THE REJECTED FRONT COVERS |
When Barks sketched
down his visual ideas for covers he usually used pieces
of tissue paper. These rough sketches would either go to
the publisher for evaluation or be set aside as a less
good idea. In either case, Barks was not always careful
to put a date on his sketches which makes the
chronological showing of the examples below somewhat
difficult. Therefore, please take the order with an open
mind.
Important notice: Barks would often send several versions
of the same front cover gag to Western. The publisher
would then choose one which Barks inked. These alternate
versions are not discussed here! You are only
presented with Barks-material that was later inked by other
artists.
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Date of sketch: 1949
Inked by: Walt Kelly
Published: WDCS111
Remarks: In 1949 Barks made a cover
intended for WDCS110 but instead a cover by Kelly
was used. It is not known why Barks' art was
dismissed, because it actually appeared as back
cover for WDCS113 two months later!!! To make
things even more mysterious, Kelly was hired to
redraw Barks' idea and it was published in WDCS111!
However, Kelly substituted Daisy for Donald which
seems quite odd, because the gag is about women's
curlers. The Barksian art is shown here in a much
later copy version from the Carl Barks Library
inked and coloured by Bill Pearson. |
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Date of sketch: The
1950s
Inked by: Volker Reiche
Published: Danish Donald Duck
paperback series Jumbobog No. 57
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Date of sketch: 1960
Inked by: Ulrich Schröder
Published: Dutch Donald Duck magazine 44/1992
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Date of sketch: 1960
Inked by: see below
Published: DELL Giant 39/1960
Remarks: It was then painted(!) by Norm
McGary. Observe Donald's changed way of staring. |
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Date of sketch: 1961
Inked by: Daan Jippes
Published: Dutch Donald Duck magazine 21/1992
Remarks: Barks received an idea which he
then sketched. Unfortunately, the original sketch
was not available for this page. |
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Date of sketch: 1961
Inked by: Daan Jippes
Published: U$210
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Date of sketch: The
early 1960s
Inked by: Team Tello
Published: Danish Donald Duck magazine
18/1995
Remarks: Barks later inked the sketch
for a friend. The published version features a
real bull. |
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Date of sketch: The
early 1960s
Inked by:
Published: Dutch album series Alle
Klassieke Verhalen 17
Remarks: Unfortunately, the inked
version was not available for this page. |
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Date of sketch: The
early 1960s
Inked by: Ulrich Schröder
Published: Dutch Donald Duck magazine 36/1984
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Date of sketch: The
1960s
Inked by: William van Horn
Published: The Carl Barks Library In
Color, Gyro Gearloose 6
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Date of sketch: The
1970s
Inked by: Ulrich Schröder
Published: Dutch Donald Duck magazine 13/1985
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Date of sketch: The
1970s
Inked by: Michel Nadorp
Published: Dutch Donald Duck magazine 52/1982
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