Rudi reviewed Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge And Donald Duck by Don Rosa
Review of 'Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge And Donald Duck' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The last installment of the Don Rosa Library does not have any of my favorite stories from his, but all of the stories in it are among his best. But especially "A Letter From Home or The Old Castle's Other Secret" and "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" shows how Don Rosa is able to treat his cast like actual characters, and not just puppets for his stories. Both stories made me teary eyed, just when Rosa intended me to be so. At the same time: I doubt these stories would have had the same effect on me if I had not gone through his previous stories first. Having (re)read all of Rosa's duck stories, it's his insistance of these silly animals being human persons (with all that goes with it) that makes him and unforgetable author. The silly animals makes the slapstick work, but the personalities makes the stories …
The last installment of the Don Rosa Library does not have any of my favorite stories from his, but all of the stories in it are among his best. But especially "A Letter From Home or The Old Castle's Other Secret" and "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" shows how Don Rosa is able to treat his cast like actual characters, and not just puppets for his stories. Both stories made me teary eyed, just when Rosa intended me to be so. At the same time: I doubt these stories would have had the same effect on me if I had not gone through his previous stories first. Having (re)read all of Rosa's duck stories, it's his insistance of these silly animals being human persons (with all that goes with it) that makes him and unforgetable author. The silly animals makes the slapstick work, but the personalities makes the stories work on an emotional level (when he intends them to).
Don Rosa is still alive, so I hope he will some day return to telling stories (with Ducks or others).
