August 05, 2002
(Editor's Note: While we here at The Donk have always pledged to concentrate on the art and ignore the merchandising and speculation that has surrounded this blog, recent events have made this difficult, if not impossible. After receiving dozens of letters and e-mails from loyal readers and collectors who have been scammed by unscrupulous dealers selling counterfeit issues, mislabeled reprints, and the like, we have decided to include the following excerpt from Overstreet's Blog Price Guide to provide some help to those looking to get started in this fast-growing hobby.)
[1: First Appearance; D: Death; O: Origin; V: Versus]
The Illuminated Donkey
September 2001 - Present
1 $70 O: The Illuminated Donkey; 1: Cocky Sexton, Negative Nancy, The Duck
1 (Second, Third Printings) $3
2 $50 1&V: The Anti-Donkey; D: Uncle Chuck
2 (Second Printing) $3
3-5 $30 "Whence Came the Donkey" Storyline
6 $45 D: Impy the Kittycat; Ken Goldstein begins writing.
7-11 $20 "Donkey in a Strange Land" Storyline
12 $35 1: Mike Whybark (Two-panel appearance on last page.)
13 $55 O: Mike Whybark (Warning: Counterfeit versions of this issue have been discovered. The most common counterfeit can be determined by its fuzzy indicia, as well as MW's missing handlebar mustache on p14.)
14-18 $15 "My Pretty Girl, My Father" Storyline
19-21 $25 V: The Fat Guy
22-25 $12 Last Ken Goldstein issues.
26-29 $7 Crisis in Infinite Blogs Crossover
30-34 $5 "The Donkey in the Land of Rednecks" Storyline
35 $10 1&O: Guy Sterling: Skee-Ball Champion
36-40 $7 Guy Sterling storyline
41-44 $3 Poorly received All-French issues
45 $5 Ken Goldstein returns as writer.
46-49 $3 Brainwashed TID joins the Legion of Pernicious Posters
50 $8 Double-Sized Anniversary Issue; D?: Mike Whybark
Blogger Bazaar
March 1974 - July 1996
237 $120 1 & O: The Illuminated Donkey
238 $60 The Illuminated Donkey vs. The Dark Moose
239-40 $30 The Illuminated Donkey