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Here I talk about the latest Disney collection

«Good stories ALWAYS talk about the character. They must tell us something about them, otherwise they are not good stories, they're jokes. So, that's not a genre (psycological insight t/n) I'm passionate about: it's the only possible genre. Not even a cake in the face gag can be separated from an in-depth mechanism, which is always there: sometimes whispered, other times flaunted with brazenness as in 'The Ballad of John D. Rockerduck'.

Here our John (who may have watched 'Citizen Kane'), barricades himself in his family villa, hurt by the too many blows taken by Scrooge. What I tell is a story of depression and consequent rebirth, but above all it's a story of friendship: the one between John and Lusky, who admires him, respects him and protects him. With discretion, yes, but with infinite affection. The story is, in my opinion, a Lusky story. The way he behaved really touched me: he took me by surprise, you know?

In my stories, the psychological insight is often (though not always), preponderant: not because I'm a sensitive person, but because, as a professional, I am aware that a good psychological dynamic can create more suspense than, well, a bank robbery. Actions become interesting only if moved by the right emotional spectrum: this is why the reader is participant in Rockerduck's redemption, because they live his interior struggle. Without that, the story would not be effective. Nor it would have been without Giorgio's (Cavazzano t/n) drawings, but that's another topic.»

Best short story: I TL 3597-3

Best medium story: I TL 3587-1

Best long story: I TL 3569-5P

Best cover: IC TL 3572B

Best writer: Bruno Enna

Best artist: Davide Cesarello

Best complete author (writer and artist): Casty

Best publication: Almanacco Topolino

https://www.papersera.net/wp/2025/10/28/le-storie-di-topolino-4/

Alessandro Sisti has been awarded the reknown Papersera Award for his carreer at Disney.