CONTENTS SILLY SYMPHONIES THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS PINOCCHIO / 62 PLUTO THE PUP / 14 THE UGLY DUCKLING / 20 PLUTO THE PUP / 80

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2 THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS EDITOR/CO-DESIGNER DEAN MULLANEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR BRUCE CANWELL ART DIRECTOR/CO-DESIGNER LORRAINE TURNER CONSULTING EDITOR DAVID GERSTEIN COLOR RE-CREATION DIGIKORE STUDIOS SCANNING REBEKAH CAHALIN INTRODUCTION J. B. KAUFMAN AND DAVID GERSTEIN PUBLISHED BY TED ADAMS ISBN: First Printing, September 2017 Published by: IDW Publishing a Division of Idea and Design Works, LLC 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego CA LibraryofAmericanComics.com CONTENTS SILLY SYMPHONIES Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer/President Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer David Hedgecock, Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer Laurie Windrow, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development Distributed to the book trade by Penguin Random House Distributed to the comic book trade by Diamond Book Distributors A NOTE ON SOURCE MATERIAL: The black-and-white artwork in this book was scanned from the Disney Licensed Publishing collection. The color reference material was photographed from original bound volumes at the Walt Disney Archives. Special thanks to: Ken Shue, Iliana Lopez, Julie Dorris, and Danielle Digrado at Disney Licensed Publishing Becky Cline, Kevin Kern, and Joanna Pratt at the Walt Disney Archives Holly Brobst at the Walt Disney Archives Photo Library Additional thanks to Sarah Gaydos, Chris Cerasi, Justin Eisinger, Alonzo Simon, and Heritage Auctions. All contents, unless otherwise specified, copyright 2017 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of Library of American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved. Text Introductions 2017 J. B. Kaufman and David Gerstein. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the comic strips in this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Disney Enterprises, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Disney Enterprises, Inc. Printed in Korea. Title page artwork is modified from a 1933 Silly Symphony poster released in France. PLUTO THE PUP / 14 February 19 - March 19, 1939 Written by Merrill de Maris, drawn by Al Taliaferro THE UGLY DUCKLING / 20 March 26 - April 16, 1939 Written by Merrill de Maris, drawn by Al Taliaferro PLUTO THE PUP / 26 April 23 - December 17, 1939 Written by Hubie Karp, drawn by Bob Grant (with Al Taliaferro) PINOCCHIO / 62 December 24, April 7, 1940 Written by Merrill de Maris, drawn by Hank Porter (with Bob Grant) PLUTO THE PUP / 80 April 14 - November 3, 1940 Written by Hubie Karp, drawn by Bob Grant LITTLE HIAWATHA / 112 November 10, July 12, 1942 Written by Hubie Karp, drawn by Bob Grant PUBLISHER S NOTE: These comic strips were created in an earlier time and may contain cartoon violence and occasional historically-dated content, such as gags about smoking, drinking, gunplay, and racial stereotypes. Needless to say, the characters in these stories wouldn t mix it up with these elements today; we include them here with the understanding that they reflect a bygone era. Enjoy the show!

3 12 PAGES 12-13: A vintage 1966 European Hiawatha comic drawn by Toonder Studios artist Jan van Haasteren (Dutch Donald Duck #17). Translation, dialogue and lettering by David Gerstein.

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5 15 February 19, 1939

6 16 February 26, 1939

7 17 March 5, 1939