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                          Why did I not get the memo?
                                        
> In what is sure to be one of the most acclaimed comics events of 2011,
> Fantagraphics [1] has announced that they will be publishing a definitive
> collection of Carl Barks' [2] seminal run of Donald Duck comic stories. In
> an exclusive interview with Robot 6, Fantagraphics co-publisher Gary Groth
> revealed that the company—which announced their plans to publish Floyd
> Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse comics [3] last summer—had acquired the rights
> to reprint Barks' work from Disney and that the first volume will be
> released in fall of this year. The comics will be published in hardcover
> volumes, with two volumes coming out every year, at a price of about $25
> per volume.
> 

Via Eccentric Flower [4], “Exclusive: Fantagraphics to publish the complete
Carl Barks | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and
Entertainment [5]”

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[1] http://www.fantagraphics.com/
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Barks
[3] http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/07/sdcc-10-fantagraphics-
[4] http://www.eccentricflower.com/index.php/Eccentric_Flower:201101/Manga_
[5] http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/exclusive-fantagraphics-to

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