Public reply to Don Rosa

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

SØREN KRARUP OLESEN, 05-02-2005:

>> Everytime I see your work I'm remembered of your abuse of my
>> identity and my life on the internet.

> Don't be afraid, dear Daniel.

I won't be afraid anymore. No one has the right to blackmail me. But 
it sure is a very, very scary experience to find Don Rosa behind such 
actions. I hope these fan-emails will strengthen people in a similar 
situation. There should be an address to report such communication 
between Disney artists and audience. If only to protect the artists 
for themselves. That would have saved a lot of trouble and pain.

The only thing I need to add about this particular matter, is that 
Rosa's comment on me being part of the "Carl Barks Studio" might have 
to do with me trying to get in a contact with Carl Barks. As a fan. 
As result of my request, I got a postal package. Part of its contents 
was a printed blue booklet about Don Rosa, full of quotes from emails 
that he sent to DCML in the first half of the 1990s. I reported this 
information to this mailing list. And apparently, Rosa saw this as a 
conspiracy. Very scary.

>From now on, I will finally continue discussing Disney comics. Freely. 
If people hate me for my critical contributions, then there's nothing 
I can do about it. And if people want to think that I have a hidden 
purpose, they're searching for nothing.

What I find very disturbing is that people began accusing me of hating 
Don Rosa. As I've repeatedly told: I don't know him. I only know him as 
a public figure. And it surely will stay that way.

People seem to find it strange that I'm critical about Rosa's behaviour 
and influence within the world of Disney comics. I've volunteerly(!!!) 
tried to please them as much as I could, including the artist himself. 
But that doesn't change my opinion. And it sure doesn't change my desire 
to report information to fellow fans on a Disney Comics Mailing List.

And people who try to blackmail me, know what they can expect. 
I will share such emails with the world, with a sign that I did so.
Promptly. Those four years of fear have been much too long.

--- Daniël