Puzzle VIII - The Answer

Finally, here's the answer to the puzzle.
Guess this one's for the harcore Barks fans only. ;)

It all began with an auction on eBay earlier this winter.
The seller offered this drawing for sale:

An unpublished cover rough by Carl Barks! The father of the seller had gotten it from Barks in the 70's.

Notice the circled X on the drawing. I'd say that it means the idea was sold or at least approved by / or sent to Western. Now, there never was any cover like this during the late 50's or early 60's. (The gag covers ended with US 44 so it was most likely made before that. And the proportions of Scrooge also looks like the late 50's/early 60's era.) I guess he felt the gag was too weak or hard to get and filed it away.


But what if Barks had finished the drawing and it had appeared on a cover in 1959?

I took Barks layout and made a finished ink drawing based on it.
Then I scanned the cover of US 28 and used the logo from that cover.

I used the colors from US 28 and added them to the new one.

And finally I did some photoshop magic to make it look old. :)

 Thanks for the feedback I got on this one. I got some good guesses from people all over the world, but Are was the only one who guessed 100% right.
I had some fun doing this this puzzle of "The Barks Cover that Never Was" and I hope you have enjoyed it too.


/Joakim.

Puzzle VII

Just got the right answer from Are Myklebust!
He guessed the exact right answer. Well done!
Other people have been giving me some good guesses,
but Are really nailed it.

Before letting the rest of you know, here are the two final pieces.

 

The answer will follow later this week.

Puzzle Pt VI

Two more pieces!


Now, there are only two pieces left after these two.
I have to admit it's almost impossible to figure out what the right answer is.
A clue: Sold on eBay a while ago.
(Doesn't mean that this actual item was sold on eBay, though. But if you saw the eBay item, the clue will hopefully lead your thoughts in the right direction. )
If you just want to guess, feel free to do so. The original art cataloge will be given to the one with the best guess, if no one gives the right answer. (If you want to submit your guess privately please mail me at: sekvenskonst at telia.com )

Puzzle Pt V

Two more.

Puzzle Pt IV

New year. New piece of the puzzle.

What's in it for the one who gives the right answer?
This:

A cataloge filled with color reproductions of original comic art from the collections of me and Germund von Wowern. Artwork by Roy Crane, Noel Sickles, Milton Caniff, Floyd Gottfredson, Gene Colan and many, many more.

Both pics of full pages and covers and close ups of good panels.
Signed and with an original drawing by yours truly. How's that?

And while I'm at it. Here's another piece:

/Joakim.

Puzzle Pt III

Time for another piece. This time we got the left hand bottom corner.

 

And I found a prize for the winner! More info in the next puzzle post.

Puzzle Pt II

Time for the second piece.

 

Now, we need a prize to make this competition interesting, don't we? 

Let's see what I can find...

Puzzle Pt I

Just for fun, here's the first piece of a puzzle.
The other pieces will follow over the next few weeks.
Now, let's see who will be first to identify exactly what this is. ;)

/Joakim.

PS. Happy Holidays to all of you!