By Marco GallinaApparently, Disney is willing to massacre even the wealthiest duck in the world for its woke image.In an e-mail, the business clarifies to among its most well-known authors: 2 of his stories might no longer appear.Don Rosa is a legend in the Disney universe.The comic author is considered the legitimate heir of Carl Barks.
Barks refined the character Donald Duck, gave his name to Duckburg, and created numerous characters-- consisting of Scrooge McDuck, who turned into one of the most popular comic characters (even beyond Disney).
Don Rosas benefit lies in collecting, arranging, and historicizing the numerous stories about Uncle Scrooge -- based on the primary character of Charles Dickens Christmas story.While Barks located the Duck stories in the present, Don Rosa informed the life story of Scrooge and how he went from a poor Scottish shoeshine kid to the wealthiest duck in the world.Scrooge looks for gold in South Africa, and the Klondike befriends Theodore Roosevelt and experiences the sinking of the Titanic.This opus magnum by Rosa in twelve volumes ran in the 1990s under the title His Life, His Billions and received the Eisner Award in 1995.
This is one of the most desirable rewards in the comic world.World-famous Uncle Scrooge.
(Photo web reproduction)Donaldists of all countries should now be strong since Rosa published on Feb.
14 an email that the Walt Disney Company had sent out him.The corporation chose that two of his stories would not be released in the future.Quote: As part of its continuous commitment to variety and addition, The Walt Disney Company remains in the procedure of evaluating its story library.
As an outcome, some stories that do not align with their values will no longer be published.
This holds true for two of your traditional stories.
By name, Disney mentions the stories The Unconscionable Businessman of Duckburg and The Dream of a Lifetime.
They would no longer become part of reprints or collections.This is a tough blow offered Rosas work, as The Unconscionable Businessman of Duckburg is the penultimate chapter of his twelve-part story.
What value exists in a collection if one important element is missing?Rosa wonders if other Duckburg stories are also affected-- is it simply his? Or arent they? Apparently, all 12 chapters of my story are now prohibited since they cant be published without an ending, Rosa sums up.
I dont want to comment on what that indicates for the collector market.
Disney does not give specific reasons.But fans rightly speculate that the character of the black zombie character Bombie, who appears in both stories, may have been the choosing factor.The representation is said to be racist.
Bombie, like Scrooge, is a development of Barks, so speculation is picking up speed that his initial story might soon be canceled as well.Here the woke feline bites its tail: for Bombie is invoked as Scrooges evil conscience because he lets an African village burn to the ground.The pejoratively perceived figure is hence an indictment of Western colonialism and the exploitation of the continent, the zombie a constant danger to Scrooge, who gets away from him as from his bad conscience.He is, for that reason, the materialization of the curse of the wicked deed .
Of all things, the story that exposes Scrooges dark side, and thus likewise the dark side of capitalism, is removed-- thanks to left-wing priests of virtue.Monetarily, Disneys decision has little influence on Rosa; the comic author does not earn from the brand-new editions.And fans likewise mention: Duck comics are far more popular in Europe, specifically in Italy, Germany, and Scandinavia than in the domestic U.S.
market.Rosa, who is perceived in Italy as an Italian-American, has a faithful fan base there.
So the volumes will remain available in our stores-- till the woke wave spills into the Old World.One must not feel too safe: The publisher Egmont Ehapa has actually currently rewritten comic panels in a politically correct method the past.This short article was published initially here.