Comments to ROB

[Søren Krarup Olesen]

SIGVALD:

> [...] So I hope that you was just kidding
> here - and not seriously attacking Don Rosa's name and reputation?

And weren't you attacking the "name and reputation" of Luciano Gatto, 
when you called the story "one of the large mass" and didn't place him 
amongst the "major famous" crew of artists? No, please don't answer, 
it's perfectly okay. I didn't feel insulted or anything, but why *must* 
you place your knowledge and your observations into little boxes with 
golden labels and tell us why your opinions are better, more profound 
and more canon-like than others. That's what little me cannot 
comprehend.

Perhaps the answer is given already. Some 5 years ago, I felt more or 
less the same way. In my case I grew up with the love of Italian 
stories plus Barks. I found Don Rosa's art "obscure", and still haven't 
read all the stories in LO$, because they bored me (and still do). His 
later stories, however, made me laugh a lot and I discovered lot's of 
humour in his telling etc. Yet, let's not forget that I have spent 100s 
of hours enjoying Luciano Gatto's art over the years, and that, with 
all respect to the "name and reputation" of Don, counts just a little 
bit more. See?

Please, Sigvald, be a little less defensive, that would help me at 
least, so I don't have to read about so-called "facts" and "proofs".

BTW, hoping to be meeting you this summer, then we can "attack" each 
other over a cup of beer, a pizza (AC and Thomas in a nutshell, hehe!) 
or perhaps (for a change) a more sophisticated dinner :-)

Best,
Søren