This title presents short stories and long adventures starring Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Pluto, and other Disney characters. In Carl Barks' feature-length classic "Terror of the River," Donald and the boys buy a houseboat and venture down the Ohio River, only to run into trouble with the diabolical "Scarer" and his giant mechanical sea serpent. "Goofy Gives His All" when he joins the Global Helping Hands, an aid corps out to rebuild a storm-wracked island nation. Alas, what Goofy thinks is his destination is really a vacation campground. Pluto and Grandma Duck star in "The Not-So-Still Life", in which the serenity of Grandma's farm is disrupted by a traveling artist! "Pop's Duck Hunt" stars the Big Bad Wolf, out to bag himself some delicious mallards but invariably collecting only bumps and bruises. The legendary 1965 adventure "Fall Guy" makes its first North American appearance here! It tells of Fethry Duck's tireless efforts to go over Niagara Falls, and Donald's tireless efforts to stop him. Somehow Donald always ends up going over the falls instead. Finally the feature-length "Sandgate" takes Mickey and Goofy out to sand dune country, where they travel under the surface of the earth to meet a mysterious realm of sand beings!

 

There are 80 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2006 by Gemstone Publishing .

The classic "maestro" Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) has historically been the most popular Italian talent with American Disney comics readers. As early as his youth in Venice, Scarpa had a passion for Disney comics and cartoons, with a particular fondness for the work of Floyd Gottfredson, plotter and artist of the classic Mickey Mouse newspaper strip. In 1955, Gottfredson was forced to transform that strip--hitherto a groundbreaking adventure serial--into a gag-a-day series. In 1956, Italian editors asked Scarpa to pick up the adventure serials where Gottfredson left off, and continue the narrative for Disney's European readers. Scarpa crafted legendary Italian Mickey epics like "Kali's Nail," "The Chirikawa Necklace," and "The Delta Dimension," all of which were later reprinted in the USA to great acclaim. Apart from his Mickey work, Scarpa created two beloved thorns for Uncle Scrooge's side: brassy business-gal Brigitta MacBridge and wanna-be tycoon Jubal Pomp! Sarah Kinney has written several Nancy Drew comics for Papercutz and for Disney Comics. Carl Barks (1901-2000) spent most of his life in Oregon. One of the most brilliant cartoonists of the 20th century, Barks has entertained millions around the world with his timeless tales of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. In 1987, he was one of the three inaugural inductees in the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame (along with Eisner and Jack Kirby). Giorgio Cavazzano is an Italian artist that started his career at the age of 14 inking for Romano Scarpa producing stories for Disney with the characters Micke Mouse, Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and others. He is known for combining the traditional appearance of Disney characters with realistic illustrations of technological gadgets and machinery.