Disney Comics Gift Guide
Posted on December 11th 2009 in ShoppingLooking for Christmas gifts for the comic or Disney fan on your list? Here are some of my top Disney comics gift ideas. It’s a mix of goodies for collectors, new comic readers and the littlest Disney fans, too!
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Walt Disney’s Christmas Classics by Boom! Kids $16.49 at Amazon This 112-page hardcover book by Boom! Kids features some great Disney comic holiday classics written and drawn by creators who are legends in the field. Stories include Christmas on Bear Mountain by Carl Barks and It’s a Wonderful Christmas Story by Romano Scarpa |
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Walt Disney Treasures – Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation $10.39 at Amazon This great 160-page paperback by Gemstone Publishing celebrates 75 years of Disney comics (it came out in 2006). Travel from the Mickey Mouse epics of Floyd Gottfredson and Paul Murry to the long Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge adventures of Carl Barks and Don Rosa. |
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Carl Barks: Conversations $19.80 at Amazon This book is the only comprehensive collection of Carl Barks interviews. It ranges chronologically from the very first one to the artist’s final conversations with Donald Ault in the summer of 2000. “Conversations” reveals previously unknown information about the life, times, and opinions of one of the master storytellers of the twentieth century. |
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The Incredibles: Family Matters $9.99 at Amazon This paperback has the first four chapters of Boom! Studio’s new The Incredibles comic book. America’s favorite family of superheroes finally returns, courtesy of legendary comics scribe Mark Waid! The Incredibles face terrifying new villains … and friendly new neighbors, all while Mr. Incredible hides a troubling secret from his costumed clan. |
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176-167 Beagle Boy T-Shirt Different styles, from $16.65 at Zazzle Be a beagle boy with this 176-167 numbered t-shirt. Just be careful for all those booby traps around the money bin when you try to steal some of Scrooge’s money. It can be really dangerous out there! The design is available on different t-shirt styles and apparel items. |
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Disney and Me $31.97 for a one year subscription at Amazon Disney and Me is a classic children’s favorite. The magazine is published bi-monthly and is targeted at children aged 2-6. Each issue includes stories, drawing, matching, counting, coloring, and a pull out workbook. Magazine subscription available within the US only. |
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Statue of Carl Barks’ Magica de Spell $39.96 at Things From Another World This is the fourth in a series of beautiful Syroco-style statues from the new Uncle Scrooge Character series. Magica de Spell, created by Carl Barks, believes that if she could somehow steal Uncle Scrooge’s “number one dime” for herself, it would allow her to use her magic spells to get mountains of riches of her own. Great collector’s item. |
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Donald Duck Single issues are $2.39 at TFAW.com The quack is back in this new Boom! Kids series. He’s no double ‘o’ seven, he’s Double Duck! Donald shows us his dashing, adventurous side as a secret agent on a mission to stop a dangerous ice-melting machine and save the world from rising oceans! This is a Donald Duck like you’ve never seen! |
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The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck Companion $11.55 at Amazon This 208-page book by Gemstone Publishing has the pre-chapters and in-between-chapters of Don Rosa’s famous Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck series. This wonderful trade paperback by Gemstone Publishing is still available. Featuring ‘Hearts of the Yukon’, ‘Prisoner of White Agony Creek’ and more! |
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Calisota University T-Shirt From $12.99 at CafePress Barks fans, show your ‘hometown’ allegiance with this exclusive unofficial swag from Calisota University. Calisota is the functional US state from the Carl Barks comics, a combination of the real-life US states of California and Minnesota, that is home to Duckburg. The design is available on various t-shirt styles. |
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Cars: The Rookie $9.99 at Amazon See how Lightning McQueen became a Piston Cup sensation in this pulse-pounding collection! CARS: THE ROOKIE reveals McQueen’s scrappy origins as a local short track racer who dreams of the big time…and recklessly plows his way through the competition to get there! Along the way, he meets Mack, who help McQueen catch his lucky break. |
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Toy Story: The Mysterious Stranger $9.99 at Amazon Andy has a new addition to his room—a circuit-laden egg. Is this new gizmo a friend or foe? While Woody and Buzz welcome the mysterious stranger, Hamm and Rex are terrified of it, plotting to destroy the orb before Andy comes home! Can they do it? Story by Eisner Award-nominated writer Dan Jolley! |
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Disney’s Princess $39.97 for a one year subscription at Amazon Disney’s Princess is an early-learning magazine which brings together Disney favorites. Each issue is full of magical stories, a collectible poster, a Princess project, and a pull-out workbook full of fun activities. It’s published bi-monthly and it’s great for any princess, aged 4 and up. Magazine subscription available within the US only. |
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Uncle Scrooge Single issues are $2.39 at Things From Another World Boom! Studios recently relaunched this classic Uncle Scrooge monthly comic book series. Building on a tradition created by some of the greatest creators the comic book world has ever seen, like Carl Barks and Don Rosa, these issues follow Scrooge on new adventures that North American audiences have never seen! |
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Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories Single issues are $2.39 at TFAW.com Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories is one of the longest-lived and greatest comics of all time. The new series by Boom! Studios kicks off with an Italian multi-part series titled Ultraheroes, which features all the superheroes of the Disney comics universe in an epic clash against the super villains to determine the faith of the world. |
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Mickey Mouse and Friends Single issues are $2.39 at TFAW.com In September Boom! Kids launched this new series featuring adventures starring Mickey Mouse and friends. The series kicks off with Wizards of Mickey, an epic story with Mickey, Donald and Goofy in a world of wizards, castles and bewitched lands. |
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I Love Square Eggs T-Shirt From $16.65 at Zazzle Don’t you just love the square eggs from the valley of Plain Awful? Next time you go get some, make sure you don’t bring any round things with you. This great design for Barks fans and collectors of Disney comics is available on different t-shirt styles. |
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Disney Presents Carl Barks’ Greatest DuckTales Stories Volume 2 $8.76 at Amazon This 2006 book from Gemstone Publishing collects vintage Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge stories that DuckTales adapted to animation. The second volume includes such classic stories as “Giant Robot Robbers,” “The Golden Fleecing,” “The Horseradish Story,” “The Status Seeker,” “Tralla-La” and more! |
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DuckTales TV Show DVD – Volume 1 $25.99 at Amazon This is the first of three DVD volumes collecting all the DuckTales animated TV show cartoons. The 3-disc box set featured 27 fun episodes, including Send in the Clones, Where No Duck Has Gone Before, Robot Robbers, Microducks From Outer Space and more. Also available: Volume 2, Volume 3 |
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Tinkerbell magazine $26.97 for a one year subscription at Amazon Join Tinker Bell and her fairy friends from Pixie Hollow in this sparkling magazine. Every issue includes stories to read, an activity workbook, craft projects, collectible fairy profiles and great giveaways. Tinker Bell Magazine is for young girls who love everything about fairies. Published 6 times per year. Magazine subscription available within the US only. |
