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While in Italy the Union of the comic artists (SILF/SLC/CGIL =
www.fumetti.org/silf) is fighting against the Disney Italy for the =
recognition of the reprint rights and the property of the original art, =
Don Rosa is on strike, as reported by the last issue of Comics Buyer's =
Guide (November 15, 2002) in the article by Mike Baron: "The popular =
writer and artist of Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck comic =
books has finally put his foot down, after years of watching big-time =
European publishers use his name (read the complete article on CBG): "I =
stopped work as of last June. I was getting too frustrated and bitter =
about being one of the most well-known cartoonists in Europe and not =
making a dime off it." [omissis] Rosa said. "They have gotten used to =
not dealing with me when they reprint my work. Aside from the lack of =
royalties, the results embarrass me. My stories are often reprinted with =
incorrect pages of art, the coloring is improper or incorrect, the =
lettering is poor or missing altogether, the computer reproduction is =
pixilated. And I don't even know what's going on in the translations of =
my scripts. But the readers, aside from naturally assuming I get =
compensated for the books, also assume I have some control and naturally =
blame me for the errors!" He continued, "The only reason I do these =
comics in the first place is because I love working with the Carl Barks =
characters and stories I grew up with. I knew I could never get rich =
doing Disney comics. It was never my master plan to be world-famous. I =
just figured I'd be one of the dozens of other writers and artists who =
do these stories published in the weekly Donald Duck comics that are in =
virtually every country in Europe and Asia. [omissis] "The Donald Duck & =
Co. weekly is not simply the best-selling comic book in most of Europe; =
in many countries it's the best-selling anything. One example: The =
Norwegian weekly sells 250,000 copies each week. No other publication =
outsells it. Per capita, that would be like a North American comic book =
selling about 80,000,000 copies every issue. And sales in Finland are =
even better, at 350,000 copies per week. One out of every four people =
reads the Donald Duck comic every week in these entire nations. Sales =
are also brisk in Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy, and Germany and =
eastward across Europe through Russia, China, India, Indonesia, etc., =
and into Japan." [omissis] "It's a very slow prospect dealing with =
publishers in Europe. I don't have legal representation over there. I =
don't know how to contact authors' guilds or publishers' guilds for =
advice. Gaining contacts and representation from agents who can help me =
decide what to do is slow. All I can do is shut down and see if they'll =
come around."

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