Restoring Carl Barks 5th Proof Version Reprint

This book is a reprint of the 5th proof version (May 28, 2018) that preceded publication of the final book version of Restoring Carl Barks, and is quite different from the final book, which includes "Porky of the Mounties" in a different and completely recolored version. This book includes "Porky of the Mounties" in a version in which newly created black line plates are overlaid on the original comic book coloring in an attempt to make Carl Barks' black and white drawings stand out as separate from one of the sloppiest and poorest printing and coloring jobs ever inflicted upon the original comic printing of a Carl Barks story. It also includes 14 comparison pages from the story: raw scans, recolored versions, versions from the 2016 edition of The Unavailable Carl Barks "Porky of the Mounties", and partially restored pages. The reader or someone interested in doing restorations can see the effect of the changes compared to raw scans in this work in progress. Comparison pages are also included for Andy Panda (2), Droopy (2), and the Barney & Benny page restoration (1). All comparison pages are eliminated from the final book. The final book is 56 pages; this reprint of proof #5 is 78 pages. The book interior is an unchanged reprint of the proof. The front cover notes that it is a reprint. The back cover text has been revised with additional explanatory material. * * * * *Original proofs of the stories and covers written and drawn by Carl Barks exist and are used worldwide in reproducing his work. But for a few stories, there are no existing proofs, and the only way they can be reprinted is by making new masters of the work from printed comic books. Given the poor quality of the printing process used for the old 10 cent comic books, stories reprinted that way often don't look very good when compared to stories with modern printing from original proofs. This book reproduces some of my attempts to get a better quality image for stories for which there are no known original proofs. Barks' only Porky Pig story, "Porky of the Mounties", Barks' Andy Panda story, and the Barks written Droopy story "Serum to Nome" have been restored with new black line art plates, which help the art stand out from the coloring. The coloring on these three stories, while not completely new, has been cleaned up and some corrections have been made, and the color registration has been somewhat improved. This allows the art to be seen more clearly and better appreciated.