Question to Don Rosa

[Michiel Prior]

Question to Don Rosa:

Now that you have 'established' Matilda McDuck as a 'present-day-
character', do you have any plans to use her as a mouthpiece for 
Lo$-B-stories? I was thinking of tales from the 'Lo$ 11B'-period, 
when $crooge gradually looses contact with his family. You could 
have $crooge and Matilda telling both sides of a tale. I suppose the 
'present-day-frame' around such a Lo$-B-story could take place 
within the timeframe of "a Letter from Home".

And maybe such a story could show us more of the Duck-side of the 
family and involve characters like Gladstone's father and Donald's 
sister (in the past tense of course). Or are appearances of Della also 
to be avoided in stories dealing with the past? [I think I would be 
eager to see more of these characters, acting as a *character*, that 
is, other than just a simple cameo appearance.] But that would ask 
for more character-development, which I suppose isn't an easy task. 

Could you instead maybe give us some more Pothole? Of all 
members of "your" side of the (Mc)Duck-family, I like Pothole 
McDuck best. He is a bit like Donald, I think, (even more self-
confident and braggy) but he's older than Scrooge, which gives them 
a different attitude towards each other. I was very pleased to see him 
show up again in "the Vigilante of Pizen Bluff".

Well, anyway, I think we fans don't have much to complain about, 
with "a Letter from Home" and a return of ze Chevalier Noir in the 
pipeline. [And I'm still ever so pleased with "the Crown of the 
Crusader Kings"!]

One tiny nitpick at last: I finally found a copy of the DD Extra 
containing "the Sign of the Triple Distelfink". On page 9, what was 
the original slogan on the back of the magazine Gladstone is 
reading? In Dutch, it says something like "Become a millionaire 
quickly!" and you can see a fellow behind a drawing-board drawing 
something resembling a large banknote (appropiately coloured white 
and pink). What was it? "Make big money"? Something with "large 
sums"? [And the backpage-gag on the other man's mag: is this a 
real existing one-pager? Well, maybe not.]

Greetings,

Michiel Prior.