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Here it is! The historic first-ever appearance of Donald Duck’s Uncle Scrooge! A true landmark in Disney history, “Christmas on Bear Mountain” introduces Scrooge with a crafty holiday scheme to test Donald’s mettle—only to find himself astonished by the unexpected result! For more Christmastime comedy, Huey, Dewey, and Louie try their very best to be good for the season, only to have it all backfire—on Donald! Of course, there’s lots more fun and adventure in these pages, as Donald and his nephews find themselves running for their lives from an erupting volcano, adopted by a kangaroo, menaced by a ducknapping ghost in armor—and much, much more! (Did we mention the giant octopus?) Carl Barks, one of the most brilliant cartoonists of the 20th century, entertained millions around the world with his timeless tales of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Christmas on Bear Mountain” continues Fantagraphics’s acclaimed color series that exquisitely re-presents all of Barks’s classic Duck stories to a new generation. © Disney Enterprises Inc.
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Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961). The quality of his scripts and drawings earned him the nicknames "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist". People who work for Disney generally do so in relative anonymity; the stories only carry Walt Disney's name and (sometimes) a short identification number. Prior to 1960, the creator of these stories remained a mystery to his readers. However, many readers recognized Barks' work and drawing style, and began to call him the Good Duck Artist, a label which stuck even after his true identity was discovered by John and Bill Spicer in 1959. After Barks received a 1960 visit from Bill and John Spicer and Ron Leonard, he was no longer anonymous, as his name soon became known to his readers. Writer-artist Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. (From wikipedia)
