Rosa self-caricature?

[Mark Mayerson]

I recently bought a book from Krause publications called Comic Book
Superstars, covering biographical data for American comics creators.
Besides biographical information on Don Rosa, there was a photo of him
sporting a moustache and goatee.  This surprised me since the only
image I had of Don were self caricatures (clean shaven) that he used
to do for Information Center columns in Rocket's Blast and elsewhere.

So.....there's a character in Guardians of the Lost Library named
Hassan Ben Fhedyet who sports a moustache and goatee.  What's the story,
Don?  Is that you?
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