Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Sunday Newspaper Comics Volume 2 (DONALD DUCK Sunday Comics) Hardcover – December 20, 2016

When I started collecting the Al Taliaferro Donald Duck strips I was already deep into collecting the Floyd Gottfredson Mickey Mouse strips and the Carl Barks Donald Duck comics and I was expecting something that was a little bit of a step down. Turned out I completely underestimated the duo of Taliaferro and Bob Karp. Not only do they manage to hold their own but I might argue that they exceed the other comics. Gottfredson was a magnificent artist, particularly early on, but Bill Walsh’s storytelling was all over the place. I love the fact that Carl Barks is able to do both the art and writing and Barks, because he worked on comic books, was afforded the opportunity to draw more sweeping landscapes. Taliaferro, however, was a magnificent artist in his own right and Karp had harder hitting humor.I am not the type of person who generally does a spontaneous laugh out loud but every once in a while Karp and Taliaferro get me. That’s pretty damn good for a comic 70+ years with quite a bit of topical humor. I’m sure all the jokes about gas rations and meat coupons went over better with the World War II audience but there were a lot of other jokes that are timeless. Karp includes a lot of physical humor and some shockingly edgy stuff. In one comic Donald suspects his cat of stealing his sardines so he pulls out a shotgun saying, “SO! Well. That’s the last thing you’ll swipe!” He’s clearly intending on blowing the cat into the afterlife when it suddenly occurs to him that a cat couldn’t possibly open a can of sardines and discovers evidence that his nephews were the culprits (he does not murder his nephews). Donald has more than a few personal flaws but that’s what makes him so interesting and such a contrast to the teacher’s pet, Mickey Mouse.IDW continues to do a fantastic job of cleaning up the images and presenting them better than ever. The comics look like they were produced yesterday. I loved volume one of the Sunday comics but I got more laughs out of this volume. Besides being hilarious it’s a great look back at the 1940’s before cell phones and big box hardware stores. Donald is always looking for items he needs around the house going from local hardware store to local hardware store. If he wants meat he goes to the butcher. It’s funny, it’s nostalgic. I love it.

Donald Duck comic strips consistently brought such joy and happiness through very challenging times in our country's history. The Depression, World War II and the Cold War. Very well, sequentially presented. I purchased both the Sunday and Daily collections including the Silly Symphonies. The grandkids love them. Recommend highly.

Love Donald sundays vol 2 is another great follow up for Donald Sunday comics by Bob Krap and Al Taliaferro, so I want vol 3 soon as possible please :)

The book is excellent,like the first one,the only negative ; the price,that's a bit steepÆsop

Got this for my wife. She's a big Disney Duck fan and loves it.

i always enjoy Donald Duck

Very good comic book of classic Sunday strips.

Das Buch ist wirklich klasse. Man merkt, dass hier jemand am Werk war, der vom Thema begeistert ist und gewissenhaft arbeitet. Die Qualität ist top und der Inhalt mit viel Liebe zum Detail. Besonders freue ich mich, dass bei jedem Strip das Datum hinzugefügt wurde.Schade, dass es in Deutschland keinen Verlag gibt, der so gute Bücher mit Disney-Comics herausbringt.

tanto para los fans del pato Donald como del arte de Al Taliaferro, esta colección no puede faltar en tu biblioteca particular, y aunque ha contado con otras ediciones, este material merecía ser recopilado con este cuidado a nivel cronológico y de impresión