{"product_id":"silly-symphonies-collectors-box-set-9798875001468","title":"Silly Symphonies Collector's Box Set","description":"The 1930s were the heyday of Disney's second-ever newspaper comics feature: the full-color weekly \u003cem\u003eSilly Symphonies\u003c\/em\u003e! And with it came Donald Duck's first starring roles... from his debut as a barnyard brat 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! \u003cp\u003eAlso included in this two-volume set: Zeke the Big Bad Wolf, always in pursuit of the Three Little Pigs--and Bucky Bug, the daring, mischievous beetle whose escapades took him from brutal birds of prey to the trenches of the Great Flyburg War! Plus more golden-age \u003cem\u003eSilly Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e cartoon stars: feisty Max Hare, slow-but-sure Toby Tortoise, that awful bandit Dirty Bill (who \"never took a bath, and he never will!\")... and timid Elmer Elephant, one of his adventures plotted by comics maestros Carl Barks and Walt Kelly!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Osborne,Merrill De Maris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.54h x 9.23w x 2.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798875001468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe Maris, Merrill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMerrill De Maris\u003c\/strong\u003e (1898-1948) was born in New Jersey and started work with Disney in 1933. De Maris divided his time between scripting the \u003cem\u003eSilly Symphonies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMickey Mouse\u003c\/em\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). In later years, De Maris left Disney to become a professional gardener.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOsborne, Ted:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eTed Osborne\u003c\/strong\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 \u003cem\u003eSilly Symphonies\u003c\/em\u003e strip for artist Al Taliaferro and scripting \u003cem\u003eMickey Mouse\u003c\/em\u003e for plotter\/artist Floyd Gottfredson. In later years, Osborne left Disney and managed a photographic studio.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaliaferro, Al:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAl Taliaferro\u003c\/strong\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 \u003cem\u003eMickey Mouse\u003c\/em\u003e daily comic strip before graduating to full art duty on the \u003cem\u003eSilly Symphony\u003c\/em\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\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ted Osborne \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47579921023133,"sku":"9798875001468","price":97.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dc1db95e-3704-433d-9bc5-e6990ee9a4e2.jpg?v=1768898947","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/silly-symphonies-collectors-box-set-9798875001468","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}