Walt Disney's Christmas Classics

by Carl Barks, Walt Kelly, Floyd Gottfredson

Don't be a Scrooge McDuck this Christmas season!  It's the perfect present!  BOOM! Kids has raided the Disney publishing archives and searched every nook and cranny this Christmas season to find the best and the greatest stories from Disney's vast comic book publishing history for this "best of" compilation -- Disney's universally appealing characters starring in stories written and drawn by creators who are legends in the field!  A timeless classic from the world's most iconic characters that should be on every shelf, Walt Disney's Christmas Classics are an essential this holiday season for family fun!  Featuring artists such as Carl Barks, Walt Kelly, Floyd Gottfredson, Daan Jippes and legions more!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Christmas, Comics

112 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist". In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created 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).
He has been named by animation historian Leonard Maltin as "the most popular and widely read artist-writer in the world". Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." Beginning especially in the 1980s, Barks' artistic contributions would be a primary source for animated adaptations such as DuckTales and its 2017 remake.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

These feel a little cheap. There are 7 stories in this collection all around Christmas. Most of them are Donald Duck and his nephews and there are also Mickey stories. I enjoyed Christmas on Bear Mountain and Mickey's Christmas Trees.

The stories are decent and the kids really enjoyed a few of them. Donald makes them laugh. I think this is a great way into graphic novels for kids. I was 41 before I taught myself how to read them.

They have some holiday cheer.

[Samantha Matherne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and nostalgic, this collection of Disney Christmas stories had me laughing out loud and smiling the whole time. Some cartoon characters truly are classics who you never get too old to revisit.

[Duane · Rating 3 out of 5]

For fans of Mickey & Friends, this classic collection of Christmas comics are a treasure. The illustrations are wonderful and the stories are funny. A nice book to show a reluctant reader.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect collection of old classics and newer pieces to share with my kids this Yuletide.