Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
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Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
I have a copy of the Gemstone Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck TPB by Don Rosa that I bought at my local comic shop when it first came out several years ago. It was fantastic and I want to reread the series again. However, I'm thinking of switching my TPB for the 2 Boom Studios hardcovers. I just like HCs better. I'm suprised to see that the Gemstone TPB sells for so much, seemingly about $100 on average on ebay. I figured I'd offer here to Dojo members if anyone has been interested in this story but never dove in. Just shoot me a PM with an offer. The book is still in great shape.
Re: Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
Don Rosa? I guess this must be different from the one I have: Scrooge McDuck, his life and times. Written and drawn by Carl Barks.ratlas wrote:I have a copy of the Gemstone Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck TPB by Don Rosa that I bought at my local comic shop when it first came out several years ago. It was fantastic and I want to reread the series again. However, I'm thinking of switching my TPB for the 2 Boom Studios hardcovers. I just like HCs better. I'm suprised to see that the Gemstone TPB sells for so much, seemingly about $100 on average on ebay. I figured I'd offer here to Dojo members if anyone has been interested in this story but never dove in. Just shoot me a PM with an offer. The book is still in great shape.
Barks was my favorite as a kid. In my early 20s I made a close friend whose family was from the same town in Oregon that Barks retired to. Sadly, Barks had already died (though not that long before - he was, I think about 100 y.o.). The thought of possibly meeting him was very exciting.ratlas wrote:Yes, that is a different one. Carl Barks did his version and about 2 decades later Don Rosa added his own story. From what I understannd the Barks version is also very good.
In the '70s Barks started supplementing his means in retirement by doing oil paintings of various of the characters he created in scenes from the stories he wrote. Disney decided to sue him, because, of course, all those characters, despite having been Barks' own creations were Disney property. As I understand it, reason prevailed, and at some point Disney just gave him a pass on doing them, but I was pretty upset when I heard about it as a kid. I didn't study IP law at all in law school, but I have some vague notion that Disney would have to sue to protect their trademarks to avoid rendering them vulnerable broadly. Still, the anti-Disney feeling I conceived at the time remains strong.
The other thing I found entertaining about Barks is that in retirement he lived on a duck farm.
