald Duck The Forgetful Hero Giorgio Cavazzano Plantastic Voyage [71], The Dazzling Duck She-Venger [72], The Case of the Cut-Off Calls! [73], The Forgetful Hero [74] 1973-1991 200 978-1-68396-312-7 DM 12
13 2020-11-03 Mickey Mouse The Sunken City Paul Murry The Sunken City [75], Legend of Loon Lake [76], The Phantom Fires [77], The Crystal Ball Quest [78], The Mystery of Lonely Valley [79], The Castaways of Whale Bay [80], The Idol of Moaning Island [81] 1957-1958 176 978-1-68396-330-1 DM 13
14 2020-11-17 Donald Duck Follow the Fearless Leader The Health Nut [82], Weaving and Ducking [83], The Big Dig [84], It’s Music? [85], Haste Makes Waste [86], The Case of the Purloined Pearls [87], The Frontiersman [88], Time to Duck [89], The Blackboard Bungle [90], Pop Goes the Art [91], The Whopper Stopper [92], It’s Magic [93], Follow the Fearless Leader [94], Must the Show Go On? [95], Jumping Pup [96], A Hutch Is Not a Home [97], The Big Cabbage Field in the Sky [98], The Heck Ship [99], The Cat Caper [100], Hot and Cold Running Ducks [101], Put It On the Diners [102], Ditch Day [103], The Retriever [104] 1958-1973 196 978-1-68396-362-2 DM 14
15 2021-02-09 Mickey Mouse New Adventures of the Phantom Blot Paul Murry The Phantom Blot Meets the Mysterious Mr. X [105], The Phantom Blot Meets Super Goof [106], Oh, What a Tangled Rope We Wield! [107], Culprits, Inc. [108], Safe Surprise [109], The Phantom Blot Meets Madam Mim [110], Me and My Shadow-Boxing [111], Hi-Yo, Beagle! Away! [112], The Crown of Tabash [113], Tough Old Bird [114], Dogged Pursuit [115], Secret Sea Raider [116], Blotless Blot [117], Blotsa Laughs [118], The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds [119], By a Waterfall [120], Stairways to Seeing-Stars [121] 1964-1966 252 978-1-68396-411-7 DM 15
16 2021-05-04 Donald Duck Jumpin' Jupiter! Luciano Bottaro Fear the Wrath of Rebo! [122], Jumpin' Jupiter! [123], The Washed-Up Witch [124], Voyage to the Bottom of the Hole [125] 1960-2007 180 978-1-68396-414-8 DM 16
17 2021-07-20 Mickey Mouse The Man from Altacraz Romano Scarpa The Man from Altacraz [126], Risky Bees-Ness [127], Kali's Nail [128], The African Queen [129] 1958-1983 188 978-1-68396-428-5 DM 17
18 2021-09-14 Uncle Scrooge Pie in the Sky William Van Horn Pie in the Sky [130], A Prickly Relation [131], Tightrope Gag [132], A Sound Deal [133], Fly Now - Pay Later [134], Dime Collector [135], Backyard Bet [136], Floating Alone [137], Large Deduction [138], Tents, Anyone? [139], Lost On a Dog [140], His Money's Worth [141], Poisoned Palate [142], The Bright Side [143], Shaping Up [144], Heavy Duty [145], Duel Personalities [146], The Three Bs [147], Seafood Blues [148], Quick Trim [149], Tree's a Crowd [150], Be My Gust [151], Shooting to the Top [152], False Economy [153], Another Vine Mess [154], Call Off the Wild [155], The Amazon Queen [156], Rootin', Tootin' Duck [157], Beachhead Bathos [158], The Bees Have It! [159], Snore Losers [160], It's Bats, Man! [161] 1988-1990 200 978-1-68396-441-4 DM 18
19 2022-04-26 Mickey Mouse Trapped in the Shadow Dimension Trapped in the Shadow Dimension [162], The Terrible, Terrible Triple-Dimensional Beagle Boy [163], The World To Come [164] TBA 192 978-1-68396-448-3 DM 19
20 2022-06-28 Donald Duck 20.000 Leaks Under the Sea 20.000 Leaks Under the Sea [165], It’s Only Money [166], A Midsummer’s Nightmare [167] + more TBA TBA 184 978-1-68396-567-1 DM 20
21 2022-08-16 Mickey Mouse The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain Paul Murry The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain [168], Pineapple Poachers [169], Mickey’s Strange Mission [170] + more TBA TBA 184 978-1-68396-568-8 DM 21

Box sets[]

Collector's Box Sets
Vol. Release date Title Figure Title Artist(s) Volumes ISBN
1 2018-10-09 Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck Volumes One and Two Romano Scarpa, Luciano Bottaro 1 & 2 978-1-68396-151-2
2 2018-10-09 Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck Volumes Three and Four Paul Murry, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton 3 & 4 978-1-68396-152-9
3 2019-10-01 Mickey Mouse, Uncle Scrooge Volumes Five and Six Romano Scarpa, Giovan Battista Carpi 5 & 6 978-1-68396-268-7
4 2019-10-01 Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck Volumes Seven and Eight Paul Murry, Romano Scarpa 7 & 8 978-1-68396-269-4
5 2020-10-27 Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck Volumes Nine and Ten , Mau Heymans & 9 & 10 978-1-68396-360-8
6 2020-10-27 Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck Volumes Eleven and Twelve , Giorgio Cavazzano 11 & 12 978-1-68396-361-5
Gift Box Sets
Vol. Release date Title Figure Title Artist(s) Volumes ISBN
1 2018-10-09 Mickey Mouse Disney Masters Box Set 1 Romano Scarpa, Paul Murry 1 & 3 978-1-68396-153-6
2 2018-10-09 Donald Duck Disney Masters Box Set 2 Luciano Bottaro, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton 2 & 4 978-1-68396-154-3

Related[]

Free Comic Book Day 2020

In December 2019 it was announced that Fantagraphics was going to be participating in the promotion campaign Free Comic Book Day on May 2, 2020; with an issue showcasing their Disney Masters series. The free comic book released for the promotion would be titled Disney Masters: Donald Duck, and would feature reprints of the stories: "It's Bats Man" starring Donald Duck by William Van Horn, "The Health Nut" by Dick Kinney and , which is the story that introduced Fethry Duck into the duck universe, and a story with Scrooge McDuck, "Much Ado About Telepathy" by Evert Geradts and Mau Heymans. [11][12][13]

Due to the 2020 pandemic the Free Comic Book Day event was postponed and changed from its regular one day-event in May to be a Summer event taking place over several weeks from July to September. Fantagraphics Books' Disney Masters FCBD issue was released August 19, 2020.[14]

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References[]

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  2. ^ Mega, Al. "Fantagraphics Disney Masters! – Comic Crusaders". Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  3. ^ Codrea-Rado, Anna (2018-03-23). "Bringing Disney's European Adventures to American Readers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  4. ^ a b Shannon, Hannah Means (2018-05-11). "Fantagraphics Publishes Disney Masters Series, Offers Special Subscription". COMICON. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  5. ^ "Westfield Comics Blog » Markley's Fevered Brain: What a Wonderful World". Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  6. ^ http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2018/06/28/review-mickey-mouse-the-delta-dimension-and-donald-duck-uncle-scrooges-money-rocket/ Retrieved 2019-08-14
  7. ^ https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2021/02/25/mickey-mouse-new-adventures-of-the-phantom-blot-review/ Retrieved 2021-02-26
  8. ^ "Disney Masters: Mickey Mouse - The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery by Romano Scarpa". Slings & Arrows. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  9. ^ "Disney :: Disney Masters". www.fantagraphics.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  10. ^ "Fantagraphics' 'Disney Masters' line begins in May". SMASH PAGES. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  11. ^ https://www.comicsbeat.com/free-comic-book-day-2020-full-line-up-of-titles-announced/ Retrieved 2020-03-07
  12. ^ https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Article/238377-Full-Line-Up-of-Free-Comic-Book-Day-2020-Comics-Announced Retrieved 2020-03-07
  13. ^ https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Article/245255-FCBD20-Interview-Donald-Duck-Dazzles-with-3-New-Outrageous-Stories Retrieved 2020-08-29
  14. ^ https://cosmicbook.news/free-comic-book-day-2020-july-september Retrieved 2020-06-30

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