[1] Starting in 2015, IDW Publishing's Library of American Comics imprint has been reprinting hardcover collections of the Donald Duck strip.
[1] In 1934, Taliaferro drew the Silly Symphony story arc based on the cartoon The Wise Little Hen, which featured the first appearance of Donald Duck as a secondary character.
That story, which lasted on the Sunday pages from September to December 1934, gave Taliaferro a particular liking for the Duck's character.
Finishing up a "The Three Little Pigs" adaptation, Taliaferro and writer Ted Osborne began an extended run of Donald Duck gag strips from August 30, 1936, to December 5, 1937.
[3] Taliaferro then pitched the idea of moving Donald to his own solo comic strip to Roy O. Disney, who rejected it.
Overcoming further sales resistance from Roy O. Disney and King Features, Taliaferro convinced them to add a Sunday strip as well.
But Brightman was mostly a screenwriter, and in 1940 quit the comic strip and returned to writing plots for animated short films.
[1] A large team of artists worked on the strip in 1986 and 1987, including Jim Franzen, Daan Jippes, Ulrich Schröder, Jorgen Klubien, Rick Hoover, Jules Coenen, Bill Langley, Tony Strobl, Brian Lum and Ennis McNulty.
[1] In 1990, Bob Foster, Pete Alvarado and Larry Mayer, all left the strip, which went into reprints starting in January.
[6] Knighton continued until May 1995, when Disney closed its comic strip department, with Creators Syndicate publishing reruns until 2014.
[4] Taliaferro and Karp started expanding the Donald Duck universe by introducing new supporting characters for the protagonist.
[4] On 4 November 1940, Taliaferro and Karp introduced a comic strip version of Daisy Duck, as Donald's new neighbour and love interest.
[4] A comic strip version of Scrooge McDuck was added by Taliaferro on February 13, 1951, and Ludwig Von Drake on September 25, 1961.
The stories featured a wide assortment of popular characters, including a number of Disney stars, and Taliaferro's Silly Symphony and Donald Duck strips provided material for many books.
The publishing of Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics as a series started in 2015; by 2019, there have been five volumes released.