Hi everyone, I just subscribed to this list, and so far I'm delighted at
what I have read. I thought I would add my $0.02 Australian = $0.0144 US
to the discusssions:

Of course Gyro is a chicken. If you had ever kept them, you would know
that the rattle brained way of behaving is spot on. Somehow
storks/cranes are a bit too serene for Gyro, and geese have an angry
streak that just doesn't fit the bill. [Sorry about the pun there.]

The 1st chapter of US Life and Times just made it here last week, and I
have to say that I was absolutely delighted with it. In the past I
thought Don Rosa's (hello Mr Rosa) best work was the shorts, some of
which (Woodchucks animal recognition test, the yard sale...) were
absolute gems. With the longer stories, I thought they had a tendancy to
be overly reverential to Barks, and maybe too sentimental. I was
interested to read Don's own notes that he has been criticized that to
effect. Not too strongly I hope, because I think that was a small
failing. In any case, Life and Times pt 1 avoids any such problems, even
though it is liberally sprinkled with Barks references. This stands on
its own as a fine bit of story telling. As well as references to US
stories, I really liked the way the dialogue "I am invincible, 
I am doom itself", harked to the Duck in the Iron Pants story. The only
thing wrong with this issue was the second story, which was so far below
the quality of the opener I was hard put to read it. That's probably
more of a comment on the 1st story than the 2nd though.

Also, let me take this chance too to congratulate Mr Rosa for what I
think is one of the most striking covers in comics, the pose of $crooge
on Uncle Scrooge Adventures #5. The people at Gladstone can take a bow
too for the colouring. For some time I've been meaning to blow this up
and frame it - would this be legal?

Hope I didn't rehash anything that preceded my joining.

	Andrew Davies

