4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 1183

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #1183 Universal
Grade: 9.0
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Pedigree: File Copy
Certification #: 0200135014
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 12/1/2012
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Walt Disney’s : 101 Dalmations 2/61 File Copy

Cover Art: Al Hubbard
Script: Carl Fallberg
Pencils & Inks: Al Hubbard

This is tied for top census with three other copies of five graded to date. This book has to be thought scarce in higher grade. 05/13. I originally bought this ungraded, as a VF+ , from Heritage Auctions.

Table of Contents
1. 0. [Pongo & Perdita]
101 Dalmatians
2. 1. One Hundred and One Dalmatians [101 Dalmatians]
101 Dalmatians
3. 2. 101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
4. 3. Dalmatian Animation
101 Dalmations
5. 4. Dalmatian Diary by Pongo
101 Dalmations A single page cartoon on the back cover of some copis of this issue.
6. 5. Twinkles AD back variant of this issue. This is also the back cover of this copy.

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http://www.comics.org/issue/16583/

One of the most popular cartoon movies produced by Walt Disney, there is no lack of outside reference. Wikipedia provides some background on the movie’s reception, spin-offs etc:

Development
In 1956, Dodie Smith wrote the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians. When Walt Disney read the book, in 1957, it immediately grabbed his attention and he promptly acquired the rights, Smith had always secretly hoped that Disney would make her book into a film.[3] Disney assigned Bill Peet to write the story, marking the first time that the story for a Disney film was created by a single story man.[4] Although Walt had not been as involved in the production of the animated films as frequently as in previous years, never-the-less he was always present at story meetings. However, Walt felt that Peet's original draft was so perfect that he had little involvement in the film all together.[5] Peet sent Dodie Smith some drawings of the characters, she wrote back saying that Peet actually improved her story and the designs looked better than the illustrations in the book.[3]
Reception
One Hundred and One Dalmatians was the tenth highest grossing film of 1961, accruing $6,400,000 in distributors' domestic (U.S. and Canada) rentals during its first year of release,[15] and one of the studio's most popular films of the decade. The film was re-issued to theaters in 1969, 1979, 1985, and 1991. The 1991 reissue was the twentieth highest earning film of the year for domestic earnings.[16] It has earned $215,880,014 in domestic box office earnings during its lengthy history. It currently holds a 97% "fresh" rating from critics and users on Rotten Tomatoes. The film did receive some negative criticism. Phillip Martin of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette only gave the film 2/5 stars.[17] In 2011 Craig Berman of MSNBC ranked the film and its 1996 remake as two of the worst kid films of all-time saying, "The plot itself is a bit nutty. Making a coat out of dogs? Who does that? But worse than Cruella de Vil’s fashion sense is the fact that your children will definitely start asking for a Dalmatian of their own for their next birthday."[18]
American Film Institute Lists
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - Nominated[19]
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
o Cruella De Vil - #39 Villain
• AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Animated Film[20]
Sequels and spin-offs
In the years since the original release of the movie, Disney has taken the property in various directions. The earliest of these endeavors was the live-action remake, 101 Dalmatians. Starring Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil, none of the animals talked in this 1996 edition. This version's success in theaters led to 102 Dalmatians, released on November 22, 2000.
After the first live-action version of the movie, a cartoon called 101 Dalmatians: The Series was launched. The designs of the characters were stylized further, to allow for economic animation, and appeal to the contemporary trends.
Most recently, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, the official sequel to the original animated film, was released straight-to-VHS/DVD on January 21, 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians
 
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