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If someone asks, why I was so absent, these drawings will be enough reasons for it. Because in the last two weeks I have been reading Don Ross comics again and decided to dedicate my tribute to one of my favorite writers and artists of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics. And precisely for Keno Don Hugo Rosa, known as Don Rosa! He celebrated his 75th birthday last week on June 29, so in honor of that jubilee I decided to draw drawings dedicated to this extraordinary writer and artist who left one of the best stories related to Donald's family, specifically The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Don Rosa was born in Louisville, Kentucky and from an early age, he has been drawing various things, especially superhero comics related to Marvel and DC, and then moved on to drawing his favorite characters from Disney, especially Donald, Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie and other characters from the Duckverse, more precisely from the Carl Barks comics universe. He also invented his own character Captain Kentucky where he published comic books under that name for a time. He will become more famous when he works for Disney comics from 1987 and when in 1992 he publishes a series of comics related to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. From 1990 to 2008, he worked for Egmont comics (Danish edition of Disney comics). He even wrote and drew Ducktales comics (Ducktales 1987) and scripted the Talespin episodes, believe it or not. He retired in 2008 due to health reasons, but he certainly travels around the world and draws for his fans. It is generally more popular in Europe than in America. And yes, he is very unhappy with Disney's treatment of his comics. However, he received many awards, especially the Eisner Award in 1995 for the best story and in 1997 for the best humor.
Although he inherited a lot from Barks, Don Rosa still created his own Duckverse universe in which he showed more sensitivity in many characters than in other authors. He also wrote and drew comics related to the Three Caballeros. In his private life, he grows chilies. He had a wife, who unfortunately died last year. May his wife rest in peace. Amen.
It is precisely because of these things that I decided to dedicate my drawings in connection with the tribute to the genius Don Rosa, so I drew two drawings, one dedicated to Scrooge's past, the other to Scrooge's present, but according to Don Rosa, because in Don Rosa's universe, Scrooge lived for 100 years, was born in 1867 and mostly acted his whole life.
The first drawing is related to Scrooge's past and related to Scrooge's family, that is, to his McDuck clan from Scotland in the period from 1877 to 1928, in which Scrooge met many famous characters, as well as the life development of his family. I drew Scrooge wearing Klondike clothing while digging for gold in the Yukon in 1897 along with his love from his past, Goldie O'Gilt, a Klondike dancer known as The Star of the North. Apart from those two, there are Scrooge's parents Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake, Scrooge's uncles Jake McDuck and Angus Pothole McDuck, Scrooge's sisters Matilda and Hortense, then Casey Coot (Grandma Duck's brother and Clinton Coot's son), Elvira Coot (Grandma Duck in her younger days), Ratchet Gearloose (Gyro Gearloose's grandfather), Soapy Slick (Scrooge's Klondike nemesis) and Duck siblings Donald and Della Duck as small children (little boy and little girl).
The second drawing is related to Scrooge's present, but according to Don Rosa, it means between 1947 and 1955. Scrooge is in the middle along with his first coin which he earned for the first time in 1877. Beside him is the love of his past, Goldie O'Gilt, only in her old age. In addition to the two of them, there are Grandma Duck (Elvira Coot), Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck as Junior Woodchucks scouts, April, May and June Duck as Little Chickadees (a girl scout club, the opposite of Junior Woodchucks, also invented by Carl Barks), Donald and Daisy Duck, Jose Carioca (José Carioca-Zé Carioca), Panchito Pistoles, Gyro Gearloose and his father Fulton Gearloose, Little Helper (Little Bulb), Gus Goose, Gladstone Gander and Scrooge's sister Matilda McDuck (in her old age). There are also Scrooge's villains and rivals such as Magica De Spell, Flintheart Glomgold, Blackheart Beagle (Grandpa Beagle) along with his grandsons Beagle Boys and Arpin Lusène (Arpin Lusène, known as the Black Knight and of course he is an extremely talented gentleman-thief, whose talents have long made him a millionaire).
By the way, although I'm late for Don Rosa's birthday, I'm not late for Scrooge McDuck's birthday, who by the way is celebrating his birthday today (apparently July 8, 1867 is his birth date). Scrooge celebrates his birthday on July 8th based on the 1988 book Ducktales ("Silver Dollars for Uncle Scrooge"), although he first appeared in a Carl Barks comic on November 14th, 1947 called "Christmas on Bear Mountain". So I wish him a happy birthday! And I hope you like these drawings! :D
If someone asks, in my opinion the best comics of Don Rosa are:
10. The Black Knight
9. A Little Something Special
8. Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies
7. W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.
6. The Magnificent Seven (Minus 4) Caballeros
5. The Son of the Sun and Return to Plain Awful
4. Last Sled to Dawson
3. The Invader of Fort Duckburg
2. The Quest for Kalevala and The Dream of a Lifetime
1. The Old Castle's Other Secret and The Three Caballeros Ride Again
If you like these drawings and these characters, and if you like Don Rosa, feel free to like and reblog this, just don't copy my same ideas and versions without mentioning me, thanks! Also happy belated 75th birthday Don Rosa and thank you for all you have left us! Also happy birthday to the richest duck in the world, Scrooge McDuck, but not for having the most money, but for having the best family, friends and rivals behind him! Also this is related to the Duckverse in June on the theme of "Journeys", precisely because Scrooge traveled all over the world to make a lot of money, and also because of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck of course. Also these are my gifts for my friends and followers, especially for @blueapples-captain, @duckverse-june-2026, @pick-and-shovel-laborer, @calisotalatina, @colorousme, @duckburgsgreatesttreasures, @oddballism, @oddballsducks and @disneyweirdness and for the rest of you who love Don Rosa and his comics! By the way, Don Rosa today looks just like his favorite hero Scrooge McDuck! I hope you like this! :D
And sorry for my long post and long text!