David Gerstein (born February 6, 1974) is an American comics author and editor as well as an animation historian. Gerstein has five books and countless comic book credits to his name. He has written many Disney comics stories, usually featuring Mickey Mouse and/or Donald Duck and provided American English script doctoring for Mickey and Donald stories that were originally written in a different language. Past employments include Egmont Creative A/S, a Danish comics studio, and Gemstone Publishing. His current work is with various affiliates of Egmont, and Fantagraphics Books.
Recurring gags in Gerstein's writing (both original stories and script doctoring of others') include quotations from William Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, and T.S. Eliot, often paraphrased in a humorous manner.
Book work
As author/editor (or co-editor):
Uncle Scrooge: Clan McDuck Stories and Glories (Fantagraphics Books, 2026)
Winnie the Pooh: The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection (Fantagraphics Books, 2025)
Disney Masters—Goofy: Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks (Fantagraphics Books, 2025)
Donald Duck: The Ultimate History (with J. B. Kaufman; TASCHEN, 2024)
Donald Duck: The 90th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics Books, 2024)
Disney Afternoon Adventures—Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Count Roquefort Case (Fantagraphics Books, 2023)
Disney Comics: Around the World in One Hundred Years (Fantagraphics Books, 2023)
Uncle Scrooge: The Diamond Jubilee Collection (Fantagraphics Books, 2022)
The Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Deluxe Edition (Fantagraphics Books, 2021)
Disney Masters—Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky (Fantagraphics Books, 2021)
Disney Afternoon Adventures—Darkwing Duck: Just Us Justice Ducks (Fantagraphics Books, 2021)
Disney Masters—Donald Duck: Follow the Fearless Leader (Fantagraphics Books, 2020)
Disney Masters—Donald Duck: The Forgetful Hero (Fantagraphics Books, 2020)
Disney Masters—Mickey Mouse: The Ice Sword Saga Book 2 (Fantagraphics Books, 2020)
Disney Masters—Donald Duck: Scandal on the Epoch Express (Fantagraphics Books, 2020)
Disney Masters—Mickey Mouse: The Ice Sword Saga Book 1 (Fantagraphics Books, 2019)
Mickey Mouse: The 90th Anniversary Collection (IDW Publishing, 2019)
The Don Rosa Library—Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Other Secret (Fantagraphics Books, 2018)
Mickey Mouse: The Greatest Adventures (Fantagraphics Books, 2018)
Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History (with J. B. Kaufman; TASCHEN, 2018)
Disney Masters—Donald Duck: The Great Survival Test (Fantagraphics Books, 2018)
The Don Rosa Library—Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Three Caballeros Ride Again! (Fantagraphics Books, 2018)