Romano Scarpa

From Minnie to Horace to Mortimer Mouse, Mickey's friends and fiends are bewitched by Dr. Wrayspray and his amazing health tonic. But Mickey smells a rat -- and the trail leads to Wrayspray's headquarters on Brigaboom, an amazing island that only appears once every five years... where Peg Leg Pete is cooking up a diabolical new racket Next, it's Donald in deep duck trouble when he's forced to battle an army of AI-controlled evil toys in "Remotely Impossible" -- and his own unhinged cousin in "The Unsinkable Kildare Coot " Finally, Goofy's royal love interest returns in "The Famed Jumping Frog of Queen Zenobia"... with a criminal plot hot on her tail

Get ready for Disney Masters Vol. 17: Mickey Mouse: The Man from Altacraz by Romano Scarpa and Vol. 18: Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky by William Van Horn and John Lustig. First, in "The Man from Altacraz," Mickey tries to reform musical ex-convict J. Cobalt Bloogle--but another master criminal is using both Bloogle and Mickey to get his hands on a priceless treasure In "Risky Bees-ness," the Beagle Boys hit Uncle Scrooge with a sting; and in "The African Queen," Goofy falls in love with Zenobia, ruler of a lost jungle kingdom... and Mickey's troubles are just getting started Next: in "Pie in the Sky," when Scrooge enters the infamous Flitterwobble Airplane Show as a stunt pilot, he ends up defending his priceless antique Sopwith Two-Seater plane from the bombastic Baron Von Strudel In "The Amazon Queen," Scrooge sells a cursed necklace to a fellow treasure collector. And in "Another Vine Mess," a rare Patagonian Wirevine attacks Donald's house with ferocious, duck-destroying greenery Fantagraphics' Disney Masters series unearths a treasure trove of previously unavailable comics epics in the grand Walt Disney tradition: expanding the lore of Mickey, Donald, and Scrooge, anthologizing the work of fan-favorite North American talents, and bringing you the best of the acclaimed international artists whohave popularized Disney around the world.

Mickey's diabolical arch-enemy--the Phantom Blot--is on the loose But when Mickey, Goofy, and Chief O'Hara set out to stop his crime spree, there's something they don't know: The Blot has Mickey hypnotized--and as good and evil clash in a spooky old house, our hero is unknowingly doing the bad guy's bidding Also in this anthology of Scarpa's best, Mickey goes on a wild sea adventure in "The Eternal Flame of Kalhoa"--and Scrooge McDuck facing down his old flame, Brigitta MacBridge, in "The Last Balaboo "

In "The Man from Altacraz," Mickey tries to reform musical ex-convict J. Cobalt Bloogle -- but another master criminal is using both Bloogle and Mickey to get his hands on a priceless treasure Then, in "The African Queen," Goofy falls in love with Zenobia, ruler of a lost jungle kingdom... and Mickey's troubles are only getting started When Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventure serials in 1955, Italian Disney cartoonist Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) picked up the Mickey mantle -- telling decades' worth of legendary tales himself Now Fantagraphics is anthologizing Scarpa's best -- and beyond this book's Mickey tales, we're also including Scrooge McDuck versus the Beagle Boys in "Risky Bees-Ness"... the tale of a sting gone wrong

Featuring the next two volumes in our Disney Masters series: Vol. 5: The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery, and Vol. 6: Uncle Scrooge: King of the Golden River.

Featuring the next two volumes in our Disney Masters Series: Vol. 7: Mickey Mouse: The Pirates of Tabasco Bay and Vol. 8: Donald Duck: Duck Avenger Strikes Again.

When Uncle Scrooge, to promote his wax museum, sends a robot double of Duck Avenger flying past Donald's house, Donald's secret is threatened Can our hero use his high-tech Avenger gadgets to allay suspicion - or will hyper-lucky Gladstone Gander make things even worse? (Oh, yes, you know he will ) And, in "Ellsworth's Ornery Orphan," Mickey tells the distant desert tale of his mynah bird pal, Ellsworth - and a showdown with dread pirate Mozambeak Then, a money-scented perfume sends Brigitta MacBridge and Scrooge to the isle of Bananaland in "The Other Golden Helmet" - Scarpa's one-and-only collaboration with Duck artist supreme Carl Barks First time in English

Featuring our first two Mickey Mouse volumes: in The Delta Dimension, Mickey investigates the mystery of the strange glowing snow. In The Case of the Vanishing Bandit, the circus comes to town and Mickey and Goofy must find how who's been framing the performers. Plus, many other tales, some of which have never been published in North America.

In Vol. 1, Mickey investigates some strange glowing snow, and goes on many other adventures. In Vol. 2, Uncle Scrooge rockets his money to the moon, Rebo the sci-fi bad guy is introduced, and more. Both volumes include material never before published in North America.

When Mickey's town is hit by a blizzard of strange glowing snow, everyone thinks it's a publicity stunt. But genius Dr. Einmug knows better: Pegleg Pete is on the loose with Einmug's weather-control secrets Only Mickey and Einmug's mysterious companion -- the odd little Atomo Bleep-Bleep -- can save the day before a poison rainstorm wipes Mouseton off the map Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) took over for Floyd Gottfreson and spun out decades' worth of new Mickey action epics -- most of which have never been available in English This volume also reunites Mickey, Atomo, and Pete for Scarpa's "The Bleep-Bleep 15" and "The Fabulous Kingdom of Shan-Grilla," two internationally famous tales making their North American debut

Med sin rause fortellerstil og mange egne kreasjoner, som Skrues beundrerinne Birgitte og tenåringsjenta Duckelina, fikk Scarpa en betydelig plass også i den internasjonale serieproduksjonen. Spesielt interessant er tre historier utgitt etter tegnerens død. Flere upubliserte serier ble funnet dels i gamle arkiver, dels hos samlere som hadde tatt vare på originaltegningene. Forfatter av bokens forord, Luca Boschi, samarbeidet med Scarpa en årrekke. Ved hjelp av nitid granskning av tegningene har han rekonstruert manus til historiene. Én av dem utgis her for første gang på norsk, mens en annen aldri tidligere har vært utgitt. Fra innholdet: Jakten på den eventyrlige åpningsbilletten, Skjulestedet, Det store gjennombruddet, Latterrøttene, Frakkens hemmelighet, Gullfuglene.

I tillegg til artikler om tegneserieskaperen Romano Scarpa inneholder boka 3 av hans historier: Onkel Skrue - Linsene i Babylon. Mikke Mus - Chiricahua-kjedet. Onkel Skrue - Legenden om den flygende skotte.

Boken inneholder historiene om: Donald Duck, FBI-agenten, Onkel Skrue og mannen fra Hula-Hula, Mikke Mus og Spøkelseskladdens skjulte plan og Desperat desperados.