Donald Duck in comics appeared in a portrait on August 11, 1940, and in person on September 28, 1943. Taliaferro also reintroduced Donna Duck as a separate character from Daisy. This old flame of Donald rivaled Daisy for his affections between August 7, 1951 and August 18, 1951, before leaving him for another. Donald had already been familiar to the American reading public through his newspaper comic strip by 1942. Then Disney licensed Western Publishing to create original comic book stories, with Disney characters as their stars. But the first American Donald Duck story originally created for a comic book was created by Studio-employed
Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics "Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics". According to the publisher, the price increase is due to the restoration and recoloring necessary for the Sunday strips, something that was not needed for the black-and-white daily strips. The release schedule for the series has to this date been inconsistent—two volumes during 2016, but none during 2017 or 2018. In April 2018, it was announced that the series is on hold due to the publisher prioritizing work on their companion project "Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics". Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics Donald Duck: The Complete Sunday Comics is a