Gladstone (Publisher)
Gladstone ( Gladstone Publishing ) was an American publisher who from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998 Disney - Comics published. The name of the publisher was derived from Gustav Gans, English Gladstone Gander .
history
The company had its origins in a sub-division of Another Rainbow , a company founded by Bruce Hamilton and Russ Cochran to publish the Carl Barks Library and to bring out limited editions of Carl Barks' oil paintings as lithographs .
Reprints of the older Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks and Mickey Mouse stories by Floyd Gottfredson were the publisher's first products. The younger American Disney cartoonists Keno Don Rosa , William Van Horn and Pat Block started their careers at Gladstone. Some of Van Horn's stories were written by John Lustig . The publisher was primarily geared towards collectors, which can be seen from the fact that comments by the artists or other articles were often included. European Disney comics from Egmont , Oberon and Mondadori have also been published. These also included comics by well-known European cartoonists such as Romano Scarpa , Marco Rota , Daan Jippes and Freddy Milton .
Publications 1986 to 1990
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
- Donald Duck
- Mickey Mouse
- Uncle Scrooge
- Uncle Scrooge Adventures
- Donald Duck Adventures
- Mickey and Donald
- DuckTales
Publications 1993 to 1998
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
- Donald and Mickey
- Uncle Scrooge
- Uncle Scrooge Adventures
- Donald Duck
- Donald Duck Adventures
- Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse
- Walt Disney Giant
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Penny Pincher
- Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck
- The Adventurous Uncle Scrooge McDuck
After the publisher gave up a second time, only the series Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge were not discontinued.
Softcover albums
During the initial release period, Gladstone released 28 albums and seven major albums, in which almost all of the stories by Carl Barks and Floyd Gottfredson were republished.
When the rights to the old Barks stories ran out in 1998, the publishing house was closed. In 2003 the Gemstone publisher received the rights to republish the comics in the United States.