{"product_id":"walt-disneys-silly-symphonies-1935-1939-hardcover-by-al-taliaferro","title":"Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies 1935-1939 Hardcover by Al Taliaferro","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2023-12-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e212\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781683968900\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe comic strips that made Donald Duck a star… and the huff-and-puff howls of Disney’s legendary lobo!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1930s were the heyday of Disney’s second-ever newspaper comics feature: the full-color weekly \u003ci\u003eSilly Symphonies\u003c\/i\u003e! Fantagraphics’ latest volume showcases Donald Duck’s extended run as star of the strip: from his pranks on Goofy to his battles with Mickey’s naughty nephews—and the unforgettable debut of Donald’s own riotous relatives, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, first created for this strip by artist Al Taliaferro! Also in this volume: the perilous pork pursuits of Zeke the Big Bad Wolf, who with the Three Little Pigs also made his comics debut in \u003ci\u003eSilly Symphonies\u003c\/i\u003e! Plus dog tales with Pluto… and two tales of Elmer Elephant, one plotted by comics maestros Carl Barks and Walt Kelly!\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAl Taliaferro\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1969), born in Montrose, Colorado, “knew [he] was going to be a cartoonist” from childhood. Hired at the Walt Disney Company in January 1931, Taliaferro inked the \u003ci\u003eMickey Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e daily comic strip before graduating to full art duty on the \u003ci\u003eSilly Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e Sunday feature. There Taliaferro would unite with Donald Duck, the star with whom he would forever be associated—and for whom Taliaferro personally created the inimitable Huey, Dewey, and Louie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e (1900-1968), born in Oklahoma, moved to California for work as an in-house writer with Los Angeles radio station KHJ. When, in late 1931, the station collaborated with Disney on a Mickey Mouse radio special, Osborne made the jump to Disney employ, where he became a celebrated comic strip writer, writing the \u003ci\u003eSilly Symphonies\u003c\/i\u003e strip for artist Al Taliaferro and scripting \u003ci\u003eMickey Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e for plotter\/artist Floyd Gottfredson. In later years, Osborne left Disney and managed a photographic studio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerrill De Maris\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1948) was born in New Jersey and started work with Disney in 1933. De Maris divided his time between scripting the \u003ci\u003eSilly Symphonies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMickey Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e comic strips and working as an animation story man. In the late 1930s, De Maris began a five-year run as the main Mickey scripter for plotter\/penciler Floyd Gottfredson, creating such classics as “The Bar-None Ranch” (1938) and “Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot” (1939). 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