Rosa books/albums

[Søren Krarup Olesen]

PER + ØYVIND + SIGVALD:

 > [...] but I've only wanted to express my own opinion, and to show
 > that Don Rosa's position, as it sometimes feels, as "the master of
 > the ducks", not is a matter of course for all of us.

And I fully second your opinion on this, Per. People in here sometimes
seem to take it very personal, if someone dares to question the
"landmarks" of Don. This is why we have replies from (in this case)
Øyvind, who wrote the last part:

 >> He is a good donaldist, but he doesn't write anything really new
 >> and innovative, he only uses things that Barks created.

 > [sigh] Not *again*...?

What do you mean "not again"? Is this an opinion you do not wish to hear
or does it offend you in any sense? Did I miss some kind of natural law
telling me or anyone else never to critisize (or give critics to) art
and stories etc.

At some point Sigvald wrote:

 > But at least he [Don] doesn't comes up will ridiculous stuff like in
 > Marco Rota's story about Donald's life when Donald comes out of an
 > egg laid by an ordinary wild-duck in a nest which is blown down from
 > a tree during a storm.

You know, Sigvald. When I read this story I found it to be a little tiny
piece of poetry of how things might have happened. The story itself is
both cute and nicely drawn. I don't see, how anyone can object to such a
story by calling it ridiculous--by doing so you suggest to erase all
kinds of imaginary stories that don't fit into your mind and ideas of
"the true (hi)story". That's a pity IMHO. I have no idea of how Donald
was born or who his parents were, and to be honest with you I don't
really care or to be more exact; I am not sure I'd like to know...ever!
I basically care about the story!

Putting everything into small boxes and put them on the right shelf
might not necessarily do the Disney comics "universe" any good. Strict
systems are boring when forced upon artistic items as comics, novels,
paintings, sculptures, you name it.

Is Scrooge's money bin placed on a hill? Heck, I dunno, sometimes it is,
sometimes it isn't. Frankly, I've read many stories where it wasn't,
many stories that were much better and more intelligent (and let's not
forget entertaining) than if in fact it was.

Søren