WEBVTT -- English 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:08.000 Hi, I'm John Garvin and I'm excited to be able to tell you 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:09.000 about my new book. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Carl Barks: Paintings and Drawings 1966-1971 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:20.000 is the first, and only, book to cover these years of this important artist's career. 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:26.000 After retiring in 1966, Barks was free to go where ever his imagination took him. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:30.000 Over the next five years he completed 186 paintings 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.000 of Ancient Native Americans 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:38.000 Southwest deserts, rural scenes, landscapes and more. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.000 148 of these paintings are reproduced here, many, for the first time ever. 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.000 They are presented in full color, often at the same size Barks painted them, 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.000 and, when ever possible, one to a page in chronological order. 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.000 As he taught himself to paint in acrylics and oils, 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.000 he learned many techniques that would come to define his later 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.000 fine-art cartoon paintings. 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.000 How to use color and lighting to create mood, 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000 how to paint exotic locations and treasure 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.000 and how to create bright, cheerful images 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.000 using a colorful palette of primary colors. 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:15.000 The entire book has been meticulously researched 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.000 using items from the Barks estate 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.000 -- his notes, his personal library, 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.000 and his drawings. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:26.000 I've included items never before seen by anyone outside of Barks and his estate, 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.000 like this article on Barks published in the 1957 Hemet News, 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000 which clearly shows that he was already known to the local art community 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.000 long before he retired. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:38.000 And this 1967 book, 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.000 which contains what is probably his first painting published in color. 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.000 Dozens of these prints were also found in his estate, 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.000 likely making What A Nerve! His first published color print as well. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:54.000 Important information was also taken directly from Barks's painting ledger, 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:59.000 including painting ID numbers, titles and sizes. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.000 Barks's collection of slides 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.000 provided access to paintings that have never been published anywhere else. 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:10.000 These were all scanned at 4800 dots per inch in 48 bit color, 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:13.000 to provide the best reproductions possible. 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:19.000 All of this results in the most complete and accurate record possible 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.000 of this important period of Barks's painting career. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:26.000 As an artist and scholar, I've been studying Carl Barks for over 40 years. 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:30.000 I've even published two books on him, including one on his painting techniques. 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:33.000 But this book which I've been working on for over 20 years, 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:35.000 is the one I'm most excited about. 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:41.000 It's a full-size hardback with dustjacket, 11 x 11 inches, and 336 pages. 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:43.000 There are over 160 full-color reproductions, 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.000 including some of his watercolors from the 1950s. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:51.000 All the information has been researched from Barks's own files 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.000 And the book includes an index 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.000 of every painting Barks completed between 1966 and 1971. 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.000 The book is complete and ready to go to the printer. 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:02.000 Once funded through this Kickstarted, printed and delivered, 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.000 I'll be sending it out to Barks fans all over the world. 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:11.000 So please, check out, Carl Barks: Paintings and Drawings 1966-1971, 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:14.000 and see how the greatest comic-book artist of all time 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:17.000 became the greatest cartoon painter as well.