Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction: “The Very Good Ones” 1
7. 1. Mickey in a Magazine 15
8. 2. Oskar Lebeck Meets Walt Kelly 25
9. 3. Whitman, K.K., and Dell 43
10. 4. Learning on the Job in L.A. 53
11. 5. A Feel for Walt Kelly’s Stuff 58
12. 6. Animal Magnetism 68
13. 7. Cartoon Conundrums 79
14. 8. Carl Barks Makes His Break 91
15. 9. Barks Becomes the Duck Man 104
16. 10. The Workman: Gaylord DuBois 115
17. 11. The Observer: John Stanley 127
18. 12. “I Am a Backwoods Bumpkin” 142
19. 13. “Pure Corn” at Disney’s 150
20. 14. Special Talents 161
21. 15. Barks Masters His Medium 179
22. 16. An Arena for All the Passions 193
23. 17. Animal Kingdoms 207
24. 18. Walt Kelly Branches Out 221
25. 19. Strong-Handed Friends 234
26. 20. Carl Barks: The Virtuoso 250
27. 21. Walt Kelly Escapes 265
28. 22. Oskar Lebeck in Exile 278
29. 23. Manifest Destiny 290
30. 24. Uncle Scrooge: Play Money 301
31. 25. Carl Barks in Purgatory 311
32. 26. The Slow Fade 327
33. 27. Disasters 334
34. Epilogue: Can These Bones Live? 346
35. Abbreviations 355
36. Notes 357
37. Index 397