In William Van Horn's "Winks," Donald goes looking for the Lost Treasure of Duckburg in the dead of winter, because it's the only time of year when no one has ever looked! Next, in Part 1 of Floyd Gottfredson's long-awaited "The Gleam," Mickey battles a devious swami with designs on Minnie's family fortune! Backyard brawler Donald enjoys a "Renewed Feud" with Neighbor Jones; then Big Bad Wolf gets "Red Riding Hoodwinked" in a 1946 Carl Buettner classic! Noel Van Horn brings back Pegleg Pete in Mickey's "Stir Crazy," and Carl Barks introduces Donald Duck to "Singapore Joe," a rowdy parrot with a pirate's temper! Brer Rabbit rounds out the book.

 

There are 64 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 2008 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! William Van Horn has been a Disney comics artist and writer since 1988. He draws mostly Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, and he has also written and/or illustrated stories based on the animated series DuckTales . 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.