Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales (hardcover book collection) explained
Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales is a series of hardcover books that collects the Sunday comic strips of Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, an umbrella title for comic strips which were drawn by several different Disney artists during the period of the early 1950s to the mid-1980s. The Treasury of Classic Tales comic strips were used by Walt Disney Studios to introduce current movie characters into comic adaptations for the public. The books are being published by IDW Publishing's imprint, The Library of American Comics. The first book of the series was released in November 2016.[1]
In April 2018, it was announced that, due to the sales goal of the series not being met, the third volume may be the last one to be published.[2] [3]
Format
The hardcover books have a sewn binding, a sewn linen ribbon bookmark, and a dust jacket. They measure 12 × 8.5 inches or 305 × 216 mm.
They are printed in full colour, as were the original comic strip publications. Each volume of the series has approximately 230 pages, some of which contain supplementary materials. Every book has an introduction written by the animation historian Michael Barrier.[4] [5] [6] Background information on each featured comic story is consistently presented before each comic strip. All are prefaced with an introduction which includes comparisons between the movie and comic strip adaptation, trivia about the movie, and Walt Disney's motivation and biographical touchstones.[7]
Volumes in the series are sold separately. The release schedule for the series is one volume per year.[8]
Volumes
Volumes| Vol. | Release date | Title | Period | Movie adaptations | Page count | ISBN | Inducks link |
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| 1 | 2016-11-15 | Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales Vol. 1 | 1950-1955 | Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, The Story of Robin Hood, Peter Pan, The Sword and the Rose, Ben and Me, Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue, Peter and the Wolf, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Lady and the Tramp | 228 | | TCT 1 |
| 2 | 2017-09-05 | Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales Vol. 2 | 1955-1959 | The Legends of Davy Crockett, The Littlest Outlaw, The Great Locomotive Chase, Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Westward Ho the Wagons!, Gus and Jaq, Johnny Tremain, Perri, Old Yeller, The Seven Dwarfs and The Witch-Queen, The Light in the Forest, Sleeping Beauty, The Shaggy Dog | 238 | | TCT 2 |
| 3 | 2018-06-05 | Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales Vol. 3 | 1959-1962 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Third Man on the Mountain, Toby Tyler, Kidnapped, Pollyanna, Swiss Family Robinson, 101 Dalmatians, Nikki, Wild Dog of the North, The Parent Trap, Babes in Toyland, Moon Pilot, Bon Voyage!, Big Red, In Search of the Castaways | 220 | | TCT 3 |
| 4 | Canceled | Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales Vol. 4 | 1963-1966 | Son of Flubber, Savage Sam, The Sword in the Stone, A Tiger Walks, The Three Lives of Thomasina, The Moon-Spinners, Mary Poppins, Those Calloways, The Monkey's Uncle, Dumbo, That Darn Cat!, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., The Fighting Prince of Donegal | TBA | TBA | TCT 4 | |
See also
Other Walt Disney comic strip collections
External links
Notes and References
- Gift needed for comics fan? Try 'Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales' . Christian Science Monitor . 19 December 2016 . March 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327092026/https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2016/1219/Gift-needed-for-comics-fan-Try-Walt-Disney-s-Treasury-of-Classic-Tales . March 27, 2019 . live . mdy-all .
- Web site: Episode 006 with special guest Michael Barrier . loac.idwpublishing.com . March 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180410202051/http://loac.idwpublishing.com/episode-006/ . April 10, 2018 . live . mdy-all .
- "Episode 006 with special guest Michael Barrier ." The Library of American Comics. April 6, 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-10
- Web site: Book Review: Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume Two: The artwork is the real stand out. . cinemasentires.com . March 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190101233213/http://cinemasentries.com/review/book-review-walt-disneys-treasury-of-classic-tales-volume-two/ . January 1, 2019 . live . mdy-all .
- Web site: 'Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales Vol. 3' (Review) . www.forcesofgeek.com . 9 July 2018. 2019-07-10.
- Web site: Barrier Book Alert . michaelbarrier.com . March 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190322054653/http://michaelbarrier.com/WhatsNewArchives/2016/WhatsNewArchivesNov16.html . March 22, 2019 . live . mdy-all .
- Web site: Review: Walt Disney Treasury Classics Volume 3 . comiccrusaders.com . March 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180515185828/https://www.comiccrusaders.com/review-walt-disney-treasury-classics-volume-3/ . May 15, 2018 . live . mdy-all .
- Web site: Comic Review: Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales: Volume Two . thechicocomcspage.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219002359/https://thechicocomicspage.com/2017/09/05/comic-review-walt-disneys-treasury-of-classic-tales-volume-two/ . February 19, 2018 . dead . March 28, 2019.
