Comments on: A Month of Art Stars - Don Rosa

By: Cruzz

Cruzz — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:08:49 +0000

BlackJack, try to look for it in places where there are lot's of lines. He usually hides them in places that you wouldn't even look at if you weren't searching for them.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:14:46 +0000

It's *NOT* a "lucky" dime.

By: The Goddamn Skateman

The Goddamn Skateman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:48:55 +0000

I was totally blown away by Don Rosa when I was a kid--I had just devoured Gladstone's republished Barks stories, and Rosa's were the only that truly built upon them. Now, looking back, I see his work as both good and bad: he never really attempted anything different with the character (kind of a John Byrne to someone else's Grant Morrison?) since every story I read was some kind of sequel to a Barks romp, but he brought an incredible love that embodied everything great about Scrooge. Nitz, it's the sheer wackiness that always gets me about Scrooge: the money bin, the constant attempts from the Beagle Boys and Flintheart Glomgold to win against him, the lucky dime, etc. Return to Plain Awful and His Majesty McDuck will always be my faves, especially their heartfealt endings. BTW, Rosa's lush drawing style always reminded me of a cleaned-up (Disneyfied in more ways than one?) version of Crumb. Lots of hatching (ducks, hatching, ha!), every tiny detail cartoonish yet believable.

By: Dave T. Game

Dave T. Game — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:59:03 +0000

He's a great artist, and very personable. I grew up reading Scrooge McDuck since my father was one of the biggest Uncle Scrooge fans around. When I was younger, I followed Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck in single issue form, and then was delighted to pick up the trade collection a few years ago and meet Rosa. I'm hoping he recovers too, we need more Duck!

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:28:14 +0000

I must be in need of an eye operation myself...

I can't spot D.U.C.K. in any of these pictures....

Any hints? (I can't get onto Duckmania, as our IT system blocks it...)

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:02:12 +0000

I prefer Don Rosa to Barks, actually...it's the line work you mentioned...gives his art a depth that I just really dig.

I exchanged email with him once...wrote him when L&T's was coming out in the US after running across a post of his on USENet. Just to tell him how fabulous the comic was. I mentioned that I really only knew Scrooge from Duck Tails. He wrote back thanking me..then went on effusively about Carl Bark's work. Truly a big fan, he is.

By: Nitz the Bloody

Nitz the Bloody — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:20:34 +0000

Having not been exposed to Scrooge McDuck as a child, I find it difficult to associate him with beautiful artwork ( I never read the Carl Banks stories ), but Don Rosa's artwork proves that it's possible, and for that he gets my compliments.

Then again, I never really got the appeal of Scrooge. Given his massive wealth and his lack of desire to share it with anyone ( outside of the moral ending of a story, where he sometimes develops a heart of gold that will certainly revert to stone by the beginning of the next story ), isn't he really just a G-Rated, avian version of Caligula?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:44:43 +0000

It's both.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:17:31 +0000

That first one ain't a poster, Brian; it's the cover to one of the chapters of Life & Times. (The DUCK dedication is pretty easy to find.)

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:13:13 +0000

I just read Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck about 2 weeks ago. It was fantastic, and I'm not even a big Scrooge or Disney fan. While it's weird he's so much more appreciated in Europe than here, at least he gets the recognition he deserves somewhere. Good choice for today.

By: MarcusSparchs

MarcusSparchs — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:44:46 +0000

Excellent choice, life and times of Scrooge is in my top 10 favorite comic stories of all time.